#the experience was pleasant overall

[in-sightjournal]

Ask A Genius 1013: Thunderbird and Ranch Rides, "You have no idea"

Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: We recently returned from a two-night stay at a dude ranch. I tend not to inform people in advance when we travel out of town due to concerns about online privacy, so I apologize for any inconvenience. The ranch we visited has operated for over 150…

[mamanbou]

mission complete!

[daz4i]

first time a rocket siren caught me in a car. new experiences every day

[hushed-chorus]

Hey folks! Thank you @wellbelesbian for the tag and to everyone who tagged me over the past week!

Tomorrow it will officially be a year since I posted the first chapter of my first fic, Accidents Happen. I’ve said this before but I cannot emphasise how terrified I was throughout posting (I hadn’t shared my story-writing since I was 15 and had some baggage). Now I have broken through that wall and I’m writing more than ever.

Thank you everyone who read that fic, from the bottom of my heart, and thank you everyone who welcomed me into the Simon Snow fandom. Your encouragement is why I’m still here, one year later, with a renewed love for writing and a little circle of treasured friends <3

Here’s a snippet from an upcoming chapter of For All Intents and Purposes. @erzbethluna and I are hoping to have chp 3 out soon!

This is not my first time at an American airport, but the experience is a little different when you’re doing it as the federal government intended. Last time, we’d walked straight past the fingerprint and facial recognition systems. This time, we’re travelling under our real names, with passports, and going through every check. Simon and I join the Normals in handing over our biometric data. “What next? Samples of our blood and saliva?” I grumble as I regard the machine. This whole thing makes me uncomfortable. Could these systems detect any oddity in me? Perhaps my low body temperature? Oh Crowley, will it even read my fingertips? “Baz,” Simon hisses from his machine. A security guard is regarding me, a short man with a severe brow that partners badly with his otherwise round and babyish face. Simon’s eyes stay locked on his screen, but there’s a fierceness in his stance. Drawing attention to us was precisely the opposite of what I had in mind. According to my research (films and television), you are, at any time, one badly-placed comment or unfortunate circumstance away from a nightmarish encounter with airport security. And Simon is a walking nightmare of a man, filled with the desire to hoard and brimming with fire that can be spat should I be even slightly inconvenienced. Two days ago a van ran a red light at a pedestrian crossing (one we were about to cross), resulting in Simon leaving a melted blotch in the road. Before anyone could pull out their phones, I cast we didn’t start the fire and dragged him away.

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[hplonesomeart]

We did it folks graduation achievement unlocked >:D

[midnightfangz]

There's something about silly cafe AUs that soothes my soul so much

[smile-files]

i ate an apple today! and yesterday!! it's so silly but i'm really proud of myself for that

[natugood]

I love just sitting and working in small, local coffee shops for hours at a time. Even though it’s hard for me to sit still, it’s really fun to get to see all the people who come in and to get a better sense of the community as a whole. I love half listening to conversations, seeing how people interact with each other and with the baristas, and who even is drawn to the location in the first place. I don’t usually feel like paying $2 - $6 for a coffee or tea is really worth it except on special occasions, but the value of getting to be around people in a pleasant, safe, open environment like that really adds so, so much value to the experience. I like to feel connected to the people around me, so it makes me happy!

[starpros-sunshine]

hi seb. whats up

im fucken eepy. college is tiring. how do people do this shit (<- guy who has like. 5hrs total of classes a day)

Hi hi!! I'm also very eepy it's 2am and I spent an hour trying to.... I don't really know actually but I thought it was a very productive hour and a half of playing totk and I can say breaking into Hyrule castle was ridiculously easy considering it's like. Flying in the sky and there's no proper entry. And then I helped a girl with her farm and got roped into helping with the mayor elections let's just say Hateno was the main point of action today.

[insurguitor]

White Stag Education and Splatoon 3

[fluff-e-boy]

Worries assuaged! I can enjoy this detective show! I only caught the perp five minutes before the protagonist this time

[selamat-linting]

the most annoying types of tumblr users will never accept that no matter what their fave is still a white man, and a rich one at that who wouldn't get where they are without ignoring the bigotry and shittiness that their mentors and peers are doing. instead, they'll be doing body language analysis and making "joke" posts about how their guy totally pulled back when this super problematic guy wants to shake his hand and he's totally hates working with XYZ and he's acting friendly just for show, never mind that they've been working together for years. bonus if they acknowledge their fave is stupid and yet they still do this shit as if being self-aware of your biases yet doing nothing about it means youre absolved from parasocial stupidity.

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[blackkatdraws2]

[Toon x Mobster] Chapter 5: The Day Before

Previously // Next - (chapter list) / (AO3 ver.) [contains: BLOOD / GORE / MILD DISTURBING IMAGERY]

Jack had slumped on the couch, his chest gently rising up and down as exhaustion weighed him to sleep at last.

Gavriel noticed the stretch of silence. He glanced back at the other man in the room before noticing the Toon was then fast asleep.

The scarred man frowned at this. He hadn’t even so much as glanced at Gavriel before drifting off, to check and assure that he hadn’t been making any suspicious movements with the intent to hurt him. Any blunt or sharp objects in this room could have easily become a weapon in Gavriel's hands, and the fool had left himself wide open, completely defenseless.

Gavriel shook his head disapprovingly. He’ll have to turn down the food the Toon had offered him. What if it had been laced with something? Not that he doubted his stomach wouldn't be able to handle it — he’d been poisoned with way worse, but the experiences were never pleasant.

Though, now with his main concern asleep, he allowed himself to relax a bit and took a closer look around the shabby but homey apartment. He'd never been to a Toon's place before. Some parts of this place were a bit worn down from time and lack of upkeep, but the windows provided decent natural lighting inside, so it didn’t feel stuffy at all.

The difference in the overall atmosphere here and the one he was accustomed to felt weird. The color palette was warm, but the fluff wasn’t overbearing at all.

Just comfortable.

Gavriel wasn’t sure what to make of it.

Perturbed, he walked around, inspecting every room in the small apartment before he soon spotted the sliding doors connected to the balcony. Gavriel didn't have his phone to check the map or call for help, he was unsure if it fell out of his pockets when he was fleeing or if Jack had taken it away. All the same, he wanted to take a look outside to try to guess where the hell in this unfamiliar city he had managed to end up in.

He made sure to check for any CCTV cameras before stepping into the balcony when he found none, and he was welcomed by the cool morning wind caressing his face, chilly from the heavy rain the night before. He took a deep breath, the feel of the frigid air penetrating his thoughts.

Speaking of CCTV cameras, that foolish Toon. Gavriel clicked his tongue, displeasure seeping through his features. Had he been seen dragging his body here? What about the blood? Did the Toon take care of that, too? Did the residents here know about his unwelcome arrival, or was it just him?

The more he thought, the more his brows furrowed. He couldn’t stay here, he needed to leave.

His hands grasped the railings as he scanned his surroundings, his pain-muddled mind slowly grinded into action as he tried to remember which portion of the city contained apartment complexes comparable to or identical to this one. Unfortunately for him, a great deal. 

Uneasy, he subconsciously scratched the gnarly scar that ran along the side of his neck. Nothing much to gather from that. He also wasn't familiar enough with this city to pick out any particularities about the place either, so he was basically stuck.

The scarred man sighed and tipped his head down in simmering frustration. “Shit.”

The wind blew gently, swinging around and playfully swaying his bangs, but Gavriel’s mood was too bitter for him to notice. He took that moment to think about what happened to him that day. Before he collapsed in that alleyway.

Gavriel's guarded nature earlier hadn't come from nowhere.

He was coming back from an exhausting trip. Cel City was the midpoint road from his previous location and back to Grimwoods City, his home. They were driving down a long crowded lane when something strange started to happen.

A few cars that acted normally before began to swerve and drive wildly, hitting and causing mayhem on the road before eventually making a reckless turn to chase after the car Gavriel and his men were in.

Guns went off and vehicles screeched as people attempted to avoid them while Gavriel’s gang were pursued down the road at high speeds. One of the cars following them collided with a truck and flew into the air, striking Gavriel's car and a few others as it flipped before landing upside down on the ground, nearly destroyed from the hard collision.

Everything else had been a blur of gunshots and yelling after that, yet he distinctly remembered the moment he saw the door of the fallen car being slammed open from the inside. Whoever had been driving that thing had survived the fatal car crash.

The person’s bloodied and broken body climbed out, dragging themself forward. A few joints were turned the wrong way and injuries littered their body, but they pushed themself up and stood without as much as a flinch.

Gavriel glared, appraising the person before realizing something odd that made him pause for a moment.

It was a Toon.

More of them appeared, coming out of cars that were previously driving away or have been hit. Their simplified cel-shaded hands held guns far too detailed and foreboding for their wholesome appearances.

The sight of Toons holding guns had already been peculiar, though something else caught Gavriel's attention. Their pupils were rolled to the back of their lids with capillaries crawling in their eyes, almost like they've all lost their minds. Or had they perhaps been drugged? Gavriel wasn't sure, but those people hadn't looked like they were capable of reason at that very moment, and they were very clearly there to hunt them.

Gavriel and his gang were eventually forced to retreat. He managed to escape, but not without losing a few of his men in the process and taking a few lethal wounds himself. He didn't know if there was still anybody alive amongst his Grim subordinates or if they were all dead.

So when he awoke to the care of Jack Desmond, a Toon, he was wary of him being one of them. But not only had Desmond chosen to help dress up his wounds and given him his bed to rest on, he was also dumb enough to sleep in the open with Gavriel in the same room as him. Though, there was always a chance of all of that being a show he was putting on.

Having lived years of his life through hell and back in his line of work, he could never be too sure about the nature of people he was unfamiliar with. For all he knew, Desmond could just be skilled in putting up a front. It certainly wouldn't have been the first time he's met somebody similar; the "nicest" ones were somehow always the most deranged.

…He needed a phone to tell someone about the attack and to get a ride back home.

—

Meanwhile, deep in his blissful sleep, Jack stayed unknowing of the dark picture Gavriel painted about him. If he knew, he'd surely cry out in despair. His act of kindness was being misinterpreted and twisted, he was being wronged! Wronged, he'd tell you!!

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Previously // Next - (chapter list) / (AO3 ver) Thank you to @demonicrhythms for proofreading this chapter.

[t0bey]

if anyones curious heres my currenet ranking for the fire emblem games ive played so far

just finished my first shadows of valentia run on hard mode 🥲

going in w my only impression being other ppl telling me its the game that has terrible gameplay but amazing writing, i was surprised to see how much of a mixed bag it actually is underneath the stunning visual and audio presentation. at the beginning i thought the gameplay was boring and weird and the writing was very impressive, but the more i played those sentiments sorta switched around.

large majority of the characters felt very unexplored/underdeveloped by the end, including alm and celica's relationship, meanwhile getting ur first archer hunters volley is like crack and that endgame dungeon is insane