#those are the only good photos i have because i'm ugly rip

[soraviie]

one of the best pictures of Jimin...but all pictures of Jimin are the best ones T-T

The second you plop down the quite fascinatingly uncomfortable office chair, you check on the messages, almost like an instinct.

Jiminie: I have to go to sleep already, love :( But good morning and only 13 days to go!

Jiminie: Whole 13 days....

Jiminie: The taste of my tears is exquisite •᷄ɞ•᷅

Inadvertently, a peel of laughter rips out form you prompting curious, judgmental stares sent from all directions of the office. You pretend you don't see them. Just 13 days and you'll be back with Jimin...Glancing outside, you purse your lips at the rain tapping against the window. Coming home was great and all, not having to second guess every sentence about its proper grammatical structure but Jimin was Jimin and you'd given him your heart, receiving his one in return.

13 days, you sigh to yourself, you can do this.

Just before you lock the phone, you allow yourself the moment of weakness to admire your lockscreen. How clearly you remembered that night.

Hunching over the stove top cooking soup and crying your eyes out, wiping the snot away every once in a while. It'd been one of those days when you felt so isolated. Your humour, your experience, your viewpoint it fell so harshly against what people had here, you couldn't help but feel like all condemning eyes were on you, watching you with the same sentiment one would a cockroach fallen on the back. Suddenly you grasp with the very tips of the ears some very...graphic cursing. At first you dismiss it. Perhaps another alcoholic neighbour taking the stress out in the hallway but then you hear a distinctive pout in that still cursing voice and a shift into Busan dialect which you would only know because a certain someone had moaned your ears off with it - and yes, both sexual and non-sexual way.

"Fuck me, fuck these flowers, fuck this stupid paper," you hear on the other side of the door. "Cooperate will you?! Have some sense of shame?! How dare you go against me?! I'm a human and what are you -!"

"A dummy is what you are," you call out to him from the open door, startling Jimin so bad he flops on all four on the ground. The bouquet of roses lays pitifully on the ground, largely smashed. Only three are survivors. He quickly wraps them up in the white paper, coming to stand before you - concerned. As always.

Abruptly you recall that your eyes were indeed red and that there was in fact snot dripping down your nose, so you push the sleeves of the jumper up against your face, asking him to leave, you're too ugly today.

Yeah as if Jimin would ever accept that.

Long story short, you ended up arranging an engagement that night along with the addition of this photo. Your hazy eyes shift from the photo to the ring around your finger. Sniffling, you brush away the straying moisture away from your eyes, locking the phone.

13 days left. You both could do it.

Maybe.

send in a picture of the boys and I’ll write a scenario

[alovelyfox]

Chapter 3: Really just a simple favour

Please note there are mentions of suicide/substance abuse in this chapter, so reader discretion is advised.

This has got to be one of the most uncomfortable dates of all time. Not that you've been on many, but if this is what dating is like, you think it's time to ask your parents for an arranged marriage. And it's not that your date is ugly or anything too. Stan's wearing an oversized blue and red jacket with a pair of ripped blue jeans. He has a little bit of scruff on his chin, with his hair dyed blonde rather than natural, something you could tell by his black roots still showing. He didn't look so much like a creep as Kyle predicted, more like a washed up rock star wearing clothes from the kids section of a Wal-Mart. But your main problem with him is how fucking boring he's acting right now.

You've been making polite conversation with him for the past 5 minutes, and he's giving you nothing to work with. When you asked about his day so far, he gave you a curt 'fine’, then didn't bother to ask about yours. So you try again, telling him that you recently started a job at a law firm, but he looks like he'd rather be anywhere else but listening to you.

What a dick you think. I mean, he was the one who practically begged to have this date with me, yet he's acting like I'm not even here! Fuck my life.

“Hey, do you have any friends you think you could set me up with?" He asks, and it takes all your willpower to not openly slap him across the face.

Is he insane? Or does he find me so utterly awful that he's decided he's done with this date and wants to start planning his next one. Piece of shit.

"Like any cute friends?" He asks again. "Anyone with, let's say, straight black hair and choppy bangs in the front. And black eyes you can feel your soul getting lost in, that make you feel safe and like she's gonna take care of you forever... Oh, and a pink beret, maybe in some childhood photos or maybe still now?"

"Wendy? Are you asking about my roommate Wendy?"

His eyes light up when you mention her name and you feel your heart sink.

"Wait, so you asked me on a date only so you could get one with my roommate? Are you fucking serious? Nah, fuck you and fuck whatever this is." You get up to leave and make it out the door before he grabs you by the arm.

"Y/N please. I swear, I never meant to play you or anything, I'm not that kind of guy. Just let me explain." Stan pleads with you.

"Did you set up this date because you genuinely like me or because you're a stalker creep who likes my roommate so much that you'd do anything to get with her? Cause if it's the second one, that explains everything to me right there." You say, and he turns silent.

You look at your phone and the clock reads 6:15. You wonder if Kyle's still nearby when Stan interrupts your thoughts.

“Look, Y/N. I'm sorry, it's true. I did set up this date because I wanted you to help me get in touch with Wendy, but please hear me out. I met Wendy when we were in pre-school, and I've been in love with her ever since. We were one of those on again-off again couples in middle school, but during high school I fucked up. She broke up with me and moved away for college, while I stayed in that shithole town and let the loneliness consume me. I hated myself for letting her get away, for losing one of the most perfect girls to ever exist. But I came to my senses, decided enough was enough and came here."

You hate how sincere he sounds, and you feel yourself sympathizing with him. With a heavy sigh, you start walking back to your apartment, and motion for him to follow.

"I don't know Wendy that well, but I really like her. Also, she's doing well right now. And I'll be damned if I'm gonna let some douchey ex of hers come into her life and screw it all up. So I have to know the full story, which you're gonna tell me as we walk back to my apartment. If it's good enough, I'll invite you in to meet her, but if not, you leave both her and I the hell alone. Deal?"

He sighs loudly, but nods his head and reluctantly starts following you home.

"Deal. So, it all started when my friend Eric Cartman got an anal probe..."

…

Hearing Stan talk about his middle school relationship with Wendy softens your heart towards him, if only a little. The way he used to throw up when she talked to him, and how she paid a group of Iraqis to capture one of their teachers whom he had a crush on and shoot her into the sun. Okay the second one sounds kind of crazy, but it's obvious that they cared for each other a lot, at least when they were young. But when discussing what happened to them in high school, Stan freezes up.

"I fucked up. I really fucked it all up. Everyone else knew exactly what they were doing with their lives, and I had no fucking clue what to do with mine. I got really depressed, and turned to alcohol to numb the pain. My dad's an alcoholic, so maybe it's just something I inherited. But I pushed everyone away. My family, my best friends, and especially Wendy. She tried her hardest to get me to quit, to try and salvage what we had. But she broke up with me, saying that she couldn't watch me kill myself, and that it was time for her to move on. I was so wrapped up in all my shit that I didn't even care. I didn’t put up a fight, just watched her leave. I stayed in South Park while I watched everyone else get on with their lives, and all I wanted was to be back in middle school, when my friends didn't look at me with pity in their eyes and the love of my life was still mine."

So far, he had been walking alongside you while talking, but now he stops in his tracks and stares at the ground for a moment before his next words.

"I tried to kill myself two months ago."

Your eyes widen, seeing him so vulnerable like this. He turns to look up at the star pierced night sky which had befallen the both of you, obviously trying to will away the tears which were forming in his eyes. You're about to step forward and try to comfort him but he resumes walking, so you follow him while he continues on with what he was saying.

"Well, not really. It wasn't like I got a noose or a gun and just ended it. I had been on a three day bender with my dad's hidden supply, and in my drunken state I stumbled onto some train tracks. And I saw the train heading towards me, yet I didn't move. I think the alcohol was a way for me to slowly kill myself, but here was the perfect opportunity to finish the job. And my mind was hazy, and I thought that getting run over was exactly what I wanted. But then the train got closer and closer, and I hesitated. Was this really how my life was gonna end? Having achieved nothing, dying alone on some fucking train tracks? I had wanted to go back to my middle school self so bad, but would he have liked how I turned out? The train was a couple miles away when I hopped off the tracks, I was still so close my beanie flew off by the gust it generated from passing me. But I was alive, and had reached a moment of clarity. I didn't want to revert back to my middle school self. I want to become a man my middle school self is proud to grow up into. A man whose family and friends still care for him, and is still dating the girl of his dreams. So I checked myself into rehab, determined to change my mindset and ways."

He lets out a heavy sigh, and you pat him reassuringly on the back. He continues.

"I got out a couple weeks ago, and my first thought was to reunite with Wendy. She was the one who always had faith that I could recover, and with her by my side I would be able to get a job, reconnect with my friends, conquer anything. But I needed to know how she felt about me now, and when I found out that you were her roommate, I figured you were the one to talk to."

"But why not just ask me to help you? Why'd you ask me out on a date instead?"

"To be honest, I just thought it would be the quickest way to get your attention. Sorry for the way I acted on it by the way. I swear I'm a much more interesting guy to be around, but I was so worried about how'd you react to what I was gonna ask you that I guess I was kind of rude. My bad. But now that you've heard me out, you'll help and re-introduce me to her, right?"

You're in front of your apartment building now, and Stan's looking at you expectedly. You don't know what to think about everything he’s just told you, and him staring at you with puppy dog eyes isn't helping. You turn your back to him, and try to recollect your thoughts. He seems genuinely sorry about how he treated Wendy in the past, but does that mean he's changed?

You wheel around and look straight into his eyes as you say your next words.

"'Оkау.”

His face breaks out into a massive smile, but you hold up one finger indicating that you're not done.

"I'II help, under some conditions. And you're not meeting her until all these conditions have either been completed or agreed to. 1. You clean yourself up, both mentally and physically." You look him up and down, and raise an eyebrow.

"Mainly physically. Get some better clothes, clean up that scruff you call a beard sitting on your face, etc. 2. You get a job. Wendy deserves a guy who's stable, both mentally and financially. And 3. If you meet her again and she wants nothing to do with you, you suck it up and move on with your life. No weird stalking, no setting up a date with another one of her friends, nothing. Until then though, I'll help you get your life together. We can meet up tomorrow, when you should've already completed condition 1, and we can work on condition 2. Here's my number, don't abuse it."

You stick your hand out for his phone, and type your number into it. He takes it back and has a small smile on his face.

"Thanks. For everything. Even the small possibility of seeing her again makes my heart feel whole."

You let out a matching small smile. He does seem like a really sweet guy, and you can only hope he's serious about changing.

"I'll text you tomorrow when and where to meet up. Goodnight Stan."

And with that, you leave him standing on the street, and wonder what the hell you're gonna tell Wendy.

…

You decide to not tell Wendy about your date with Stan. You’ll find out how she feels about him as per Stan's request, but there's no reason for that to happen tonight. You walk into your room and practically collapse on your bed. Everything about today drained you, and the urge to sleep it all away is getting stronger and stronger. But before your droopy eyes fully close, your phone vibrates twice from an unknown texter. Assuming it's Stan, you breathe a heavy sigh. So much for the 'don't abuse it’ rule that came with your number. But you sit up straight when you actually read what it says.

Unknown Number - Hey Y/N, it's Kyle

Unknown Number - I just wanted to make sure you got home safe. So text me when you do.

You can't stop your face from smiling. You save his number into your phone and reply back.

Y/N - i came home a couple minutes ago, thanks for checking in ♡

Kyle ♡ - How'd it go?

Kyle ♡ - The date, I mean

You try not to read into why he cares about that. Probably just trying to make conversation, right?

Y/N - It wasn't what I anticipated, but the guy seems pretty nice so we're gonna meet up again tomorrow.

He leaves you on read for a while, only replying back five minutes later with a curt:

Kyle ♡ - Nice to hear. Goodnight Y/N.

He doesn't say anything else, leaving you to wonder what the hell you did wrong.

[galadriiel]

i was tagged by @crunchyspicysalmon thank you so much !! ♥✧*:･ﾟ

since everything’s a little weird right now & most seem to be bored I thought we could play a quarantine game ♥

answer the following!

1. how has your day been? alright, i haven't really done anything apart from eating, binging tv shows and messing around with photoshop but i'm good i suppose (:

2. what is the last thing that made you smile? i don't remember, i don't smile much when i'm on my own? but i guess either reading that boris johnson tested positive for corona lmao or just being in a good mood bopping out to motley crue as the sun came up a couple of hours ago? idk

3. what’s keeping you entertained these days? movies and tv shows, getting back into editing/graphic design i hadn't opened photoshop in over a month since i was in hospital before this and fuck i've missed it, crocheting and cooking?

4. if you are in some kind of quarantine/self isolation: is there anything you’d like to archieve in this time? hm i haven't really set any goals but i've been trying to est healthily since i got out of hospital so i wanna keep that up and try and exercise just a bit every day, i have movies and reading to catch up on and i wanna continue welsh on duolingo!

5. post a selfie! (if you’re comfortable with that) i've never shown my face on here before but this might just be your lucky day guys here are two ancient photos of me!

6. last but not least: send this to some mutuals to keep the game going!

i'm tagging @pleasedontlookatmeaight @passingthetime @alittlebitfrosty @warhcls and anyone who wants to do it (:

[demonslayedher]

I bought the official pamphlet of the Gotouge exhibition, and it has the titles of 25 arcs of the "Zenitsu-den." I was surprised to see English on a lot of the panels at the gallery but didn't recall seeing translations of these, but it was toward the end of the gallery and the line was starting to move at a pace I couldn't control, so I paid more attention to the art instead, as the titles all seemed ridiculous. Reading the chapter titles just now I was rolling my eyes at how outlandish they are, and then I got to the last ones and made a very strange "waAAH!" noise and I wanna cry; I didn't think I was going to take any of this seriously but--but but but--- Okay, so, I mi-i-i-ight need to put some other posts I wanted to write on hold in favor of a Zenitsu-den analysis. (And I'm excited to write those posts, so yeah.) For now, suffice to say that not only is Zenitsu musically talented, but he is remarkably talented at visual art as well--at least when he loves his subject matter, that is. There's a Taisho Rumor that states he's gotten a bit famous for being a man who can only produce photo-realistic his paintings one particular model, and he has been offered money for them many times, but he throws a fit so bad that he's been known to rip his own trousers as he screams, "WHO WOULD SELL THEIR OWN WIFE!?!"

What wasn't stated in any of this is what the other painter among this cast might have thought of this. I can just imagine it, Yushiro starting this hobby quietly, being frustrated with how he fails to quite capture Tamayo-sama's beauty, and partly with paintings easily because he sees them as no good. Then, when he hears about Zenitsu's declaration, he goes through a sea of inner turmoil about how Zenitsu puts him to shame with his devotion (Tamayo was never his wife... but still, how could he!! How dare he!!!!), and that he must recover all the paintings before anyone ever finds out he ever parted with any of them. That's just my headcanon for Yushiro going on off on desperate secret antics though. He's got enough time on his hands for art heists.

(Anyway, previously leaked material about Zenitsu depicting himself as a dashing hero with a magnificent mustache and chin-hair and drawing other men who are irritatingly close to Nezuko as ugly characters still stands (as well as that the more attractive they are in real life the uglier he draws them), though the author is sad to be a chubby sweet-tooth in real life who cannot manage to grow a beard.)

[thelightofthingshopedfor]

Goddamn it Kyra I wasn't even interested in the Lego Lokis before, but now that you've so rudely posted pics of the options I'm probably going to have to buy some. So, couple questions: I'm not familiar with the website you linked to (it doesn't help that I'm on my phone lol) - do you get them from that site or just Aliexpress? I've kind of poked around there but I don't think I've ever actually bought anything - do you have links to those ones you bought or any tips for finding them on the site? (or like. using the site in general without getting scammed or something? Idk much about it other than stuff being low priced lol).

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putting the rest behind a cut because oops this got long

OKAY SO the cool thing about knockoff Lego figures is that a) there are a ton of them, so you can probably find multiple versions of most characters, and b) they're super cheap, so if you do end up getting ripped off, you're probably only out a few bucks. plus if you don't get ripped off, you feel like a genius, because authentic Lego minifigs tend to cost way more than they should (and if you get them online, you probably don't have a good way to know that they're authentic) and here you are getting something just as good or better for way less.

the site I was getting pictures from is HeroBloks, which I only just discovered myself a couple days ago; it looks like mostly it's good for tracking your collection (and learning more about bootleg Lego minifigs in general, maybe--I didn't really realize until now how many different companies there are making Lego-like minifigs) rather than buying, with individual pages including sale links that are only mildly useful. like, the extremely sad TVA Loki has an AliExpress search link that apparently just searches for "blocks," which is the least helpful search term imaginable; the eBay link uses "xinh+xh1745+loki (tva)" as the search term and that's definitely better, although it doesn't actually turn up anything. maybe that one's too new to be widely available yet, I don't know. (I hope that's the case. I need him and his sad little face to come and live with me.)

anyway--eBay is a possible source. searching for "loki minifigure" gets me results for several of the new ones I’ve been seeing, and they all seem to be shipping from Japan or South Korea. the problem is they're all selling for $4.99 plus $7.49 shipping each, which is...more than I want to spend on something I know is a knockoff of some kind when I don't know anything about the quality control and I'm not guaranteed to get what's in the picture. (here's another listing asking $40 total for all 8 figures I bought yesterday, which is actually a better price, and I'd probably end up doing that if I hadn't found them elsewhere, but that's because I have a problem.)

this is why I like AliExpress, because the risks are slightly higher but the prices tend to be much lower, even with shipping prices having gone up a bit over the last couple years. as I understand it, the site is basically just a huge marketplace for tons of different sellers in Asia, like if eBay only allowed fixed-price listings and it was based in China. the vast majority of the site reads like it went through Google Translate, because it probably did. you can find...basically anything there. I have no idea if any of it's authentic. (I also don't know anything about how or where any of the knockoff stuff is made, so...there is that.) I would not, for instance, drop $300 on a Hot Toys Loki from here, even though I absolutely would have the option to do so, for the obvious reason that I'm not going to risk that much money on an item that might be a cheap knockoff or could arrive broken. there is, in general, a solid possibility of breakable things arriving broken, because decent packaging costs more. cheap shipping will be slow (by which I mean like...up to 90 days), and most purchases either won't have tracking at all or won't have accurate tracking, so this is absolutely not a place to buy anything you want to get quickly. you also don't want to just buy something and forget about it, because there are (variable but generous) time limits past which you can't get a refund if you don't receive your items. the site's UI is...mostly functional. you often have to get a little creative with your search terms to find what you want (and sometimes you won’t find what you want through searching, but through looking at related items on the pages of things that aren’t quite what you want or are what you want but aren’t a good price). you will, absolutely, come across a lot of stolen art on things like pins, t-shirts, stickers, and phone cases, which you might not realize until you see something you recognize from a fanartist you like, and obviously that sucks. listing photos are nearly always stock photos, so in many cases they won't tell you anything about the item you're actually getting. you know the Wish app, and all the crazy things people get from that? you can find all the same stuff on AliExpress, at similar levels of quality.

however, if you approach it keeping all that in mind, it can be a great resource. I can't make any guarantees about the site's safety, but to the best of my knowledge it's secure and I've never had any weird charges show up after buying something. it's also my understanding that Alibaba, the parent company, is more or less the Chinese equivalent of Amazon in terms of the amount of business it does, which would probably be pretty tough if customer data were routinely being exposed to thieves, you know? I've also successfully gotten several refunds for items that never arrived, which actually hasn't happened all that often--but knowing that it can happen and that the return period expires, I’ll check back on the site if it seems like it’s been an unusually long time and I’ll make a reminder for myself of the deadline so I can contact the seller in time if necessary.

so the way I shop there is, I don't buy expensive or fragile things in general, because I recognize there's a nonzero chance I'll get a cheap knockoff, or something that was broken in transit because the seller tossed it in a box with no padding and called it good, or sometimes nothing at all. but like eBay, the sellers and items have ratings and reviews from customers, so that helps avoid some risk. items with lots of reviews tend to include at least a few customer photos, which are great for getting a better idea of what the thing you're buying actually looks like. I took a bit of a risk last year buying a Hot Toys (or the equivalent, I actually have no idea) Steve Rogers head for about $20, for instance, but I wasn't super worried about it because the customer photos looked good, the seller I used had a lot of sales and a lot of good ratings, and it was still a lot less than I would've paid for an authentic Hot Toys Steve Rogers head--and in fact he got here just fine and he looked fantastic. I also spent about $20 for a knockoff Iron Studios Loki statue, because in that case it was like...yep I’d love the real thing, nope I’m not willing to spend hundreds of dollars on it, yep I am willing to spend $20 on something that doesn’t look quite as nice but still looks good enough for me in the customer photos. well, and I’ve also bought knockoffs I knew would look bad, because they were cheap and I want all the Lokis and I have enough of an addiction that all the Lokis does in fact sometimes mean “even ones that look really bad” to me.

anyway, uh, Lego-type minifigs. this is an especially good area to go knockoff, because--okay, apparently I can’t link to a page of HeroBloks search results for some reason, but it’s the best resource I’ve found for this type of thing that isn’t just authentic Lego figures. but if you go there and do a search for “loki” you’ll get a bunch of results and you’ll see that they come from like...9 or 10 different brands. Lego specifically has only four Loki options: Avengers Loki in black, Avengers Loki in gray for some reason (which, frankly, looks like a cheap knockoff but isn’t), movie-inaccurate Ragnarok Loki with the blue outfit and the full helmet, an ugly Classic Loki, and a mostly green Loki from I guess the first Thor movie (and then I think they’re going to release a TVA Loki, a Sylvie, and a Throg). all those other results--all those different outfits from every single Loki appearance, and different variations on those outfits, nearly all of them more screen-accurate and/or detailed than the Lego versions--are technically knockoffs. they’re better and you can buy them for way less. (I mean, a lot of them are new so I don’t have them yet, but I do have frost giant Loki, better Ragnarok Loki, better Avengers Loki, opera Loki who actually has another face that’s half-Jotun, and at least one chrome-helmet option, and they all look basically like the photos. so I think I can reasonably expect most of the new ones to look basically like their photos too.) 

for reasons that I don’t understand aside from a vague guess that it’s copyright-related, AliExpress pretty much no longer shows full pictures of Lego-type figures in their listings--instead, you have to pick just based on the heads. this is a problem when lots of heads look very similar to each other! luckily, the listings also typically have the actual serial numbers for each figure, as do the HeroBloks listings, so you can cross-reference them to see what you’re really getting. for instance let’s take this listing because it’s cheap and it offers most of the Loki figures that are currently available. say you’re interested in one of the horn-less Lokis. there are...let’s see, five of them, but you have no idea what they actually look like aside from slightly different facial expressions and maybe weapons. however, the first one listed says XH1359 for its color...and what do you know, 1359 is the serial number for this Loki by a company called Xinh. okay cool, how about the last one? the “color” is listed as WM2182--and yes, HeroBloks has a listing for a Ragnarok Loki from World Minifigures with the serial number 2182. (I just ordered all 8 of the new World Minifigures ones yesterday, so again, I can’t personally guarantee yet that they’ll look as good in person as in the pictures--but I think they probably will, and more importantly they cost a whole dollar each.) and if HeroBloks doesn’t have a particular figure, you can probably find something useful just by googling the serial number.

I specifically bought from this listing yesterday because they currently have a bit of a sale going and a deal for free shipping if you buy 10 figures, and I wanted a couple duplicates, so it worked out to be the cheapest option. the same store has another listing for a bunch more Marvel characters, including a couple more Lokis I already had, so it should be pretty easy to get the free shipping so the figures are less than a dollar each and you’re only risking about $10. if you’d rather try one or two and see how it goes, it looks like this listing is probably the cheapest, with figures currently going for a little over a dollar each once you add shipping (although it’s totally possible shipping is more for me because Alaska).

that’s...probably already way more information than you really wanted, but I hope at least some of it makes sense. feel free to ask other specific questions if they come up--I might not be able to give answers exactly, but I can probably tell you what my experience has been, which is better than nothing.

[luvdsc]

ah rip i'm sorry 😖😖 is life really busy? also i realised that ask sounded uh pretty rude so sorry about that lol and 💖💖💖 i hope you're having a wonderful day/night! what i'm referring to as the 'hendery situation' is (are) the photos he posted on his weibo, three of him wearing a wig with fake dreads and one of him holding the wig. he deleted the post, but there's been no real apology and during a live he basically said "let's not talk about this." you've also gotta keep in mind that ++

++ the live was going to end soon (or at least that's what i've read/been told) and we already know that nct's staff don't let them do things. there's also the usual (oh god i hate calling this "usual") thing of people dismissing the action/post and clearing the searches. yes, sm didn't make him do anything. i've also heard that he only deleted the post because cfans thought it was "ugly". tbh im not really sure bc i'm getting a lot of conflicting information and atm im lowkey exhausted ++

++ by all the hot water nct is in rn and always (there's the ssng-leaked pictures of jungwoo smoking). yeah, there's a lot of hot water, & i feel like i'm also just getting to know more and more about all the questionable things theyve said/done??? i dont know why now lmao but it's,,, conflicting for sure. sorry, this just turned into my own thoughts on the "hendery situation" and nct's ?? going ons but yeah this was a really long ask sorry if some of it's incoherent & after all that here's a 💕

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omg it’s ok, honey bee, you don’t have to apologize!! your previous message wasn’t rude at all, no worries 💗 yeah, my life basically revolves around work rn so the only things i’m up to date on are my client engagements rip thank you sweetpea, i hope you’re having a good day/night as well 💖  well, that’s not my culture, so i have no right to leave an opinion on this, but I asked my friends, and the answers vary. my american friends are more likely to see this as cultural appropriation, whereas my friends who aren’t from here see it as cultural appreciation. poc americans tend to face more backlash when showing their culture here, so they feel upset and wronged when someone, such as hendery, does something like that. meanwhile, my international friends really like it when other people incorporate parts of their culture, like one of my best friends’ mom actually gave me traditional clothing as a gift one time, and i tried it on and she was really happy to see me wearing it :’) so i have some very pretty traditional cultural outfits from her along with other friends, but i would never wear them out publicly because i don’t want to be seen as doing something culturally appropriating. anyway, i’m rambling, sorry, but at the end of the day, hendery did something that hurt other people, so he should acknowledge that and apologize. even when you bump into a stranger in the street accidentally, you still acknowledge and apologize. the timing of the live was unfortunate, his answer was rather insensitive tbh, and yeah, sm is absolutely horrible when it comes to CA issues, but rv’s irene apologized quickly for her issue, so i don’t understand why it’s so hard to let idols apologize for CA. it’s just all very messy, and i hope he does apologize because people are hurt.

as for jungwoo, i don’t condone smoking, but he’s an adult and can make his own decisions. his personal life is his own, and we have no right dictating what he does. it’s a violation of his privacy when those photos were leaked, and it seriously messed up that sasaengs even exist. also, i probably would smoke too if i had to meow on camera or beg for carrots because some preteen girl asked me to through a bizarre lottery of capitalism. i know it’s exhausting to keep up with all of this, so please take a break from social media for your mental health and self care if needed. and thank you for the hearts, lovebug 🥺  here’s some for you, too!!! 💘💘💘

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Speaking of Tumblr users ripping their hair in triggered rage because of ATLA being "racist", I saw this Tamil user complain that ATLA not only appropriates Indian culture but leaves out South Asian inspired characters because Bryke thinks Indians, Pakistanis and Bengals are "ugly". I'm aware that you're also Tamil Indian, and I'm just wondering what you think?

I highly doubt it’s even true since while ATLA has borrowed some elements from Hinduism it mostly takes from Japanese and Chinese culture. And I have a good idea of what kind of person that OP is... non-existent.

The DMK (our radical leftist party) has been found to be creating fake internet IDs on twitter (and maybe tumblr as well) using REAL WOMEN’S photos, so they can spew their propaganda. They use women’s photos because they think that women have “sex appeal” (?!?) which will get them more followers. And the women whose identities have been stolen have been threatened with jail/gundas beating up their families/rape when they call it out.

Like for example recently the hashtags “Tamils are not Hindu” and “Tamils are not Indians” were trending on Twitter. Two days later, the hashtag “Fake ID DMK” was trending. It’s easy to guess what happened in those two days.

90% of Tamillians don’t give two fucks about the media, fandoms, propaganda, etc. They’re too busy trying to live their lives. If someone does, they’re either VERY affluent and sheltered or politically affiliated.

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Day 85b, Jan 18 - A long way back to Home Sweet Home

- So my parents had 5 bags to check along with 2 boxes

- apparently most of it are food items for relatives

- They had taken a couple of the broken and disregarded luggages that they found at the place we were staying

- I took a pic of each one because I knew there was no chance they would be able to recognize them again

- we had almost a 3 hour wait for our 11pm flight since we wanted to get there early in case anything weird happened while trying to check in

- it was fairly smooth, except having to pay regular prices for drinks (ie 5 times it would cost in the city), just felt so ripped off, but we had some extra Vietnamese bills and we were thirsty

- we had seats in the back of the plane where the rows were 2, 2, 2 which meant I had to sit by myself

- wasn't too bad since it was only a 5 hour flight, the meals on Korean Air are quite tasty

- Lynkin fell asleep so he didn't eat his meal, which I didn't mind, the boy needs his rest

- we got to the airport in Korea at around 7am local time which meant we had to wait only about 3 hours for our connecting flight

- The boys played some games while the adults slept

- so here's the strange part to wrap your head around: our flight took off on Friday at 10 am and was in the air for over 12 hours, and we landed in Toronto on Friday at 9 am

- we sat in the last full row, the cool thing was that it meant our row only had 2 seats instead of 3, so I had some extra space between me and the window and we had extra luggage space underneath since the row in front of us had 3 people

- Took some photos over Korea, Japan, Thunder Bay, and Southern Ontario, lots to see and marvel at

- 3 meals were served including a rectangular slice of pizza

- we all tried our best to take naps, I know it wasn't enough because my eyes were burning, never had them feel like that before

- I got to watch Antman and the wasp, Venom, Crazy Rich Asians, and the Teen Titan Go Movie

- I know that sounds like a lot, but in total, that's about 7-8 hours of a 12+ hour flight

- after being at so many airports (about 12 flights), I can say that Pearson is so plain, ugly, and not efficient

- luckily for us, this was our destination, otherwise you have to get your baggage before getting to your connecting flight

- that's after you walk 15-20 min to use the new automatic custom stations which we had to try more than once to get a receipt

- then after we showed the receipt to the person, we still had to lineup and speak to a customs agent

- The baggage took forever (felt like close to an hour) as it felt like they were only releasing 5 bags at a time

- didn't help that my parents couldn't recognize their bags, so Layson had to check the tracking stickers on all of them

- and the 2 boxes my dad had, he had to go to another area to claim them

- as you can see, Lynkin feel asleep waiting

- after all that, Linda then used her Uber app to get my parents home, and then we used the airport website to get us a minivan to get home

Things we were glad about being home:

- The cats recognized us and were very purry

- normally after a trip we go get pho because we are homesick and it's comfort food, this time we got pizza, good delicious glorious pizza

- Santa had come by and left the kids a chromebook for Christmas, they were very pleased

Things we had to deal with

- had to call CAA since our car battery died and needed replacement

- called Lynkin's school to find out that he can just start next week without having to reregister him (not what we were initily told)

- searched for 20 minutes looking for my wallet, eventually found it where I looked for it initially, but had not recognized it since there was so much dust on it

- cleaning up after the cats as they recently decided the carpeted dining room was their urinal

- Linda had to go to Costco as we have no food and tmwr is Saturday and it's supposed to be a snow storm

- so overall, quite pleased about our return home and the condition of eveything which was mainly due to Doug and Susan helping us out during our absence

- started up my work phone and noticed I missed some emails, usually I am able clear my emails instantaneously

- we are all very tired since for most of the last 30-40+ hours we've been awake

- 4 countries and about 18 cities in 85 days, just wow, can't believe we (let's be honest, Linda) was able to plan and pull it off

- I'm really glad I was able to blog it as it'll be a nice reminder of some of the many adventures we had

- thanks for all those that read and followed along, I may put up another post in a weeks time

- hope to see everyone soon after some.more naps