#the sunny side of life

[adventuresofalgy]

There had been torrential rain falling and strong winds blowing all through the night, and by the next morning the air was a great deal milder, exactly as the weather birds had predicted.

Unfortunately, however, the wind did not seem satisfied with that welcome achievement, and although the rain had stopped for the moment, and it even looked as though the sun was about to come out, the wind was still blasting across the wild west Highlands of Scotland with considerable force.

As Algy tried to fly around his assistants' garden he noticed that the leaves of the elaeagnus bushes were being blown inside out, revealing their silver linings, so alighting in one of the bushes for a moment, he began to sing at the top of his voice, hoping that he could manage to complete his song before he was swept out to sea…

Please don't be offended if I preach to you awhile Tears are out of place in eyes that were meant to smile There's a way to make your biggest troubles small Here's the happy secret of it all: Look for the silver lining Whene'er a cloud appears in the blue Remember, somewhere the sun is shining And so the right thing to do Is make it shine for you A heart full of joy and gladness Will always banish sadness and strife So always look for the silver lining And try to find the sunny side of life

Algy is singing the first verse and chorus of the classic song Look for the Silver Lining by Jerome Kern and Buddy DeSylva, from the 1920 musical Sally, made famous by the winsome musical comedy star of that era, Marilyn Miller, who performed the lead role both on stage and in the 1929 early sound movie Sally:

[mellohiizz]

draw eggzam and my life is yours 🙏

using this to drop a redraw of a sketch i drew like... some weeks ago, idk. i only showed it to oomf because he introduced me to them. (hi ykn who u are ^_^)

[charmac]

What is this Don't Hug Me I'm Scared-ass promo for S9, jesus christ

[jazzugly]

Valentine day with my F/O,

- Elias Gallagher form the groom of the Gallagher mansion

- Jambee beaux form Aphrodesia

- Ren form 14th days with you

- Peter Berliner form snaccpop bachelor of the month 2024 (may)

- Baxter form our life forever and always

- Jean le noir form snaccpop bachelor of the month 2024 (April)

- charle form a double sided mirror

- Tmon form Aphrodesia

- Teddy form Get to know : coffee date!!

- Barry whitebread form Something wrong with sunny day jack

- Jules Romero form Aphrodesia

- Micah yujin form error 143

[suhnandmoon]

going back and desperately saving all my old saved edits and videos on tiktok. heres my favorite loser hee video ive seen on that app for the road 🫰

[wolfgirltummy]

just read Human Domestication Guide

[monicaeidolith]

my OLBA MC, Sunny Last ☀️

(his backstory + close ups below)

Step 1 -

Sunny is a very shy and nervous boy, who's easily afraid of strangers (when he first saw Cliff, he ran away) and easily worried. Sunny hates getting in the middle of a conflict and will avoid taking a side if he can. He loves spending time at the beach, collecting seashells, reading books and going to the library, things that will never die down growing up.

When he met Cove, Sunny was initially worried about him, as Cove was crying all alone. Sunny gets fond of Cove and befriends him quickly. As "selfish" as it may sound, Sunny did wish Cove would never go away from Sunset Bird and stay with him.

Sunny doesn't have any romantic feelings towards Cove during that Step though, he only starts developing a crush on him some time before Step 2.

Step 2 -

Sunny remains a nervous person, in fact, it seems he has social anxiety, though he developed a more teasing and snarky side growing up. Whenever he is openly snarky depends on how close you are with him... or how pissed he is at you (side looking at Jeremy), otherwise he keeps whatever he's thinking for himself, like he often does for what he's truly feeling actually (unless your name is Cove Holden (doesn't apply to the subject of romance)). Ironically, he struggles to understand when a stranger is being sarcastic or not. Despite all that, he's someone you can rely on if you need.

His love for literature grew and he kinda wishes to be a writer. In fact, he writes some things sometimes, such as poems or songs that his cousin Lee could sing. While he isn't particularly a sporty guy, he loves surfing, swimming and playing volleyball. At 13, he started getting interested in jewellery specifically, to Lee's greatest joy.

During Step 2, Sunny starts feeling insecure about his physical appearance and doesn't like showing his body that much (but summer is kind of the "worst" season for that specific part). He thinks he's too "scrawny". Also doesn't he look weird for blushing for anything?

He's also conflicted about his feelings towards Cove: during this gap of 5 years, Sunny's feelings for Cove grew into something different than friendship and he doesn't know what to do about it. He never felt this way before, not with anyone else either. He's too scared to say a word about it to Cove directly, he doesn't want to mess up their friendship (classic.).

When it comes to romance in general, concepts like "love at first sight" don't really make sense to him. How can you fall for someone you barely know? Sounds like a myth.

Step 3 -

At 18, Sunny manages a bit more with his social anxiety, though he's still a bit uneasy around people he doesn't know. His snarkiness hasn't tone downed growing up... and sadly for him, his insecurities about his body haven't that much either.

18 years old is probably the age where the contrast between his clothing style and his name is the most ironic and the object of many jokes (none of them are ill-intended of course). But wearing black clothes won't change the fact he's his moms' little sunshine!

His interest for jewellery turned into the hobby of making hand-made jewellery, mainly with seashells, sea glass or pearls.

During Step 3, Sunny is now afraid of the future. He does have some projects for the future: going to college, specifically for studying literature and hopefully working in the writing industry (not necessarily as a writer like he wanted to at 13, just as long as he can write). And he was happy to find a part time job in the library he always loved. However, all of that means leaving Sunset Bird one day, and he's scared of that. He always lived in the same place, with his moms, with Cove as his next door neighbor, ... And Elizabeth leaving for college was already something... How much will things change?

About his relationship with Cove: Sunny knows for certain he's in love with him. But God forbid he actually tells him how he actually feels.

He also figured out his sexuality: he's gay and demiromantic (oooh so that's why love at first sight felt like a complete myth...)!

Step 4 -

His personality hasn't changed that much since Step 3 but one thing that changed is that he managed to outgrow a little bit his habit to hide his negative feelings from others, at least to a less extreme level. His social anxiety is still present of course, but he learned to live with it. He also learned how to love himself and feel comfortable with his body! It was hard but he did it!

Living away from Sunset Bird was also hard, very hard at first, especially since Cove confessed his love for Sunny at the end of the summer and then they had to be separated for long times. But it seems nothing could break their bond.

Sunny got a 4 years English literature degree and works pretty much on freelance writing now. (I'm not sure myself yet tbh, that may change in the future.)

the close ups!

listen the fact Sunny is kind of similar to Athena (my OLNF MC) is completely involuntary lmao

this is what happen when you keep on projecting bits of yourself onto your OCs

[murderballadeer]

when the seasonal depression hits so hard you have to listen to the carter family about it

[undead-potatoes]

Everyone spare a prayer for me tonight, I made just absolutely perfect roast potatoes and left them in the oven on a low heat just to keep them warm for a bit until the rest of the food was ready. Then my oven decided that 200°C/400°F was a much better temperature, so now I have lil dry bits of gravel to serve with our duck breasts lmao

[meowaveable]

I guess remus and randy marsh are a thing now 😭

[0missmary0]

♡ Mis diseños de Lalaloopsy ♡

[thebigqueer]

i love college cuz as soon as i decide to do a 180 w my major i do cs and physics classes and im like 'mmm i wish i could major in math'

[poisonouspastels]

Thinking about Rana introducing Groda to other people bc she has to be forced to socialize eventually. And like, Groda meeting Sunny eventually and immediately clocking that he's missing an arm and trying to subtly tug on Rana's shirt almost instantly while being very clearly panicked but still trying to hide it. And Rana eventually pulls her aside like "What?? what is it?" "You didn't tell me he was missing an arm!!" "...Why would that matter?" <- understandably getting the wrong impression from this "Because I've seen it before." "Oh."

And that was the day that Rana learned Sunny's arm was ripped off by Groda's Warden at the worst possible timing.

[best-iasip-sidecharacter-poll]

The Winner of The Best IASIP Side Character tournament is

Artemis!!

[suhnandmoon]

had to print something for my class project and the library printer was backed up so everuone was saying we need to go print our shit at staples now. and i was like…. staples printing….. ouhhhh yeha i know a guy

[dennisboobs]

do you guys ever sit and remember that dennis takes a mental health day is an episode that exists