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[lohstandfound]

trick or treat!!!! 👻👻

Jake was never really still. He was always moving. Fiddling with something, tapping his fingers (like he was playing piano, Rich had noticed), bouncing his knee, running a hand through his hair.

Jake was always moving, except for when Rich was lying across him. Maybe Jake would mess with Rich's hair for a little bit, hesitantly. As if any sort of movement would ruin the peace they had. It was nice.

"You can breath, y'know," Rich said with a soft laugh.

"I'm breathing," Jake retorted.

Rich: "I feel like I'm resting on a statue."

Jake: "Then move."

Rich: "But I like it here."

Jake: "Then stop complaining."

Rich: "Then you relax."

Jake: "I'm relaxed!"

Rich: "You're never relaxed."

Jake: "That's a lie."

Rich: "No it's not!"

But sometimes it ended in bickering.

[theriverpointace]

trick or treat!!

doodle of the boy!! happy halloween, ilysm! 🩵🩵🩵

[rising-above-stars]

aaaaa your reblog reminded me: i love kakapos so much that i did an entire presentation on them in high school but i didn't know about takahē until recently, are there any other cool new zealand animals that you like??

yo, that's so cool! And yes! I love all our birds but here are some favourites. This might end up as a long-ish post.

The first bird owns my entire heart but is unfortunately extinct, and that is the Huia. I was told about them because my aunt uses huia imagery a lot in her art and I did an art study on them. Traditionally, they were used a lot in Maori cultur such as their tail feathers held great significance as symbols of friendship and respect. They were also used as accessories. However, I believe they quickly became extinct after Europeans arrived due to deforestation and over-hunting. Owning part of a huia bird became a high fashionable demand (I could have this wrong), and female huia beaks were set in gold as broaches.

(Male huia in the front, female huia at the back)

Closely related to huia is the Kōkako. "In Māori myth, the kōkako filled its wattles with water and brought it to Maui as he fought the sun. Maui rewarded the bird by making its legs long and slender, enabling it to bound through the forest with ease." (Department of Conservation). I just think they're really neat.

Fantail (or pīwakawaka) aren't necessarily native but they're very common. I love them and they low-key remind me of fairies for reasons I can't quite explain.

Kākā and Kea are part of the same family. Kākā are large parrots and they're pretty neat and live more in forests, keas are little shits but super intelligent and are alpine birds. You often hear stories of keas picking at rubber seals on cars or windscreen wipers.

(L: Kākā R: Kea)

I cannot make a post about New Zealand animals without mentioning the kiwi. There are about 5 species, I think: Brown Kiwi, Great spotted kiwi/roroa, Little spotted kiwi, Rowi, and Tokoeka. When I was a kid, I needed to have music or something to fall asleep and one of the cassette tapes my parents used to play had a story called 'how the kiwi lost its wings'. To sum up, the Tāne (atua/got of forests and birds) asked the birds for volunteers to live on the forest floors to eat the bugs or something. The kiwi was the only one to volunteer after all the other birds refused. So Tāne shrunk the kiwis wings and made their beak longer.

(Image is of the little spotted kiwi)

Morepork/ruru! These are owls and they're super cool! Occasionally, I'll hear one or two at night. They're very common and one of the only birds on this list that isn't under immediate threat of extinction.

Pūkeko are swamphens. When I was a kid, I learnt about takahe before I learnt about Pūkeko, so when I first saw one I got excited and called it a takahe. But they're quite common, my siblings and I would make a game of counting how many Pūkekos we see on the way to/from our grandparents. As swamphens, they're usually wetland birds. But due to the loss of habitats, they've adapted to other environments such as paddocks and croplands. But they're primarily swamp birds.

I would see wax-eye/tauhou birds a lot in the back gardens. They're small olive green birds with a white ring around their eyes. Their name in te reo (tauhou) translates to 'stranger' or more literally, 'new arrival'.

Tūī are another favourite. These guys are honey eaters, typically eating from flowers. They're also songbirds and can mimic songs. They're quite common as well, and have a very distinctive call. You often hear them before you see them.

I think there's a limit of 10 photos so I can't add anymore but there's also the New Zealand Wood Pigeon, or Kererū. These guys are gorgeous too. They also mainly eat fruits and flowers. I don't know if this is correct, but I think I remember someone saying that these birds sometimes get drunk off of the fruits or flowers they eat. They were historically a major food source for Māori, and we're considered a taonga (treasure).

And I guess these count as birds since one species won the New Zealand Bird of the Year in 2021, but we have two species of bats! The long-tail bat and the short-tail bat.

Also Tuataras! According to the DoC (Department of Conservation) website, "Tuatara are a rare reptile found only in New Zealand. They are the last survivors of an order of reptiles that thrived in the age of the dinosaurs." I just think they're super neat.

[thesquirrelqueer]

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2. Are there any popular fandom OTPs you only BroTP?

I'm gonna be real, I mostly see boyf friends and richjake as BroTPs but I'll still consume ship content of them because I like seeing how other people interpret the characters

6. Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?

I used to be pretty neutral about richjer and the ship name spicy bis really drove me away from it for a while but now I think it's a really fun and interesting ship

7. Is there anything you used to like but can’t stand now?

I used to really like boyfs then I kinda got tired of it cause it was really oversaturated in the fandom

salty asks

[rebuke-me]

here's the most in depth art i've made in a while for my best girls!!!

thank you SO much to @lunesart, @theabyssgazesalsointoyou and @mountain-dew-tickledpink for helping me with the signatures of the girls!! you're all lovely and i'm so thankful for all of you (and especially thanks to abyss for letting me borrow ur chloe design <3)

[coldsoup-warmsalad]

BMC ZINE SUBMISSION FORM IS OUT NOW!! :D

I got 30+ notes so I’m taking that as a yes!

The deadline to submit is March 15th, 2024!

You can submit anything BMC related as long as it fits the guidelines in the description of the form!

Share it with a musical loving friend or a creative artist!

I’m also tagging everyone who interacted with the original interest check post, sorry if it annoys anyone!

@46-reasonable-hamsters @jeremywhere @dragonairice @rad-rat-with-a-tophat @lunaryuwu @thesquipirl @dodgy-little-shit @thetheatergremlin @zipper-zipp @shadowspirez @artistic-gay-walrus @racoons-in-a-trenchcoay @magicalplaylist @theabyssgazesalsointoyou @warriorblood1 @m00nlight-mexican @richielipschitziloveyou @thesquirrelqueer @anatmosphericman8 @sweet-shut-eye @coconut123but @dustylogicalityrat @lsrgkwtvr @sea-jello @weighted-raincoat @thesnailkiwi

[rad-rat-with-a-tophat]

the super duper cool @theabyssgazesalsointoyou and I are going to be hosting a pinkberry fanweek from Dec. 19th to Dec. 25th! Any type of fanwork (writing, drawing, making edits or moodbaords, etc.) is welcome! The prompt list is as following.

Day 1 (Dec. 19th): sweet/holiday

Day 2 (Dec. 20th): apologies/space

Day 3 (Dec. 21st): drives/snow

Day 4 (Dec. 22nd): sleepover/weekend

Day 5 (Dec. 23rd): sun-kissed/morning

Day 6 (Dec. 24th): dancing/flowers

Day 7 (Dec. 25th): free day!

Days 1-6 have two prompts so you can choose between either or do both if you want to. Participation in every single day is not necessary, so you can choose which days you want to participate in. If you are going to participate and post your work on Tumblr, please use the tag #pinkberry week 2023

[bemorechiill]

Drawing request (if you're still taking them): Butch Christine. I saw theabyssgazesalsointoyou 's drawing and now I need more art of butch Christine because whoever sent in that ask was so right.

i unfortunately couldn’t find the original design but hopefully this works!

[mountain-dew-tickledpink]

Katrina HCs 🤍

ALMOST DONE WITH ALL THE GIRLS LETS GOOOOO

-Has done cheerleading since around fifth grade

-Became friends with Brooke through Chloe! Chloe and her did cheer together in middle school so she and Brooke got introduced together

-Filipina (stole this from @theabyssgazesalsointoyou because I loved their face claim for her sm)

-Heavily closeted lesbian, does not come out for a while. Might have a few people know

-Went out with Jake for a short period of time in freshman year and hated it. She just couldn't feel anything and ended up feeling guilty because it was after his and Chloe's first ever breakup

-She and Stephanie are really close, Cleo (my HC name for book!Chloe) and her are also pretty good friends. They're a lil trio and not as popular as Chloe and Brooke but still "cool"

-Dyes her hair blonde

-Listens to mostly pop and stuff, but because of Stephanie's taste in music she kind of knows different things about new wave music

-Not an artist but likes to doodle on Stephanie and Cleo when she's bored

-Can dance pretty well!!! Likes to make the others do tiktok dances with her

-Makes friendship bracelets, has some for all the girls minus Jenna and Christine (at least during canon, idk post canon). Brooke likes to make them with her too

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[lohstandfound]

jake dillinger 🥇

How I feel about this character: My boy, I love him. He's so tragic. I want him to be happy, but I just don't let him (often).

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Rich, Chloe, Brooke (occassionally. usually popular polycule), Jeremy, Christine (dependant on the situation)

My non-romantic OTP for this character: jake 🤝 people who despise him at first /j this is mostly the case of Brooke and Michael, but my favourite platonic relationship for Jake is him and Brooke. they're besties your honour. you can see that in a few of my fics (like deities au, the flower shop au, poets fic)

My unpopular opinion about this character: ooooo i dont know. like. any opinion i have of him is. like. shared by my mutuals??? i dunno. he's the definition of perfection. he puts on the good boy who can do no wrong act because if he's supposed to be perfect then he's gotta make it look like it. the only way he's really good at talking about emotion/what is feeling is when it comes out in convoluted metaphors in poems or something because words come easier on paper. im just glad im seeing less of dudebro dumb jock. he's not stupid, he puts on a persona. i had something else to say but i forgot it

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: he should be allowed to blow up. he shouldnt have to be okay with everything that happened. let him be anything other than chill

[theriverpointace]

you work at an antique shop?!? that's so cool whatttt

thanks! yeah, it's this little place downtown, a small business among like a dozen other small businesses. it's almost a family business lol, with the exception of me and the ladies who work at the other location across the street. i mostly just price inventory and keep some of the displays (jellies, candles, tea, quilts) neat, but sometimes i also get enlisted to help set up the displays! here's a display i set up (mostly) on my own :3

on the side of the street i work at, it's a combination antique stuff and newer home decor stuff, like the towels and apron in the photo, and it's sorted by different themes. at christmas we have like five different christmas themes set up. it's all christmas. but rn we have two christmas areas, in the back of the shop, and a half-dozen or so assorted other styles. rn we've got lavendery purply stuff in the front walkway and its so pretty. we've also got two or three consignment areas that are rented out, i think it's two boutiques and then my boss's mother's tea stuff.

then on the other side of the street, it's all consignment. there are, iirc, two women's boutiques, one area of like kids' stuff, one area of a ton of random stuff that's fun to peruse, and three different antique vendors. one of them always has super cool stuff that i want to get. like this crab sign:

one of them is really delicate like porcelain stuff, and i'm always scared to walk over there, let alone vacuum lmao. always terrified im gonna break smth if i like breathe wrong. and the number of stories my boss has told me about people breaking things and how much she emphasizes that its Not That Big A Deal, perhaps i should relax a bit about it. but i h a t e breaking things.

and the shop always has immaculate vibes. exquisite. everybody who comes in always has a compliment, usually smth like "it smells nice in here" or "you have such fascinating stuff!" i've also gotten a lot of "she's got you hard at work, huh" and "wow, christmas already" comments lol. once i came in to work and i had had a really hard morning so i was crying and she gave me a hug and i took like five minutes to gather myself to Do My Job Which I Am Paid For and within probably half an hour i was feeling so much better bc yeah, it's work, and sometimes im on my feet for four or five hours which sucks, and it's probably not a permanent job, but it's literally just such a nice place to be. maybe i'd rather be at the park or on the couch or with my friends or anywhere else sometimes, but as a job i'd never trade it for the world. in fact i have loose idle daydreams about "what if i stayed there through college. what if i worked there part-time and got a second part-time job and rented an apartment from my cousin who owns like a third of all the real estate downtown and wrote in my spare time and lived here forever." and ig i kinda don't want to do that but it wouldn't be a terrible life either.

anyways long answer but i love my job so much and i kinda never want to quit. i was worried i wouldn't be able to keep it thru the fall semester but i can so :D love it love it love it there

[rising-above-stars]

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6. Do you prefer drawing or writing?

oh my god that's a tough question.

i think i might go with writing- mostly because that's what i have the most time for

i love drawing, i love making art, but since i do more traditional art over digital its a lot to set up to do the type of art i like to make. also my drawing skill isn't quite up there in terms of anatomy

34. What’s your favorite flower?

I love hydrangeas and sunflowers and forget-me-nots

45. Is there anyone you would die for?

my friends, absolutely. and my siblings

[jakeyy-dillinger]

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[rebuke-me]

WIP ask game

In a new post, list the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

was i tagged? no. fuck that. am i making this thread myself because i want to ? yeah. i make my own rules babey. not many wips bc i finished most of them with deere week! but these r the next ones i wanna tackle :3c

punk au 8

mecha au?

portside au for publish maybe fuck if i know

piano prodigy au but like actually

no pressure tags !! : @theabyssgazesalsointoyou @rising-above-stars @pigeonwit @maybe-i-should-try-harder

[h0n3yk1tt3n]

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3. As a fic writer, are you an evil dictator, a ship captain, a trauma dumper, a mad scientist, a carefree hedonist, or a vengeful rogue?

I think... considering I have more ship fics than anything else but the trauma tends to cut deep when it is there, I'm inclined to say ship captain with trauma dumping tendencies. Maybe. That's the best answer i can think of.

12. Which fic would you trust to do your taxes?

Now I know the typical billionaire of real life is a tax evading douche canoe, but I'm gonna say one of my Weakness fics (hi becca) because I like to think that Jeremy is a billionaire that Isn't a major shit. You know, once the stories progress further lol. Sooo I think I'm gonna say Joyride.

21. Cast your mutuals in [insert fic.]

Oh this is hard... L2C has the widest cast but the most trauma (and death) whereas most of my other fics are tamer but confined to like, four characters (that actually do anything) at most.

Ok I'm just gonna go off of the main six Survivors in L2C to make things slightly easier for myself. I'm gonna go with @/biscuitbakerbecca for Zoe: strikes up a good balance between taking things seriously and finding the good in the misery whenever possible. @/peanut-butter-and-theatre for Jake: trying desperately to not get bogged down by the misery of the Green Flu to the point of ignoring trauma until it literally can't be ignored anymore. You, Luna, for Alana: much more insistent that things will turn out ok and downright convinced of this for a LONG time before things look their bleakest. Im debating on who to have @/novethegreat and @/theabyssgazesalsointoyou as between Rich and Jeremy: they're both well aware of how shitty things are, but Rich at least finds humor where he can while Jeremy soldiers on with little to no funny business. Aaaand @/cryptids-and-muses for Jared: mostly fucking around while knowing just how bleak things are because hey, might as well have fun as the world burns to the ground.