#there's three two are brown and white and one is black and white they're very sweet and like apples one of the brown ones is pregnant

[quailfence]

[Image description taken from alt: Image 1: A sketchy three-panelled comic, drawn mostly in greyscale. In the first panel, the artist (henceforth referred to as Al), a nonbinary person with long wavy hair and a baggy sweater, is playing on their Nintendo Switch. 'Sweet,' they say, 'my Ace Attorney replay got up to AA5! I know it's not considered the best one, but I remember having a really good time with it back in college, so it'll be fun to see how it holds up.' The second panel is a chibi-styled drawing of Athena Cykes and Apollo Justice. Athena is punching her own palm with her fist, and enthusiastically announces, 'I'm going to kick the door down.' Apollo, looking slightly frantic, says 'Athena no'; to which she replies, undeterred, 'ATHENA YES.' The third panel shows Al regarding their Switch with a nervous smile, and the words 'oh no it's again'; their head is encircled by a glittery pink cloud labelled 'Shipping Haze' in cursive, and the panel is bordered with a pattern of flowers and curlicues like in a shoujo manga.

Image 2: Various small chibi drawings of Apollo and Athena; these, along with the third and fourth images in this post, are drawn on a yellow lined background intended to look like a page torn out of a legal pad. In all these drawings, they are wearing their standard outfits from the games unless otherwise stated. From top left to bottom right: Apollo eating a burger (this one is accompanied by a smaller, less detailed drawing where he is holding the burger up and out of reach of his calico cat, Mikeko, with a mildly annoyed expression); Apollo poised to throw a dodgeball, in reference to an internet meme; Athena, with a very intently focused expression, ostensibly analysing something on the Mood Matrix, which on closer inspection appears to be one of Chris Fleming’s Gayle videos; Athena running; a sleepy Athena, with her hair down, dressed in a loose yellow sweater and a pair of checked yellow pyjama shorts, holding a teal-blue mug with a sunflower on it in one hand, and a large shark plushie under her other arm.

Image 3: kay faraday looks nervously at Eustace winner. She looks expectant. There is a flashback that shows her saying her roommate will be gone for a week. eustace comments that sounds lonely. kay agrees blushing. Eustace replies, don't worry, I'll keep you company. The flashback ends and kay is hiding half her face in her scarf. She is blushing and wondering when he's going to make his move. eustace looks at her, smiling confusedly.

Image 4: Another page of chibi drawings, this time of them interacting with each other. The first is a piece of fanart for the scene in the sixth game where they’re investigating the area above a theatrical stage where a murder took place; Athena leads an acrophobia-afflicted Apollo by the hand around the crime scene, pointing out details offscreen, while he looks down at how far off the ground they are with a thoroughly miserable expression. In the second, they're both dressed in warmer autumn/winter outfits. Apollo is wearing a dark red sweater with black slacks, a brown overcoat and a Doctor Who scarf; Athena has her hair down, and is wearing a yellow knit beret decorated with a small red bow, a long sweater in the same shade of yellow with two pockets, a satchel in a paler yellow, blue jeggings, and the same boots she wears with her regular outfit. They are both holding brown paper takeout coffee cups, both printed with the words 'Godot Blends' and a green silhouette of his mask. In the third, they're both dressed a little more formally; Athena has Apollo by the hands and is spinning him around, while he blushes furiously. Athena's hair is up in its usual side ponytail, but her usual blue ribbon has been replaced with a pale gold one; she wears a sleeveless, calf-length white dress with a pale gold waist sash and a spinny skirt. Apollo's outfit is pretty shamelessly a ripoff of Orpheus' outfit from Hadestown; he's wearing a white collared shirt (with the sleeves rolled up, natch), with dark brown trousers held up by braces (I am emphatically not going to call them suspenders, because I am Scottish and that word means something very different over here). The last drawing on this page is a single-panel comic, where Athena and Apollo address the camera directly while holding half-wrapped burgers and pointing at each other. Athena is saying, 'Excuse me! He asked for no pickles'; to which Apollo adds, 'so did she.' Athena is wearing a short yellow circle skirt and a high-necked, pale blue sleeveless top, with a sheer gauze upper section ending just below her collarbone; Apollo is wearing a red plaid flannel over a black T-shirt with the words 'Protect Trans Kids' written on it.

Image 5: Two more single-panel comics. The first has Apollo and Athena in their work clothes, checking the trapdoor from the second case of AA6 for fingerprints. Apollo, kneeling on the ground, leafs through a wad of papers, presumably containing fingerprint data, and mutters, 'Okay, now whose prints are these…' Standing behind him, Athena leans over, with her arms folded and a wicked grin on her face. 'Maybe you should start by making sure they're not mine?' she suggests. 'Just to be safe, y'know.' Apollo, without turning around or changing his expression, says, '… I'm never living that down, am I.' The second comic sees the two of them sitting together on the ground, drinking soda; Apollo has a bottle of ramune, while Athena has a can of Irn Bru. Athena is wearing a yellow plaid sundress over a white T-shirt, while Apollo is wearing jorts and the Protect Trans Kids shirt again. Athena looks up at the sky as she asks, 'I suffer so much every day and for what? Girlish whimsy.' Apollo looks at her witheringly as he says, '… You have something much more sinister going on.' End description.]

@aceattorney-described

guess who's been playing ace attorney again IT WAS ME

sometimes the real otp is you x the ship that altered your brain chemistry for a little while when you were 18

[guinevereslancelot]

need help naming some cows, if you have a suggestion lmk! so far i have judith and charlotte, i need one more name 🐮

[fluffyglass]

How is fur color passed down through grumpuses?

A post about grumpus genetics

I know that the number one question regarding this topic is how on earth Snorpy and Floofty are complete opposites on the color wheel, and we'll get to that. But to get to that point, we have to talk about how the pigments in grumpus fur work. This is purely theoretical and not based in any canon whatsoever, it's just a very nice excuse for me to make charts. ONTO THOSE CHARTS!

At a very very basic level, there are three genes associated with grumpus fur color. They are called the M, Y and C genes after the colors they represent; Magenta, Yellow and Cyan respectively.

All hues of grumpus fur are combinations of these three genes. However, they are not all that goes into the determination of a grumpus' fur color. Alongside our friends M Y and C, we have their less common siblings, K and D! The K and D genes reflect the darkness and lightness of the fur color respectively.

(They don't have letters in this diagram. You'll get why later)

However, obviously every grumpus doesn't have the same amount of each pigment. That's where a handy distinction comes in: m, y, c, k and d are weaker versions of their respective genes. You'll be seeing a lot more of them than their full brightness counterparts. In fact, K and D are so dark and light that they're regarded as mostly theoretical genes, as either of them being active would make the fur entirely black or white.

Okay! We have all our letters sorted out. Three colors, two shades, and we know what they all mean. So, how do we take these and turn them into actual colors we can use? Let's use an example to demonstrate.

Filbo here is going to be our example color. He's cyan, but far less saturated than the pure C pigment. So he has one strong C gene, one weak k gene, and one weak d gene. He lacks the M and Y genes entirely. This results in him being the mellow light blue we all know.

You may have noticed that little "code" in the top left of the image. "Ckd" is the identification for his specific fur shade! Every fur shade can be identified with a code in this way. If a grumpus were to have all 5 genes active at the same time, that code would be MYCKD. No matter the strength of each gene, the order will always be the same. Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Dark, Light. Absent genes are omitted from the code. Let's look at a few more examples so you can see what I mean.

Gramble's code is myd. It's fully lower case, as all three of his genes are the weak variations of their respective pigments. Weak m, weak y, and weak d.

Wiggle's code, mmY, may seem confusing at first, with its fancy double M. A doubled weak gene being part of a code means that the pigment it's associated with is a weaker version of the standard weak gene. There isn't an equivalent for the strong genes, as you can't get more pigmented than the pure pigment. To explain it simply, the strong gene is 100% pigment, the weak gene is 50% pigment, and the double weak gene is 25% pigment. Just know that if you see two letters in a row, it means that only an itty bitty bit of that pigment is in the final color.

With all our knowledge put together, Triffany's lengthy code can be understood. Weak m, strong Y, weak c, and double weak d. Her final color is only slightly lighter than the green you would get from just the code mYc.

Cool! Now we know how fur pigmentation works, and how to identify a color code. When do we get to the genetics stuff? RIGHT NOW BABY

A grumpus' fur color isn't just a 50/50 split between their parents. If it was, every grumpus would be a gross shade of grey or brown in a generation or two. Instead, there's a (somewhat) predictable way that each different gene combines.

The simplest combination is between two pure hues. A strong M and a strong C will result in a weak mc. Why is it a weak mc? Because when passed down, each pigment will get a bit weaker to account for the other pigment being added. This keeps the fur colors from getting too dark and saturated too fast.

The opposite is true when two grumpuses share a color gene. In this case, each parent's weak m gene combined into a strong M gene. Their strong Y and C turn into a weak y and c, which combined with the strong M, make that lovely purple. I think a somewhat random color is a much better compromise than the sort of sad grey that the kid would be if their parents colors were simply blended together.

Unlike color pigments, shade pigments cancel each other out instead of combining. So, a weak k gene and a weak d gene will simply vanish, leaving only the colored pigments. This is to prevent colors from getting too desaturated and grey. Grumpuses are colorful, dammit, I want them to stay colorful!

These are all very basic overviews of how colors are passed down through grumpus family lines. Let's look at a practical example now. You heard that right. It's finally time to look at those damn Fizzlebean siblings. Floofty's the older one, so let's start with them.

Getting this color from the previous codes is really really weird. I mean, where did the k gene come from? That's where things get complicated. So, get ready everyone, we're going another generation back!

As with humans, grumpus color and shade genes can be passed down by grandparents that "skip" a generation. The double weak k gene comes from their grandparent's weak k gene, that just so happened to skip over their parent. Perhaps both family lines had recessive K genes that then manifested in Floofty? I'm just saying shit at this point. Enough with Floofty, let's bring in THE OTHER ONE!!!

If Floofty had too many pigments in their color, then Snorpy seems to have too few. With a strong M and weak m from his parents, he logically should have a strong or weak m gene, not a double weak one. How do I explain this? That's the key: I don't. In this fur color theory, I'm presuming that Snorpy has a condition that gives him a heavy magenta deficiency. Come on, man. It was really hard to make a pair of siblings being purple and yellow work. Give me a break.

Also, if you look at Snorpy's code, it may seem familiar. That's right! Snorpy and Wiggle are genetically the same color. Isn't that fucked up and evil?

This is also an excellent segway into my next point. See how neither Wiggle nor Snorpy are exactly the color produced by mmY? While a code can get very very close to a grumpus' fur color, it'll never be truly exact. Genetics are unpredictable! It does let us have the very funny fact of Wiggle and Snorpy being technically the same color though. If you tried to tell Wiggle she was actually yellow, she would think you're colorblind. If you tried to tell Snorpy he was actually orange, he would think it's a government plot to gaslight him into not even trusting his own eyes.

I don't have any more examples. That's basically how my grumpus fur color theory works! You are all free to bask in my newfound glory of freeing the Bugsnax fandom from gross greyish fankids. Go forth and think far too hard about video game muppet colors. Frankie out.

[ill-kidnap-all-the-stars]

Zuko

[ image description: a digital drawing of Zuko from Avatar the Last Airbender drawing in my style. He is a light-skinned man standing in ¾ view and looking at a fire in his hand. His right eye is gold, but his left is heavily scarred and closed. His black hair is held up in a top knot with the flame-shaped Fire Lord Crown. He is wearing a gold-trimmed red inner robe, with a brown outer robe. It has gold embroidery of Chinese dragons on the shoulders, and a peacock feather motif on the hem of the robes. He is standing in front of a brown Fire Nation symbol ]

prints ✨ commissions

📣 If your Zuko isn't half blind, I don't want him 📣

I feel like some Fire Nation outfits are bright and red, but Zuko's are always in some way darker. Let's not unpick the symbolism there :/ as always, influences and inspiration under the cut, with the reminder that these originally came from Instagram slides I made, so they're missing a lot of extra context and nuance - also that I don't speak a lick of Chinese (any flavour of it) but I tried my best with the characters:

A Bit of Background:

The Fire Nation is visually and geographically inspired by volcanic islands such as Iceland, Hawaii and Polynesian islands, while the culture of the Fire Nation is primarily inspired by East, South and Southeast Asia, as well as sun-worshipping cultures (such as the Ancient Egyptians and Mesoamericans). For example:

the Confucian concept of ‘filial piety’ (孝顺 or ‘xiao shun’) is central to the Fire Nation too;

the agni kai is a form of honour duel commonly seen in warrior societies of South Asia, and literally translates as ‘Duel of Fire’ or ‘Fire Quarrel’;

the Fire Nation propaganda justifying the war is reminiscent of the Japanese Empire during the Second World War;

the architecture draws on that of Ancient Egypt, different Chinese dynasties, and historic Southeast Asian kingdoms;

the food typically resembles the Sichuan food, particularly in the spiciness and quantities of meat.

Fire Nation Clothing:

The clothing of the Fire Nation draws from many East and Southeast Asian clothing. For example, the armour the military wears has influences from traditional Thai armour, the shoulder pieces the Royal Family wears come from Burmese court wear, the school uniforms are inspired by traditional Thai clothing, and the Royal Family's top knot appear to come from Qin Dynasty China.

The Royal Court are often seen wearing changshan, a traditional clothing of the Han Chinese, although that is not the only influence. For example, Azula's skirt comes from the wraparound trousers worn in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, while Ty Lee and Toph's jewellery comes from the Thai mongkut.

My Design:

Zuko's wardrobe is one of (if not) the most varied, diverse and expensive of any character is the show. For example, his Ember Island clothing is very Thai-inspired, his Blue Spirit mask is based of a Chinese Nuo mask, his armour and hair in season one come from Thailand, and his dual swords come from Chinese niuweidao swords (牛尾刀). And that's not even mentioning the can of worms that is season two. But, since I'm drawing outfits for a ball in Republic City, I decided to draw inspiration from his looks in season three of ATLA and ATLOK.

I decided to go for the traditional daopao (道袍) robe, which usually had white or plain facings, but I decided to make them gold because Fire Nation. I put peacock feathers on Zuko's clothing because they symbolise the sun and virtue in Chinese clothing. I also decided to draw dragons on his outer robe. The dragons in ATLA are a combination of Western and Chinese dragons. Visually, they are very inspired by Chinese dragons, although they have four toes, which is more common with Korean and Vietnamese dragons, and they retain a connection to the Emperor. However, the presence of wings and their association with fire comes from Western dragons.

[curated-tiktok]

OP: wizard_bisan1 posted: March 23 2024. link

visual description: Bisan, an arab girl with black curly hair, standing in the street wearing a hoodie. In the background there are four story tall buildings that are white. A couple people are walking in the background and some cars and horses are moving past. One of the cars is an ambulance with the flag of Palestine and the flag of Kuwait. Two red signs with white writing can be seen but the text is blurry.

During the video 3 different pictures are put up on screen. First a photograph of Muhammad al-Nunu. Later two from a news article about the israeli soldiers attacking, one showing the soldiers and one showing a brown tanks, there is text in Arabic. Another of three boys carrying a dead person.

transcript:

Hey everyone, this is Bisan from Gaza. It's the day 69 after hundred of the genocide and the day 13 of the holy month of Ramadan.

And it's the day six of the besieging and invading of Al Shifa hospital, attacking the hospital, the displaced people inside, the doctors and the injuries by the israeli army and the israeli soldiers, the israeli tanks and bulldozers.

So for those who don't know, people are either inside one building of Shifa complex buildings, without water, without food, without the ability to move anywhere or to get outside that building and to be executed.

And talking about execution today, Muhammad al-Nunu, he is a doctor. The israeli army executed Muhammad al-Nunu because he refused to leave the unit that he is working in and refused to leave his patients and preferred to stay to complete their treatment because a lot of the ICU, of the intensive care unit patients died, passed away because there is no electricity, there is no food, there is no staff, there is bombing and burning for the hospital utilities.

So he refused to leave them and he was executed. He was killed in front of the people, in front of the patients. This is what is happening now in Al Shifa hospital.

It is a hospital and this is happening to them.

Thousands of people, women, children and innocent men and civilians are stuck in a building, in Al Shifa hospital without food, without water.

They started to drink the hospital storage saline solutions. It's the only liquids that they have.

And no one is talking about that. No one, no media, not enough media, no government, no one is talking about this.

And this is not the only horrific thing that happened today in the north of Gaza Strip, by the way, today between ten to 20 people were killed by the israeli shooting on the liquid roundabout while they were waiting for their humanitarian aid.

They were waiting for food because they're starving to death. In the north of Gaza Strip, in Ramadan months, they were waiting for food and they were killed by the israeli army.

How many times we need to scream more about that?

The north of Gaza Strip is under attack like it was the first days of this genocide. Exactly.

They are brutally killed and bombed. It is a hospital with thousands of innocent people, medical staff, injuries, civilians, and they are starved - to death. They are without water, without treatment

They are bleeding in front of each other until the death. And everyone is out of the building executed by snipers or inside starving to death.

This is what is happening now inside Al Shifa Hospital now, at this moment, for six days.

transcript end

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North updates, very important.. watch to the end.

[chewytoothmeats]

That’s Director Wadsworth to you.

Another doodle that got away from me a little, this time featuring Annabelle Wadsworth of @thebrightsessions ! I got to and finished the AM Archives after taking a break when I finished the original series, and it's bazonkers seeing the jump in quality with all that excellent Foley and music supporting the already-stellar vocal performances of the cast.

I always adored Wadsworth as a villain (Alex Marshall-Brown, you are so good at making this woman ooze into a scene) but the AM Archives surprised me by striking the difficult balance of making her truly three-dimensional without revising anything about her, or retroactively positioning her as correct.

Notes on why I made some choices after the cut, if that kind of thing interests you!

I'm a big fan of makeup and costuming informing character and compositions in art, and in this case I wanted to make something that is, I think, fun and reflective of Wadsworth's character while not actually resembling how I believe she'd actually dress and present herself in canon. (This is not a woman who I think would actually wear purple eyeliner and a berry lip to work.)

That said, I did choose the costuming for a reason! The makeup is an obvious nod to purple-as-royalty, and the choice of a dark lip specifically is there to make her look severe, precise, and in-control. Her outfit is of course largely a black void of negative space, but it's also largely inspired by the cuts and iconography of Chanel; black and white, "conservative" (by modern standards) cuts, tweed, and camellias. It's the kind of look that signifies outrageous wealth and power without being ostentatious; Wadsworth really cultivates a kind of soft-spoken, smug affect of self-assured superiority that I think is a good fit for Chanel, lol.

In the background we've got the specter of Helen, her waves attempting to intersect again with the frequencies of Wadsworth's heart and failing; they are lost to each other now, forever. During initial sketches Helen was presented in a much more overtly sinister light, but I nixed it in favor of keeping her more as an indistinct figure on the periphery of Ellie's perception. I think the central compelling tragedy of these two shitty (affectionate) women is the degree to which they were twisted and made cruel by the immensity of institutional violence, and so framing Helen more creepily would sort of... defeat that?

I don't know, I didn't actually spend very much time on this - as you can probably tell - but I quite liked making it! Composition is currently my weakest point as an artist imo, and I think this one's composition is actually pretty solid.

(Those in the know clocked this right away, I'm sure, but I tried to work in a way inspired by Dragon Age Inquisition's tarot cards since they're famously VERY tightly, beautifully composed.)

(sidebar, on top of a sidebar, rest assured that I did see the very kind tags left by Lauren on the last piece of bright sessions fanart I did and it made my day)

[dribs-and-drabbles]

This Week in The TCW

Feb 2nd - Feb 8th

What a week. And what an array of shared clothing.

Feb 3rd - Ossan's Love Thailand

Ossan's Love Thailand has given us three shared items this week, two of which Mo wore. The first is this brown jacket, also worn in Sunset x Vibes in June last year on the same day that a black version was worn in Wandee Goodday.

The second is what seems to be a very generic black and white striped long-sleeved shirt but I do think they're the same...although the ones in Cooking Crush and Monster Next Door might be navy blue and white. Also worn in Why R U?, City of Stars, and Wandee Goodday (and possibly others I haven't found yet).

This next item should probably be under an Historical Discoveries sub-heading since I realised in this week's ep that Heng's space themed bedsheets - which were first seen in ep 1 - are the same as Ongsa's in 23.5 from March last year.

Feb 5th - The Heart Killers

I love these next two items from ep 11 of The Heart Killers both because they were surprising to see but also because they suit each character who wore them so well. The first is a simple grey polo shirt, worn also in Never Let Me Go almost two years ago.

And the second is this wonderful shirt worn also by Home in Peaceful Property five months ago.

Feb 8th - Flirt Milk

I knew Nomjuet might at some point wear a blue sweater with clouds on from the title card for the show. But it wasn't clear until he did in ep 3 that it looks to be the exact same cloud pattern as in Our Skyy x A Boss and a Babe from May 2023. So I'm calling it the same sweater.

Feb 8th - Gelboys

This one was a huge surprise and I think might actually be an incredible coincidence since I have a feeling most of the 'extras' in this show are not paid extras but people just on the streets going about their business and thus wearing their own clothes. But even if this person is a paid extra who was given this shirt, it was definitely unexpected. Worn previously in Dirty Laundry and Only Friends in Jan and Sept 2023 respectively.

Tagged by request: @my-rose-tinted-glasses @benkaben @pigglepiephi If anyone else would like to be tagged to make sure you don't miss these posts then let me know.

[jamdoughnutmagician]

Secrets Out (fluff)

Mechanic!Eddie Munson x Fem!Reader

Set in the A Cut Above The Rest universe, and kind of follows on from the little fic I wrote a few weeks back. I just love these two and I really like writing little snippits of their life after the fic? idk?

Word Count:1, 772

Masterlist // Eddie Munson Masterlist

“I can’t believe that that’s our baby.” Eddie said, as he looked at the small black and white photograph that you were holding in your hands. “Like that’s inside you right now.”

You were sitting comfortably beside Eddie in his van after coming back from your very first scan. After finding out you were pregnant, the both of you couldn’t have been more thrilled, and the trip to the hospital had been filled with a mixture of excitement and nerves.

You watched as his big brown eyes shined with bubbling tears threatening to spill over his lashes as looked down on the photo with a soft smile.

“Aw, Teddie, you're getting emotional about this, huh?” You said softly as you rubbed a hand up and down his arm.

“It's not that. It's just… I don't even know what I meant to be looking at.” he chuckled slightly, wiping away his tears. “Like I know it's a baby, but it just looks like a gray blob!” 

“Oh, Teddie! It's okay! It won't look like much right now, our baby is still really small.” You reassured him. “The doctor said everything looks perfectly healthy! That's a good thing! Our little baby's going to have those strong Munson genes.”

“They're going to end up with my big ‘ol schnozz aren't they?”

Leaning in, you press a kiss against his cheek.

“So who do you want to tell first?” you asked Eddie as he plopped down next to you on the sofa, his hair still slightly wet after his shower and vaguely smelling of your coconut shampoo.

“I'm counting on it.”

You and Eddie had discussed it beforehand, and now you were at a safe point in your pregnancy where you felt comfortable telling people the exciting news.

“I was thinking that I wanna tell Wayne first. It’s his birthday next week and I wanna surprise him with the news!”

“I love that idea! You know he’s going to be so excited to hear he’s going to be a pop-pop. He'd always joked to me about wanting grand-kids.”

“And have you had any thoughts about who you’d want as godparents?” You and Eddie had also discussed the idea of having your child have godparents. God forbid that anything happen to either you or Eddie, but you wanted someone who would be able to look after your little one if anything were to happen.

“Well, I know who I want it to be.” Eddie replied confidently. 

“..And I know who I want it to be too. Do you wanna say it on the count of three?”

One. Two. Three.

“Robin and Steve.” you both said simultaneously. 

“Well, that’s that solved.” he chuckled to himself.

You and Eddie arrive at Wayne’s place nice and early, with his favourite dinner that you’d promised you’d make for him tucked under your arm in a glass dish, a lasagna made for sharing, and Eddie carrying a bottle of wine for him and his uncle to share. 

You and Eddie had spent time in Wayne's place enough for it to feel like a second home, but now with this big secret you were harbouring, suddenly the air felt different as you stepped over the threshold of the house. 

And with the dinner eaten and cleared away, and wine glasses emptied (and thankfully your refusal of said wine went without so much as an graying eyebrow raise from Wayne)

“Thanks for making dinner, darlin’” Wayne thanks in his gruff southern drawl. “But you kids didn't have to come down to spend your day with an old man like me.”

“Of course we did! We couldn't let your birthday go un-celebrated, uncle.”

Eddie says.

“Boy, when you get to be as old as I am, birthday's ain't much to be celebrating besides waking up another day and not being dead.”

“Oh, so you don't want the presents we got for you then?” You ask with a teasing tone in your voice. 

“Now, I didn't say that..” Wayne grumbles despite the slight smile curving at his lips.

You reach for the small gift bag that you had brought along with you, placing it on the table in front of Wayne.

“Just a little surprise for you, Uncle.” Eddie says. “It’s from both of us, we hope you like it.”

You and Eddie watch Wayne open up his present with bated breath. Waiting for the big secret to come out. The ruffles of tissue paper are pulled from the bag as Wayne pulls out his present. A new, very special mug to add to his ever growing collection.

“World’s best grandpa? Boy, I know I’m old, but I ain’t that old yet.” he jokes, looking over to Eddie.

“Actually, Wayne, I think you better look inside that card too.” Eddie prompts, nodding his head towards the bag where the envelope is.

Wayne reaches for the envelope that is tucked away in the bag before opening it up to see the front of the card.

A standard ‘Happy birthday Grandpa!’ card, with a birthday cake and candles on the front.

You and Eddie exchanged a quick glance and shy smiles, realising that Wayne still hadn't quite got the message you were putting across. However, it all came together as he opened his card.

‘Happy Birthday Grandpa Wayne, I can't wait to meet you!’ Written above a picture of your ultrasound that you had taped inside the card. 

“Wait..You’re…Is this real right now? You’re not yankin’ on my chain right now?” Wayne asks as he begins to show the slightest bubble of tears in his usually stern, steely grey-blue eyes.

 “No, it’s not a joke, Wayne! I promise!” Eddie assured him.

“Yeah, we found out a few months ago, and we wanted you to be the first one to know.” you said softly, tears of your own now coming up to gather in your lashes.

“I’m so touched that I got to be the first one to hear about this.” Wayne says, his voice shaky with emotion as he gets up from the table to pull you in for a hug. “I’m so happy for you guys, I really am.”

Eddie sits back, watching the two people he loves the most in this world sharing in this very tender and soft moment.

“How long was it before this one started freaking out, huh?” Wayne teases, raising his eyebrows towards his nephew.

“Hey, I’ll have you know I didn’t “freak out”, I was actually very excited.” Eddie defends himself.

“No, it’s true. I think I did enough freaking out for the both of us.” you laugh. “I count myself very lucky to have someone like Eddie to hold my hand through this.” 

You had invited Robin and Steve over to yours and Eddie’s place under the guise of having a chill movie night, but actually you just wanted them both to be together when you told them the news.

“I hope it’s not some sappy, romantic, chick-flick you’ve chosen.” Steve grumbles as he steals a handful of popcorn from the bowl Robin was holding.

“Don’t pretend you don’t secretly enjoy them too, dingus. I caught you crying when you were watching When Harry Met Sally the other week.” Robin calls him out.

“Meg Ryan’s acting got to me, alright!” Steve defends.

“Actually, before we start the film,” you interjected between the pair’s lovable bickering. “Eddie and I have something we wanted to share.” you say.

“Well, we wanted to share some news, and ask you both quite a big question.” 

“You’re pregnant aren’t you?” Robin blurted out.

“Oh my god Robin you can’t just ask that!” Steve chided her with a gentle slap on her arm, but the silence that fell in the room suddenly felt like the loudest thing in the world. “Wait..Are you?”

You manage to huff out a gleeful ‘Yes!’ in between giggles as both Steve and Robin rush up to hug you.

“Congratulations to both of you, that’s so amazing!” Steve smiles broadly.

“I knew there was something up when you passed on doing shots with me after work last week. Oh my gosh, that's fantastic news!!” Robin cheered, her freckled cheeks beaming brightly. “How long have you known?”

“Only a few weeks, it was certainly quite the surprise let me tell you!” you smile as the both release you from the tight hug they had you in.

“And that brings us on to the other important question of the evening..” Eddie said as he laid a gentle and reassuring touch on your shoulders. “We were looking for two godparents, we wondered if you knew any good ones?”

“I think what Eddie means is, would you and Steve consider being godparents to our baby?”

“Is that even possible? You know we're not, like, a couple or anything. Isn’t it too early to do this sort of thing? You only found out a couple of weeks ago, you said so yourself!” Robin babbles

But before Robin can babble anymore Steve speaks over her with tears brimming in his honeyed hazel eyes.

“Don’t listen to her, she doesn’t know what she’s talking about. We’d be honoured to.” Steve manages to get out as he wipes away the tears gathering in his lashes.

“Well that went better than I could have imagined.” Eddie said with a smile. “Didn’t bet on you crying so much though, Harrington.”

“Crying? Who’s crying? Not me, this is just..uh..allergies…shut up..” Steve sniffles.

“Well it’s nice to know that our baby’s godfather is already so emotionally invested in them.” you laugh softly.

Resting a gentle hand on the almost unnoticeable curve of your belly, you can’t help the warmth that floods your heart. Even though your baby hadn’t been born yet, you knew that they were already going to be so loved by everyone around them.

As Eddie strolled into work the following morning, he’s greeted by Randy who was turning the garage’s oil-stained radio down as he came in.

“Your old man told me your girl’s got a bun in the oven,”

“News travels fast around these parts, huh.” Eddie nods, reaching for his toolbox sitting on his work bench. 

Laying a clap to Eddie’s shoulder, Randy fixes him with a stare, his forehead wrinkling as he  raises his dark eyebrows.

“Good fuckin’ luck Munson, you’re gonna need it.”

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[rjalker]

crochet hat very basic pattern that you can color in to figure out where to put stripes. Public domain images. They'll be uploaded to the beloved Internet Archive once they're fully functional again. You are explicitly encouraged to download and share these.

Every row ends with slip stitching to close and then chaining two to start the next one but I Forgot to put that in.

Pro tip: Have more rows of the same color towards the top than at the bottom if it's only going to show up once, otherwise it will get drowned out.

[ID: A black and white diagram of a beanie separated into eighteen stripes, with arrows on each section giving the instructions to crochet it. Stripe 1, at the top center of the hat: "Ch3, double crochet 8 times into first chain. Slip stitch to close (S S T C)." An arrow points from this to a simple diagram of three circles representing chain stitches, with a hook at the top with a loop of yarn around it, and another arrow pointing from the hook down to the first chain. The chains are colored in with teal circles. Next to the instructions is a teal circle with eight sections in it. Stripe 2: "DC 2 times in each stitch. S S TC." In teal below this are two V shapes to indicate two stitches into the same spot. Stripe 3: Dc 1 time, then two times, repeating". In teal is a straight line and a V. Stripe 4: DC 1, 1, 2, repeating. The teal shows two straight lines, then a V. Stripe 5: DC 1, 1, 1, 2, repeating. The teal has three lines and then a V. Stripe 6: DC 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, repeating. The teal shows four lines and then a V. Stripe 8 through 18: DC one time, repeating, until hat is desired length. The teal now only shows straight lines, and an arrow points all the way to the bottom of the hat. End ID.]

some quickly thrown together pride flag templates from whatever colors I happened to have on my phone:

[ID: 12 versions of the same image as above, the same except that text has been added on the side reading, "18 row example. 5mm hook, size 4 yarn.", and each hat is now colored in stripes of a differen pride flag, in vaguely alphabetical order. The first is the asexual flag, with the first 6 stripes in black, the next 4 in grey, the next 4 in white, then the last 4 in purple. Then the aromantic flag, with the first 5 stripes in dark green, then the next 4 in light green, then the next 3 in white, the next 3 in grey, and the final 3 in black. Next is the aroace flag, with the first 5 stripes in orange, the next 4 in yellow, the next 3 in white, 3 light blue, and 3 navy blue. Then the bi flag, with the first 9 stripes in dark blue, then 5 in purple, then the last 4 in reddishpink. Next is the intersex flag, with the first 7 stripes in gold, then 3 dark purple, then the remaining stripes in gold. Next is the lesbian flag with the first 4 stripes in reddishpink, then 4 light pink, 4 pale yellow, 3 light purple, and 3 very dark blue. Next is the nonbinary flag, with 5 stripes of yellow, 4 stripes of white, 5 stripes of purple, and 4 stripes of black. Next is the pan flag, with 6 stripes of bubblegum pink, 6 stripes of gold, and 5 stripes of light blue. Next is the quoiromantic flag, with 6 stripes of black, 4 stripes of lime green, 4 stripes of light blue, and 4 stripes of light grey. Next is the pride flag, with 3 stripes each of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Next is the progress trans flag, with 5 stripes of purple, 3 stripes of black, 2 stripes of blue, 2 stripes of pink, 2 stripes of white, 2 stripes of yellow, and 2 stripes of brown. The last is the pastel xenogender flag, with 4 stripes of pinkishred, 2 stripes of pastel pink, 3 stripes of pastel orange, 2 stripes of pale yellow, 2 stripes of light blue, 2 stripes of light purple, and 3 stripes of dark purple. End ID.]

pride flags with fewer shades of the same color are easier to make. A lesson for flag makers everywhere. Good luck trying to find all the shades necessary to make the pastel xenogender flag. I have yet to accomplish it. This is also why gradient flags are just. a bad idea if you want people to actually be able to make it outside of computers.

I used a 5mm crochet hook with aproximately size 4 yarn since that's what I got for free.

[chaoslibra]

♪ ༘⋆ ᴅʀᴀᴡɴ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ — t.todoroki smau

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♪ ༘⋆ character aesthetics - the boys

⋆ touya todoroki

⋆ okay so i have yapped about touya's aesthetic a lot already, but i am never done yapping about this man. ever.

⋆ dty touya specifically is very high school teenage dirtbag but evolved (he has two compression shirts now next to his bajillion old band shirts)

⋆ baggy shirts, even baggier pants; HOWEVER his slutty ass would totally wear like slightly cropped, tighter shirts during shows and have the tiniest, sluttiest amount of stomach showing

⋆ thick ass jackets, especially when he is on his bike

⋆ other than that basically never covers his arms though, tattoos are always on full display

⋆ is unfairly good at doing eyeliner, he smudges it on purpose, but he gets it straight and sharp on the first try. hair is always black (not one white root in sight) and always messy but in that pretty boy way

⋆ paints his nails which for some reason he also is flawless at, they're always black but sometimes lets himiko put stickers on his pinky

⋆ more on touya: here and here

⋆ tomura shigaraki

⋆ similar-ish vibes to touya, but he religiously wears hoodies and sweaters

⋆ you cannot convince me that he wouldn't pull up in the summer with a fucking hoodie over his head

⋆ i kind of also like the idea that y/n modelled her wearing so many layers after seeing it from him as a kid and it stuck around till now

⋆ does not fw accessories at all, especially around the neck. he doesn't like feeling that there's anything hanging off of it and his skin's too sensitive for most jewelry anyhow

⋆ for that same reason he is also not huge on make up, but does some for shows sometimes

⋆ speaking of, zip up hoodies are his best friend during shows, though he takes em off halfway through most of the time

⋆ on stream he's donning hoodies and sweats, one time while y/n was over he accidentally put on her hello kitty pajama pants (he was tired from a show in his defense) and his chat went wild -> they still make fun of him for it to this day

⋆ shuichi iguchi

⋆ spinner is a bit less of an aesthetic than the other two, he cannot be assed to think about what to wear (he has three adults to parent), so it's mostly just whatever is in his hands first in the mornings

⋆ his closet consists of mainly washed out band shirts and washed out baggy jeans, colors include and are mostly limited to blacks, greys and browns

⋆ does not have any special show outfits (though toga has tried getting him to buy new stuff)

⋆ also not the biggest on jewelry, the only thing he has is tomura's first ever guitar pick on a necklace that he tucks under his shirt, he's had it there since tomura stopped playing with it (in turn his first ever drum stick is hanging on display next to tomura's guitars on his wall)

⋆ the only colorful item in his closet is actually a red sweater he wore under his favorite band shirt for lov's first ever gig and he is very emotionally attached to it to this day

⋆ also not at all a make up guy, lets toga do his eyeshadow on rare occasions

⋆ keigo takami

⋆ i feel like keigo is the type of guy who just looks effortlessly good no matter what he wears

⋆ due to the nature of his job he mainly wears plain black shirts and pants (especially since he basically works 7 days a week)

⋆ dresses up whenever he doesn't work, so whenever he goes out with friends or his partner

⋆ no jewelry, just one expensive watch that was passed down to him and the promise ring that matches with the one his partner has

⋆ he's also the type of guy to roll up the sleeves of any dressier shirt he wears

⋆ not huge on outerwear, but he owns one jacket, that he loves. he doesn't know why, but if it's cold out he will not wear any other jacket

[the girls aesthetics]

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[simch84]

My acrylic portrait painting process.

A vaguely step-by-step showing of how I painted my recent study of Astarion's golden ear mods from Afterlife by @cweepa and @dumptruck. Check out their amazing cyberpunk fic here, my original post of this art here, and available Inprnt prints here.

My supplies for this piece:

--Golden brand fluid acrylic paint

--Golden brand acrylic mediums (specifically GAC 100, high-flow medium, and dry-time retarder)

--variety of brushes. Mostly for acrylics I use Royal & Langnickel Zen brushes

--a wet palette. Mine is a Game Envy Exemplar one but they're all basically the same

--random 5x7 canvas I already had, literally no idea what brand lol

Step One: Sketch and Tone!

I start with a sketch on scrap paper because trying to draw on stretched canvas with a pencil sucks and this lets me erase as much as I want. Once I spend forever and a day messing with pencil lines I ink it so it's clear what my final lines are (you can see here though even as I was inking it I changed my mind a few times. Art is a process lol) and then I use tracing paper and the graphite transfer method to transfer it to my toned canvas.

I always tone my canvases first with a solid color, even in cases like this where the base colors were pretty opaque (due to all the titanium white). It ensures that no white dots of canvas are showing through in the final piece. Also, any of tone that does show through the final paint layers help bring cohesion to the overall piece. It helps to not be staring at a white surface when you start, I think. Less intimidating.

In this case I painted the whole thing with Alizarin Crimson. For warm skin tones I typically use Burnt Sienna, but Astarion is cooler-toned.

Also, side note, the vibe of this color is already good for vampire.

Step Two: Base Colors

I follow my sketch and lay down flat areas of color. When I mix these I use as few pigments as possible so the colors don't get muddy, especially since we're going to be doing lots of thin translucent layers on top. This is one of the main reasons I love Golden fluid acrylics--great color payout and pigment load with many options for single-pigment colors.

The hair is two different mixtures of titanium white and carbon black (normally I wouldn't use straight black in portraiture but I wanted a really neutral grey base layer here), skin is titanium white with more alizarin crimson and a tiny touch of phthalo green (blue shade) to tone down the pinkness. Still pretty pink but whatever. Ear cuff is straight raw sienna. Ear lines are more alizarin crimson--those are just so my sketch isn't totally lost among the flat colors.

The hair chunks here are very gestural and only meant to get an idea for how the hair will lay. Some sections change a bit later on.

Step Three: Create Form and Depth

Here I start to build things up to start to look 3D as well as hone in where I want bits of hair to fall. At this point I am still using limited pigments but we're bringing in more colors. Payne's Grey in the hair so it's isn't so black-paint-flat. Violet oxide and Van Dyke Brown in the skin.

Here is also where I start to use some mediums. I add a bit of dry-time retarder to my colors and I keep everything on a wet palette so my mixes don't dry out. I do both on-palette mixing and on-canvas mixing at this step. Some blends are already pretty smooth but some are a little choppier. The skin here is still a little too pink for my liking but that's fine! Things will be toned later.

Step Four: Details

Now we're building up the details that will be fully seen in the final piece.

For the skin, I'm now doing mostly on-canvas blending. I will add some GAC-100 (basically clear acrylic paint base) to thin the colors a bit so they blend more. I put down two colors and then use a clean fluffy brush to blend at the edges. Kind of like eye shadow?? Idk. I didn't go to art school, y'all, that's just how I do it.

Once I have a good blended base, I then start adding a TON of layers of thinned paint. I combine a little bit of a color with a mix of GAC-100 and high-flow medium. This basically creates toning washes of color, similar to how you create solvent-based washes in oil painting. Some washes go across the whole skin area (like a wash of burnt sienna to make the whole thing less pink) or selective washes in specific areas (phthalo blue in the shadows, for example).

For the hair I used a striping brush and created layer upon layer of increasing light lines. I had the same pool of mixed grey (titanium white+payne's grey) and kept adding more white to that same pool as I built layer on layer of little strands. That way it was all the same color family but just lighter tints.

Note that brown crease line wouldn't normally be that dark or harsh if this were a normal ear but I wanted to make sure it stood up to all the little details I was about to paint on top.

Now, I meant to take at least one progress picture of the ear cuff, the little attachment tabs, and the scarring but I totally forgot (got ADHD hyperfocused for too many hours straight, whoops). But I added the final art below so you can look at it while I explain, at least.

I shaded the whole cuff and the attachment tabs first before adding any details. That way I could ensure that the shadows and highlights made sense and I didn't have to worry about covering any details. Also at this point I added that second little arch. I put a base layer of raw sienna down to make sure the hair there was fully covered and then shaded it like the rest.

The details were all unplanned and spur of the moment. I poured out some pyrrole red, cobalt teal, and burnt umber and just went to town with a tiny brush.

The scaring was done by first creating the shape with a similar white+crimson mixture to that first flat base layer we did at the beginning, then building up translucent washes of color and adding tiny shadows around the edges with Van Dyke Brown.

I also tweaked the shading on the skin just a tiny bit more (again, using only thin translucent washes of color) and added a few more little hair swoops using basically pure white to make them pop.

Final Step: Tone and Seal

Last step is simple. I added a couple drops of a blue shade (I think I used Anthraquinone blue?) to a bunch of GAC-100 and did two layers across the entire canvas. This seals everything together, helps add a little UV-protection and anti-yellowing protection, and most importantly very slightly tones the entire thing so that the colors meld well together. Sort of like putting a filter on a picture but irl. You just have to make sure the blue is VERY lightly tinted.

Final, Final Step: Forget the Sign the Damn Thing Because You Were Too Excited to Post it

Et voila! It was ready to scan. Note the progress photos look way warmer than the final scan due to the overhead lighting. Looking at it in person it looks way more like the final scan.

Thank you for getting to the end if you are still here. If people are interested I can post more of these process insights in the future!

[ochretreemoss]

Monte Cristo Villains appreciation post

THIS MOVIE ISN'T TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH OMFG

Something that I really love about Monte Cristo 2024 is its villain trio. I love how each of them is different in every aspect from the other.

(first of, the pictures are gonna be shait)

They all have a different hair color, black, blond and brown/gray. But the hair cuts are also never the same. Villefort (Laurent Lafitte) 's hair are a bit messy, still taken care of, but not neatly put together. And Morcerfe (Bastien Bouillon)'s hair are long, straight, and or messy, or just tucked behind his ears. While Danglars (Patrick Mille)'s hair have two very different state between the first and second half ; first he just does not give a fuck about them, they're long, dirty, tied at the back of his head and then everyone can fuck off, but then they're neatly trimed, brushed, with pretty curls, they look like the softest hair ever.

This is also the case with the facial hair : Vi has a zappa beard, a mustache, and then a soul patch beard, Mor has nothing, completely beardless, and Dan has a full on grown beard, it's Santa Claus.

Those hair also change between the first and second half of the movie, but the change is, again, different for the three. Vi's don't change one bit, maybe a few white hair here and there (I think his soul patch beard is gray in the sh), but that's really just it. Mor's completely lose their volume, they seem almost greacy , full of gel, but they're still the same length, and color obv. Now Dan's, it's a complet Disney-Chanel-Makeover, the color is totally different, gray to brown, they're cut short, they're not dirty anymore, they're the silkiest hair ever observed on earth, and damn he takes care of his curls.

Those changes are of course here to show the change of the character himself ; Vi's been through nothing, he was just chilling in his house, ordering executions here and there, you know, nothing crazy. Mor went from a happy young man to a war veteran, sent his best friend to jail for life and betrayed half the planet (and lost an eye). Dan got rich, crazy rich, he was a captain, so a working man, and became one of the, if not the, richest man of France.

Now the color palette of each character!

Let's start with Mor. Mor's main color is red, obvously because he's a soldier, he's in the army, and the uniform is this bright red, but per extetion it's also browns and beiges. "But the jacket in the third pic is some sort of green!" stfu. Let's say it's khaki. Even the eye patch is a warm brown. The white suit is a light beige, the black suit is a dark brown. (at the end of the movie, the duel, he's in blue, no clue why)

I think the red is also linked to all of the people he killed, with his own hands, at war. Red like the blood he shed.

coincidence : Bastien Bouillon's eyes are brown.

Blue and Black are the colors of Vi. He's often in black, but when light hits the cloth, it has a blue sheen to it. That's because his prosecutor uniforme (fifth image) is black. But quite often he's dressed in a very dark blue.

The black could also be linked to all of those executions he ordered. Like Mor, he killed people, but not with his hands, he did it from the comfort of his office. Black like the robes of death.

coincidence : Laurent Lafitte's eyes are a very dark brown, almost black.

and Dan is more in the green and turquoises, which is logical since he spent most of his life on the sea and got rich thanks to it. So green and turquoise like the sea and the money.

coincidence : Patrick Mille's eyes are blue/green.

And finally, the words they use to speak about Napoleon.

Dan doesn't care about politics, he calls Napoleon "The Emperor" even tho he isn't anymore, even tho he's exiled and the most hated man in France at the moment. Mor is a soldier, he fights for France, so Napoleon is "The Usurper" and his followers are "traitors to their country". Vi's the King's Prosecutor, he thinks he's untouchable, above all else, so he calls Napoleon by his name and his followers "Napoleonic agent", he's not afraid of the name, he isn't dramatic, just simple, straight to the point, like an execution.

Also last point ; one's a Count, one's a Prosecutor and one's a Baron.

That's it. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

[angeljeonjk97]

Body Work || Bell #4

Jungkook x reader

friends to lovers

18+ (fluff, smut)

warnings: mentions and descriptions of violence, mentions and use of drugs and alcohol

Jeon Jungkook is not the same 19-year-old boy you used to know. Fame has really matured him, in more ways than one.

“You already know how I like it baby”

A knock at the door makes your head shoot up from the ramyeon bowl you were lost in that sat on the small marble island in the middle of your small kitchen.

When you put your left eye up to the peephole, a blonde-haired, slim man and an excited Kiri stood there, beaming a huge smile, waiting for your face to appear from behind the door. Your eyebrows furrow in confusion, wondering why two of your best friends are knocking on your door...you glance at the small, silver clock on the wall beside you... 9:24 pm.

You reach for the lock, turning it to open your door to the people who are standing on your doorstep looking like two frantic little, wide-eyed puppies.

"Hey?" you chuckle, confused as your eyebrows remain in the same furrowed expression, "why are you guys here?"

"Are we not allowed to visit our good friend to check on her?" Jimin acts offended.

Before you can respond, the two of them are already pushing their way past you. You sigh in defeat, clicking the door behind you as they both slide off their shoes and strip their coats from around their shoulders.

"You're both obviously not here just to see me" you chuckle, watching them both rush to hang their coats up, "you look like a pair of kids who've just been told they're going to Disneyland"

"Okay okay okay, come sit" Kiri spits out, a smile still plastered on her face, as she grabs your wrist pulling you to your sofa, Jimin following closely behind.

Once all three of you were sitting, Kiri and Jimin both facing you, sitting opposite you, Kiri takes both of your hands into hers. You stare intently at them, your face still in pure confusion.

"Guess who's back in town?" She asks almost too eagerly.

As soon as you heard those words, you already had a feeling where this conversation was about to go and who Kiri is talking about, but you give both of them the benefit of the doubt. They know that you're over that whole... situation, and don't plan on getting sucked back into it again. Your face relaxes a little, hesitant to even ask.

"Who?"

"Namjoon!" Jimin exclaims, unable to keep his excitement in any longer.

Kiri flicks her head around to Jimin, giving him a disapproving expression, not expecting him to be the one to say it.

Your expression practically falls off your face, as your stare flickers between the pair, expressionless.

Kim Namjoon is your older, kind of ex-boyfriend from two years ago. You two were never officially boyfriend and girlfriend but were dating each other and no one else. You weren't ready for a committed relationship at the time and didn't want to jump into something you weren't even sure you wanted yet. He's a lot older than you, 6 years older to be exact, very intelligent, very attractive, successful, understanding, gentle, and basically everything you'd possibly want in a man. 

You met when you had a holiday job at a cafe 15 minutes away from your apartment where you used to work with both Kiri and Jimin, who still have part-time jobs there. He was a regular there, so regular that you remembered his order off by heart in the 2 and a half months you worked there, you still remember the order even now, a medium white latte with almond milk and a warm blueberry croissant every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 

You thought he was good-looking from the minute he walked through the glass, wooden framed, cafe door wearing a beige trench coat, black suit trousers complimented by dark brown loafers and a white button up that was hardly visible with his coat and thick plaid scarf that wrapped around his neck, and he thought the same for you. 

The attraction to each other became very obvious when you two would start talking at the desk and wouldn't realise you were holding up the line with your very flirty conversations and your co-workers would push you onto the till when they would see him come in. Eventually, on a Friday morning in early December, he asked for your phone number and everything flourished from there. He was perfect, everything you could ask for, but one day after a while of seeing each other, he just left the country, not telling you why or where to, just leaving you with an "I love you" text.

 You cried for weeks after it, even in front of Jungkook a few times, not understanding what went wrong, what you did wrong or why he didn't tell you why he was leaving. He was your first love, even though you never said it to his face, you loved him, and you know that he loved you too. You got over him and the whole thing eventually though, and don't plan on ever seeing him again. Or so you thought 

"Oh." is all you can let out, the name flashing you back into all the memories.

"He came to the cafe this morning, asking for you" Jimin declares, still with those wide ecstatic eyes, as he scans your face to read your emotions, "he misses you,"

You close your eyes, relaxing your shoulders a little, slipping your hands out of Kiri's," No. No. I told you, I'm done with all that"

"I thought you still loved him?" Kiri tilts her head slightly with a worried but confused expression.

"I told you, I'm over it"

"But y/n, he was perfect. It won't hurt to try again" Jimin shrugs, unsure as to what your response will be.

"But it will Jimin, just like last time," you get up off the sofa, about to walk to the kitchen," I'm not gonna be left behind with nothing like last time"

The other two follow closely behind, Kiri's voice projecting from behind you,

"You haven't dated since though, and I think this is a great opportunity"

"yeah you think it's a great opportunity, I don't. I don't want to see him ever again." you throw a cabinet open, pulling out a bottle of wine, along with a glass.

Kiri and Jimin stand in the doorway, looking at each other, regretting bringing him up.

"Is that all you guys came here to do? remind me of him?"

"No of course not, but he gave us his new number," a ripped-off corner of a piece of paper is pulled out of Kiri's pocket and put out in front of your face, "think about it. He misses you, a lot and wants to talk to you"

You sigh in defeat, practically ripping the piece of paper from between Kiri's fingers, seeing a flash of a set of numbers inscribed on it.

'Wow the ripped corner of a notebook really shows how much you care' You think to yourself quickly scanning the scrap piece.

Kiri spreads her arms out to wrap them around your frame, embracing you in a hug, "You don't have to, but think about it"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You play with the scrumpled-up paper in your fingers, observing the numbers written on it, contemplating everything. Lost in your own thoughts, you jump at the sudden thud on the black counter caused by a tattooed hand slamming down in front of you.

You look up, tucking the paper back into your jean pocket, "Jesus Kook. You could've just said hi or something" You smile at him, letting him know you're not being serious.

"You still would've jumped, considering how in your head you just were," Jungkook takes a seat on the stool opposite you. His bare forearms resting on the surface in front of you both, "You alright?"

You let out an exasperated sigh, thinking whether you should tell Jungkook about your kind of ex coming back or not.

It was very obvious Jungkook never liked Namjoon, despite never actually meeting him, even when you were both 'dating'. You know he'll just get annoyed, angry or throw the number away, which is probably the best thing to do but you have been genuinely considering talking to him again, and you need an unbiased opinion. At the same time though, you hate lying to JK or even being a little dishonest with him. It's not how trust is kept between you two, he can also read you really well, meaning you can never really hide your actual feelings about something or someone from him.

"Namjoon's back," You blurt out, exhaustedly, as if you hadn't slept a wink the previous night, well, because you hadn't.

Jungkook just stares at you with wide eyes, mouth slightly agape," Please don't tell me you're actually thinking about him right now," his head tilts to the side a little, like a puppy, his brow now slightly furrowed.

Your silence and lack of eye contact in return is enough for him to know the answer.

He throws his head back, his crown almost touching his shoulder blades, as he lets out a small groan.

"I know, I know, it's probably not the best thing for me to be thinking about right now, but-"

"No, it just isn't the best thing to be thinking about. No probably, it simply isn't. You can't be seriously thinking about talking to that asshole again after he left you for absolutely no reason." Jungkook cuts you off, a stern look now plastered over his face.

You squeeze your eyes shut in frustration but also regret, knowing that this would be his response, and you should've kept your mouth closed.

"Was that piece of paper something to do with it?"

"What piece of paper?" you reply defensively. You were hoping he didn't notice it or see you fiddling with it previously.

He gives you an expression full of disappointment and knowing, causing you to roll your eyes and give in, "It's his number new number"

"Oh, so he changed his number after leaving too? proves how much he wanted to keep in contact with you," the snarky remark doesn't phase you as you know it's just him trying to make a point to you. You hate that he's right.

"I know but Kiri said he wants to talk about it, I just want closure," you softly admit to him, a slight bit of guilt in your body language, even though you're telling the truth, and aren't actually thinking of seeing Namjoon romantically again, or even talking to him ever again after getting closure.

The doe-eyed man stares at you with a shocked expression before loudly exclaiming, "Kiri? How does Kiri know?"

You realise you fucked up again by mentioning Kiri unintentionally.

"He came by the cafe asking for me" the regret on your face grows continuously, "Please just let me think about this"

Jungkook sighs again in defeat, deciding to just trust you and your word, "Alright but if you meet with him, I'm taking you there and picking you up."

You almost go to argue with him, but know that really he's just doing this for your own safety, and because he cares about you. He knows if it goes wrong and you get upset you'll cry and run back to your place, and not come out for days, so if he's there to see you up afterwards, he knows you won't have to suffer alone. He just wants to be there for you. You know that, even though neither of you have verbally said to each other how much you care about one another, you both know that these little acts are out of care.

"What about your training though?" You query, thinking about his career before he even considered it as an obstacle 

"I'll take a rest day that day," he says it like it's nothing, giving you a little shrug. Like it won't probably take him a week to convince his trainer for a potential extra rest day.

After a few minutes of bickering back and forth, you give into Jungkook's stubbornness and his charms allowing him to come with you if you even meet Namjoon again. 

You truly have been thinking about it too much and don't actually know what you want. You're head knows that seeing him again probably isn't the best for your emotions considering it took you so long to get over him and seeing his dimples when he flashes sweet smiles at you, might just send you into a spiral again, but your emotions are basically screaming at you to get closure, and to just be in his presence again. Even though you've grown slight resentment for him, you can't bring yourself to fully hate him. Afterall, its not like you ended on bad terms, or good terms really. 

I mean getting closure won't hurt you. 

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a/n: A late happy holidays to everyone, but I hope you all had a really good time with whatever you celebrate. I can't wait for what 2024 has in store for us all. CANT WAIT FOR JIN AND HOBI TO BE BACK IN 2024 TOO!!!! Anyways thank you again for reading, I hope you're enjoying the series so far. I had a lot of fun writing this chapter so I hope its received positively

Taglist: @yunki-yunki-yunki @hellbornsworld @tatamicc @idkijustlovebts @00frenchfries00 @yoonbicoolest @junecat18

[myballsitchaurghouchie]

Do u have like ref sheets or smth of your characters?

I think your ocs look rlly interesting and i would like to scribble them pls 👉👈

Also please use this ask to info dump about your characters i would like to learn about them!!

YOU WANT TO SCRIBBLE THEM???? THAT'S SO NICE I MIGHT EXPLODE.

Okay i'm pretty sure you were referring to the OCs in my drawing of that one guy digging his hand in that other guy's guts so here i drew a proper "reference" for them + the third guy who's with them

They are my silly billies, Ceaser (he/him), Missy (who goes by many names)(she/he) and Remy (he/him).

Remy is like a thousand years old vampire, Ceaser is a much younger vampire (turned around the 1970's or something idk) and Missy is a former vampire hunter. Shenanigans happened where Missy was supposed to kill Remy but is now living with the both of them.

I have a whole story of how they all met and how Missy ends up staying with them, but i prefer focusing on using them for worldbuilding of my own take on vampires + i like just thinking about them chilling together.

Ceaser is almost always tipsy or straight up drunk to cope with his vampirism. Him and Remy have a little sewing/tailoring business going on + Remy owns an antique shop (a lot of the items he sells are stuff he found dumpster diving and decided to repair). Missy is trying not to lose his mind over his cultist vampire-hunting family that may or may not be looking for him, and Remy is just chilling taking care of the two of them in his manor.

Here's more drawings of them. Ceaser's tattoos always change that's normal i just can't decide. Let's say they're all tattoos he drew himself with sharpie ♡

There's a lot more about them and the things around them and the vampire lore i make up (like. Remy feeds on blood and Ceaser feeds on thoughts or whatever) but i don't like making long posts so. Yea ♡

Thank you for asking about them this is so nice and so enabling for me to get an opportunity to talk about them

[Image Description in Alt Text and under the cut.]

Image 1: A digital drawing of 3 characters drawn from the shoulders up.

One the left is a character named "Ceaser"; he has light brown skin, a long face and droopey eyes with eyebads, long messy and wavy white hair that has black roots showing, and various piercings. He wears round glasses, has tattooed sclera and white irises, and tattoos on his cheek, neck, collarbone and torso.

The next character is bamed "Missy"; she is lighter skinned and is shorter with a rougher face, a short buzzcut with a few white hair, and wears square glasses. She also has an eyebrow piercing, a tattooed line going from her lower lip to further down her body, and scars on her torso.

The third character is named "Remy"; he is darker skinned and looks much older, has long, greying black hair in dreadlocks and a beard that is also greying. His eyes are almost entirely white.

Ceaser and Remy are vampires, while Missy is a human.

Image 2: A drawing of the previous three characters, now in a chibi-esque style, seen entirely. Ceaser is wearing a black sleeveless top and baggy pants, and he has tattoos on almost the entirety of his arms. Missy is wearing slim clothing in shades of black and combat boots. Remy is wearing Victiorian-era adjacent clothing in hues of purple and white.

Image 3: Another drawing of the same characters, very similar to the previous one. Missy this time is wearing a red tank top and jeans, and Remy is wearing a turquoise vest.

Image 4: Various sketches of the same three characters in different styles and situations.

At the top left is Remy holding a bag happily, saying "Today's dumpster diving was fruitful ! Thank you lots, kids !". In the background is Ceaser laying on the floor saying "Anything for you Remy", and Missy standing with text next to her that says "I used to kill people".

next to it is an exchange between Missy and Remy; Missy is gripping Remy's shirt threateningly saying "Look at me in the eyes when i talk to you", to which Remy responds "I don't know... That's scary....".

At the bottom left is Ceaser hugging Remy while saying his name, and Remy responds "Good morning to you too, Ceaser".

At the bottom right is Ceaser sitting on a couch, holding a phone and a jpeg of a Heineken bottle to his lips, and Missy is leaning over the couch, talking to him.

Image 5: A traditional drawing of the same characters. Missy and Remy are sitting on a couch, covered in lipstick marks from Ceaser who is standing behind, smilling and drooling. Missy is sitting bewildered and confused while Remy is wiping the lipstick off and smilling.

Image 6: A doodle of Ceaser and Missy fighting. Ceaser is saying "Bitchass dyke let go of my hair, motherfucker", while Missy is yelling "I should have let you kill yourself, you're too dumb to live".

Image 7: A drawing of Ceaser and Missy sitting on a couch; Ceaser is laying on the couch looking at his phone and Missy is sitting with a leg over him, looking directly in front of her. Ceaser is saying "Erm... okay pussy eater ?", to which Missy responds "Dick licker".

[roseadleyn]

i still remember your order. || callisto regulus.

Callisto still remembers the day he fell in love with you.

It was the brightest day of summer, the sun was boiling hot, the sky a crystalline blue, and all of the plants either bright green or dull brown. He was incredibly irritated, having dealt with the nobles and their ceaseless list of complaints, then running into his stepmother and being forced to listen to her endless tirade.

They're all so bothersome. He thought to himself, trying to contain his anger and frustration. Annoying.

He decided that he'd take some time off in town to cool down his temper. He'd been working so hard for the past week, he deserved it; and so he dropped off a curt message to Cedric to finish up the paperwork for the new school they were organizing to open in the village - "Your Highness! You can't just run off like that-!" - and then headed downtown.

He'd only gone a few steps into the market, feeling the tension in his muscles unwind and letting out a deep sigh as he relaxed, when he heard a very, very familiar voice.

"Callisto! Hi!"

He turned and had scarcely a moment to process... well, anything, before you - a sweet student who had once healed his wounds - tackled him in a crushing hug. People stopped to openly stare and he threatened them with his eyes before ruffling your hair.

"Good afternoon." He responded, good naturedly. "I see that the summer heat has failed to lower your energy."

"And you're as grouchy as ever," You counter, frowning at him. You're the only person he allows to talk to him like that - if it was anyone else, he would have separated their head from their shoulders a long time ago. Slipping your hand into your pocket, you offer, "I was going to get myself a drink, if you're willing to come along?"

He considers the proposal before agreeing with a shrug. It's not like he has anywhere else to be. "Alright."

As you two make your way to the nearest little café, his thoughts wander back to when your way-too-cheerful presence actually became tolerable to him, actually became something he looked forward to. He had met you when an assasination attack had caught him off-guard, and though he'd managed to kill them, his wounds were just a little bit too deep. He'd staggered into the more remote parts of the village, fighting against his pounding head, when he'd stumbled into you. You'd given only one shriek of surprise before he'd shut your mouth with one of his satin black gloves, mumbling at you to not 'cause a ruckus' before promptly passing out.

You'd managed to haul him to your cozy little house, somehow, with much groaning and cursing. You had then set yourself, rather determinedly, to the task of healing him, and even though it had taken you three hours whole, you had done it.

Callisto had woken up in your small, comfortable bedroom, hazy and dazed. He'd wondered why the walls were wooden instead of smooth white marble, why the bedsheets were cotton instead of pure silk, and why on Earth there was a small, sleepy commoner dozing off at the foot of the bed with a bottle of medicine swinging from her hand.

"Oi, you. Wake up."

You had stirred and then abruptly sitten up, as though remembering who was there with you. "Your Highness. Are you feeling alright?"

"Yes, but... were you the one who healed me?"

You had laughed. "Yes, sorry to disappoint you."

He rouses himself from the memory as you push open the door to the little café. He doesn't quite understand why his heartbeat speeds up, why he nervously watches you ask for your drink as though it's an exact science, why his stomach seems to be performing somersaults by just looking at you.

You order casually and without event — a milk tea with sugary pearls and extra sugar — and he orders a matcha tea with honey and milk.

The hot milk and warm honey remind him of himself. You take a sip of your drink and look so delighted that he wonders if he can ever make you look happier than you are right now and then resolves to try his best. Desperate to say something but not knowing what to say, he says, "Your drink looks sweet. That fits."

You flush pink and grin at him.

That look on your face is one he'll never forget.

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'So, Your Majesty ordered a matcha tea with honey and milk, along with a milk tea with chocolate sugar pearls and extra sugar, is that right?'

Callisto nods. The first drink — matcha tea with honey and milk — isn't necessarily his favorite, but he orders it out of habit everytime he comes by to this place. The woman behind the counter places both drinks on the table, and the little girl in his lap begins to squirm and reaches for your drink with small chubby hands.

"No, silly," He chides his daughter, "that's for mama, remember? You're too small."

The woman makes a sound of surprise and looks abashed as he glances up, but he only explains, "She's only a few months old. Choking hazard."

She laughs but gives a solemn nod. "Yes, it's bad for the baby princess."

Callisto smiles and thanks her before stepping outside, wanting to get home and surprise you with the drink as soon as possible.

The summer is still bright as ever.

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tagging ; @writerig, @loekas, @dxmoness, @primordixl, @ykassu, @dion-s-lawyer, @orpheusdionodin, @that-one-pretty-bitch, @hmerus, @cerisearan, @dxmoness, @lvmxlee, @d10nsaint, @meow-meow-potato, @parkykwho, @izumi-astra-123, and @palaceofghosts.

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[amber-tortoiseshell]

hav u ever looked at the cats in the app neko atsume to see if the colors they're listed as r accurate to real colors? I've been playing the game again and curious about what u think

I didn't know this game, but I looked it up for you, and i think it's fairly accurate in a very stilized way, and has a good and consistent internal logic.

I made a table about the regular cats for you (based on the fandomwiki): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Sxg4lThXmIUZjA3VDcxSmArqqd1AB0_XcMa8N_bvXqY/edit?usp=sharing

The only one I couldn't match with a real color was Peaches.

A few more comment:

We have these two brown cats. I wrote them in as chocolate, but I think they are a little too light for it (or for cinnamon), especially Cocoa. Eh.

Then there's Maple, who has brown stripes but called "Orange and White Bullseye". I identified it as chocolate silver tabby, it clearly uses the same color as all the other chocolate cats:

(I made the white-background tabbies silvers which is a very gracious assumption, but i think it works within the logic of this color simplification system.)

We have a brown tabby and a black tabby which should be the same color. But I think the latter is pretty close a black smoke, and I regularly see smokes with ghost patterns being called tabbies, so this could solve this contradiction.

Pepper is a little unfortunate, i think a white heterochromic cat would've been better.

Honestly my biggest problem is with the tortoiseshell tabbies: we have three, and one of them has different stripe colors (correct), but for the other two they just slapped the black stripes over both backgrounds. Why couldn't they do the same for them?