#this is the woman that got me into watching this anime btw. my number one priority always is hot women who kick ass

[niidsch]

Angel Cop (エンゼルコップ) ♦ 1989-1994

[mostlymalena]

April 25th 2025 11:07pm

Lot to get through here so per usual prepare for many spelling and grammar issues.

Currently sitting on my porch with a cig which I have accidentally cut back on. Some days I won't smoke at all. I have been tired lately. I suspect I might be burnt out. From work.

Thursday beach bars are the nights I add to my lore since my other days are spent in my garden, watching anime, or day dreaming about people who think I'm weird and too direct.

Last night was insane.

Bays mom and aunt (mom's bestie) are visiting in town and it's the first time ive met them! They are what I imagine Bay and I to be at 55.

Party. Fucking. Animals.

I meet them downtown first at Underfront and we have a good time there. I am not drinking this night. So I end up driving mom and aunt to beach bars and Bay goes with Dani. And Jordan Dani's friend is also with us so it's a great group honestly. Jimbos is packed because I guess it's frat and sororities formals? Everyone is dress like they just watched golf idk. Our violin guy is playing so we dance a little and then head to Red Dogs bc we got there later than usual since we started downtown .

Red dogs is where shit got bat shit.

People get their drinks and across the room I notice a tall (maybe asian decent?) man with a mustache staring me down. I do a little wave and he smiles. A blonde girl in a white tank is hanging all over him so I turn away and continue dancing. He comes up and starts talking to me and I tell him I'm busy and to find me in an hour and I give him my number. Well 30 mins go by and he is early to our appointment. We are yapping and I glance down and my eyes widen because lo and behold this man is wearing FLIP FLOPS. TO RED DOGS. CASUALLY!!!!!!

That's all I really needed to be like okay well bye! So I start to shrug him off and that of course riles him the fuck up. Gas on a fire let me tell you. He goes "are you a dominant woman? I can tell you are and I am very submissive and I will do anything you want". I stare at him a little shocked bc that is, well, very forward. He then just blurts out: "Will you please peg me". I am speechless! For the wrong reason!!!!

I point to Dani and I say "If you want someone to peg you I have two people who would take you up on that". Joking but I wanted him to leave. I then dismiss him. He proceeds to call me and text me the rest of the night. ALSO HE FOLLOWS ME TO THE TWO OTHER BARS I GO TO and JUST.. lmao!!! STAND AT A DISTANCE TO WATCH ME.

What a guy!!!!

Bay and Dani head home around.. say... 12:45 but Mom and Auntie are staying at the beach and want one more drink at loggers so I offer to stick with them and drive them home. (btw I did not get into my own bed until 3:12am).

At Loggers they are SWARMED by frat guys just itching for their mommy voids to be filled. Mom and Auntie are happy to entertain them and drink so I sit back and smoke and watch. I see ac couple people I know say hello and then at about 10 till 2am we go to get pizza.

Wait I lost all motivation to type this out lmao.

Quick facts: a group of frat boys asked me for pizza and when I said no they corned me and stole my entire pie from me and ran off. I did not get a slice :(

Brooke my old baby sitter who I had to fire and eventually block bc she would not stop calling and texting me, found me at the pizza spot and caused a whole scene by yelling at me and basically had a psycho break lmao. SOOOO awkward and weird. Wonder if she is gonna do that every time she sees me out.

Gonna go to sleep now. Ive been at good shepherd basically all week bc they needed extra hands and I have a soccer game tmmrw morning.

Nanny was in the hospital today.

Jo is finally done with school.

My life is a blissful dull. I am savoring it before the chaos of summer descends upon me. My lips are chapped.

[eldritch-elrics]

i rewatched the entire ice age series and i have opinions

after rewatching some of the madagascar movies, me and @calocybe​ decided to embark on a quest to watch more animated series from our childhood. an obvious choice was ice age! so, i present to you: finn’s comprehensive ice age opinions masterpost.

read on for an in-depth review of each movie, my opinions on what the series does well (good animation, really fun chase scenes) and what it does not so well (manny is an awful protagonist), and some other things too (like my analysis of queerness in ice age)

first of all, a ranking of the five movies from best to worst:

ice age

dawn of the dinosaurs

collision course

the meltdown

continental drift

first movie

definitely the best

accidental baby acquisition…

it’s just a really good premise. three bros with completely different personalities are forced to work together towards a common goal that doesn’t even benefit any of them personally!

it’s silly and charming and well-written

diego’s arc is especially well-done and it’s easy to follow the way his personality and opinions change

my theory is that they made this movie because they wanted to show off how good they were at animating ice. most of the models and stuff are not very realistically rendered but the ice is honestly pretty impressive

honestly hilarious, has really good visual gags

one of my favorite parts is where they go into the ice cave and find like the ufo and stuff

also the baby does the vulcan hand sign at the ufo which was so subtle and REALLY funny

the ice slide scene. incredible

and then it transitions to the cave painting part with a fantastic depiction of manny’s backstory in a way that’s honestly heart-wrenching??

i wonder if the death of his own family is the cause of his annoying clinginess in later movies, especially with regards to peaches. unfortunately this never comes up again

there are some genuinely emotionally affecting moments in this movie, especially with the humans (when the human woman gives away her baby, when they return the baby to the group) - plus, kudos for conveying all that emotion with no dialogue

this is the only movie where manny’s emotional stuntedness is actually somewhat endearing rather than aggravating

this is also the movie with the most interesting villains - they feel like an especially relevant threat to the protags, and putting diego in with manny and sid creates both good tension and good humor

i wonder why the humans never came back. i think subsequent movies could have benefited from their presence, though i have no idea in what ways. not sure how they would’ve pulled it off but having the baby they rescued in the first movie appear as an adult in a later movie is a plot point that i think would have had the potential to be really powerful

second movie (the meltdown)

pretty underwhelming after the first movie

plot feels disjointed and the climax is weak

i feel like they were trying to go for this sort of found family vs nuclear family / reproductive futurism bent but didn’t entirely succeed and instead made the themes feel muddled. especially after the first movie which was all about rejecting heteronormative standards of family, having manny suddenly go “oop i’m the last mammoth better Reproduce” was a bit jarring

even if he isn’t actually the last mammoth, it feels like the wrong way to start a romance

in general the romance between ellie and manny isn’t very well-done in my opinion.

manny should’ve apologized for getting so offended when ellie freaked out about the pressure to save their species, but instead ellie apologized for “overreacting” for some reason???

number of biblical parallels: a surprising amount??

you’ve got. sid as a jesus figure to the sloth tribe, the ark saving them from the flood, scrat as moses??

the villains in this one were super boring they were just like… evil fish…

ok i’ve said too many mean things about this movie. to atone let me present this opinion: the scene where the vultures sing a parody of “food, glorious food” from oliver completely unprompted is one of the best moments in the series

also the possum brothers are wonderful

third movie (dawn of the dinosaurs)

this was my favorite as a kid!!

it’s still really good

it doesn’t take itself seriously and that’s wonderful. like… dinosaurs? in the ice age? objectively stupid plot. who cares

buck is the best character ever he’s so much fun

buck’s entire thing is also being a VERY cliche kooky adventurer but the way that they play with it and are self-aware about it makes it good

also i legitimately get chills at the scene where he explains his tragic backstory with rudy

god the romance with the female scrat is SO stupid but at least they’re clearly making fun of romantic tropes here

good team-building shenanigans, like the laughing gas sequence

there’s probably something to be said about the ways that family is portrayed in this movie but sorry i’m too busy looking at the scene where they get swallowed by a giant plant and buck has to like cut its veins like he’s diffusing a bomb

also i do need to mention that the scene where they find the carnage of sid’s attempt at feeding vegetables to the dino babies and buck goes off on his whole silly detective-shtick about what must’ve happened (“leaving broccoli… a vegetable!!!”) was my favorite scene in the series as a kid. it’s so wonderfully absurd!

there are a surprising amount of dick jokes in this movie? and by that i mean like 2 but. it’s really funny rewatching this and going “holy shit”

there’s also a joke about a butterfly dude that i’m pretty sure is a trans joke (“i knew that guy as a caterpillar! yknow, before he came out”) so that was also pretty funny

this movie parallels the first 2 by 1. having sid take care of kids and 2. having a group of creatures who copy all of sid’s wacky movements. i don’t have anything more to say i just think that’s funny

buck and rudy are kismeses send tweet

fourth movie (continental drift)

yeah okay this one’s the worst

it takes itself too seriously and that is its downfall

feels tonally off from the other ones

i saw this movie during the height of my hyperfixation on plate tectonics and i remember being very offended at the fact that they made such a mockery of the way it actually worked… :pensive:

(granted, poorly-done science is a cornerstone of ice age, so i can’t really say shit)

anyway this one really felt like a jumble of cliches. the enemies-to-lovers thing with diego! peaches’ teenager problems! manny’s troubles of raising a teenager! all the mean girls! evil pirates! sirens! woooo!

it just didn’t feel all that original and it didn’t play with the tropes like 3 did

what is it in this series with guys not apologizing for their sexism and then getting the girl anyway

also wow. damsels in distress much

sheera’s design is also such a generic “female animal” look

the ape dude was a boring villain and too much of the movie focused on the pirates

okay BUT the sea shanty scene slapped. had some good rhythm and clever lyrics

lewis was good and i’m glad he stayed friends with peaches

the water was well-animated! maybe they made this movie so they could show off how good they were at rendering water

the chipmunk creatures on the island are like knockoff minions/ewoks

in general this movie felt way less funny than the others. less punchy dialogue

fifth movie (collision course)

solidly in the middle of my movie ranking. not as good as 1 or 3, better than 2 and 4

this was my first time seeing this movie! which means that my view of it isn’t colored by nostalgia, and also that i have a lot more to say about it i guess

first of all it’s wild to see how much the animation has progressed… this one was so well-rendered wow

i liked this one a lot more than i expected to! it was a good time, and, like 3, didn’t take itself seriously, which is always great

the whole thing is built off a lot of bullshit science which offends my inner scifi nerd BUT i think they pulled it off quite well

the fact that they got neil degrasse tyson to do voiceovers is just so funny

they’ve firmly established by now that the ice age universe can fully ignore the laws of science when it wants to, especially with regards to scrat and his butterfly-effect influence on the world

okay buckle up because i have a lot to say about scrat actually.

scrat’s ability to influence the universe has been steadily increasing as the series goes on, so it made sense that he would be the catalyst for the apocalypse in this one

and also the catalyst for the creation of the solar system i guess?? which was very stupid. i say that in an endearing way. that beginning scene was super fun & wacky

absolutely brilliant way to bring the ufo from movie 1 back btw

ok so the prophecy tablet thing that buck brings back? he finds it by pressing a button with the outline of an acorn on it and that’s very interesting to me

at that point in the movie i was really invested because i thought that scrat and the protagonists were finally going to be forced to confront each other on the same level. the idea that ice age might finally break its unwritten rule of “the protags can never know scrat as the force of global change that he really is” was legitimately exciting to me, and it seemed appropriate for the last movie in the franchise

unfortunately this did not happen. scrat just keeps doing his silly scrat shenanigans

um anyway let’s talk about some of the other characters!

manny continues to suck. more on this in the “low points as a franchise” section

peaches was actually really good in this one! she’s grown out of her “teenage stereotype” phase and into a character with a believable narrative about growing up and moving out.

her boyfriend is adorable and i was surprised to discover i actually liked their relationship!

sid did not need to be paired off though. neither did diego. what is up with kids’ movies and their shallow heterosexual romances

buck is back and he is fruitier than ever

man i really like buck. he’s so silly and irreverent and flamboyant and it’s like kind of embarrassing to watch sometimes but it’s ok he’s just doing his own thing

the villains were pretty good in this one. i liked how the female dino didn’t have a stereotypically feminine design

on an entirely different topic: let’s talk about the aesthetic direction!

the scifi thing was super fun. like, absolutely wild for a series about the ice age, but whatever. i like scifi

like the whole superpower magnetism shit, especially the scene in the forest? great! especially reminiscent of the climax of the guardians of ga’hoole movie

however the whole dive into the crystal cave environment was a lil tonally dissonant and i think it should have been cut (introduced an entire new world/characters way too late in the plot and didn’t have time to develop them enough, went too far down the rabbit hole of magic healing crystals jokes and all that stuff which didn’t seem to relate to the rest of the story at all, introduced a fun but unnecessary girlfriend for sid, the time could have been better spent making fun of more scifi tropes and developing the villains)

brooke the sloth girl is just miranda from the tempest change my mind also that climax is on a similar level of stupid as that one episode from hoshi no kaabii where they deflect an an entire asteroid using uhhhh cannons i think

but it’s like. whatever. they’ve fucked around with science enough that they deserve this

also i just realized there were no chase scenes in this movie which is so sad??

so there are my thoughts on the individual movies. let’s talk about it as a whole!

high points as a franchise

this series consistently has VERY good chase scenes

just top-tier chase scenes with excellent comedic timing and general pacing

3 is so good because it has a chase as the climax, and that’s what ice age is good at

4 is bad because it doesn’t have a proper chase anywhere!

the animation is really good. by that i mean less like the models are realistic and more that they’re great at conveying emotion and body language through animation

like this is especially true in 1 if you look at the difference between the sort of smooth, not very realistic animation of the humans vs… scrat

like they’ve got the way scrat moves down so well it’s delightful

the movies are, generally, funny

there are good messages about found family, especially in the first couple

low points as a franchise

alright i had a bunch of these written out as universal truths about the series and then 5 actually improved on many of them! so here are some criticisms that apply to the first four movies only:

just… every single female character? they deserve better

too many damsels in distress

all the fat jokes about manny are so unnecessary

the romances are really boring and not very well-written or believable

okay with those out of the way here’s the real biggest issue with the series: manny is an awful protagonist

heterosexual “no fun allowed” man

they keep him sucky so he can have a fresh new character flaw to be worked on in the next movie but that seems like a bad formula for character development, especially how many of his character flaws seem to be related to mistreating the women in his life

the man’s got a major possessiveness issue

he is just the archetypical slightly shitty husband/dad who forgets the anniversary and doesn’t let his daughter see boys and calls women hysterical and yes he does get better at each of the individual problems and he does love his family but that development feels so shallow!

manny is absolutely making AITA posts and getting labeled the asshole

it also feels like he never truly learns from his mistakes. he needs to be learning to apologize properly and most importantly to communicate properly! there’s so little emotional reality to his development and the script always seems to give him the benefit of the doubt when he doesn’t deserve it.

plus, this series is meant for kids and i just don’t think manny is an appropriate or relatable protagonist for that audience?

on a mostly unrelated note, yes i do like the found family themes but when it starts pairing up every single character and implying that all of them are gonna be monogamous het couples and have kids and conform to the nuclear family model. that’s pretty sad

some more random thoughts

my dad once said that ice age fails as a franchise because the premise of the first movie was not strong enough to support sequels. i think i kind of agree - you can see in 2 they’re trying to worldbuild off what little they established in the first movie, and also set up a bigger cast of characters, while still keeping up the “man vs nature” theme that’s such a cornerstone of the series.

i’m not sure they completely succeed. the worldbuilding of ice age isn’t necessarily weak but i do think they could have done more to round out the world and make it feel less like just a prehistoric clone of ours

there’s something about the first movie that makes it feel like a moment suspended in time. we don’t learn very much about the pasts of the characters and they get enough development in one movie that we (or at least i) don’t feel any desperate need to know their futures. it feels complete!

so in all the other movies are working with a set of characters who have ostensibly completed their development. so in each new movie, they need to give the characters more problems. usually this comes from external factors, like new characters. a couple times they do a pretty good job introducing new internal problems for the characters - diego’s quest to get over his fear of water was a pretty good one i thought.

but after a while the main trio just stagnates. diego, once the most compelling character, becomes pretty boring. he doesn’t have anything to do anymore. i’ve already talked about manny - each movie he reverts back into an asshole and it gets old so fast. sid’s a little better; he’s got issues with his family and a desire for a family of his own and all that, but more often than not the conclusions to his arcs are unsatisfying

sid plays the role of the character who’s doomed to never get exactly what he wants, except, like, in a way that’s supposed to be funny. we pity him!

i think he has some archetype parallels with escargon from hoshi no kaabii (why do i keep mentioning hoshi no kaabii) but i am not going into that here oh boy

i feel like i’m juggling a lot in my head right now, but sid’s position as the comedic scapegoat is interesting. i’m sure there’s more to unpack here but i’ve already gone way too deep into this series

there’s also more to unpack when you consider his queercoding hmm

anyway, on that note…

additional thesis: sid the sloth is queer-coded

complicated relationship with family (they hate him and think he’s useless)

lispy voice

cares about “fem” things like children. takes care of kids in both movies 1 and 3. calls himself “mama”

gets pushed into the role of caring for the kid in 1

makes vaguely gay comments at his male friends, like “you have beautiful eyes” to manny

there are literally so many jokes in the first movie like. diego’s “you guys are an odd couple” to manny and sid

that whole part in 4 where he’s trying to kiss the sirens and kisses diego instead and is like “wow romantic”

not interested in the idea of a nuclear/traditional family. see his shenanigans with the dino babies

he is interested in women throughout the series though (bi rights)

5 especially tunes down the queercoding and tunes up the “awkward guy who can’t get girls” angle

so. ice age. is it fun? yes! i definitely enjoyed rewatching the series with my friend. and kids will probably get a kick out of the slapstick and silly dialogue. but if you’re not a kid and looking to (re)watch any of them, i’d probably just stick to the first one.

[surveys-at-your-service]

Survey #462

i am way too tired to mentally flip through lyrics to put here, rip

Who in your family has been married the longest? (and how long?) I have zero idea. When did you last travel alone? Where were you going? The last time I visited Sara in Illinois. Do you take your shoes off when you come inside? Yes. What was the first color you ever dyed your hair? I think I got purple highlights? What was the first social media site you ever used? MySpace. Do you have any exes you really regret dating? One. Of all your friends & family, who has the most nicely-decorated home? Sara's house is lovely. Have you ever been catcalled? No. Are you allergic to any dogs? I might be. Have you ever touched a plant and had hives shoot up your arm? No. Do you think dragonflies are cool? Absolutely! What’s your favorite thing to draw? Meerkats!! Did you toss your hat in the air at graduation? Not high. I wanted to keep it. Do you like fudge? I CAN FUCKING DESTROY SOME FUDGE. Are you an affectionate person? Very. Name something you have to do today: Girt and I are hangin', making fun of bad Netflix anime and going to Buffalo Wild Wings. :^) Would you ever write to a death row inmate? No. People don't get on death row for no reason. I ain't got shit to say to them. Do you reckon online friendships are real? No fucking shit. Most of my most genuine friendships began online. Do you like Slipknot? Yep. Can we talk about how fuckin BADASS Corey's new mask is btw?????????? What do you think of Gorillaz? I like "Feel Good Inc." and one other song I can't remember the name of. Bow ties on guys, dorky or adorable? BOTH!!!!! :') What is the cutest Halloween costume for a baby to wear? GUYS I recently saw a picture of a little baby dressed up as a Little Oogie Boogie and it made my ovaries cry. Which of your friends is the tallest? Which of them is the shortest? Jesus, Girt is a giant. I don't know about my shortest... If you could re-paint your bedroom, what color would you choose? Pastel pink. :') What has been the best night of your life so far? Why? Probably something sexual so let's keep it on the down low lmfaooo Would you ever even think about taking part in a wet t-shirt contest? Uh, no. Even if I WAS confident in my body. Is you hair color the same as it was when you were a baby? No. It was dirty blonde. Have you ever been in trouble for being too loud? Ha, yeah, at school with friends. Not big trouble or anything, we were just hushed. Did you ever attend a wedding that was a complete disaster? No. What is something that you were surprised you were able to do? Hm. What is the most bullshit-sounding true fact that you know? Male cats have spiked penises lkasdjfal;kje;kjwr it's something to do with preventing other tomcats from mating with her. What Oreo flavor is your favorite? Gimme that Double Stuffed, friend. Sour gummy worms or plain gummy worms? SOUR. Ever been in a talent show? How many times? What did you do? Nope. Ever try out for the talent show and not make it? Did you cry? Nope. What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever cried about? Y'all when I was a very little kid, during my older sister's b-day party, I sobbed because I couldn't pin the tail properly on the donkey lmaoooo How do you feel about the use of nuclear weapons? Absolutely fucking barbaric. What song has the most meaning to you? "Life Won't Wait" by Ozzy Osbourne. What is your favourite dinosaur? Spinosaurus!!!! :') Have you ever made bread? No. Has anything ever fallen asleep on you? Pets, a baby I was watching after, and Jason. Ever been dominated in a game you were/are really good at? yep alskdjfla;jwej Have you ever decided to set fire to something out of anger? No. Would you rather be a house pet or a wild animal? Wild animal, I guess? Have you ever listened to a group of chanting monks? I haven't. If you had to get a portrait tattoo, who would it be of? Probably of Teddy. I've still yet to decide on the total design of his tribute tat I'm getting. Do you like the smell of men’s colognes better than woman’s perfumes? I think so, yeah. How mad would you be if someone copied your original work (story, poem)? I'd be pretty fuckin pissed. Have you ever blown something up in science class? Ha, no. Have you ever gotten a serious wound from shaving? Not serious, no. Have you invented anything, only to find out it actually exists? I feel like I have? Ever realize you never truly LOVED your first love? Absolutely not. I loved him. Would you want a Bachelor/Bachelorette party before you get married? Sure, sounds fun. Do you prefer pads, tampons or something else? As of very recently, I returned to using pads. I used tampons for most of my maturity, but I got annoyed with them for TMI reasons and resorted back to pads, even though I don't like them either. Have you ever dated a model? No. What is your ultimate goal in life? To die happy with my life and what I (hopefully) accomplished. What colour are the socks you’re wearing today? I’m not wearing any. Who was the last person you sent a Facebook message to and what did you say? Girt. It was something regarding how I once considered doing the suicide mission at BWW where you eat a select number of their hottest wings, but I didn't wanna die via chicken. :^) Are you tall, short or average? Would you change this? I'm average in height. I wouldn't change it, nah. Especially now that Girt and I are together the ridiculous height difference is hilarious but also cute lmao. Have you ever worked in a store while someone shoplifted there? Like, while I was there? No. Have you ever had casual sex? Nahhhh. What’s your favourite flavour of frosting? Chocolate. @_@ When you think of your childhood, are the memories mostly happy or sad? Mostly happy, I guess. What is it like being you? Is it enjoyable? It's very boring with few sources of joy. What are your thoughts on the cause of homosexuality? I would *assume* it's a genetic mutation. Reason being, having a romantic partnership without the ability to reproduce defies the motives of science. There is nothing, absolutely NOTHING, wrong with said (and hypothetical) genetic mutation, though. Mutations are just another part of science. They occur naturally. What subjects did you find most interesting in school? Least? Most interesting: literature/English (especially reading like, old mythology and epics and stuff like that), LOTS of branches of science (but primarily genetics), art, and I looooved my four semesters of German. Least: ANY and ALL math, history, economics, social studies... that kind of stuff. Which do you enjoy more–hot or cold beverages? Cold, for sure. What were some of your favorite bands from childhood? Green Day was one. Would you be more afraid of drowning or being buried alive? Buried alive, for sure. It would be much, much slower. Should you really be doing something more productive right now? Well, I SHOULD be sleeping. Today's going to be a long day, because when Girt comes over, he has a tendency to not leave until like fuckin midnight or later alksdjfl;waje Have you ever lived out of your car? No. Does your family own more than two houses? HUNNY we r poor. A relative just committed a very serious crime, do you turn them in? It depends on the exact crime, but odds are, yes. If you're endangering others, byyyyeeee. You’re in the woods, alone, at night…are you honestly not afraid? Bitch I'm terrified. I have zero survival skills. You are on life support, what would you want a loved one to do about it? For the love of god, please kill me. Your child has only a while to live, do you still enroll them in school? That would be up to them. Also, define "a while." How would you feel if you met your idol and they ended up being rude? WELP I have a tattoo in his honor so that would suck ass lmao According to the tale, was Eve wrong for eating and sharing the apple? "God was wrong for even setting up an apple tree and making up rules in the first place." <<<< There ya go. And the punishment was fucking ludicrously extreme. Are you working on any goals? Yes. I'm currently going to the gym regularly to try and better my physical health and then find a job. I know that being connected sounds odd, but trust me: I can barely carry out very simple tasks just because I have absolutely ZERO stamina to do almost anything. I need energy and endurance. I'm also working towards developing some self-love. Which parent named you? I wanna say my mom. Are you currently frustrated with someone? I mean, myself. Aforementioned self-love is hard. I'm just annoyed my head is so reluctant to accept that I'm not a piece of shit for a million reasons. Why have most of your past relationships ended? They all ended for different reasons, really. Are you having any online conversations, currently? I'm not. What’s on your mind? I'm just tired and going back to bed real soon. Have you ever had an argument with a teacher? No.

[tenkoscumslut]

Hawks x reader

Imma make this into a series where hawks kidnaps the reader >:3

Part 1

Warnings: Heavy abuse, mentions of trauma, self harm, alcohol, Hawks being a little bitch-, rape, pain, cheating, angst, hawks is not sangwoo btw.

Day was slowly rolling forth, you had spent all night watching anime’s once again, not even bothering to give into the desire of sleep. That was OK, as long as you could function properly nobody cared.

You sighed, leaning against the wall and staring at your phone. Texts between your boyfriend were still creeping into you, he had cheating with your mother. You let out a hefty sigh and wanted to throw your phone across the room and forget everything, forget life, pain and the burden of love.

You were about to submerge into a long session of questioning life when your boss called you. You had always found him odd, he would flex his big wings, eye you while he worked, his chest would puff up every time you walked by, but you just simplified it into his natural instincts.

You picked up the phone answering it with a happy Moshi Moshi. “Hey kiddo!”, he greeted back in a cheerful tone. You never really knew when he got your phone number, he just called you one night and you didn’t think anything of it.

“So I got something from you last night, a resignation later, Yeah?”, he asked. Your breath hitched for a second, you remember emailing him about having to quit due to personal reasons (your boyfriend), and you need some time to clear your head.

“Oh um yeah, something big happened a few days ago and I don’t feel well enough to work”, you mumbled softly. “Is that so?”, he coped, “well then, know I’m here I’d you need to talk to anyone”. And with that weird offer, the call ended. Hawks reminded you of that uncle who would hug you just a bit to lowly, or a teacher who always sat jusg a bit to close to you.

Day slowly trudged by, empty ice cream containers lay on your coffee table, followed by dried up tissues. Your eyes were red and puffy from crying for hours at a time, right now you were in absolutely in no mood for anyone to talk or even approach you.

When your phone rang you were ready to reek hellfire upon everything and everyone. It was your mother no less, the one who was destroying your relationship. When you picked up the phone to cuss her out, she cut you off with “my relationship with you boyfriend does not concern you, stop fucking weeping and grow the fuck is”. The rage you feel was going straight towards your mother.

After a long fight you were drained, emotionally drained, mentally drained, physically drained. You weren’t able to lift yourself from the couch for the rest of the night.

The next morning rolled around, you were awoken to your doorbell ringing. You groaned, trying to rub the sleep from your eyes to no avail, you still looked like a sleep deprived teenager who lives off of Monster and chocolate. You walked to the door, looking through the peephole, only seeing black.

You narrowed your eyes, Shoyo, your friend, had covered up your door in a large drawing including the peephole. You opened the door slightly, almost yelping in surprise when you saw your ex boss standing in front of your door.

Wait how did he know your address?.

Ah he probably found it through paperwork. You mumbled a small high, he smiled and waved a hello, there was a tiny wrapped gift in his hands, “how ya doing kid?”, he asked. “Mhh ok”, you hummed, leaning on the door slightly. “Can I come in?”, he asked.

You liked back, frowning when you saw your entire house to be a dump, “uhm, right now isn’t a good time”, you mumbled, scanning over the heap of literal tissues on the couch. You turned around a retailer smile showing up on your face.

His wings bristled slightly, “ah it’s ok”, he said but his voice was different, almost hostile. The mean cover soon faded, “well I just came here to drop this off, you can come anytime to pick your stuff up!”, he chirped happily. Your smile stayed on, “thank you Hawks”.

He smiled, handing you the small gift, you sent him off with a thank you. One he left you sighed and leaned against the door, staring at the mess in front of you. The first step to becoming better was to try and fix up your life.

You started to clean, throwing the tissues and buckets of ice cream away, then cleaning your couch, living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom. It wasn’t to hard since your apartment was pretty clean before your huge fit.

After a few hours your apartment was once again shining and you were getting ready to get a drink or just walk around in the park to try and clear your mind.

~~~

Once at the park the sun was warm and bright, th small pond was so beautiful glimmering under the sun kissed rays. There was a small coffee in your hand, knowing that you were safe here was comforting and nice. A small shadow formed behind you, a weird shape.

“Surprise!”, someone squealed, you turned around ready to sucker punch the person. You sighed in relief, it was just Hawks. You were surprised, the chances of running into such a busy man on a work day was beyond slim.

“H-Hey Hawks”, you mumbled happily, he grinned, “what a coincidence, you being here, and me being here?”, he laughed happily. You smiled, “yeah...”, your voice trialed off when you heard some comotion from behind him. A woman and man were fighting, badly.

Oh fuck. It was your mother and father, fighting over some relationship stuff. “Hey, do you mind if we talk somewhere else?”, you asked, “sure songbird!”, he chirped and set off to another place. Relief washed over you, and you followed him down the street.

[etherealellaelf]

Disney Remakes: they’re not all bad.

I submit that some of the disney live action remakes are, regrettably, a bit off. But not all of them. A lot of them are really good. Here’s why.

-Lion King did really put me off with the lack of expressions. I’m not sure if I have much to say about it, lol I’ll have to see it and let you know. Honestly though I don’t think I can because I love the original Lion King so flipping much, it’s a masterful movie and part of its mastery is the beautiful hand drawn animation and its expressive characters. I can’t think I can watch a bunch of real lions just talking. Who knows? I’ll keep you posted.

-Alice in Wonderland, one of the first of them, had some really good feminist moments. I love the Hatter and Alice’s love for each other, I guess he’s like the only human in Wonderland so it makes sense. But I get some weird ideas because the denizens of Wonderland are supposed to mirror the characters in Alice’s real life, and since the only redhead in Alice’s life is Hamish, that weirdo who asks her to marry him and he’s a total jerk.... and the Hatter is a redhead too.... idk it’s weird. Also it’s weird if he represents her dad because number one he’s dead and number two it’s incest, but the Hatter does say a few things that her dad said at the beginning....hmmm... fishy. However I feel like I can rest assured because this might just be the case of “Johnny Depp came to shoot today in a homemade cosplay and nobody can stop him because he’s just a mad genius”, in which case why do they keep letting him do that??? I don’t mind the hatter’s design, but can you imagine Just Plain Old Johnny Depp In All His Sexy Glory as a mad hatter? It would have been fine. They had to give him a gap between his teeth, CGI enlarged eyes, crazy red hair, white and pink makeup... oh well, whatever, it’s fine. I like how Underland looks a bit more like Narnia than like a Tim Burton land; I honestly don’t know if they gave him complete creative control when it came to the CGI set design. It might’ve been cool to see that.

-Cinderella was wonderful, I thought. I really love how Cinderella and the Prince interacted a lot more, falling in love over a long period of time. In fact, I feel like it was a spiritual remake of Ella Enchanted(which, in my opinion, Disney really botched up because the book was just so amazing), so they did really good in my book. My brother, however, hates that at the end she just twirls in her tower and doesn’t do anything to save herself, when in the original she tried to escape. He thinks it’s really unfeminist and he doesn’t want his daughter to act like that. I agree on that mark, but I’ll let everyone watch it. Also they threw a little bit of the Beauty and the Beast original fairy tale in there when her dad, a merchant, asks what she wants and Cinderella asks for the branch that brushes his arm or whatever; similar to a single rose, when her sisters ask for riches. I also liked the handling of Lady Tremaine; it really humanized her and I felt for her. The stepsisters were silly as per the usual. The King went from a bumbling psychopath(the cartoon) to a very melancholy, concerned father, and I cried at his death scene. Bravo, Kenneth Branagh, bravo.

-I really like all of Beauty and the Beast, although I do think that they made Lumiere & friends a little bit too important in this movie. I needed more moments between Belle and the Beast that were in the animation! Evermore was breathtaking though, let’s be honest. Although let’s be honest, I REALLY REALLY wanted to see a shirtless Dan Stevens emerge from a wall of rose petals because that sounds absolutely magical and super HOT. I’m so mad they had to redo it. Also I like the subtle crush Lefou has on Gaston; I’ve always wondered if he liked him. I do wish that Josh Gad had toned it down with his fabulousness though, because although I love fabulousness I wonder if it was slightly offensive. I really liked Gaston, and I feel like he could have gone a little bigger and with more bravado, could have been from slightly comedic to VERY comedic, but I think that’s alright. He did a great job. And as for everyone complaining about the villagers being really nasty and openly evil towards Belle, I actually liked it. It’s clear in the cartoon that the villagers whisper behind Belle’s back, but I feel like she just has a small smidgeon of an idea that they think she’s weird. In this, they freaking ATTACK her. They’re like ‘We can’t have smart bicc’s in our town! Get out me town!” It is a bit on the nose sometimes but I think it works because it helps Beast and her relate to feeling like outsiders. I do think the Beast knowing how to read kind of gave them something in common as well, but I disliked how he scoffed at her favorite book, Romeo and Juliet. I wish he had been more understanding like, “There’s this poor girl whose library is like, seven books, and amongst those seven books, one of which is probably the freaking bible because they belong to a pastor, her favorite is basically a romance. She’s not well read; I’m going to show her the classics.” Which back then was probably, like, idk, Voltaire? Too soon? Eh I’m not sure when it takes place. I do wish he’d gifted the library to her though, that was a nice gift for her in the previous movie. (Here’s the thing; the Beauty and the Beast cartoon is basically a perfect movie and I don’t think anything can live up to it, but this one was good too. It wasn’t better, but nothing can be better than that movie. Except maybe the Princess Bride or the first Pirates of the Caribbean or the stage production of Phantom of the Opera. No, not even then.)

-Dumbo? I haven’t seen it yet, I’ll have to and update this.

-Okay so Aladdin is really good. I entered the film with the meme cringe in my mind, totally expecting it to look weird and bad, but honestly Will Smith was such a great actor! And I actually freaking cried so many times because number one: the genie was aladdin’s father figure that he never had! He taught him how to date! Number two: the genie got his true love as well, and you see her and their kids at the beginning of the movie! SPOILERS btw. Sorry. Also Number three: they picked Will Smith to play the genie because he’s HITCH of course! The matchmaker extraordinaire! (I just love Will Smith. I wish he would run for president; it wouldn’t be the first time we had an actor in the white house. Just kidding, I don’t want to burden him that way, and there are really smart candidates this year to choose from. I just am urging everyone to go vote, and no more harambe crap!!!!) Also Jasmine had a nice new empowering role in this movie. I just sort of wish Jafar had been more menacing and villainous. But his actor was fine, just a bit soft-spoken.

-Lady and the Tramp- I started it on Disney+, I need to finish it. I’m halfway there. 

-Christopher Robin is a gift; it’s both simple and complex. It has a lot of nice metaphors and I could feel my heart hurting for much of the film. Seriously good aesthetics as well, Director of Photography!!! 

-The Jungle Book is a really good remake! So much excitement, and I could totally see Bill Murray in Baloo. (I think it’s equal in terms of story to the movie Mowgli, although Mowgli had that nasty little surprise at the end, I’m still hurt about it.)(also in comparing, the CGI is similarly good, but Mowgli wanted to do a really ambitious face capture thingy and I’m not sure if it worked,(uncanny) but it was interesting! It was also a lot darker. I think they’re both good.) Ben Kingsley was superb, of course, as Bagheera, as always, and he has a really fatherly voice(I thought Christian Bale did well as Bagheera as well, but he was more of an action figure in that movie, less of a father/teacher figure). And John Favreau, as always, went the extra mile to bring the action, the writing, and the moral through, and made it super good for children at the same time!(the same cannot be said about Mowgli, as there were some violence/action things that go beyond ‘peril’, hence it’s PG-13 rating) My one discrepancy was the voice of Kaa. Scarlet did fine, but I always thought of Kaa as a boy. I think they could have found a slithery voice actor for Kaa. Benedict Cumberbatch did really well as Smaug, hissing and growling, and he could have done well. I also think that Tom Hiddleston could have done a great job; he has a really gentle and pliant voice that can turn menacing in the matter of seconds, and if it’s about the snake being sexy as Scarlet Johanssen(haha what??), I think that Hiddles can bring it.(I’m not quite sure what I’m talking about at this point so I’ll shut up now.) I do feel like Mowgli started shooting way before The Jungle Book was even a glimmer in John Favreau’s eye, and that kind of makes me want to root for Mowgli because I’m sure that different movie houses have people working in both, probably swapping stories with their friends, and I’m sure it wasn’t an exact copy, but I can totally see Bill Murray in Baloo’s face and that can’t be by accident. Just saying. Not calling Disney out or anything, but I’m sure they can take it, they have like a trillion dollars. Anyway. Still a good one.

-Haven’t seen Pete’s Dragon.

-101 Dalmations, I know this shouldn’t count but it just does. I loved watching this as a child. I’m so happy they didn’t make the dogs talk? Haha it usually works when they do, but it gave a lot of room for Doctor House and Mister Weasley to interact. Also Glenn Close is great. I think this movie’s a good example of a career woman who decides to get domesticated and her sista is like, “Girl, you can’t do this! We have to be strong women! You have to come back to work!” But Anita is all, “Girl, respect my decisions! Feminism isn’t forcing your girl to be exactly like you, it’s giving me the respect to make my own decisions. If I want to have a baby with my husband, that’s fine. I want to be a mom!” I feel like the “new” 101 dalmatians remake they’re gonna make, will have a different opinion. Similar to wicked and maleficent, it’s going to humanize Cruella, but I just hope that they’re nice to Anita. She’s such a smol soft bird and if she wants 2 billion dogs and one baby, that’s fine... ugh, that’s gotta be like so much dog poop in her house... anita what are you doing...

-Maleficent. Obviously I love it. I love how those arguing fairies are super incompetent at raising Aurora because they’re too busy fighting, so Maleficent has to swoop in and rescue the princess. I like how Maleficent is a fae and it’s so sad how there’s like this rape metaphor when Stefan cuts off her wings, and that would be reason to curse his baby, especially because they were in love and he betrayed her! Stole her wings! Married someone else! T^T Maleficent, you poor misunderstood fairy! I love her motherly relationship with Aurora. I love that she’s the one who kisses her forehead to wake her up because Philip met her just that day. However, I don’t like how they just shove Philip out of the way, because Sleeping Beauty is honestly so romantic, and I love how they dance together and everything. I also like the raven boi. I ship him and Maleficent so hard and I hope he doesn’t die in the sequel, I haven’t seen it yet.

-So technically the Parent Trap is a remake. It’s awesome. It gave my childhood so much romance and prank ideas. It’s much better than its predecessor, especially because the mom in the old one is, like, urged to look prettier by her butler(wtf?!?! YOu’re FIrEd?!?). I’m so glad we’ve come so far.

Anyway, those are my thoughts. Are the remakes better? In some cases they are. I think Cinderella is better than its predecessor. I think the original Alice is very good, as a nonsense movie, and I feel like the remake is equally good, but they’re different movies with different motives and plots. The original Beauty and the Beast is my favorite and it’s perfect, so the new one isn’t better, but it is really great and I love it, too. Anyway, that’s all.

[maggotsandcream]

Behold, the bat my sister caught being taken away by the woman from animal control

Telling the whole story below the cut since it’s not like I’m going to be falling asleep soon anyways.

This started around 1 am with my sister knocking on my door telling me she thought she saw a bird flying around downstairs. Since we had a bat problem 2 years ago, I immediately knew it was not a bird. Btw, I have a huge problem with mammalian pests. I am 100% fine being the one to relocate the arthropods that show up and most I’m actually ok with leaving there to share the house, but bats, mice, raccoons, etc. freak me out. To be clear, I’m fine with them existing, I just really really don’t want them existing in my vicinity. So I told her it was a bat, shut the door and called animal control to come deal with it.

The woman from animal control informed me she wouldn’t be able to get there for 20 minutes and that I needed to be keeping an eye on it so that when she arrived she could actually find it. I told her there was no way I was leaving my room to go watch a bat flying around the house. My sister’s room shares a wall with mine and the call was on speaker so she heard and announced that she was fine with observing it. I handed out my phone (since it was the number animal control had) and she wanted my butterfly net so she got that too. Unfortunately while she was able to keep track of it for awhile, she lost track of it before the woman showed up and they weren’t going in without an eye on the animal due to covid so that bat went uncaught.

About 30 minutes passed and I needed to use the bathroom. I didn’t even get past my door, however, because the bat had come back out and was swooping around in the upstairs hallway and managed to get really close to my face. My sister was still awake at this time, but I think my scream woke up our other roommate. I slammed shut the door and the bathroom break is postponed. Ended up calling back that animal control woman and she told me again that someone needed to keep tabs on the bat and I told my sister that it would probably have to be her.

So my sister starts walking down the stairs to go looking for it and I hear her scream and then there’s a thud. I call out, “Are you ok?” and she yells back that she’s fine, but that the bat flew right at her and she hit it with the net but doesn’t know where it went after that. She kept calling back, “I don’t see it” until I put 2 and 2 together and asked if it was in the net. Yup, it was. And probably stunned. At this point our other roommate and I came out and the three of us gathered round the net and put a box on top of the net in case it woke up and figured out how to climb out.

When the animal control woman came back it actually took more time to rattle off the questions about whether any of us had covid symptoms than to put the bat in a container.

And don’t worry, the bat was definitely alive and moving around once she transferred it to the container and they do release the bats they catch that aren’t tested for rabies and this one didn’t bite anyone so it wasn’t needed. The bat is fine.

[doug2134]

"...my home is where you are..."

Welp... Let me tell you a short story, that filled with some love sparks and magic of this a truly wonderful day.

Apex Legends apartaments. Everybody have a Valentine already, except two Legends. This story about these two.

Natalie – Wattson, being very friendly and cheerfully to everybody by giving cheerful small males filled with love to everybody. She always do so, every year everybody gets these males, but only one person getting only Natalie's males.

Bloodhound, as always, was about to find some deal at this day but this year everything turned not as he expected. At morning, Bloodhound been sitting in his workshop when Wattson walked in with question. "Hey, do you have any plans for today's evening?" Bloodhound turned to her and said with some confusion in voice. "Why you're asking? Just, I got used to be lonely during every 14'th February cuz I always have things to do at this day. Also, next time, please knock before going in my workshop." Wattson turn her head to side and said a little bit embarrassed. "Ok... sorry for walking in without warning, also, I just don't know what to do this evening, cuz, everybody is having a pair for this evening (she actually never had any pair for 14th feb) and as I know, and you actually said that you're always lonely this day... So... Do you mind to spend this evening with me instead of solving your deals?" Bloodhound walked to his desk, pick up his phone, take a look there for a minute, turned to Wattson and said "Well, now you make me decide, to spend this evening in my own company or with such pretty and smart girl as you..." He turned his head to her. Wattson got really blushed cuz of his complements and looked down at the floor. Bloodhound continued "You know, I guess I'll choose the second one. So how about 18:00, in Pilots memory park near the biggest lake?" Natalie looked at him with smile and with very cheerful voice said "Of course, I will be there at 18:00 just don't get late please." Bloodhound calmly said "Oh Natalie, I'm never ever getting late when somebody's waiting me." Wattson with the same cheerful voice said "Cya at evening then." She turned away and walked out from workshop. Bloodhound stayed lonely with his thoughts. Why is she asked me? Most, I guess, weird and lonely person? Is she think I need some attention or anything like this? Well, no metter what already, I'm not against at all and will be even glad to spend evening with such interesting and pretty woman. Rest of a time before meeting Bloodhound was a little bit in tense and confused about all the situation just happend, because he truly didn't know why Wattson suddenly decided to ask exactly him to go on a walk together.

At 18:00 Wattson already been waiting Bloodhound on a spot. She has been sitting on a bench, in red hoodie and white cargo pants that been looking like a jeenz, it actually suits her, when somebody walked up to bench and sat next to her. It was a man, 27 years old man wich asked with not so deep but it sounded like this person been smoking for good couple years. "So what, are we going on a walk or will just sit here and talk about something?" He looked at her with question in eyes. Wattson turned to him and said "I'm sorry, do I know you?" Bloodhound with a little smile on his face said "Oh of course you do, just this time I don't wear any mask" He smirked to her a little bit. Wattson looked at him with confused eyes and just realised – it's a Bloodhound and she never saw him without mask. He had a brown-red pupils, surpraisly his face looked like standart human face but with a little bit different colour of skin, it had a light grey colour mixed with pink. His hair had a brown colour they looked pretty soft tho. He had couple wrinkles on his forehead. His eyes also had a lot of life inside but also you could see that he've seen a lot of shit. He was wearing a coat with a big collar made out of some animal fur. "Oh... Wow." She said "is it really you Hound?" BH nodded to her with smile and said "Yep, that's me, I guess you didn't expect that I will look and sound this way without my mask?" Wattson with some fun smile said "Heh, yes, you're right, you look good by the way." Bloodhound chuckled to it and answered "Thank you, btw I see you without your hood and I have a question, why are you hiding this really good looking hairstyle under it?" Wattson got embarrassed and looked down with smile. BH continued "So what? Let's go on a walk?" He got up from bench and gave hand to Wattson. She nodded to him with cute smile, correct her hair with hand and got up from bench. Wattson and BH went on a bridge across the lake in park, they stopped in the middle of it and Wattson asked "Where did you came from? I mean, wich planet or star system is your home?" BH wrapped his arm around Wattson's waist, pulled her closer to him, leaned forward a bit and point on bright star in clear night sky "This one" he said, "T-5894 as people call it, but I call it «Home»" He let her out from hug and leaned on bridge's wooden handrails. He looked up in skies, right on his «Home». Wattson came up to him and gentle took his hand. She asked him "Do you miss it?" BH just nod and after couple seconds of silence said "I'm... I'm staying lonely this day every year, to go to highest hill in our city, just to sit there and look at sky and think of my home. So this is why I'm always lonely at 14'th Feb." After some silence, Wattson said to him, quiet and pretty shy "I can spend this day with you if you want, just like we're doing it now." BH turned his head to Wattson and said "But, hey, you shouldn't do so if you don't want, I'm ful-" Wattson interrupted him "I just don't like to see you with sad face..." She blushed but kept her eyes on BH's face. BH got really surprised and even confused by this phrase and didn't know what to answer. Wattson got worried and said quickly "I mean, uh, I mean, I just don't like to see anyone from you all being sad, so I just do my best, but... If you wish, then we can spend every 14th February together since now." BH smiled a little and took her both hands "Thank you" he said "I appreciate it and let's do so, I'm not against it at all." After he done, Wattson smiled wide to him and even jumped on a spot a little bit. She said with happy voice "Sure, I'm not against and will be only glad about it."

After this evening, they started to communicate more often, start trying to always be in a same team and during all fights, BH been protecting Wattson like a wolf that fights for his life and Wattson been protecting BH like his personal archangel. They never been separating from each other and been spending most of a time together. After hardest wound that Wattson got, she lost one of her arms, BH been helping to her about reabelitating, always was around her and surrounded her with support and been looking for her. He even said once "Even if no one will be able to help you, you always have my number and can call me anytime you need. I always able to help you Natalie."

One year later. 14th Feb.

BH been standing in workshop when Wattson walked in. She covered his eyes with hands and whispered on his ear "Guess who?~" BH smiled "Oh maybe this is my partner for whole today's day?" He heard quiet chuckle behind and turned to her. She hugged him close and asked "So, will meet in Park at evening?" BH made fake sad face and said "Oooh, but I already bought such a good pork yesterday and it's only need to be cooked." Wattson looked at him with question on face "So, you want to invite me on a date?" BH kept silence for a second and said "Well, yes. Are you up for it?" She answered "Well~ I will think about your invitation. Spoiler. I will come, just say when~" BH smirked to her and said "18:00, you should be front of my door, deal?" Natalie answered "Deal~"

Whole day before Natalie came, BH been preparing and cooking pork and got so tired that accidentally fell asleep, he woke up by Natalie's call on a phone. With sleepy voice he said "Yes my dear?" Natalie said "You're ok there Houndy?" BH said "Yes, why are you asking?" She said "Cuz I'm ringing already fifth time in your door." BH quickly ran up and opened the door "Natalie, I'm so sorry I guess I just fell asleep and... *Sniff sniff* ...PORK!" He ran up to the oven, turned it off and open to see a fully coaled pork. He moaned thro mental pain very loud and sat down at the table and put his head down on it and covered it with hands. At this moment Natalie has walked in kitchen and seen all of it. She came up to him and said the gentlest way she could "Hey houndy, it's not the end of a world, spit on this pork c'mon, I'm not disapoint." BH with sadly face got up on elbows and said "I just wanted to make romantic dinner to warm you up and impress with it, but fucked up as always" Natalie smiled very warm and quietly said "Hey, I need only you to have romantic dinner, even if there won't be actual dinner." BH smiled after she said it, got up and gentle hugged her. He took her hands and looked in her eyes. She smiled back to him. BH gentle put one hand on her cheek and pat it with thumb, he leaned forward and kissed her another cheek. "Always wanted to do so." Natalie smiled with wide open eyes, jumped on a spot and wrap her arms around BH's neck and kissed him in lips. BH wasn't expecting that and even stepped away when she leaned on him but kept up a kiss. They been kissing for a good minute and after their lips got separated. Natalie said with smile "Hey, if you have another peace of pork we can cook it together now" BH smiled to her and said "Yeah, let's do so my dear." After good couple hours pork finally been cooked and they been laying down on couch and watching TV together. Natalie been laying down in BH's hug. Suddenly she got up and said "Hey, follow me" she went on a balcony, BH followed her. When he walked on balcony he noticed Natalie that been looking in the sky. He came up to her, wrap hand around her waist and said gentle and quiet "Where are you watching my dear?" She point him on not so bright but green star. "At my «Home» my planet calls Solas." BH asked "Do you miss it?" She looked down on streets of a city and said "Yes. I do..." BH looked at her, smiled a little bit. "You remember, a year ago, you asked me the same?" She smiled and said "Yes I do." BH stepped closer, took her hand gentle and said "Now, I realize one simple thing..." He rised his eyes and looked right in her eyes "...my home, is where you are Natalie. Because when you close to me, when you're giving me your attention, I feel most comfortable and happy. When you nearby, all my nervous, difficulties and problems are going away, my mind not bothered by anything that usually do it. Everyday I think of you, about, how good it'll be, to spend one more second, minute, hour, day, life... with you and I'm sorry if it seems like I'm trying to be annoying sometimes, I just want some time with you as I said. I'm, I'm really happy to have such girl like you in my life, even tho we only began. So, I guess all this facts are pointing on that I love you, right? It's interesting feeling tho, so, yes, I love you Natalie, most strongest way I can." Natalie's cheeks been covered with traces of tears, she was crying out of happiness, nobody ever been telling such words to her, till this moment. She hugged BH and snuggled in his chest and said "Then... *sniff* ...my home, is where you are my love." She looked up at him and saw full of happiness eyes that been filled with tears. They couldn't hide their true feelings to each other anymore. Since this day, nothing and nobody could get them apart. Nothing and Nobody...

...This is OUR happy story...

Wattson peaking out from door "Hey, my love, what are you doing here?" BH turned to her and wanted to say but Wattson started first "Ah, writting what you've started couple days ago." BH started "Yes my dear, btw, we have a match in an hour, so go and get ready sweetheart" he smiled to her over the shoulder and came back to writting.

...I wanted to say, here's "the happy end", but, I hope and guess, this is only a beginning of OUR story.

I love you dear. Till the end of my time here. My home, is where you are.

@spiritfoxarts this is my gift to you. I know it's pretty small out of all I could make and I'm so sorry for this, but I hope you would like it. Also, I wanted to say that you're amazing person I've ever known, I hope it's only a beginning of our big together story with you. I love you very strong. Happy Valentine's day my dear.

[we-pay-for-everything]

Rant the 6 friends's characters from good to worst?

Hmm... It's been a minute since I last watched the show. Numbers 1 and 6 are easy but the rest...

Rachel: Best character, hands down. She had the best arc on the show, and Jennifer Aniston did a wonderful job playing Rachel. She could be vain, selfish, dramatic, insensitive, but Jennifer always emphasized the best in Rachel, making her feel relatable, approachable, warm, compassionate, and not just another mean girl type-character (imo, this was something Lisa Kudrow failed to do as Phoebe).

Ross: Listen, I hate Ross and Rachel, and Ross is douche at least 70% of the time, but he's also fucking hilarious. No character made me laugh like Ross did (I'm laughing just remembering that episode where he got a nice, orange tan because he counted 3 seconds like 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi instead of 1-2-3). He also grew up a bit imo. He wasn't perfect at all, and there were many times when I hated him, but I think he showed some improvement. Also, I think David Schwimmer was the funniest actor on the cast. He wasn't afraid to act, and look, completely pathetic all the time, and the writers really played it up. As the seasons progressed, Ross grew became even more ridiculous and unserious, which is why, coincidentally, he became so funny, and more likable.

= (tied)

Monica: Monica is a bit of a mixed bag for me. On the one hand, she's the character I relate to the most - and not just because we share a name, she's definitely type A like me - and I think she could be really sweet and lovable. She was a great friend and sister. She was optimistic and always tried so hard. Her earnestness was cute. Courtney Cox did a good job striking a balance between lovable and neurotic. She was neurotic, but that made her relatable and also led to some hilarious situations. (Unrelated, but her and Ross's dance routine was one of the funniest things to come out of that show). On the other hand, sometimes I didn't find her particularly funny or interesting, and she could be a bit insensitive (like all characters, tbh). Still, I mostly like her a lot, though I can be a bit indifferent towards her...

= (tied)

Joey: Like Rachel, he also had a good arc, eventually becoming much more than a sexist womanizer. Despite everything, Joey was a sweet person, and his relationship with Rachel proved it. He was funny and cute too, endearing (but not particularly layered or exciting, I think).

Chandler: I think he was the first character I loved. Initially, he was super relatable and funny, but I think his character got progressively worse, like he regressed. It's sad, but I think that after he started dating Monica the writers kind of lost the plot with him (I'm not blaming Monica or Mondler for this, btw).

Phoebe: At first, I liked Phoebe, but I kind of can't stand her now. She's rude, hypocritical, mean, even arrogant, and, sadly, she has few redeeming qualities. I don't find her particularly funny or endearing. I think Lisa Kudrow always comes across as aloof and cold, and she seems to have been typecast to always play blunt characters who speak their mind with no consideration for other people's feelings. Phoebe's "quirky", "raw", "not like the other girls (or boys)" personality is so try-hard and unrelatable. She's the type of character I don't like at all, and I think Lisa didn't help the character feel more grounded or human. You can find my rants against Phoebe on my blog. As a vegan, I was personally offended by her "I'm vegetarian because I like animals... until I get pregnant and want meat (for some reason)". The writers clearly thought being a vegetarian was something quirky, weird, and not to be taken seriously...

Thanks for the ask! You made me want to rewatch Friends!

[phakjira198]

2020 Recap

Most people won’t reminisce the year 2020, but they’ll probably look back and think what a shitty year it was, with covid-19, lock-down and abysmal economy. But for me personally, 2020 wasn’t all too bad. I’ve learned a lot from this year. This year was like a roller coaster for me, a lot of ups and downs. A lot definitely happened, most of them are new things I’ve never experienced before. I mean, I think the reason why 2020 was not so bad for me is because I like who I am now. I think I’m a lot more stronger, a lot more confident, and a lot less tense than who I was in 2019 or earlier in 2020 itself. So here’s a list of recap of what happened and how it has changed me. 

JAN 

1. Stressing about a side project that I had with Pat, Ammy and Dao, called Thunder Bolt (I think) 

2. Went to Perth and Melbourne, Woo hooo. Perth was a lot of fun; we stayed at an AirBnB and cooked every night. The lamb chop was wicked. There was a bush-fire when we went to Melbourne but it was still fun. 

-> at this point I was so sick of Arts and Museum lol. (because I over did it in Tokyo last year 5555)

3. Exchange decision: debating between Dartmouth, USA and Groningen, Netherlands. Made countless list of pros and cons. In the end, I decided that I need the sun and can’t stand only 7 hours sunlight everyday for a month in Groningen, so choose Dartmouth instead. Anyway Him pissed me off so much about deciding where to go, peeps keep pressuring me to choose because my grade is high. In the end it doesn’t even fucking matter bitch, you just need to ace your interview, which I did and got a full score baby! 

-> I just remembered that my Mac went cra cra and I had to change my screen. Thank god that I had Apple care otherwise, I’ll have to pay like 21000 Baht, but instead I got it fixed for free eiei. Anyway, I went to Australia without my Mac and I think that’s probably the longest that I’ve gone without my mac. 

FEB 

1. Lot of school work, according to my monthly calendar 55555. Had to prep for the exchange interview and everything as well. And had champ thingy as well. 

2. Had a weird, random, study date-ish session with Pat. I don’t think he think of it as a date, he just wanted to study and I’m a somewhat useful resource ( or at least I hope so) -> because of working with him in Jan and like whatever the fuck happen in Feb, I started to develop a crush on him (again! jesus woman). But this time it was different, cause I actually told people about it, and by people I mean Tam 5555555. Anyway it was because on Valentine day, Tam, Por, Ohm, and I (we were all single, so sad) went out to celebrate the fact that we got to go to Dartmouth. And I was not very alcohol tolerant back then (notice the back then part, cause girl I can handle my alcohol nowadays 555), so when they asked me whether I liked someone or not, I hesitated and they spent the entire night try to figure out who. Later on that night when I got back home, I told Tam wa who 55555. But like it was just a crush, I didn’t like like him. Cause I don’t really know him well enough for me to “like” him. 

3. GOT MY FIRST CAR!!!!, aka Stacy. But haven’t really got the change to drive her yet 555555555. The story behind how I got the car sound very privileged. I didn’t noticed it at first, but then went I told Ming what happened, she was like what a rich people way, and I’m like oh yeahh. So I stopped telling the story 55555. Anyway, I’m gonna tell it here again cause only future Jessie will read this post. 

MAR 

1. Midterm during the first week: so nothing much, just studying 

2. Drove my car for the first time after mid-term. Took it to uni for like 3 times and then number 3 happened 

3. COVID-19 hit baby -> online studying ->  I was enjoying life as fuck. My introvert self was striving. I was playing piano, doing arts, keeping a bullet journal. Watching shit load amount of studio Ghibli and other movies. 

APRIL 

1. Pretty much the same as march. To be honest, they kinda merged together cause you can’t really tell time when you’re at home all the time. It’s just like school holiday. 

2. Cheesy Avocado. Worked a lot on this joint-project for my 3 classes (software engineering, database system, ICE capstone). Spend a lot of time calling with Tam, Party and Nat. Shout out to Party for being a good PM; we would have never finished the work without you, and if I was the PM I would have drove myself crazy until the work is finish, you really help my mental health 5555. 

3. Songkran that doesn’t feel like Songkran at all. Had all my classes as usually, and didn’t get leave my house. ToT 

MAY 

1. Final the first 2 weeks. Got a chance to work on a killer report for my history of animation class. I wrote an almost 20 pages report on “Whisper of the Heart”, a lot of it are my own analysis from scratch, so I’m very proud of it eiei. 

2. Prep for Agoda -> I was very lazy to do this. I procrastinated it to the very last minute and didn’t even finished it properly lol. 

3. Went out for lunch with friends for the first time since the pandemic at a Korean restaurant in Siam One. (Had a record driving time to Siam at 12 minutes I think) 

--> I think May was like boring af. Nothing really happened that much. 

JUNE 

1. Started my internship at Agoda as a data engineer in the Messaging team. It’s a part of a bigger team called Agoda Data Pipeline, and I worked on a project called improve Kafka Offset Monitoring, where I implement this new feature called “time lag”. I wrote a blog post about it but never actually posted on Medium 55555. It requires too much work man. But I first started the internship we had to work from home, because of covid-19, which was depressing as fuck. It was not fun at all!!! To top that off, it was difficult and I was lazy and just no no. Then we got to start working at the office on the 21 of June and that was a lot more fun and everything. I really enjoyed working there. 

2. Grandma passed away on the 19th of June. Thank god that I was working from home then cause I was crying my eyeballs out and it did not look pretty. But it wasn’t as bad as when P’Rin passed away (where I cry for non-stop 3 days and had to missed a trip that I was supposed to go on), because we were expecting it to happened. It was out of the blue or anything. The doctor asked whether we want to ฝอกไต her or not and the family agreed that we don’t want to put her through anymore pain, so we decided that we’re not going to do it. And the doctor said that if we’re not going to do it, then all we can do now is wait for her to go. I was in her room (well almost the entire family was) when her heart stopped beating and I think grandma was happy that we were all there. 

-> nothing much else. Just hangout with people, ทำบุญให้อาม่า and just work. 

JULY 

1. Continue with the internship. At the Internship they had this thing called the the intern pitched competition and my team fucking won. (I probably already covered this in another blog post, so I’m not going to get into the details here). Anyway, we won 6000 Baht and spent it a Japanese restaurant in Gaysorn Plaza. 

2. Finished up the internship project towards the end of the month. 

3. Went drinking multiple time at Groove 5555. 

AUG 

1. Went to Koh Kood, it was so goooddd (pun intended 5555). A couple of days  after the internship ended on the 5th of Aug. The trip itself was fabulous, pretty beach and fin food. But the weather itself wasn’t particularly good, but that’s okay. 

2. Started talking to a guy for the first time (Woo Hoo!). It was all fun and game until somebody loses their mind (and that somebody just happened to be me, SAD) But actually I haven’t lose my mind in August yet. August was a lot of fun, I really liked the version of myself was talking to him. I was open and honest and wasn’t afraid that he would judge me. We had like 3 cute calls, but that was it 55555555. I called him on his BD at midnight to wish him happy birthday; I was cute as fuck. Just think back about it is making me blush, and boy did I blushed a lot. I’ll probably write more on the experience later in another blog post. 

3. Started my senior year at uni. But this time it’s a little different because your home girl is a TA as well. I have the power to influences a the grade of a sophomore, felt powerful 555. We still had to do online studying, although I don’t really think it was necessary at that point, cause there wasn’t really new cases and people were out and about like normal just with their face masks on. The classes that I took this sem were good as well, I actually enjoy all of it, especially Stochastic and Optimisation, which makes me consider studying my master in Operation Research, but will still have to do more research on that 55555. 

4. Worked on the Global sustainable development SDG goal competition thingy, and we got into the final 10 rounds. But we didn’t win 5555555, but it was still great cause I made a new friend. (which is really rare for me 555) 

SEP 

1. Your home girl 20!!!! I’m now officially legal and can drink and buy alcohol in public casually, which I am enjoying 555555555. Let’s just say I drink now 555. Btw I cried the night I turned 20 because I didn’t want to. I don’t want to grow up and I don’t want to become an adult, but I guess we can’t avoid it and we’re just going to have to embrace it instead. Also I think I was crying as well because I expected something from prime, I don’t know what I was expecting and keep telling myself that I didn’t expect anything but that’s not true. I did. Anyway he sent me a voice message and was the first one to wish me happy birthday eiei. And you guess it, I blushed bitch. 

2. Shit also went to hell this month with the Prime stuff. Specifically on the 25th of September, where Millie told me that Prime told her that he likes her. And that he asked her to watch a movie and eat out (which he never did with me wtf bro). So when that happened we stopped talking, like literally stopped after that night. The last thing on our chat was me sending him the brown bear confetti at almost midnight on the 25th and that was it, we never texted each other again. Which was really sad ( I mean sad for me but and easy way out for him), because I never get to know what happened, why it happened, and I didn’t get to scream at his fucking face. I eventually did in a dream later in December, which leads to a fucking closure after a 3 long and depressing months. (I just want to say, Fuck you Prime) 

3.  Nothing else really happened that much but studying and love stuff. I was so fixated on the love stuff though 5555, but can you really blame me; it was my first time actually liking a guy not having a crush on him. (You know what just thinking about what happened my eyes are tearing up 555) 

--> Just 

OCT 

1. October was a month of tear. Jessie was experiencing her first heart break; earlier this year back in July, Jessie just told Millie that she has never experienced heart break before in her entire life, but now she does. What a growth man. I did not enjoy the experience one bit, it was depressing, and just bad for me in many aspect. I tried to summoned stone cold bitch Jessie and killed of soft Jessie, which ultimately lead to me feeling numb and just plain sad. I lost inspiration, I just don’t enjoy the little shit like I used to; let’s just say I was not in a particularly good place. The only way to maintain my mental health was to run. And thanks to the free personal training that I got from Mr.Prime when we were talking, I started running more. 

2. Midterm. Got full score for introduction to stochastic modelling bitches. I remember going to Sea life right after Stochastic exam and just try to get my shit together. I really thought that I had picked up the pieces together but I really hadn’t, it was only 2 and half weeks since it happened. I was rushing into healing too much and didn’t know that these things take time to heal. Screw you knw for telling me that it only took you a week to get over Tam, that was total bullshit, and I tried to used that as a fucking standard, which just killed me. 

3. Skinny Bitch Jessie emerged. I lose my appetite because of the heart break so I ate a lot less. Actually I think I consumed a normal amount of what an average human being should consumed, I just ate way too much before 55555. And like with all the running, my weight got down to like 50, 51, which is the skinniest I’ve ever been since I got to uni. Maybe even the skinniest I’ve ever been since year 11 as well.  

NOV 

1. Shopee GLP application. I didn’t get the job but it was a great experience. I learned what a case interview, and thinks it very oppa. The process of preparing for it was fun, but I wasn’t totally into it because I was still dead inside. And still have no passion, no inspiration, no motivation, no goal, and everything because of what happened in the last 2 months. The only reason why I wanted to job was because I wanted the money 5555555. 

2. Won DevDisrupt Hackathon 2020. Ter did most of the work though, but it was still a lot of fun, and something that I could add to my resume 5555. 

DEC

1. HAPPY JESSIE IS BACK BITCHES!!!! I LOVE December Jessie; she’s STRIVING. Thank god I got my shit sorted out before the end of the year. She is once again enjoying life, feeling inspired, and motivated. And she’s doing all this while she is dressed to the nine every single fucking day! 

[lamujerarana]

so I'm watching Corman's FF and it's bad, but I love it and I think it's my fave FF movie and I wanted to know what you think of it?

I also love it a lot! There are so many things to love! Thank you for giving me an excuse to rewatch it, lol.

I would recommend the 1990s FF animated show if you liked that! I actually think the show’s better once you get past the first season. There are some really terrific episodes.

Some thoughts: 

Reed and Victor being actual friends in college who cared about each other is good! There’s SOME justification for this in 616 canon – specifically the flashbacks in Claremont’s Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men, although other writers have seen things differently.

Why Ben, a jock, is sitting in on Reed’s advanced astrophysics class I do not understand. Was he just taking it to keep his boyfriend Reed company?

The Storm boardinghouse, run by Johnny and Sue’s mother! Which makes zero sense in 616 canon where Franklin Storm was a rich neurosurgeon until his wife Mary Storm died in a car accident, but there are certain 616 writers who didn’t get the memo (RAS – that was just…careless and sloppy on his part, but clearly he was basing it on this film).

Oh, my god, the opening scenes featuring teeny tiny Johnny with Ben and Reed are just INCREDIBLY cute. I wish 616 comics actually for once showed us how Johnny met them! How has no writer ever bothered showing us this?!!!

Cut for length.

I still hate Byrne’s ReedSue origin and am glad it is no longer canon because it never should have been.

No, but, really, tiny Johnny is the cutest, can he be in everything?

Okay, but Harmony from BTVS as little Sue is cute too. 

Victor and Reed just mad sciencing and freaking everyone out.

I love how Ben sees weird scifi lightning in the sky and immediately knows it’s Reed who is responsible. And then, of course, runs TOWARDS the creepy lightning like a not very sensible person because he’s afraid Reed is/will be injured.

I honestly like Reed’s involvement in Doom’s accident! It makes everything between them seem so much more personal and real than just, “Victor’s colossal ego cannot stand the fact that there is someone else in the world as brilliant as he is.”

Reed’s horror and concern for Victor as Victor’s being electrocuted, Ben saving Victor’s life! Victor’s (supposed) death! Which Reed feels responsible for! And cries over! Ben hugging Reed gently as he cries about Victor’s death! This Reed just has so many things to feel guilty about. It’s so Reed.

“Hi, Mrs. Storm! Can Johnny and Susan go to outer space with us?” Reed needs a crew for his spaceship…so Ben talks him into showing up out of the blue and asking two people he knew ten years ago when they were little kids and who have zero experience as astronauts. How could this go wrong? 

…I still find this ReedSue origin VERY unsettling.

Mrs. Storm randomly giving them their future team name pre-spaceflight is…A Choice.

I generally enjoy the Mole Man but I do not enjoy this Mole Man.

Ben falling in love with Alicia the second he sees her! Lifting her in the air like that! Reed teasing Ben about it! It’s cute! I approve. 

The whole spaceflight mission being in honor of Victor!

…Reed really talks about Victor as though he’s his ex…

Doom actually looks like Doom which is a plus.

I don’t know how much I like the spaceflight accident being the result of deliberate sabotage. I think it works better in the original. Here there’s just…very little for Reed to feel guilty about, while in the 616 version, well, he wrongly calculated that the ship’s shielding was enough to keep the cosmic rays from affecting them. He put his faith in the numbers, and he learned too late that they can sometimes be wrong and that some things cannot be predicted or accounted for. In this film, he never learns that lesson.

THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY DEPICTING THE CRASH AS A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY THAT THE FF ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SURVIVED, WRITERS, AND ALL OF THEM AS FREAKING OUT OVER HAVING THEIR BODIES ALTERED IN TERRIFYING WAYS WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT.

I like that Reed immediately picks up on the fact that there’s something off about the fact that they’re all in one piece despite crashing all the way from space. Really, they should not have survived this. Also that the FF are stranded alone in the middle of nowhere for days after the crash before they’re found by anyone.

I do like that they gave Alicia a fairly major role, even if I like what they did with her significantly less. I truly loathe the “Powerful man kidnaps and tries to coerce woman into being his bride!” trope because it’s really just saying that the man wants to rape the woman without actually saying it, and can the story arcs of less female characters be about rape – explicit or implicit, please?

The little montage where Dr. Hauptmann’s trying to take blood samples from them and growing increasingly anxious and terrified is pretty funny. Johnny freaking out EVERY SINGLE TIME he flames on is especially hilarious.

Victor…really likes creepily groping people’s faces.

Dr. Hauptmann’s inclusion is a nice nod to 616 Doom’s pet Nazi scientist.

It takes Reed far too long to piece together the fact that there’s something fishy about the people who rescued them.

I like that they have Reed do the little chin stroking thing that he always does in the comics.

I like that Reed tells Ben to knock out the prison guards with a single look and Ben immediately knows what he means.

I don’t really like Ben immediately settling on his “It’s clobberin’ time!” catchphrase -- in the comics, it was several issues before he came up with it.

....there’s....no explanation for how the FF got back to the U.S. from Latveria...did they get on a flight?

The FF’s uniforms being one-piece leotards is...an odd choice. I actually don’t know how much I like Sue making them their uniforms so soon because that happened only after a few issues in the comics -- they weren’t planning on using them initially, and from what I’ve read Lee/Kirby weren’t necessarily planning on ever giving them uniforms at all. 

There also just doesn’t seem to be any discussion about them becoming superheroes here -- Sue just makes the costumes -- with a ‘4,′ btw, despite the fact that Ben had, apparently, left them -- without talking about it first. I like that the FF all jointly DECIDED to become heroes in the comics -- they didn’t necessarily have to go down that route.

Doom using a regular gun is just...odd.

Victor and his creepy face-touching make a reappearance. Poor Alicia. Apparently, she’s just in this movie to be creeped on by creepy men.

Someone needs to explain to the actor who plays Doom that less is more when it comes to hand-acting. Seriously, every syllable he says, he accompanies with some kind of gesture.

Sue and Reed confessing they love each other in front of Ben and Johnny and then being interrupted by Johnny, perennial third wheel, is hilarious.

Reed freeing himself and the others from the forcefield prisons Victor put them in by literally kicking the generator over is also hilarious.

“It’s nice to meet you” in much-too-pleased, even turned-on tone from Alicia, right after she feels Ben’s rocky skin the first time. Oh, Alicia, you and your thing for uniquely textured men. (I just got to Byrne’s run in my FF readthrough, and he’s really going hard on the “Alicia loves the Thing, not Ben” theory, which has certain implications I’m not totally sure he considered.)

The special effects -- especially for Johnny -- in this film are very hokey and very 1990s.

How is Johnny flying in space? No, really, there’s no oxygen. Never in 616 canon has he been able to fly in space.

Reed and Sue’s wedding! I love their wedding.

[carolightpenvenys]

unknown number- penvenys au

thanks for your patience, relax and enjoy, leave some feedback x

Unknown Number 6:58 where's the dog food?

Caroline Penvenen 6:59 oh what the fuck sorry you must have the wrong number- i have dog food but maybe not what you're looking for?

Unknown Number 7:00 Ross quit playing I know it's early but I have a shift!! Where's the damn dog food I need the damn dog food. It's your bloody dog I'm pet sitting I just can't believe

Caroline Penvenen 7:02 can absolutely guarantee this isn't ross ! sorry xx

Unknown Number 7:03 Oh. No Ross would never use kisses I'm so sorry But you wouldn't know where my mate Ross has put the dog food?

Caroline Penvenen 7:05 do i look like i would

Unknown Number: 7:05 Potentially, I can't actually see you

Caroline Penvenen 7:06 touché xx

Unknown Number 7:09 You can't say someone doesn't look like something when you can't see them

Caroline Penvenen 7:10 what

Unknown Number 7:10 Never mind

Caroline Penvenen 7:12 no i wanna understand come onnnnnnnnnnnn :( X

Unknown Number 7:20 Search memes Just to let you know! Found the dog food!

Caroline Penvenen 7:21 you use way too many exclamation marks gives a girl a headache but congrats on the dog food, stranger x

Unknown Number 7:23 I think we are more than strangers now. And if I didn't have a shift starting in about a quarter of an hour, I would definitely tell you a little bit about myself So bye Until then Stranger

Caroline Penvenen 7:45 omg no i was in the shower come backkkk my name is caroline and i am tall blonde and handsome!!!!!

Caroline Penvenen 10:10 fuck Caroline stared down at her phone screen. Who cares if they woke her up at the crack of dawn, she really thought they had something going there.

She sighed, truth was, she was really lonely. She had some half arsed friendships with Demelza and her so called boyfriend Ross but after cutting her family out, she was left with very little to do. A text on her phone was rare.

She sat watching Horace dig a hole in his bed and she sighed, deciding sitting on her phone waiting for the stranger to text back was just too sad to contemplate.

Didn't mean she wasn't going to do it.

She had put her hair in a messy bun but lay in bed still, her MacBook in its Cath Kidston case on her lap as she furrowed her eyebrows, trying to look at “memes.”

She got a text from Demelza asking if she wanted to come to a party tonight- there was someone she might want to meet.

Fed up of terrible matchmaking, Caroline declined without a second thought.

This was just about the worst party Dwight had ever been to.

It was one of those ones, you know the ones where everyone who is invited as a bit of an agenda, where people are invited tactically rather than because they're actually liked.

And he was actually done with watching the sad affair that was George Warleggan and Ross Poldark’s relationship as he sighed, sinking into the couch with his lukewarm beer and phone in hand. After an 8 hour shift he'd pretty much like to be anywhere else.

“Hey!” Demelza sat down, speaking drunk and enthusiastically. “Having a great night?”

“Yeah.” Dwight replied half heartedly.

“Well you look like you're having a shit night.” She leaned in closer. “Youwannaknowasecret?”

“Last time you told me a secret Demelza it was that you were wearing granny pants.”

“And I still am!! Anyway. I know you're so depressed and lonely and your only friend is Ross’s dog who he lets you pet sit because you're lonelyyyyy.”

Dwight would contest this later. “Continue.”

“So I invited my beautiful model friend to set you two up and she RSVP’d no… how sad!”

She continued to babble but Dwight was looking down at his phone where he'd just received a text.

Unknown Number 22:06 found a meme btw when they don't text you later xx

“Yeah.” Dwight smiled up at Demelza. “Tragic.”

Caroline was sat on her bed, watching Ten Things I Hate About You and contemplating how Kat was a feminist icon when she got the text.

Unknown Number 22:07 I am at the world’s worst party so at least I can be happy knowing I taught you about memes.

Caroline Penvenen 22:07 omg spill how awkward is the party! It’s probably more fun than my night that i spent alone with m&s pasta and illegal streaming websites for films js not porn never porn X

Unknown Number 22:10 I just changed your number in my phone to “Unknown who is NOT using porn”

Caroline Penvenen 22:13 that is way too long i am changing yours to stranger plus you know my name is caroline !!!!!!!!

Stranger 22:14 silly me “caroline who is NOT using porn”

Caroline Penvenen 22:15 have fun explaining that to anyone that sees your phone xxx

Stranger 22:18 After much thought and consideration “Caroline”

Caroline Penvenen 22:22

Stranger 22:23 I regret telling you to research memes.

Caroline Penvenen 22:30 goodnight stranger X

When Dwight opens his phone about 24 hours later after perhaps the longest shift of his life, he’s bombarded with about 37 texts from Caroline.

Dwight Enys 22:00 Sorry I’ve been working all day! Hope you had a good one.

Caroline 22:01 what are you?? batman?

Dwight Enys 22:03 Close, I’m a doctor.

Caroline 22:05 wHAT that’s so cool what a wonderful day for saving lives people!!

Dwight Enys 22:08 What?

Caroline 22:08 it’s grey’s anatomy!!! you would definitely be dr mcsteamy or mcdreamy or whatever i don’t know i don’t watch it

Dwight Enys 22:10 Imagine though like Dr Dwight McSteamy hahaha

Caroline 22:10 dWIGHT your name is DWIGHT that’s adorable really you sound like a little old man that reads newspapers and puts too much milk in his tea

Dwight Enys 22:13 Well not that far from the truth… I mean how much milk is too much milk

Caroline 22:15

Dwight Enys: 22:16 Ok that tea looks cold for a start Not really fair on me But yeah Would drink Ps. Does this mean you’re in love with me??????

Caroline 22:17 you’re disgusting p.s. piss offfff  takes more than that to charm caroline penvenen.

Dwight tried to fight it but he was just too curious. He turned the Facebook app on and was ready to scan for infinite Caroline Penvenens.

Turns out it didn’t take him that long.

Caroline Penvenen

25 mutual friends including Ross Poldark and Demelza Carne

Dwight was absolutely stunned.

Like literally stunned.

He scanned through her photos even back to 2008 and she was still the most flawless human being he had ever seen. It couldn’t be the right Caroline.

It just couldn’t be,

How did Demelza and Ross even know her? How hadn’t he heard about her?

Well to be honest, he did massively zone out of all of their conversations.

Her profile was surprisingly open and he saw the last place she’d checked in was about five minutes from his house.

Not that he was stalking.

“Oh my god.” He sighed. “I’m being catfished by some kind of ethereal woman.”

Caroline 22:35 ok have given you adequate stalking time!!!! did you find me!!

Dwight Enys 22:37 Ok Caroline this is going to sound so weird but… You know Ross and Demelza??

Caroline 22:38 um yes i didn’t realise you’d stalked me with that much intensity should i be worried?

Dwight Enys 22:41 Oh God no sorry let me explain myself. Ross is actually my best friend He’s coming up as a mutual And so is Demelza haha

Caroline 22:42 omg who are you dwightttttt i am gonna stalk the hell out of you!!!

Dwight Enys 22:42 No please don’t

Caroline 22:43 it’s only fair brb omg let me send a screenshot is this you???

Dwight Enys

25 mutual friends including Verity Poldark and Ross Poldark

Caroline 22:47 hey dr mcsteamy your radio silence makes me feel like i have found you which makes me wonder how have we not met though?? maybe this is fate intervening like um guys it’s about time you met or whatever anyway guess the jig is up wow it’s going to be soooo awkward when we finally meet trust i am such a good actor no one will know i ever met you if that’s what you want ok bye

It took about a week before they undoubtedly crossed paths.

Horace was ill and Caroline was screaming down the phone to Demelza that she needed someone to come and sit with her whilst waiting for the vet.

“I will be all of two minutes, I still have my pyjamas on and I’m getting in the car!” Demelza insisted before hanging up and Caroline wept into her silk pyjamas with CP printed on the pocket as Horace continued to groan in pain.

“My poor baby.” She stroked his inflamed stomach. “My poor poor baby.”

Her doorbell rang and she raced to get it but there seemed to be an animated conversation happening as she opened the door.

“Demelza, I’m pretty sure this isn’t Sainsbu-” The voice cut off when they locked eyes with Caroline.

Dwight Enys as she lived and breathed.

“Where’s Horace?” Demelza demanded, marching straight in, a brush physically wedged in her hair and dinosaur onesie on.

Leaving Dwight and Caroline stood either side of the door, smiling awkwardly, barely able to make eye contact.

“Hi.” Caroline barely whispered. “Come in.”

“Thanks.” Dwight’s smile was tense but genuine as he followed her upstairs where Demelza was already stroking Horace.

She looked up. “Oh yeah sorry. This is Dwight. Dwight Caroline, Caroline Dwight.” She waved between the both of them and they shared a pained smile. “I offered Dwight a ride to Sainsbury's but he's a doctor so he could be of some use here I guess.”

“Well. I don't really do animals.” He shrugged. “But wouldn't hurt to try.”

He kneeled down next to Horace who immediately growled at him.

“That's so weird.” Demelza shook her head. “Horace is normally lovely.”

“Eh,” Caroline shrugged. “He's got a side.”

Dwight placed his hands on Horace’s stomach before nodding to himself. “It seems his stomach is a little inflamed from too much rich food.”

“I told you Caroline!” Demelza pointed accusingly. “Dwight she feeds him steak!”

“I can't believe you just ratted me out.” Caroline recoiled. “Only occasionally.”

“Well don't.” Dwight laughed a little. “Horace isn't seriously ill. The vet will give you a few things to make the inflammation go down but honestly, just stick to dog food.”

“And you say you aren't a vet.” Caroline teased, testing the waters.

“I'm really not. Would really appreciate a second opinion from an animal expert right now if I'm honest.” Dwight shrugged but he had a smile on his face.

“Well now we have tranquilized Caroline, we may as well go and buy you your ryvitas and other vegan shit you eat.” Demelza told Dwight. “But I've desperately got to go to the loo first. Meet me downstairs.”

She left in a hurry and Caroline stood up, suddenly very aware how much of a mess she looked with puffy eyes and creased pyjamas covered in dog hair.

“Well thank you anyway.” She looked him right in his cool blue eyes this time. “Dr Enys.”

He followed her down the stairs and she explained. “I knew we were bound to meet one day, I just didn't think I would look like,” she indicated to herself, “this.”

“Like what?” Dwight was honestly confused. “If my dog was ill, I would look a whole lot worse than you do. You should actually see me after a twelve hour shift.”

They both laughed at the thought before Dwight spoke again. “You know, I think Demelza has been trying to set us up for a while.”

Caroline began to link the dots in her head. “Seems about right.” She shook her head. “She's too cunning for me. But you never replied to my texts though.” She shrugged.

“Because I couldn't think of an answer. Maybe until I met you.”

She stood closer to him, slightly cutting his personal space. “Do you have one now?”

He replied. “No, but I have a question. Without the interference of our friends and fate, would you like to go on a date with me?”

I think we all know the answer.

Dr McSteamy 12:07 x

Caroline 12:08 xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[bitchgoldstrikesagain]

Story time: Cat Lady from Hell

I'm a freelance pet sitter that has been working part time since I got out of college about a year ago. I don't necessarily need the money anymore since I've gotten a job as a full time illustrator at a Ad Agency, but I enjoy it. I've also worked with animals my whole life and worked or volunteered at at least five different shelters as I've moved around. Basically, I'm not stupid when it comes to animals.

So I got a new hit for a pet sitting job on the service site I’m on and so I set up a time to come and talk to them and meet their pets.  Turns out it’s this older woman living in a VERY wealthy part of town in a pent house over a high end shopping center with her single cat. 

Now some red flags did go off here at first. She was very insistent on my replies, and if I didn’t reply right away she would contact me through another venue. But that’s common with older clients, since I feel like most have no clue what Digital Social Etiquette is. Also her messages were super brisk and curt. 

Also at one point I asked for her address to meet her, she snapped back. “Well if you had read my work request you should have it.” 

Red flag one! But I politely explained to her that for safety reasons I only have access to her zip code. 

But when met her it was a completely different story. She was nice, she was clearly concerned about her cat and kept repeating how much she liked me. She also made it clear she was meeting with several different pet sitters since she had difficulty in the past. 

RED FLAG NUMBER TWO. 

I have made it a point, if a customer complains about a pet sitter, ask them specifically what their problem was and if its a bull shit problem DO NOT TAKE THE JOB. 

Now her cat, I should mention this cat. Sweetie. Really is quite a sweetie. But she was a stray, and has one back leg missing. But also is only about five - six years old. So prime of her life cate that other wise is completely healthy and by all accounts happy as far as I could tell. 

But so about a week later, she informs me she would like to hire me and promptly sends over a deposit. I was stupid, and I liked the cat, so I took the job. It was nearly two months out so I didn’t hear from her again for quite some time. 

Till about two weeks before the sitting dates. 

It was a day I was sick in bed, I got a migraine so I had decided to switch off my electronics for the day and recoup so the migraine didn’t last longer than necessary. 

It wasn’t even a full day though, and around 6pm that day I turn my phone back on to find -- 4 messages from her, all through out different platforms. I should point out she didn’t even let five hours pass between one email to the next. So I was expecting an Emergency, because what honestly could be so pressing that int he span of a business day I’m hit with so many messages! 

What did she need? 

To know when I’d be by int he next two weeks to get a key and final rundown on the cat. 

TWO WEEKS AWAY. 

I was getting a bit concerned but when I expressed this to a family member they were like, “ya know, she’s old and there’s just something about seniors that they demand you answer them right away. They don’t get that an email or a text is still waiting there and can be addressed later for some reason.” Which is an assessment I’ve also found true, and besides when I meet her in person she was always kind and nice to me. 

So everything goes well at the meet for the key. Though she is very insistent that I stay for 2 hours a day with her cat. I laughed and said, like I do to all my clients that would like me to stay with their cats, “Oh if I have my laptop I usually stay that amount of time just fine.” 

I apparently took this to mean something different than she did. 

Because let’s fast forward to the first day of sitting. 

That morning I get there -- and her apartment is a complete mess. The counter top is covered in trash and dirty dishes, papers and just so much stuff. There was also quite literally a half eaten banana left in the kitchen, just left out on the counter. . The living room has cat hair everywhere, as well as cat toys every where and over by the litter box is a complete mess. It’s a litter box I can tell has never been washed out past the point of buying it. 

And I’m not gonna lie, I consider that super rude. If you ask me to stay in your home, I don’t expect it to be military spotless, but I would appreciate it to be clean. It makes my stay much more pleasant. 

But so I empty the litter box, feed the cat and play with her for about ten to fifteen minutes before as cats do she gets tired of it and goes up on the couch and goes to sleep. 

Now, every client I ask, to please leave me a DETAILED instruction list. That way I know in their own words what they would like done on a daily basis. 

This client gives me --a mess of post-its, a feeding list that does not match up at all with what i was told in person and to top it all off --It’s completely illegible. Like really I spent fifteen minutes trying it read the scrawled handwritten note. None of it is in complete sentences and its just -- god it was a mess. 

Btw, both what she told me in person, and on her hodgepodge of instructions -- totally over feeding her very small cat. She had 5.5 oz. cans of cat food which wanted one given at night and in the morning AS WELL AS a 2.5 oz. packet of Sheba --basically a gravy smothered cat treats disguised to look like real food and nutrients, cats love them for the same reason we love ice cream -- given every night, in addition to a small bowl she always keeps full of dry food. 

Needless to say, I was throwing away so much food. The cat barely ate half of it. 

So that night I get there for the afternoon visit and I’m setting up outside on the balcony with the kitty snoozing on a cat bed out there when I send over a couple of text messages. This convo is so perfect I’ve gotta give it to you word for word! 

So --I’m not allowed to do anything while I’m there for 2 HOURS a day. I’m watching her cat for a week by the way. And I had fully planned to write and get some website work done while I was in her home. The same as a frequent repeat client I had scheduled directly after her, which had given me the wifi and password, asked me to stay about fifteen minutes with their cat and whom I subsequently stayed there with their cat for about three hours every night, because why not? I have my laptop and i’m doing exactly what i would be doing if I was at home, only with their cat now instead of my own. 

Also I should point out, I don’t think this woman actually knows what Wifi is. From how she’d describing it, t sounds like she things its the webcam she has hooked up. 

Which I didn’t connect the dots to, until several days later when I go this oh boi! kind of text!  

..again. Seniors have no sense of digital etiquette! I have yet to run into a person that thinks this is O-K to send to someone. ..because it isn’t. It’s creepy it’s very VERY creepy. 

It was upon getting this text, I look up from where I am on her cat hair covered floor, to finally register on the mantel of her fireplace is a bright blue light coming from a webcam. 

She never mentioned any form of this to me in person. EVER. 

The only place ti was mentioned was on a post-it, she had scrawled messily that she had acquired a Nanny-cam. 

I’m trying very hard to be o-kay with this, I realize it’s a common practice, though usually not for  a single cat... 

At this point I should admit -- I was not staying 2 hours a day. I was fucking bored, so I was staying the bare minimum and leaving to another clients house that had offered me wifi, supplied me with a case of Vanilla Coke, and told me to and I quote, “Eat anything you find in the fridge, or cupboards, we want you to feel at home while you’re here.” or a client after that, that had as well given me the Wifi even offered me their TV with HBO, Hulu, Showtime and Netflix AND had mixed mimosa, besides a selection of five different beers and three wines in the fridge which they urged me to please feel free to. Oh and that lady adores me so she leaves me a bowl of candy every time too. XD Also! both of which were clean, nice houses, one of which another penthouse overlooking the city... Why in the world would I be hanging out in a stinky cat hair balled home with a crabby ladies cat that because is missing a leg gets exhausted and sleeps 90% of the time with nothing to do when I had that waiting for me as my next scheduled stop?? 

I was though! Staying about 45 minuted every visit, I know because it was the first time in my life I was timing a cat visit. It was about 15 minuted to feed the cat, pet her cat, change her water, clean out the litter box and clean out her food bowl. Then 30 minutes of petting kitty, and playing with her till she got tired and would either make it clear to me she did not want any more attention -- usually with a play bite (Something this cat had a HUGE problem with and I strongly suggest you stop in cats btw! Its very easy to do so and you can train a cat to just put their paw on you when they would like you to stop. But not my cat so honestly not my problem!) -- or she would go to sleep. Then I’d leave. Cause why stay? I’m bored as fuck. 

Now about 3/4 of the way through I find out -- I’m being watched through out all of this. 

I god damn wanted to cry at this point. 

And I probably should have tried to stay longer -- but it creeped me out -- so this made it so I stayed shorter amounts of time, cause i was paranoid. I rushed through the assigned tasks then played with kitty till she was tired and slept -- then got he hell out of dodge! 

I do this job cause I love animals and it’s not that big of a deal for me, but this became that job I just GET. DONE. MOVE. ON! Cause i was stuck in a shitty situation and there was no other way but trudging through it. 

So I only had like two days left, I just had to make it to Wednesday. So like her notes were a mess but she didn't say in any of them that I could tell when she was coming back at all! So middle of the day Wednesday I get this email that's like “Oh I'm home!” And I was like wtf, cause I had planned to make a visit that night, but I was like whatever, at least I don't have to go again.

That is until I get a second email. Because I think she thinks Emails are text messaged... 

"Hey come by after work and we can negotiate on pay/hours."

Middle of the day, while I’m at work and I was so mad I went outside and called my best friend to talk me down from flipping my shit on this lady. Her advice to me by the was was, "dude you just have to get out clean with this crazy bitch."

So I swallowed it all and sent back an email that was like, “Just pay me what ever you think is fair, I’ll be by to drop oft the key after work.” 

Going up to her door, my heart was nearly pounding out of my chest and I think I was the fakest I’ve ever been in my life as she handed me a check, I handed her the key and we went separate ways. 

Also when I talked to her in person same story -- nice and smiling the whole time. I may be having the fakest moment of my life, but I think i just figured out then I was talking to one of the fakest bitches to walk the planet. 

I never wanna hear from her again. 

Her name in my phone is now, ‘Cat Lady from Hell.’ Just to be safe I never forget. 

Btw! I charge $17 for up to two visits a day --she was gone for 10 days, she owed me $170. ...She gave me $110.

So I only got 2/3 of what I had originally quoted her. 

There is a silver lining to this, the job service website she found me through -- yeah. She never marked me as Hired, meaning she can’t review me. I don’t think she’s tech savvy enough to figure that out but if she ever does, she ever does try to mark me as hired I plan to smack that down and unmark myself as hired. 

Lol. as far as I’m concerned its all just a bad memory I’d like to forget! 

[johnisntevendead]

Hey I have a fic prompt, thanks for taking these btw. Wynonna finally gives birth and dolls comes to the hospital with all these gifts for her and the baby. Gosh I wish it was a wyndolls baby

IIII feel like at some point I will actually publish this to ao3 but for rn here’s this 

“You’re gonna wear a hole in the floor,” Nicole says behindhim.  He whirls around with a weakshrug.  It had started like your averagesitcom—he and Doc had been bickering idly about the layout of the baby’s room,Wynonna watching from where she’d been leaning against the big, cushionyrecliner she’d begged them to haul in, and every time he’d look up she had thisgentle, pleased smile across her face.

Then, she’d said, “Oh, now I know what a water balloon feelslike,” and he’d practically fallen over his own feet to get to her side, whereshe’s standing in a puddle.  “Do youthink amniotic fluid is good for your skin? Like those spas that use, like, placenta treatments.”

At that, Doc had looked fairly green.

For the first few hours, Wynonna had been almost eerily calm.  When asked, she’d claimed to have eaten awhole pan of pot brownies.  She ate andmade them watch bad movies and napped against his side on the couch.  They didn’t leave until the contractions gotbad—and by then Doc was getting antsy and Wynonna had only just then seemed torealize that she was in labor.  In the moments before they left, she’dgrabbed his arm and looked at him with wide eyes and said, like an epiphany, “Oh,holy shit, I’m having a baby.”

And about an hour ago, she’d kicked everyone but Waverly outof her room.

So he’s been here, in the waiting room.  Wearing a hole in the floor.

Puffing out a long breath, he looks around.  Jeremy’s pretending to be really involved ina WebMD magazine, Rosita’s glued to her phone, and Doc’s… probablysmoking.  There’s a very rational part ofhis mind—the same part that had the forethought to do the reading Wynonna hadn’t (and her voice echoes in hismind, “See?  That’s why we work so welltogether, you totally get when I’mgonna be a piece of shit.”)—knows that, like, this’ll be fine and people have been doing this for millennia, but there’sstill a gnaw of worry in his gut.  It’sprobably just that they’re in a hospital, and every time they’ve been here it’sbeen something godawful.  He hasn’t saidanything, but Nicole’s wearing an expression like she knows exactly what he’sthinking.

“C’mon, let’s check out the gift shop,” she offers, shovingher hands into her pockets.  “I bet youwe can find a ton of stuff that’ll make Wynonna cry, all the drugs she’s on.”

He thinks about it for a moment before shrugging quicklywith a soft, “Alright.”

--

“I’m never letting another penis near me again,” Wynonnamoans, gripping her sister’s hands so hard she’s sure it’s gotta hurt, but Wavesis just looking at her, eyebrows tilted sympathetically.  “Never. No more dicks.  I’m taking a vowof dicklessness.”

“Oh, honey, I know you feel like that, but we both know that’snot gonna happen,” she replies softly, freeing one hand to stroke throughWynonna’s hair.  Scoffing, she lets herhead fall back onto her pillow and looks around the room without really seeinganything.

She groans and shakes her head and asks, “Can you help meup?”  With a small grunt, Waverly helpsher to wriggle off the bed and rubs her lower back as they walk-slash-hobblearound the little room.  “I just,” shesays, anxiety sticking in her throat.  “Ijust wanna say that I’m, like, glad you’re here with me, or some shit.”

It’s like she can feelWaves giving her a weird look.  “Yeah,well, I don’t blame you—Doc looked like he was gonna faint,” she teases.  “Dolls woulda been okay, though.”  Eventually, she nudges her with her shoulderand whispers, “But I’m glad I’m here with you, too.  We’re doing this!  Well—you’re doing this.  I don’t have a ton to do with it.”

Soon, she can’t just be pacing around anymore and, ratherthan getting back into bed, sits in the chair next to it.  A nurse comes and goes periodically, checkingup on her, making sure she’s not going stir-crazy or, presumably, making sureshe hasn’t just had the baby without them. After she leaves, Wynonna doubles in on herself and breathes, “Oh mygod, this is happening, isn’t it?”

“It’s happening.  Ithas been happening for a while now,” she laughs.

“I am gonna mess this up so bad,” she blurts, head shootingup and eyes wide.  “Oh, I’m gonna fuck upso bad.”

Waverly frowns a little. “I don’t think that’s how labor works, like, this is one thing I’mfairly confident you cannot mess up,” she says.

Wynonna doesn’t correct her.

--

“What do you think about this one?” Nicole asks, pointing ata display balloon that’s about half as tall as she is in the shape of a baby.

“I think she’d find it unnerving,” Dolls answers honestly,wincing a little.  “Her and me both,actually.”  He eyes a cake-shapedarrangement of diapers with extreme prejudice. “The stork one is cute, though.” Her laugh is quick and short—the thing clearly has some demon-eyeissues.  At length, he says decidedly, “I’mgetting one.”

He gets a judgmental look when he pulls one, deflated andfolded neatly, off the shelf.  “I thoughtwe were trying to make her cry,” she says pointedly.

“I’m not entirely convinced this won’t contribute, it’shorrifying,” he replies.  They go backand forth over flower arrangements—she thinks a few smaller ones would be best,he has his eye on one of the big, gaudy, bright ones because he knows Wynonna—and trade greeting cardsback and forth, laughing at the overly emotional entries.  

“’Of all the people who throw up on you,’” she reads, voicesolemn, “’Babies are the best.’”

“’So fresh.  Sonew.  So sweet.’”  Dolls holds up one with a deer in a field offlowers on the front.

“Talk about unnerving,” she snorts.  “Jesus, who let the Widows get into thegreeting card game.”  Then, her eyeslight up and she holds up a pink card with only the words SHE’S HERE! over and over again in gold.  “Why are so many of these so ominous?  Do other people not find these ominous?”

“I feel like other people do not find these ominous, no,” hescowls, holding up YIPPEE! A SHE! forher confusion and delight.  “They should, but those are the type of peoplewho believe in animal attacks.”

“I mean, fair,” Nicole concedes.  “Okay, I can’t read these anymore.”  She stumbles back a step and wanders thestore.  He hears the crinkle of plastic.

“Twizzlers?”

“Red Vines.”

“Heathens,” hebreathes.

The woman working the register is nearly done inflating theballoons—an excessive amount, he can now admit, now that he’s batting them awayfrom his face—when his phone chimes. Almost as soon as he pulls it out of his pocket, Nicole’s phone startsringing.

As he unlocks the screen, he hears her gentle, “Hey, baby,what’s—oh!  Oh, okay—we’ll—yeah, on ourway.”  He’s got a text from Jeremy thatsays UPDATE!!!!!!!

Presents cumbersome in their grasp, they rush back to the waitingroom where Waverly is standing, bright grin and cheeks wet.  Doc runs up only a moment later, breathheaving and face pale, and Dolls switches things around to free a hand enoughto smack his shoulder comfortingly.  Hegets a weak flicker of a smile, so there’s that.

It feels like it takes forever—minutes, hours, days—for Waverlyto finally say, voice thick with emotion, “So, we’ve got a girl!  Right number of appendages, looks healthy,Wynonna’s good!”

What follows is a flurry of excitement, hugs, cheers, thecrush of relief and happiness and excitement. They get so few of those that aren’t tinged with something else,something terrible or horrifying or just sad.  It’s easy to get pretty caught up in themoment.

--

Technically, the first time she’d held her, she’d been amess and Wynonna had been too shaky-scared-worn out to do anything but stare atthis wet thing that just came out of her. Now she’s clean and bundled up and all Wynonna can think is how brighther eyes are and how very, very small she is. She’s sweaty and gross and completely out of it, and she barely noticeswhen the door opens.  But then thebustling kind of breaks through whatever trance she was in and there areballoons and voices and flowers and she’s smiling so hard it hurts and remembers something aboutendorphins.

“Everyone meet Wisteria, the newest Earp!” Waverly announcesexcitedly, bounding to her side.

“Fifteen minutes old and she’s already better than any ofus,” Wynonna says nonsensically.  Andthere are demands of pictures and everyone’s crowded around her and people keephugging her and she doesn’t hate it.  “Thatis such a disturbing balloon,” she tells Dolls, frowning up at the stork.

“Yeah,” he grins, eyes darting between her and the baby.

Gently, she asks Waves if she wants to hold her—it’s onlyfair, she dealt with her through this whole thing—and the way her face lightsup makes her chest feel like it’s gonna explode.  She watches her sister straighten with thebaby cradled to her chest, waves her off with an order to “make the rounds”.  As she does, movements ginger and slow, Rosieinches over and asks how she’s feeling.

“Well, Chris Evans sure as hell isn’t feeding me chocolates,”she teases, shifting a little.  Shewatches the others take turns, watches the way Doc holds her like she’ll breakat the slightest jostle, watches Waverly snapping pictures.  Suspicion and amusement color her voice whenshe asks Dolls, “Was all that necessary?” She gestures at his full arms.

“It absolutely was,” he grins.

[resonance-of-libra]

Rules: Answer thirty questions, then tag twenty blogs you would like to know better. 

I was tagged by @thewindcarrieswhispers

1. Nicknames I honestly respond more to Libra than my actual name. Aside from that, Faerie, Chickadee, & Raven have all done their time.

2. Gender Female.

3. Star sign Libra

4. Height 5′3

5. Time 3:01pm

6. Birthday October 11

7. Favorite bands Tool, IAMX, Bring Me The Horizon, I See Stars

8. Favorite Solo Artists Tbh most of my favorite bands up there are basically the creative genius of a single member…

Oh Crywolf is a solo artist though, so bam.

9. Song stuck in my head Fuse (Liminal) by Crywolf

10. Last movie watched Wonder Woman

11. Last show watched  I’m seeing if Prison Break is worthwhile

12. When did I create my blog Oh God I dunno?

Nov 2013 apparently.

13. What do I post  Pretty art. Tarot & witchcraft stuff. Psychadelicly inspired crap. Sacred geometry. Cute animals.

14. Last thing I googled  Conversion from oz to ml because oz just doesn’t make any giving sense get it together America ffs

15. Do you have other blogs Yep

16. Do you get asks Here and there, I don’t bite!

17. Why did you choose your url I once went by ThirdLibra but if you know the song, the connotations of that name are quite wretched (and man falling in love with a girl who calls herself that is just a baaaaad fucking idea let me tell you) and anyway I’m still basically an incarnation of Libra but like … different. And then, when it comes to who I am? I basically want to be resonance, I want to be the stone that drops into your subconscious and leaves ripples of change on your surface.  

18. Following 509 but I feel like a lot of y'all are dormant

19. Followers Closing in on 3k

20. Favorite colors Purple

21. Average hours of sleep Like 8.

22. Lucky number 7 & 16

23. Instruments All the woodwinds tbh

24. What am I wearing  Shorts and a tank top

25. How many blankets I sleep with I have a little fluffy one and Wolf has a big duvet, I sleep REALLY hot and would do better with just a topsheet

26. Dream job No job, just forest and rivers and sunlight filtering down on me

27. Dream trip I’m gonna take Wolf to Kauai, he needs to see where my soul is from

28. Favorite food Ngl it’s chips, I’ve got a serious addiction 

29. Nationality Native

30. Favorite song now Calm Snow, I See Stars

Annnd tagging people. @maevna, @cosmictarotreadings, @trails-of-tears (hiiiii btw, you made my morning by existing!), @lunac-witchcraft, @offireandwater, @altruisticmystik

[tooruhyung]

i promise this is actually interesting and #educational

So as i have said thanks to my days with ryosuke i learned some small details of japanese everyday life that i find utterly interesting. For one its okay and kind of normal for western boy to be with asian girl but the other way around is super strange. and if i think about this it's probably due to how women are really not emancipated in here so majority of men will have learned to objectify woman super young and well yeah i guess that wouldn't work too well with more self-aware woman from europe. (Ryosuke is basically defying all common places and has a very not japanese mindset in mostly everything) Japanese girls are totally okay to show off legs (not like they have much) but will fully cover their chest. Ryosuke said he is surprised I haven't had a bad experience of someone touching me on the subway the way i dress (and you all know that i am really not famous for being the most show-offy type) It is very common to eat alone but very strange to eat on the streets. And yet they will always include chopsticks and spoons if you by any kind of food in the supermarket. Especially spoons as I learned they suppose people don't have that at home. Ryosuke also found it strange that I don't have my own chopsticks. Karaoke places are used for overnight stays too if one missed the last train or well for other things too. They are cheaper than love hotels. (About 5000¥ while the karaoke is like 3000¥) When the zebra crossings lights start to blink green you still have like a solid 2 minutes to cross. Studying to get into a good university is really super big stress on kids here. But once you get in it's surprisingly not so hard to graduate. It's freakishly easy to get alcohol when you are underage. In the shops they have a display where you just have to tap that yes you are over 20. It kind of just shift the responsibility to you. Nightlife in Japan starts at around 9 and everyone goes home with the last train (about 0:30) considering the size of homes house parties are non-existent and clubbing isn't so popular so basically everyone just drinks in bars or sometimes outside. An other very strong point where ryosuke defines japanese way of being is being very direct. no tatemae there. he kept pointing out if i did stg silly or made a mistake in japanese and such which stg usually people would avoid a lot. Like japanese people are so freaking judgmental but they never say it. like as i learned if guys don't have pubic hair people at onsens will definitely think they are gay (which is obviously very judged in this society) this also confirms my fear that yeah people are definitely looking at one an other at onsens hahahaha. and please don't ask how on earth i had a conversation where I learned this piece of information. Definitely not all Japanese boys and girls grow up watching animes and reading mangas. (Obviously Ryosuke didn't) Most of the japanese guys have a bit longer hair. It's really not common to have short hair that just stays upward (like iwa-chans!.... and ryosukes haha i said he is as far from anything typical japanese as i am!) I told him that i like bts and shinee (he knows of bts but not shinee btw) and that i started to like korean culture too and that again make me learn a bit about the relationship between japan and korea. Apparently it got worse. Kpop was super big about 10-8 years ago but now it ain't that popular anymore due to the worsening relationship. Although Ryosuke seems to have a number of korean friends I could still sense some sort of unhappiness when i said i can recognize korean guys very easily. he replied kind of spitefully that it's because it really is easy. Ryosuke said i look super pale which is fun because i am sporting a massive tan and my legs are sunburnt. So yeah i bet my white complexion is very envied here. It's funny for me because I really think that the cutest guys here have bronze skin. (And man there are so cute guys btw, it was known that i like asian men but now i think i really do love them!) Oh and Ryosuke who traveled to so so soo many places said he has never been to Tohoku region before. Amazing. But he could say that they have a very strong dialect and transportation is very expensive so yeah fun times for me i think! Bonus fun fact we say if stg is not salty enough kind of the same way. 'Sotlan' vs 'shiotaran' pronounced well it sounds funnily close to eo.