#theyre living their best cottagecore life

[justaz]

uther has recently been putting more and more pressure and responsibilities on arthur as crown prince of camelot. he’s been dragged into countless meetings, forced to sit by his father during trials, princess after princess has been shoved into his arms in hopes of marriage and arthur is tired. he’s exhausted. he’s been stretched so thin he doesn’t even bother to engage in merlin’s attempts at banter. merlin is concerned and worried and wants to whisk arthur away on a hunt or some other quest to just get him out of camelot to recuperate. arthur is cracking under the stress his father is putting him under but he doesn’t show it bc he is the Perfect Prince. until he catches merlin using magic and he can hear his father ordering him to kill merlin in his mind but he’s certain that choice would actually crush him. if killing merlin, his best friend, is what it means to be prince, he doesn’t want it. he ignores the enraged voice of his father echoing within his mind and grabs merlin’s hand and they flee camelot together to live peacefully on a farm far, far away

[woopeee]

like. like. majormoon yaoi anon once again hiiii

but like. like. where do i even start, ive explained this ship so many times to sm ppl. its hard to keep track of where the start of the explanation would be-

Imma start by covering up Life Series concepts here... will get into Empires and a funny AU i have later on... NOTE: i JUST realized seasons go autumn -> winter not winter -> autumn, so lets just imagine either its the other way around for some reason or maybe the games happen across different years or the watchers use time shenanigans n stuff IDK!!

Last Life: cottagecore queers. they started as friends, sure, they're best friends, but best friends who kiss, hold hands, cuddle together, cook together, stick to eachother like glue istg. AND I REPEAT !! KISS!! SURE SMALL PECKS BUT THATS NOT VERY FRIEND LIKE !! ive read many queerplatonic galaxy duo fanfics, but i think they're just romantically crushing on eachother and w time their relationship quickly escalated and neither of them wants to ask the big "what are we?" question. (plus, I hc every season of the series happens in a different season of the year, maybe in different years?? idk cause i didnt count for 3rd life but i dont think it would count as spring... ANYWAYS Last Life happens in Summer, for angst purposes)

Double Life: I don't wanna talk too much abt their relationship in DL cus it makes me so mentally ill, reminds me of sum personal lore in my life I wont get into, but I still love em. I hc soulmates have some shared features w their soulmates, different for everyone, like these two have the ends of their hair the color of the others hair. after the "divorce" Pearl tried to cut off that teal part but the ends just gew upwards, like the teal part just appeared in his new ends when moon cut off the old ones, so at the end he just used red dye to dye em red. Also I feel like they lowkey miss eachother even if both are too stubborn to talk to eachother and at least try to fix things. (winter. winter freezes. often killing all that in summer grew green)

Limited Life: Oh hoh ho... the drama is back but the toxicity is gone. frienemies, exes, a bit petty still but can joke about it for a lil, have forgiven eachother but at times still feel resentment. they live very far away, yet when they interact in person, if things are 1o1 and there isnt any of their allies nearby, gosh can the tension be cut with a knife. not only tension in the way or anger, but sometimes just being awkward around eachother, sometimes homosexual tension, sometimes homoerotic tension- (half joke, i wont talk abt nsfw stuff but theyre adults). They stare at eachother from across the room thinking either "i wanna punch you so bad" or "i would so go and kiss you right here right now", or both. However theyre still fairly friendly, its not the same as *Our Last Summer*, since they'll maybe pull petty pranks on eachother, specially the Nosy Neighbors on Mean Gills, with Pearl mostly having Scott's ever so slightly upset reaction, if even to get a groan or frown from him, tho he doesnt hate her anymore, its not like winter, thats in the past. Autumn comes and makes leafs fall... it gets rid of the dead waste of what winter killed, preparing for Spring...

Secret Life: ... for a new beginning. Spring comes along, a new, more lighthearted game at the start. After going through so much stuff together, everything they've overcome, "That's in the past" "It was a one time thing?" "Yeah, yeah" "Well, I'm glad we agree... glad we can move past that". And they start again, blank page, althrough clearly stained by past moments, they can look back at them fondly and joke around about it without hard feelings. Not only that, but they finally make up their minds, both of them get their shit together and can finally label their relationship, make it official... tho whats a game about secrets without some secrets of their own? So at first, with a bit of fear of what their allies would say, but also just in a way to keep privacy and get a laugh out of others confusions, they meet up in secret. Secret meetings at night or when their allies are out, whispering to eachother and giving eachother accomplice looks, finding hiden spots to sit down and talk. They're plenty suspicious in plain sight, but with all the reasons there could be for them to be hiding something? Maybe theyre up to no good! Maybe they're plotting destruction! Maybe its got to do with their tasks! Yeah, it drives the yellows mad in particular, trying to guess their tasks just to be told it couldnt be further from correct or that they already complited theirs. Now some participants are a bit oblivious, but others can put 2 and 2 together pretty quickly... they'd keep their mouths shut tho, cause seeing the others lose their mind trying to uncover their "plans" is quite the funny sight. Maybe some would get a push like a little knudge from Cleo "They're dating, Bdubs" "... OHHHH, SO THATS WHY". The Roomies all know for sure, Impulse suspects, to Gem and the Mounders it never crossed their minds, unsure about others tbh but thats what I know for sure. But yeah! Maybe at first they'd have a "Bad Idea" (from Waitress) moment, tho that song also could fit an ""afair"" in LimL from what ive talked with a friend, but yeah. They're destined to die anyways, since the finale means only one can win, and that winner is neither of them, but they'll meet in the next game. Tilly next time. Or, Tilly death does them part...

... except not, cause not even death can do that, cause they are able to find eachother in every single universe, no matter the circumstances, even if their situation isnt ideal in some, they're always together, in one way or another. MajorMoon yaoi anon dropping the anon. Shameless Scottearl posting today!! Let's go rom Galaxy Duo Truthers!!!

Youre getting your own tag /silly

[thickest-slimiest-malware]

when i realised one person cant actually grow all their own food without big machines, i realised my cottagecore phase was one of the stupidest. i still have the quail, thank god they only live a couple of years because i dont really care about them anymore, which makes cleaning their cage feel like such a drag lol. i mean theyre very cool birds but theyre not remotely a good financial decision like my dumb head thought 2 years ago. "grow all your food" my ass. novelty at best. and before you ask, they make as good a pet as a fish. i love my quail tho theyre living creatures etc etc. its just that they didnt make my life a rural fantasy like one shouldve expected, theyre just animals living in my house and another chore to do

[frmulcahy]

This is the content I crave

anyway some absolutely hilarious concepts of crowley and aziraphale living in their cottage in the south downs:

jehovah’s witnesses knock on the door. aziraphale frantically tries to get them to go away because if he doesn’t before crowley sees them, crowley WILL invite them in, he WILL talk to them for over an hour, he will give them the drive they need to visit twice as many houses as they otherwise would have today

the neighbourhood kids absolutely seeing old mr fell with a gigantic snake around his shoulders, and rushing in to ask 10930 questions about its life and diet, to which he makes up completely implausible answers

everyone in the village assumes that crowley is aziraphale’s sugar baby, which crowley finds hugely insulting and completely hilarious in turns

aziraphale, multiple times, wakes up and looks outside to see crowley having long, philosophical arguments with their chickens

whenever aziraphale finds pests in their garden - rabbits sniffing about crowley’s carrots, mice threatening to go through the fruit trees, even the single vixen that was going to menace their chickens and that crowley said he would kill with his bare hands if it touched any of his “little ladies” - he quickly and quietly takes them off somewhere much nicer. 

not because crowley would actually harm the rabbits or the foxes (the mice he’ll eat. he is a snake, after all), but because crowley wouldn’t ever - just to spare him the embarrassment of not doing so in front of aziraphale, after he said that he would

they get some ducks that settle on their big pond, and crowley is ostensibly furious, but he still feeds them every day, and regularly uploads pictures of them to his instagram

[saltminerising]

Banescale M: straight.

Banescale F: queer and angry

Bogsneak M: messages attractive women on social media asking if they want a sugar daddy

Bogsneak F: Distinguished Fat Lesbian, dating me ridgeback F. theyre girlfriends <3

Coatl M: queer local drag queen 

Coatl F: homophobic

Fae M: generic high school whiteboy gay guy from every movie about a high school whiteboy gay guy that’s palatable for suburban parents on the fence about the whole ‘gay’ thing

Fae F: lesbian, high femme but like goth

Gaoler M: aro-ace

Gaoler F: distinguished home improvement lesbian

Guardian M: bisexual disaster

Guardian F: women want her, fish fear her

Imperial M: straight. 

Imperial F: lesbian secretly curating one of those lesbian cottagecore blogs who dreams of living in a farm cottage in the woods with her wife one day despite being afraid to touch dirt and having never done an hour of physically taxing work in her life

Mirror M: no sexuality just emo

Mirror F: leader of a college gay and straight alliance

Nocturne M: chad twink

Nocturne F: queer theater kid

Obelisk M: wildcard. discuss.

Obelisk F: soft butch, mom friend, superb cuddler

Pearlcatcher M: straight

Pearlcatcher F: straighter

Ridgeback M: this is so mean bc I love this pose but. straight guy who wants to watch lesbians make out 

Ridgeback F: Distinguished Buff Lesbian, dating me Bogsneak F. theyre girlfriends

Skydancer M: just a twink

Skydancer F: gay and homophobic

Snapper M: (nods) bear.

Snapper F: sweet 80 year old neighbor who loves her cats and her wife

Spiral M: queer teenager who just came out of the closet and is still experiencing the pure euphoria of putting rainbows everywhere

Spiral F: straight but calls people “so brave” on social media when they come out

Tundra M: bear, happily married for over a decade with two kids

Tundra F: bisexual lumberjack futch who Wishes she had what Gaoler F has going on

Veilspun M: the ‘gay best friend’ all the cishets want

Veilspun F: femme lesbian, but everyone thinks she’s straight, not because she’s femme but because she has horsegirl energy

WCM: cishet chad-wannabe

WCF: a straight girl on the high school soccer team you (a lesbian on the high school soccer team) have a huge crush on

if i called your favorite pose straight im sorry :(

[seravph]

Hi, I didn't really know who to reach out for this question, but do you have any tips on how to find your own unique fashion style? I'm not really looking to hop on popular clothing trends on social media e.g. eboy/girl or cottagecore, so I'm not exactly sure where to start! I come to consult you because I've seen some of your posts and you look very well versed in fashion and you seem to know your own personal style. My wardrobe is very outdated and I would like to update it to reflect the truest expression of myself. Thank you 😊 You don't have to answer this if you don't feel like doing so btw 😅

EEEE more fashion asks i love these thank you!!!! warning this got a lil (very) long so its under the cut :^)

so first and foremost the most important part about curating your own style is to learn more about your body and what flatters/doesnt flatter it. it's learning some basic fashion 'rules' pertaining to proportions, cuts, etc. there are plenty of resources on this if you dont know where to start (kibbe body test, video, video) but keep in mind this step has nothing to do with your weight!!!! i could talk wayyy more about this but at the end of the day, some clothing is just more flattering for specific body shapes - that doesnt mean you cant wear something that isnt perfectly flattering, but knowing your body and knowing what flatters it will make you understand your own style and help guide the pieces you buy. fashion 'rules' arent necessarily meant to be followed, but just understood so that 'breaking' them is a conscious choice. (it also really helped with my insecurities???? like this step is basically recognizing that its not your body thats unflattering, its the clothing, if that makes sense???)

also remember that every 'style' works for every body type. i.e if you want to be a 60s vibe but youre too curvy for shift dresses, there are plenty of clothes in a similar style that would look great on you <3 basically, if you dont like the way a piece looks on you, you can still achieve the same vibe with a different article of clothing thats more flattering. but also umm.... you can just wear the unflattering thing if you want LOL if it makes you happy... then it becomes your own controlled decision <3 live love laugh follow your heart

okay. now that you have that out of the way. there are a million ways to develop a sense of style, and no particular order in which i recommend them. what i love doing is creating pinterest boards for the spring/summer or fall/winter seasons and just filling them with pieces i would wear in a perfect world. i dont mean like cottagecore aesthetic boards, just boards full of runway looks and clothing pngs that i like. i also love making little outfits for characters which can influence my own style. everyone thinks of their style differently; i think of my own outfits as little vignettes with narratives behind them, but other people are more concerned with just wearing things they think are pretty, other people view it as an expression of art or their identity, and other people just want to feel comfortable!!! its all up to you and what youre drawn to!!

one thing that tan france mentioned once was to go online window shopping by going onto the website for a brand you like (regardless of whether its affordable or realistic!) and just adding things to your cart that youre interested in. dont worry about how expensive they are or anything, and when youre done, remove all the items you like the least. and then keep reviewing and removing until you have just a handful of really nice items you really like, and keep doing this with other brands until you can identify common threads between the pieces you like. you dont have to buy them!! in fact maybe its better if you dont!!! and the websites dont have to be like zara or h&m ... go on balmain or chanel if you want, play pretend and have fun!!

re: the last bullet point, i think a big turn off for people in terms of fashion is the idea that you need to wear something palatable and 'appropriate.' its like looking at a runway and thinking "its nice, but i would never wear that in real life." but honestly????? in a perfect world i would be wearing full gowns to the supermarket!!!! if your ideal style is imaginative but unattainable, your style in practice will be a microcosm of it. basically... dream big... dont be afraid to 'overdress' if its what you like!! one of the best pieces of advice i ever got was from my aunt, who offered to by me a plastic tiara. i asked her when i was ever going to wear it irl, and she just looked at me and said "??? you can wear it whenever you want to!!" so true!!! wear a tutu to mcdonalds. wear a bedazzled tux to prom. who cares

accessories, nail polish, hair, jewelry, perfume and makeup goes a long way in developing style. i dont wear a ton of makeup, but just putting some color on my cheeks achieves a kind of sunkissed lovestruck vibe that i strive for. i paint my nails red because i think its chic or bright colors so they contrast with a toned down outfit. even wearing no accessories is an accessory in itself. accessorizing (or specifically not accessorizing) is like adding texture to an outfit imo

anything that advises you about 'absolutely necessary essentials everyone needs' is entirely wrong. there is no one size fits all; i.e everyone says you need one good pair of denim jeans, but i havent worn jeans in two years!!! an essential for ME is a pair of neutral wool shorts, but an essential for another person could be a thick knit sweater or for another person, a flannel. the idea that everyone needs a 'little black dress' or a 'basic white t shirt' is preposterous. YOUR essentials depend entirely on YOUR style. a pair of denim jeans is useless if you hate wearing jeans!!!!

as for my personal style, im mostly influenced by movies, books, songs, characters, feelings, colors, high fashion, and costumes. ultimately, you should worry less about what you want to be and worry more about what you already like. every piece i have kind of plays into some narrative ive constructed, or otherwise theyre all special to me :) if you want to update your wardrobe, dont feel the need to over consume fast fashion (or any fashion for that matter) to do so. if you take it slow and buy pieces you really love, every item will have a story and you'll begin to develop a more stable internal style and they'll last longer :)

let me know if you have questions or want me to talk more about any of this because i really love answering these kinds of questions!!!!!! especially the body type thing because thats such an important but long winded thing i couldnt really fit it all LOL

some more videos + resources about style and fashion i think are interesting:

deep dive into kibbe body types

pinterest aesthetics, fatphobia, and white washing

lies about clothes to unlearn in your twenties

studio ghibli: how clothing shapes identity

breakfast at tiffanys style analysis: the reinvention of onself with fashion

will the millennial aesthetic ever end?

go viral, post #spon, get canceled: how social media transformed fashion in the 2010s

analyzing the "is it a cute outfit or is she just skinny?" meme

[themangolorian]

Hey sweetheart don't worry it happens!! Unfortunately I don't remember super well what I wrote and I deleted the text too :(

But anyways yes, I am doing well now thank you and I hope you are doing great 💕

Yes I saw that photo of her sleeping and it's so funny! I wish I looked that cute napping tbh lol

On the second one I love that dress! I want one too, it gives me spring/summer cottagecore vibes 😍

On the third one she looks so stunnign and angelic in all white but also elegant and professional 😍

This I remember mentioning, dua lipa in that pink fantasy was absolutely gorgeous! Especially in the beginning of the performance at the mic with the big pink dress 💗 didn't really liked the straight hair on the red carpet though wish it was wavy

And yes I forgot about it but megan's performancs look was also really amazing, she looked gorgeous! As did the background dancers with the feathers ❤

Now I'll leave you to look at these links that reminded me once again of you:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNOLC_rlCfB/?igshid=hi918cc9anew (my faves are the first two)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNQINNPNl7S/?igshid=1xl8i20yxoc27 (and to think that this interesting and fun conversation we've been having started with me sending you and anon about stevie 🥲)

Ps. Sorry I don't remember what I said in my anon to write it again :( but don't worry about it, hope you're doing great and you're living your best life 😘😘

Pps. I don't know if this is the second time I send this to you, if it is it's because I'm dumb

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oh my gosh, no, not dumb at all! i took forever to respond to your last ask because i kept not being able to access the ig links and now i cant find your original ask 😩 so thank you so much for sending again, i adore you for it! and somehow now im able to access the links??

yes completely agree with you about dua lipa! it was such a look but lizzo, megan and bey carried it for me too 🥺

also i love love love the ig looks 😍

and i adore that theyre called the persephone collection 😍🥰💕

and then yesssssssssss stevie! 🥺🥺 these looks are also so beautiful 😩

im so so glad we met over stevie, my love! your asks are the highlights of my week and i appreciate you so much mi amor ❤️💖💜💕🥰

[catsconstellation]

🌸🌺🌷💐🍡🍬🍭🎆🎀🛍💕💗🦄💒

🌸- What’s your favorite color?i love warm colors! like yellows and oranges and reds, but i also am a sucker for blue🌺- Name a song that reminds you of a happy moment in your lifeterrified angels mashup!! it reminds me of bike riding during late summer/early autumn during sunset in 2016, i had youtube red and id listen to that song and a bunch of others while i road around🌷- Do you have a best friend?yeah ! i have a couple of people id consider a bestfriend💐- Are you in love?( : 3 🍡- Name 3 things you love about yourself1. i think im pretty good at giving advice and comfort2. i know some russian and thats pretty cool!3. little things can make me happy🍬- What food makes you happy?warm food! i really love tamales and soups🍭- List things that help you fall asleepbreathing exercises! theyre really helpful getting me to sleep, crying when things are rough helps too, no shame in crying sometimes🎆- Do you have a favorite person?i love everyone too much to have a favorite🎀- What is your favorite tumblr account?all you farmcore/grandmacore/cottagecore blogs, you’re are so great keep doing what youre doing !!��- Who do you admire that you don’t talk to?oh i dont know! i talk to everyone i admire 💕- List two reasons to love yourself1. loving yourself keeps the ur mind and heart healthy2. loving yourself is much more pleasant than picking at reasons to dislike yourself, you’re worth it and you deserve it!💗- List three good things about your friends1. theyre all really fun and pleasent to talk to2. they have my back3. they make me laugh🦄- What’s your dream job?uhmm!!! i have a lot of things id like to do! id love to do something in the art/entertainment industry but id also like to do something more sciencey like something in psychology💒- If you could live with anyone, who would it be?a close friend, and animals and lots plants

[holsten-from-hasa]

ok so i have many thoughts about classes and aspects just In General so hello im here to offer other ideas for them. but. pretty much just for the hermits i know well. but also congrats on the handles because holy hell i despise gcat rules

acbdubs - thief of time csomeone with better knowledge of s5 bdubs would have more of an accurate idea of his full character, but im a 3l-present bdubs enjoyer though i keep meaning to watch older stuff of his. thieves in canon homestuck are generally assholes, but they dont have to be. really the only thing that defines the class is a lack of their aspect that they desperately wish to change and once they have it, they hoard it. plus they tend to think theyre literally the best ever especially in regards to their aspect. its a little on the nose for recent bdubs, giving him time as an aspect, but he does have a pretty constant clock motif in his character along with always sleeping away the night. oh and also just. bringing mountains into existence in a literal week. thats some time fuckery right there, magical or otherwise. overall, he does fit thief of time in more general character sense though theres probably a more fitting classpect i didnt consider.

cleo - witch of life honestly? life as an aspect really fits cleo, given her wonderful armour stand work and her being a zombie. witches manipulate their aspect and are quite skilled with it, in some sense it could be said cleo is manipulating her own life to stay alive despite being a zombie. plus, with the way she builds armourstand models. that could be seen as creating, but the methods she uses (the armourstand book, slowly nudging pieces into place) feels much more like a manipulator class to me.

cub - heir of rage with the way cub operates, his makes things seem like the only logical way things could be done. or like things just fall into place around him. thats how an heir often operates, their aspect guides them and changes the world through them. and cub absolutely makes that work in his favour. rage is the aspect of disbelief, passion, revolution, skepticism, and a lot more. its also often the aspect associated with absolutely abusing loopholes in the plot. which seems to fit cub quite well. sure rage players are often loud, angry people but anger isnt the only part of the rage aspect, and some players may just bypass it entirely.

doc - knight of doom hes not particularly tied to the literal death and decay sides of the doom aspect, but he is the person on the server known for tearing apart reality. which, in a game world, means the code and systems and exploits tied in them. i was considering mage for his class, but he has stated before that hes not the man with all of the knowledge and i wanted to reflect that. i gave him knight because he uses his aspect and is incredibly skilled with it, having abilities most wouldnt thanks to the community he works with.

etho - maid of void really, etho is a cryptid on the server. and so is his upload schedule. secrets and confusion is a huge part of void, and really all etho does is create them around him wherever he goes.

gem - sylph of space or sylph of life id say gem is more tied to creation and creativity than life itself, though the same could be said for many of the builders who simply bring incredible things into existence. however, i can clearly see life in gems character. especially with the cottagecore base last season and living in a treehouse this season. i cant really justify the class she just. she has the Vibes, yknow?

grian - witch of rage the angelic symbolism of hope does fit some of his fanon lore quite well, but this man is a gremlin who will come up with rules then tear them down right in front of the viewer's eyes. he will change things on the fly, altering the course of events. he manipulates rage so well and so casually, and is even doing it with The Entity this season. i love that funky rock but just?? the fact it exists and also both steals pieces from the world while also growing them itself fits the rage aspect so well.

impulse - seer of light yeah no this is accurate this man is such a goddamn seer. there may be a better aspect but also it does just fit well.

joe - bard of mind the way Joe is just Joe falls entirely into the realm of the bard class, though not one at the start of their character arc by any means. no offense bards but you guys are a mess before the character development kicks in <3. joe is absurd but in a planned out and routine way, he falls cleanly into mind like that. bards are a destructive class, but they more often destroy through their aspect rather than their aspect directly, especially later down the line. a joe hills video is routine and predictable in the most unpredictable kind of way.

mumbo - page of mind this is hilarious but also fits so well. can you imagine mumbo in the page god tier. go on, its cursed and hilarious. pant rights removed, moustache man

scar - witch of hope he tells a story with each and every one of his builds, pulling your belief in just the right direction to see the magic happen. plus hes the biggest conman out there and have you heard about the magic crystals.

i dont have any more opinions rn but. if you want more help i can absolutely ramble about classpects some more. i dont knwo the characters well enough to make opinions honestly

Alright anyone who sees this who is a homestuck and a Hermitcraft fan I need help

I decided I might do a hermitstuck thing in honor of Hermitcraft’s 10th anniversary and Homestuck’s 13th anniversary (see this post) and this is what I have

I will not be taking any criticism towards the handles (because they’re funny) and maybe the blood color but I will be taking criticisms towards the lunar sway, aspects and classes because I had to take 2 personality tests (one of them being the official true sign test) for both of them 26 times and research everyone else’s takes on them and I’m still not sure since a lot of the descriptions are very vague like all personality tests are

So yes, if you’d like to criticize, discuss and/or educate me about all of this please do I don’t trust myself with this