#this not being my shellfish blog

[egrets-not-regrets]

Pearls

Sirass gets some help from Alcyon in his search for a gift for his date.

Author's Notes: Alcyon decides to be helpful. Thanks @sleepyfan-blog for letting me borrow Sirass.

I decided to write a few fics for Mermay 2025 in Of Fin and Feathers AU based on @gallifreyianrosearkytiorsusan's Mermay list. Thanks Susan for letting me use your list!

Tagged: @shadowfirecat , @kit-williams , @bleedingichorhearts , @barn-anon , @gallifreyianrosearkytiorsusan

@sleepyfan-blog , @bispecsual , @c-u-c-koo-4-40k , @ms--lobotomy , @legionsofthehungry

@gra93fruit-blog , @i-am-a-dragon34 , @felinisnoctis, @thevoidscreams, @yurihasurunbara

@cruelmeltryllis , @insanity6666, @anothermeforcompany

Sirass was patrolling with a fellow chaos mer, Alcyon. The older Iron Warrior mer noticed Sirass had been slightly absent-minded as of late and the distraction showed when the younger mer kept arriving late at their designated meeting points on their patrol route. 

“You are distracted. There are no enemies around and you’ve arrived late to our meeting points twice already. What caught your attention?” Alcyon demanded, having had enough of being held up for the third time, his tail flicking in irritation. 

Sirass gaped then gritted his teeth. He really had no excuse. As much as he wanted to keep his business with his potential bonded human to himself, he needed help with acquiring a gift for her. Sirass weighed his options.  It was only a matter of time before word got out with Malaran already knowing. At least Alcyon was tight-lipped, he didn’t need everyone knowing that he couldn’t decide on what gift to bring for this first official meeting with the diver he rescued and get laughed at. 

“Sirass!”

He blinked, shaking himself out of his thoughts.

Alcyon sighed, “You are bonded, aren’t you?” Though Malaran mentioned this to him, the old Iron Warrior Mer easily recognized the signs of a newly bonded mer. He was familiar with the feeling. The constant distraction by thoughts of his bonded and desire and instinct to reunite with her. And judging by his brother’s slightly more defensive posture, Alcyon knew he was correct. 

Sirass frowned, “Malaran told you, didn't he?”

“Yes. And you are making it very obvious.”

Sour-faced, Sirass grumbled, “I should’ve known. Whether or not she is my bonded still remains to be confirmed. That mer has a bigger mouth than a humpback whale.”

Alcyon answered with a dead-pan voice, “That is why I don’t tell him everything.” He changed the topic, “You are looking for something. Your bonded is human and she is currently on land. So what are you looking for?”

Sirass bristled slightly at Alcyon’s insistence to keep calling that human his bonded but he wasn’t about to complain. He wanted to get through this as quickly as possible. “A gift. For our meeting. I need to find something valuable, but not so flashy that would attract too much attention from other humans.”

Alcyon listened quietly. 

“Pearls then.” He said with finality as if he made a decision. 

Sirass thought about it and it made sense. Pearls are small, naturally beautiful, not too obvious and can easily be kept hidden if needed. Kind of like his human, he muse, his lips curled in a small smile. Sirass shook his head. He shouldn’t think that far. He turned to ask Alcyon, “Where do you find pearl-producing shellfish?”

The older Iron Warrior mer gestured to him and commanded, “Follow me. Do not breathe a word of this place to anyone.”

Sirass followed Alcyon southwest towards a sunlit grotto off the coast of a small isolated island. Inside were multitudes of oysters of various species growing on the rocky surface. Among the oysters were scattered corals and anemone. Looking over at Alcyon, Sirass saw that the other mer was scanning the oysters with his augmented lens. The older Iron Warrior mer opened some oysters and picked out a lustrous pearl with a delicate tool, then reinserted a seed-like fragment. Others, he simply picked and put into a pouch he carried. He showed Sirass how to harvest and reseed the oysters, how to pick ones most likely to have pearls, and what to do to keep the oyster reef healthy. 

After a while, Sirass asked Alcyon, feeling somewhat perplexed, “Why do you cultivate this oyster reef? There must be other areas where you can find pearl-producing shellfish.” It’s easy enough to find more with the aid of his augmented lens. 

For a moment, he saw Alcyon’s expression soften a little before he replied, “Getting rid of boredom mostly. My bondmate and my son enjoy eating these oysters, and the pearls are valuable for trade. It is worth maintaining this reef for this reason.”

Bondmate? His son? Alcyon, a family man? Sirass thought, has their bond grown so far along? He knew his brother was very attached to his bonded harpy, but he didn’t think Alcyon would be inclined to also accept her son along with her. Then again, there was his loyalist brother, Erriox, with his ever-growing gaggle of Primaris scoutlings that he and his bonded adopted. It seemed that bonding truly changed his brothers and he’s not sure how this bond will change him, or whether or not he would like it. 

[orbleglorb]

tumblr in the blaseball universe, part 11!

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7 | part 8 | part 9 | part 10

credit to @wayslidecool for the last one

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hey guys my sister made a tumblr account but won't tell me the url because she thinks i'll torment her (she's right of course). if any of you happen to stumble across a psychonauts fan account run by someone named lucy please let me know

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wait fuck i forgot that lucy is the name of a very important and emotionally poignant character in the psychonauts universe. post cancelled half the trans girls in the fandom probably have that name

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Actually this is my personal blog. Fuck you

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bitch i have been with you since the womb i know u can't go longer than a minute without talking about razputin aquato

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They took his brain once

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Hey guys, really sorry about disappearing, I had a probably-Meatcute-adjacent emergency and then forgot my tumblr password and every time I tried to set up a new password it redirected me to their FAQ?? Anyway, I'm back! In my time gone I got engaged.

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dawg i hate being a lesbian in moab. i've dated all but two of the other sapphics here and one of them is nagomi nava

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ok and? doesnt mean im off limits

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why does no one else eat the muffin wrapper? it's so much easier than pulling it off and it tastes fine. it doesn't interfere with the muffin taste at all and it has a good texture

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[freakasaurus-rex]

FINALLY making an info post since so many of my mutuals have them

bright flashing lights be ahead! avast, ye sinners! this blog is not easy to look at if you are bothered by eyestrain!

Hello, welcome to my blog! I hope you have a fun time here :D

My name is Freak!

I am currently 17 years old, and my birthday is on September 5th

I am both other- and fictionkin. Talk to me about it if you want! I would lvoe to tell you about how I'm literally an ouppy

I regress sometimes. Interaction will be low at those times

I'm/we are plural! I don't talk about it often but I'm open to discussion.

I am aromantic and uhhh bisexual maybe. I'm also HECKA TRANS!!!!!!! GRAHHHHH I LOVE BEING TRANSGENDER

I use neopronouns almost exclusively. You can learn more about my pronouns here and here

I regularly post bugs! I am looking to become an entomologist so they are very fascinating to me. Any posts including them will be tagged with #bugs, #insects, and the specific type of bug they are. I also consider arachnids and some shellfish to be bugs so those will be included in the #bugs tag, but they will not be tagged with #insects, obviously. Bugs and insects are different things

I post art sometimes. #art

Most fandoms are tagged but a few aren't [like pokemon and mario]

I have multiple little guys living in my askbox. Currently, we have Sneepsnorp, Jingle [and his plushie Bell], Mipmi, Brring, the computer kitty, Smrrp [and its narrator!], Peggy, Wawa, and im pretty sure we have another but i cant remember. All of them have their own tags. You will see them often

my vent tag is #freak's issues

if u dont want to see me talking abt depressing stuff, block it. this will also kepe you from seeing me post about my physical illnesses

Things I enjoy!

Games: Splatoon ♡♡♡, Minecraft ♡, Oxenfree, Spiritfarer, Roblox, The Sims ♡, The Legend of Zelda ♡, Pokemon, Ace Attorney ♡

Shows/Movies: Brooklyn 99, Arcane ♡, Dungeon Meshi ☆, Dandadan, Attack on Titan ♡, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Howl's Moving Castle ♡, most other Ghibli movies, Tank Girl, Chicago, Priscilla: Queen of The Desert

Books: The Agony of Bun O'Keefe, 5 Worlds [graphic novels], Scott Pilgrim [only the comics] ♡

Other media: Sanrio, Nevermore [webcomic], The Glass Scientists [webcomic], Blindsprings [webcomic]

General: VSynth ♡, post-apocalyptic stories/themes ♡, character design, story writing ♡, bugs of all kinds ♡, roleplay ☆

♡ = special interest | ☆ = hyperfixation

I have autism and ADHD. I may not understand the tone of posts or messages, but I usually do! If I don't, do not feel bad. Just lmk what you meant and we can both be on our merry way

I also have OCD lol i am very not normal

I frequently reblog political posts, and I do not tag them. I rarely reblog discourse, but this is 100% a space supporting of all good-faith identities. To me, this includes m-spec gays and lesbians. The split attraction model is for everyone

I support endogenic and other non-traumagenic systems. I will not argue about this. I will just block you

I occasionally reblog posts with queer slurs in them. I tag these with #f slur or similar. Whichever letter the word starts with and then "slur"

I will block you if I don't like you and I request that you do the same. It's easier to not get upset online if you just don't interact with people who piss you off. I understand it's important to see issues from all angles and to hear out varying opinions but a lot of people online are just insane

I do roleplaying. I love roleplay it's so fun. If you try to initiate ERP I will kill u

I've been roleplaying online since I was literally like 10 years old. I did take like a 5-year long break but still. yk. Or maybe you don't idk I just work here

Yes I always use the square brackets. No I don't know why I started. Yes it's muscle memory at this point

Thank you for reading! It was probably tough. My cringe. My cringeeee

[dixonsdarkelf]

Main masterlist Murphy x OC masterlist AO3 link

I have another baby angel to introduce to the blog!

I was trying to help someone come up with a face claim for an OC, and I suggested Anna Kendrick. They didn't end up going with her, but then I got the idea of using Anna as a face claim for an OC & I couldn't get her out of my head. Thus, Essie was born. She's paired with Murphy MacManus, and I will likely write their initial meeting at some point.

Thank you to @dixons-sunshine for making this beautiful text 🖤

TW for pregnancy out of wedlock, family estrangement, allusion to religious deconversion, brief mention of EDs (in relation to her work & a parent struggling with one)

➼ Nicknames: Essie (she pretty much exclusively goes by this), Ess (Murphy and Connor), Essie Lou, Essie Lou Who, Cupid (Murphy), Loey (Sloane), Dorothy

➼ Her birthday is February 14th, 1969.

➼ She’s 5 foot 2 with light brown hair and light blue-green eyes.

➼ She grew up in Topeka, Kansas (hence the nickname “Dorothy”) before moving to Massachusetts for school.

➼ She speaks English and Japanese.

➼ Her first name is a variation of the Spanish name Estrella, meaning ‘star.’ Her mom wanted to change the spelling a bit, and thus, ‘Estrala’ was born.

➼ She has an older brother named Rowan, who is 4 years older than her, and a younger sister named Sloane, who is 3 years younger than her.

➼ Her ancestry is 75% Irish (dad is 100% Irish) and 25% Scottish (mom is half Irish, half Scottish).

➼ She’s an absolute sweetie pie (‘a literal angel,’ as Sloane calls her), but she has ‘the worst case of RBF the world has ever seen’ (also words from Sloane).

➼ She attended Harvard University and completed her R.D. program there.

➼ She works as a dietitian, her primary client base being those struggling with or recovering from eating disorders.

➼ Her “what made you want to become a dietitian?” story is a very personal one for her. She watched her mom struggle with an ED, and her dietitian was one of the key components to her recovery. She wants to help people the way that dietitian helped her mom.

➼ She has a golden doodle named Lila that she adopted after completing her schooling.

➼ She has Lila’s paw-print tattooed on the inside of her right wrist.

➼ She has celiac disease (an autoimmune disorder in which the person is unable to digest gluten) and is severely allergic to shellfish.

➼ Her favorite color is pink.

➼ She resides in Boston with Sloane and Sloane's son, Jackson.

➼ She’s a girly girl through and through. Sparkles, sequins, getting her nails and hair done, she loves it all.

➼ Her best friend, Bria, moved to Australia after high school, and they have been long-distance besties ever since.

➼ She has an estranged relationship with her faith. She was raised Roman Catholic, but after her sister got pregnant out of wedlock, she was turned off by the way her family treated Sloane and how they weaponized their faith to hurt her.

➼ Due to their behavior, she doesn’t speak to either of her parents.

➼ She hopes to one day repair her relationship with her faith.

➼ She loves Japanese culture and studied abroad there for a semester in university.

➼ She can play violin and was classically trained from a young age. She competed when she was younger, and still plays as an adult, but she stopped competing after high school.

➼ Her favorite food is sushi (no fish obviously).

➼ She doesn’t have her driver’s license because of an accident she got in when she had her learner’s permit. She takes either the bus or her bike everywhere.

➼ As a result of the accident, she has burn scars on her thighs. They’re her biggest insecurity, but she’s grateful that she’s at least able to cover them with clothes.

➼ Diet Coke is her kryptonite. Gift her a 2-liter, and she might fall in love with you.

➼ Her favorite flower is cherry blossoms, both for the color and the smell.

➼ Her style consists of flowy skirts and dresses when she’s out and baggy sweatpants when she’s at home. She finds jeans. leggings, and tights to be uncomfortable, as the fitted material irritates her scars.

➼ Her favorite animal is koalas.

➼ She has a raging hatred for alcohol after growing up in a family of alcoholics (primarily through her extended family) and watching it destroy the lives of the people she loved.

➼ She has an affinity for The Grinch (hence the nickname Essie Lou Who).

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[melancholic-pigeon]

Meet my step-animals

It's been a hard week.

I'm not using their real names just for privacy's sake. I am also not using my fiancee's real handle or name, because I know she doesn't mind me posting pics of the babies but I don't know how she'd feel about being like, half-searchable on a blog with 420 followers (which, nice).

anyway.

You've met Baby Blue. I call him Blue because he turns blue-black in some lights:

He is Very Large and completely full of love for everyone and everything. He's brilliant, although sometimes he pretends he doesn't know his commands when he's busy playing and doesn't want to go potty or come inside for dinner. He loves Mommy, Grandma, Imma, Kitties, New People, Socks and BALL!!!! the most, but he also wants to be friends with the wild animals. (The wild animals do not want to be friends with him; this makes him very sad.)

Cats below the cut.

Queen Mother is my icon, so called because she is spoiled, demanding, ancient and the ruler of the house as the oldest indoor animal. I love all three cats equally, but also all three of them have reasons they're my secret favorite...

...but again, Her Majesty is my secret actual favorite because she is absolutely thrilled I will incessantly pet her due to not having regular kitty access at home. She knows I am weak to her wiles and I love her more for it. She is in her late teens, still hale and hearty, and she quacks like a duck instead of meowing because she's so old. I'm obsessed with her.

Nyaasputin is in the "idiot college kid" stage of his development, and is so named because his daddy is a Russian Blue! (it's not common for stray cats to be purebred in the US, but they know specifically which escaped Russian Blue is his father, lol.)

He is prone to harassing Cow Kitty to play, who was found in a dumpster much too young and often finds him overwhelming. She does send him mixed signals, but he needs to learn to respect her hisses a little more. Pictured left is his little kitty shiner from Fucking Around and Finding Out.

(He was fine within a couple days, we kept an eye on it and kept it clean and it healed up nicely and was fully healed by the time I left.)

He's like a college freshman in kitty years and he acts like it and I adore his silly little butt. He has 2 modes in photos, which I tried to capture: seeing ghosts and seducing the czarina. (I often sing him Boney M.)

Cow Kitty is tiny and scared. My sister describes her as looking like she just got caught doing something embarrassing:

which is kinda what she always looks like, actually. (She's hard to photograph because she moves so fast.)

She's also my dream guardian. I tend to have the least contact with her because she gets so nervous around novel people, but I think that's part of it. When I started having pogrom nightmares (a grim rite of passage for conversion students, I'm told), she started showing up in them shortly afterward, to show me hidden places and back routes and ways to escape and find safety.

I choose to believe she's projecting her kitty consciousness out towards mine in thanks for my patience and for introducing myself with lobster treats (she loves shellfish; until fairly recently the only contact I had with her was when she darted out from her Hidey Spot to take a treat from my hand which in cat language is a very high honor indeed). I see her mostly in my dreams, but she is a symbol of safety and rescue and I love her for it.

And that's my photo limit, so. My babies. Hope they bring you some joy too.

[eclipsecrowned]

'but kadi don't you police other people's content --'

no sandy i police my own blog and what i tolerate. i don't drive out to big dick's shrimp shack on the bay and pitch a fit they serve food i am allergic to. i drive past it. but if i tell my partner i'm allergic to shellfish and they still serve up some shrimp cocktail for dinner in my home where i live yes i'm gonna be a bitch about it. unless someone's genuinely and tangibly being harmful don't tell people what to do with their blogs.

[autismtana]

santana lopez headcanons?

some of these i posted on my main blog but fuck it i'm just gonna post it here

ADHD/autism/CPTSD/anxiety (see here, here and here)

Lesbian (canon) but also lowkey demisexual, she/her/ella pronouns

Anxiety baby pretty much since birth

Has chronic migraines and pmdd

Either an only child or the eldest of 8 kids (there is no middle ground)

Abuela is Maribel’s mom (Santana was abuela’s favourite bc eldest granddaughter but that changed after she came out) 🥺

Likes peppermint and camomile tea

Lapsed catholic (St Vitus was her confirmation saint)

Treats Emma pillsbury’s office like her own personal church confessional (doesn’t actually tell her anything that warrants counsellor help though, mostly just vents about glee club)

Bardi gang and also loves Megan Thee Stallion

Not really a swiftie but likes a couple songs because Brittany likes them

Bad at math

Favourite school subjects were art and English 

Met Brittany in kindergarten and they’ve been best friends ever since (she hid under the table the second her mum left on the first day of kindergarten and Brittany was in her 'pretending to be a cat' era, crawled under the table and shoved her thumb in Santana's left dimple and that's how they became friends)

Had a pet rabbit when she was 11 but it unfortunately disappeared (abuela’s fault)

Used to do track and soccer and was very good at both but also kinda uncoordinated

Became friends with Mercedes first out of the original glee kids

Deathly afraid of clowns (especially Ronald McDonald)

Has never eaten McDonalds in her life

Has a mayonnaise phobia

Hates balloons being popped around her and people splashing water on her (unless she’s doing the splashing herself)

Used to climb a lot as a kid but is also weirdly afraid of rollercoasters

Secretly loves the joy of painting (Bob Ross’s show that puts everyone to sleep)

Likes to draw

Favourite animal is a hedgehog

Allergic to nuts and shellfish

Has sleep paralysis (rachel berry is her sleep paralysis demon lmaoooo)

Has a weighted blanket that she was really attached to but she was convinced it was giving her sleep paralysis so she stopped using it (it wasn't)

Ends up going to cosmetology school in NY

[ask-nicolai-sdv]

Masterpost

Mod here, hello! Welcome to my SDV oc's ask blog!

This is the remake of my old blog, @ask-nico-sdv, now @nico-sdv-archives. It was just a pain running it as a sideblog, so I swapped it all over to here as a main!

Blog rules: No explicit NSFW, mod might be an adult but hakuna your tata's. Being flirty and jokingly suggestive (again, no explicit-ness) is A-Ok though!

Blog tags!

deathstar sdv, niclex sdv, neeks x sam sdv , neeks x seb sdv (to be updated) = his pairing tags!

neeks angst = the sad boy hours.

neeks lore = any of his backstory y'all unlock!

NIMM on the clock = any asks relating to his work as a mortician! (stands for nico in memoriam mortuary.)

mod speaks: what it says on the label! I'll use the little moon dividers to make it easier to tell, though.

other tags (askbox, anon, reblog, etc) = self explanatory.

Nico is polyamorous like me, just message me if you've got a ship in mind for him, only if you're 18 or older.

Character Lore!

Name: Nico, or Neeks if you'd like. (any pronouns except she/her)

Age: Early 20's, just out of college.

Background: Fresh out of college and new to the Valley, Nico's still getting settled into small-town life and the peace it brings. Well, peaceful when he isn't running his shop, a small funeral home/undertaking to the west of town. Despite his line of work, he refuses to let it get him down, and would drop just about anything at anytime to spend an evening with friends!

Loved gifts: All gemstones/minerals, coffee, tea, strawberries, cotton candy, pineapples, spaghetti.

Liked gifts: All flowers, most cooked meals, all artifacts, energy tonic, all fruits.

Disliked gifts: Blueberry, melon, pumpkin, orange.

Hated gifts: All fish/shellfish or dishes with them (allergic), all rice.

[dunkan224]

[ReLIT] 📘 Aono Seiichiro 50 Questions (2025 ver.)

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk-hcbr3Zmw

Narrator: Ayano Ren

~ 50 Questions ~

01. Name?

📘: Aono Seiichiro

02. Where does your name come from?

📘: It’s the name of a character from a novel

🍰: Which character?

📘: Please watch my old 50 questions video~

03. Nickname? 

📘: Ao-chan or Aono-san. More so Ao-chan

04. Birthday?

📘: August 9th. Baseball Day! [89 can be read as yakyuu = baseball]

05. Blood-type?

📘: A

06. Height?

📘: 173cm and 174cm

🌻: 3 and 4!?

📘: Somewhere in between!

07. Where are you from?

📘: Kyoto Prefecture

08. How would you describe your personality?

📘: Calm, graceful, and left-handed (?)

09. What club activities did you do?

📘: Soccer. I didn’t do anything in high school, but I played the drums in a band

10. Favourite sport?

📘: Soccer and recently figure skating

11. Favourite food?

📘: Baumkuchen, curry, and recently, kasu-jiru. Which is a miso soup made from sake kasu [Pressed lees left over from sake production].

🍰: Ah~ the white stuff?

📘: Yes, I recently realised how good it is

12. Least favourite food?

📘: Large shellfish. Anything larger than scallops

👼🏻: Can you have scallops tho?

📘: Scallops are my upper limit

🍰: Mirugai clams?

📘: Them also

13. Favourite season?

📘: Winter

14. Favourite song?

📘: Favorite song!? California coconuts (Kururi)

15. Favourite artist?

📘: Kururi, Fujifabric, and Hello! Project

16. Favourite anime?

📘: Recently, Medalist. What else… Hmmm… *Puts on hoodie*

👼🏻: Slowly changing forms…

📘: LOL. Evangelion

17. Favourite manga?

📘: Recently, Superstar wo utatte. It's a story about a boy who dreams of becoming a rapper. The art shakes me to the core!

18. Favourite DD song?

📘: Boku wa Android (Traffic Light.), but I really love songs written by halyosy, so everything by halyosy is my favourite!

19. Favourite colour?

📘: Blue. I also like navy and greyish blue

20. Favourite place? 

📘: The bookstore. I enjoy window-shopping

21. Favourite word/phrase?

📘: This is a quote from Hibana by Matayoshi-san from Peace, but I like “There’s no such thing as a bad ending so long as you are alive”, “We’re still on our way”

🍰: I think I saw that somewhere! Did you write it on your blog?

📘: I did!

22. Hobbies?

📘: Reading books, mangas, and going for a walk

23. Skills?

📘: Drums, but I’ve never performed it openly

🍰: I hope you can one day!

📘: I really want to!

🍰: ReLIT band?

📘: ReLIT band! Please look forward to it!!

24. Your strengths?

📘: I’m cute~~

📘: …

📘: 🫠

🌹: Cutie~ ♡

📘: Please don’t look at me like that…

🍝: I suddenly feel so sleepy~

💫: LOL

25. Your weaknesses?

📘: I overthink, which leads me to procrastinate

26. Describe yourself as a kanji character

📘: “Darkness” [陰] as in “light and darkness/yin and yang” [陰と陽]

💫: LOL

📘: I am the shadow

27. What's something that made you feel happy recently?

📘: I was able to lift a heavier weight on the bench press

🌻: What’s your personal record?

📘: I’m at 37.4kgs right now!

💫: Wow!

📘: I really couldn’t lift anything at the start

🍰: What weight did you start at?

📘: Around 20kgs

🍰: That’s quite a big improvement!

📘: Yeah! The moment I could lift that I realised how fun working out is

🍰: Please continue to do your best!

📘: Will do!

🌻: I can’t believe it…! You’re usually struggling to keep up…!

💫: LOL

📘: I am struggling!! But this was a happy moment!

28. What's something that made you feel angry recently?

📘: Ummm, nothing… really…

🌻: That’s a good thing!

💗: At least you tried to think of something!

📘: I tried! Maybe I just forgot about it, but I don’t have anything

29. What's something that made you feel sad recently?

📘: Again, nothing in particular. But I think saying no would defeat the point of this video

🍰: He’s overthinking again!

📘: I didn’t gain any weight? My muscle strength went up, but not my body weight

🍰: Maybe you gained muscle in your arms but lost muscle in your legs

💫: LOL

30. What's something fun you’ve done recently?

📘: Being with the ReLIT members is always fun. 

31. What's something that you’ve been into recently?

📘: Recently, I listen to rap music! It’s super cool!

32. What song do you have on repeat recently?

📘: I watched No No Girls very recently…

🌻: It ended quite a while ago!

📘: So I’ve been listening to Chanmina. She’s so cool!

33. Best school subject?

📘: Japanese

34. What location would you like to visit?

📘: We will make a stop in Aomori during our 47 tour, but I want to do a Dazai Osamu itinerary! It was always my dream to visit his landmarks!

🍰: What if you had to immediately go home?

📘: I’d throw a tantrum! 

💫: LOL

📘: I won’t be forced to go home!!!!

35. Habits?

📘: I squint my eyes close

🍝: I assumed you were just tired

📘: Oh, actually! I tend to answer questions with “Is that so?”

💫: LOL

📘: Then I get told, “Yeah, that's why I’m asking you”

💫: LOL 

🌻💗: That's so true

🍰: So you answer questions with another question? Please pay more attention

📘: Yes…

36. What’s something that’s important to you?

📘: To take care of myself. Put myself first! I learned that watching No No Girls *heart hand*

👼🏻: Um… You’re sloth hands are kind of in the way…

🍰: It looks so scary

🌻: What’s up with your hands!

📘: It’s a heart!

37. Favourite ReLIT song? 

📘: I can’t choose!! I love every song I’ve written, but if I had to pick one, it would be Moonbow Fantasy. I really love the long instrumental part at the end

38. What do you like about ReLIT?

📘: That we can be little kids when we’re together. No matter how old we are, we always laugh about the stupidest things

👼🏻: You think we only talk about stupid stuff!?

🍰: Isn’t that true!

📘: No! But it’s super important! It’s a very good thing! I only feel this way because I’m with you guys

💫: Thank you!

39. What location would you like to visit with the ReLIT members?

📘: Universal Studios Japan!

👼🏻: Let’s!

🍰: Since we went to Disney (Sea) last time!

📘: Yes! Thanks to the members

💗: Didn’t you also say you wanted to visit Disney Land?

📘: I do! But as a Kansai region representative I want to visit Universal Studios!

40. If you could exchange bodies with one of the members, who would it be and why?

📘: Haruki

🌻: Omg yay!

📘: He was gesturing to me to pick him

🌻: I thought you would pick me!

📘: You’re a fast talker

💫: LOL

🌻: Is that a diss?

📘: No! I want the ability to have conversations at the speed you do

🍰: No one can come in between you guys then…

🌻: Let’s try it another day!

📘: Please

41. What things would you want to try in the future as ReLIT?

📘: I want to perform at a music festival! Like a summer music festival! On a stage outdoors 

42. What goals do you have for the future?

📘: Nippon Budokan

43. What things would you want to try in the future individually?

📘: I want to publish my own book

👼🏻: Woahh I would read that! 

🌻: I’m sure it would come true!

📘: I want to experience seeing my book in a bookstore.

🍰: Would it be an novel?

🌻: An essay?

📘: I don’t mind!

💗: Can we write the obi that goes around the book? “We made it come true”

💫: LOL

~Questions from the members~

44. Favourite type of ice cream?

📘: Ice no mi, soft serve, and Papico

45. Favourite type of ramen?

📘: I prefer something light. Salt or soy sauce

46. What do you think about before going to sleep?

📘: Uh… I truly don’t remember… 

💫: LOL

📘: I’ll leave it up to your imagination

47. What would you do if you had a month off?

📘: I’ll read all the books and manga in my to-read pile! 

🍝: Everything?

📘: Everything!

🌻: You could get through a lot in the month!

📘: Yes! I want to do that! I also want to play Dragon Quest

🍰: Ahhh, please do!

📘: I purchased DQ11, but haven't had the time to start playing. So I wanna!

48. How many stories would you want if you lived in your own house?

📘: Just one. In the countryside, the houses with big corridors

🍰: A big house?

💗: So big you can’t sweep?

📘: Yeah! Like in Sazae-san

49. What would you want to reincarnate as?

📘: Ahhh, I think I’m already good with being a human

🌻: You sound like you’ve lived a thousand lives!

🍰: You’re so done

📘: I want to be a cat or a dog… with a family… that's loving towards me…

💫: LOL You’re already very loved!!

📘: I am in my human form! But I’d also want to be loved as a dog or a cat!

50. What title would you give to your life story?

📘: This is too hard

💫: LOL Who came up with this question!

📘: “Late bloomer”. We’re still midway through our lives. The flower may bloom late, but I want to prove that it always will bloom in the end! As an idol too!

💫: *👏*

~ Final words ~

📘: This was Aono Seiichiro! I think you got to learn more about me from this video, so please come and watch ReLIT on our 47 prefecture tour! It will be lots of fun! Thank you for watching! 

[davekat-sucks]

hi! I understand why you’ve made this blog, but then again I also don’t at the same time? Like. I understand why you hate davekat (I ship them but they are VERY overrated) but also in my eyes ships don’t have to make sense. This could just be me being a multishipper and literally came up with pun ship names for almost every trolls x karkat (my favorite being Eridan x Karkat which I called Selfish shellfish) last night. So can you sort of care to explain this?? Sorry!!

Karkat x Eridan is a good ship too. It is definitely better than Davekat. Shellfish/Selfish is also a good ship name. The play-on wording for it makes sense. MSPA Booru calls them Sickleback in reference to the Stickleback fish.

Karkat and Eridan works since they do have some history with each other as close friends. Sure Karkat may dislike Eridan's attitude at times, but he still helps him in things like love advice. He is one of the few people that tolerate Eridan. It is also interesting that Eridan is close with Karkat despite all his speech on the hemospectrum being a thing. Eridan never questions about Karkat's blood even after it was supposedly revealed by the time they were on the meteor. It shows that Eridan would have never really intended on killing land dwellers. I think the two could help each other out in that Karkat helps Eridan to become a better and less shitty person. Have him think carefully about individuals as people and their feelings when it comes to romance or friendships. Eridan in turn, would help Karkat out of his self loathing and probably help him be direct to vent out what he feels. I even think the true moirailligence was suppose to be with Karkat and Eridan. Of course, redrom or blackrom could work as well for Erikat.

[avkenvs3000w25]

Blog #2 My ideal role as an environmental interpreter.

If I were to be an environmental interpreter, my ideal role would involve showcasing landscapes which have evidence of how they evolved over the course of earth’s history. Every part of the earth has a history of biogeochemical cycles that lead to the rise of certain features. However, some evidence of biogeochemical cycles can’t be seen with the naked eye.  An example of a landscape which has clear evidence is a desert landscape with ancient dune formations and salt deposits. Water, wind, and mineral precipitation is visible through the layering of soil and salt flats, illustrating the long-term processes of evaporation and deposition. Another interesting landscape could be the limestone formations in the Mediterranean which showcase the evolution of a shallow marine environment into limestone coasts where marine fossils and an abundance of carbonates can be found. The current wildlife being supported in these areas directly descends from these processes, making them intrinsically linked.

An environmental interpreter in a position like this would need to be knowledgeable of geologic history, soil formation, and evolutionary biology, as well a skilled orator to help visitors connect intellectually with these landscapes. By interpreting the history etched into the earth, visitors would gain a deeper appreciation of how natural cycles and processes have shaped the ecosystem.

A specific location which would be an ideal place to be an environmental interpreter to me would be the coastal cliffs in the Iberian Peninsula. In the Iberian Peninsula, I would point out the remnants of ancient marine life embedded in the rock, such as fossilized shells and coral. I'd share how the carbonates that make up these rocks were once part of shellfish living in shallow seas, and how their transformation into limestone is a vital part of Earth's long-term carbon cycle. I would also illustrate how the formation of these limestone cliffs from carbonate deposition created the rocky crevasses which giant moray eels hide and cliffs which Spanish ibex climb.  I would also illustrate how these landscapes change continuously and how that influences life today. For example, the habitat of the moray continues to be carved into the limestone by wave action. By sharing these connections, I would help visitors see how landscapes are not static but are constantly evolving and influencing the web of life.

To be an effective environmental interpreter, I’d also focus on making these stories relevant to people’s lives. For instance, I might draw parallels between the carbon stored in limestone and the modern issue of carbon emissions, sparking a conversation about how understanding Earth’s natural systems can help us address climate change. Ultimately, my goal as an environmental interpreter would be to inspire awe and curiosity while deepening people's understanding of the natural world.

[rumin8ing-boy]

august 21, 2024

So this is the actual first post, despite a "hello world" I chucked into the mix like a true ditzy developer.

I don't know how Tumblr works, I haven't used it seriously since like 2018. And even then, it was mostly for the scanty images of men Instagram wouldn't let users post. But I'm here now, I suppose, and I don't know what I aim to get out of this. It's definitely not an audience. Social media sites are oversaturated and no one's really looking, they're just waiting their turn in the spotlight. I think I want to externalise what I'm thinking. To put out my words into the world, despite their absolute insignificance, and feel it sitting on a corporate overlord's server. I want to bathe in the delusion of feeling meaningful.

Just in case I'm not the only person who will be subjected to this word vomit, I want to set some ground rules for this space. I like to think of myself as an intellectual. But I know this means I know nothing in the grand scheme of things. That doesn't mean I'm not constantly existing in a state of hubris and utter humiliation at thinking I know anything. This will, unfortunately, be reflected here.

A few more things. I hate shellfish and avocado and will use this platform to degrade those abominations accordingly. Also, unrelated, I am a boy who happens to like boys too. Of course, though. I'm AMAB and I'm on Tumblr writing a blog. I think I'm Carrie in the friend group but really, I'm kind of a mix between Samantha and Charlotte. I live with three chronic mental and physical ailments, only one of them slightly life-threatening and the other two just being mildly annoying. And, as I am typing this, I just told off someone who misunderstood a TikTok video of mine for not having comprehension skills.

I'll cut this off here now. I think I've real Cady-style word-vomited. I hope I can get the catharsis my heart wants from this project before my ADHD decides it's not worth it anymore. Have a good one, reader.

[mariasmemo]

The Ice Man Cometh

This is a blog of the past.  I often think of this “story” when it’s hot and humid out.  So here it is again.

The past few weeks have been very un-Nantucket as far as the heat and the extreme humidity.  When I was a child and even a teenager, I remember that we always wore long pants and even sweaters in the summer evenings on island.  This does not seem to be the norm any longer unfortunately.  The heat also leads me to think about staying cool and what generations before us did to preserve food. 

Long before modern refrigeration, ice was used for preserving foods. Although the use of ice brought an end to salting and drying fish for local markets, with railroad development and western expansion in the 1850s, salt fish was still being shipped to inland domestic markets as well as abroad. As the fishing industry grew on Nantucket and elsewhere, however, so did the need for ice to keep the catch fresh for market.

On Nantucket, when a hard freeze produced ice of the necessary thickness, blocks were cut from Maxcey’s and Washing Ponds and the North Head of Hummock Pond and stored in nearby icehouses. This was a fairly long and tricky process that took skill to make sure the ice was the right thickness and that one did not fall through the ice.  Mainland icehouses typically used sawdust for insulation, but Nantucket ice was insulated with beach grass, seaweed, and eelgrass—sawdust not being readily available here.  The iceman would drive his cart around the streets with usually a gaggle of children trailing behind – or hitching a secretive ride on the back of the cart – hoping for a piece of ice to suck on and cool off with – back when something that simple was a pure delicacy.

When electricity was introduced on Nantucket in 1889, cutting pond ice was no longer necessary.  Captain John “Jack” Killen built the first ice-making plant, on Straight Wharf, opening it on May 5, 1902.  Several other plants, including that of the Island Service Company, followed—all operating until the Great Depression.  Nantucket’s early ice-making plants were established primarily for packing fish and shellfish, which were shipped in barrels or fish boxes layered with ice. Fishermen both on and off-island would stock up on ice before going out on long trips, and it is said that island ice was of a much higher quality than that from plants off-island—perhaps because of the purity of Nantucket’s water.

Some people still cut ice.  My parents had an elderly friend, now gone, and his family owned – and I assume still owns – a camp of cottages from the 19th century up in New Hampshire.  In the winter, the entire family shows up to harvest ice and store it in the icehouse.  The ice is then used in each of the cottages during the summer since they have no electricity or plumbing.  It is an art that is almost gone but happily there are still a few who have passed down the knowledge and skill for harvesting ice.  I recently took a look at his obituary and was blown away – I remember him for ice harvesting – but wow what a life!  One of service and seeking justice.

JNLF

[disneyworldfoodallergies]

Hello!

Welcome to my blog documenting/listing allergen friendly food options at Walt Disney World in Orlando. I am an individual with severe food allergies, my allergens include Peanuts, Tree Nuts and Shellfish (Crustaceans). I created this blog because I wanted people who have similar allergies to myself to be able to know about what foods they could potentially have on any future trips they may take to the parks. I mostly list foods that are not already listed on the My Disney Experience App as being allergen friendly, for example the limited time foods from things like Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival and foods from various “sit down” restaurants across the parks and at the various on property resorts. Occasionally I mention if foods are safe for allergies other than my own, please note I most likely won’t list off items that are not safe for the allergens I’ve listed above as I’m not going to be consuming or purchasing those items. I also will be listing any discrepancies or issues I personally encounter at the parks/resorts regarding allergies and food safety practices. If you have any questions about any of the food I mention here on this blog feel free to ask about it and I will answer it to the best of my ability knowing that I am just one person and can only go off of my own experiences and the information I am given by chefs and cast members alike.

Thank you and have a nice day!

[just-another-hhazbin]

Me: I did not add nearly enough red Chile to this spice mix. It’s spicier than last time but not enough.

Half of my very white family, who think that spaghetti is spicy and that salt is the only “spice” you need: Please stop

[miffyiffy]

One Piece Allergy Season

Sorry for being inactive for a while, im in my province rn so the internet here is whack. It's just hcs for today :)) and sorry if this is a mess, i only made this like a few minutes ago and im really tired but i had the urge to update this blog since it's been months since i posted fanfics or hcs. I will edit this once im back home and well rested enough <3

I'm allergic to pineapples, dust, sweat, animal fur, and had a lot of digestive and skin problems growing up (until now) so writing this was really fun !!

Characters: Luffy, Sabo, Usopp, Franky, Nami, Kaido

Let me know if you want a part 2 with different characters!

Luffy

Allergies: Peanuts

I just feel like luffy has peanuts allergy that he totally does not know about. Makino knows it, Dadan knows it, Garp knows it, everyone else in the village knows it, even Shanks, just in case luffy gets a hold of peanut butter and other food that has peanuts in them. Luffy himself, didn't know he had peanut allergies until Sanji prepared some good old fashioned peanut butter and jam sandwiches for the crew. His whole head was swollen and everyone was panicking, asking Luffy why his head is swollen, Nami said that it looks like an allergic reaction so Chopper ran to the clinic to find an epipen. Ever since then, peanuts are banned on the Sunny, well at least when Luffy is around, the crew also carry at least 2 epipen with them

Sabo

Allergies: Pinapple, dusts

Yes, I am projecting myself into sabo, I'm not sure if people would agree that he has pinapple allergy but he would definitely have dust allergy. Both allergies affect his skin, it gives him red rashes, itchy, swollen skin. He also have a skin condition —thus, having to carry a moisturizer, lotion, oitment, pills, or other things that would help him and his skin. He's not asthmatic that's why the dust only affects his skin, the pinapple would affect both his skin and throat, it would give him sore throat but it's not as sore to the point he has lost his voice, more like an itch that he can't reach and it's SUPERRRR annoying.

Usopp

Allergies: Some shellfish

I would say that usopp has a seafood allergy but he's literally living on a sea so I'll go with shellfish. He's NOT allergic to shellfish, just some— like around 1-2 specie(s) of shellfish such as shrimps and clams or crabs and snails, and other shellfish. When usopp first said this to Sanji, he (sanji) always makes sure to make a different dish for usopp when having a banquet and making snacks, usopp also told chopper so that he can have some allergy pills just in case.

Franky

Allergies: Chemical allergy

Franky is a self-built cyborg (or as i like to call it "DIY Robot") surely, he had some allergic reaction to some chemicals while building himself. I don't know much chemicals, but Franky doesn't show any allergic reaction when in touch with some chemicals since he's a cyborg now but he can feel it and it's SUPERRRR uncomfortable. Chopper made a special ointment for him :)), he tries to stay away and avoid using that certain chemical as much as possible. Robin also lent him some further knowledge on what to do, how to prevent, and what's the cause of it.

Nami

Allergies: Lactose intolerance

Ok, I know that lactose intolerance is a digestive problem and isn't an allergy but I want to include nami in this and again as I said, I am projecting myself into these characters. Nami always buys a different kind of milk, much likely almond milk (since it makes your 🍒 bigger). She can handle dairy pretty well, but not so often. Yeah she can hadle eating ice cream, carbonara, milkshakes, and creamy coffee in a day, but she wouldn't eat anything dairy after that in the next couple of days. Nami also said it to Sanji so he can find other substitutes for dairy products, she also said it to chopper so he can give her some pain killers if she's having a hard time, especially when they're always on the sea.

Kaido

Allergies: Death

Self-explanatory.