#to be clear I'm not scared of wasps

[cuntwrap--supreme]

I had so many wasps in my mail truck today, and I was so brave about it 🫡

[in1-nutshell]

Hello again, I have another request. This one is about the Ant Man and the Wasp. In this query, Buddy is Scott and Hope's daughter. At first, when Buddy was still very young, she was no different from other kids. And everything seems to be fine, but somewhere from the age of five, it becomes clear that the reader is a complete copy of her grandfather Hank Pym, that is: she is incredibly smart, she loves ants, quantum physics (she can talk about these topics for hours), she also has problems controlling anger (she hit a guy in the face at school for saying that ant-man sucks), thinks that there is no one smarter than her and her grandfather, and she also transferred his sarcastic communication style and views on things and people around, for example, when she first met Tony, she said: “You can never trust Stark.” And don't get me wrong, she has a soft side, but it's only available to her family and very very close friends. And I have one more special request for this request: Please ignore Quantumania completely because even I, being a huge fan of ant-man, dislike this movie very much. And especially what they did to Cassie. In this film, she became rude, smug, mean, disrespectful to her father Scott. So please ignore this movie whenever possible. And I'm sorry if the text is a little crumpled.

Finally! I got to this one before is erased!

Hope you enjoy!

Scott and Hope Pym's 5 year old daughter

SFW, Platonic, Familial, Human reader

MCU

It had just been a week since Scott had proposed to her and now they were finding out she was pregnant.

Bit of an oops on their part, but the news was welcomed with open arms.

Scott and Hope are in front of Janet, Hank and Cassie. Hank: “Well? Why are we here.” Cassie: “Grampa, don’t be mean.” Janet chuckles a bit at Hank’s demeanor changing with his granddaughter. Scott grabs Hope’s hand. Scott: “Cassie, how do you feel about being a big sister?” All three people pause before Cassie stands up screaming and runs to Hope, hugging her. Cassie: “OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! I’M GONNA BE A BIG SISITER!!! THANK YOU HOPE! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!” Janet smiles and hugs her back. Janet unfreezes as she also goes over to Hope to hug her. Janet: “Oh sweetie this is great news!” Scott: “Well, that was—” FWOOSH! BAM! Scott was now underneath a VERY large ant. Scott: “Antony!” Hope: “Dad!” Hank gives Scott a slight glare before going over to congratulate Hope.

Given the initial surprise, everyone takes the news well.

Hank immediately starts busting out Hope’s old baby things and whipping up his machines to make better cribs and baby cameras.

He is going to make sure the newest family member is safe in this house.

Janet helps her daughter to learn what to do when the baby starts to come.

Cassie is practicing how to be a big sister with her stuffed animals and with Anthony when he’s big.

Said ant is in heaven with all the swaddling, feeding and affection.

Scott is right behind Hope, acting like a second shadow.

Makes sure she goes to all her appointments and is almost at her beck and call when it comes to the swelling, cravings and self-esteem issues that arise with her first pregnancy.

Soon enough the happy pair announce the rest of their friends about the pregnancy after the wedding takes place.

Scott swears he saw Sam and Bucky exchanging money at one point.

AS Hope continues her pregnancy, Scott is very much hovering over her and almost begging her to take a break or take the leave already.

He is just scared that his wife is going to give birth on the field.

Hope laughs a bit at this reassuring him that she isn’t…

…

The Avengers are on the Helicarrier heading back to HQ. Hope suddenly stops and feels a contraction. Natasha and Wanda notice. Wanda: “Hope? Are you okay?” Hope I’m okay—” SPLOOSH! All three women look down slowly at the sudden puddle under Hope’s feet. Hope, Natasha, and Wanda: “…Fu—” Scott at the other side of the carrier. Scott: “…Something just happened.” Sam: “What are you talking about Tic Tac?” Scott: “I don’t know how to explain it, but something defiantly just happened.” Bucky and Steve give him a confused look. Peter comes in running and is a bit out of breath. Peter: “MS. HOPE’S WATER JUST BROKE!”

Scott to this day still holds this moment over Hope’s head as an ‘I told you so’ moment.

Thankfully the labor and delivery goes without a hitch.

Enter Scott and Hope’s daughter, Buddy.

The trio are sent home after making sure Hope was okay.

Hank nearly passes out seeing the baby while Janet and Cassie push him out of the way to see them.

Cassie is so happy to meet her new little sister and stays glued by her parent’s side whenever Buddy is with them.

Janet makes it a habit to take care of Buddy when Hope or Scott look particularly overstimulated.

Hank… Hank really doesn’t do too much besides building better baby equipment and occasionally read a bedtime story to Buddy.

Its not like he doesn’t like the kid, its just that he has a bit of trouble connecting to the kid.

He eventually stops reading her the ‘dumb’ baby books and starts reading her some of his own works and showing her some of his inventions.

Hank will never admit how much joy he gets out of seeing his youngest Grandchild’s eyes light up.

Hank is showing Antony to a 3-year-old Buddy. Buddy slightly hides behind her grandpa’s leg. Hank: “His not going to bite you Buddy, he just wants to get to know you.” Buddy looks at him before slowly approaching the large ant. Antony lets Buddy pat his head. Buddy smiles. Buddy: “I’m just like you Grandpa!” Hank pats Buddy’s head. Hank: “Yeah, yeah kiddo.” Buddy: “I’m going to be just like you when I grow up!”

Hank did not take Buddy’s words seriously, figuring out it was a little comment.

It wasn’t until Buddy was 5 that the family started to notice how much Buddy was starting to act like Hank.

It first started with the sarcastic and bold comments.

Scott is trying to get Buddy to finish her dinner. Scott: “C’mon Buddy, just finish the plate and then you’ll have your desert.” Buddy: “Yes, because Mom’s cake is to die for.” Scott is about to reply when he stops. The burning smell of the ‘cake’ still lingered in the kitchen. Scott: “Are—are you—did you just—” Buddy pushes the plate and walks away. Scott blinks twice before standing up. Scott: “Buddy!”

Then it was the quantum physics book the parents found in her book shelf.

And then the ant books…

And the sudden anger flares.

One day during a parent teacher conference. Teacher: “Thank you for joining us today, Ms. And Mr. Pym.” Hope and Scott are sitting in front of the teacher. Teacher: “Buddy has displayed… a bit of anger issues when it comes to some of her peers.” Scott: “Like what?” Teacher: “Just the other day she pushed a boy into an ant pile.” Hope: “She did what!” Scott places a hand on Hope’s hand. Scott: “But why? Did he do something?” Teacher: “According to some of the other children and some of the patrol teachers, the boy was talking about how useless ant were. Then apparently she pushed him into an ant hill.” Hope: “We will talk to her when we get home.” Meanwhile at home… Hank is sharing a pint of ice cream with Buddy and some of the ants. Hank: “Remember what we said Buddy.” Buddy: “Never trust a Stark?” Hank: “No the other thing.” Buddy: “Don’t tell Grandma and Mommy?” Hank ruffles Buddy’s head giving her a bigger scoop of ice cream. Hank: “Exactly.”

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

how would the current leaders react to the phrase "an eye for an eye makes the world go blind"?

By Current Leaders I'm not sure if you mean as of Into The Wild, or the newest leaders in WCR (Minnow, Holly, Heather, Wasp and Light) so I will put both.

Riverclan:

Crookedstar would mostly agree. Revenge specifically to him isn't worth it. To him, battles should be fought proactively. It's why he fought so hard for the kits and for Sunningrocks. Fight when it's worth fighting for.

Minnowstar would WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree. Her time in the Dark Forest showed her what those actions can do. She'll fight against injustice, but never for personal reasons. She's dragging Riverclan away from its bloody tendencies, not ripping open more wounds.

Thunderclan:

Bluestar would agree, but point out that, if you are attacked, you must do something about it. She will not allow her Clan to be damaged without consequences. Remember, until ITW, Thunderclan hadn't lost a battle.

Hollystar would probably give you a talking to about how blindness isn't a bad thing and that blind warriors are fully capable of everything sighted warriors are until you tell her it's a metaphor. Then she'll tell you that sometimes revenge is needed. Go in and leave with a clear head. "If you're going to go blind, then make sure you have someone to help you guide your paws back home after."

Windclan:

Tallstar would... Shrink on himself. He knows better than anyone around him what vengeance can do to those who seek it. Sure, he'll fight when he needs to, like when Thunderclan harbors that horrible cat, Brokentail. But that wasn't personal towards them, for him. He allowed cats who Brokentail had personally hurt to make their own choice, and that he would stand by them.

Heatherstar will just have to disagree. She's passionate, and can be a touch hot-headed. Sure, she's not a warlord, but she'll be damned if anyone tries to hurt Windclan. She's also in favor of 'fun' revenge. Prank her, she'll get twice as hard.

Shadowclan:

Brokenstar would tell you that metaphors are stupid. Get back to Battle training. Man will make up reasons to 'get even' with others. Revenge isn't an option for him, it's a way of life. He feels hurt, so everyone else should too.

Lightstar would... Also tell you something similar. "Then go for the throat, and make it quick." She'd respond. She did what was needed. Ruthlessly freeing her Clan from its fascist leader and destroying the structure that allowed Berrystar's rise to power in the first place. Revenge isn't fun, nor for the faint of heart, but if you're hurt, strike back, hard enough they'll never get back up...

Skyclan:

Uh... I'll go with the last leader. Spiderstar wasn't the most peaceful leader, but she knew when she was beat. She knew when it was time to fold, and scatter Skyclan to the winds like baby spiders floating on webs. That being said, if you personally wrong her or her family, gloves are OFF. Hurt her dads or brother, she'll beat the snot out of you.

Waspstar... You'd need to explain it to him first. After he gets it, he'd 99% agree. Sure, revenge leads to cycles, it is damaging... But damn if it didn't feel good to bust those cats out of the shelter and scare the daylights out of some Twolegs in the process. He's got his tiny ruthless streak, especially when it comes to any creature that hurts cats.

[tizeline]

are you scared of bees? Im scared of bees myself tbh. They dont give me nightmares of anything but i get really nervous if i see one, even dead ones

First of all, bugs in general? GOOD LORD I really don't like them! Some are worse than others of course, I don't really have any beef with ladybugs, bumblebees, butterflies, normal flies or ants and so on. Mosquitos are annoying, but they don't freak me out or anything.

I used to be terrified of bees and wasps when I was younger, like I'd literally run away from them lmaooo. Then one summer I was at this scout camp for a week where there were a LOT of bees or wasps (don't remember which one they tend to get lumped together for me) And like, that could've easily just re-inforced my fear of the little shits but I got lucky I guess and it actually worked as some kind of exposure therapy? So that experience kinda forced me to stop being so scared of bees/wasps...... okay well they do admitedly still freak me out a little bit but I can handle being close to one without panicking so it's a win in my book!

Of course, my recently overcome intense fear of wasps and bees immidietly got replaced by an intense fear of SPIDERS instead so!? Fuck me I guess!?!? So yeah, now I can't handle spiders (I know they're not really insects but they look similar enough so to me they fall into the same category)

I also cannot stand ...horse-flies? I think they're called horse-flies in english?? But anyway I think I'm completely justified in that fear considering, unlike bees and wasps that'll only hurt you if you anger them, horse-flies will literally seek you out! They want to bite you!! JERKS!!!

And lastly I wanna point out my beef with fucking moths! There's definitely worse bugs out there but UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME the internet LOVES moths so I have to see pictures of them EVERYWHERE!! And people keep insisting that they're cute?? Well good for you that you enjoy them but I STG everytime I am subjected to a close-up picture of these abominations my fear of them is just re-inforced like ughhhhhhhh

Anyway, sorry for the rant, I have a lot of built up emotions about bugs that you kinda unleashed lmao my bad. XD And just to make it clear, yes I understand how essential bugs are to nature and if you guys like them I am truly happy for you because I would not wish my struggle upon anyone, I however live in constant agony!

[bella-rose29]

episode 2 commentary - Let Go of Me

major spoilers for show and books, swearing, me obsessing over lockwood's hands probably (edit: definitely, and George's)

why did I immediately think jellyfish

omg the flowers

Luce you really shouldn't have taken that

just like @demigoddess-of-ghosts said, why tf are deprac asking if there's anyone else there when Lucy is quite literally screaming 'lockwood'

"miss lockwood" and "lockwood's my partner" 🤭

"we called your mother" ok well her mother is a Bitch so that wasn't a good idea

"rest up until he's given you the all-clear" like fuck she's gonna do that

omg the flowers!!!

ooo spooky green lighting

omg the ghost lock victims ward 🥲

I would love to know what they were planning on doing with this scene actually bc I feel like it sets up some sort of ghost lock victim storyline for the future - maybe using them for science? idk I'd just love to know

oof lockwood's hands

just this whole scene of lockwood

hands

barnes is not fucking around lol

HANDS

HANDS

the way he sits back in the chair has me WEAK

THE JAW MOVEMENT

can you tell I'm going feral

George's lil run omg

George is so neurospicy I love it

George your posture needs sorting out my love 😭

"You're meant to say no, Lucy" well it's difficult to say no to lockwood when he looks at you with his beautiful eyes and smile and-

"I'd say like a house on fire" 😭

my poor baby looks so tired :( and he definitely needs a shower oh dear

I didn't think I would hear lockwood with his queen's English call someone 'mate'

I love that George just says straight up facts

"posh one who thinks he's god's gift" sounds about right

"his weird mate with zero social skills" also sounds about right

I love that they included the tapes for norrie bc actually it's a great way of adding to the narrative (bc we don't have any voice overs) and we get lucy's view on stuff

and we see her survivor's guilt too - "like how I should have helped you" omg 🥲 (excuse me while I go cry in a corner)

ruby stokes the woman you are

"no it doesn't, it looks like I cooked it in an active volcano" pfffft George I love you

"Andrew lockwood"

"girls are funny about baths" he's trying goddammit

HIS SMILE

"she's not unhinged" "you're hardly the best judge of these things" "you need normal people around you" "you really think you're normal?" your honour I love their friendship

"the world's mad, and normal never fixed anything" gonna make it my motto

"let me... sleep on it" BOY YOU DON'T EVER SLEEP

oh Luce

okay but these special effects are so fucking cool

hang on why the hell did Lucy go to sleep holding the ring

Jesus Christ that scared the shit out of me

ooo green lighting!!!

pfft goes to hold his hand to wake him up

HIS FACE WHEN HE WAKES UP OMG 😭😂

also: NECK and THE FACT HE SLEEPS WITHOUT A SHIRT

I love the disgruntlement of george

WHITE T-SHIRT LOCKWOOD

"trousers are for wimps" ICONIC

omg I love that we get to see George's Touch!!! also his hand??? brb gonna go melt

LOCKWOOD'S HANDS AND FOREARMS WITH THE CHAINS

FOREARMS

omg Georgie it's not a wasp I'm sorry

ARMS

I am dying how the hell did Ali manage to make his voice say "oh shit" like that

LOCKWOOD HAS A RAPIER I'm gonna faint

"I can't believe you stole a Source" GEORGE YOU ARE ONE TO TALK

yeah Luce call him out

"we need to destroy her source and move on. let her go" I have so much to say about this omgggg bc on the one hand the episode is called Let Go of Me and rn I'm 1/3 of the way through this episode and they've repeated those words in different ways so many times it's unreal. and then on the other hand (spoilers for the books) there's the way that Lockwood isn't doing this himself, because he hasn't destroyed the source in his house and let his own ghosts go 😭

omg George loves an experiment you can hear the joy in his voice

NOT THE WAY HE PHYSICALLY MOVES TO PROVE HE'S ON LUCY'S SIDE omg they're becoming friends even if they don't know it yet

ARMS

OH LORD THE HOODIE??? I wanna steal it

NOT THE WAY HE HANDS HER THE RING AND LETS HIS TOUCH LINGER AND LUCY DOES THE SAME OMGGGG

THEY LITERALLY JUST STROKE EACH OTHER'S HANDS I CAN'T TAKE THIS

his smile omg

ruby stokes the woman you are omg

lockwood's face omg he's so conflicted bc on the one hand he's worried but on the other he's trying to not say yes when she goes 'you love me don't you?'

lockwood immediately pushing her aside

HANDS

HANDS

lockwood you need to stop taking sole responsibility for things

the sadness in his voice when he says 'this place is all that's left of my parents' omg

"Jesus, lockwood, we're screwed!" yep (also the way George says it is so funny help)

HANDS AND RING

barnes isn't taking any shit omg

such an ominous phone call

George's prison outfit (I can't remember who called it that)

omg I want lucy's playsuit

PINK SOCKS

also lockwood get your shoes off the table you heathen

no bc I actually want her playsuit

HANDS

HANDS AND RING AAAAA

:3

HANDSSSSS

"not a braying gallery for bellends" George I love you

BOBBY!!!

Lucy going straight in with the hard facts I love her

omg the scoff

THE SIDE PROFILE OF LOCKWOOD IS KILLING ME

kipps is such an arse

THE STANCE HE TAKES WITH THE SPARE HAND AND UGH

AND YOU NEED A LADDER

the way he says "yes you do" has me in a chokehold

the sMIRK

"irrelevant prick" love it

when the mutual friend leaves and you're left with the one you don't get on with

George you might be a weirdo but I love you for it

Lucy getting the juicy gossip and immediately becoming besties with george

ok well your mum is a bitch

oh lockwood wtf are you doing

"he's a little shit sir"

lockwood why

he looks so proud of himself I can't help it

"you're our biggest asset" oh boy

the regret on his face oops

"my judgement's been a little off recently" yeah bc you just met the love of your life

ok but women with swords 👀 bonus points if they're angry

HANDS

pink socks again

barnes once again not taking shit

she is a child sir you can't just spring that on her

omg Lucy :((((((

"let me go" - is that another reference to the episode title I see?

"lockwood's a charlatan" pfft

DONT YOU TALK ABOUT MY LOCKWOOD LIKE THAT

"they always make the most boring, unimaginative moves possible, don't they" - it's giving Cameron saying that everything is basic

lockwood read the room (cab)

"You were brilliant" boy's in love

"can we talk about this in the car" *taxi drives away*

"you might be able to turn your feelings on and off like a tap, but I am drowning here, lockwood" 😭

"You know sometimes I just... I just think I'd be better off dead" oh Luce 😢

also lockwood's reaction to that omg he pauses for a while and is all glassy eyed and then: "I understand that"

never mind them I am drowning here (in my tears)

"We need you, and it's not because you're an asset" "why then?" "because... because you're..." *looks away and clenches jaw* "Lucy Carlyle" *smiles really widely (I feel like he was considering telling her his feelings)

"we can't let you go" ANOTHER REFERENCE TO THE EPISODE TITLE

"that's why I went on tv, silly" WHERE IS MY BUCKET??? I DONT KNOW WHY HIM SAYING 'SILLY' LIKE THAT PAIRED WITH HOW HE WALKS TOWARDS HER MEANS I NEED MY BUCKET BUT I HAD TO PAUSE THE EPISODE TO MELT A LITTLE

"We're lockwood and co. you, me, and George" FUCK YEAH YOU ARE

"please stay" 🥺 (anything for you my love)

"so you'd look cool" lol

greeeeeeen

"you're more of a liability than an asset, Lucy" HE SAYS WHILE LOOKING AT HER WITH HEART EYES

oh Georgie

OMG HE HAS A PLATE OF BISCUITS AND A TINY GLASS OF MILK

GEORGIEEEE NO DONT YOU HURT MY BOY

green lighting!!!

"I'll take him" says boy with immense confidence

"can I offer you a cup of tea while you ransack my house? one lump or two" *throws torch and misses*

HNNNNNNNN THE NOISE I MADE WHEN HE DOES THE RAPIER THINGY AND GETS INTO HIS STANCE AND TWIRLS THE RAPIER AND PUTS HIS HAND UP

AND THEN WHEN HE DODGES THE TORCH??????? SIR WHO GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO BE THAT FINE DODGING A FUCKING TORCH?????

oh my god the still I paused it on to write the above comment is gonna make me pee myself with laughter 😭😂 I wish I could screenshot to show everyone

ooo I might be completely delusional but Lucy smashes the mirror with her elbow in this scene (and the camera pauses on it for a good couple of seconds) and then plays a part in smashing the bone glass later on??? am I delusional or am I making connections???

Georgie omg

LUCY PICKING UP HIS GLASSES!!! I love this omg I would be lost without mine

HEHEHE STAB THAT INTRUDER

fuck me that neck crack was hot (also could lockwood fuck me please?)

green lighting!!!

also how did I never notice the stairs were spirally?

George you are so funny and I love you

I AM SORRY. WHAT. EVERYONE GO WATCH THIS FIGHT SCENE AND STUDY THE WAY LOCKWOOD FIGHTS/MOVES THE RAPIER IN HIS HAND BECAUSE- I need my bucket holy shit

George hauling those chains around like it's nothing 👀

green lighting!!!

yeah you better run bitch

"we should have people round more often" lolllllll

lockwood can kick me-

"why are you making that face?"

"that's not your normal face, that's your 'I know something you don't' face"

sweaty lockwood

George's face when she pulls the ring out is so funny to me 😂

"you lunatic" *lockwood grinning widely* I love their reactions

aww let Georgie swear :(

[kittyplushy]

Burmean Python [2/2]

Do it. Do it. Do it. Part 2 of 2. Please read the first part before proceeding!

I love these messy lesbians and I'll finally draw them tomorrow!

General warnings that apply for BTTWNS in general (gore, drugging, torture). Also a bit suggestive but not explicit in some areas.

I had to stop and catch my breath. When the telephone rang out as loud as death.

What does anatomy permit? What does it limit? Mice eat seeds, cats eat mice, jackals kill cats, bears kill jackals- that's the way the world works. Some people are just meant to be killed to make ends meet. How do you put this reality lightly? Julianne is such a sensitive soul. She cries over wasted food. Her ears obviously droop when she gets scared. She's always asking people if they're alright. I always knew about the bad relationships she found herself in. The people she attached herself to. The person she killed. Honestly if it wasn't a jackal I would've been happier.

It sounds insensitive to say out loud in any way one could put it. Maybe you shouldn't tell your girlfriend she's well far down the food chain. A domesticated cat, no less: they have zero hunting skills, they're quite spoilt, and lazier than any other critter I've seen in my lifetime. When I woke up this morning I turned to my side to wake up my guest but was left disappointed nobody was there. When you wake up next to a murderer what do you do?

I'm sure she's in her apartment still sleeping. She's next to her plushies and she's going to the city and meet with a client. Later she'll eat the beef bowl she always orders at Guy's on her way home. Then she'll find her favorite cake on her favorite plate from her favorite girl on their anniversary.

Today, the world revolved like nothing had happened last night. Nobody wondered why there was a screaming match at my house. Nobody had asked me about my relationship today. A slow afternoon commenced like usual. I opened up my journal and noticed the wedding invitation slip under the counter. Picking it up from the upside, Kaku's cursive handwriting said "Ms. Strong & Ms. Lucky". I opened it up to read the details. Ticking every benchmark a Woodbrook wedding would have. At the chapel. At 2 pm. A lakeside reception. No white. Wear blue and yellow- it's tropical.

"To be held...on November 17th, 1987. RSVP for 2."

On this slow fall afternoon there was nothing after me after all. I've just attracted a swarm of wasps on myself. I pushed the envelope flap back and pressed, pocketing it in my jacket.

The folded bike slid neatly into the cabinet next to the door. I went to open the radio to fill out the empty space. I've stayed alone for 20 years but I somehow couldn't bear a night with my own thoughts. I set a dinner set for two almost like routine. Something new's been hardwired into my system. Longing to not be alone. Longing to have something to hold me back. A safety net. A harness. Handcuffs. I closed my eyes holding the spare pillow I bought for her.

I opened my eyes greeted by a headache and a thick fog that surrounded the forests of Golden Apple City. I had wrapped my apron into a makeshift pillow and my toolbag was missing from my side. I jolted up in panic running through foliage keeping my eyes open for it. A loose branch tripped me off my balance and I landed face down on the stream from my new camp. Someone set up my hoist. Peeking behind a tree there were wild jackals swarming the body hung on it. They began licking the fresh wound pouring with blood before they could begin their business. Despite the deep cut on the carotid artery it was wincing, struggling and still aware of the torture it was going through. Once the fog began to clear around the injured body, my mind shut down when I recognized it was Julianne struggling to get off the mechanism. She began wiggling about to loosen the rope on her ankles and hit the floor once the tripod lost its balance. Her face planted into the plate pooling her blood and she began panthing looking around her for help. Her eyes met mine and she ran. I chased after her to the end of the thick forest and into the altar. She fell to the ground weakly and called for Kaku and Liv's help. "I'm live bait" she screamed "Sam set me up in there and watched me get torn to shreds. God saw what she did."

Fuck. It can't be, can it? Someone knows and someone is gonna tell. I have to do something. And I need to do it quick.

The essentials are here. Knives. Ropes. Gloves. Syringes. Plastic. An excuse. I stuffed as much painless remedies as I could in a flurry of sweat and fear. I started the truck and quickly made my way to the edge of town where the Sunset Valley apartments stood. I put on my jacket walking to the entrance of the complex. Visiting hours are over it seems. There's still a chance she's awake. Looking up to the 5th floor, the window with a fake stained glass design was still wide open. The lights were dim as usual but she's surely awake at this hour.

Cling, cling, cling... Cling, cling, cling...

That should attract her to cautiously look around her. She nervously peered out the window, sleepy eyes widening seeing me right outside. Her paws gestured to keep myself quiet. I only replied to her that we needed to talk now. Her green eyes widened then drooped, nodding before locking the window. Minutes later, Julianne was downstairs in a cami top and shorts. I checked my watch- yes, it's 2:27 am.

"It's so late.." She began "Why are you still awake?" "Same question for you." I shrugged, unlocking the door for her "Were you going to sleep?" "I already was but I couldn't. I don't know why." Julianne yawned, stretching her arms up as her teeth chattered instinctively again. "Let's..talk about..yesterday...at our favorite hiding place." The truck slowly drove its way down town, dreading what could happen next.

About that first question,

What does anatomy permit? What does it limit?

Python bivittatus, also known as the Burmean Python, is a choke artist. It is powerful enough to kill a deer. To be able to kill such a large pest, they bite their prey then quickly coil around it- crushing their air supply and autonomy, and only then can it spread its venom into the bloodstream. The bigger the prey, the more energy it takes. It's taking a year. It only took a year for this to begin falling apart. I've bitten into her. She's excitable, eager for touch or affection of any kind even when it stings. It makes her melt when I place my palms on her round figure. She purrs when I comb her fur. She's already been marked as my prop. My decorative toy. And she likes the role. Coil around her by being ever present in her lonely life. Give her a space to stay in my house. Invite myself into her space. Spend nights in the forest looking at the stars. Break those protective walls and defenses until she's completely in my palm ready to serve. I remember one night I stayed over after a trip to the city. The warm dim lights invited me immediately to bed, my body sore from harboring a moose to and from the truck that afternoon. It was a big catch- I would have said if I was stupid enough. Julianne sat next to me and asked if I wanted to order in dinner. I shook my head then absentmindedly crawled to lay my head on her lap. She laughed and called me adorable. Her paws ran through my fur. I could hear her purring. I rolled back to look up at her, admiring her soft features lit by the moon outside. I asked her if I could hear one story before I crashed in again.

"Personal, Public Domain, or Original?" She held me closer to her chest like a stuffed animal.

"Whatever you can think of now."

"Well...once upon a time, there was a princess who woke up in a tower. It was dilapidated, gloomy, and cold. There was barely anything in the tower. A bed, a shelf, a bag full of clothes, and a sword were her only company until smoke filled the room. She looked out the window and saw a fierce dragon guarding the prison."

"However, upon further inspection she found that the dragon was also chained. Its bounds connected to the tower itself. It was shaking in fear. At first the princess was afraid that if she stepped out of line, the dragon would fly away, crushing the tower down with her. But it was timid and pitied the princess. They both had no idea how the princess got trapped in the first place. Hell knows its not the dragon who did it. They were clueless but they bonded over their imprisonment. The dragon grew close to love the princess. It swore to protect her from everything that came into the cave they were in. Many men, princes of every kingdom came to save the damsel but the dragon burnt them to a crisp."

"One day, the princess' father came with an army of men angered that the dragon had killed all the men he offered his daughter up to. Thousands climbed the tower to retrieve the prize. Hundreds stabbed the dragon to stabalize it. They were both screaming for help. Afraid of what would happen inside the tower, the dragon flew up. The tower tumbled over the army and killing the princess inside it."

Suddenly my sleepiness left me as I sat back up to process the story. "You can't make childrens' books with stories like that, Sweetie. That's so sad." I said, looking up to the glow in the dark stars on her short cieling. She laid next to me moments later, tickling her fingers to intertwine with mine.

"Yeah but it's interesting though, right? People who love each other stuck in their own prisons."

I looked back to her and slowly blinked. She repeated the gesture.

"How'd you know that?"

"Melody and I used to...do things."

"Huh." There was a saddened look on her face. I quickly pacified it by pulling her closer to me, squishing her soft sides to tease her. She pulled her ears back.

"Well forget about that now, she's still obsessed with her husband, Hun. There's nothing I can do especially when I have you." Then here it comes: the venom. I parked in front of the elementary school building. This shouldn't take long. I took her hand as we walked through the uneven earth. Some of the rocks that used to be visible had been consumed by the kudzu. We agreed it was less of an eyesore now until we nearly tripped on its branches. The moon was high above us, guiding us to a clearing surrounded by oak.

"I'm sorry." I whispered, cupping her right cheek as I kissed the left from behind her. I reached for a syringe filled with curare. Positioning her closer to me, I flicked the cap off, ready to pierce the skin. My hands were shaky. I fought against the thought of backing off. She knew too much. She had to go. Now.

"Don't move."

She stood still with her fists clenched then began toying with her hands. A cold chill swept around us and her tail flew up blocking the bullseye.

I dropped it. My hands redirected to taking off my jacket and wrapping it around her like a blanket. Julianne turned around when she felt the weight of the clothing on her shoulders.

"Just put it on. It's cold here."

She obediently nodded, putting it on and noticing it was a bit too big for her. I quickly picked up the open syringe and cap, hiding it in my back pocket. I looked at my shaky hands. It was hard to even keep something still in my hands.

"Is there something wrong with your hand?"

Julianne put hers into mine. Like magic the anxiety running through them calmed.

"No. Let's sit down, shall we?"

The wind continued to blow against our fur sitting on the tall grass. We stared at the craters of the moon for hours with the right words stuck in our throats. Julianne rested her chin on my shoulder.

"Are you ever afraid of being alone?" She asked. "I can live on my own. I don't need anyone. But living with you for almost a year now puts a lot of things into perspective. I do like company. Just when they aren't trying to get me in jail or trying to sleep with me through murder...when they're naive." "Do you think I'm naive?" "Just a little bit. But that's what you are when you're young. You're excited. But everytime I pursue something in a relationship, it has to end with me being alone. It's my nature. I'll always be alone."

Julianne frowned. She began to tear up but stopped herself from feeling further.

"I'm still here, Samantha." "Why?" "I dunno. I'm a fool I guess. And you're a sweetheart, you know? Even if you try and tell me that you're nothing like what you put on for Woodbrook, when we're alone you look at me fondly and you smile. I never knew that feeling until you make me think about it."

I reached back to completely hide the syringe. I felt guilty for once trying to kill someone.

"I look at you like that because you make rooms feel nice. And it isn't fake or anything." "So I'm not just bottom of the food chain junk to you after all." "What? No, no you're not. It's just a pessimistic philosophy I've enrolled into when I was young for survival's sake. I'm telling you now you don't believe in it or else you'll end up like me."

I brushed her tears away with my thumb and peppered kisses on her forehead.

"I'll keep your secret, okay? You just promise me one thing.." "Even if I killed a jackal?" "You could've killed a lion. I'll keep my mouth shut."

She buried her face into her kneecaps in shame. I continued to brush the fur on her upper back, sprinkling in a few tickles on her sensitive spots. After a while she sat back up giggling between sniffles.

"H-hey, I'm weak there." "I know. I know what I'm doing." "I hope you do.."

She invited me down to lay on the grass, pressing her soft body down as kissed her. This new energy release and repeat satiated the need I felt that night. I still couldn't keep my hands still. They were wandering around her. I couldn't let that go. Not yet. Not now. Oh god not ever if I can. "Sam, I-I can't wait for you to get better. I need you, you know? You can kill all the critters, I'd prefer if you didn't, but there's nothing you can say or do that'd drive me away."

"I'm not someone to look up to, Julianne."

"I'm an awful person too, dammit. Let me also be jealous and ugly."

I carried her into my arms and cradled her like a doll. I felt her tummy through the fabric of the jacket but before I could tease her further I remembered something was inside its inner pockets.

"Unzip that for me, please?" "Middle of the forest, honey." "No, not that, Jesus. There's something I wanna show you." I put up the invitation from Kaku. Julianne's eyes immediately grew bigger.

"Ohhh oh they're getting married? Already?! Wow this is such nice paper..." Julianne carefully flipped through the stationery.

"They've been around Woodbrook for ten years now. It makes sense they'll marry. Seen them since I was in college."

"Huh. If it's tropical themed, why won't Liv just get married on the beach.."

"Too expensive..hey, do you have a blue dress?" I redirected her focus on the little footnote on the dress code. She looked at me and shook her head.

"I gotta look. All the stuff I display is pink or brown or white. I think I do..." She looked back up at the stars before looking back to me.

"I'm glad we talked this through. Or over. Or under. I couldn't sleep without someone next to me now it's stupid."

"Aww. Do you want me to sleep at your place?"

Julianne slowly tilted her head as she blinked.

"It'd be an honor."

[splashskitty]

Lore part two remake.

this is a remake of part two I'll be keeping the first part two up but I wanted to make a version where I show the pictures too will my art make it any more clear probably not but I still wanted to do so anyway.

First things first this is going to be a very long post if you don't like long post you should probably not read any of my lore posts cuz all of them are very long and this one will probably be extra long because it comes with art too.

Second the art is not going to be very good don't expect it to be good if you've seen my art before it's not going to be as good as that either very sketchy and bad I didn't fix anything on it so it's bad this is also just my first time drawing like this so expect it to be very bad!!

Third the characters aren't going to be fully colored but will be colors coded so you know who is who

Nerium is pink

Nino is red

Nepta is Orange

And Actaea is grey

I'm pretty sure that's everyone in part one I have to make a part two of this probably even part three who knows

Anyway let's start the lore!!

This is Nerium at 8 Nepta at 12 and Nino at 4 yeah I don't how to draw children and I also don't really know how to draw adults people are hard mostly Nino because he looks a way to tall to be a 4 year old I wasn't really thinking about that when drawing him and honestly I think he would be a tall kid maybe not that tall Nerium definitely would just be short that's all I really have to say about it I just wanted to draw them all together.

And this was the first thing I drew I did for this Which is also why it's especially bad so don't mind how bad it looks it mostly gets better from here not much but you know mostly.

Hopefully with time I will get better at scaling the characters and making them not look so big or small at times but that's just something that I'll probably get better at with time :p

This is Nerium getting stung by a wasp at 8

I gave her a scar for it that doesn't really make sense but I'm keeping it she doesn't still have it as an adult but I'm keeping it for when she's a kid to a teenager.

Mostly just for cool scar reasons even again it doesn't even make any sense and that is not how that would look at all but oh well :p

This is Nino trying to get Nerium to take care of the bees with him because that was something she used to do with him before she got stung by a wasp.

And then Nerium running away out of fear cuz she scared of the bees and wasps now and then Nino being confused because he thought it was their thing because it used to be.

And also just a little bit of extra lore since I didn't draw anything for it Nerium and Nino's relationship becomes a little strained after this but after their teenagers or Nerium is they become besties again or best siblings and they mostly just help each other with the farm or Nino trying to teach Nerium how to fish she doesn't like it.

That's about that I just really wanted to talk about Nino and Neriums relationship because they're the siblings ever just like me and my sibling <3

This is Nerium and Actaea as little kids probably 8 and 9 playing ponies specifically My Little pony friendship is magic don't mind the timeline and the fact that this is the My Little pony from 2010 and these should be grown adults later they had their my little pony friendship is magic earlier I guess I don't know just don't think about it too much.

This is my favorite of the art I drew and I really need to draw more of Nerium and Actaea friendship and strained relationship later on they have a lot of drama and trauma and I really love them.

This is Nerium and Actaea as teenagers like 16 and 15 maybe I think Nerium would be a bit older than Actaea and I wanted to draw them being friends again because I just wanted to show how strong their friendship was

They have friendship bracelets and everything two peas in a pod.

oh and another little bit of lore I don't know if it's easy to tell but they're supposed to be opposites one of them is multicolored the other one monochrome Nerium is mostly nice so Actaea is supposed to be mostly mean Nerium is very emotional so Actaea has very good control of her emotions Nerium has siblings and a good amount of friends later while Actaea it's kind of a loner and they're really just supposed to work off of each other I know it's probably hard to tell but they're really supposed to be the yin to each other's yang at least that's how I'm trying to make them :p

This is Nepta leaving for college and Nino being excited for her well Nerium is sad at the thought of any kind of change and somebody leaving her

Just so you know their age at this point Nepta is 20 Nerium is 16 Nino is 12 it was hard for Nepta to get into college but she did!!

Now what she's going to college for I don't really know college much but something clothing or fashion related because that's her passion :3

At this point Nerium starts to reach and mental low of sorts the idea of change and abandonment leaves her in a state of depression and mental spiral and she just kind of starts to lose it a little bit

I don't really have anything else to add to that except for she's got bipolar disorder and abandonment issues and she's just not having a good time.

This is Nerium stabbing Actaea in the eye it was some kind of fucked up way to make Actaea have eye problems like she does or something like that and again she had a mental breakdown so this is just the result of it.

No it's not right to stab your friends even if you have bipolar disorder and have some kind of abandonment issue like things but that's what She did and that's how the cookie crumbles :p

This is Actaea her parents that are stick figures Nerium parent / Mom that's also a stick figure

Obviously Actaea's parents aren't happy but Nerium's mom convinces them not to get the law involved don't ask I'll decide how that works later

And Actaea and her family end up moving because they think Nerium is crazy and if they're not getting the law involved they're getting themselves the fuck out of there and just pretend that that makes sense okay it's my story damn it.

Also this has nothing to do with anything but if you know my character Actaea you know she has horns in animal crossing well I tried to incorporate that into her hair and I just think it looks really cute and that's just something I'm going to be doing for her from now on

And this is Nino trying to comfort Nerium because at this point he's kind of the only one on her side not that their mother isn't but Nino really the only one she will be by her side no matter what

And this is when they're relationship really starts to get better because Nino becomes all that Nerium has for a little while until she meets Zinnia who becomes a very important friend to her as well.

And again there will be more lore next time as I just said you will see Zinnia and will pretty much just get to meet her friend group this is all I could fit in one tumblr post but I think this is a good way to end it with sibling love who doesn't love siblings!!

next part will mostly be about friendship because friendship is magic and I'm pretty positive I will definitely have to make a part three that will be about family/her life as an adult because these posts will really just be about going through Nerium life.

This is really fun it was like a little experimental thing again it's not very physically good but I think it probably helped me learn some things and it definitely helped me keep my mind off of some things and it was a really good distraction and a really good way to get better at making quick art because I've always took my time and try to make everything look good so it was fun to do something that I didn't care if looked bad or didn't try to make look good.

Is it definitely very quick I got this done in about two days all of these arts so I guess maybe expect another one in another two days or so I don't know but for sure I'm not going to rush myself but I am going to be working on it and I am excited to share her friend group and to share more lore.

Nerium has been a character who's been in my life since I was about 7 and she's very important to me and she means a lot note that a lot of this is self indulgent and probably won't make a lot of sense but but it's mine and I love it and I'm so happy to be able to draw it out and actually make it feel real the story's always been in my head so it's nice to actually put it on paper I guess more on the phone but you know it's just really refreshing!!

Anyway if you see any spelling mistakes no you don't I'm dyslexic and I'm probably not going to fix them and if I do that will be later. and also note the story is subject to change Nerium is a character that changes with me and so does her story so if it doesn't make sense it may make more sense as time goes on and it may not so just know that.

And again this is my first time ever doing something like this so I really hope you enjoy and I hope that it makes even a little bit of sense if not that's okay too it makes sense in my brain and I suppose that's good enough I just had so much fun doing it and I can't wait for part two hope you enjoyed sorry for the long post don't mind spelling mistakes and if you liked this you should check out my other lore post they don't have art but that is where you get to learn and see my characters see you next time <3

[rowanb3rries]

tmagp episode 20 thoughts. no or not a lot of context but still read at your own peril

to be clear these are just things that are popping into my head as i listen, not a particularly well-thought-out analysis

index of these posts

2:30 instantly i'm hit with the difference between this and when gwen tried to confide in sam and alice fff

3:55 "you know that case i got yesterday?" yeah man that was last week for me and i'm still kinda fucked up about it

4:15 celia Wants To Hear This. i want to know what she's up to so bad lmao

5:20 "that's why i've been trying so hard to protect you" vs "because i'm scared, martin"

7:15 sam's "what" here

7:30 : ) tell me more about these catastrophic world endingly bad things celia

8:15 there is a wasp's nest in my attic

10:30 OH VERY INTERESTING

11:20 "i wanted to be seen", is what they mean. much to think about

14:50 lots of new names in this one

17:30 man. this PERSON

18:55 "small inheritance" but you don't need to worry about money which tells me something else about you than i think you meant to tell me

20:40 this is another one that has me reading ahead in the transcript

20:55 "keeping canvases still" ah, i see

22:25 this one i feel like is much more 'classic' in its mechanism. the fear is what they're after

25:55 OOF

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i have a kofi if you like this and want to help me keep doing it

[jonnysinsectcatalogue]

Peachtree Borer Moth - Synanthedon pictipes

One insect that I've been looking to cover further on this blog is the Yellow-Collared Scape Moth. It's an elegant Moth to find during the warmer months, and I'd like to learn more about it as I observe it in flight and navigating its environment. With that in mind, when I first saw this Moth I thought it might be a relative given the similarities at a glance. My goodness, how wrong I was! This individual in actuality has more in common with the Squash Vine Borer Moth, as both are considered members of the Clearwing family (Sesiidae). When describing this specie, the males feature transparent, scale-less windows along their thin wings and white lines along their bodies. Females (like this individual) boast bold dark coloration with a yellow band around their abdomen. In both cases, these features combined with their slim build and the way their wings are held at rest allow them to act as Wasp mimics. Luckily for today's post, I wasn't scared of this insect (especially after the Broad-Banded Hornet Fly scare), and I dove in the plants to seek it out.

Female Peachtree Borers appear to be more conclusive to identify versus the males. The reason being is that the Lesser Peachtree Borer (S. pictipes) greatly resembles the male, and is only distinguishable by the colors of scales featured between the eyes and antennae. As such, I'm very thankful this was a female I found. Without a clear picture of the front of the head, the identification wouldn't have been as precise. Definitely take note of this if you find a similar Lepidopteran with clear wings or are monitoring for this Moth specie. Monitoring is actually well warranted if you care for trees within the rose family. Specifically, peach trees or one of their relatives such as apricot, cherry or plum. As the common name of this Moth suggests, its Caterpillars are wood-borers, gnawing their way into the tree via its base to feed on the innards. From coverage that I've seen, their feeding habits can be particularly destructive, resulting in bleeding sap, cracked bark, stunted growth, and even outright tree death. The damage can be so drastic that orchards rely on pheromone traps to pre-emptively capture adults as removing Caterpillars from the trees is much more tedious and difficult, especially if the pale-colored wrigglers burrow too deep inside the trunk.

Pictures were taken on July 7, 2024 with a Google Pixel 4.

[racefortheironthrone]

In the 1886 NYC mayoral election, is it true that Hewitt won unfairly and Henry george was frauded out of a win?

Heh, I feel like I'm being asked to adjudicate the 2016 and 2020 Democratic primaries of the 19th century...

Unfortunately, my answer is that we don't really know. It's true that people in Henry George's camp believed that Tammany had won through fraud:

“On Election day groups of Tammany repeaters . . . filled the ballot boxes with fraudulent votes. . . . But the vote of the labor forces was so overwhelming, that even piles of fraudulent votes could not suffice to overcome it. one final result was left. This was to count out Henry George by grossly tampering with the election returns and misrepresenting them. And this is precisely what was done, if the testimony of numerous eye-witnesses is to be believed. The Labor Party, it is quite clear, was deliberately cheated out of an election won in the teeth of the severest and most corrupt opposition.” (source)

While it wouldn't surprise me that Tammany Hall would engage in electoral fraud, it doesn't seem like hard evidence ever turned up that could have proved this for certain.

What we do know is that Henry George's campaign as the United Labor candidate for Mayor of New York City scared the hell out of the political establishment and there very much was collaboration between the two main parties against George. Richard Croker, the Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall, handed Abram Hewitt the Democratic nomination because as a popular anti-Tammany reform Democrat with moderate labor credentials, he could unite both Tammany and anti-Tammany wings of the Party while hopefully staunching any flood of working-class votes to George. Likewise, "Boss" Platt of the Republican machine nominated the 28-year-old Theodore Roosevelt as a sacrifical candidate.

During the campaign, both Democratic and Republican papers and parties united in running a red-baiting campaign against Henry George while ignoring their traditional rivals. And when Henry George took a "heavy" lead in early returns, Platt mobilized the Republican machine to turn out the vote...for the Democratic nominee Abram Hewitt. This swung somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 votes from Roosevelt to Hewitt - which probably was more significant than whatever vote-tampering Tammany may or may not have done.

(In the official count, Hewitt won the election with 90,000 votes to George's 68,000 and Roosevelt's 60,000.)

Now, keep in mind that Henry George had gone into the campaign thinking that he would get 30,000 labor votes as a protest candidate - thus demonstrating that socialism was a real political force in NYC politics. Given the end result more than doubled that initial benchmark, I think he was broadly successful in putting together a coalition that combined Jewish and Irish working-class voters who normally voted Democratic with Italian and WASP working-class voters who normally voted Republican - but not succesful enough to overcome the effects of a united political establishment or the partisan loyalties of Tammany regulars.

And George did succeed in scaring the hell out of Tammany enough that it felt it needed to shift to the left on the "social question" to avoid losing its traditional working-class constituency to socialism.

[oxensun]

We are anti-lawn so we don't mow our yard. I'll whack paths for us to where we walk and I rip aggressive growers and seeders periodically so they don't get out of hand but for the most part our yard is wild and pollinators have flocked to us in droves. I also water somewhat regularly during dry spells so there's usually water on our property for them too.

There is a ginormous, and I mean absolutely humongous wasp nest, probably hundreds strong on the porch lamp directly above our back door. Its a covered porch and it is right next to our compost bin, so I understand why they like it here. They are important pollinators, and our yard is full of food. It's the back door so we aren't out there super frequently but its close enough to home that it's made all my roommates super anxious.

Only one has made it inside ever. Our guest got scared and hid in my room while I carefully rescued the bugger cup-and-paper style and returned her to her nest. Another wasp has never made it indoors, and I barely even catch them flying around when I'm out there taking the trash out. I pause if I see one in my path and let her land, and then I say excuse me and mind my business. Its super freaky when they see me coming and they all look at me with their wasp eyes and they wave their funny little antennae at me but I have never ever, not once felt threatened by them. I might almost describe us as friends.

It's an ongoing debate in the house on what to do about them. My first intention was to relocate them somewhere gently so at least we don't have to look them in the eye every day, but now the nest is so large I'm not sure that's an option without professional help. One vote was to murder them all with chemicals and I have made it very clear that if that were to happen, it would be immediate friendship over, and I am not ashamed to admit that on the internet.

OP is right because bugs are part of our community too. They are vital to the ecosystem, and that makes this a community building exercise. Even if you are afraid, even if you are uncomfortable, having to be in the same space as a bug will not kill you, and most definitively will not be the most gruesome thing you will experience in you whole life. If it is, I am so sorry, please touch grass.

Been working in pest control for 3 months now and i can confidently say that nobody on earth seems to understand that sometimes You Will See A Bugs and that’s Normal if you live literally anywhere with oxygen

[ifeellikeiswallowedamagritte]

Notes: I saw some turkey vultures and a deer at the beginning of my hike. Boy, I did not feel good this day when I did this hike. I think I overworked myself throughout the week and the lack of food was not a good combination. Everything just went a bit too bright and then I banged my knee on a rock. Ya boi was limping across the scramble. I met some good folks though. I dropped my phone and a couple yelled uphill on the scramble I dropped my phone and yeah that was my good luck for that day. They saved my phone. Because of the rainy weather and tornado warnings throughout the week a lot of the rocks shifted and trees fell down. Towards the end of my hike I got stung by a wasp. This was my first time getting stung by one and boy did it hurt. The pain from the wasp stinging my finger actually took the focus of my pain from my knee to my finger so I was able to complete the hike okay. It was still really beautiful out and I guess I gained a new life experience that day. I'm gonna just think this was my body's way to tell me I overworked myself and I decided to take a much needed break. Hopefully when I'm on my next hike I'll have a clear mind so I can enjoy myself a bit more and focus on the beautiful stuff. I've been watching a lot of movies lately for now. I rewatched Tomb Raider. For a new movie, I watched Bram Stoker's Dracula. I really enjoyed it! For some reason I really loved Lucy's voice when she fully transformed. Old Dracula looks like Palpatine and I was scared of Palpatine when I was a kid. I loved the SFX and the costume design was A+, very camp. This got me rewatching some Guillermo Del Toro films. My attention span is like a squirrel so I can't sit through a movie unless I'm at a movie theater. So I'm rewatching "the Shape of Water" and I'm planning to rewatch "Crimson Peak" (I love Jessica Chastain). I'm fully booked until the end of the month so much stuff is happening. Some thoughts while I write this: Toast tastes 10x better when someone else makes it for you. Desks are expensive.

[mspi]

This is for Californians out there for Halloween. Yeah spiders are icky and that's why there's a spider costume for tiny dogs to wear. It disturbs bigger dogs too--even if they're siblings.

Might as well talk about our fears for the Halloween season.

It's ones of those things that's nice to cover if you've been dating someone for a year or so to not cause hyperventilating fear. Ya know when someone's so frightened that they begin wheezing/breathing.

There are numerous reasons that can cause that reaction. I'm happy that when it happened around a few people I was gaga for they knew what to do.

1) chased me as I ran until they saw I was going in circles and they caught me on my next lap

2) made my 🤓 self not so frightened to show geek me. It helped to not need to translate tech stuff. Then they also knew my situation and diagnosis. Now the big selling point was that they were giving me time to figure my situation out. I liked that.

3) they approached Asian me as my old manager had recommended. That's a cool manager who had to fire me bc I didn't call and didn't want to deal with anyone after finding out about my genetic disease without a cure.

Sure there's other people I've dated, but I don't want to get off track. The whole switching subjects or even speaking loud and clear are things that need to be practiced. 🗒️ not when family is around bc they love interrupting recordings and reads.

👩‍🏫 Back to fears.

Laughed with a nurse when watching standup comedy when a comedian asked a woman her greatest fear - oceans. Her boyfriend said he was scared of sharks. That's a match!

👩‍💻 My nurse and I have seen much scarier things being we're from the islands. Anacondas with cattle or people in their bellies on the road would count. Lot of chickens laying around a farm with their blood drained. Fruit bats hanging in a cave you were exploring. Huge cloud of wasps flying past.

⭐ For myself, it might have to be the seal being eaten by a stark at a pier. We're talking about blood in the water creepy. Of course a little boy was close to me and had to say how cool the experience was.

-- Dnagirl

22.11.2023

[8liralik-armin-albumu]

me coming back from the... dead hiatus (??? idek if we can call this hiatus lol) at 3 am when i am going to start my internship thingy in the morning: this hUGE WASP-

[ohmyeyesmyeyes]

beef with wasps

f!singer x andrei svechnikov

warnings: mentions of anaphylactic shock/severe allergic reactions, swearing, light joking of near death (to be clear: nobody dies in this), some fluff

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ynofficial: on behalf of y/n - she is conscious, well and in great hands. she told me to spare the details on what happened, but does want you guys to know that after suffering a wasp sting earlier this afternoon, she was rushed to the ER after going into anaphylactic shock. she gave us all quite a scare and will be in overnight for observations, but doctors are positive she'll make a full recovery

S x

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gracieabrams: thinking of you and wishing you the best recovery! <3

fan1: who tf is s?

fan2: that must have been terrifying, so glad she's ok now

fan3: sending love

reneerapp: ❤️❤️

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ynofficial: they gave me so much fucking adrenalin i have a rocket up my arse rn and he's just gone to the vending machine bc im so hungry so im taking this opportunity to tell you guys that i almost died today but im ok and the reason theres no selfie is bc i look like a pickled dick rn and as charles boyle once said life is a party and im the pinata xxxxx and he did get me flowers without me even asking so im vv in love rn

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fan4: sorry you almost died?????

fan5: babe what did you think anaphylactic shock was

fan6: does the adrenalin also increase the meme usage

fan7: so she almost dies AND reveals she might be in a relationship??? my heart is breaking twice tonight

fan8: ok but the flowers???? she's got a real one there

fan9: i mean i'd like to think if you almost died your partner would get you flowers...

fan10: lmao you'd think so wouldn't you

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ynofficial: back home! i'm now on house arrest because "there aren't any wasps inside" (we have beef with their butts now). needless to say, it was scary for everyone, but as you can see, miley (the cat) is the only one unbothered. i'm currently typing this from under a human giant and i'm loving every second.

i'd also like to take the opportunity to apologise for my loopy instagram posting and let everyone who purchased tickets for the phoenix show know that they will be refunded. again, i'm incredibly sorry for any inconvenience!

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fan11: and you expect me to believe that human giant in the photo is NOT svech???

fan12: he also likes cats

fan13: and in her other post, it was signed off with 's'

fan14: girl don't apologise

fan15: is he ok?

ynofficial: bit teary but we're recovering!

fan16: NO SVECH DON'T CRY EVERYTHING IS OKAY

andrei_svechnikov37: ynofficial you almost died i'm not letting you go that easily

fan17: SVECH HELLO

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andrei_svechnikov37: the family emergency has made a full recovery! (thank fuck) i also wanted to come on here and say that i'm unbelievably proud of this girl, and hilariously in love with her

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fan18: crying happy tears this is adorable

fan19: SVECH STOP RUINING MY STANDARDS

fan20: i love how she's wearing red in the last two pictures

ynofficial: shh he hasn't caught on yet

fan21: i've only had y/n and andrei for a day (officially), but if anything happened to them, i would kill everyone in this room and then myself

fan22: am i the only one who wants to know how long they've been dating?

fan23: no!! i do too

ynofficial: you're making me blush

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fan24: y/n is so precious and idk who andrei is but i love him just for this caption

fan25: svech is definitely a cuddler

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ynofficial: i can't find the right words to express how happy and grateful i am to have you in my life, so i'm just going to settle with i love you so fucking much that sometimes i can't breathe because of it, okay?

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fan26: is andrei the inspiration behind out of my misery?

ynofficial: yes

fan27: you guys make me sick in a good way

fan28: wow you've got taste y/n

andrei_svechnikov37: saying you can't breathe is a bit too soon

ynofficial: LMAO I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE

andrei_svechnikov37: i love the love though

fan29: y/n i can't-

fan30: how long have you guys been together?

ynofficial: one and a half years!

fan31: y/n not being overly mushy on instagram and casually announcing she's dating an nhl player is my favourite part of this year so far

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Hi :) can I ask for Lesso and reader who is terrified of bees wasps etc.? Reader is a fellow teacher and came into the class where Lesso was teaching and saw the scene with bees and got a panic attack and all of the pupils were laughing and mocking the reader for being a never and being afraid of bees and Lesso stands in her defence and helps her calm down. 🌺

Sweet like Honey

*Authors note~ confession I'm also a tad like this with bees if I am caught off guard and wasps terrify me also the request flickers from reader to lesso being scared so I decided to go with Leonora as our girl deserves some comfort. I’m so sorry I’m late posting this I fell asleep and yeah I’m sorry guys*

Trigger warnings~ bees? Teasing? Panic attacks mentioned

Prompt~ see ask^^^

Teaching at the schools for Good and Evil was certainly an experience but it was one you had grown to love. Teaching was always something you desired to do, so when the opportunity came up you were willing to run head first for it, despite the fact others warned you over the school for Evils antics and their Dean. You didn't want to base it off hearsay so you went and started at the schools.

It took some time for you to adjust but when you did you were so glad you trusted your own instincts and took the job. And that's how you found yourself walking the halls to the Curses and Deathtraps class room where the one and only Lady Leonora Lesso was currently teaching. Normally, you'd wait for her class to end before bothering her but this was urgent and you remember her words from your first day, "should you need me come and find me."

The first thing you noticed was how uncharacteristically loud the classroom was. Leonora wasn't one for allowing such things from her students so you did the only thing you could think off, enter. After all you have a duty of care. The sight that met you wasn't anything like what you had expected to see. Lesso crouched down in a corner shaking violently as she appeared to be struggling for air, her class crowding around her and throwing insults and what they thought to be jokes about the red head being absolutely terrified of what appeared to be bees.

"Settle down, go back to your seats and please be quiet, you all have fears and quite frankly I'm disappointed in you all especially some of the Ever students in here, Dovey will be finding out about your un Ever like behaviour" you directed and made your way to the scared red head. The students eventually found their seats after a few hard stares and ignored the two adults in the room.

"Leo?" You murmured watching the red head struggling to breath and rocking her self in an attempt to self soothe. She may be the great Dean of Evil, but she is human so seeing her like this, was truly killing you. "It's okay Leo, it's just me no one else is looking and they are gone Leo" you murmured reassuringly as you rubbed her back. The older woman threw herself into your body causing you to instinctively hold her. "Shhh it's okay it's all okay"

It became clear soon enough that Leo was using you as an excuse to hide so you dismissed the class a little earlier than usual. "It's just us love" you murmured, your nimble fingers scratching gently at her skull. "M sorry you saw me weak" she mumbled into your neck not quite ready to leave her safe haven. "Leo, you aren't weak, I still love my hot headed, sarcastic, ferocious and gorgeous girlfriend. You still totally can strike fear into anyone Leo, you're human and fears are normal love" you paused to encourage her from your neck to look at your eyes, "and I'll always be here to protect you from them."

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