#the second pic is in outdoor lighting

[scarymonsters-andsupercreeps]

Freddie portrait from my sketchbook ✨

[remotewatch]

some call it arrogance

Jack Schlossberg x reader | 2.5k wc

summary: Let’s face it: you kind of suck at paddleboarding. Thankfully, your boyfriend is an eager instructor with a trick up his sleeve!

cw: shameless smut, outdoor recreation, questionable teaching, peppy upbeat softdom jack (good lord), fingering, unprotected sex, if you want to keep your plan b go VOTE ‼️‼️, play fighting, jd is catching strays, this is somewhat a comedy

minors dni and stay out!!!!

Time and time again, you realize that you and Jack have very different definitions of what constitutes a short paddle. You could pass out right here on your little break, sun hat plopped over your face and one leg dangling in the pleasantly cool water. He tugs you closer to his board to drum a few fingers on your knee and ask “You asleep?” just as you’re drifting off.

A barely audible “mhm” is all you care to let out. Jack’s hand slides to your inner thigh, a polite veneer of concern slapped onto his more crude interests.

“Do you need something?” When you lift your hat to squint over at him for being so euphemistic, he’s already zapping you with those doe eyes you struggle to resist.

“Diva, the telephotos,” you mumble as you flop back down. There’s almost certainly no one hiding out in the mangroves waiting to catch you two, but the press had noted the extension of your Japan trip to stop at Iriomote. Your growing collection of condemning paparazzi pics is already nudging at the edge of your mind, and you have no desire to add to it today.

“They can’t get a good shot this far out.” His hand stills when you don’t murmur back how much of a whore he’d have to be to know that so definitively.

“Here, let’s get out of the sun for a bit. Get you a honey stick or something.” A grateful thumbs up is the most movement you care to make.

As much as you like getting into Jack’s hobbies with him, it’s undeniably more fun to have him tow you around whistling Elvis tunes like your little chauffeur. It would be so easy to fall asleep to the sound of it paired with the waves crashing in the distance; maybe you do; it’s really none of your business.

The temperature suddenly drops, and you briefly tilt your hat up to see he’s steered you into a particularly thick mangle. It’s a straight, narrow shot from it up to the shore; exactly the type of hidden launch he’d know about.

He turns around from rooting in the supply bag and waggles a fanned out selection of power bars, honey straws, and glucose gels at you.

“What’re we having today, huh?” Still hiding under your hat, you grasp blindly until you find a few straws and tear one open with your teeth, shoving your dentist’s exasperation to the back of your mind. Jack knows better than to pester you until your temperature and blood sugar level out a bit. Eventually, you rise from the dead and get a better look at your spot.

The mangrove roots here are as thick as you’ve ever seen and rise far enough out of the water that you could set up a hammock under them. Schools of diminutive silver fish swirl beneath the surface, bouncing light back up to paint the underside of the overhead foliage. The two of you are technically visible from open water, but a pap would have to drop anchor at the perfect angle to get more than a glimpse. You remind yourself that you’re on the west side of the island anyway; surely there’s more exciting things to report on than America’s most notorious SUP proficiency gap relationship.

“You’re getting better, you know.” You gnaw at a second honey straw and scrunch up your nose.

“Am I?”

“For sure. Remember Lake Superior?”

“God, must I?” you groan, wincing at the mere thought.

“Gotta appreciate where you started!” Jack is laid out on his board doing alternate toe touches, and the fact that it’s more of an unconscious ritual than a way of showing off his balance makes it all the more annoying.

He’s truly so pretty, even after putting your legs through hell on the way out. The little gaps in the mangrove canopy cover him in spots of sunlight, and he still refuses to buy a smaller pair of shorts, just rolling down the hem of those ratty old ones until they’re shorter than any of yours. You’re too busy watching them fall further down his thighs with every leg raise to notice he’s still talking.

“Sorry, what?”

“I said-,” Jack finishes the last of his coconut water and smacks his lips. “Why don’t you stretch a bit before we head back?” You press your hands flat as if to push yourself up, and he notes your hesitation.

“What is it?”

“…Can you spot me?” His smile cracks his whole face open like a fresh daffodil, clearly thrilled to be needed.

“Why, certainly.”

You brace yourself as he slides onto your board as easily as scooting closer on the couch, quads flexing delectably while he helps you stand up.

“Do a forward bend for me,” Jack effortlessly slips back into his instructor cadence, to the point that you could forget he’s your boyfriend aside from his hands feeling far more than professionally comfortable on your hips. He leans up against your backside to peer over you as you place your palms flat on the deck, not bothering to conceal how much it excites him. After the tension of the paddle out and stiffening up during your nap, the stretch in your hamstrings is virtually orgasmic. Jack doesn’t miss the little sigh of relief you let out, nor do you the the smugness that spills into his voice.

“And walk it out, just like that,” you can feel him staring at your ass and can’t even kick his shin without knocking you both over.

“Can you at least pretend to enjoy this a little less?” it doesn’t sound very commanding with his dick pressed right up against you before you shift into downward dog. Even less so when he knows how much you love a good calf stretch, knows exactly how far to push you into it to make you melt in his hands.

“If I’m not happy to be here, how can I expect you to have any fun?” There’s a brief wobble as he reaches to grab your ankles and help you move to a headstand, but one shift of his heel and you might as well be back on dry land.

“That’s why I said pretend.”

“That’s why I’m not an actor. And, push yourself up!” If nothing else, you’re decent at handstands, at least with Jack ready to catch your legs. Decent on a good day, that is, when the humidity isn’t bleeding your energy like a stuck pig. Your right palm slips into the water, and you screw your eyes shut in anticipation of a face full of board and a few tree bark scrapes.

“Fuck!” you hiss, but his grip instantly locks down on your ankles and lifts you out of the line of fire. Jack’s obliques ripple as he rights the board, and he’s very clearly pleased to catch your notice of it.

“That’s alright, you had a few good seconds there.” He lets you swing a few moments longer than necessary before lowering you back down and piping up again. Ever the show-off.

“It’s always…,” he hesitates as if he’s searching for the right words. “-been my understanding that if you can balance on all fours in unfavorable circumstances, you can stay standing just fine.”

“And what kind of unfavorable circumstances would you be talking about?” it’s obvious, though you’d rather hear him say it. He knows you too well to take the bait and cheekily rolls his eyes.

“You know, the favorable ones.”

“Is that what they teach you at surf instructor school?” Your hands are back on the board now, and you kick one foot free to slide it down his chest under his shorts.

“Oh yeah, the first thing,” he chuckles, fishing it out before helping you down into a plank.

Jack somehow wriggles his way under you without causing any major upheaval, claiming it’s the easiest way to check your form. He’s talking like this is your first time on a board just to wind you up and making no attempt to hide how much he enjoys doing so.

“Now, there’s nothing to it, just gotta make sure you’re not leaning too far to the left-“ he tugs at one of your bikini ties.

“Or the right,” he twists the other between his fingers, not quite loose enough to fall off, but certainly plenty of room for him to slide his fingers below your waistband. His smile grows wider when he pulls them back out to observe their newfound shine. You have a halfhearted go at defending your reactivity.

“That has nothing to do with you.”

“Oh yeah? You’re pulling a JD, getting riled up by the dolphins?” If your balance or endurance were half as good as his, you’d shove him off your board and ditch him right there. The best you can do is double down; a bit pitiful, but better than giving him any satisfaction right after that bullshit.

“And these are the unfavorable circumstances? Seriously?” It’s more the stupid fucking grin on his face than the controlled circles he’s tracing on your clit that’s disrupting your concentration. You’re hoping that focusing on the space between Jack’s eyebrows will keep your mind blank, but his fingers feel better and better the more you try to ignore them sliding around like he’s trying to memorize every cell you’ve got down there.

“It would be deeply irresponsible of me to throw you right into the deep end. Safety first, after all.”

“So irresponsible,” the mocking tone you’re going for doesn’t really work when your pitch is stuttering in perfect response to his movements.

Your eyes slip closed out of habit, but he’s right there playfully pinching your nipple to bring you back to reality.

“Hey, now! No daydreaming during your lesson! That’s not very considerate to your instructor,” he’s trying to pout up at you, hit you right in your weak spot, but he looks far too pleased with himself for the illusion to work.

“What if he deserves it for comparing me to a bloated couch fucker?” Again, the conviction isn’t really there when you’re bending your knees into terrible form trying to chase his touch every time they recede.

Jack yanks his fingers away, sucks them clean with a slippery pop, and kisses you on the point of your chin before shuffling out from under you.

“Clearly you’re not being challenged enough if you can complain like that!”

This time, you do try to kick him off the board, but you have no range at all to put some power into it. That’s what you tell yourself, at least.

“Look at you! You wouldn’t have been able to do that at Lake Superior. Told you you’re getting better!” He’s tugged his shorts down and your swimsuit to the side before you can snap at him, and he actually cackles when he sees how much your lats twitch when he first slides in.

“You’re unbelievable.” The way your voice shakes makes it sound more like a compliment than a last ditch effort to compose yourself.

“That’s what I’ve heard! There you go, arch for me.” He’s not causing much motion yet, only waves big enough to scatter the fish, but you’re wound so tight he might as well be putting you straight through the deck. Your arms are already shaking, and of course Jack notices; how could he not?

“Keep your arms steady. No, don’t lock them up, lean into it,” he’s saying like they’re not on fire, like you can’t feel yourself clamping down on him in some sort of weird unified muscular system effort to keep you from falling on your face.

“Can’t believe y-“

“How fast you’re progressing? I know, right! You must have a pretty good teacher!” He’s absolutely insufferable. You’ve been moving nonstop since dawn, he’s got your ass locking up like an NDA, and his voice is still perfectly fucking steady.

Jack’s middle finger just barely trails along your side, feather-light enough to raise goosebumps on your skin.

“You’re holding too much tension here.” Thank god, he mercifully spares you the lecture about proper abdominal engagement.

“Jack, I can’t- I’m gonna fall!” The wavering in your voice is so unbelievably humiliating when he’s barely breaking a sweat. Your arms buckle, threatening collapse, and there he is seamlessly shifting his hands from your hips to swing under your torso and support you when they finally give out, the other splaying flat across the deck.

“Noooo you’re not, you’re fine. You can have a little break, and then we’ll try again, okay?” All while his thrusts remain infuriatingly consistent. The board barely even moves when he catches you. Your nails scrabble at the deck pad, then the limb supporting you, trying to regain your balance, ground yourself, Jesus, something, but he’s got a better angle now and can haul you back onto his dick as hard as he likes without worrying about your arms giving out.

“You’re such an asshole!” you sob as you claw at his forearm.

“Tell me to stop then! Be silly and turn down a free lesson, why dontcha?” Any attempts you make to thrash your way out of Jack’s grasp just stimulate you more, and he’s suppressing a fit of laughter watching you jolt like you’re stuck in a bear trap. When all that’s left for him to knock out of you are little stilted squeals, his resolve softens, and he leans down to kiss your ear.

“I know you can do it. Push yourself up for me.”

The only way out is through. This time, your arms do lock up; blame the unfavorable circumstances. The world narrows to tunnel vision as you watch the board tilt left, then right, with the ringing in your ears making the whole spectacle feel a tinge nightmarish.

Your orgasm hits you hard enough to have Jack choking out an “oh, fuck” that sounds just as strangled as his dick must feel. You can hardly enjoy it over both of your triceps cramping terribly, though you can’t help but feel a little proud of yourself for staying dry when you slump to your elbows halfway through.

As unceremoniously as Jack thuds down at your side, he still instinctively spreads out enough to keep the board steady. He looks about ready to fall asleep, so of course you roll over to bother him.

“Is that how you taught people to surf?”

“Nah, they were way more advanced.”

“Fuck you!” He’s back on his board and paddling out of the inlet in a flash, somehow not flipping yours in the process.

“Sounds like someone doesn’t need any breaks on the return trip!” By some miracle, you manage to grab his leash before he flies past you.

“You’ll tow me back.” Jack spares you a full glance over his shoulder, and there’s an unmistakable streak of you remaining on the left side of his mouth.

“Oh, yeah? Why’s that?”

“I’m pretty sure I’m your favorite student.”

[murfeelee]

TW3 GoW File Dump!

This set includes 22 items converted from God of War 2018, for your sims of the Spartan and/or Norse persuasion!

Alfheim Light Crystal as Light (Floor | Wall)

Alfheim Tree (10k Polys)

Bifrost as Table Light

Coin Piles 3 | 4 (§10000, ANI Moneybag Script REQUIRED) (found in Hobbies/Skills)

Dragon Arc as Decor

Dragon Firepit (8k Polys)

Elf Statue (10k Polys)

Floor Panel as Rug

Leaves (Giant | Not So Giant)

Jotnar Shrines as Wardrobe (10k Polys) (SN EP REQUIRED)

Kratos Vase

Lemnos Juice as Drinkable Beverage (ARSIL MOD REQUIRED)

Lemnos Wine as Drinkable Beverage (ARSIL MOD REQUIRED)

Library Sconce (Wall Light)

Lyre as Guitar

Nornir Chest as Land Chest (IP EP REQUIRED) (found in Debug)

Rock Face as Wall Climbing (found in Hobbies/Skills)

Scroll Case as 2-Storey Bookcase (20k Polys)

Wall Ivy (10k polys)

And here are 9 far lazier items only inspired by GoW, not directly converted from it:

EA's Double Doors RETEXTURED

EA's Ranch Stones Column RETEXTURED (PETS EP REQUIRED)

Elven Family Lock as Decor (Animated)

Decor Glass Crow (Wings Down | Wings Up)

Idunn Apple as WA EP Edible Morsel (GLOWS)

Light Bridge as Floor Light (use with glass floor rugs)

Tapestry as Wall Art

The Light (Outdoor Light)

Happy New Year, and enjoy!

Download zips (package files): Mediafire | SimFileShare

Descriptions & pics under the cut:

Most of this stuff's pretty clear-cut, but I wanted to just explain a few quick things.

The Alfheim Light Crystals, Bifrost, Idunn Apple, and The Light all have Fullbright, so they always glow, even if you turn the lights off. (The Idunn Apple mesh is a wee too big for my liking, but oh well.)

Coin Piles 3 | 4 (§10,000, ANI Moneybag Script REQUIRED) (found in Hobbies/Skills)

Shoutout to @thecardinalsims at MTS for helping me with these! 👍

Fully recolorable, these 2 coin piles cost 1 simoleon, but when your sims scoop them up, they get 10k! You're welcome! 🤑💰

Elven "Family" Lock as Decor (Animated)

Fully recolorable. This was cloned from a clock, so the pieces turn as the big/little hands turn on EA's clocks. I've never actually caught it at the right time when all the pieces properly align, esp. since I use the Time Mod like crazy and never really know what time it is in-game.

Giant/Not So Giant Leaves

Fully recolorable, found under Plants. These leaves are HUGE, which is why I added a smaller version, cuz jfc. 😅

Jotnar Shrines as Wardrobe (10k Polys) (SN EP REQUIRED)

I apologize in advance for these. I don't really intend for them to be used as EA dressers--I just wanted something with open/closed door animations (so alas, I also had to squeeze the mesh down to fit EA's dimensions). But by god these are dumb AF if your sim actually tries to rifle around inside for clothes (which I ofc removed)--

--or Aesir forbid, they actually enter it to hide/portal travel to Narnia/woohoo. 😬 There is NOTHING on the other side, so your sim WILL be seen floating like a doofus behind the mesh (through the walls).

Anyways, if you pause your game during the .5 seconds that the doors are ever open, you'll be graced with all the effing hard work I went through to add as many Jotnar panel variations as possible:

In order: Bergelmir, Hrungnir, Jormungandr, Skadi, Skoll & Hati, Starkadr, Surtr, Thrym, Tyr1, Tyr2, Ymir (sorry, no Groa U_U).

Lemnos Juice/Wine as Drinkable Beverage (ARSIL MOD REQUIRED)

The juice is regular kid-friendly juice, but the wine is strong alcohol only for adults (*cough* Kratos wtf were you thinking giving your kid 1000yr old alcohol to drink, someone call CPS on this fool! *cough*). So now your Spartan sims of all ages can safely & responsibly enjoy sippin on gin & juice~! 🥂 As always, the mesh clipping into their faces is out of control, but oh well.

Lyre as Guitar

Fully recolorable variation included. NOT a fan of where the fingers sit (esp. for kids), but OH WELL.

Nornir Chest as Land Chest (IP EP REQUIRED) (found in Debug)

Fully recolorable variation included. For some strange reason, I couldn't clone the WA EP chests (which I prefer), but thank goodness IP has a land chest I could use instead. (IIRC you can set it with all kinds of treasures with testingcheatsenabled true and/or Nraas' DebugEnabler or something, IDER.)

Rock Face as Wall Climbing (found in Hobbies/Skills)

This is based on the rock climbing station at the EA Store, but you DON'T need it for this one to work!

Comes in different fully recolorable variations, with/without Faye's "Yellow Paint" guiding the way.

Scroll Case as 2-Storey Bookcase (20k Polys)

Fully recolorable variation included. Yes. I know. The polys are insane. I decimated as many as I could, but AAA games are just so effing high poly. U_U

And that's that!

Happy New Year, and enjoy!

Download zips (package files): Mediafire | SimFileShare

[raaorqtpbpdy]

My second colors for @green-with-envy-phandom-event

My siblings picked out my lineart for me this time, and all three of them agreed on this gorgeous piece by @trueratdad (in the end it was between this one and another one of Ember by the same artist.) Hope you like it!

And a video so y’all can see the textures (sorry it’s kinda shaky; I was filming outdoors in 15mph wind because there’s no good lighting in my house lol)

I used crayon, soft pastel, sharpie, colored pencil, marker, and glitter gel pen.

In-progress pics under the cut

[sweetmage]

I was asked by @x-littlemoth how I do my VGP and I explained the basics here! This is a continuation of that tutorial with my own personal methods! For this tutorial you'll need this mod (in addition to the ones mentioned in the last post):

CharLi This is an excellent lighting mod that allows you to spawn individual lights and adjust their color, brightness, rotation, etc.

And here are some other mods I recommend, though they aren't necessary!:

Additional Portrait Presets I can explain more about why adjusting FOV or rotating the camera 90 degrees is useful below, but these presets save you the effort of tweaking yourself! Photomode Expression Megapack No tutorial needed, this just adds extra facial expressions you can select in photomode! Works exactly the same as the vanilla one and doesn't replace anything.

Appearance Creator Mod (ACM) I won't cover this one here because there is already a wonderful tutorial by PinkyDude who explained it way better than I ever could which you can check out right here! Briefly, this allows you to swap/toggle clothes, accessories, etc. on NPCs.

If you'd like any additional suggestions for pose mods, clothing mods, etc. or wants to know any mods I'm using I am very WCIF (where can I find) friendly so anyone can free to ask me any time! Additionally, if anyone would like a tutorial on my editing process, I pretty much just use my phone and a free app (and sometimes a paid app but that's not necessary) feel free to ask, I'd be happy to share :)

Let's get into the tutorial under the cut! ^^

Okay, let's continue editing our photo of Viktor and V using CharLi! So, open your CET menu and look for the CharLi menu and open it up. First thing I tend to do is go over to the settings tab (the gear) and shut off chromatic aberration and volumetric fog. This is all up to personal taste though, so do what looks best to you! Now, return to the main tab (click the light bulb) and let's spawn a light! Personally I always prefer to start with 1x as the others tend to be way too bright for most scenes. Play around with choosing whichever type of light you like.

In the end, I went with the type called Favelas as my main light source. Go ahead and play around a bit with the rotation, intensity, and other sliders.

Here's what I ended up settling on! I try to make sure that the character's aren't washed out or too dark and I try to make my first light light the characters fairly evenly. Now, for depth and flavor, let's add a second light! This time I chose spotlight and I adjusted the colors until I achieved a relatively blue color.

One last thing, for each of your lights go ahead and toggle these two badboys off. That will hide both the physical light object and the pink tracker so they don't clutter up your photo.

Adjusting the angles a bit more to my own tastes, here's what I'm left with without any external editing!

Now, let's try and outdoor photo! Following the steps in the last tutorial, I am going to teleport to my location of choice (I am using a teleportation preset found in PinkyDude's Roadtrip Through The Badlands AMM location addon). While here, I switch my Nibbles replacer to Fem because I'm gonna take some pics with Panam! Now that I'm here, I notice that the lighting out here could be better! I tend to adjust my weather and lighting outside of photomode because it doesn't always shift correctly in it. To make sure everyone is lit correctly, I tend to pick the character with the darkest skin or clothing that will be in my scene and spawn them from the spawn tab. I'll choose Panam, of course!

Note: Going to the tools section and selecting freeze target can help keep your spawned companion from walking away but I forgot to do that here lol For weather conditions, I like to choose light clouds. This makes the sky look nice and it also softs harsh shadows. This is up to personal taste and the mood of your scene though! Additionally, if you want more weather states and deeper control, you can use the Nova City mod. For now, let's just play with the vanilla weather settings.

I tend to prefer the look of early morning the best, but again this up to taste! I would definitely recommend avoiding middle of the day though as the harsh lighting can greatly overexpose your image while also muting colors. Now that we've got all that set up, let's banish her just like we did Viktor in the first tutorial. Unlike Viktor, this Panam clone won't respawn (the real Panam is safe and sound, this won't affect her). Now let's return to photomode (and ignore my boy's goofy Us Cracks pose). Follow the steps to set up your replacer just like in the first tutorial. Now that I have my replacer swapped out to Panam, I am going to remove her jacket using one of the built-in presets (for swapping outfits with ones not listed in AMM see the AMC tutorial linked above). To do this I am going to go to tools > target replacer > scan and then scroll to the drop-down and list and pick the one I want to use. Let's keep the harness but remove her jacket!

From here, choose whatever poses you like, set up CharLi however you wish, and now let's try taking a portrait shot! This is where those presets come in handy. If you downloaded them, go ahead and flip through to the portrait ones at the end and select the one you like best. Otherwise, let's set this up ourselves! To do this, I will go to Camera tab in photomode and set my rotation to either 90 or -90 degrees. This allows you to fit more into the shot while also allowing your portrait to be higher quality because it fills up the whole screen instead of being a tinier image with a lot of empty space on the sides. Next, I'm going to adjust the field of view. The lower the field of view, the less your image is distorted. While distortion can be nice for some styles and atmospheres, I tend to prefer a lower FOV for my portraits. I tend to prefer to set my FOV lower then 20 but higher than 10. Here I've chosen 15!

Now you can play around with the angles and take your photo! Here's the unedited one I got in the end:

If you have any questions definitely feel free to ask! This is certainly not the only or even the "best" way to do it, this is just my personal way :) Have fun!

[sprunking-time]

As night fell over SprunkiVill everyone but Raddy gathered around town hall, Garnold climbed up to the breaker and flipped the street lights off, the buzz of the street lights stopped, Fun Bot's face lit a small bit in front of her.

Soon the meteor shower started, Garnold and Clukr held hands as the first few meteors fell, a little further into the woods Vineria, brud and OWAK were watching.

Garnold took his helmet off while coughing, Clukr started to panic

"Babe! Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine, I don't know what Vineria is smoking but the second hand smoke is hotboxing my suit"

Clukr waved at Tunner to get his attention, Tunner's ears perked up, he was listing

"Vineria's smoke is making Garnold feel sick!"

"I'll go talk to er!"

Tunner walked into the woods, he looked around for a few minutes before finding them, Vineria was laying on her side on an outdoor pillow, brud was sitting on a stack of pillows and OWAK was leaning against a tree

"Vine Could ya smoke further from town? Yur gonna get the while town high, also brud I didn't know ya smoked"

brud signed something to OWAK 'It med for eyes'

"He smokes it for his glaucoma"

Vineria got up and threw the long pillow she was laying on over her shoulder, she postured to follow her

"Lets go"

Tunner walked back into town, he lit a cigarette and took a few puffs, he put it out before getting back.

Gray took some pictures of the meteor shower

"Hi Gray!!"

"SHIT!'

"Are you enjoying the shower too?"

Her right antenna flicked

"No. I'm gonna make an emo edit with the pics.."

"Oh.."

Fun Bot went back to her dad's,

After a few hours the meteor shower was still going, it was a pretty light show of space rocks,

"Do you wanna go and see if we can find some of them after babe?"

Clukr climb onto Garnold's shoulder, he set on his shoulder using his feet to stick to Garnold's suit

"I don't see why not"

Garnold shifted his shoulder down and kissed Clukr on the cheek, they both started blushing, Garnold put his helmet back on

"DAD'S THAT'S SO EMBARRASSING!"

Her antenna flipped down

"If you get a partner one day you'll understand"

"WOW! thanks for calling me single dad"

Garnold and Clukr giggled at their daughter being mildly embarrassed.

Oren, Simon and Pinki were watching from a cliff, Oren nuzzled himself into Pinki's neck fluff, he fondly remember coming to Sprunkyland from a meteor himself with Simon.

After the meteor shower ended Garnold turned the street lights back on, Durple was perched on his house the whole time, he saw a dark blue bird like Sprunki land on Tunner's house...

@gelatinorifice @airy-was-heree

I haven't wrote anything in like 2 months so I'm kinda rusty

[scone-lover]

Pics from Undredal 🌧️

When I started my fic Northern Downpour, I wasn't intending it to be a magical AU that explored... well, all it does. Destiny, magic, vampirism, family. I really just wanted to put it in this beautiful setting that kept popping up on my browser home screen. I literally threw a pin at the southwestern fjordlands of Norway and picked Undredal based on the goats.

Anyway, fast forward a year or so and I actually visited Undredal, like some type of crazy person. A big joy in writing this fic for me was crafting descriptions of the gorgeous scenery. Getting to see it in person was nothing short of absolutely magical. I walked the paths I've described in the fic, visited the cafe, took a kayak out on the fjord, and even got chewed on by a goat. I wrote in my journal, "I feel dwarfed in majesty."

I updated the fic a bit for accuracy, and here are some new pics with the real life locations!

The original photojournal can be found here.

Thank you all for following along- I love you dearly ❤️

Like, is this real?!?!?!?

More pictures below the cut.

the town

Simon's house No one was living there at the time so I didn't feel too stalkery lol. I was so enamored by this house, it's right at the edge of the main part of town and so charming.

Sunset from Simon's balcony

Simon's 30 second walk down the street

Undredal probably looks like this for most of the fic, since it takes place in the dead of winter

The real cafe!

The lighting situation in there is gorgeous, because norway.

with this beautiful outdoor deck!

ITS JUST SO PRETTY.

In the fic I envisioned that bright blue building on the water as the cafe - it seemed like the right color :)

WONDER VALLEY FOR REAL!!!!!

The real cheese room!

The stave church - so tiny

Insane views from kayaking - it started raining and the whole town just kind of disappeared into the fog and it was so gorgeous

I came back feeling exactly like a wet rat. Baz core

Oli captains one of these RIB tours lol

The river ran gold, and all that

You might recognize this shot from Twelve's art in chapter 12 :)

Undredal from above

Waffles with geitost!

Fancy ferries that Simon mentions in a later chapter

And here's Flåm from the water:

Goodbye Undredal <3

[nancypullen]

What's Up, Buttercup?

Things have gotten very quiet around here and that is not a complaint. The new year tiptoed in without much fanfare on our part. We practice the old Irish tradition of opening the front and back doors at midnight to usher out the old year and welcome the new. Gotta' say, not at all excited about 2025. If you go back in the archives of this blog you'll see me waxing poetic about the thrill of a sparkling new year, 365 blank pages to fill, a blank canvas to paint, and so on. This year I feel great trepidation and my only hope is that the next few years are not as bad as anticipated. Sorry if I sound like a downer, that's not my norm - but I've been on this particular ride before and it was not good. We live in an idiocracy now. Having said that, my intention is to fill as much time and space as I can with things that bring me joy - art, writing, and my sweet family to name a few. Good books, good music, more time in nature, all of those are high on the list as well. I have to focus on what I can control and that's a pretty small bubble. SO... After Matt flew back to Minneapolis on the 2nd, I dismantled Christmas and swept it up and out. The dregs of a happy holiday...greenery, glitter, and bits of trash.

I was glad to reclaim the clean, uncluttered spaces. Next year I will not put out as many decorations. I want to get a smaller tree - not shorter, just more slender. I'd love to get a flocked tree and give it a vintage vibe. I can't justify a new tree purchase while ours still lights up, but you can bet the second a bulb burns I'll be shopping. I mean, the possibilities....

As I packed away holiday decor, I found myself setting aside more and more for Goodwill. Let someone else enjoy the things I've gathered over the years. I don't use most of it anymore, I'd love it if someone else found joy in them. The mister took down the outdoor lights and then broke down cardboard boxes in the garage to take to the recycling spot. I did save one that came in handy.

With a soft blanky it's a great clubhouse. They're not using it much, so I'll give it another week and then out it goes. If they start to love it I'll invest in a pretty one. They usually prefer cozying up to us. Oh, remember the slips I was burning each day to find out where my focus would be in 2025? I put goals and/or desires on pieces of paper then folded them up and burned one a day (without peeking) until the new year. The last one was opened and is supposed to be my mission. This is what I ended up with, and I don't even know where to begin.

I don't know how to do that. If you've read this blog for any amount of time you know that after our move to Maryland I went from being a ridiculously happy person to a not-very-happy-can't-see-the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel person. It's foreign to me to feel so blue so often, so that whole "prioritize my happiness" sounds really good, but what's the blueprint for that? I need a plan. I mean, a winning lottery ticket would be a great first step. That takes me back to focusing on things I can control. It's a vicious cycle. I suppose most would think it means putting myself first, that's something I've struggled with my entire life. Who can be happy if you're making someone else unhappy? Ugh. I'll figure it out. Note: I interrupted this blog post to make dinner. How am I doing with that whole "me first" thing ?

Hey, here's something I have no control over and it's been utterly delightful - this glorious weather! That big ol' winter storm blew through and dumped nearly a foot of snow on us. It's so beautiful.

Our yard has been full of birds - juncos, cardinals, blue jays, sparrows, finches, and this woodpecker has been a regular visitor as well. Yep, that's a fuzzy pic snapped through a window while I lounged on the sofa with a book. Use your imagination. Word got out in bird world and we've had hundreds (no exaggeration!) of feathered visitors every day since the big snow.

We've been keeping the feeders filled and feel like we're personally saving all of the local wildlife. Mickey even scattered seed under the grandgirl's swing and it started a party.

The sun came out brilliantly today and, even though temps didn't get above freezing, it caused big clumps of snow to fall from the trees. Miss Molly soaked up some rays.

Phoebe spends her hours stalking birds.

When the first wave of snow hit I did what any blizzard loving yankee gal would do - I made a pot of soup. This is such an easy favorite.

Chicken stock, a can of petite diced tomatoes, plenty of garlic, spinach (or kale, that's what I had), some sort of chicken or turkey sausage - crumbled Italian, or sliced, doesn't matter, and tortellini. But here's what makes the magic happen - add a half cup of white wine to the broth, and just before you turn the heat off and prepare to serve it up, drop a tablespoon of butter in and stir. One teensy tablespoon into that big pot gives it a wonderful depth of flavor. Honest. If you can top it with a little shaved parm (I was out) that kicks it up another notch. It's so yummy. I've been eating a ton of salads since we kissed Christmas goodbye. I honestly love them, but some days soup just hits right.

That's normally my lunch. Mixed greens, avocado, pepitas, chopped dried cranberries, cukes, and a drizzle of balsamic. Not fancy, but tasty and filling. It's better when I have some feta to throw on top. Breakfast is usually a protein shake with collagen powder. I can't honestly say that I've noticed a difference in my health since I started that routine about three months ago - it's really just a habit now and super easy. Beats cooking breakfast. Mickey gave me this adorable tumbler to start my mornings with a smile.

I love it!

That's pretty much all that's happening around here. I'm doing a lot of reading, working on some writing, dabbling in art projects, and enjoying the cozy feeling of these frosty, sparkling, snowy days. Eight days into 2025, I have no complaints. The next goal is to get back on the dang treadmill and put some mileage on my shoes. I've been awful about that. I need to build a new playlist and get started. I'd probably stay on the treadmill longer if I listened to a murder podcast instead of music, they're just not making new ones daily. I should probably listen to tales of people who ended up with bypass surgery or stents because they didn't exercise. Adding butter to soup and avoiding the treadmill is probably not the smartest move I've ever made. There ya' go. I opened my brain and shook it out all over the keyboard. You can pick through the rubbish and find what's worth keeping. I hope that your year has started well and that you have some things to look forward to, that's important. If you don't have anything to happily anticipate, start putting some on your calendar. Doesn't have to be a big deal, it can be as simple as planning a night for getting takeout, the start date of a favorite movie or show, or treating yourself to something. I find if I write something fun in a little square on my calendar it cheers me up. I'm just enough of a dork to count down the days until the Golden Globes (I did). I don't care about the awards, I just like to see the gowns - but the point is that little bits of happiness sprinkled throughout a month add up, and we can all benefit from occasional delights, right?

Go ahead, make yourself happy. Time for me to play mah-jongg while the mister watches another spy/chase/mob/whatever movie. Sending out lots of love tonight. Take what you need and pass it on. That's our mission in 2025. Stay safe, stay well. XOXO, Nancy

[thoughtfullyrainynightmare]

Hello! Can I have a Matchup with a Male please for the event? I'm a 24-year-old straight female who uses she/her. I’m an INFP Libra sun sign with a 9w1 enneagram. I’m a very spacey and forgetful individual who tends to stay more indoors but tries to welcome new experiences wherever I go. I’m the kind of person who remains quiet until I become close with someone then I’m free to be a dork. Building relationships with others isn’t something I pursue unless it occurs naturally. When it comes to my health, sometimes I view myself as limited because of my disease even when that is not true. I worry that I’m too much for people when it comes to my passions. I try to make jokes or sassy comebacks, but I'm not that clever when it comes to that. I second-guess myself a lot too, but I usually push that aside and dive into whatever my choice was. I’ve also been described as generous, childish, excitable, playful, mischievous, stubborn, and imaginative. I may not know how bad situations can get but I always try to bring comfort to other people. Plus, I want to improve my health by getting physically fit. Currently, I'm hoping to find work as a librarian. My love language is a tie between physical touch and quality time! I love the idea of cuddling in bed with my partner as we exchange kisses. I might also like words of affirmation, but I have a hard time accepting praise. As for my giving love language, I think it would be acts of service because I want to be both a strong partner for them and do little things to ease their mind.

Likes: Drawing, designing costumes, walking, animals, soft blankets, notebooks, the smell of home-baked food and a campfire, going somewhere new, the supernatural, true crime, animated movies, cosplay, anime/cartoons, sweets, working in archives, libraries, friends, and family.

Dislikes: Rude disrespectful people, loud noises like fireworks, my personal space being invaded, narcissists. People who don’t value others.

I hope this isn’t too much information. Sorry in advance if it is.📚

Hello!

I thought of a few characters, but as a matchmaker I would set you on a blind date with...

William Vangeance

William is a quiet, gentle person despite being a Magic Knight captain. And he is a deeply empathetic person despite his crimes; in fact, it was his nature that tries to understand others that ultimately contributed to him not being able to choose between his friend (Patri) and his mentor (Julius). Though the situation was complex and nuanced, he doesn't claim that he wasn't in the wrong, but felt deep gratitude to Julius for giving him another chance.

He is also a little bit shy and awkward when it comes to personal relations. As a knight and a captain? He can work around that paradigm without an issue, but when it comes to opening up to a person about who he is himself, as William, that is more difficult.

He's also able to understand feeling restricted because of a condition, because his scar has left a mark on him, and he does harbour insecurities about it still. So, he'd very much appreciate if his spouse would understand that aspect of life as well. That it's not always that easy.

His childhood didn't also allow much for mischief or being playful, so a spouse who can be a little bit quirky around him and with who he can learn to be a little bit silly, will bring light to his soul. He also enjoys spending time in the garden, and has bird feeders around, so that there are always animals around the base as companions, but despite of it he's not exactly an outdoors-y person, but prefers to stay inside.

The library and archives of the Golden Dawn would be at your disposal, because he'd like to make your time there as comfortable as possible. He is very much about giving and providing, especially now that he is in a position to do so. And partially because he knows that he has done wrong, he'd appreciate a spouse who can help him see the bright side of the situation.

As a way of showing his affection, he'd pick up poetry to try and give you words of affirmation that you deserve. Because he doesn't want a day go by where you don't know just how much he loves and cares for you.

William would be a soft person who'd try to work around your boundaries and what you're comfortable with, while trying to figure out how to express himself in the beginning. But once things get rolling, you'd see just how caring and gentle he can be. Sometimes it is similarities that attract, though you do have some differences between yourselves as well to mix things up ;)

[ranmagender]

Anime Recommendations That Probably Only Appeal to People Who Are Similar Enough to Me to Dig Their Vibe

I'm 31 and back into anime after a long time, but ive seen a few things in my day and i wanna recommend some things that I dig and maybe others will as well, give em a shot. No particular order and I'll be listing like 5 of them with small description. Ready? Let's go!

(web archive link)

xxxHolic

[ID: GIF of a woman with long black hair and pale skin and long fingers twirling her hair, seemingly speaking END ID]

A classic, one of my all time favorite anime, the anime is often very light hearted and humerous but its also like very introspective tends to touch a nerve here and there. Its about a boy who sees ghosts and therefore is a target for them, he ends up in a shop where a mysterious woman agrees to help him in exchange for him working for her. She grants wishes in exchange for something of equal value. Very Fun!

2. Himouto! Umaru-Chan!

[ID: Gif of a chibi girl in a hamster blanket rolling around on the floor END ID]

I fairly enjoyed this one, about a guy having to deal with his sister who is like pretty, smart and popular but once she comes home she goes gremlin mode and is just into anime and games and eating. Fun gags that come from that premise.

3. Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle

[ID: GIF of a young girl sleeping in a makeshift crown, she has long silvery hair and is wearing a dress of some sort, close up of her face as her body moves with her breath. The subtitles read "Zzz..." END ID]

Princess gets kidnapped by a demon lord, rescue parties and heroes are sent, meanwhile all she cares about is her good night sleep so she tries to make the prison cell she's in cozier. Its a pretty funny anime that i enjoy a lot, very cute vibes.

4.DanDaDan

[ID: GIF of a brunette girl with large green dangling dish earrings making an annoyed expression outdoors in the daylight END ID]

You may have seen me ramble on about this anime, its become quite popular and I personally love it. Even my profile pic, as of me writing this, is a character from this anime. Its about a girl who gets dumped and is besides herself she meets a guy who is really into aliens, but she doesnt believe in aliens, she believes in spirits because her grandmother is a spirit worker. They clash and to prove each other wrong they decide to each go to a spirit and alien hotspot seperately. Turns out they were both right and both exist. Adventure ensues. I can't say enough good things about it. It blends the two worlds together in such an interesting way.

I will warn ahead of time that it deals with SA a bit in the first episode, it doesnt happen but like, if allusions to it make you uncomfortable just be warned, i personally think its not as bad as say chainsaw man which dives into it more fully, but i know just thought i'd give a trigger warning.

Can't recommend it enough, second season of it starts in July, can't wait.

5. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

[ID: Gif of a short haired brunette girl with an orange ribbon tied up in bows, a white and blue school uniform and carrying a backpack of sorts in an alley smiling END ID]

One of the anime I watched in my late teens, I believe. I love it a lot and it means oh so much to me. It's about a guy named Kyon who meets this girl named Haruhi who drags him into forming a club of sorts. Turns out that Haruhi is no ordinary girl and her subconscious will shapes entirety of existance to her whims, soon he meets several extraordinary people whove been tasked to keep an eye on her. Kyon has to deal with club activities and whacky shenanigans that comes from Haruhi's subconscious.

Frankly its worth it alone to get to the 2011 movie, Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, its the sweetest reward for watching it and frankly one of the best films ever made in my opinion.

[fantasticalleigh]

Body talk and whatever below! Adding a read more for those who’d rather not hear it bc this turned into a whole venting post with a dash of mommy issues 🙄

took these pics (gotta appreciate the post workout pump) bc I’m kinda pleased my arm vascularity is coming back. I’m still fluffy all around but I’ve come a long way in building back all the muscle I lost when I was going through an ED a couple years ago (basically I took intermittent fasting to an extreme). I lost a ton of weight really fast and looked good back then but didn’t realize how much muscle I’d lost (which was pretty much most of it) until it was way too late. And during lockdown I was outdoors skating or walking pretty much 24/7 but once we went back in person and I was working and going to school and stressed over my senior year at uni I slowly gained weight back. And since then it’s been a slow slow road of getting it off, getting strong again, and making mistakes and learning from them. All that inspirational shit.

I’ve mainly focused on body recomposition for the past two years. This probably would have succeeded faster if I was getting proper sleep and really committing to eating healthy but I’m straddling a middle line and happy with it and my progress. My quads are building up and they’re still bitty but I’m happy. My upper back looks strong as fuck (using Rhea for inspiration since we have the same body type!) and I’m getting more definition there and in my legs bit by bit. The ass is fat again lol. The biceps are growing and my forearms will always be the thinnest part of me but also getting muscly.

So naturally the more muscle I have the bigger I look. I’m ok with that! I embrace it. I want to look strong. The point of body recomp is to build muscle and slowly lose fat in the process. Muscle burns more calories when you’re not moving around and so I’m ok with still looking fluffy if that means I’m getting stronger. I do lazy cardio and I want to lean down and I will but I’m not rushing into it.

There’s definitely body dysmorphia hanging around when I’m trying to fit into my shirts and they don’t fit bc my shoulders and biceps are bigger and make me wider. My stomach is definitely more flat than it was two or even three months ago and thank god bc my jeans are comfy again LOL. I look at myself and know I’m getting slimmer slowly but I still feel frustrated sometimes bc of things like this. I recently weighed myself a few weeks ago and found I was 211 lbs. Not surprised! I’m 5’9 and with a broad and strong build so I’m never gonna be light as a feather or dainty. Muscle weighs more than fat and I’ve been building a lot of that so no brainer.

(And for reference the last time I weighed upwards of 200 lbs I was very overweight and most of that weight was in my midsection and I was like three or four sizes bigger than I am now. Muscle makes a hell of a difference in body composition!)

Anyway. All this to say that I’ve been working hard and enjoying the process/results. I’m no physical trainer but I know what works for me and i actively try to take care of myself every day. But my mom likes to make snide comments about it all the time, joking that I’m training to become a wrestler (and so what if I was?) and she likes to call me “grandota”, which in Spanish means “big girl” jokingly. And she’ll tut about what I eat all the time if she sees me eat, things like that. (Not that I should have to defend myself but I do try to eat well. Lots of protein and veg, but I don’t restrict myself from tasty drinks or sugary snacks bc I’m human😝.)

The grandota thing is fair. I never used to mind it. I’m the second tallest member of my family (first is pops), taller even than my brother who is eight years younger lol. My mom is at least a foot shorter than me. But now it’s just mean spirited when she says it and it’s been happening a lot more lately.

So she sees me today, freshly showered and changed after my workout, just minutes after I took the photos above and goes: “are you training to be a wrestler? You’re getting fat!”

🙃

This is long enough so I won’t go into detail about the argument we had after. It’s not the first time she’s said these exact lines to me and I usually ignore them but i felt done today. And basically I told her to stop being passive aggressive about my body bc it’s rude and I’m tired of it (and she doesn’t get to talk shit when I’m actively trying to take care of myself and she doesn’t) and I don’t do the same to her. And then she got offended and said I should go live on a mountain if I don’t want people to make mean comments. 🙃🙃🙃

Story time over! Sorry for the loooong vent post.

[jensownzoo]

So I finished up outdoor cleaning tasks and was about to start outdoor construction tasks when the clouds started rolling in. So instead of risking frantically trying to get the tools out of the rain, I pivoted to a quick garden project.

A while back I picked up a discarded box fan that unfortunately had a burnt out motor. So I removed the two grills to use for plant protection and was going to put out the rest for the metal scrappers when I had an idea.

Scrapped the motor and blades, kept the case to use for planting. I dug down into the mulch beneath the crabapple tree until I hit dirt then placed the case on top to keep the mulch restrained and packed the mulch back in around it. Lightly cultivated the dirt then spread the wildflower seeds I got from the natives program at the library as well as three packets of very old sunflowers (they probably won't do anything but why not). Added a light coating of spent potting soil on top and tamped in.

I put one of the grills back on held in place with a brick to keep the critters from digging everything up. Then it started raining, so no more outdoor projects today.

But from an earlier garden walk:

Oops! I sowed nasturtium seed in this pot and covered it with a tote to prevent it from being excavated and kinda forgot about it. Now some of them are super leggy. We'll see how that sorts itself out.

Also in the oops category:

These are the two earthboxes that have been covered in thin insulation blanket and some wire caging. It doesn't look nearly as bad in the pic as it does irl but the plants are pretty yellow. I removed all coverings (we'll just have to chance the cabbage moths) to get more sun and also gave them a drink of mild liquid fertilizer for a boost. These are the extra Chinese broccoli and bok choy and kale with bonus green onions. Technically fine for part shade just...not this much.

But in good news the pollinators seemed to have liked the extra-dwarf pak choi I let flower and I should have plenty of seed to collect.

The two pansies that came back (originally obtained half-drowned but free) after winter are now flowering. If I can get them to produce seedpods I can immediately sow the seed to have more of them. It's worked before!

My second sowing of basil is up. Might be ready to transplant by the time all the radishes are done flowering and can go in in their place, right next to the row of tomatoes.

And hey, my fern isn't dead (it just looked that way a month ago).

Climbing rose thriving in the singular patch of sunlight in the side yard started blooming. I've got it trained in an arch down to the ground instead of actually climbing anything.

Elly Belly's (cat) replacement memorial plant is blooming too. It's got two main canes -- this one is doing fine but the other has significant chlorosis going on. No idea why. Maybe all the rain we've gotten this spring? That is somehow only affecting half the plant? I gave it some iron and magnesium based fertilizer just in case, but it's weird.

The next project will be to get all the canna bulbs in the ground. Somewhere. Once it stops raining. Possibly Friday.

[joannaliangart]

Human Nature (2021), my ib art solo exhibition! About using plants and nature as metaphors to symbolize human emotion and spirit.

It's quaint and patch-work looking haha but that's what makes it sweet to me. I know the photos are really shitty but they're the only ones I could find???? And they were like. crunched up lil screenshots of the original photos (so it's like. why didn't I just save the original photo file instead of taking screenshots?? who knows lol)

exhibition title was conceived of pretty early on into my ib art class, after I heard the song Give it Up by I Fight Dragons. "give it up for human nature!" ah I love how they sing that line...

My thesis in my curatorial rationale was:

"Human Nature explores the wavering personal connections we have and their impact on emotion, by drawing parallels to plants, animals, and the environment. My exhibition was influenced by the symbolic ways I noticed nature mirrored human life, and my experiences with how losing and finding connection with myself and others have affected me."

My art class had a garage door opening to the outside of the school, and I'd always wanted Human Nature to be located outdoors in some way. My original idea was somewhere else out on school grounds, but I think I wasn't allowed to do it there or smth?? Or maybe I think it was that I couldn't figure out where to display/hang certain pieces there (I think Rediscovery was the problem child cause he was so big lol)

I asked my teacher if I could use the garage door and they said yes! I think they were excited about it because it was a new kinda unconventional idea just because I think that garage door never fuckin gets opened lmao; day to day we'd just treat the thing as a second wall haha

This way we could also hang Rediscovery and something worth flying for on the bars of the garage door!! I went up on the tall ladder and wrangled with a lot of fishing line and wire lmao (here's the hanging of something worth flying for:)

Rediscovery looked SO fuckin good suspended with the breeze coming in and gently rippling the fabric AUGH it was perfect just how I wanted it ;w; I wish I took a video of it I don't think I did...

Here's me figuring out the projection of Unwanted; seeing which fabric colour worked better etc:

some random pics I took of please return (on the wall like an actual clock would be):

Also Yes Fruitless Longing was under the table because (ah here's how I wrote about it in my curatorial rationale:)

"Fruitless Longing similarly explores how the perceptions of others (or lack thereof) affects someone. It hides underneath the left table, shying from judgements and expectations. However, its lights only glow brighter in the dark— a fruitless attempt. The viewer has to crouch to get a good look at it, like coaxing a scared child out."

+bonus my embrace series was displayed in the nearby community centre as part of my art teacher looking into a space for her art class(es) to show some of our art if I recall correctly ^^

Artworks featured:

Rediscovery

something worth flying for

Wild Blood

Nests series: Flee The Nest and build a home

Unwanted

Uncertain Home

please return

embrace series

[nerdlvr]

how about something like their s/o loving their mustache look and don't want them to shave?

sorry that this is so late, and that i made it kinda long!!! i added the other part you mentioned too! i spent hours looking at dreamies mustache pics, hope you enjoy! ☺

❀༉‧₊˚. mark’s facial hair grew back quite quickly, but mark was quicker, shaving off any stubble that made an appearance.

but with the recent comeback, having to wake up early and rush to practice and coming home only to eat and sleep, simply wearing a mask outdoors would have to suffice. after a busy couple of weeks you had been dying to see your boyfriend, inviting him over to spend the night. when you finally heard the jingling of the keys you sprung out of bed to greet your boyfriend. as the door opened and you got a look at mark, a dark shadow cast over his lip and light stubble adorned his chin and jawline. you stepped back for a second to admire this new look. mark laughed awkwardly, covering his face, “dude stop staringgg, i didn’t have time to shave i wanted to see you so i just rushed over” you grabbed his hand pulling him towards the couch, “no no no, i’ve just never seen you like this, you look really good markie, you should grow it out more often” you reached up to touch his mustache, smiling at the new feeling. mark was blushing like crazy, maybe some stubble wasn't so bad after all.

❀༉‧₊˚. renjun almost never grew facial hair, it took months for even the tiniest amount of hair to pop up.

so when you went in for a kiss and instead were greeted by an itchy upper lip, you knew you couldn't leave renjun alone about it. you grabbed his face, using your thumbs to run over the tiny stubble that had appeared on renjun's upper lip. "um, babe is this some new tiktok trend you saw, what's going on with you" he pulled your hands off him looking at you with concerned eyes. "junnie you have a mustache! a real actual mustache is growing right now!" he slapped his hand over his mouth, clearly embarrassed by this new revelation. "you're a liar let me go see" he rushed to the vanity gasping when he noticed small hairs beginning to grow. "where's the razor i need this gone right now!" you giggled at your boyfriend's reaction rushing to stop him from removing his hair, "wait no no, i never get to see you like this, leave it, just for today!" renjun let out a sigh knowing he couldn't say no to you, "fine, but i'll make you so sick of my mustache that you'll never want me hairy again" he pressed his upper lip to your cheek rubbing harshly, causing you to push him away "not so nice now, right baby"

❀༉‧₊˚. jeno was always handsome, but right now how you were seeing him, no makeup, wet hair, towel around his hips, and a slight stubble growing on his upper lip and chin, jeno was godly.

"hello? earth to y/n? you're acting like you've never seen me naked" naked? that was the least of your concerns right now, jeno with facial hair was a rare sight only on a night like now, straight after practice and too tired to shave, could you see him like this. jeno gently sat on the bed next to you, reaching out to hold your chin, using it to make you face him, "hey sweet girl, are you ignoring me?" you blinked a couple times still processing the sight in front of you, now much closer, "sorry, sorry, i just, i don't get to see you like this often" you blushed looking away from him. jeno still confused by your reaction, "shirtless? baby we've been dating for years, did my muscles get bigger?" he chuckled at his own comment slightly flexing his biceps. you slapped his arm laughing at his silly movements, "no jen, your mustache, you look so handsome like this." now it was jeno's turn to blush, eyes growing wide at the realization that your focus was on his stubble. he reached up to cover his face, "sorry i need to get new batteries for my razor" you pulled his hands away from his face leaning towards him to plant a kiss on his chin stubble, "don't worry about it, you look really good like this puppy."

❀༉‧₊˚. haechan hated that his facial hair grew back so quickly.

he'd shave at night and the next morning a shadow would be cast over his lip and on his chin, hair already growing back. but what he hated more was how you avoided him when he did have facial hair. what he didn't know is that you loved seeing haechan with facial hair. haechan had been busy, his razor laying cold and alone on the bathroom counter, his mustache and chin hair dark and prominent. as he joined you in bed, pulling you by your waist to face him, you tried you best to not ogle at your boyfriend's facial hair, looking anywhere but his face. he noticed you avoidant gaze, reaching up to force you to look at him, "do you really dislike my mustache that much, you can't even look at me baby?" heat began to rise to your face, finally fully looking at your beautiful boyfriend, "wha-what, of course not! i- i actually think i like it a little too much" your hand reached up hesitantly to brush against his chin hair. haechan was more than pleased with your response, leaning into your touch, "oh my baby, why didn't you just say so, had me nervous thinking you hated my hair," "no! i could never hate your facial hair, it's, it's actually a really good look on you" he smiled wide, an idea popping into his head, "well, i will definitely be throwing my razor away" he leaned his face closer to you rubbing his prickly chin against your neck, laughing when you tried pushing him away, "hyuck please, that tickles!"

❀༉‧₊˚. jaemin could not believe what he was seeing.

he had been going through your phone trying to find an image of lucy, luke, and luna to send it to himself when he stumbled upon a photo of himself. actually, not a photo, a whole folder titled, 'nana no shave,' he had to give it to you, it was clever, but the countless pics of him with stubble was not just shocking, but concerning. jaemin had no idea that you had liked his stubble so much, let alone have a collection of pictures of it. he decided to put your love for his mustache to the test, letting it grow out for a week. he had been relaxing on the couch watching a drama you had recommended when from the corner of his eye he sees you quickly holding your phone up ready to take a picture, but he was quicker reaching across the couch to snatch your phone from you, "aha, i finally caught you, you were taking pics of my stubble weren't you!" he pointed his finger at you, you sat there shocked that you had been discovered, not knowing that jaemin had caught on to your hidden obsession, you weren't ashamed though, "yeah, and what if i was, what are you gonna do about it jaem?" his shoulders sagged his lips forming a pout, "huh, well i guess nothing" his shoulders perked up again, a smirk on his lips "but stop taking hidden pictures of me! next time just ask me princess, i'll give you all of my mustache pics"

❀༉‧₊˚. chenle loved to annoy you with his stubble.

Every opportunity he got to rub his prickly cheek against yours he would take it. you would always push him away, pretending that you were annoyed by his actions, when in reality you loved to see chenle with his stubble. today was no different. chenle was on week two of no shaving, stubble having grown significantly. you were laying in bed scrolling through your phone when you felt the bed sink next to you, your very hyper boyfriend ready to interrupt you relaxation, "hi lele, is there anything i can help you with?" all you heard was, "nope" before your phone was snatched from your hands and your boyfriend was hovering over you grinning widely, "like my mustache baby?" he wiggled his eyebrows at you struggling to hold back his giggles. you reached up to rub your fingers against his stubble, gently pulling at the hair, "actually, yes i do like your little mustache, makes you look handsome," chenle froze for a second shocked by your sudden confession and then a frown formed on his face, "no fair, if you like it how am i supposed to annoy you now!" he leaned down to rub his cheeks against yours causing you to squirm under his hold. you giggled at him trying to push him away. He sat up, straddling you, "see you're enjoying this, i need a new plan now!"

❀༉‧₊˚. jisung would not be caught dead with stubble in front of you.

the relationship was relatively fresh, he had confessed in june and by august you two were going steady. now it was the start of november and jisung still didn't feel ready to let you see his facial hair grow out, yes it was normal but what if you hated it? that's why when you came up to him asking him to participate in 'no hair november' proudly showing him your week build up of armpit hair, he was hesitant. but god you looked so pretty like this, bushy brows and prickly legs, so what could be the harm in growing some hair himself? it took 4 days for jisung's stubble to finally appear. when he looked in the mirror and saw the light shadow on his chin he was nervous to go and show you, but you beat him to it, his phone rang loudly, your contact name, 'my star💫' shining on him screen. when he picked up your smiling face appeared on the screen, "ji baby look at how much my hairs grown!" you pointed the camera at you legs showing off how the stubble has turned into soft leg hair. jisung smiled warmly at your happiness forgetting that his face was on screen, "oh my goodness sungie look at that stubble!" he quickly moved the camera, only showing his forehead on the screen, "ahh stop it, it's embarrassing" he heard you giggle, "you look so good sung, and it's for a good cause, show it off!" you saw the the camera slowly pan out, his full face coming into view, a shy smile on his face, you were definitely going to start hiding his razor from him.

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April 8, Day 98/99

Day 98 2015

It was a rainy cloudy, warm kinda spring day.

#rainy #cloudy #warm #spring #nature #garden #outdoors #wet #water #trees #grass #afternoon #beautiful #grayskies #clouds #country #missouri #love #mothernature #plants #vivid #rain #rainstorm #picoftheday #project365 #day98

My Grandparent's garden was such a beautiful place! Even in the rain!

Day 99 2016

The curtain calls

#curtains #white #colors #shadesofspring #pastels #april #picoftheday #project365 #day99

This had to have been another day of grasping! haha

Day 98 2017

Bruce is a party animal!

#birthdayparty #party #partyanimal #birthdaycake #cake #happybirthday #bruce #shark #gooddaybruce #findingnemo #april #picoftheday #project365 #day98

Day 98 2018

Cranesbill (Erodium cicutarium)

#cranesbill #purpleflower #weedsareflowerstoo #wildflowers #flowers #texas #spring #nature #outdoors #april #bouquet #picoftheday #project365 #day98

Day 98 2019

I love zoos of all kinds but especially my zoo, Ft Worth!

#educational #conservation #animals #learn #hippo #zoo #fortworthzoo #splash #play #nationalzooloversday #april #april8 #2019 #nationalday #nationaldaycalendar #picoftheday #project365 #day98

Day 99 2020

I need a creativity break I’m so mentally exhausted so I’m going to let niece do all the work (though she did let me add a filter) 😉 “This cat is sad bc it is locked out in the rain and the owners are at the movies!”

#drawing #art #create #niece #cat #sadcat #rain #wetcat #drawingsbyniece #april #april8 #2020 #picoftheday #project365 #day99

Day 98 2021

Yin and yang

#nature #outdoors #sun #sunrays #clouds #light #dark #texas #spring #april #april8 #2021 #picoftheday #project365 #day98

Day 98 2022

I never thought I’d see one myself! A white-lined sphinx (Hyles lineata) drinking from common henbit (Lamium amplexicaule). 😍

#texas #spring #nature #lifemoth #whitelinedsphinxmoth #hyleslineata #commonhenbit #lamiumamplexicaule #april #april8 #2022 #picoftheday #project365 #day98

I just found out that Grandpa, who was visiting at the time, still thinks we all saw a hummingbird instead of a moth! haha

Day 98 2023

💙

#beach #sand #water #sunnyafternoon #clouds #turtle #magnus #magnifynature #nature #april #april8 #2023 #picoftheday #project365 #day98

One of my favorites of Magnus!

Day 99 2024

Pretty cloudy here at the beach today and I had issues with my camera. If you know me you’ve heard me talk about being cursed when it comes to astrological events…today was no different 🤣 The orange sides is from a pic I got of the sun through my glasses. On the bright side I shared my glasses with a man and he was very excited to have gotten to see it for the few seconds that he did.

#eclipse #dailytheme #cloudytheme #beach #solareclipse2024 #cursed #april #april8 #2024 #picoftheday #project365 #day99

I honestly don't plan out to photograph these sorts of events because it really never has worked out so even though it landed on a day off I stayed home. I am now dealing with intense jealous feelings from my friend's and family's posts back home. But it's fine because I found a mushroom growing out of a palm tree...

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Costume Contest anon here. Better late than never... it's time for the 2024 Fantasy Nude Calendar!

JANUARY: ANGEL G*RZA is a New Year's Resolutioner working out in his personal gym, laid out nude across a hamstring machine, with his huge ass sticking up in the air as he smiles at the camera.

FEBRUARY: PR*TTY DEADLY are celebrating Valentine's Day together in a heart-shaped Jacuzzi. ELT*N PRINCE is sipping champagne with his erection pointing up towards his abs, while K*T WILSON is reaching for the ice bucket behind him, with his fat ass pointed towards the camera.

MARCH: M*F is celebrating Oscars season, wearing his blond wig from "The Iron Claw." He's fully nude and standing on the top rope inside a vintage WCCW ring, holding up a gold Oscar statue and showing his huge ass towards the camera.

APRIL: L*GAN PAUL is celebrating "April Showers." He's re-creating his infamous shower pic with the US title, only this time, he's in an outdoor shower while on vacation in Indonesia. He's fully nude and has his championship belt wrapped around his neck, with the water dripping down his body, spilling off his penis and down his fat ass.

MAY: N*THAN FRAZER is celebrating "May Flowers." He's fully nude laying stomach-down on a grass field surrounded by sunflowers, his fat ass catching rays.

JUNE: It's finally summertime, and TR*CK WILLIAMS is celebrating by re-creating his famous ocean video, only this time, he's fully nude and dripping wet as he walks out of the water, dripping wet as his large dick is hanging down his thigh.

JULY: CH*D GABLE is celebrating the 2024 Olympics! He's sitting on a bench in front of a Greco-Roman wrestling mat, fully nude except for his wrestling headgear. He has gold medals wrapped around his right thigh, with his erection resting across his left thigh.

AUGUST: BR*N BREAKKER is giving "Dog Days of Summer." He's imitating a dog tied up in the back yard, fully nude except for a dog collar around his neck linked up to a small wooden dog house. He's on all 4's with an intense look towards the camera, arching his back and poking his huge muscular ass out.

SEPTEMBER: ADAM C*LE is doing a dark and serious shoot. He's sitting fully nude on a folding chair against a black background starting intensely at the camera without a smile. He's erect with his dick across his right thigh, and in his left hand is the white devil's mask.

OCTOBER: W*ARDLOW is celebrating a spooky night on Halloween. He's posing as a werewolf on a cliff-side at night, howling into a full moon, with the light illuminating his silhouette. He's fully nude, and perched like a wolf on all fours, with his giant muscular ass protruding out behind him.

NOVEMBER: LA KN*GHT is paying a tribute to the Brawny commercial he auditioned for, wearing wardrobe that is too small for his giant body. He's outdoors surrounded by autumn trees, wearing a ripped red plaid lumberjack shirt without sleeves and holding up a giant axe. His jeans are too tight, so much that he can't raise them up, so they sit right beneath his giant cheeks, fully exposed.

DECEMBER: S*TH ROLLINS is closing out 2024 and celebrating the holidays! He's fully nude decorating his Christmas tree, and is getting wrapped up in the string lights he's putting on it., so they are wrapped around his naked body. He's fully erect, and has a candy cane hanging from his hard dick.

HAPPY 2024! Which 3 months are you permanently tearing out and hanging on your wall?

first of all HEYYYY icon, welcome back<333 this is so fucking funny cuz we have a second calendar that came in a few hours after yours fsdajfadsjasd WE EATING GOOD! anywya onto the important stuff...

this is so fucking hot.. as expected... you always deliver for us. every single one is hot and has made feel so:////

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trick

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seth

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angel

how about everyone else??