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ajbwasntwriting · 4 years ago

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Can I pls request a Bucky x single mom reader? Maybe the kid recognizes him and they bond and then the reader comes and Bucky asks for her number? It’s okay if you don’t wanna write this! No pressure!! Have a great day ❤️❤️

As a child who was raised by a single mother this one was both a challenge and a joy to write. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. This takes place like a week before TFATWS

Bucky Barnes x single mom! Reader

Tags: Fluffiest Fluff, mild ptsd and anxiety, Oranges.

Getting used to the modern world wasn’t that much of a struggle for Bucky, but the civilian modern world was a different situation. He still felt himself looking over his shoulder as he walked. He had locks on all of his windows and a sliding bolt on his front door. He had three phones, a burner he showed his therapist, a smartphone for keeping track of the news and talking to friends, and a third one that was exclusively for communicating with Wakanda. The last of which was a mixture of conversations with Ayo and memes from Shuri.

His therapist was pushing him to make friends and to try online dating. She later told him to ‘play tourist’ and explore what his locality had to offer. Something about it possibly introducing him to new people and at the very least ‘make you more interesting’.

So every week he went to a different place. He started with the Brooklyn Museum, having gone there for field trips as a kid. It was definitely more interesting now as an adult. The next place was the Brooklyn Flea, where he managed to get a record player and some records from when he was a teenager. He smiled fondly as the old tune played through his apartment, bringing back memories of flirting with pretty girls at the soda fountain and beating up bullies with Steve (Well, FOR steve at this time)

This is what lead him to be out in Brooklyn Park’s Harbour View Lawn on a Thursday Evening. They had this event called ‘Movies with a view’ that they did in the summer. The idea of being alone in a crowd of picnic-goers didn’t seem that appealing, but when he saw they were playing the original Dumbo, the same one he took his little sister Rebecca to see when he was 16 years old, he couldn’t pass up seeing the animated masterpiece on the big screen. Besides, if he got too uncomfortable no one would bat an eye to a man leaving an open-air venue.

He put some snacks, a drink, and a book(One of the ‘Lord of the rings’ series as he had been catching up)in his backpack and set out. He arrived early so he could sit on one of the benches. People from all walks of life arrived around him. Families both young and old, older couples searching for nostalgia, lovers looking longingly at each other, groups of friends looking to fill an evening, and so many children. The lawn had filled up so rapidly as people descended onto the grass, laying out their blankets and pulling out picnics they had prepared at home and purchased moments before from their favorite grocers. There was an undeniable excitement in the air as the sun was setting. Despite the fact it was the people watching that had him caught up, Bucky hadn’t noticed the small child walking up to him until she was less than a foot away from him, staring at him with big e/c eyes.

She wore a summer dress with a cardigan protecting her shoulders from the sun. Her hair was pushed back in a hairband. She was holding a yellow teddy bear that wore a silver t-shirt and a red cape and had gone limp from a combination of lost stuffing and age.

“Hi,” Bucky said, clearly uncomfortable. “Are you okay?” She walked up and sat next to him. He shifted away from her slightly, aware that this may look odd to any by-passers.

“I know who you are.” The little girl whispered to him.

“Do you?” Bucky asked, trying to remain calm. It was just a little kid, but she was freaking him out a little bit. For all he knew, this small child could be a member of some new black widow program. She smiled widely, revealing she was missing a front tooth.

“You’re Captain America’s best friend!” she half-whispered, half-squeaked in excitement. “Me and my brother saw you at the museum!”

Bucky couldn’t help the nervous laughter that came out of him. He felt himself relax at the kid’s excitement. “You saw me at the museum?” he faked intrigue. He knew there was a display on him in every Captain America museum.

Her hair bounced as she nodded. “There was a big picture on the glass and it said that you were dead, but my brother said you weren’t dead. And I thought he was being stupid, cause,” She looked around and then leaned in a little closer as if telling Bucky a secret “He can be really stupid. He didn’t even know how to tie his shoelaces until he was ten! But I’ve known how to tie my shoelaces since I was six!” She boasted.

“That’s amazing. since you were six? How old are you now?”

“I’m seven and three quarters.”

“Wow, you’re a big girl.” She nodded with a ‘yep’. “But you’re not big enough to be on your own, kiddo-”

“I’m not on my own, I’m with you.” She interrupted him. Following the trend of interruptions, a boy ran up to the two of them, holding a picnic blanket in his arms. He wore blue board shorts with a Captain America t-shirt and Iron man themed sneakers.

“Y/D/N what are you doing?! Mom is looking for you!” He yelled at the little girl. The two looked remarkably similar to each other.

“Look!” she ordered, pointing at Bucky. The boy looked at Bucky and his mouth dropped open, looking like a fish. Bucky wanted to laugh at how cartoonish it looked.

“You’re Captain America’s best friend.” He exclaimed though he couldn’t be heard that well over the chatter of people settling down and the movie being set up. “I knew that you weren’t dead, even before you were fighting Iron Man in Germany. That was so cool, Iron man was all pew pew and Spiderman was all thwish twish and you were in the middle all pow pow” The blanket had since fallen to the ground as the young boy got caught in his excitement and started recreating the movements with the sound effects, punching the air for Bucky’s punches, waving his arms around wildly for Wanda’s magic. Y/D/N looked on bored as he continued his display “and when the dust cleared you and Cap were gone, like dust in the wind.” He recounted epically, waving his fingers in a sideways motion.

“I told you he was stupid.” The little girl commented.

“You’re stupid!” he shot back. Before anything could escalate, Bucky gently put his arms between the children.

“Hey now, let’s not fight. If I have to call the Avengers they’re gonna be mad.” Bucky spoke. He really hoped this would work, and that they wouldn’t continue to fight in hopes of bringing the Avengers down to Harbour View Lawn. The movie started then, music playing out over the crowd rendering the crowd quiet.

“Mom is gonna be worried.” The boy stressed out loud

“What’s your name, son?” Bucky spoke to the boy

“Y/S/N.”

“Okay, Y/S/N. Here’s what we’re gonna do. Spread that blanket there.” Bucky motioned to the empty patch just a step in front of the bench he was sitting on. “and you two will stay here while I go tell the event people that you can’t find your mom.” The two kids spread out the blanket and sat on it. Bucky passed them his backpack and asked them to take care of it so they wouldn’t runoff. He found an event organizer and told them the situation, describing the kids. He returned shortly, the two kids not having moved as the movie played on a screen in front of the open water. He sat back down on the bench just behind the kids, paying more attention to them than the film.

“I’m hungry,” Y/D/N complained.

“That’s what you get for running off.” Y/S/N shot back at her.

“Do you like oranges?” Bucky spoke up behind them. Y/D/N nearly launched off the blanket as she yelped ‘yeah’ back at the man, twirling to look at him. He opened his bag and pulled out his orange, passing it to the little girl. Unprompted, the little girl asked her brother if he wanted half, which he happily accepted. “Sorry I don’t have another.”

“It’s okay, we share all the time,” Y/S/N explained, shoving an orange slice into his mouth.

You are a good ten minutes into the movie when a panicked woman is lead over to them by an event organizer. She runs to them, falling to her knees as she scoops them into a hug. “Oh, my babies.” She sobbed. “You scared me so much.”

“Mooom!” The boy groaned.

She rapidly thanked Bucky and the event organizer, who took their leave once they were reassured that the situation had been handled. “You are both in so much trouble!”

“Can we be in trouble after the movie?” The girl asked.

You were about to order them to get up and leave when Bucky spoke up. “I’ve been able to keep a good eye on them from up here, and there’s plenty of space.”

The joint chorus of ‘pleases’ from your two kids won you over. You sat down next to the man. You two could barely see each other in the dark, but he seemed nice. After all, he had reunited you with your kids.

“Thanks again for keeping an eye on them.” You whispered. “I hope they didn’t give your group too much trouble.”

“No,” he answered quietly “They’re good kids.”

“Not good enough,” you muttered. “They’re excitable, but that just means it’s never boring.” Bucky watched as Y/D/N turned around and pulled a full net of oranges out of your bag.

Watching the movie with company was definitely better. A comfortable silence fell among the four of you, only broken when you had offered him a couple of the bite-sized chocolate bars you had brought. The kids laughed at the movie, your little girl even cheering on the animated elephant. She threw her hands up in a cheer when he successfully took flight, making the two adults chuckle.

“Told you they were excitable.” You giggled.

“Me and my little sister were worse when he first saw Dumbo.” Bucky admitted. “We were on the edge of our seats the whole movie.”

“How else can you enjoy a movie!” you posed the rhetorical question.

Bucky had to admit he thought you were lovely. Just enough seriousness and playfulness rolled into one. So when the lights came on at the end of the movie and he saw how beautiful you were he felt his heart race a little. You were already cleaning up while your children told you how great the movie was. He gathered his stuff and went to slip out when Y/D/N called out to him.

“Where are you going?”

“The nice man probably has places to be-” you began to lightly chastise the girl when you finally saw who you had been sitting next to throughout the movie. “You’re…”

Bucky held his breath. It was one thing the kid’s thinking he was amazing; you were a grown adult. Someone that possibly knew of his history and most likely thought ill of him. He waited for you to say his old mantal, possibly with fear or anger. Instead, you smiled gently,

“James Barnes.” You spoke. A moment later you flustered slightly. “I’m sorry. I work at the Museum of the City in East Harlem. We just did a big-” you stopped yourself before you could ramble onwards. “I’m Y/N L/N.”

It was a breath of fresh air to have someone react to him in such a…human way. “Please, call me Bucky.” He smiled warmly as he fixed his bag on his shoulder. “Can I walk you out?”

After your section was cleaned up the four of you walked out, with the two kids walking ahead of you. Despite how late it was, they still had energy. You had been left to take care of your daughter’s stuffed toy while she chased your son around the park space. “What you said about your sister,” you started, trying to keep an eye on your two kids despite how eye-catching the man beside you was. “I’m guessing that was back in the forties?”

“Yeah. Me and my little sister Becca went to see it. Me and Steve took her to see Snow White and since then we’d see all the cartoon movies. Every time we’d run home and beg our parents for extra allowance and bunk off school so we could see it before the other kids.”

“Captain America and the Winter Soldier…loved Disney movies.” You chuckled. “It sounds like some click-bait title.”

“We didn’t even have to beg that much, looking back,” Bucky recalled, shaking his head. The memories of Steve having an asthma attack outside the theatre because they’d run so fast to get there in time. Becca would pull him in by his shirt while he was still wheezing so she wouldn’t miss the opening cartoons.

“According to the display, you two were quite the pair.” You replied. “They were probably just happy to have you off the street and not causing trouble.”

Speaking of trouble, your two kids came bounding towards you with an angry swan on their heels. “Mommy!” Your little girl shrieked. The swan had given up its chase but the two still charged, Y/D/N colliding right into you and Y/S/N going behind Bucky to use him as a shield.

“I think that’s enough wondering for today.” You passively suggested. Y/S/N agreed as Bucky put his arm around the young boy and keeping it there as you walked and talked. You came to the exit of the park. “I’m this way,” you said.

“I’m the other way,” Bucky admitted. The two kids said goodbye to Bucky, clearly sad to be parting. You thanked him again for what he had done and turned to go with your own goodbye. “Before you go,” Bucky stopped you. “Could I get your number?”

You were instantly shocked. Your mouth opened and closed limply for a moment. “Are you sure?”

Bucky was slightly taken aback at that question. “Why wouldn’t I be?”

“I have two kids?” You said, almost sounding like a question.

“He knows that, mom.” Your son groaned. He looked absolutely bored; your daughter had newfound excitement.

“And I’d like to get to know more about you,” Bucky spoke. You chuckled nervously, looking away for a moment as you felt your cheeks flush then looked back to the tall man.

“I’d like that too.” You confessed, stepping forward. “Gimme your phone and I’ll put it in.”

Without a second thought, he pulled out his smartphone and watched you put your phone number in. “All setup.” You passed the phone back with a smile.

To say the two of you were riding on cloud 9 for the rest of the night would be an understatement.

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revchainsaw · 4 years ago

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Demon Wind (1990)

Greetings and blessings upon you my flock! Welcome to the Cult of Cult. I am your pastor and priest of pop culture, ordained minister of genre films, the good reverend Chainsaw McGraw. You may just call me Reverend Chainsaw. Come and accept our sacrament upon the altar of online internet reviews. Our first holy offering is an absolute treasure, 1990′s Demon Wind. An offering ripped from the blood inked pages of the Evil Dead’s Necronomicon Ex Mortis, Demon Wind is not quite an unofficial entry into the world of Ash and the Deadites, but if you have exhausted the Catalogue of Sam Raimi Horror flicks (and let’s be honest, if you’re reading a Tumblr review of Demon Wind, you probably have), then Demon Wind will scratch that itch for sure.

The Message

Our anointed offering opens upon a boarded up farm house owned by simple country occultists George and Regina Carter. There’s a Mean Girls reference to be made here. George and Regina are defending their homestead from an unseen force (A Demon Wind some might say) through a Christian/Witchcraft combination of gospel music, a set of holy daggers, and a diary full of Regina’s spells. Unfortunately it’s not very effective, and George is possessed. George kills Regina, drops a snow globe, and for some inexplicable reason the farmhouse explodes bringing the films epilogue to a close.

With that we are brought to the year 1990 where our rag tag group of heroes converge upon the supernaturally supercharged Carter farm with one mission in mind, helping a homie sort out his shit. What a great group of friends; I can barely get the crew together for a game night but our protagonist Cory has a group of friends so tight they are willing to drop everything and drive untold miles to nowhere in particular just because he had a bad dream. Speaking of “tight” friends, of our doomed party, no friends are so tight as Chuck and Stacey, but we’ll get to that, in short order. Let us meet the fellowship of ding dongs who will battle the blustery bogeys of Demon Wind.

Cory is the star of the show. A fairly blasé everyman who’s so caught up in his chosen one journey that he can’t even bother to be slightly interesting. He is the grandchild of the oh so fetch (see I got to it) Regina/George pairing from earlier in the film. Cory is haunted by mysterious dreams, and a tragic reunion with his demented father, which draw him to the Carter farm. There is however more to meets the eye, you see Cory is from the planet Namek. Watch the movie, you’ll catch my drift.

Elaine is Cory's girlfriend and wants nothing more than to pull her pants down in public to bring a smile to his face.

Dell is Cory’s friend? Bully? Enemy? it’s not entirely clear. It seems Dells role in this story is to be an unabashed asshole and chauvinist to every character that interacts with him. He is also perhaps Elaine’s brother, or someone's brother. Listen, you’d have to pay wayyyy more attention than this movie warrants to parse out all the relationship dynamics in this flick. Let’s just say, Dell is here, and despite how he acts, the other characters seem to be ok with that fact.

Terri is Dell’s girlfriend and a good friend of Elaine. Despite being on the arm of a typical 80s teen flick bad guy, Terri seems to be the most eligible bachelorette on the Carter farm. Or so it may seem, but as I’ll explain later I think there is a truer love than can be expressed that really keeps Terri from leaving Dell.

Jack is a Big Ol’ Nerd. He speaks like the writers were convinced using a thesaurus was enough to convince us that the guy is existentially unfuckable. The guy is basically just Billy from Power Rangers, but instead of piloting a badass Triceratops Zord he just kids very mildly bummed when the love of his life is transformed into a very judgmental spontaneously combusting doll.

Speaking of spontaneously combusting dolls, the victim of that very unfair end is Bonnie. Bonnie clearly had way more confidence in the love of her bookish beaux than she should have. The betrayal is immense, not that Jack couldn’t save her, but just in the fact that when she meets her demise (despite the fact that he promised he’d protect her) he is not at all distraught. Poor Bonnie, she is by far the most human feeling of the cardboard cut out female protagonists in this film and she deserved better. Let’s be honest, Jack was looking for an out, and Bonnie was just too real for this movie.

And Now, without further ado, I’d like to introduce the greatest power couple in the history of B Movie Horror Cinema: Chuck and Stacy. If you think my introduction is a bit much, I promise that the film goes much further. Demon Wind begins it’s love affair with this bromance in delightfully extravagant style. There’s magic, explosions, opera, karate, beer and bunnies and a big ol middle finger to fucking Dell. Chuck had at once been romantically involved with Terri, but things went south somehow and he claims that he still holds a flame for her. Despite this continued insistence I think it’s plain to see that Chuck found comfort, magic, and a ride or die hunk in the arms of Stacey. Stacey is a suave, sharp, smooth talking guy, whose only desire in life seems to be whatever keeps Chuck around, and that seems to mean a lot of stage magic and martial arts! I could write about Chuck and Stacey all day, so I’ll move on from here.

The cast of this film is wild and honestly even the weak ones are fun to watch. There is no character on the roster who is easy to mistake for another. That is why it is so fun to watch them meet their demise and even more fun to see them return under the possession of the demon wind as oopy goopy caricatures of their human selves. And this does go on for quite awhile. Unfortunately even Chuck and Stacey are not enough to protect the surreal landscape in which they find themselves. At one point in the film a second set of friends drop by to add 2 more bodies to the massacre. Willy and Reena, a gangly set of clothing accessories who are given legs, but hey Ear Ring and Beret, I mean Willy and Reena are still fun to see torn to shreds.

The movie ultimately reveals that the madness was sparked by the fact that a cult worshipping a Demon God named Delos had actually built the homestead and the cursed ground they stand upon is the stage for the cult leader, a preacher named Anders to finally become the host of said Demon God. As interesting as that lore may sound on paper, it’s not particularly well executed, and Cory’s role to play in all of this is even more vague. All in all the 3rd act of this film feels a bit anti-climatic even if it does feature a demon superhero fight.

All that said I’d like to move on to the next phase of our sacred liturgy. The sacred and profane, the highs and lows of this movie.

Benediction

Best Feature: What the What?

The best feature of Demon Wind has to be how bizarre it is. It throws everything it can think of at the audience. Burning Skeletons leap from Crosses, eggs that hatch into piles of worms, EXPLODING BABY DOLLS, Cow skulls with long sticky tongues made of human intestines! They certainly sacrificed logic in order to insure they provided the audience with something they haven’t seen before.

Best Kill/ effect: A Cowmen Album Cover!

The best effect in Demon Wind is also it’s best kill. while investigating a barn on the Carter property, which is full of occult symbols, animal remains, and fun Texas Chainsaw Massacre style crafts. One of the crafts catches the eye of Beret, I mean Reena. You know by her hat that she knows a thing or to about fine art. This particular piece of barn décor is a human skeleton with a cow’s skull. As she is inspecting this “beautiful” piece, what appears to be a human intestine, flies from the mouth of the cow skull and wraps around Reena like a chameleons tongue. The intestine begins to retreat into the jaw of the skull bringing Reena’s head along with it. The skull chomps down into Reena, we get a satisfyingly bloody show, and Reena’s body winds up hanging limp from its mouth.

Second place belongs to Bonnie, but we’ve already spoken to that bizarre spectacle.

Best Scene: I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Stacey!

Chuck and Stacey enter the scene. I know I’m inconsistent in how I spell Stacey/Stacy. This scene was mentioned above and you just have to see it. Watch until Cory intervenes.

Best Character(s): Stacey Cassidy and the Sundance Chuck

Stacey is the best character in this film, but as I’m sure he wouldn’t accept this honor alone I have to make it a tie. Chuck and Stacey are just so good. Every moment they are on screen is a treasure. The introduction of these two just received the honor of best scene, but they shine as Demons and in an even longer sequence leading to their demise. They take the watch at the Carter home and from the fog emerges a t!ddy ghost, my congregants will be familiar with this sort of creature, who attempts to lure them outside. Stacey puffs up Chucks confidence calling him “John Wayne”, Chuck proposes they go on a Tahitian vacation, but Stacey wisely wary of voodoo suggests Vegas. And there you have it, these two pure good boys are surviving this flick and they are getting married in Vegas. Unfortunately, they decide to speed things up a bit, and decide that although they are not tempted by the t!ddy ghost, that they can use their karate magic to defeat the demonic hordes. They march out into the woods, but we can add the power of love to the list of things that are no use against the Demon Wind. Our best boys meet their fates together like two old west heroes, guns blazing! Oh, oh, but they come back as demons and they eat Dell, so thank God for that.

Worst feature: I ordered these Deadites from Wish

The villains are not particularly interesting. It’s boring, goopy, bad mouth piece demons that have appeared in hundreds of demon flicks already by this point, and it really makes you want to go back to the unexplained paranormal happenings from earlier in the movie rather than fighting these dollar store Deadites. The fact that the film leans into this in it’s third act really makes the film feel incredibly front loaded.

Worst scene: Cory in the House

Pretty much any scene that focuses on Cory is a bit weak. He’s just not fun. He gets to transform into an anime character in the end of the film and he’s still melodramatic and boring. This is often a problem with main characters in films, the writers don’t want them to be unlikeable or too quirky so the fun parts are always the supporting cast.

Worst Character: Dude, you’re NOT getting a Dell!

Don’t get me wrong, I hate Dell. But Dell is a big dumb goon who is just so fun to watch suffer and act like an utter meathead, and being hateable is not the worst thing a character can be. For this reason I have to give the worst character award to Cory; for many of the reasons I spoke about above.

Summary:

How fitting that a B movie gets a B. But that’s really a great place for this movie to be. So many big Hollywood productions don’t deserve that spot. Though Demon Wind may drag in the middle, and the characters and effects may be quite corny, it is certainly not boring. Demon Wind is eye candy even though it looks so ugly. It has some of the most loveable murder lambs in the genre and one of my favorite bromances in all of cinema, If you are a fan of Gonzo Horror then Demon Wind is a must see. If you are not all that into that sort of thing I promise you’ll have a good time. I highly recommend it.

Overall Grade: B

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callunavulgari · 4 years ago

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Scrapbook 2021 | Part I

For anyone that’s new to this, this is how I keep track of all of the things I enjoy and/or create throughout the year. I have literally been doing this since I had a livejournal. I think the first one was 2011? Maybe? In which case, woohoo, ten years of scrapbooking!

It’s a nice little snippet of my life and helps to organize my brain.

A reminder:

Normal font - Indifferent/Neutral Italicized font - Enjoyed bold font - Loved with an asterisk* - All time favorite (bracketed titles) - Re-watches/Re-reads strikethough - Disliked

Goals are: read 80 books, finish five video games, write more than 20 fics or something larger than 20k, and write either an original short story or start a novel.

Past Years

MOVIES

January

(Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring)

(Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)

(Lord of the Rings: Return of the King)

Robin Hood

(Hook)

Wolfwalkers

February

(Age of Ultron)

From Up On Poppy Hill

(Tangled)

(Onward)

(The Mummy)

(Hercules)

(Promare)

March

Raya and the Last Dragon

(My Neighbor Totoro)

April

(Hunchback of Notre Dame)

(Tarzan)

(Beauty and the Beast)

Weathering With You

BOOKS

January

A Deadly Education | Naomi Novak [Fin]

Home Body | Rupi Kaur [Fin]

The Sunken Mall | K.D. Edwards [Fin]

Bloom | Kevin Panetta [Fin]

The Angel of Crows | Katherine Addison

All the Stars and Teeth | Adalyn Grace [Fin]

The Adventure Zone: Vol 1 | McElroys & Carey Pietsch [Fin]

I Hope You Stay | Courtney Peppernell [Fin]

Pillow Thoughts | Courtney Peppernell [Fin]

Piraneesi | Susanna Clarke [Fin]

The Ex Talk | Rachel Lynn Solomon [Fin]

February

The Adventure Zone: Vol 2 | McElroys & Carey Pietsch [Fin]

The Adventure Zone: Vol 3 | McElroys & Carey Pietsch [Fin]

The Angel of Crows | Katherine Addison

Alice Isn’t Dead | Joseph Fink

March

Winter’s Orbit | Everina Maxwell [Fin]

Fireheart Tiger | Aliette de Bodard [Fin]

Alice Isn’t Dead | Joseph Fink

Fire | Kristin Cashore [Fin]

Bitterblue | Kristin Cashore [Fin]

The Witch’s Heart | Genevieve Gornichec [Fin]

Winterkeep | Kristin Cashore

April

Alice Isn’t Dead | Joseph Fink [Fin]

Winterkeep | Kristin Cashore [Fin]

The Memory Theater | Karin Tidbeck [Fin]

These Violent Delights | Chloe Gong

(Red White and Royal Blue | Casey Mcquiston) [Fin]

Rule of Wolves | Leigh Bardugo [Fin]

Alice Isn’t Dead | Joseph Fink [Fin]

Not the Girl You Marry | Andie Christopher [Fin]

The Echo Wife | Sarah Gailey [Fin]

The Midnight Library | Matt Haig

Catherine House | Elisabeth Thomas [Fin]

Séance Tea Party | Reimena Yee [Fin]

Lumberjanes vol 1 | Noelle Stevenson [Fin]

PODCASTS

January

The Unseen, Christmas and New Year Special

The Penumbra Podcast, Juno Steel arc, Heart of It All and What Lies Beyond

The Penumbra Podcast, Second Citadel, Strong Arm of Justice and The Priestess’ Fortune

I Am In Eskew, Episode 16

Welcome to Night Vale, Episode 67, 68, and 69

The Magnus Archives, Episode 190 and 191

February

The Magnus Archives, Episode 192-194

The Adventure Zone, Episodes 15-60

March

The Magnus Archives, Episode 194-200 [Fin]

The Adventure Zone, Episodes 60-TAZ BALANCE ENDING

MBMBAM, Episode 1

I Am In Eskew, Episode 17-22

April

I Am In Eskew, Episode 23-END

Alice Isn’t Dead, Episode 18-END

TV SHOWS BY SEASON

January

His Dark Materials, s2 [Fin]

Watcher Entertainment

Buzzfeed Worth It

(Black Sails, s1)

The Queen’s Gambit**

February

Cherry Magic

Wandavision, s1

Watcher Entertainment

The Owl House

(Little Witch Academia)

Star vs the Forces of Evil, s3, s4

Bridgerton

Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

Heaven’s Official Blessing

March

Wandavision, s1 [Fin]

Watcher Entertainment, Puppet History & Watcher Weekly

Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Word of Honor

April

Word of Honor, s1

Watcher Entertainment, Puppet History

Falcon and the Winter Soldier, s1

Kim’s Convenience, s1, 2, 3, 4

Leverage, s4

Shadow and Bone, s1

The Great, s1

VIDEO GAMES

January

Hades, 37 hours [Fin]

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, 35 hours

February

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, 35 hours

Hades, 75+ hours?

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, 16 hours

Persona 5 Royal

March

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, 45 hours

Persona 5 Royal, 141 hours

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, 35 hours

Concrete Genie, 3 hours

April

Concrete Genie, 6 hours [Fin]

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, 65 hours

Persona 5 Royal, 160 hours

Monster Hunter Rise, 2 hours

Civ, 5 hours

DELIGHTFUL FIC

January

Modern Rustic by beethechange | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 22k | “I think,” he says, finally, “that if we looked around this place hard enough, we’d find a rose underneath a—a glass thing, what’s it called—losing petals. Metaphorically.”

easy livin' by sarcasticfishes | Buzzfeed Unsolved (Fallout AU) | Ryan/Shane | 6k | The Wasteland - and Ryan - through Shane's eyes.

(in nocte consiliam by oxymoronic | Bartimaeus | Bartimaeus/Nathaniel | 4k | London, 2003. Britain is on the brink of war, and someone is trying rather hard to kill John Mandrake.)

made of glass the way you see through me by uneventfulhouses | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 19k | Will it always be like this? Ryan wonders, watching Shane lope up the snowy walkway and pushing his way through the front door, humming some jolly old tune in that way Shane’s prone to do. Theatrical, performing for an audience even though Ryan is the only one around.

All Your Stars In View by alpha_exodus | Harry Potter | Draco/Harry | 18k | Life after the war is difficult for Harry, especially when the only thing that makes him feel better is, oddly enough, being around Malfoy. So when Malfoy asks to paint his portrait, Harry can't refuse, even if it means baring himself in more ways than one.

13 Genuinely Awful Things About Steven by thefourthvine | Buzzfeed Worth It | Steven/Andrew | 10k | Andrew’s learned to like cake, he’s learned to like oysters, and he’s learned to like Steven.

we’ll make a brand new start of it (in old new york) by misantlery | Buzzfeed Worth It | Steven/Andrew | 10k | “Just to be clear,” Andrew says. “You want me to pretend to be your boyfriend at a party to spite your high school bully and your high school girlfriend and possibly the entire state of Ohio?”

Russian Roulette Croquembouche by misantlery | Buzzfeed Worth It | Andrew/Steven | 9k | “Get that on your business card,” Andrew advises. “Steven Lim, video producer, world traveler, fancy dessert boy. Human cream puff.”

rose-colored boy by juniperProse | Buzzfeed Worth It | Steven/Andrew | 2k | Andrew’s eyes are pink.

Like Wildfire by makemadej | Watcher Entertainment | Shane/Ryan | 20k | “Is this gonna be a thing with you?” Ryan demands. “You can’t keep committing to stuff that no one else knows about! When people online say they want you to be more open and vulnerable, this is not what they mean.”

Scratching the Itch by bendingsignpost | Doctor Who | Rose/Ten | 20k | Her mum had always told her that blokes had only one thing on their minds, but this was taking it to an entirely new level.

lie back and let me unlock you by Lise | The Untamed | Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang | 7k | Xiao Xingchen, reluctantly, admits to certain fantasies that he has. His friend is happy to indulge him.

in our respective ways by Lise | The Untamed | Jiang Cheng & Lan Wangji | 6k | Jiang Cheng has his golden core back. But he seems to have lost Wei Wuxian.

By Proxy by Lise | The Untamed | Jiang Cheng/Lan Wangji | 12k | Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji, looking for comfort in all the wrong places.

some good mistakes by Lise | The Untamed | Jiang Cheng & Lan Wangji | 18k | Or, the one where Wei Wuxian vanishes and Lan Wangji, reluctantly, asks for Jiang Cheng's help tracking him down.

efforts in a common cause by Lise | The Untamed | Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang/Song Lan | 12k | Everybody's walked out of Yi City alive. Now it's just three badly adjusted adults (and one badly adjusted teenager) trying to make things work - a project somewhat derailed by a night hunt that turns out to be something else.

swinger of birches by astronicht | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 23k | Lan Zhan is a little witch in the house on the hill, whispering out a love curse. Wei Ying is a witch undead, undone.

let me desecrate you by hkafterdark | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 6k | “Dangerous words.” Wei Wuxian drew back. The flickering candlelight gave him an otherworldly appearance; that, and his beauty, unchanged since the first time Lan Wangji had seen him. “You aren’t afraid to be at the mercy of the fearsome Yiling laozu?”

The Demon Affair by stereobone | Yu Yu Hakusho | Hiei/Kurama | 9k | Kurama accidentally seduces Hiei into a relationship.

i came to win (and i won) by paperclipbitch | The Queen’s Gambit | Beth/Benny | 3k | They play chess, and they fuck.The two things are not the same.

February

Sylvain Gautier Would Love To Try To Solve All Your Problems Through Sex (Hey It Might Help) by Fall Out Boy by harriet_vane | Fire Emblem: Three Houses | Sylvain/Felix | 22k | In which Sylvain wakes up on the wrong tour bus, and refuses to be their sex therapist (unless Felix asks nicely)

μήτηρ, in the Greek by antistar_e (kaikamahine) | Hades | Nyx & Persephone, canon relationships | 37k | At the end of this recounting, she tilted her head and asked politely, Is this not how you have children?Uh, no, said Persephone.

that voodoo that you do so well by veterization | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 18k | Ryan buys a voodoo potion oil at Voodoo Authentica meant to attract Yummy Boys. Appropriately, things happen.

A Bridge Between by Runespoor | Spirited Away | Gen | 3k | Years later, Chihiro moves into a new apartment; her parents help.

the ghost king's bride by arahir | Tian Guan Ci Fu | Hua Cheng/Xie Lian | 10k | Ghosts won't stop giving Xie Lian flowers, Hua Cheng won't stop teasing, and Xie Lian is out here doing his best, man.

Side bitch out of your league by rohkeutta | Captain America | Steve/Bucky | 3k | “I tried to call Sam,” Captain America says, bewildered. He’s sprinting like Usain Bolt and doesn’t sound even a little out of breath. Fucker. “Who’re you?”

cause in your warmth (I forget how cold it can be) by madnessandbrilliance | Promare | Lio/Galo | 7k | Lio is always freezing. Galo is always warm. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out the rest.

backdraft by broments | Promare | Lio/Galo | 32k | It happens in an instant, Galo gaping like an idiot while Lio presses forward to defend against the perceived threat, the weapon sparkling but not burning as it kisses Galo's throat.

Yosuke will now die for you! by DragonBandit | Persona 4 | Yosuke/Souji | 5k | ...This, causes problems.

dramamine by brawlite | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xue Yang | 7k | Song Lan is having a bad morning. Help comes from the last person he'd expect: Xue Yang.

Hearth and Home by lady_ragnell | Leverage | Alec/Eliot/Parker | 1k | When Eliot goes to a temple, or when he’s in one place long enough to build a shrine, he doesn’t do it for Ares. He does it for Hestia.

Where One Ends and the Other Begins by kalliopeia | Leverage | Alec/Parker/Eliot | 30k | Nobody’s particularly shocked when the job goes spectacularly sideways because their loot turns out to be magic. Parker and Eliot begin reading each other’s minds, accidental sharing happens, and shenanigans result.

Hungry Thirsty Roots by coolkidroland | Persona 5 | Akechi/Akira | 56k | In which Akira absolutely does not learn to leave well enough alone. **

Without Grasping Yet by Angelic_Ascent | Persona 5 | Akechi/Akira | 8k | Akechi and Akira end up far too cramped for comfort in the Morgana bus. And then they're left alone in Mementos.

Falling Up by KivaEmber | Persona 5 | Akechi/Akira | 2k | “If it helps…” Akira spoke up suddenly, his tone morbidly amused, “I forgive you, for shooting me in the face.”

March

Touch of Forbidden by tirsynni | LoZ | Ganondorf/Link | 2k | Nabooru warned him not to travel to the Spirit Temple. So of course Link went to the Spirit Temple.

breaking the same old heart by tardigradeschool | The Adventure Zone | Magnus/Taako | 11k | Taako and Magnus in triptych: before, during, and after the Bureau.**

your head is good, it’s loyal, it’s clean by Anonymous | TAZ | Magnus/Taako | 4k | "Here, I do this all the time."Too quickly for him to react, Taako plucks away one of his golden rings and slips it onto the ring finger of Magnus' left hand.

bruising kisses, whispered confessions by tangerine_skye | TAZ | Magnus/Taako | 3k | The trio stop over at an inn for the night. Taako and Magnus share a bed.

i can see what's coming (but i'm not saying it) by pansywaist | TAZ | Magnus/Taako | 3k | His breath is still hot on Taako's lips, distracting enough he almost misses the strained whisper: “I thought I was gonna lose you.”

Emergency Consolation in the Pocket Spa by Anonymous | TAZ | Magnus/Taako | 3k | If Magnus wants to hug a wizard, Magnus gets to hug a wizard.

together for the long haul by kismetNemesis | TAZ | Magnus/Taako | 6k | Magnus and Taako were married on a bright spring day in the year after they saved the world.

thin skin, bruises, and a cold cup of tea by GayFrankensteinsMonster | TAZ | Magnus/Taako | 3k | Sleep is for the weak, and Magnus has no weaknesses, except for his own natural curiosity.

tender is the night by dollylux | TAZ | Magnus/Taako | 10k | “It’s just…” He runs a hand through the thick bramble of his hair, gripping the crown of it to anchor himself. He sighs, slumping back against the footboard. “I guess I’m just not very good at one on one. Like, not… not in any way.”

a note is attached to the top of the vial by GayFrankensteinsMonster | TAZ | Kravitz/Taako, Magnus/Taako | 5k | Elves have a lifespan of up to six hundred years. The people that you know don't even come close to that.

Pieces of Memory and Heart by ellemaris | Raya and the Last Dragon | Raya/Namaari | 1k | Raya isn't sure how to heal everything between Heart and Fang, but returning something important to Namaari seems like a start.

the gods laugh by miss_aphelion | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji | 11k+ | WIP | Wei Wuxian is just getting used to being alive again when he's ripped from the world he knows. He wakes in a place where his sister and her husband live, where his brother doesn't hate him, where the Wen remnants have all survived.

In Your Room, In Your Bed by giraffeter | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji/Jiang Cheng | 25k | After Wei Ying is disowned, Yu Ziyuan forbids Jiang Cheng from letting Wei Ying live with him. Jiang Cheng lets him stay anyway because Fuck That. He tells his parents Lan Zhan is his new roommate instead.

in the blossom season (in the pouring rain) by varnes | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji | 14k | “Doctor Flowers,” Lan Zhan repeats, pointing at the tiny plum tree, just to confirm that his son is suggesting a magical tree named Doctor Flowers sprouted overnight and made their tame family project turn into a verdant jungle.

34 years old - 5'8" - DL - no-BB by withpractice_ff | Ace Attorney | Edgeworth/Phoenix | 3k | Phoenix finds Edgeworth’s Grindr profile

spinning with the stars above by tardigradeschool | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji | 7k | Wangji returns home to Vulcan for the first time since he left for Starfleet Academy, this time with Wei Ying at his side. He’s not expecting Wei Ying and his uncle to be fast friends, but things go poorly in a very different way than he was expecting.

every breath that comes before by tardigradeschool | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 10k | Or, what if that cup of wine Wei Wuxian drank for Lan Wangji after the Phoenix Mountain hunt wasn't just wine?

never love an anchor by tardigradeschool | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji | 31k | A fisherman and a selkie fall in love beside the sea. Regretfully, things are never quite that simple.

Be Careful by giraffeter | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xue Yang | 5k | Song Lan and Xue Yang try to survive a week in their shared apartment without Xiao Xingchen as a buffer.

April

running for a soft place to fall by tardigradeschool | The Untamed | Lan Xichen & Lan Wangji | 10k | As he leaves for his coming of age test at age twelve, half-Vulcan Xichen has a goal in mind. The rules of the kahs-wan prohibit taking food, water, or weapons. In accordance, Xichen is bringing none of those things, but he does have a compass tucked into his pocket. He is going to find his father.

an act too often neglected by Ariaste | The Untamed | Lan Xichen/Meng Yao | 60k | The single faceless, anonymous photograph on the profile that catches his eye is shot in elegant black-and-white, and there’s something about the crispness of the focus and the markedly off-center composition that says art, for once, rather than mugshot.The caption below is equally sparse: “5’6. Demanding.”

where you go, I'm going (so jump and I'm jumping) by Aria | The Magnus Archives | Martin/Jonathan | 6k | "I don't think so," Alex said. She looked at Martin. "Is this really how it went?"

Morning, keep the streets empty for me by feyburner | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 6k | Ghosts were drawn to the ring roads.

2am on a saturday by detectorist | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 11k | In which Lan Zhan gets high, slides into Wei Ying's DMs, and somehow ends up having the harmonica played to him at 2am in the morning.

Grief Kindly Stopped by ShanaStoryteller | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 5k | Nothing leaves the Burial Mounds alive.

Boat Basin by downjune | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | 5k | He thought the 21st century now maybe suffered from an overabundance of classifications for all the different ways to fuck and/or romance a person, but the most important thing—and his therapist had emphasized this—the most important thing was connection.

my touch magnifies by isozyme | Word of Honor | Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu/Ye Baiyi | 7k | Wen Kexing gets hit with fuck-or-die sex pollen on the way to Longyuan cabinet. Everything would be fine, except Zhou Zishu’s been keeping an unfortunate secret: the nails in his chest mean he can’t get hard anymore.

DELIGHTFUL FANVIDS

January

2020 || Multifandom Mashup

Hades - Official Animated Trailer

Hades Mini-PMV: This Year

2020, I guess

MARVEL || Energy (ft. Easy McCoy + Black Hydra)

obi-wan || give it

2020 ll Multifandom Mashup

Multifandom | Goodbye 2020

Multifandom | Goodbye 2018

2018 Multifandom | MASHUP

His Dark Materials - No Sanctuary

Lyra & Mrs. Coulter | Hurricane

► mrs. coulter || way down we go [hdm]

Wonder Woman || BORN READY

Vikings | The End of the Journey

February

MARVEL || Ready Set (ft. Vo Williams)

MARVEL || Here We Go (ft. Chris Classic)

MARVEL || Is You Ready || The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Never forget || Hualian - Hua Cheng x Xie Lian AMV

【魔道祖师 / MDZS】Animatic - The First Siege | Safe & Sound

The Jedi Way | THE MANDALORIAN

Multifandom || Going Bad (feat. Drake)

March

Broccolli Casserole--The Untamed

Hey Brother - The Adventure Zone Animatic/PMV

The Adventure Zone: Balance trailer

The Adventure Zone: Balance Arc Trailer (Animatic)

13 Year Olds (A MDZS Animatic by Arcxus)

Multifandom || Die In This Town

DNA | shadow & bone

(Marvel) Wanda Maximoff | Grief

Defying Gravity | MDZS/CQL Animatic

It’s Quiet Uptown | MDZS Animatic

To The Stars

(Marvel) WandaVision || Awaken

Walt Disney Animation Studios | A Magical Journey

We don't have forever.

stop living a fake life.

► Wanda Maximoff | PAINT IT BLACK (+15k)

Multifandom || Take It (c/w Quang Truong) ft. @SEIGE WORLD

Kylo Ren | STAR WARS

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

April

MARVEL || Natural ft.ImagineDragons

xue yang & xiao xingchen ➤ gasoline

WEN KEXING || GASOLINE

Wen Kexing ✘ Zhou Zishu || Dandelions

Play With Fire - Wen Kexing

TOXIC ~ Wen Kexing ~ word of honor ~ 山河令

(Marvel) Bucky Barnes | Free

Bucky Barnes | Feeling Good

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier || Next Level ft. @7kingZ || (Marvel)

Eternity looking down on us.

The complexity of reality.

Captain America

✗ The Crows | Trouble (Shadow&Bone)

Shadow & Bone | Paint It Black

The secret fate of all life.

DELIGHTFUL MUSIC

January

A Better Version - Jessie Shelton

Start a War - Klergy, Valerie Broussard

Meet Me in the Dark - Melissa Etheridge

ily - Surf Mesa, Emilee

Space Man - Eurielle

To Be Loved - Aurora

In the Blood - Darren Korb

Can’t Help Falling in Love - Tommee Profitt

Astronomical - SVRCINA

Oh Comely - Neutral Milk Hotel

In This Shirt - The Irrepressibles

goblincore + cottagecore

moonlit love letters 🌙💌 (sailor moon-inspired lofi mix)

Moonlight Densetsu Lo-Fi Remix 1 hour version

Peaceful Meditation

February

Never Forget You - Zara Larsson

Is You Ready - Migros

Recomposed Four Seasons - Max Richter

The End - JPOLND

Love Yourself - Sufjan Stevens

Deja | Daniel Roure

Used To Like | Neon Trees

Material Boy - Sir Sly

Willow - Taylor Swift

Overture - Apashe

Evangeline - Josh Garrels

Gris, pt 1 - Berlinist

Inferno - Hiroyuki Sawano

March

BAMBAM - Angie

Dictator - Rei Ami

Demons - Hayley Kiyoko

Runaway - Rei Ami

Deep Blue - Marcus Warner

Brave New World - Kalandra

Nero - The Speed

The Path of Silence - Anne Sophie Versnaeyen

Tuleloits - Kerli

Soft to Be Strong - Marina

Relic - Reeder

Ascension - Gorillaz

Will You Follow Me Into the Dark - Klergy

Voidfish (Plural) - Rachel Mitchell

Raya and the Last Dragon soundtrack

Unicorn Wizard - Ninja Sex Party

Me Too - Meghan Trainor

Umbrella - Rihanna

Colors Flying High - Lollia

Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There - Lyn

lovely - khalid

Burn My Dread - Lotus Juice

Progress - The Dear Hunter

My Mother Told Me - Rachel Hardy

Savage Daughter - Sarah Ross

Four - Sleeping At Last

April

The Other Side - Amarante

Predator & Prey - Griffin Puatu

As the World Caves In -Matt Maltese

Tell Her I Wasn’t Scared - Dan Thiessen

Esmeralda - Adriel Genet

Woods - AfterInfinity

So Human of You - Shireen

Flags of Rome - Jesper Kyd

Do It All the Time - I don’t Know How But They Found Me

Hummingbirds - Venus Hum

On and On - Curtis Harding

Grand Escape - RADWIMPS

my ex’s best friend - machine gun kelly

Sofia - Clairo

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Charlotte Lawrence

Next Level - 7KingZ

Tell Me - Johnny Jewel

Get Out of Town - Firefles

Music for Anglo Saxes

I See Darkness In You - Red Mecca

Satan Is His Name - Holly Golightly

Rocky Trail - Kings of Convenience

Story - NF

Because the Night - 10,000 Maniacs

Use to Be (L.O.V.E.) - Chelsea Collins

Bird on a Wire - Simone Istwa

Huzzah - Nathan Barr

POSTED FIC

January

gonna make you feel, boy | Hades | Megaera/Thanatos/Zagreus | 1,101 words | “You can touch, you know,” she murmurs, satisfaction and anticipation warring within her. Her pulse pounds. Zagreus’s eyes have darkened, his pupils eating up all that color. He looks good enough to eat.

February

how long do we have? | She Ra | Adora/Catra | 1,539 words | “The war is over, Adora,” Catra tells her. Adora hums. “Maybe. Maybe not.”

March

only fools rush in | The Adventure Zone | Taako/Magnus | 5,209 words | “Okay,” Taako says, sitting down heavily. “So. Ancient ritual to… bring people together?”

til my lungs both billow out | The Magnus Archives | Jon/Martin | 748 words | The knife goes in. The tape runs out.

the echo, as wide as the equator | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 2,927 words | “Lan Zhan,” Wei Ying whispers after it is done.

April

N/A

WIPS | UNPUBLISHED | ORIGINAL

January

1685 words of Buzzfeed Unsolved, tattoo AU

February

N/A

March

3121 words of Magnus/Taako, Stolen Century verse Posted!

April

852 words of Steve/Billy

FANMIXES/GRAPHICS

January

got the morbs: sad/somber songs for sad/somber people

2021: a mix for the year that comes after 2020

Sahara Baby: a mix for songs that sound like Spanish Sahara

Fire Baby: a mix for songs that sound like Play With Fire

Consequences Baby: a mix for songs that sound like Consequences

Paradise Baby: a mix for songs that sound like Paradise Valley

Real Boy: a Zagreus playlist

February

N/A

March

only fools rush in: a taako/magnus playlist

pomegranate seeds: a persephone playlist

make them bow: a megaera playlist

fuck feelings: a taako playlist

til my lungs both billow out: a jonmartin playlist

April

i am my mother’s savage daughter: a playlist for the girl

#heather says what #heather writes #scrapbook #2021

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Note

BET YOU WON'T ANSWER THEM ALL

1: Full name

I've gotten creepy messages on here so I'm gonna keep that private lol

2: Age

3: 3 Fears

Abandonment, driving by semi-trucks, bugs

4: 3 things I love

Music, coffee, nature

5: 4 turn ons

Sense of humor, intelligence, height, big hands.. happy trails are sexy

6: 4 turn offs

If they're rude, judgy, closed-minded, or act fake

7: My best friend

Tammy

8: Sexual orientation

Straight

9: My best first date

I have no idea honestly. First dates are always weird

10: How tall am I

5′5″

11: What do I miss

Not having anxiety, traveling, when my boobs were bigger

12: What time was I born

11:30 pm

13: Favourite color

Yellow, green, blue

14: Do I have a crush

It’s more than a crush, but yes

15: Favourite quote

"This is cracking me out" - my kid

16: Favourite place

The forest, Havasupai, California

17: Favourite food

Just about anything Italian. Or with a lot of cheese

18: Do I use sarcasm

Pretty often

19: What am I listening to right now

Wind blowing through the window. It’s like 65 degrees here I love it

20: First thing I notice in a new person

If they seem nice or not

21: Shoe size

7 or 7.5 depending on the shoes

22: Eye color

Blue

23: Hair color

Reddish dark blonde

24: Favourite style of clothing

Grungy but hot

25: Ever done a prank call? Yes

27: Meaning behind my URL

I’ve answered this a couple times before, I’m too lazy

28: Favourite movie

Peanut Butter Falcon

29: Favourite song

All the ones that make me feel things the most

30: Favourite band

A Day to Remember, Brand New

31: How I feel right now

Relaxed

32: Someone I love

My son

33: My current relationship status

In something

34: My relationship with my parents

They’re cool

35: Favourite holiday

Christmas

36: Tattoos and piercing I have

Treble clef on the back of my neck, pierced ears

37: Tattoos and piercing I want

I’m good for now! Maybe more one day

38: The reason I joined Tumblr

I don’t even know, I’ve used this shit off and on since I was 16

39: Do I and my last ex hate each other? Nope!

40: Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night ” texts? Yep

41: Have you ever kissed the last person you texted?

Nope

42: When did I last hold hands?

Held hands with my son today

43: How long does it take me to get ready in the morning? Like 20 minutes

44: Have you shaved your legs in the past three days? Yes

45: Where am I right now? In my room

46: If I were drunk & can’t stand, who’s taking care of me?

Probably one of my friends lol

47: Do I like my music loud or at a reasonable level?

Loud unless I’m sleepyy

48: Do I live with my Mom and Dad? No

49: Am I excited for anything? 🎄🎄🎄

50: Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to?

Yepp I think so

51: How often do I wear a fake smile?

Sometimes if I don't want my kid to sense my stress. Or during boring conversations

52: When was the last time I hugged someone?

Today

53: What if the last person I kissed was kissing someone else right in front of me?

🤷🤷🤷

54: Is there anyone I trust even though I should not?

I don’t think so

55: What is something I disliked about today?

I was super sleepy, slept until some stressy dreams woke me up, and can't go back to sleep 🙃

56: If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?

That guy from My Octopus Teacher

57: What do I think about most?

People I love, things I have to do, and the randomest shit imaginable

58: What’s my strangest talent?

I barely have any normal talents

59: Do I have any strange phobias? No

60: Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? Behind it unless I feel cute

61: What was the last lie I told?

Something about Santa to my kid

62: Do I prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online? Depends!

63: Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens?

I feel like ghosts are possible, our energy could keep existing in some ways after our body dies who knows. Aliens exist for sure. Just not anywhere near our planet imo

64: Do I believe in magic? No

65: Do I believe in luck? I believe in good karma

66: What’s the weather like right now?

Kinda chilly/breezy but nice

67: What was the last book I’ve read?

Read Fox in Socks to my kid

68: Do I like the smell of gasoline? No

69: Do I have any nicknames? Kind of

70: What was the worst injury I’ve ever had?

One time a horse stepped on my foot and it was bruised for months lol

71: Do I spend money or save it? Both

72: Can I touch my nose with my tongue?

Noo! I just tried though hahah

73: Is there anything pink 10 feet from me?

A crayon

74: Favourite animal? Sloths but I love all animals

75: What was I doing last night at 12 AM?

Sleeping surprisingly

76: What do I think is Satan’s last name is?

I can't think of anyone I hate enough to make a good joke out of this

77: What’s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it?

Colorado Symphony version of The Stable Song by Gregory Alan Isakov

78: How can you win my heart?

Good conversations, make me laugh, show me you care, show me good music, etc

79: What would I want to be written on my tombstone?

Nice things, I don't know lol

80: What is my favorite word? Fuck

81: My top 5 blogs on tumblr

I ♥️ all the ones I follow

82: If the whole world were listening to me right now, what would I say?

Realistically I would have a panic attack and say something stupid 😂

83: Do I have any relatives in jail? Not that I know of!

84: I accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super-power of my choice! What is that power?

Maybe the power to pause time so I could sleep or do whatever for however long I want without wasting any time. Or maybe the ability to teleport

85: What would be a question I’d be afraid to tell the truth on? Idk I can't think of one

86: What is my current desktop picture?

It’s the default one, I don’t go on it very often lol

87: Had sex? Yes

88: Bought condoms? No the guys always did that

89: Gotten pregnant? Yes

90: Failed a class? No

91: Kissed a boy? Yes

92: Kissed a girl? Yes

93: Have I ever kissed somebody in the rain? Yes

94: Had a job? Yes

95: Left the house without my wallet?

Yepp I used to forget it all the time

96: Bullied someone on the internet?

No I'm not a pussy ass bitch

97: Had sex in public?

If you count in a parked car, yes

98: Played on a sports team? Yes

99: Smoked weed? Yes

100: Did drugs? A while ago

101: Smoked cigarettes? Yes, quit a while ago

102: Drank alcohol? Yes

103: Am I a vegetarian/vegan?

Nope! I tried one time just for fucks and it did not last long

104: Been overweight? No

105: Been underweight? Yes

106: Been to a wedding? Yes

107: Been on the computer for 5 hours straight? Yes

108: Watched TV for 5 hours straight?

Yes. Marathons and binge sessions

109: Been outside my home country? Yes, Mexico

110: Gotten my heart broken? Yes

111: Been to a professional sports game? Yes

112: Broken a bone? Nope

113: Cut myself? Yes

114: Been to prom? Yes

115: Been in an airplane? Lots of times

116: Fly by helicopter? No

117: What concerts have I been to?

Oh fuck I know I’ll leave some out. Kelly Clarkson (don’t judge me I was 12), All Time Low, Avenged Sevenfold, Papa Roach, Blink-182, Fall Out Boy, Flogging Molly, Jason Mraz, Ed Sheeran, Atreyu, Escape the Fate, went to Warped Tour a couple times in high school so a bunch more emo bands

118: Had a crush on someone of the same sex? No

119: Learned another language?

A decent amount of Spanish

120: Wore make up? Frequently

121: Lost my virginity before I was 18? Yes

122: Had oral sex? Yes

123: Dyed my hair? Yes

124: Voted in a presidential election? Yes

125: Rode in an ambulance? No those are expensive

126: Had a surgery?

Does getting my wisdom teeth removed count

127: Met someone famous?

Saw Alice Cooper at a Cheesecake Factory one time

128: Stalked someone on a social network?

Not stalked, more like checked up on lol

129: Peed outside? On camping trips

130: Been fishing? Yes

131: Helped with charity? Yes

132: Been rejected by a crush? Probably!

133: Broken a mirror? No

134: What do I want for my birthday?

Christmas is coming first idk

135: How many kids do I want and what will be their names?

I have one kid whose name I won’t be posting publicly, annnd I’m open to having another kid sometime in the future but not set on it. No names in mind for that lol

136: Was I named after anyone?

My parents are Catholic so they named me after St. Kieran

137: Do I like my handwriting? It’s alright idk

138: What was my favourite toy as a child?

I liked my toy horses and barbies the most probably

139: Favourite TV Show?

Idk I have lots of favorites. I've probably rewatched The Office the most out of all of them tho

140: Where do I want to live when older?

Somewhere chill, surrounded by lots of nature. Arizona doesn’t have much of that lol

141: Play any musical instrument?

I can play the piano but it’s been a while

142: One of my scars, how did I get it?

One on my knee from a car accident

143: Favourite pizza topping?

I love onions on my pizzaaaa

144: Am I afraid of the dark?

No, unless I watched a scary movie or something

145: Am I afraid of heights? No

146: Have I ever got caught sneaking out or doing anything bad?

Got caught sneaking out when I was 15. Countless other things I can’t remember

147: Have I ever tried my hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end? Yep!

148: What I’m really bad at

Doing things on time, paying attention when I’m not interested in something

149: What my greatest achievements are

Having an amazing kid, got first prize in the science fair in 6th grade for gluing a fucking key finder mechanism to the back of a shoe charm (shoe finder), was on time to something once

150: The meanest thing somebody has ever said to me

Idkkk

151: What I’d do if I won in a lottery

Give a lot of it to some family, save a lot of it, get a new house, set aside a savings for my kid, buy a sloth or something

152: What do I like about myself

Fuck I don't know, I try my best hahah

153: My closest Tumblr friend

@spencerwithac

154: Something I fantasize about

Sex in public

155: Any question you’d like?

Nope this was plenty thank you

#🖕

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my-makeshift-masquerade · 6 years ago

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The Lion King 2 Was Good: Change My Mind

SPOILERS AHEAD

Now, I know that no film is perfect. I’m saying that this sequel gets a lot of hate online, and I don’t understand why at all. Keep in mind that this movie was a direct to DVD release, meaning it had barely had a comparible budget to the original. It was made in 1998 and used traditional styles of animation. Considering these factors, it’s no wonder it cannot live up to the legendary masterpiece that it’s original film will be until the end of time. But I think the creators of this film did an amazing job, and I want to provide some reasons as to why.

The writing for this movie is often criticized as lazy and unoriginal. I think this complaint is more reflective of a genre difference than anything else. The Lion King was based on Hamlet, and the Lion King 2 was based on Romeo and Juliet. Both are Shakespearean tragedies, but the latter is far more focused on romance for obvious reasons. That means the overall pacing and writing for the second film is slightly different from its predecessor. For example, while the original had the intense Mufasa death scene earlier in the film, the death of Nuka in the second film was near the end. If viewers only wanted a remake of the Lion King script with different animation, they’d clearly be disappointed in this sequel.

The characters get criticized a lot, too. Kiara is often called a brat, but really she shares a similar arc with many other female characters from Disney. You know, the one where the girl disobeys her overprotective or controlling parent because she has a desire to be/achieve something more. The arcs that also occur in characters like Rapunzel, Merida, Ariel and Mulan. We don’t call any of these characters brats, do we? They did essentially the same exact thing as Kiara.

Timon and Pumbaa were there, and Rafiki too. They didn’t have as much of an impact as the central cast though, so let’s get to the rest of them.

Simba and Nala were hardly the same characters we saw in the first film, but there’s a good reason for it. Simba clearly has some issues from the beginning. He’s like a lion racist, on top of bejng extremely hypocritical and protective of his daughter. Clearly his traumatic experiences with Scar affected him very deeply. We even get a whole dream sequence about how he subconsciously sees Kovu as another Scar in the second film. Nala is more level headed as usual, but she still is understanding of what Simba is going through.

Kiara is the one who doesn’t hold back on criticizing her father for his prejudices. She even tells him straight up what he needs to accept: “You will NEVER BE MUFASA!”

Now, onto the Outlanders. Zira was an amazing character, and quite a revolutionary villain. She lived up to Scar’s evil legacy, and then some. She is so underrated and honestly I don’t get it. This is the mother gothel before mother gothel. “Mother Knows Best” and “My Lullaby” had the same manipulative energy and the only difference between these two villainous ladies is the details of their motivations.

Nuka... Oh Nuka. I want to give him a hug, because this poor boy needs it. Despite his obvious flaws in the eyes of his own mother, he was absolutely committed to his family, in a way that made his death scene so sad. His last words were: “I’m sorry mother. I tried.” He deserved to live and nobody can convince me otherwise!

Vitani, while being a minor character, is very well done. She is likable and her sibling dynamics with Nuka are fun to watch. She even has an arc as at the end of the film, she sides with Kovu and Kiara rather than her mother.

Now for the furry maker himself. Kovu is such a likable character, even without all the charm the animators and voice actor gave him. He clearly has a big heart and the relationship he has with Kiara feels very genuine and mutual between them both. They listen to eachother and work together perfectly. I don’t see why so many people think the relationship is forced...

The animation did leave a lot to be desired, but the music sure didn’t. The songs in this film do what they’re meant to do, and sound amazing.

In my opinion, I think the Lion Guard is comparable to a fanfiction. I’m sure it’s not that bad of a show, don’t get me wrong. I say this simply because of the way it shoved itself into the Lion King 2 canon, and added a bunch of lore that had never been established prior. It feels like it has to be an alternate universe if anything. With all the magic and marks and other friend animals, some that Simba even asks Timon for specifically when he’s hungry in the first movie. Not kidding, he asks for hippo meat. It just pushed itself into the story line and didn’t bother trying to keep the originality of the lore in place. But this is Disney we’re talking about.

It also bugs me that they felt the need to add Kion rather than using the already free spirited cub Kiara as the protagonist. Seriously. They changed her entire character to make this new cub seem different. Kiara says bluntly as a cub that she didn’t want to be queen in the second film, then in the Lion Guard, she is all stuck up about being the queen and brags about it? Makes zero sense. For those who say she learned to take on the responsibility, bullshit. She didn’t even accept her royal responsibilities as a young adult in the second film. Alternate universes have to be at play here. A character can’t have their personality go 180 that fast. That’s just bad writing.

Well, that’s my post defending the Lion King 2, because nobody else seems to want to talk about the positive sides of this film. Feel free to give your opinions, but there’s no guarantee I will immediately respond.

#lion king 2 #lion king #lion guard

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genocider-syo-is-still-my-queen · 5 years ago

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Danganronpa 1: Pregame au

Basically: What if the DR1 cast were fans of the Danganronpa series, and auditioned themselves? What would their old lives have been like?

Warnings: Child abuse, sexual harassment, suicide and other sensitive topics.

Makoto - just an average boy... there's nothing special about him, not at all... in fact, no one would even notice he was gone if he ended up being dying in Danganronpa. So why not go for it? There's no hope for him doing anything impressive in the real world, so maybe he can make an impact in Danganronpa. Even if it's only small. (basically still average but less optimism)

Sayaka - She'd always watched Danganronpa (her parents were busy working and just left the TV on to keep her busy) , and wished she could be like them, like the wonderful detectives that solve everything! She was a quiet girl, and kept to herself, but reckoned she could make it if they just gave her a shot. Being the protagonist and being able to get through any trial (figuratively and literally) would be a dream come true! But waiting outside the audition room, she got a little nervous and fidgety. But she had always found that singing to herself could calm her down. So she did that a little, and managed to forget all her fears. A couple of staff were staring though... was it really that bad?

Leon - never knew what he wanted to do with life. His grades were alright, but he didn't really have any jobs that related to that (especially not a lawyer). He could run relatively fast, but didn't want to spend masses of time training. He could play some guitar, but didn't want to start a band or do anything with that. All around, people were pressuring him to make decisions "You need to do this, you're so good at it!" but he didn't have any real passions... So he choose the easy way out. Danganronpa would make the decision for him.

Chihiro - never really cared what others thought of him. Sometimes he liked wearing cute dresses, sometimes he wanted to wear more masculine clothing. But he'd never doubted that he was happy with himself. Even if other people looked in mixed disgust, he brushed it all aside cause he knew he was awesome. And hey, he did have some friends! But one of these friends wasn't doing too well, and was going to join Danganronpa as an escape. Chihiro tried to convice them it was a bad idea, but they wouldn't back down. So Chihiro decided that they would audition too, so they could try to protect them a little. (it's up to interpretation who the friend is)

Mondo - always overshadowed by his older brother. He was generally a quiet kid, but had some problems with his temper when he got mad. He didn’t like it, but he often got into trouble, and no one really liked him... And he was going to be expelled if he kept this up. And his parents always seemed so disappointed, even if they never said anything... So he decided to audition for Danganronpa.

Ishimaru - was always a bit of a loner. He found social interaction hard, as he didn't always grasp when people were joking or not. And apparently, he often sounded like he was being sarcastic, even though that was never his intention. His father died when he was young, and his mother moved with his grandfather. The grandfather would often jokingly talk about how Ishimaru needed to do better in class (even though he was averaging 96%). Grandpa Ishi didn't do this with any malicious intentions, but the boy took it to heart, and tried studying harder and harder.

Eventually, the stress got too much, and he needed to take a real break. Around this time, there were commercials saying "apply now for Danganronpa: THH!" (they always gave initials but never what they stood for, build the suspense you know?). And Mamma Ishi said "Look at that, you're just the right age!" She was joking of course, she would never want her son to go through something like that. But Ishimaru was never the best as recognising what people really meant...

Hifumi - was a special case. He had been part of the online Danganronpa community for years (he was possibly too young when he got into it, but hey, the internet you know?). He was also a pretty popular fanfic writer, and had written several successful fangans. Team Danganronpa noticed this, and knew he was just about the right age now. So they contacted him directly, and made him an offer: he should join Danganronpa... as himself! Without any brainwashing to give a new personality or talent. Of course, if he ever told anyone the truth about the killing game, he'd be killed instantly. And in exchange, all of his works would legally belong to Team Danganronpa (who could capitalise off of them however they saw fit. This lead to the first magical girl spinoff, based on one of his earlier works. Also they made a couple of animated mini-series based on his fangans. They made tons)

Hifumi accepted.

Celestia - never had anything. She never had a family, she never had a home, she barely had an education. All she wanted was to have a better life. And after all she’d been through, she deserved to have it all! But there was no way to get it realistically. So she auditioned for Danganronpa. If only for a short while, she’d have the happiness she’d been craving, and the lifestyle to go with it.

Sakura Oogami had always been tall for her age. And she was often insecure about it. She also enjoyed sports, which lead to her becoming a little muscly as well - which she had always thought was unsightly for a girl. At 12 years old she was 5'10, and she soon found out why. She had a rare genetic mutation, that prevented her body from stopping her growth. But of course, this had some side effects - she wasn't going to live until 18. Sakura was understandably unhappy, but decided to do something with her life until she inevitably died. She decided to keep up the training, and started to love her muscles. She tried her best to be a good example, and do good deeds...

But then she had an idea. In her youth, she had never really had tall muscly female role models. Or if they existed - they were one dimensional 'girls who learnt to fight because they have 4 brothers' (what strong female characters). There were also the tall girls in romcoms who guys were intimidated by. Girls needed more than that... so she would be the role model! At 16, and 6'3, Sakura auditioned for Danganronpa, not caring if she survived the game or not. All she wanted... was for people to look at her and say "Wow, I wish I could be like her"

Kyoko - tried her best. After a divorce in her youth, she didn't see her father much (as her mother's family was much better off, and fought hard for custody). But she loved both her parents a lot, and always wanted to impress them. Her father seemed pleased whatever she did, and her mother always told her she was proud. Her mother's family were very involved in her life, and seemed to question everything her mother did. It was only because they wanted the best for her of course! Remember what we said about Jin? And you went and married him anyway! Look how that turned out!

As she grew older - maybe 10 years old? - Kyoko saw her extended family in a harsher light. If they never had anything nice to say, why say it? She tried to stand up for her mother, but was laughed away, and her mother was criticised for not teaching her respect for her elders. But she was spending more weekends with her father now, and her parents seemed to be getting on better than before. Not good enough that they'd try again (yet), but it was better than nothing. And for the first time in years, Kyoko was able to spend time with both parents.

Unfortunately when she was 15, Kyoko's dad was given a new job... in a different country. And he promised he would visit, those times seemed few and far between. And during one of these times... her mother killed herself. And it seemed that she had been the one shielding Kyoko all these years. Without her, all the family's expectations were placed on Kyoko, pressuring her to do things she didn't enjoy. And it had been months since she'd last heard from her father... maybe he'd forgotten about her (her family wouldn't let his letters go through)

So she signed up for Danganronpa to get away. But as fate would have it, her father visited the day she was taken away for the game. He desperately pleaded to be let in. Heck, he'd even go through the game to save his daughter! And in a way, his wish was granted. Kyoko was intended to die in chapter 5, but with a connection to an extra like this? She could survive... plus, they had been looking for a headmaster.

Byakuya - was unsatisfied with his life. His father gave him gifts, but no love. All the toys he could want! But he was too busy to celebrate Christmas together. A great TV! But never a nice meal out. Whatever he wanted, except time together. His mother had died young, and Byakuya grew up lonely. But he understood, his father was a busy man after all. His father had plenty of expectations, and Byakuya tried to live up to them. His father never smiled at him, but he was always told "You're doing well boy." and that was enough. It was his father's way of showing affection... wasn't it?

He got though life, and he did a good job of it too. He was all set up to go to the most prestigious college, and go on to take over the company... but when he though about that future... he didn't enjoy the thought of it. He only saw himself growing up exactly like his father... and he hated the thought. Now Byakuya was going through that rebellious phase. And he wanted to do something new. Something his father would never approve of... Danganronpa. He was going to reinvent his image. When people thought Togami, they wouldn't think about the finance company, they'd remember the double murderer. And maybe his father could find someone else to take over.

Aoi - wasn't happy with her body. As long as she could remember, people had made comments about how attractive she was, and how they couldn't believe how young she was, she was so mature for her age (in personality, of course)! She loved donuts, but always got comments about she shouldn't eat so much, she'd get fat. She always felt judged for her interests. "You like Danganronpa? Name the favourite colour of the first person killed in the third chapter of Danganronpa 12: Failure and Puhuhu." (which is pretty hard, cause the murder was incredibly complicated and 5 people ended up dying, but not in the order they were found (one of who killed another after their own death)). But at least on the internet, there were people who didn't treat her like that. Until she worked up the courage to post a selfie of her cosplay.

She ended up auditioning for Danganronpa, if only to say "Do I know Danganronpa? I was in it fucker." one day. But she had one request if she got in - she didn't want to wear a mini-skirt.

Hagakure - was a bum. A complete and utter waste to society. He had been held back too many times. He didn't want it to be like this, but he could just never retain information the way other people could. He tried every studying technique, every book that said "NEVER STRUGGLE IN SCHOOL AGAIN IN 5 EASY STEPS!" but it didn't work. He tried his best, but he could never do it. And he hated it. He wanted to get a good job, to make his mama proud, but he could never do it, because he was just too stupid! He was a little too old to enrol in his school (and he made the staff look bad at official inspections), so he was officially hired as a janitor and was allowed to attend classes. (But hey, seeing as he was a student, they could technically pay him less than minimum wage. They wouldn't pay the student council now, would they?)

Hagakure wanted more. He couldn't do another year of trying and failing. He couldn't take the looks his younger, better classmates gave him. He couldn't. And there was no age limit for Danganronpa... you only needed to be in high school - which he was. It was worth a shot, if only to rid the world of his utter uselessness.

Toko - couldn't go on. Her mother and father hated her. Everyone hated her. She couldn't do anything right. She took the first chance to audition, and in the process she ended up spilling her entire life story. "Ah, I'm so sorry, I bet you're not at all interested in someone like me, I'll just leave now and save you the pain." But Team Danganronpa were interested (and hey, this saved them writing their own backstory! Just change that father to another mother (they're not lesbians, it's just very convoluted) and you're ready to go!).

Toko often found herself with blank spaces in her memory. The first was when she was locked in a cupboard for an entire day, but it didn't feel that long. She assumed she just passed out from not eating enough. But that wasn't quite true. Due to her trauma, she'd developed a severe case of DID (which went undiagnosed for years). This second personality was not a serial killer, was not a psychopath, was not objectively evil, and was not [insert negative DID stereotype here]

Team Danganronpa took one look at the potential of a 'split personality' character and simultaneously thought "It's free real estate"

Mukuro and Junko - They were twins of course, and had been kicked out onto the streets. It was them against the world. But they always stayed together. They were all the other had. While Mukuro became saddened by the world, Junko became angry. But they couldn't give up. Mukuro tried to make friends, to find a small jobs she could do - even if i meant she could only buy McDonalds for the two of them every day or so. Junko didn't try as much. Sure, she did some things when she could, but she wasn't going to give more back to the world than she had to. She was mostly dependant on Mukuro still.

Mukuro wanted to create a new life. She found a job where the store manager was willing to turn a blind eye and let them stay in a small backroom. But Junko wasn't so happy. Whilst the manager was willing to let them stay for seemingly nothing, he was awfully pushy towards her. She smiled back, doing as little as she could without making him angry. She didn't want to be kicked out again.

But she ran out of patience when the manager made a request that was too much. "That room's awfully cramped for the two of you. Why don't you spend the night at my place tonight? You can even sleep on a proper bed for once." Junko knew what he wanted. And like hell she was going to let him have it. She told Mukuro they needed to go, now. She didn't say the reason, but Mukuro knew she must have a reason.

Long story short - Junko stole a car. And they drove to the audition building. "We're going to join Danganronpa." "What?" "It's better than what we have there. And we'll get nice food restocked everyday. And a school roof over our heads (unless we're in a resort DR, which would be even nicer)."

Junko and Mukuro auditioned separately, and Team Danganronpa let slip they were very interested in having a game with twins. Junko made a few comments too. "Wow, it'd be pretty tragic if one of the twins died, and the other had to live with the other's death until the final chapter." Team DR chuckled a little. "But if you try something like that...

"Please kill the one named Junko."

#danganronpa #danganronpa au #junko enoshima #kyoko kirigiri #sayaka maizono #hifumi yamada #mukuro ikusaba #DanganRonpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

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prettywordsyouleft · 6 years ago

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Maybe I Need You

Characters: Hwang Minhyun x reader

Genre: fluff, life, self-discovery

Warnings: none

Word count: 3876

A/N: So I decided to try the shuffle drabble game and got the song Incredible by Xia Junsu.

Prompt line from song: something incredible, something so magical -

Life was stable of late, you had landed a decent paying office intern position right out of university and whilst days could be long and stressful, you had grown accustomed to the routine expected of you. When time permitted you would meet up with your two best friends Miyoung and Jihee, normally for dinner and renting out a noraebang room afterwards to sing into the early morning. Your family was in regular contact and in the weekends you would travel the two hours back to your hometown to complete your filial duties before returning back to the city for the new week of work.

Everything was very much so the same old every day.

And whilst you found immense comfort in having the confines of your daily expectations, your mind was growing bored. There was nothing to excite you when your eyes opened in the morning and like a robot you would get up to prepare for your work day, spooning food that soon began to lose it’s taste into your mouth three times a day, and then ironing your clothes for the following day before collapsing in your bed to pass the time until it all started again.

As a child, you had been a dreamer. You had wanted to explore the world, to dance to your own beat. To meet someone who would bring magic into your world and grow old with them. At twenty-four, you were grateful for your accomplishments but they weren’t satisfying your soul. There was no music to dance to, no dream to follow. Your wild and carefree days had been replaced with a monotone of adult responsibilities. You wanted something incredible, something so magical to occur in your life again to save you from the incessant buzz that was growing inside your head.

And that’s why you had done it.

You had never travelled alone before, not seeing the need to disrupt the flow of your schedule for something that wasn’t necessary. Family vacations had consisted of going to your Aunt’s every summer to help on their farm for a couple of weeks. The only thing you had ever done alone was move to Seoul and that was due to study and work. Your teenage years had confined your carefree childhood, shaping you to not expect much more than to get into a good university and job before getting married.

And because you hadn’t once questioned this systematic way of viewing the world, those who knew you had reacted to your Jeju Island vacation negatively.

“I don’t have any hours free to just drop everything to go play at the beach with you, Y/N. Can’t you plan it for six months time, then I’ll be free. Wah, you couldn’t even consider your friends’ schedules huh?” Miyoung had pouted at you, and you shook your head, knowing you couldn’t even wait another month.

“This is so unlike you,” Jihee had added in, both girls nodding their heads in unison. “You never do anything out of the ordinary. You’re not dying are you?!”

Your mother hadn’t been very supportive either. “You mean you won’t be able to come home and help me with your father’s vegetable garden? Why do you need to see the beach for? It’s just water. Come home on time, hm?”

“What’s this?” your manager had asked, holding up the printed request of your week off. “Have you got a family emergency?”

“No sir, I just have some personal-”

“Then you don’t need to take this time off right now, do you?” he’d cut in, shaking his head.

“I have enough vacation hours racked up for this though.”

“I don’t care, interns don’t get holidays, managers don’t even leave this place unless they’re dead. I expect you in here on Monday.”

You realised as you stared at the beach in front of you, the waves crashing and rolling into the shore, that the reactions you had received from your sudden need to escape everything was worth it. You grinned giddily at the vast blue ocean, taking in deep breaths of the salty air and dug your toes into the warm sand.

You would placate your friends when you were back. The garden will still be there to attend to. And your manager would be waiting with your warning in a week’s time.

Nothing seemed to frighten you anymore, not whilst you stood there.

You felt free.

The feeling was short lived. The sea had revitalised you but after two days of soul searching and rebuilding your psyche, you felt lost with what to do for the remaining time on the beautiful island. Although you had used your extensive researching skills to plan your entire trip, travelling alone definitely had its cons. You had never been a very sociable person, used to having your head buried in a book than out at a club, and you had always gotten by with the casual interactions you had in your lifestyle. A colleague to chat with over your lunch break, online friends to discuss your common interests when you couldn’t sleep, and Miyoung and Jihee met up with you at least once a week. You were self-sufficient by nature.

In the foreign island though you were aware of just how lonely your life actually was.

You had joined a travel group and although the excursions were interesting, you found yourself craving a person to be at your side. Someone to point out the magical views to, someone to laugh with, to share a meal with. Everyone had come with another, mothers travelling together now their grown children had moved out, older couples adding more memories to their life-books, and young lovers documenting their every step for social media. They all found their purpose for being here.

Now the salty air was an exact representation of your mood.

As the fourth day began, you dragged your feet to the meetup point for today’s venture. It wasn’t that you were against riding horses down the beach; in fact, you had been looking forward to this moment the most when you first looked into your tour package deal. But you didn’t want to be the one riding alone, whilst the rest all chatted and shared memories with each other.

“Alright team!” Seho, the tour guide said with his engaging tone, clapping his hands together. “We have two exciting things to discuss. First, we’ll be riding down the beach in half an hour and spend the morning up in the saddle before stopping at the Shark Shack for lunch. And secondly, we have a late arrival to our squad, please give a warm welcome to Hwang Minhyun, his flight had wound up being detoured and so he’s only just made it to Jeju yesterday. A round of applause please!”

You clapped your hands softly as you eyed the newcomer, his hand rubbing at the back of his neck as he bowed lightly in greeting. His shy smile reached up to his eyes and he looked at each member of the group, his attention finally falling upon you. It made you quickly avert your focus, a small blush crossing your cheeks. You weren’t sure why you felt the need to look away; everyone else had been looking at the tall boy as well.

“Alright, in five minutes we’ll walk down to the beach; make sure you’re all ready to go.” Seho then stepped off to talk with one of the mothers in the group.

Minhyun awkwardly stood at the opposite end of the group, watching on as everyone chatted with each other after greeting him. You smiled to yourself as he chewed on his lip, trying to decipher who to talk to first. You had done the same thing on the first day and whilst everyone had been kind to you, they all stuck to those they knew. Feeling a sense of confidence to ease his awkwardness, you stepped around a couple pulling peace signs into their outstretched phones and moved closer to him. He seemed relieved at your arrival, smiling more brightly at you.

“Travelling alone?” he asked and you nodded. He did the same thing and for a moment you didn’t say anything. And then you both turned to each other, about to say something. Minhyun laughed and gestured for you to go first. “I’m Y/N.”

“Minhyun.” He then clamped his eyes shut momentarily before laughing again. “Uh, you knew that.”

Seho interrupted your barely started conversation to encourage everyone to follow him down the wooden steps beside you all and onto the beach. For a moment you focused on getting down onto the soft sand and Minhyun fell into step beside you, pulling off his plaid shirt to tie around his waist in the growing morning heat. Your eyes diverted from his well-defined arms that were now showing out of his plain white tee, another blush rising on your skin.

“Do you like horses?” you blurted out, hoping to distract your feeble thoughts.

“I like animals but I’m not exactly sure how much I’ll enjoy riding yet. You?”

“I rode as a kid on my Aunt’s farm.”

“I see.” The silence returned and you both attempted to find more to talk about, a common desperation for connection with another person hanging between you. Minhyun cleared his throat. “It’s a bit odd being alone, right? I thought I’d feel at peace being by the beach.”

“Instead you find yourself looking for someone instead of the sea,” you responded, Minhyun nodding.

“I arrived yesterday afternoon and it was great to finally be here. Admittedly, now I feel a little out of my depth, I’m too much of a homebody I’ve realised.”

You smiled at him, nodding your head. “I was escaping the daily grind in hopes to find something magical to revitalise me enough to return to that same schedule again.”

“Do you miss it?” You nodded and he laughed. “I was stuck in Japan for two days whilst they redirected the flight back to here. I realised the hassle of change was more stressful than my job has been.”

For some reason, since neither of you knew each other, it was becoming easier to talk about yourselves as there were no social expectations to maintain like in your normal life. It was a unique way to build a connection with another person.

“It sounds so sad when you hear it out loud though, right?” you asked, seeing the horses ahead, but enjoying the conversation you were having that you didn’t feel the usual joy you did when you saw the majestic animals. “We paid all this money looking for something to change in our worlds but the actual change itself has us wanting our normalcy back.”

“Maybe we need the change though,” Minhyun murmured, his eyes capturing yours for a moment. He then smiled and looked ahead. “Maybe we’re here because our former selves need us to return different somehow.”

You pondered his words, evoking deeper contemplation than you thought you’d be having at ten in the morning. He nudged you lightly, surprising you somewhat. He himself blushed; amazed that he had done such a thing.

Pointing ahead at the horses, he then looked down at you. “Will I fall off?”

“Only if you do something to warrant it.” You grinned at his expression, his eyes wide at your lack of reassurance. “But if you do, the best thing is to get back up in the saddle again.”

“Why?”

“If you don’t do it, you won’t get back up again.” You both shared a knowing glance, wondering just how entangled this ride would become into your thought process on life.

An hour into the ride, Minhyun had finally stopped looking around for anything to throw off his balance, his own seat improving on the steady bay horse beneath him. You had been given one of the younger horses due to your knowledge of riding and the challenges she was giving you were more exhilarating than you expected. She was a sensitive black little mare, not enough encouragement and she would drag her feet, but just the slightest amount of forwardness would send her shooting off. Instead of worrying and trying to place her in a confined tempo, you laughed, enjoying the way she would have a say in how she would be ridden. She reminded you of your youth and as you trotted alongside Minhyun, you couldn’t help but smile brightly at him, feeling the sense of freedom you had when you first arrived at Jeju.

It caused him to spend a lot more time looking over at you, his own smile playing on his lips. “You look happy.”

“She’s a lot of fun,” you admitted, patting her neck gently. The mare flicked her head to the side at your touch and then snorted, picking up her steps more energetically. The urge to run was strong within you, to feel her fly. You envisioned the fields of the farm in your childhood, running along barefoot in your summer dress, laughing and picking the wildflowers as you played. The mare had a similar feel and you could sense her keen interest, horses being in tune with the subtle movements of our bodies.

And then you stopped imagining it, knowing the rest of the travel group was here to plod along at a steady pace. To keep everyone at ease, and follow what was expected.

Minhyun noticed your sigh. “Why don’t you ask to do it at the end of the ride?”

“Do what?” you asked, blinking out of your thoughts and looking over at the taller boy.

“Run free.”

“They probably won’t want the horses learning to move faster than a trot down the beach so new riders won’t worry about falling off,” you explained, shaking your head softly. Minhyun pursed his lips together. Smiling and letting out a small laugh you shook your closest hand at him. “Honestly it’s just good to be enjoying this now.”

“It’s not what you want to do though,” he observed and you dropped the reins you held, wondering how he was able to infiltrate your thoughts. Minhyun’s eyes darted ahead and then back at you suddenly. “Ah, Y/N, you might want to look ahead!”

You turned at the last second, not paying attention to the cluster of rocks up ahead, the little mare sidestepping to save you both quickly. However, since you had let go of the reins, your balance wasn’t as steady with the lack of direction. Scrambling to grab them, you pulled a little too much to steady her and suddenly she threw her shoulder forward, your body rolling off neatly into the sand.

For a second you sat there, trying to decipher why you were on the ground.

And then you laughed, the mare standing next to you and snorting at your odd behaviour.

“Are you alright?!” Minhyun asked, jumping down off his own horse and leading it over to your side. The instructor also came to check on you and you smiled brightly up at them both, nodding at their questions over your safety.

“I’m fine, I needed that wake-up call,” you told them, taking Minhyun’s hand and getting back up to your feet. There was a slight ache in your ankle from the dodgy landing, but you managed to get back up in the saddle, patting the mare in apology.

“And here I was worrying I was going to fall off today,” the tall boy beside you commented and you both grinned, though his eyes continued to search over you, ensuring you were truly okay.

It comforted you knowing there was someone at your side when you had taken your first fall in life in a while.

You had opted out of going sightseeing at some caves in the afternoon, your ankle now hurting a lot more than it had earlier on. You had been checked out due to Minhyun’s insistence at lunchtime and the local hospital had assured it was a simple sprain. You had been given instruction to let it rest today, and that was it, Minhyun somehow managing to convince you that resting was all you would be doing now. He hadn’t been in your life for more than four hours now and you found he fell into it effortlessly, despite his nagging at you over your injury.

And so despite having seen more than enough of it, you both had walked out to the beach, taking a seat in the sand and staring out, the deep blue reaching as far as you could view it. Your conversation flowed from topics over likes and dislikes, and you discovered a mutual love for books and literature. You both held office jobs and lived alone in Seoul, with a small group of close friends. But there were differences too, he liked spicy food and you didn’t, and he liked to clean as a hobby, whilst you begrudgingly designated Thursday evening as your only time in the week to briefly tidy up before heading home to your family the following evening. It was nice to be able to talk about yourself to someone you didn’t know, and know there wasn’t judgement passed from either of you.

“I’m sorry you’re missing out on the caves,” you mentioned after you finished discussing a bit about your family and Minhyun waved his hand at you.

“Don’t be, I’m more comfortable here.”

You smiled, this was better than following along with the others and their loud chatter and photo taking.

“How’s your leg feeling?” he asked and you looked down at it, noticing the swelling had lessened a little. Minhyun had insisted on you placing your foot up as soon as you had sat down and had placed his bag down on the sand and then took his shirt from around his waist off for an impromptu footrest. Thanks to his quick thinking, you were feeling less pain.

“It’s looking a lot better than before, don’t you think? Maybe we could go do something else soon?”

“Like?” Minhyun rested his head on his knees, looking over at you. You smiled, liking how easy he seemed to be around you now. “Nothing involving a lot of walking, okay.”

“I saw a place we might both enjoy,” you said, trying to get to your feet. Minhyun was up first and held out his hand for you to take, steadying you in his strong grip. You placed your foot down on the sand and tested how much weight you could put through it, smiling brightly at being able to disperse yourself more evenly without the pain from earlier. “Oh good, it’s better!”

“Just take it easy though,” Minhyun instructed, handing you your bag and picking up his own belongings. You nodded too quickly at him and then walked off a bit, your fifth stride faltering and the pain flared back up in your leg. “I told you!”

His arms were around your waist and stopping you from falling for a second time today. Your breath hitched in your throat, and embarrassment coursed through you. His arms reluctantly let you go and you sighed. “Sorry.”

“Don’t be. How far is this place from here?” Minhyun questioned and you looked up to the row of stores, noticing it further down the road. You pointed and he seemed to accept it was in walking distance, holding out his arm for you to brace against as you hobbled along.

The walk was silent, Minhyun watching that you took each step with the least amount of pressure through your leg, and you trying to focus on walking and not on his varying grip against you. It was tense and you were thankful for the shop arrival, a smile crossing both of your faces as you stepped in.

After greeting the clerk of the bookstore, Minhyun helped you down the three steps into the main floor of the building, both of you soaking in the reams of novels and non-fiction. For awhile you perused the shelves in your own worlds and you were able to use the shelving to hold yourself upright.

“Have you found something to read?” a voice asked, and you turned to Minhyun, a couple of books within his grip. You then nodded, holding up a thick novel. He smiled. “Should we go purchase them and then sit down?”

There was a small seated area and a couple of the chairs were occupied so Minhyun ushered you the couch, sitting down and then gesturing you to do the same. Without much thought, he then reached for your leg, your eyes widening in shock. He maneuvered you so your injured leg was propped up on his bag on his lap again and instantly pulled the book in his hand up to his face, his flush of colour over his cheeks barely noticed by you. All the same, you smiled to yourself, getting immersed in the story of your choice quickly.

Time passed and you both flicked from page to page, barely aware of each other. It was comfortable, and you soon forgot that you had only met him earlier in the day. You knew you would never allow someone back in Seoul into your world so easily as you had Minhyun, and you smiled to yourself as you thought this, your eyes glancing towards him and then back into your book.

From sitting so long and with your leg up in an unnatural position though, your bottom was starting to ache, and without diverting your eyes from the novel, you placed a hand down and shifted a little. It was as you did this that you realised your hand had accidentally placed over Minhyun’s, his own arm outstretched so he could be comfortable in his own seating. You went to pull back as soon as you were balanced again but his hand turned over and grabbed yours, making you freeze up at his touch. Your eyes snapped up to his, the deep umber of his eyes captivating you for a moment. He then went back to his book, his hand remaining attached to yours.

Smiling shyly, you bit your lip, liking the feeling of him against you, your attention struggling to fall back into the book in your hand.

“Maybe the change we needed in ourselves is here,” he said softly, not lifting his eyes from the book but you could tell he wasn’t reading anymore.

Glancing down at his hand again in yours, you noticed his thumb was running over the back of yours lightly. You felt every part of you awakening in a way you hadn’t expected to feel at another person’s touch.

“I think you might be right,” you answered, Minhyun biting his lip to suppress an elated grin, his eyes trying to take in the words in front of him unsuccessfully.

You had escaped to Jeju without knowing what you needed in life and now with your hand in his, you realised you had a growing sense of hope for your remaining stay on the island, and further, for a new element to your daily life.

Someone who would change the old out and introduce something new, allowing you to start dreaming again.

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that-downeast-girl · 7 years ago

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EVERY SINGLE QUESTION!!! haha

Hate you.

1: Name) Celina2: Age) 20 in July3: 3 Fears) Heights, moths, trying new things. 4: 3 things I love) My nephews, fishing, the ocean.5: 4 turns on) Neck kissing, teasing, occasionally back rubs, ummm depends on the situation most of the time. 6: 4 turns off) Bad hygiene, making it all about them every single time, umm there’s more but I can’t think of it right now. 7: My best friend) Ashley 8: Sexual orientation) Straight 9: My best first date) Ummm... I’ve never been on an actual first date. Lol10: How tall am I) 5′211: What do I miss) Already answered this. 12: What time were I born) I don’t know 13: Favourite color) Blue14: Do I have a crush) Yes15: Favourite quote) Work smarter not harder 16: Favourite place) Being on the ocean17: Favourite food) Tacos, ice cream, pasta18: Do I use sarcasm) Occasionally. 19: What am I listening to right now) Bruce Almighty. 20: First thing I notice in new person) Body language and their smile21: Shoe size) 822: Eye color) Green23: Hair color) Dirty Blonde24: Favourite style of clothing) Ummm Jeans and a t-shirt I guess25: Ever done a prank call?) Yes. 27: Meaning behind my URL) I’m a girl who is from an area known as down east 28: Favourite movie) Mulan29: Favourite song) He Stopped Loving Her Today; George Jones 30: Favourite band) I don’t really have a favorite 31: How I feel right now) Sleepy32: Someone I love) My nephews 33: My current relationship status) Lol 34: My relationship with my parents) Good35: Favourite holiday) Thanksgiving 36: Tattoos and piercing i have) Elephant tattoo, belly button, ear lobes, and helix piercing 37: Tattoos and piercing i want) I want too many tattoos and I’m all set on piercings. 38: The reason I joined Tumblr) I don’t even remember. 39: Do I and my last ex hate each other?) I’m not a huge fan of him but we don’t hate each other. 40: Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night ” texts?) Yes. 41: Have I ever kissed the last person you texted?) No42: When did I last hold hands?) I don’t remember. 43: How long does it take me to get ready in the morning?) Like 10-15 minutes. 44: Have You shaved your legs in the past three days?) Yes, yesterday 45: Where am I right now?) Sitting on my living room couch. 46: If I were drunk & can’t stand, who’s taking care of me?) Probably Ashley 47: Do I like my music loud or at a reasonable level?) Loud48: Do I live with my Mom and Dad?) My Dad49: Am I excited for anything?) Graduation and starting my career. 50: Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to?) Yes. 51: How often do I wear a fake smile?) depends on the day. 52: When was the last time I hugged someone?) Yesterday 53: What if the last person I kissed was kissing someone else right in front of me?) I wouldn’t care. 54: Is there anyone I trust even though I should not?) Probably. 55: What is something I disliked about today?) Not much to dislike. 56: If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?) Ummm I’m not sure. 57: What do I think about most?) My future. 58: What’s my strangest talent?) I’m not sure if I have one

59: Do I have any strange phobias?) Moths.

60: Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?) Behind 61: What was the last lie I told?) “Sorry didn’t get your message” 62: Do I perfer talking on the phone or video chatting online?) Depends on the person.63: Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens?) Yes and no64: Do I believe in magic?)No65: Do I believe in luck?) If i didn’t have bad luck I wouldn’t have any luck so yes I do. 66: What’s the weather like right now?) Sunny but breezy. 67: What was the last book I’ve read?) The Things They Carried.68: Do I like the smell of gasoline?) No69: Do I have any nicknames?) Cell and Beena70: What was the worst injury I’ve ever had?) Probably when I caught myself on fire from sparklers. 71: Do I spend money or save it?) Save it. 72: Can I touch my nose with a tounge?) No. 73: Is there anything pink in 10 feets from me?) Yes. 74: Favourite animal?) GOATS!!75: What was I doing last night at 12 AM?) Sleeping.76: What do I think is Satan’s last name is?) ... I’m not sure... 77: What’s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it?) What If; Taylor Ray Holbrook 78: How can you win my heart?) I’m not entirely sure how to answer that. 79: What would I want to be written on my tombstone?) It was worth it80: What is my favorite word?) I seem to use the word “Shit” a lot hahaha81: My top 5 blogs on tumblr) @rght2-bare-arms @therefinedwoodsman @chavez1322 ummm I’m not really sure who I reblog from that much. 82: If the whole world were listening to me right now, what would I say?) Take more naps and drink water before going to the doctors. 83: Do I have any relatives in jail?) I don’t think so. 84: I accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super-power of my choice! What is that power?) Mind Reading. 85: What would be a question I’d be afraid to tell the truth on?) I’m not really sure. 86: What is my current desktop picture?) It’s the default that came with my computer. 87: Had sex?) Yes. 88: Bought condoms?) Yes. 89: Gotten pregnant?) No90: Failed a class?) Yes91: Kissed a boy?) Yes92: Kissed a girl?) No93: Have I ever kissed somebody in the rain?) Yes94: Had job?) Yes95: Left the house without my wallet?) Yes96: Bullied someone on the internet?) No.97: Had sex in public?) Sort of98: Played on a sports team?) Yes99: Smoked weed?) No100: Did drugs?) No101: Smoked cigarettes?) No102: Drank alcohol?) Yes103: Am I a vegetarian/vegan?) No104: Been overweight?) Yes105: Been underweight?) No106: Been to a wedding?) Yes107: Been on the computer for 5 hours straight?) Lol yes. 108: Watched TV for 5 hours straight?) Yes109: Been outside my home country?) No110: Gotten my heart broken?) Yes111: Been to a professional sports game?) Yes112: Broken a bone?) No113: Cut myself?) No114: Been to prom?) Yes115: Been in airplane?) Yes116: Fly by helicopter?) No117: What concerts have I been to?) ZZ Top, Florida Georgia Line 2X, Brantley Gilbert 2X, Luke Bryan, Nickelback. 118: Had a crush on someone of the same sex?) No119: Learned another language?) Kind of120: Wore make up?) Not really. 121: Lost my virginity before I was 18?) Yes122: Had oral sex?) Yes123: Dyed my hair?) Lol yes. 124: Voted in a presidential election?) Yes125: Rode in an ambulance?) No126: Had a surgery?) Yes127: Met someone famous?) No128: Stalked someone on a social network?)) No129: Peed outside?) Yes130: Been fishing?) Yes131: Helped with charity?) Yes132: Been rejected by a crush?) Probably133: Broken a mirror?) Yes134: What do I want for birthday?) I’m not sure. 135: How many kids do I want and what will be their names?) Honestly none but if I was going to have one I would prefer a boy and I would name him Parker Wayne 136: Was I named after anyone?) My dad’s mom. 137: Do I like my handwriting?) Ehh it’s kind of messy 138: What was my favourite toy as a child?) Anything outside139: Favourite Tv Show?) Grey’s Anatomy 140: Where do I want to live when older?) Where ever I’m happy 141: Play any musical instrument?) Used to be able to play guitar and steel drums 142: One of my scars, how did I get it?) Bottom of a pool at a water park. 143: Favourite pizza toping?) Peperoni 144: Am I afraid of the dark?) Sometimes. 145: Am I afraid of heights?) Yes146: Have I ever got caught sneaking out or doing anything bad?) No147: Have I ever tried my hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end?) Lol yep. 148: What I’m really bad at) Ignoring people. 149: What my greatest achievments are) Soon to be graduating from college without any student loans with a degree that I love. 150: The meanest thing somebody has ever said to me) “you’re the only one. I love you, I wouldn’t lie to you” 151: What I’d do if I won in a lottery) Put it all in a bank account and not tell a single person. 152: What do I like about myself) My hair and my eyes. 153: My closest Tumblr friend) this is tough because it says friend as in one. I’m gonna have to go with @rght2-bare-arms154: Something I fantasise about) Living a happy life with no worries. 155: Any question you’d like?) You were supposed to ask something here...

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recentanimenews · 7 years ago

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Funimation Updates Fall 2017 Anime SimulDub Schedule

Viewing schedules are about to get crowded for anime dub fans. Funimation has laid out a large chunk of their fall 2017 SimulDub premieres with lots of premiere dates coming up on the next two weeks. See what is turning up when during the latter half of October below.

We have dates and times for most of our Fall SimulDubs! See the updated list on our blog! https://t.co/areW3HedNw http://pic.twitter.com/Se2lBqmgn9

— Funimation (@FUNimation) October 12, 2017

Black Clover

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub – Fall 2017

From the studio that brought you Yu Yu Hakusho, Tokyo Ghoul, Naruto, and more!

Asta and Yuno are two orphans who want the same thing: to become the Wizard King. Locked in a friendly rivalry, they work hard towards their goal. While Yuno excels at magic, Asta has a problem uncommon in this world: he has no powers! But, on the day they receive their grimoires, they surprise everyone. To reach their goal, they’ll each find their own path to greatness—with or without magic.

The Ancient Magus’ Bride

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/30 at 3:00pm CT

The award-winning manga comes to life with a highly anticipated anime series! Suffering a tragic childhood and sold at an auction, Chise Hatori has little hope for a better life. But when a mysterious sorcerer named Elias takes interest in her aptitude for magic, he decides to make her his apprentice—and his bride.

Dies irae

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/24 at 3:00pm CT

At the end of World War II, sorcerers use the lives lost in battle as a sacrifice to conduct a ritual. If successful, the ritual would resurrect a group of supermen whose coming would signify the world’s end. The war ends, and no one knows whether the ritual was a success. Decades pass, and it’s all forgotten until present-day Japan when Ren Fuji has a disturbing dream of black-clothed knights.

Kino’s Journey -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/26 at 3:00pm CT

In an imperfect world, the stories make it beautiful. Meet Kino, a traveler exploring beyond her boundaries into unknown mystical places! With only her guns and talking motorcycle Hermes by her side, she learns about unique people and their customs through the fascinating stories they weave. But to see everything, she can only spare three days to each land before moving on to the next adventure.

JUNI TAISEN: ZODIAC WAR

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/18 at 3:00pm CT

For one wish, they’ll risk it all. The time has come for the Twelve Tournament—held every twelve years. For twelve proud warriors, each baring a name from the Chinese Zodiac, they’ll prepare to fight in a bloody battle royal. The victor gets any one wish they desire, but they’ll have to do whatever it takes to earn it. Blood and tears will flow on this battlefield—who will be the lone survivor?

URAHARA

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/24 at 3:00pm CT

Japan’s fashion hotspot, Harajuku, is known for having some unusual visitors—but culture-thieving aliens from outer space? Well that’s just crossing the line! Banding together, three kawaii high school girls aren’t about to let anyone take away the beloved district where PARK, their new pop-up shop, has just opened for business!

Recovery of an MMO Junkie

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/30 at 3:00pm CT

30-year-old Moriko Morioka has given up on reality! Forget dating and responsibilities—she’s escaping to the world of online gaming. Here, she starts a new life as the handsome characterHayashi who, while learning the game, receives help from a beauty named Lily. The longer she plays, the more attached she grows, and soon her online connection will lead to an exciting IRL encounter!

Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/24 at 3:00pm CT

Cardia has spent her life locked away in solitude, hidden away from others due to a deadly poison residing inside her. But one day everything changes when the royal guards suddenly abduct her!Before she can despair, she’s rescued and swept away by Arsène Lupin, a dashing and chivalrous thief. Together, they travel to London to find her father and answers about her mysterious condition.

King’s Game

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/21 at 3:00pm CT

One night, all 32 members of a high school class receive a text message on their cell phone. It welcomes them to a game where they are given specific tasks to carry out in a 24-hour period. The tasks seem simple at first, but soon the tasks go beyond what the kids are comfortable with. Furthermore, they learn that the cost of failure is death. Will they be able to find a way out before more die?

KONOHANA KITAN

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/22 at 3:00pm CT!

Tucked away in a village inhabited by yokai, there’s a beautiful hot spring inn waiting to greet travelers from all over. Working here are several cute fox mononoke, including their newest employee, Yuzu. Clumsy and a little oblivious, Yuzu is learning what it takes to work in this high-class inn while charming everyone around her!

Anime-Gataris

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/28 at 3:00pm CT

Even though Minoa Asagaya is a novice when it comes to anime, she’s recruited into her high school’s anime research club during her freshman year. She turns into an obsessed fan, and she and her friends constantly engage in rapid-fire banter about the latest shows. Despite the protests of the student council club and the imminent destruction of the world, there’s always time to chat about anime!

A Sister’s All You Need

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/29 at 3:00pm CT

Itsuki Hashima is a novelist whose life is constantly overcomplicated by a very deranged group of friends, including a lusty fellow writer, a big-sister type college classmate, a sadistic tax accountant, and his editor. The only source of stability in his life is his younger stepbrother Chihiro. But even Chihiro has a secret of his own.

Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/21 at 3:00pm CT

After a breach between Earth and the netherworld opens up over New York, humans and creatures from other dimensions become trapped in an impenetrable bubble that surrounds the city. Forced to coexist in a new city known as Salem’s Lot, the shaky peace between humanity and the netherworld creatures is protected by an underground group of super humans known as Libra.

When a case of mistaken identity brings not-so-ordinary delivery boy Leonardo Watch face-to-face with this group, he joins their ranks hoping to help prevent the destruction of the world by a group of monsters and madmen lead by a powerful being known as the King of Despair.

Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 2

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/23 at 3:00pm CT

The girls of Aqours are back in Love Live! Sunshine!! Season Two! And they’re working harder than ever to make their shiny idol dreams come true. But first, they’ve gotta save their school from being shut down. And the only way to do so is to win big at the Love Live! Will they shine bright on the big stage or fall to the pressures of idolhood?

GARO -VANISHING LINE-

Coming to FunimationNow SimulDub on 10/19 at 3:00pm CT

An omen awakens in a city that never sleeps. Caught in the resulting shadow war, two lives cross paths. While Sword seeks to expose this darkness, Sophie searches for her missing brother. Something more mysterious than fate has brought them together as they chase after their only clue,two words—El Dorado.

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i-amusemyself · 7 years ago

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All of the 'Get to Know Me'.

Aaaah tysm!!!

1: 6 of the songs you listen to most?

(Jokes on you I only usually have 3 songs on repeat at any one time :’-D ) Atm though: Work Song - Hozier, Rats- Miw, Wastelands- Amber Run, Dragula- Rob Zombie, Fireflies- Owl city (yh really), To build a home- The cinematic orchestra.

2: If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?

I…don’t know. I’m really not that into meeting ‘idols’ or anything. I guess it’d be pretty cool to meet Kaitlyn Alexander but honestly I’m not sure the anxiety would be worth it.

3: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.

“It’s a body,” I said, “A dead body.” lmao

4: What do you think about most?

I imagine what life is going to be like when I get to uni or who/what it’ll be that finally makes me happy.

5: What does your latest text message from someone else say?

“Off to stuff my face with chinese food, talk to you later bro”

6: Do you sleep with or without clothes on?

Clothes on unless it’s above 25 degrees bc I don’t wanna die (like that)

7: What’s your strangest talent?

Lmaooo talent?! Me?! Idk I’m learning how to do special effects makeup and a couple of people have said its p cool. Also I can do this weird thing with my tongue where it basically rolls in on itself (seems to be genetic)

8: Girls… (finish the sentence); Boys… (finish the sentence)

Girls are all ethereal goddesses out of my league.

Boys are not my area of expertise.

9: Ever had a poem or song written about you?

As if lmao! Ain’t no one ever liked me that much.

10: When is the last time you played the air guitar?

I can’t remember so I did it just now to make up for it.

11: Do you have any strange phobias?

I hate cuddly toys with battery packs in them with a passion.

12: Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?

Nooo

13: What’s your religion?

Don’t have one, I’m an atheist.

14: If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?

Cleaning up my rabbits’ mess.

15: Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?

Behind it I think

16: Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?

Honestly it depends on the time of day, when I last ate, the luna cycle… I genuinely don’t have one I can’t answer that

17: What was the last lie you told?

Um, I lied about what I watched on TV last night lmao

18: Do you believe in karma?

I’m not sure, I kinda just hope it exists and that helps keep me sane.

19: What does your URL mean?

It’s pretty self explanatory lmao

20: What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?

I don’t know, for the weakness I’m torn between caring too much and saying the wrong thing.

And I wouldn’t call it a major strength but I have a lot of patience.

21: Who is your celebrity crush?

I don’t know (I barely have an interest in anything atm), given I have an entire fanblog dedicated to them I’ll say Kaitlyn Alexander again

22: Have you ever gone skinny dipping?

Nope not yet

23: How do you vent your anger?

I have a personal blog ( @the-emotional-equilibrium ) that I rant on

24: Do you have a collection of anything?

I have an embarrassing number of kermit memes on my phone

25: Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?

Video chatting for sure, I like to be able to see people’s faces (also I hate phone calls they’re too awkward).

26: Are you happy with the person you’ve become?

I think I’m a work in progress really. I’m happier with myself than I used to be, but there’s always things I want to change or could improve on and I know I’m never going to be perfect.

27: What’s a sound you hate; sound you love?

I hate the sound of fabric being ripped, it makes me shiver but I love, idk, that sound when you’re just lying outside and you can hear the birds and stuff. Idk, I don’t listen to much besides music.

28: What’s your biggest “what if”?

Argh, erm, I wonder how different life would have been if I’d learnt to stand up for myself earlier. I’d probably have fewer regrets.

29: Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?

Ghosts I’m really not sure about. Up until recently I would’ve said no, but honestly I don’t know what to believe anymore. As for aliens they’re definitely real.

30: Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.

Right arm: A cushion on the sofa. Left arm: The wall. Exciting right?

31: Smell the air. What do you smell?

Chicken! (Making lunch atm)

32: What’s the worst place you have ever been to?

Lmfaooooo idk???? Not a physical place anyway. When I was really little I once had to stand outside in the snow for about 3 hours and I remember being pretty sure I was gonna die, like it was such a horrible feeling being that cold.

33: Choose: East Coast or West Coast?

East coast! I mean, that’s just based on where my friend lives and nothing else but

34: Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?

Lmfao opposite?! Okay so let’s just assume that means a guy but erm? Idk? Okay I admit I have a slight thing for half the guys in MIW so lets just go with that

35: To you, what is the meaning of life?

To have the best time possible and end it with minimal regrets. Also to try to help other people to have a better time to.

36: Define Art.

Stuff you can look at that takes actual talent and imagination.

37: Do you believe in luck?

Not really? I mean sometimes I might consider things Unlucky but tbh I have no idea what I mean by that.

38: What’s the weather like right now?

Pretty boring tbh, it’s just a grey sky with a bit of a breeze.

39: What time is it?

2:49 pm

40: Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?

I passed my test a few months back but I haven’t driven since so thankfully I haven’t had a chance to crash yet

41: What was the last book you read?

The 5 people You Meet in Heaven….and that was last July smh

42: Do you like the smell of gasoline?

Love it. It’s the smell of my childhood.

43: Do you have any nicknames?

Most people at school call me Scaz and most my friends outside of school refer to me as Chorlo. (or Wholemeal Chorlo if your name is ellie)

44: What was the last film you saw?

I watched Shrek 2 last night lmfao I forgot how good it was!!

45: What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?

I’ve broken quite a few bones but I’m lucky never to have done anything awful. Um, the worst was probably when I broke my elbow or when I tore my side open on a nail jumping off a fence.

46: Have you ever caught a butterfly?

Aaah yeah I used to catch them every summer!

47: Do you have any obsessions right now?

I guess I’m between obsessions at the minute; though I’m kind of hooked on supernatural ngl

48: What’s your sexual orientation?

Fuck knows. Not straight. I defo like girls but idk about guys.

49: Ever had a rumour spread about you?

Multiple smh. This one girl once spread a rumor I was a lesbian and I was gay for her (before I even came out) and tbh she’d have been lucky. (She was kinda obsessed with me, she was probs suppressing something). It did kinda ruin my confidence though because of all the reactions so I didn’t come out for another 2 years.

50: Do you believe in magic?

I don’t know what to believe anymore, but I’m kind of open to learning more about it.

51: Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?

Yeah smh. I have a pretty high Grudge Threshold in that I give people a lot of chances but once they reach that level there’s no going back and I won’t forget what they did.

52: What is your astrological sign?

Libra

53: Do you save money or spend it?

I either save it for months or blow my savings in an hour.

54: What’s the last thing you purchased?

A bus ticket?

55: Love or lust?

Love defo

56: In a relationship?

As if lmao

57: How many relationships have you had?

Three, but none of them lasted that long

58: Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

Nope

59: Where were you yesterday?

At home all day working

60: Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?

I’m sitting on a pink sofa lol

61: Are you wearing socks right now?

Yeaaah, one is glittery the other has skulls on which sums me up pretty well tbh

62: What’s your favourite animal?

I love so many animals I don’t know!! Capybaras? Alpacas? Giraffes? Chimps? Idk?!

63: What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?

Lmaoooo I have no idea I haven’t found it yet

64: Where is your best friend?

3918 miles away on the east coast of the USA (I get to see her in 9 days though I’m so excited!!)

65: Give me your top 5 favourite blogs on Tumblr.

(I won’t tag them but in no particular order) Pansexi-unicorn, onetinygay, shrekthelesbian, oneshappyplace and only-slightly-dangerous

66: What is your heritage?

I’m white as a toilet m8. Nah a lot of my family comes from Denmark/scandinavia which you can kind of tell from looking at me tbh

67: What were you doing last night at 12AM?

Sleeping. Sorry that’s not more interesting.

68: What do you think is Satan’s last name?

I think it’s like, double barrel as in May-Trump or something

69: Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off?

Maybe..

70: Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?

Errrm, sort of? I try to make an effort, so that’d be nice. But I’m so quiet and shy sometimes that if I was friends with myself we’d probably never talk lmao

71: You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?

Save the dog, no doubt about it. If my boss is that much of a dick I’ll probably lose my job sooner or later, so I might as well lose it helping out a doggo.

72: You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?

a) I’d tell the people closest to me, but maybe not straight away depending on how I thought they’d react.

b) I’d probably blow my saving and go travelling. I mean, what else is there to do? Oh and finish bingewatching all my shows at that time bc dying on a cliffhanger would really piss me off.

c) Maybe a little? Just because once you die you’re alone with whatever the hell comes after (pun not intended).

73: You can only have one of these things; trust or love.

Argh?! Trust? I guess? No point having love if you can’t trust people.

74: What’s a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?

Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men and Fireflies by Owl City. They both bring on such nostalgia.

75: What are the last four digits in your cell phone number?

6666 as far as the internet is concerned.

76: In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?

Just like, having someone you can chill with and open up to. Someone where you don’t have to care about embarrassing yourself with or worry about constantly because you trust them. Just like, a super cool friendship but with kissing.

77: How can I win your heart?

Don’t be afraid to be yourself I guess. I love interesting people that don’t pretend to be someone else. Also interesting people with swords.

78: Can insanity bring on more creativity?

Who am I to answer that? Idk, I suppose yeah.

79: What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?

Cutting off shitty people and actually valuing myself enough to find new friends.

80: What size shoes do you wear?

7 (could be a lot worse given my height)

81: What would you want to be written on your tombstone?

Something along the lines of “I’m just dormant” or “Nothing is set in stone.”

82: What is your favourite word?

Un sacapuntas

83: Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart.

Break

84: What is a saying you say a lot?

“I amuse myself” or “what the fuck”

85: What’s the last song you listened to?

Alive (i think its called) by Sia

86: Basic question; what’s your favourite colour/colours?

Black, red and purple

87: What is your current desktop picture?

It’s a galaxy spacey thing

88: If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?

I’m torn between Putin and Kim Jong Un (no need to worry about Trump, I’m sure someone already has a plan.)

89: What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on?

The third question in my inbox rn lmao

90: One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?

(I was so tempted to say “ask if they prefer being the big or little spoon” why am I like this)

Idk id probs strike up a convo whilst looking around the room for the best weapon just in case.

91: You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?

Hmmm, I think mind reading would be useful but it might make my anxiety even worse! So that or teleportation.

92: You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?

Any half hour when I wasn’t stressed about exams lmao (bonus if the weather was good)

93: You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

A guy did something that I wish he hadn’t and I’m still fucked up by it sooo that.

94: You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?

I honestly don’t know, it’s not something I’ve thought about with “music-celebrities” lmao

Edit: Hold up I’ve just remembered Halsey exists.

95: You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?

The place I’m going in 9 dayyys!! (Or Copenhagen)

96: Do you have any relatives in jail?

Not that I know of.

97: Have you ever thrown up in the car?

When I was really little and hopefully never again

98: Ever been on a plane?

Yup a couple of times

99: If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say?

For fucks sake can’t you all just educate yourselves and get along? Stop. Killing. Each. Other.

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The room was quiet. The sun had not yet come up. Everyone in the house was asleep, except the little girl, barely four years old, still in her nightgown, standing on her bed using the top of the dresser as a table. The warm light from the lamp showed her small hands holding her favorite crayon: Magenta! And there were other wondrous colors scattered nearby. She enjoyed making the white paper come to life with color, and she concentrated hard to stay in the lines.

With a mother’s sixth sense, it wasn’t long before her mom woke up and came into the room. She stood for a moment, watching her daughter’s little fingers moving quickly, her nose nearly to the paper, oblivious to her surroundings. The little girl startled when she felt her hair lovingly moved aside. “Shhh,” her mom whispered, so she wouldn’t wake the other kids asleep in the same room. “Let me see what you are coloring.” The little girl’s heart pounded with excitement. “You’re doing a beautiful job, Lavonne.” And, this was when a seed was planted in the little girl’s heart: She wanted to be an artist.

Hi. My name is Lavonne Cookman. I have lived in Northern California all my life, and I am the hopeful little girl from the story. The encouragement from my mom changed me, because in my family, compliments were rare, and we never talked about dreams. We were poor and took one day at a time. It was enough to be fed and clothed. To my mom, that powerful compliment was insignificant – she doesn’t even remember it. But, it changed me, and throughout my childhood into high school, art was a passion.

Time ticks away, as we all know, and it seemed that in the blink of an eye, I was a mom myself. The seed from my childhood was neglected, as I went about the business of raising my kids. My priority became them, and like so many others in the world, I quieted my desire for art and focused on parenting.

With time still flying, in my thirties, my dormant dream to become an artist nudged me again. I enrolled in art courses at our Junior College. I took classes from local artists. For twenty years, I dabbled in artistic endeavors, always telling myself, “I wish I had more time, because then I could do it properly.” The truth is: I needed to make time.

My mid-fifties came at me like a jet, and with five grandkids, I realized that I had actually been a wisher for too many years. Mid-fifties! How did this happen? Time hadn’t been waiting for me, while I was waiting for the perfect time. The perfect time would never just plop in my lap. I had to find it! Sheer desire wasn’t going to make me an artist: I had obviously proven this.

I began to attend workshops from professionals. It was scary at first. I felt very under qualified to be among such talent. And, a magical thing happened. In a workshop given by Bev Jozwiak, she told us that “miles on the brush” would make us all better painters. I remember thinking, “Whoa! Really? That’s it?” It’s another way to say practice, but practice just sounds tedious and boring. Miles on the brush sounded exciting!

Bev also said that if the majority of artists are honest with you, they will admit that their success is a result of tenacity over talent. Again, I was struck with a thrill! “Tenacity? I can do that!” I knew without a doubt I could be tenacious! If that’s what it took, I was in!

With a newfound joy in myself, I set out to tenaciously put miles on my brush. Those quotes resonated within me. I was now solidly determined to paint a little or a lot every single day and no matter what the outcome, I would be happy, because I had put those precious and valuable miles on my brush. That seed planted over 50 years ago in my little girl’s heart had finally germinated and was about to grow.

My Journey

For the past three years, I have painted almost every day, fully committed to make it a priority. My hope to become a better painter, my dream to learn art, and my wish to understand watercolor, is now reality. I discovered that watercolor paint produces magic when it is allowed to dance with water, so my particular style tends to be looser and splashy with bits of realism.

I want my result to clearly look like a painting, and I want the subject to be obvious, but I love to incorporate movement and interesting colors. I prefer to paint animals and people and even insects, because there is personality in those eyes. They lived! They breathed! If one day, I can find a way to paint a landscape or a floral or a still life with a fun personality, I will do those as well.

An unexpected dream has also happened. I now teach online watercolor classes. One of my free classes has over 2,000 members. My main goal for the students is to encourage them to become happy painters. I want them to go from doubting to daring to doing. No procrastinating – like I did. We never retreat: we always advance. I sing for them, and I dance for them, because I believe they need to be cheerful and love themselves when they paint. “Be your own best friend,” I say. This includes complimenting your own paintings – as a friend would do. My course titles include the words joy and happiness, so there is no mistaking what we will be doing.

My Technique

I start with a great photograph that is interesting to me. It could be the light or the composition, but it needs to capture my attention. From there I draw it out. Afterwards, I set about asking myself how I can change it. What do I need to keep? What can I leave out? Shall I give it a new color? Should I splash the background? I am not aiming for photo realism – after all, I already have a photograph.

As I said earlier, I prefer to paint a subject that lived and breathed, so I typically start with the eyes. This may be the only part of the painting that I want to be as realistically accurate as possible. I enjoy this part tremendously – I feel like the painting has begun watching me, cheering me on to finish, and also becoming my friend. I know that’s a silly thought, but it makes me happy. Many artists leave the eyes for the end, as these are details. There is no right or wrong way, but I don’t like looking at a painting where the eyes are white spaces, and everything else has been painted. If the eyes are the window to the soul, I want to see the soul of my painting as soon as possible.

I then move on to bigger areas of the painting and prefer using wet into wet to get some color down. I am just looking at the shapes of the values – the darks and lights. I bounce from place to place in my painting and try not to get tunnel vision on one area. Splashing paint helps! And also, giving myself mental breaks – both the painting and myself appreciate it. I often tell my students: step away from the painting! It’s not going anywhere without you. When you come back, the painting often surprises you with its progress.

As soon as the values are painted in, the painting immediately begins to take shape. The darks especially define spaces – they could be called the drama queens. They draw your attention to the area and push the lights forward. If your painting seems bland, ask yourself if you have been brave and bold enough with your darks.

Then it’s time to begin the details. Again, I bounce around on the painting, and my brushes get smaller, and the paint generally gets thicker. I often take a painting to a mirror to see how it looks. Or, I take a photo of it. Both of these will give you a new perspective on what’s happening.

To finish a painting, I look for areas that “jump out at me.” It’s almost always an edge. This is typically where the contrast also shows. Then I ask myself, “Do I want the attention there?” If not, I go about correcting it. I will either blur it or help it to become a lost edge. If I want the attention there, I leave it alone. My painting is like a cookie to me – a bit underdone is always better than overdone. Leave something for the viewer to wonder about.

My Mentors

Although, I am not formally trained, I have many mentors who taught me. I believe we should always give credit to other artists from whom we’ve learned. Mine include: Carol Carter, Meeta Dani, Bev Jozwiak, Susan Harrison-Tustain, David Lobenberg, and Nita Engel. Some I have met in person, and others only through books, DVDs, or email. It is critical to your growth to invest in oneself, and I happily paid for their expertise. Their support, they gave for free.

Carol Carter is the artist who also instilled in me one of the things I repeat to myself often. Value does the work: color gets the credit. She taught that a painting needn’t be photo realistic. It could be fun and vibrant and saturated with color. At her workshop we were given templates. My heart practically stopped, because prior to that, I had been spending as much (or more) time on my drawing as I had the painting. The template gave me the freedom to just paint and let the water move! My mind was blown, and I couldn’t stop smiling in the workshop.

After that, there was no looking back. Although I sometimes sketch free hand, I currently use a projector to transfer photographs to drawings on paper. This procedure helps me to not let the drawing become so precious that I am uptight when painting. Watercolor is best when the artist is relaxed. I include lots of detail on the drawing, but when painting, I always remember we are telling a visual story. So I leave out what might over-tell the story. A viewer loves the mysterious parts of a painting.

The mentor who pushed me the most was Meeta Dani. She inspired me and taught me how to become brave enough to teach online courses. Without her expert guidance, I would never have had the courage or knowledge. She is a force in the art world who helps artists to value themselves and their art. As a result, I am now a GAWA Certified Online Art Mentor.

My Materials

Get the best you can afford. Invest in professional grade supplies as soon as you can. Watercolor is challenging enough without the added obstacles of pilling paper, chalky paint, or shedding brushes. However; don’t let a lack of supplies hold you back. Use anything you can find. Use coffee! Use a makeup brush. Use any paper you have. Get creative. But paint, paint, and paint some more.

My favorite brands of paint are M Graham and Daniel Smith, but I use Winsor & Newton, Sennelier, Holbein, and American Journey.

For paper, I mainly use Arches and Fabriano Artistico – both cold and hot pressed. I’ve also had fun experimenting with Yupo.

My paint brushes of choice are by Rosemary, and Co. I also use Da Vinci brushes, Winsor & Newton brushes, and inexpensive Chinese calligraphy brushes.

My Encouragement

I want to end with this: procrastination is the slow killer of dreams. It can eventually turn dormant seeds into dead ones. I want to motivate you to stop hoping for “one day” to come. You need to make it happen! Truly every minute on your brush will lead you closer to becoming an artist. If I had only painted 30 minutes a day during all my years of dreaming, I would have logged 3,600 hours, which equals almost two years of full-time work weeks. Think of what I could have accomplished with that daily, small amount of time! Think of what you could accomplish with only 30 minutes a day, starting now!

I don’t know what your dream is. But, I know this: Time stops for no one. Don’t make excuses like I did. It’s not too late. If I can do it, you can do it. Your dream lies waiting in hopeful soil. You just need to fertilize and water it a little each day, like I did, and here’s why:

I still wake up before everyone else in the house. It’s still dark outside. A white piece of paper still sits on a table for me. My hands still move in the warm light of a lamp. But, instead of holding a crayon, they now use a paintbrush to joyfully splash on beautiful paint. I get to watch watercolor dance as I create stories of illusions on paper. My dream has come true, and I feel like that happy, excited little girl again. Watercolor dreams are good for the soul! May you find yours!

Hugs and happy painting

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entergamingxp · 5 years ago

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Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore review

I love a good crossover, even if they’re often limited to fighting games and online events. It’s exciting to see developers being fans of each other and working together to interpret and merge each other’s stuff, culminating in an enthusiastic collaboration across the industry. With this in mind, Tokyo Mirage Sessions, a crossover between the Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei series, sounds like a pretty fantastic idea.

Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore review

Developer: Atlus

Publisher: Nintendo

Platform: Switch

Availability Out January 17th on Switch

It focuses on the friends Aoi Itsuki and Tsubasa Oribe. Ever since Tsubasa’s sister Ayaha disappeared during a concert five years prior, the timid girl wants to become a singer to continue her sibling’s legacy as an entertainer. During her very first audition, Tsubasa is attacked by mirages, demons who are after the natural artistic ability within humans. To fight back, Tsubasa and Itsuki gain the power of Chrom and Caeda from the Fire Emblem series, who help them change into magical “carnage forms”. Unfortunately their new friends have lost all memory of who they are and where they’re from. The only thing that’s clear is that mirages regularly attack entertainers, so what better way than to join an entertainment agency to keep an eye on these occurrences?

It’s not the smoothest integration of a theme into its setting, but the entertainment industry gives Tokyo Mirage Sessions its own identity beyond being a crossover, in ways both good and bad. Let’s start with the good: Tsubasa and friends are training to become idols, Japanese all-around entertainers, and Tokyo Mirage Sessions makes great effort to showcase different facets of the job. Each chapter is dedicated to another aspect, whether that’s being a model, an actor or a show host. Chapters also often culminate in short anime music videos of your characters performing a new song. The round-based battles take place on a stage, a mass of adoring fans following your performance from the stands. Your characters whirl around acrobatically, draw their signatures in the air for every spell and cheer for each other. Each hero is wearing elaborate costumes that spell love for magical girl and boy design. If you complete side quests for the members of your party, they gain special attacks reminiscent of their signature performances. Each win is celebrated with applause and an amount of confetti I haven’t seen since Ace Attorney.

Without this stylish veneer however, combat is a familiar affair. Similar to the Persona games, themselves a sub-series of Shin Megami Tensei, offence is the best defence, and you have the best chances of winning if your opponent doesn’t even get the drop on you. If you can exploit an enemy’s weakness, for example by attacking them with a specific weapon or spell, you start a Session. If they have the right skill equipped, during a Session your other team members get to chain an attack immediately to yours, more often than not leading to a monster’s immediate demise. Battles are vibrant to watch without dragging on, and I loved every unnecessarily bombastic transformation and attack. If they still run too long for you, the Encore version now allows you to enable quick sessions and skip special attack sequences with the press of a button.

Combat is energetic, fun to watch and generally over quickly, though randomly appearing savage enemies sharply raise difficulty.

I also liked the dungeons. While the first one is pretty drab, the subsequent ones follow the style of the different chapters and each come with a different gameplay element. In one dungeon depicting a TV show set, for example, you run errands for a demonic production supervisor.

So far so good, but while I enjoyed Tokyo Mirage Sessions at first, as a crossover it’s decidedly weak. It retains the modern Tokyo setting from Shin Megami Tensei, but there isn’t much to do. Some characters, like Tsubasa, are really likable, others fall flat because they often only talk to you instead of each other, so don’t expect too much depth in the social element. During main quests, dungeons are pretty large, as typical for an Atlus game, but each features only one unique gameplay element, so after a while you will have done the same thing for hours, whether that’s solving switch puzzles or navigating changing floor layouts. To fully heal your party and unlock new skills, you have to visit your agency, so while you gain the ability to warp there early on, you still have to traipse back every time, a far cry from just having the entrance to the Velvet Room at the beginning of each dungeon.

It takes more than half of the game for Tokyo Mirage Sessions to remember that the #FE in its title stands for Fire Emblem. Generally, the Fire Emblem influence remains incredibly easy to ignore, certainly due to the Fire Emblem developer Intelligent Systems hardly having had a hand in either design or development. That makes Tokyo Mirage Sessions approachable for people who are unfamiliar with either series, but it seems odd to market something as a big crossover of two beloved properties and then skimp on the crossover elements.

Your friends are eager for your good opinion, but they’re not as fleshed out as other SMT protagonists.

With this in mind I wanted to judge Tokyo Mirage Sessions purely on its merit as a magical idol RPG, which raises a few difficult points. The whole idol industry has been a pretty niche interest in the West, until Korean idols such as BTS turned into international sensations. The idea of magical girl idols, who sing and dance by day and transform into fighters for justice by night, was devised with young girls in mind, right until the moment someone realised that there’s a lot of money in sexualising this concept. That��s where Tokyo Mirage Sessions comes in, because it’s not a game made for a target audience of young girls, but what quickly turned out to be the new number one customer of the idol industry – guys who like their girls to be what we consider barely legal, or let’s be honest, not at all. The idol industry sells itself in the perceived innocence of its performers. While several local different local laws apply, the age of consent in Japan is 13, which is why what we consider the sexualisation of minors is in fact perfectly legal, if still questionable and a very convenient loophole to sell idols not to hormonal teenagers, but adult men, whose gaze is the predominant focus of the game (as it is for most of the video game industry).

Protagonist Itsuki was purposefully designed as an everyman, an unassuming dude in argyle sweaters who is enough of a blank page that through him, players can live the fantasy having an idol all for themselves. “What do you think of my outfit?” Tsubasa will ask him, “How about this pose?” “Uwwah, help me, I’m so embarrassed to show myself to others like this, but doing this for you feels natural!” There’s a side quest in which Itsuki teaches his friend Touma “nanpa”, picking up women on the street. Just like any sort of pick-up artistry, nanpa is rarely associated with someone bumbling “Hey, come here often” and more with rape at worst and sleaziness at best. Yet, Tokyo Mirage Sessions makes Itsuki into a napa master, the hero popular with all the ladies, and only after the fact does someone ask if picking up women is really the best way to become a successful entertainer.

Of course a lot of Japanese content uses fanservice, but Tokyo Mirage Sessions is made uncomfortable by the reality of the industry it portrays. The idol industry is real, and directly responsible for the expectations fans have of how women should look and behave. In order to seem available, idols are barred from dating, leading to incidents such as obsessive fans threatening them for being seen with male idols in TV shows or private outings. Minami Minegishi, members of Japan’s largest girl idol group AKB48, once shaved her head as penance for dating. In 2016 Tatsuya Yamaguchi, bassist of hyper-popular idol band TOKIO, admitted to having tried to kiss an underage girl he frequently invited home with him – he’d promised to make her a famous idol. Just last year, an executive at an idol agency was convicted of several cases of grooming. Several idols were convicted of drug possession, in Japan a career-ending event, and most idols admitted that without stimulants they couldn’t keep up with their extraordinary workload. There’s a large cost in upholding the fantasy of the idol, especially for young girls.

Side stories and some good old grinding in special dungeons meant to help you earn experience points help you quickly unlock skills and new special attacks.

Nintendo released a cut for Western territories. Changes include raising almost all character’s ages to the age of consent in most countries, deleting panty shots and the revision of overly revealing costumes. Additionally a quest focusing on gravure modeling, a term for idols suggestively modeling in swimwear and underwear, was completely reworked to focus on fashion modeling instead. In an interview with Game Informer prior to the game’s original Wii U release, representatives from Nintendo America stated that “It was a priority to ensure the game feels familiar and appeals to longtime Atlus fans. Any changes made to the in-game content were due to varying requirements and regulations in the many different territories Nintendo distributes its products.”

While the Encore version also adds DLC content such as costumes, a new song and the albeit limited opportunity to have support characters further help out in battle, this Switch version is otherwise based on this altered version. I find the changes easy enough to ignore and I think anyone who gets incensed about less exposed skin on their anime girls should perhaps take a healthy walk around the block, Tokyo Mirage Sessions is still plenty sexual. Elements from boob jiggling to introducing characters cleavage first to many costumes that remain as revealing as ever can still be found.

If you want to truly learn more about the idol industry, here you’ll hear mostly platitudes, and beyond that all elements from characters to combat stay rather simple. As it stands, Tokyo Mirage Sessions is a stylish game with a unique theme that’s as often questionable as it is cute, but it doesn’t reach the depth of either of its crossover franchises to leave a lasting impression.

from EnterGamingXP https://entergamingxp.com/2020/01/tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe-encore-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe-encore-review

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thismustbetheonlyfantasy · 6 years ago

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As I promised to @endorstoiii, since I made her answer more then one hundred questions, I’d be answering those same questions (and I’ll answer more, because she had answered some questions previously, I had to answer them all right now).

1 - Full name: Glenda Hastenreiter Corteleti. I don’t mind if you all search for me. I’m a star, you are meant to search for me.

2 - Zodiac sign: Scorpio.

3 - Three fears: Cockroaches, to become blind, death of any close relative or friend.

4 - Three things I love: Music, reading/writing (because for me they can’t walk separately), and m e m e s.

5 - Four turn on’s: Beach House, writing something I really want to, reading something very beautiful, and good orthography.

6 - Four turn off’s: My graduation course, SJWs, my country, hot weather.

7 - My best friend: Oh, I have a lot of people I consider best friends, I can’t just pick one.

8 - Sexual orientation: I don’t care, actually, I just like people.

9 - My best first date: For me, if you’re having a date, there’s something wrong. I don’t think you should schedule a day to spend time with someone you like.

10 - How tall am I: 1,72 (5’8’’, thanks, Google).

11 - What do I miss: Reading a fantasy book.

12 - What time was I born: Midday, probably.

13 - Favorite color: I’ve never thought about that, but probably turquoise or pastel pink.

14 - Do I have a crush: Yes.

15 - Favorite quote: At the moment it’s: “You are the apple of my life / There's no one but you in the world I'd choose / You are the sum and whole of life / There is no one in the world but you and I / You connect the earth to the sky / And nothing comes between us / Our bodies or minds / Nothing disconnects us / Not silence or time” (Sum - John Frusciante).

16 - Favorite place: I don’t know, there are many amazing places here where I live. Probably the beach I went this Wednesday with my friend.

17 - Favorite food: I love eating so fucking much that I’m not able to answer this question.

18 - Do I use sarcasm: No. And I’m not able to understand it as well. And I fucking hate when people DO know I can’t understand sarcasm, but still use it with me.

19 - What am I listening to right now: GONE, by Paris (feat. Trippie Redd).

20 - First thing you notice in new person: His/her voice.

21 - Shoe size: 37 in Brazil.

22 - Eye color: Dark brown, almost black.

23 - Hair color: Dark brown.

24 - Favorite style of clothing: T-shirt, jeans, all-stars, jeans jacket, and a cap.

25 - Ever done a prank call: No. You guys might think I’m boring by now (and I am, sorry).

26 - What color of underwear am I wearing right now: Pink.

27 - Meaning behind my URL: This URL is gonna change, but it means two of my favorite bands: Warpaint and Tame Impala. However, I intend to change it very soon (maybe today) to something related to Beach House.

28 - Favorite movie: Interestellar.

29 - Favorite song: I have four: L’Inconnue, by Beach House; Billie Holiday, by Warpaint; Continental Shelf, by Preoccupations (old Viet Cong); Golden Light, by Blonde Redhead.

30 - Favorite band/artist: My all-time favorite is Beach House, no doubt. But I also love Arcade Fire, Tame Impala, Warpaint, Lana Del Rey, John Frusciante, and Lil Peep.

31 - How do I feel right now: Good, but my back hurts.

32 - Someone I love: Victoria Legrand, the goddess vocalist of Beach House! <3

33 - My current relationship status: Single.

34 - My relationship with my parents: With my mom, it’s very good (we were even talking on WhatsApp few minutes ago haha). With my dad, it’s terrible, because I hate him, and he owes me money (and care, love, and affection, but that doesn’t matter anymore, I just want my money).

35 - Favorite holiday: New Year’s Eve! I always celebrate New Year at the beach with my cool relatives, it’s awesome!

36 - Tattoos and piercings I have: None yet.

37 - Tattoos and piercings I want: I want a tattoo written [lɪŋˈgwɪstɪks] on my right wrist. I also want something related to Beach House, but I still need to think exactly what.

38 - The reason I joined Tumblr: I don’t remember why I first started using this website, but now I use it to see pictures of my favorite artists and to meet new people.

39 - Do I and my last ex hate each other? I don’t have any exes.

40 - Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night” texts? No.

41 - Have I ever kissed the last person I texted? No.

42 - When did I last hold hands? I can’t remember.

43 - How long does it take to get me ready in the morning? Just one second. I need to wake up very early, otherwise I arrive late at university.

44 - Have I shaved my legs in the past three days? Yes, I think I did that on Tuesday.

45 - Where am I right now? My bedroom.

46 - If I were drunk and couldn’t stand, who would be taking care of me? No one, I don’t drink, and even if I drank, probably no one would care about me enough to take care of me.

47 - Do I like my music loud or at a reasonable level? Since I discovered a few years ago that I’m almost starting to lose my precious hearing, I like it at a reasonable level.

48 - Do I live with my mom and dad? No.

49 - Am I excited for anything? No.

50 - Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to? Yes.

51 - How often do I wear a fake smile? Not that often, actually.

52 - When was the last time I hugged someone? Wednesday, I hugged my friend when we met.

53 - What if the last person I kissed were kissing someone else right in front of me? I don’t remember whom I last kissed.

54 - Is there anyone I trust even though I should not? Yes.

55 - What is something I disliked about today? My back is hurting.

56 - If I could meet anyone on this Earth, who would it be? Probably Victoria Legrand, I want to hug her, she seems so cute and nice <3 Or maybe William Shakespeare, he had amazing puns and jokes hahahaha! He would be the meme guy nowadays.

57 - What do I think about most? I think about a lot of things, but I’d rather keep my recurrent thoughts of today private.

58 - What’s my strangest talent? I’m a very good stalker. Beware me, people.

59 - Do I have any strange phobias? If you consider being afraid as hell of cockroaches a strange phobia, yes, I do.

60 - Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? I’m also terrified of cameras, so I’d rather be behind it. I’m also a person who likes to lead things, so being behind the cameras would be perfect, I think.

61 - What was the last lie I told? I can’t remember, I barely lie.

62 - Do I prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online? I prefer death, actually, but video chatting seems the less terrible option.

63 - Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens? I’ve never thought about this, so I don’t know.

64 - Do I believe in magic? No.

65 - Do I believe in luck? I don’t know.

66 - What’s the weather like right now? It’s kinda hot here even though it’s Autumn.

67 - What was the last book I’ve read? King Lear, by Shakespeare, was the last book I read fully, but the last book I’ve read was Metaphors We Live By, by George Lakoff.

68 - Do I like the smell of gasoline? Yes, very much!

69 - Do I have any nicknames? There are people who call me “Gle” or “Glen”, but not everyone.

70 - What was the worst injury I’ve ever had? When I was a kid, I cut my head.

71 - Do I spend money or save it? Spend it hahaha! It’s stronger than me, unfortunately.

72 - Can I touch my nose with my tongue? No.

73 - Is there anything pink in ten feet from me? Yes, my underwear.

74 - Favorite animal: I like cats a lot.

75 - What was I doing last night 10 p.m.? Playing Terraria with my “brother-in-law”.

76 - What do I think Satan’s last name was? ?????? What kind of question is this?

77 - What’s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it? Probably L’Inconnue or Billie Holiday.

78 - How can you win my heart? Talking about things I like, sharing some strong opinions I have, and being cute to me.

79 - What would I want to be written on my tombstone? I don’t want to be buried.

80 - What is my favorite word? “Withdrawal”. I love “apocrypha” as well.

81 - My top five blogs on Tumblr: I don’t know, I barely see whom I’m reblogging from, I just reblog hahaha

82 - If the whole world were listening to me right now, what would I say? I don’t know, I would want to say a lot of things hahaha Probably something polemic, though.

83 - Do I have any relatives in jail? I had, but I don’t know if he remains there.

84 - I accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super-power of my choice! What is that power? Never sleep.

85 - What would be a question I’d be afraid to tell the truth on? It depends on who’s asking it.

86 - What is my current desktop picture? Macintosh Plus’ Floral Shoppe.

87 - Had sex? I’d like to keep my sexual life private.

88 - Bought condoms?

89 - Gotten pregnant? No.

90 - Failed a class? Yes, Physics.

91 - Kissed a boy?

92 - Kissed a girl?

93 - Have I ever kissed somebody in the rain?

94 - Had job? Not yet, I’m too busy with university.

95 - Left my house without my wallet? YES! And I went crazy because I needed it for the bus passage!

96 - Bullied someone on the internet? Kinda. The girl was trying to defend her biblical argument, but I just wanted to be a dumbass because I didn’t have the patience to elaborate an argument against her.

97 - Had sex in public?

98 - Played on a sports team? I’ve played tennis, but only individually (and sometimes doubles, but I hate it).

99 - Smoked weed? No, I hate the smell.

100 - Did drugs? No, but I want to.

101 - Smoked cigarettes? Yes.

102 - Drank alcohol? Yes, but I don’t like it too much.

103 - Am I vegetarian/vegan? No.

104 - Been overweight? No.

105 - Been underweight? I don’t think so.

106 - Been to a wedding? Yes, a long time ago.

107 - Been on the computer for five hours straight? Yes, almost every day.

108 - Watched TV for five hours straight? Yes, especially when there are Grand Slams being transmitted.

109 - Been outside my home country? I wish! But no, never :c

110 - Gotten my heart broken? Yes.

111 - Been to a professional sports game? No, but I wish I could as well!

112 - Broken a bone? Does my thumb bone count?

113 - Cut myself? Not intentionally, but yes, when I’m shaving my legs, sometimes it happens.

114 - Been to prom? We don’t have those kinds of celebrations here in my country, so no.

115 - Been in an airplane? No, and I’m afraid as hell.

116 - Flew by helicopter? No, and I’m also afraid of that.

117 - What concerts have I been to? Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2013.

118 - Had a crush on someone of the same sex? Yes.

119 - Learned another language? Yes, English is my second language, and I also understand a little bit of Spanish.

120 - Wore make up? Only when I was a kid.

121 - Lost my virginity before I was 18?

122 - Had oral sex?

123 - Dyed my hair? Yes! Once I dyed a part of it of pink, it was very cool, random people would look at me and compliment me because of my hair <3

124 - Voted in a presidential election? No, and I hope I don’t need to do it soon enough.

125 - Rode in an ambulance? No.

126 - Had surgery? Just a microsurgery I underwent because of an ingrown toenail.

127 - Met someone famous? Does the former mayor (who’s a senator nowadays) from my hometown count?

128 - Stalked someone on a social network? YES! I don’t do that so often nowadays, only when I really need to. However, there was a time I stalked people, like, EVERYDAY, just for the sake of it.

129 - Peed outside? I need to pee at university almost every day, so yes. But if you mean outside a bathroom, I think only when I was a kid.

130 - Been fishing? No.

131 - Helped with charity? Just giving money to people on the bus, not proper charity.

132 - Been rejected by a crush? Yes.

133 - Broken a mirror? Not that I remember.

134 - What do I want for birthday? The linguistics tattoo I’ve already mentioned or my great-grandmother’s surname Possatti.

135 - How many kids do I want and their names: I don’t want kids. Having kids nowadays is disgusting. The world is too bad for kids to live in it.

136 - Was I named after anyone? Glenn Hughes. My father is crazy about him.

137 - Do I like my handwriting? Yes! I might post a picture one day, I really like it. People once said to me it looked like elfic script from The Lord of the Rings.

138 - What was my favorite toy as a child? I don’t remember. I can barely remember my childhood.

139 - Favorite TV show: None, I barely watch TV, and when I do, I normally watch sports or news.

140 - Where do I want to live when older? Italy! <3

141 - Play any musical instrument? Yes, I play the bass (electric and acoustic) and the acoustic guitar.

142 - One of my scars, how did I get it? I just fell and hurt my hand hahaha It hurt a lot when it happened, but now I laugh at it. It was very dumb, actually.

143 - Favorite pizza topping? Chicken.

144 - Am I afraid of the dark? Not that much, only if I can’t see anything at all.

145 - Am I afraid of heights? A little bit.

146 - Have I ever got caught sneaking out or doing anything bad? Yes, when I was a kid, my mom always used to arrive at the same time I was doing something she told me not to do, it was almost paranormal hahahaha

147 - Have I ever tried my hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end? Almost always.

148 - What I’m really bad at: Cooking. I hate it. I just like to eat.

149 - What my greatest achievements are: I had a text that was read by 371 people. Me and my friend were the only group who got 10 outta 10 in our Prosody final paper. I also got 10/10 in that discipline. I’m very happy with my total average right now, I have a 9,61/10.

150 - The meanest thing somebody has ever said to me: That I was a dumb kid with no ethic values. I agree with everything she said, because I’m dumb and I couldn’t care less about ethic values.

151 - What I’d do if I won lottery? GOODBYE, BRAZILBALL!

152 - What do I like about myself? I’m smart, I have a good voice, a good handwriting, and I’m not ugly. I wonder why I’m still single.

153 - My closest Tumblr friend: Marina <3 @endorstoiii

154 - Something I fantasize about: I’d like to keep this private as well.

155 - Any question you’d like: Marina, you can ask me anything now. I asked to you answer all the questions, and I promised you I’d answer as well, so you can ask me anything. I don’t promise I’ll answer it publicly, though.

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surveystodestressme · 7 years ago

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59.

5000 Question Survey Pt. 14

1301. Can “what you don’t know” actually hurt you? i mean, no. 1302. Are you pondering what I’m pondering? probably not 1303. What people or objects would you describe as “pure”? babies, uhh... idk what else 1304. Are you into bookcrossing (If you aren’t sure, check out www.bookcrossing.com)? no idea what that is 1305. Have you ever had a pen pal? yep! i think i have one now except we just talk online instead of sending letters

1306. Have you ever had a package pal (same as a pen pal but you send each other surprise gifts instead of letters)? that’d be so cool but no 1307. Is there a particular word or phrase that annoys you? i hate when people say “i haven’t seen you in a minute” that shit is SO annoying to me 1308. Is there an online game you like to play? i like to play tons of online games 1309. What group of people is the most discriminated against in your opinion or experience? recently it’s been black people, at least in the area that i live in. 1310. What do you like best about bras and underwear? the designs or fabrics 1311. Are you afraid of living in oblivion? kind of 1312. Before you were born you got to pick your life from one of these. Which do you pick? You are successful from the start, a musical genius, good looking, wealthy. You become a rock tar, get super famous, make your mark on the world and die at 27. You are caring and compassionate. You love animals and adopt more and more as you grow older. You foster and nurture and care for them all of your life. <—- this one because I LOVE ANIMALS AND WANT TO DO THIS IN MY LIFE CURRENTLY ANYWAYS You sit home playing video games for 70 years. 1313. What is broken in your: Car? the check engine light is always on but i think it’s a messed up sensor or something (not my car tho just the one i drive from time to time) School? the vending machine gets my food stuck in it alll the time and i have to put extra money in House? our upstairs shower is caulked correctly so it leaks into the shelving and it sucks Life? my motivation. Soul? my lack of ambition??? idk Brain? i just have anxiety if that counts 1314. Which one will you fix first? the shower would be nice 1315. Tell me all your thoughts on god: i do not believe that there is a god. i think religion is very interesting to learn about but i do not believe there is some magical man in the sky who controls the world and watches over everything. that seems a little farfetched to me 1316. What is the strangest note you’ve ever received? uhhh i don’t know. i used to send notes to my friend in pig latin when we were in middle school 1317. Of the following how many can be used to get in touch with you? Phone Beeper Voice mail Email Cell phone Snail mail all but the beeper. 1318. Are you always available/easy to reach, or do you give people a chance to miss you? i’m usually pretty easy to get ahold of 1319. If you got pregnant or impregnated the person you are with now (hypothetical if there is no one in your life just now) would you lean more towards keeping, adopting out, or aborting the baby? i have so many problems with this question because i feel like i wouldn’t know unless i was in the situation. i do not ever want kids. i want to say that if i got pregnant right now that i would put it up for adoption but i feel like i would probably have to abort it... 1320. If your partner in the pregnancy did not agree with how you felt and pressured you to change your mind or just went ahead with what he or she wanted to do against your wishes, would that affect your ability to continue your relationship with this person? he knows how i feel, and he agrees. we’ve talked about it several times 1321. Who should have the final say in the decision to have a baby, the woman or the man? the woman 1322. If your boyfriend or girlfriend cheats on you for the first time, do you forgive him or her and take him or her back? i want to say that i’d leave him, but i know it would be hard 1323. What if it is your husband or wife that cheats on you? i’d get divorced because i would never be able to trust them again 1324. Who is more responsible for educating children, parents or schools? i feel like it should be a little of both. there are tons of things that aren’t taught at schools and should be the responsibility of the parents to then teach at home 1325. Are you into new age things? yes. 1326. Are you very: Nervous? all the time Anxious? yeah High strung? on occasion Organized? most of the time Tense? sometimes. Rigid? i don’t think so Skeptical? nah. 1327. Do you perceive reality differently from others? How? i don’t know 1328. If you asked someone, “Do you masturbate?” and he or she says, “No,” would you assume he or she was lying? probably, tbh 1329. What do you blame things on? depends on the situation 1330. Do you want to be naked and famous? no???? 1331. Ice Cube or LL Cool J? ice cube 1332. What are your feelings about rap music? i'm okay with some of it 1333. Cypress Hill or Roxy Music? don;t know wither of these BSB or N'sync or NKOTB? bsb. Debbie Gibson or Paula Abdul? paula abdul Eminem or Kid Rock? eminem. Weezer or the Get Up Kids? weezer 1334. If you could solve just one of the world’s problems what would you choose to solve? cure for cancer. 1335. Would you make a good: Counselor? probably not, tbh. i give good advice but like sometimes i just don’t know what to say Visual artist? this would be cool but idk if it’s for me Teacher? no bc i hate kids Pilot? i’m afraid of heights lol Secretary? i feel like it would be too boring Cashier? i do a good job at that now Waiter or waitress? yeah Veterinary assistant? that’s what i’m going to school for !!!!!! so i hope so Office manager? yeah Stage manager? probably Actor or actress? i think i am a terrible actress plus i get so nervous in front of crowss Sales girl or guy? yes. Pizza delivery girl or guy? i wouldn’t mind it Film director? maybe Business man or woman? no CEO? no Surgeon? not for humans Fire man or woman? nope Cop? nooo. 1336. Do you check condoms to see if they are expired before using them? nope but i probably should 1337. Imagine you are in school and a person of the opposite sex you barely know asks you really nicely for a ride home from class (yes, you have a car). It’s out of your way. Do you say yes? not if i barely know them Let’s say you said yes. S/he hugs you. What is your reaction? since i barely know this person i would think this is really odd As you drop him or her off s/he hugs you again and thanks you for being such a nice person. What do you make of all this? i would think the hug is odd but i’d just say you’re welcome and drive off 1338. Are you interested in post-apocalyptic (post-nuclear war) movies? yeah 1339. What is the saddest movie you ever saw? romeo and juliet is pretty sad 1340. What is the saddest thought you can think of? watching someone you love die 1341. Who is the most horrible driver you know? me lol 1342. Are you a sexist in any way? nah 1343. How often do you check your email? as often as i can 1344. How often do you check your diary for notes? everyday 1345. If you had to read a biography about someone, who would you pick? morgan freeman 1346. Which of your friends and relatives has the most interesting life story? my grandparents 1347. What’s the matter with kids today? they’re not disciplined 1348. How do you feel about censorship? i don’t think we need censorship honestly 1349. What was on the last CD you burned? a bunch of 90s rap 1350. What movie should be released on DVD but hasn’t been released yet? i don’t really get dvds anymore 1351. Have you ever wished for wings that work? no 1352. Have you ever imagined that you are not really of this world? yeah sometimes 1353. Did you have an imaginary friend as a child? two, actually. one named stacey who always flew on a magic carpet. and dawalls which were literally the walls. my siblings and i talked to the walls when we were younger 1354. Do you still have imaginary friends? no. 1355. Do you enjoy reading children’s books? sometimes i guess 1356. Are you decadent? idk 1357. What would make you happy that money cannot buy? love. 1358. What would make you happy that money can buy? a new car 1359. Where do you hang out on your spare time? my house or jack’s 1360. Do you delight in minor euphoria? idk what that is. 1361. It’s (what time is it?) ______. 12:13 am Do you know where your: Mom is? at stef’s Dad is? at work First boyfriend or girlfriend is? i have no idea honestly Boy or girlfriend is? in the same room as me Best friend is? in the same room as me Soul mate is? in the same room as me Wallet is? in the same room as me, in my purse 1362. Who do you feel sorry for? no one right now 1363. What will you never say in front of your parents? there’s not much that i wouldn’t say in front of my parents 1364. Do you change your personality and behavior depending on who you are with? no 1365. Are you waiting for marriage to lose your virginity? lol no 1366. What year were you born? 1996 1367. What is your sign? aries 1368. What year did you/will you graduate from high school? 2014 1369. Do you use moisturizer? just recently started to 1370. On what parts of your body? my face and neck 1371. Are the 70’s back in style? lol not that i know of 1372. Do you read any magazines? no. 1373. Do you read before going to sleep at night? sometimes. 1374. Are you a music maker? nah 1375. Are you a dreamer of the dreams? i guess??? 1376. How do you feel about large corporations? whatever. 1377. How do you feel about people who are, “just doing their job”? ^ 1378. Which would you watch of these choices: Pitch black The mummy This Pretty woman 1380. About what percent of the time do you feel good about yourself? 80% 1381. Do you feel comfortable with other people (in social situations)? for the most part 1382. Do you have good friends/family relationships? yes. 1383. How do you control your tension and anxiety? i don’t lol 1384. Are you able to meet the demands of life and function in society? kind of 1385. Do you curb your feelings of hatred and guilt? sometimes 1386. Do you maintain a positive outlook? yes. 1387. Does knowing you enrich the lives of others? i couldn’t say 1388. What things do you cherish? the people i love, a roof over my head, food on my table, a job, school 1389. To what extent do you value diversity? very much so. 1390. What fascinates you? the world around me and what’s happening in it 1391. Do you appreciate nature? yeah 1392. If you could be someone else for a day who would you be? morgan freeman 1393. Would you ever consider ‘psychic surgery’ if you were ill? idek what that is How about voodoo? probably not Herbal remedies? maybe 1394. How effective do you feel meditation is? i’ve done it before, i mean it’s kind of relaxing 1395. How effective do you feel prayer is? not at all tbh 1396. How do you think that you (or anyone, for that matter) could pray without ceasing? idk 1397. Is religion a live option for you (that is, a possibility, something you are drawn to even if you have no belief)? i guess it could be 1398. What part of your body do you lavish the least attention and love on? tummy 1399. How many clocks are in your house? at least 10 1400. What topics would you like to see more of on this survey? different varieties

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1: 6 of the songs you listen to most? (In order) Whatever It Takes by Imagine Dragons Guilty Pleasure by Bryce Vine No Grass Today By AJR Honeybee by Public Galway Girl by Ed Sheeran White Teeth Teens by Lorde 2: If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be? If I could meet anyone I would love to meet Anna Kendrick because I am such a huge fan and I think she is amazing. 3: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17. The book nearest to me is The View From The Top by Hilary Frank and the line is "But she had to keep quiet. Her little twin sisters were asleep on the other side of the room." 4: What do you think about most? I think the most about death and money. Like how little money I have and how little time left in this Earth I have left. I also spend a great deal of time thinking about how much I hate my little sister. 5: What does your latest text message from someone else say? It is from my mother and it says "R u n bed" 6: Do you sleep with or without clothes on? I sleep with clothes on, usually. 7: What's your strangest talent? I know every line in The Breakfast Club and I know ever song in Bob's Burgers. 8: Girls... (finish the sentence); Boys... (finish the sentence) "Girls are from mars, boys are from Venus. I've got a yum-yum you've got a penis." 9: Ever had a poem or song written about you? Yes, actually, my seventh grade, and first ever, boyfriend wrote me a poem that my mom threw away when I left it on the table on accident. 10: When is the last time you played the air guitar? 2015 New Years, I was so young. 11: Do you have any strange phobias? I don't like clowns or spiders or heights or public speaking or meeting new people or sharing personal things or having people not like me or ... 12: Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose? No... 13: What's your religion? I am a proud atheist 14: If you are outside, what are you most likely doing? If I go outside I'm either swimming or reading. 15: Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? Behind the camera, definitely. 16: Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band? Currently, AJR because they only have one song that I don't love. 17: What was the last lie you told? I'm not in bed (in reply to my mothers text when she called me) 18: Do you believe in karma? In a way yes, i believe that every action has consequences or rewards. 19: What does your URL mean? It's my name? 20: What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength? I'm terrible at sports, but I seem to be pretty good at taking science tests. 21: Who is your celebrity crush? My celebrity crush is definitely either a young Leonardo DiCaprio or Johnny Depp. 22: Have you ever gone skinny dipping? Yes I have, often. 23: How do you vent your anger? I scream, punch things, rip things, and write. 24: Do you have a collection of anything? Books. Lotsssssssss of books. 25: Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online? I prefer video chatting because it's closer to in person. 26: Are you happy with the person you've become? I'm getting to be. 27: What's a sound you hate; sound you love? I hate the sound of styrofoam be rubbed by other Styrofoam. I love the sound of cars or lawnmowers. 28: What's your biggest "what if"? "What if I was famous?" Because I'm not so sure I'd enjoy being famous but on the other hand, I'd be famous. 29: Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens? Nope and nope. 30: Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm. To the right I touch my armoire and to the left I touch my night stand. 31: Smell the air. What do you smell? I smell nail polish. 32: What's the worst place you have ever been to? My dead grandmothers house because she had been dead for 10 years and her house was full or random shit because she's been a hoarder. So we could barely move and everything was molding. It was gross. 33: Choose: East Coast or West Coast? East coast 34: Most attractive singer of your opposite gender? Adam Levine 35: To you, what is the meaning of life? The meaning of life is to try new things and meet new people. To just live. 36: Define Art. Art is life, it drives everything we do and is the most important thing in our day to day life. 37: Do you believe in luck? Sure. 38: What's the weather like right now? Sunny and 70. It's a little breezy so it's perfect. 39: What time is it? 12:17 pm 40: Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed? I don't have my permit but I have driven. Never been in an accident. 41: What was the last book you read? Roanoke: the last colony By Lee Miller. 42: Do you like the smell of gasoline? I LIVE FOR IT. 43: Do you have any nicknames? My older sister calls me rookie and several people call me Brooklyn. As a child I was boo-bear, pig pin, and pumpkin. 44: What was the last film you saw? I watched Everything, Everything. 45: What's the worst injury you've ever had? I sprained my right ankle in the third grade. 46: Have you ever caught a butterfly? Yes, at my zoo they had an exhibit. 47: Do you have any obsessions right now? Dodie Clark's vlogs. I can't stop watching, I also have gotten a thing for studblrs so. 48: What's your sexual orientation? I am a bisexual 49: Ever had a rumour spread about you? Yes, apparently I'm quite a bitch. 50: Do you believe in magic? Nope. 51: Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong? Yes I do. Unless they apologize then I'm gonna be mad for ever. 52: What is your astrological sign? I am a Virgo. 53: Do you save money or spend it? I am a huge cheapskate and save save save money. 54: What's the last thing you purchased? Like 7 books for $18, it was a huge deal. Major mark down. 55: Love or lust? Right now lust. 56: In a relationship? A relationship is work, it's getting out what you put in and loving your partner in their worst as well as their best. Makeup or not they are always gonna be the one you want to be with. 57: How many relationships have you had? Five relationships but two of them was with the same guy, however, there was someone in between us getting back together and breaking up again. 58: Can you touch your nose with your tongue? No I can not, I have a short tongue. 59: Where were you yesterday? At my house. 60: Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you? Yes my Jam Speaker, a ruler, a hair brush that doesn't have a handle, and a cupcake piggy bank. 61: Are you wearing socks right now? No I am not. 62: What's your favourite animal? Polar bears. 63: What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you? I smile and laugh a lot. Basically your supposed to mimic they're expressions and that's makes them like you more. 64: Where is your best friend? Her house. 65: Give me your top 5 favourite blogs on Tumblr. Mine, mine, mine, mine, and my studyblr. 66: What is your heritage? I am Native American and a bunch of other stuff. 67: What were you doing last night at 12AM? Sleeping. 68: What do you think is Satan's last name? Trump. 69: Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off? Yes I have, I'm human. 70: Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend? Not really because I'm very protective and weird so no. 71: You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do? SAVE THE DOG. 72: You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid? I Wouldn't tell anyone because I'm very private and don't want people to know so I'd keep it all in and write letters to them that'd they get after I died. I would write up my will, go skydiving, go on a spending spree, and visit my grandparents grave to talk and cry and shit. I would be terrified, because I don't want to die. I don't think anybody really does, or maybe they do I don't know, but I don't. So I'd keep it in and cry alone. 73: You can only have one of these things; trust or love. Trust because I can't love someone I don't trust, I don't want to. 74: What's a song that always makes you happy when you hear it? Guilty Pleasures by Bryce Vine or anything by AJR or Public. 75: What are the last four digits in your cell phone number? 2478 76: In your opinion, what makes a great relationship? Trust. 77: How can I win your heart? You can talk to me, all the time. You don't have to buy me things, I have enough. You have to love me, all the time. I have to trust you, make me want to trust you. 78: Can insanity bring on more creativity? Not the good kind. 79: What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far? To be happy. 80: What size shoes do you wear? 9, I have large feet. 81: What would you want to be written on your tombstone? My name and date. Maybe something about how loved I was. I don't really know. 82: What is your favourite word? Colour spelled the British way. 83: Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart. Beat. 84: What is a saying you say a lot? "We go from womb to tomb, from one darkness to another. Remembering very little of one and nothing of the other." 85: What's the last song you listened to? Rain by The Script. 86: Basic question; what's your favourite colour/colours? Lavender. 87: What is your current desktop picture? Snow I think. I was a present I haven't changed. 88: If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be? Donald trump, or if it's personal then this bitch from the 10th grade named Hailey (or her best friend austin, i can't decide.) 89: What would be a question you'd be afraid to tell the truth on? Are you a good person? 90: One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren't really doing anything, they're just standing around your bed. What do you do? Move slowly to an exit. 91: You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what's even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power? Super knowledge. 92: You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again? The half hour when I got my dog. 93: You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be? My grandmother dying. 94: You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be? The drums guy from Public. I love him. 95: You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go? New York. 96: Do you have any relatives in jail? Not to my knowledge 97: Have you ever thrown up in the car? Yes I was terribly sick and had taken pepto bismo, which didn't help. And I threw up all pink in my mothers old van. 98: Ever been on a plane? No I haven't. 99: If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say? Hello world, how've you been? Good to see you my old friend. Also, America, get your head out of your ass and realize Donald Trump is an idiot who doesn't deserve to be president.

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