#uhhhh 30ish?

[molluskzone]

blake age timeline ^-^ im gonna make one for everyone i think

[shaniacsboogara]

Not one, but TWO DnD sessions tomorrow... back to back. I love being insane.

[hexfloog]

y'all i've been slooowwwwly grinding dcmk since mid-2021 and i'm now just a meager 30ish episodes from being current on the anime

(i have a long way to go on the manga and i've yet to see either m27 or zero's tea time BUT that's beside the point)

what do i do when i'm done????

[windynebula]

The first day of the conference has... had its ups and downs for me.

I woke up at 7 AM because my stomach hurt. I then proceeded to have an IBS flareup until 10, which was when I was supposed to get to the reception desk because I was supposed to tweet about it. Because I'm in the social media team for the conference. I help out at the desk for a while even if I didn't need to because might as well be useful while I was there, right?

That goes fine, until lunch time rolls around, which is when us volunteers are told that we don't get free lunches until tomorrow onwards, but we're free to buy lunch. I didn't bring my wallet because I didn't want to leave it in my backpack unattended for hours on end. So I had to go home to eat food that I had cooked a few days ago. That's also fine because I live within a 15 minute walk from the campus so it'd take like 30ish minutes.

Except.

It was raining so hard.

And I didn't have a coat or an umbrella and I had very light shoes on.

But I went into the rain anyway and sloshed my way home. I immediately change into dry socks and eat lunch. Having learnt from my earlier mistake, I took my umbrella and coat with me this time.

I get back to the campus and help out at the registration desk again, until my two shifts for the day rolled around, which was maintaining zoom for two panel sessions.

and.

(:

It was a fucking nightmare. :)

The laptop we were using for the zoom calls and recording the panels didn't have any free ports left, so the panel speakers with usb sticks were like "what do" and i was like "UHHHH IDK". We ended taking one cord out for a second so we can dump their slideshow files onto the laptop, then plug the cord back in.

Except the cord we unplugged was the load-bearing microphone, and unplugging it fucked its settings and now i fear that the recording's audio is Fuckt(TM) because the mic kept blipping in and out during their presentations.

Also before the presentations, the projector wouldn't turn on. I had to call the IT help to come fix it, which caused the presentations to start 10 minutes late.

Hanyway. That was the first session.

For the second session, the IT support poked in and asked if things were going as planned. I asked about the USB ports and they told me to unplug the camera instead next time we needed an USB port. So we did that, but we kept plugging and unplugging the camera, so the second session's recording was like 80 % without camera.

So in conclusion, I am not an AV device expert and probably never will be. 🥲👍

At least I don't have to do any AV thingamajiggers tomorrow lololo

[eskawrites]

Was gonna edit the Nancy pov, but my roommate offered me an edible basically as soon as she got home and roughly half an hour later it hit me that I have only gotten 30ish hours of sleep this whole week and also I’m high, so my fun Saturday night plans are uhhhh watching YouTube until I fall asleep on the couch

[girlwarlock]

Heyyo new pinned post time~

She/her, 30ish in 2020ish, I'm from the western US.

If you're new here from twitter, please do some like bare-bones minimal steps of setting up a blog before you follow? There's a big problem on this hellsite (affectionate) with spambots following accounts and mass-liking posts to game search engine algorithms into treating the spambot's blog as legitimate, and they tend to look like a blog with no real setup (eg no bio, default avatar, etc) a procedurally-generated name, and a bunch of likes with no posts on the blog. if you don't put in a small amount of effort to make your blog look like there's a real human being behind it, I'll assume you're a spambot and block you when you follow.

Anyway, yeah. Fun stuff. This blog is mostly an "ooh shiny, add it to the collection"-type place; I don't have a *huge* amount of original content to brag abt. I tend to queue a lot of posts instead of reblogging immediately, so 1) if you see me posting it doesn't necessarily mean I'm online and 2) if you for some reason want to draw my attention to a particular post i've made you'll probably need to include a link to the post as it appears in my blog; my queue's about three weeks long at this point (late may 2022), so I've probably forgotten the post you might be talking abt.

so yeah! uhhhh lately I've been very into The Magnus Archives; it's a horror podcast, mostly standalone episodes at the start but they join together into a plot pretty soon, good stuff, give it a listen. That doesn't show up on this blog a huge amount? but it's good. anyway bye

[squidproquoclarice]

All the questions for the relationship meme :^)

All the questions for Sadithur (as discussed!), done.  This one’s going largely under a cut because it’s long!  Numerous other people requested a single answer, but since I got this one, please go ahead and refer to this for it.

PRE-RELATIONSHIP

How did they first meet?

He came to rob her house for survival supplies, and instead ended up rescuing her from being held prisoner by the men who’d murdered her husband.  Not exactly a meet cute.

What was their first impression of each other?

Uhhhh, well.  Arthur’s first impression of Sadie was “poor shocked woman who’s had her house broken into, her husband murdered, and been attacked herself by O’Driscolls for the last three days”. ��And Sadie’s first impression of Arthur is probably “large strange man who was in my house, shot the bastards who broke in, and is clearly a violent man himself, even if he saved me, and I’m not inclined to trust pretty much any man right now, let alone one with a gun.”  Not the most promising beginning.

Did any of their friends or family want them to get together?

Hosea definitely hoped for them to become a couple at some point if they survived what was to come, even though he knew at that time neither of them was in a good place for it.  Hosea’s very much the cheerleader for his kids being happy, to judge from his trying to get Abigail and John to reconcile, and given I’m sure he knows about Eliza and Isaac, he knows how lonely and traumatized Arthur is, and also sees the remarkable rapport and ease of manner he develops with Sadie.  I also think Abigail, who loves both Arthur and Sadie deeply, kind of hoped for it also.  She knows how lonely they both are, and sees how they are around each other, and we know she’s definitely a bit of a romantic and a believer in the power of love.  I suspect Tilly might have leaned in that direction too, because Tilly’s perceptive AF, and Arthur’s Big Bro. Who felt romantic feelings first?

Arthur.  Understandably so, as his grief for Isaac and Eliza is further in the past than Sadie’s for Jake.  It was still only a matter of a couple of months difference, though. Did either of them try to resist their feelings?

Not so much resisted as restrained.  They readily accepted they felt that way, and that the person they felt romantic feelings towards was more than worthy of it.  They were just questioning whether it was right and fair to put those feelings on the other person.  Both of them had concerns--Arthur felt like he had nothing to offer Sadie and had no right to impose on her like that with his feelings, and Sadie had concerns that Arthur would just be bulldozed into a relationship from just being happy to be wanted, and she was unwilling to hurt him like that.

If you had told one of them that the other would be their soulmate, what would they think? Almost immediately the two of them click in a profound way and they’re very close and comfortable with each other.  The trust and affection and deep friendship is already there, so I don’t think they’d be shocked to hear they’d be so important to each other.  But they would likely have both been very surprised at the idea of also being together romantically and sexually at some point.  Not as a reflection of the other person being unsuitable, but because after so much trauma and self-loathing and loss, neither of them could imagine having that in their lives.

GENERAL

Who initiated the relationship, and how did it go?

Neither of them really made a move.  It just sorta happened as a slow change over a couple of years from friends to a cohabiting queerplatonic couple to spouses.  

Did they have an official first date? If so, what was it like?

In a sense, their first date was that shopping-and-gunfighting trip to Rhodes, which was pretty memorable, and shows off their immediate easy chemistry and battle couple potential.  But in terms of a genuine romantically intended “first date”, not really.  They were essentially a QPR by the time they admitted to now having romantic/sexual feelings as well, so things were intense and committed enough already that they didn’t need a date.  They just moved right towards getting married.

What was their first kiss like?

They both had resolved to admit their feelings to each other after the wedding of two of their friends.  Then they got a little tipsy at the wedding, ended up saying a bit too much, and Sadie took the initiative and kissed Arthur.  Given he kissed back very enthusiastically, she could be pretty sure he wasn’t just playing along with her.  But they realized they needed to talk, so they tabled it until the next day when they were sober again and could talk about it.

Were they each other’s first anything (kiss, relationship, etc.)?

For Sadie, no.  She’d been married very happily to Jake.  For Arthur, this was the first relationship with solid grounding and a solid future rather than youthful fantasy like Mary, and he’s surprised at how easy it is to be with Sadie, including being vulnerable, because of that trust.  It’s also the first time he’s had sex and actually really been comfortable and enjoyed it rather than just being left feeling awkward and even more alone, given he comes across very strongly as some type of asexual (I write him specifically as demisexual) and didn’t have opportunities for the emotional intimacy he needs to be interested in sex.  Both of them actually had their first kiss in a same-sex romance, though Sadie wasn’t able to acknowledge hers as romantic until much later.

What’s their height difference? Age difference?

Given Roger and Alex’s heights, and their corresponding relative heights in-game looking accurate to that height differential, I put Arthur at 6’ish and Sadie at 5’4”ish, so there’s an 8 inch height difference.  As for age, it’s canonical that Arthur was born in 1863.  I have him as a July birthdate, so he’s 35 for the early bits of the game, and 36 for most of it.  Sadie appears to be 30ish (she’s definitely no 24-year-old), and I write her as having been born in April of 1868.  So she’s 31 for all of RDR2.   That puts their age difference as a smidge under 5 years. 

What’s their relationship with each other’s families?

Both of them have lost their biological parents by 1899.  Arthur’s only bio sibling (David) died even before Arthur even knew him.  Sadie lost an older brother (Henry), and she’s become estranged from her younger sister Caroline, though they patch that up.  Arthur has yet to meet Caro, though, as she’s been living in Oregon.  So the only real family in question was the gang, and clearly Sadie was not only accepted by them, she actually stepped up and led them.

Who takes the lead in social situations?

Sadie tends to, and Arthur readily relies upon and defers to her experience there.  He’ll be the first to admit his life didn’t exactly teach him the boundaries and everyday pleasantries of Victorian social order, and sometimes that’s to the good.  Sadie’s not exactly a paragon of it herself as a hardscrabble farm girl who doesn’t defer to misogyny, but she’s aware of some of those rules, boundaries, and undercurrents in a way Arthur isn’t.  So he’s not too proud to let her take the lead in a social situation, or to ask her advice in dealing with something without giving offense.

Who gets jealous easier?

Arthur would have, early on.  He was far more insecure in himself (and as Sadie admits, he’ll always be a little more fragile than her in that realm), but he was probably more likely to morosely turn doubts on himself as a perceived inadequacy and personal failure rather than to get jealous of Sadie.  Being romantically or sexually jealous really kind of requires insecurity and lack of trust, and they’ve moved far beyond that.

LOVE

Who said “I love you” first?

I had to double check.  Arthur said it first when he proposed to her, but Sadie immediately followed it.

What are their primary love languages?

For both, I think Quality Time/Acts of Service.  Showing love for both of them is in spending time together doing things, doing little things for each other, and basking in that friendship that’s the solid foundation of everything between them.  There’s a bit of Physical Touch in there also due to both of them being somewhat touch-starved.  I do think Arthur has some Words of Affirmation in there as well, because sometimes he truly needs to hear praise and affection deliberately and unequivocally stated to be able to believe it’s real, and Sadie’s come to realize that and respond to it.

How often do they cuddle/engage in PDA?

They’re not really an overt PDA couple.  What they have they consider generally very intense but private.  They do like to cuddle in private, and small touches here and there are common enough. 

What are their favorite things to do together?

Just spend time together, to be honest.  It could be reading together (silently or one of them aloud), playing music together, doing chores, cooking, spending time with the kids, training horses, lying in bed talking, or anything.  They just genuinely enjoy each other’s company.  

Who’s better at comforting the other?

It’s a learned skill for both of them since neither was great at articulating feelings, but the months at Las Hermanas when they were both healing psychologically while Arthur was healing physically did a lot. They’re both fairly good at nonverbal comfort, and reaffirming each other. 

Who’s more protective?

Pick a day.  It can vary.  ;)  I think we see in-game they’re both fiercely protective of each other.  I do think Arthur has the knack of being protective of her in a non-patronizing, non-paternalistic way, which Sadie appreciates.  It’s still been hard for her to accept that needing and taking help isn’t admitting she’s weak.  Arthur kind of had to get over that notion during his TB convalescence because he constantly needed help for things.

Do they prefer verbal or physical affection?

A mix of both.  Usually not big overt dramatic demonstrations, since that’s not their dynamic, but quick little affectionate touches (on the arm, the cheek, etc.), using fond nicknames and pet names, and things like that. 

What are some songs that apply to their relationship, in-universe or otherwise?

I’ll keep working on this and probably post some of my Sadithur playlist at some point.

What kind of nicknames do they call each other?

“Art” and “Daisy” are their private affectionate nicknames, given Sadie jokingly calling him “artsy Art” as he’s an artist, and Arthur admitting he couldn’t come up with a fitting nickname from “Sadie” and just rearranging the sounds a bit.  After Sadie used it in-game, “honey” is probably the most common pet name they use.

DOMESTIC LIFE

If they get married, who proposes?

Arthur did.  That’s not because Sadie is a traditionalist by any means.  But I do think there’s the part of her that likes to know she’s not steamrollering someone, and that they got to take their own initiative.  Then especially in Arthur’s case, I think he needed to ask.  She needed to be sure that Arthur wanted to be with her, rather than it being a case of her wanting him and him going along with it from being happy to be wanted by her.  I also think he needed it too to prove to himself he could be confident enough in what he had to offer Sadie to ask, and to stand equal to her. 

What’s the wedding like? Who attends?

They had a very small wedding at their home in Chuparosa, for several reasons. One is because they’re just not the type for huge demonstrative parties for their own sake, even if they enjoy them when they’re celebrations for someone else.  Neither of them really likes being a massive center of attention.  Two, they were fairly alone.  They’d made some friends in Mexico, but aside from Charles (who they knew went to Canada), everyone else from the gang was a mystery to them.  Three, they kept it small and quiet also since they’d sorta accidentally ended up playing fake married since Arthur’s admission to Las Hermanas in order to stick together.  So everyone already assumed they were a married couple, and they didn’t want it to become a big obvious thing.  Sister Calderon was the officiant (since it was a secular wedding of two avowed non-Catholics), and their friends Pedro and Juanita Estevez from Las Hermanas were the witnesses.  Dr. Felipe Garcia, Arthur’s doctor who’d also become a friend, also attended, as did Albert Mason, who they’d found in Escalera a few weeks before on yet another wildlife photography expedition. 

How many kids do they have, if any? What are they like?

Mild Sunrise spoiler ahoy, but as of 1908 they’ll have four: Beatrice (born 1902), Matthew (born 1903), Susanna (born 1905, adopted by them in 1907) and Andrew (born in 1908).  I also see them as likely taking in some older kids later once Susie and Andy are a bit older, because Arthur in particular would be passionate about the need to try to give a couple of orphaned and/or homeless teens and near-teens a home.  He knows the kind of people who take you in, or if it doesn’t happen at all, can make a huge difference.  As for personality, Bea’s very much a fierce no-nonsense sort but very protective of the younger kids, Mattie’s a sweet boy who’s going to become a gentle giant, and as for Susie and Andy, I’ll wait to see what they tell me.  Andy’s not born yet, and Susie’s both very young and dealing with the trauma of losing her family to Micah’s gang, so she’s understandably not showing much of her true personality just now. 

Do they have any pets?

Aside from a lot of horses?  They ended up with a black cat (Dido) at the very end of 1899, adopted during the first weeks of Arthur’s convalescence at Las Hermanas and helping keep him company during all that bed rest.  Then they picked up a stray dog (Dusty) in Armadillo in 1901 during fighting the cholera epidemic--this is the Armadillo “Mutt” in-game.  The most recent addition is a border collie puppy (Dorothy), who they’ve adopted from MacFarlane’s Ranch in 1907, given Charlie the border collie being there in RDR1.  

Who’s the stricter parent?

This ended up being something of a big fight, actually, and probably the first huge blow-out in their marriage.  Sadie felt like she was the only one providing discipline and accountability as Bea got old enough to start to need it.  Arthur understandably was feeling his way through parenting since mostly what he has is negative examples from Lyle (physical abuse) and Dutch (profound psychological abuse).  Even Hosea’s parenting was sort of indirect and elusive sometimes.  So he was being very hands-off on discipline out of a need to make certain the kids knew they were loved, and to not worry that he was hurting them.  But he couldn’t do that and leave Sadie all the heavy lifting while he gets to be identified as the “nice” parent and the joybringer, and the two of them came to realize that.  I’d say they’re about even now.   

Who kills the bugs in the house?

Both of them.  Neither is squeamish by any means.

How do they celebrate holidays?

Usually fairly quietly at home with family, but with remembrances of things dear to them.  Songs and music, decorations, favorite foods, little family rituals.  They like to keep that kind of thing alive where they can.

Who’s more likely to convince the other to come back to sleep in the morning?

Sadie.  She knows how hard farming is, so she’s up and at it when there’s work to be done.  But she never had Arthur’s long years of anxious need to stay busy no matter what so he was proving his usefulness.

Who’s the better cook?

They’re both pretty decent at it.  Sadie actually likes cooking, but she doesn’t like being expected to do it just because she’s a woman, so she’s rather protective of that notion.  Arthur came to it late, as kitchen duty was one of the first light jobs a TB patient at Las Hermanas could have after being allowed off total bed rest.  Given how bored he was by then, cooking became something really exciting, and he found out he actually enjoyed it, both the kind of soothing ritual of all those steps, and then producing something tangible by it. 

[brinytrolls]

doctor.....

Judgement meme!

Reblog with one to two trolls, specify their age and pronouns, he will "analyze" them.

Multiple reblogs allowed, please keep it reasonable tho

Judge-backs are very much appreciated, but not mandatory!

Have fun :D

[visionmarred-archive]

tagged by both @sirotras​ and @reverienne​​. thanks!! 🖤

Rules: Answer 30 questions and tag 20 blogs you are contractually obligated to know better (that is so many bagels my good dude)

Name/Nickname: Sierra. little cousins call me Rara and it’s adorable

Gender: nonbinary/maybe genderfluid? they/them and she/her pronouns are both cool beans w me

Star sign: Capricorn

Height: 5′3 / 160 cm

Time: 6:30ish PM pacific as I type this

Birthday: January 14th

Favourite bands: My Chemical Romance, Kamelot, Nightwish, Evanescence, Queen, Foo Fighters, The Cure

Favourite solo artists: P!nk, Chris Cornell, Mitski, Lady Gaga

Song stuck in my head: “Stand By Me” by Ben E. King

Last movie: unfortunately Casino Royale. I’m embarrassed by how much I enjoy a James Bond film but it’s true.

Last show: Community or Gilmore Girls, I think

When did you create this blog: August of 2011. I will probably never leave this place smh

What do I post: lots and lots of Star Wars. sporadic Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, and Wayhaven Chronicles too. whining about the personal life.

Last thing googled: whether or not Chris Cornell was a solo artist (I’m counting it)

Do I get asks: whenever I rebagel ask memes :’)

Why I chose my url: 

Following: 355 bagels

Followers: 987 bagels

Average hours of sleep: 8-10ish lol and I’m still tired rip

Lucky number: 7, 14, and 21

Instruments: I wish :( love to learn to play the violin

What am I wearing: black pants, grey shirt, grey sweater, black shoes

Dream job: theoretically an author. maybe an archaeologist? I’m trying to figure it out

Dream trip: South America

Last book I read: my brain cell won’t let me read books lately and I can’t remember :(

Favourite food: big fan of fried rice, gyros, and pho

Favourite song: changes all the time but right now it’s “You Know My Name” by Chris Cornell bc unfortunately I like a J*mes B*nd film (also I love Chris Cornell’s voice)

Top three fictional universes: Star Wars, Final Fantasy X (even with the gigantic murder whale), uhhhh I’m blanking on a third one

tagging: nah, but if you want to then go for it <3

[surveys-at-your-service]

Survey #396

“every time i leave, you say you won’t be there, & you’re always there”

So, is it gif with a hard G or soft G? I used to say "jif," but now I pronounce it as "gif." If you use libraries, what is the largest overdue fine you’ve ever had? *shrug* Do you ever borrow things other than books from the library? I remember back in the day, they used to offer educational computer games, and I bought a dinosaur one as a kid that I was madly obsessed with. Are there still any movie rental places left where you live? Just Redbox things outside of some stores. Do you ever buy secondhand books (or DVDs, video games, CDs)? Yeah; Ebay is my friend. Or do you prefer them to be brand new? I mean yeah, but it's not a massive deal to me so long the thing is operational or not falling apart. Do you ever write fanfic? Of what? Nah. Do you ever READ fanfic? Of what? Also nah. Do you have a favorite classical composer? No. Have you ever had multicolored/rainbow hair? No, but I would LOVE to. What kind of hats, if any, do you like to wear? I don't wear hats. What is your #1 deal-breaker with friendships? If you're manipulative, byyyyyeeeee~ Who is your favorite character on Bob’s Burgers and why? (If you watch it) I've seen some episodes, but I don't actually watch it. Have you ever had a retro celebrity crush? Like a crush on an “old” celebrity who was most famous a long time ago or is long dead? Audrey Hepburn, for one, is drop-dead GORGEOUS. When you buy/receive new clothes, do you instantly wear them or wash first? It depends on what I bought and where it's from. What’s the weirdest item you’ve seen for sale on Ebay? Idk. Are parents to blame for what their kids do on the Internet? No; kids make their own choices. I do, however, believe the parents should monitor what they do until they reach a certain degree of maturity, as well as the child's history with what they've done on the Internet. Do you use acronyms to remember things? Sometimes. Do you take pills like Tylenol for the littlest aches and pains? No. Only if I'm really in pain will I take Ibuprofen/Advil. Don’t you think Crocs are ugly? Big time. I don't know why they're in vogue now when they used to be so widely hated. When was the last time you went roller skating? Oh, it's been years. Who was your favorite Ninja Turtle? I was never into the franchise. Horror flicks make you: laugh, scream, or squirm? I prefer the ones that make you uneasy. I'm not a big fan of the nasty ones, and I want to feel on edge when I'm watching a horror film, but it's EXTREMELY rare I become legitimately scared. If you could become a doctor, what would you specialize in? Uhhhh. Maybe genetic disorders. What’s the cutest thing a little kid has ever said to/in front of you? I'm sure it was something my niece or nephew said, but I'm unsure of what. They've said many adorable things. Did any characters from TV shows scare you as a kid? Which one(s)? FUCKING KING RAMSES FROM COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG. FUCK he gave me nightmares. What’s the saddest thing you’ve heard on the news recently? I was very saddened to hear about the giraffe that died giving birth. Do you believe that acupuncture works? I'm not educated enough on this subject. Have you ever been hypnotized? No, and I don't believe it's possible to be. What’s the first food you can smell when you enter the mall? The soft pretzels, omg. That little stand is my favorite part of our local mall. They make DELICIOUS pretzels. What is the worst hurt you’ve ever experienced? Jason leaving. Are huge muscles gross or sexy? Like serious body builders, it's gross to me. I prefer a natural musculature. Have you ever fished and caught something weird? I know I have, but what isn't coming to mind. Do you use an umbrella when it rains? Unless it is absolutely pouring, no. Do you like getting caught in the rain? No. What is the hardest part of cleaning for you? It requires physical exertion and I am INCREDIBLY weak with non-existent stamina. Do you have any fake flowers in your room? No. Do you own any succulents? No. What is your favorite thing about spring? The only thing I like about spring are all the flowers. What is something you find hard to draw? HANDS. UGH. Was it sunny for your senior prom pictures? Sigh. It was a beautiful sunset. I REALLY wish I didn't delete all those pictures from existence. Have you ever seen a double rainbow? I've seen like, a triple rainbow. What’s one thing you want to learn how to make? Your ordinary meals. I really want to be able to cook my own food from scratch. Do you have stomach issues? Maybe TMI, but it's been questioned but not fully examined that I may have IBS. My stomach is very sensitive. When was the last time you apologized and didn’t mean it? I'm not sure. Do you prefer to be the “talker” or the “listener” in a conversation? The listener. What’s a movie that you think everyone should see? Johnny Got His Gun. If you could have any hair color, what color would you want? Either pastel pink or light creamsicle orange. When was the last time you saw your “first love”? February of 2017. Who’s the smartest person you know personally? My best guy friend Girt. What makes them so smart? He's just very intelligent. Book-smart. Are there any bands/artists that get you all emotional? Ozzy. He and his music are so important to me. What’s your favourite aunt or uncle’s first name? Robert. Have you ever done a first aid course? No. What time do you generally wake up in the morning? It varies from like, 6:00-8:30ish. If you could have one superpower, what would it be? Definitely shapeshifting. I'd love to be a druid, man. Do you ever make surveys? If so, are they long or short? No, but I combine them because I don't like surveys that are too short by my standards. When is the next time you’ll change your hairstyle? Will you color it? Honestly, probably never. I love my current hairstyle, but I most certainly plan on dyeing it maaaany more times. As a child, what was your favorite game to play? I was hooked on the first three Spyro games. I would play 'em over and over. Do any of your siblings have significant others? Do you like them? My older sister is married, and I am NOT a fan of her husband. He's WAY too conservative and bigoted and racist and misogynistic, etc. etc. He's wonderful as a dad, like holy shit he loves his kids, but his beliefs are abhorrent. Dad's daughter is also married, and her husband is awesome. Mom's eldest daughter is also married, and her husband seems cool. My brother has a fiancee that I've never met. Do you believe in the concept of global warming? No fucking shit I do. It's impossible to logically deny, especially as the years go on. When was the last time you took a picture of something? Was it yourself? I took some pictures of this beautiful hydrangea bush outside the TMS office a few days ago. When drinking soda, do you prefer bottles or cans or poured in a glass? Cans, because it stays colder. Do you wear deodorant? Um, yes? If you had a pet pig, what would you name it? Probably something very unoriginal, like Wilbur. Do you like Led Zeppelin? I LOVE "Kashmir." "Stairway to Heaven" was madly important to me, but yeah... I can't listen to it anymore. Like seriously, I haven't in years. Do you like hugs? I do. Have you read the Constitution of the United States of America? Only the Bill of Rights for school. Do you have your own computer or use a family one? I have my own laptop. Do you take out the trash? Sometimes. Is there a calendar in the room you’re in? Outdated meerkat ones. What is your best friend’s name? Sara Jane. :') Have you ever seen a real-life cop chase? Maybe? What is your favorite shape? Circles. Are pigs adorable or dirty? They're precious! And pigs are actually a lot cleaner than people think, if they're not muddy. Anything moldy in your house? Not to my knowledge. Our old house had a serious mold problem, though, which is the primary reason we had to move. Especially with Mom having cancer at the time, she needed to be in the most sterile environment possible. Have you ever been in an earthquake? No. Do you enjoy history? No. Are you watching TV right now? No, but rather GameGrumps on YT. Could you ever be a mortician? True shit, it actually doesn't seem THAT bad. Can you solve a Rubik’s cube? Never seriously tried. How many pets do you have? Just two right now. Are you more close with your mom or dad? My mom. Who is the person that has impacted your life the most? Jason. Or Mom. Have you ever had a pet fish? Yeah. Poor things, they had terrible husbandry. I've learned a hell of a lot from a YouTuber/streamer that is like obsessed with fish about just how misinformed people are on how to take care of various fish. Your goldfish in that little bowl died for a reason, you know. Do you believe in ghosts? Yes. Do you prefer tea or coffee? Both suck. Have you ever vaped? No. How did your parents meet? They were co-workers. What was your first word? "Dada." Have you ever had a kinky dream about a celebrity? ... I mighta lmao. When was the last time you had Nutella? A long time ago. It reeeeaaaally needs to stay out of my house, because I will eat it straight out of the jar. Name someone with a sexy sounding voice. So I don't know where this was, but Mark was once credited in something as "if chocolate had a voice" and I was like YOU FUCKIN BET YOUR SWEET ASS.

[exoticarmyofcrowns]

50 questions tag~

tagged by the wonderful @flowerkth thank you, darling! 💖

what color is your hairbrush?: pink and black

name a food you never eat: uhhh basically any seafood (sorry)

are you typically too warm or too cold?: uhhh neither really but i do run pretty warm (my friends like to hug me for warmth lolol)

what were you doing 45 minutes ago?: figuring out how to style my new bangs lolol

what’s your favorite candy bar?: ohhh ummm cadbury milk chocolate or lindt

have you ever been to a professional sports game?: nah, not a big fan lol

what’s the last thing you said out loud?: something about roti lol (i was cooking with my nannie aka grandmother)

what’s your favorite ice cream?: hmm i really love coffee ice cream esp if it has chocolate chips or something 🤤

what was the last thing you had to drink?: dalgona coffee lol

do you like your wallet?: uhhh don’t have one haha

what’s the last thing you ate?: a bagel

did you buy any new clothes last weekend?: aklshfja no i’m too scared to buy any new clothes bc i haven’t been to the gym in 2 months

what’s the last sporting event you watched?: uhhhh a basketball game at uni like 2 years ago? and only bc i was in pep band

what is your favorite flavor of popcorn?: plain buttered

who’s the last person you sent a text to?: i texted my friend that pic of yoongi and jiminie bc it was so cute 🥺

ever go camping?: once, the summer after senior year of high school but it was like rv’s so idk that it counts? but we went kayaking and that was super fun!

do you take vitamins?: vitamin d cuz ya girl is deficient 🤪 (but i frequently forget to take them)

do you go to church every sunday?: not really

do you have a tan?: i mean, i’m brown so...yes?

do you prefer chinese or pizza?: oh crap um.... it really depends on my mood... i guess pizza bc there’s a REALLY good pizza joint near me and i haven’t had it in so long :(

do you drink soda through a straw?: only metal ones babyyyy

what color socks do you usually wear?: black

do you ever drive above the speed limit?: yes lol but only 5 mph over, that’s my rule

what terrifies you?: the future, mostly lmao

look to your left, what do you see?: my nearly-empty water bottle that i really should go refill bc i’m dehydrated af

what chore do you hate the most?: probs the dishes, i hate wet food

what do you think of when you hear an australian accent?: i think it sounds neat!

what’s your favorite soda?: i try not to drink too much soda but probs coca cola

do you go in fast food places or just hit the drive thru?: i never used to use the drive thru but i actually started doing it earlier before the whole miss rona thing. i still prefer physically going in though

what’s your favorite number?: 98

who’s the last person you talked to?: my nannie

favorite cut of beef?: uhhh i don’t actually know, i don’t typically eat a lot of beef

last song you listened to?: ugh! - bts

last book you read?: skeleton man (was doing a book study for children’s lit lol)

can you say the alphabet backwards?: yes i literally would sit down and just practice that when i was younger lmao

favorite day of the week?: friday or saturday

how do you like your coffee?: iced with a lot of caramel!

favorite pair of shoes?: hmmm my short combat boots that i got from walmart OR my black flats (good for when i sub at schools)

time you normally get up?: i have an alarm set every weekday for 7:15 but sometimes i ignore it lolol so usually like 8:30ish

sunrise or sunsets?: sunsets 

how many blankets on your bed?: two if my comforter counts

describe your kitchen plates?: white with a thin, navy blue border

describe your kitchen at the moment?: a little messy bc my nannie and i just made roti lol

do you have a favorite alcoholic drink?: amaretto sour!

do you play cards?: not typically but i’ve been playing a lot of solitaire recently lmfao i also looove spit

what color is your car?: piper is red (yes her name is piper she’s my baby okay)

can you change a tire?: HAHAHHAHAHA

your favorite state/province/county/city etc.?: umm i’ve never really thought about it before... i guess i really enjoy boston!

favorite job you’ve had?: my current job as a substitute! (although technically unemployed bc no school = no work for me)

how did you get your biggest scar?: my most prominent one is one on my ankle and i got it from tripping over the stones that were around my pool when i was like 3. it kinda looks like a trident, which i always thought was very funny

whew! that was fun! thank you for the tag, natalie~ 😙💕

tagging: @vante-love @sugaerie @suhmayzooka @kookswife  @memeofthesoul @bitoftaewithsugaandkookie @namugguk @hopefish15 @crybabyjk @sunshope @heavyinmyarms @mystically-mysterious @cliffordbuttcheek @sweetpeajeon @dreamerxfimprobabledreams @chunghamor (as always, don’t feel obligated to do it!)

[knivestothroats]

How old do you imagine Buck and Fletcher being?

Like 30ish? Early 30s maybe? Fletcher might be a few years older than Buck but he’s old enough to move to a different state and live on his own and Fletcher has to fit the vague timeline I have in my head so uhhhh yeah let’s say 28-33.

[viaticumz]

I’ve been awake for uhhhh 30ish hours now? Pretty sexy of me tbh

[ihavearandom]

S-so uhhhh

Woke up to the fire alarm this morning about 30ish minutes ago Never again, that was a violent awakening

And nobody is coming outta their apartment, the fire truck came and just left(????), and there’s been no emergency text/email/call from the office informing us if this is a drill or not-

We didn’t see any smoke or anything on our way outta the apartment so I guess we’re fine???? I had a doc’s appointment today so we needed to get up anyways :p

But yea, now future me knows to ask about fire alarms/drills and any other alarms a complex might have and how they contact their tenants >.>

[poorlydrawnalola]

does everyone here have specific ages, or are they just 'trainer age' 'trial captain age' 'adult' et c et c

well like. you can sorta tell for some. like, obviously the four kids are 11, and gladion is a “little older than you” so idk. 13? and you can kinda assume the professors are early 30sish, so– actually this is a very interesting ask you guys mind if i ramble! first off pray that tumblr mobile works, normally it does not, and i tried to add a read more.

welcome to the hypothesis cave. LETS REVIEW, STARTING WITH THE MAIN PLAYERS:

sun and moon: literally the same age because. protag thing. 11

hau: also protag age! 11

lillie: i thhhink she’s 11. at least 10 and a half

gladion: anywhere from 12 to 13

the profs: well if uhhhh kukui mentioned going through his journey in kanto and is said to rep the players from red n blue days, we can say roughly 30. same for burnet since theyre about the same age?

BADDIES, reformed and not-so-reformed:

guzma: he and kukui were kids around the same time so. sorry edgy teen headcanons, this man has a fuckin mortgage

plumeria: her’s is kind of vague. she’s definitely younger than guz, but more mature than the teenagers (plus they call her BIG sis so) my bet is arouuuuund mid-ish twenties?? I DONT KNOW

skull grunts: theres only so many edgy teenager jokes the game can make before you realize. gladion is most likely the youngest from back when he was in.

lusamine: I THINK SHE SAID SHE’S FORTY????

wicke: again, very vaaague… 30 maybe?

faba: idk he LOOKS old but can old people really be full of that much spite? probably. at least 40something

TRIAL CAPTAINS: the age stated for them is, i shit you not,

11 to 19. SO WE GOTTA FUCKIN GUESS

illima: the kids at the pokemon school respect him like you do an older kid so. 14? 15??? freshman age

lana: shes tiny as SHIT!!! 13 and no more

kiawe: he has a whole job, and thats not something a tiny kid can do so… ehhh 16

mallow: inbetween lana and kiawe as 14, old enough to help around the restaurant

sophocles: also tiny as shit. also really still attached to molayne though so maybe like. 12? 11???

acerola: she could be seen as young or just really REALLY odd so like. ehhh 13

mina: shes got NO job and her parents are definitely older so i think. i think 19

KAHUNAS: AGES ALL OVER THE PLACE!!!

hala: old enough to be someone’s GRANDPA so like, 65, 70. and he can still kick everyone on melemele’s ass so good on him

olivia: she’s not really old, in fact she acts about the same age as burnet and kukui! 30ish i think

nanu: older than DIRT he is a FOSSIL you hand him to those fossil dudes they give you an aerodactyl (idk 50)

hapu: lillie’s age, she’s just short i think. definitely more serious than the other 11 year olds but what do you expect from a kahuna!

no more my hands Hurt

[spell-cleaver]

Uhhhh Star Wars modern navy au where the falcon is just a really fast houseboat, thanks for coming to my ted talk

[Sorry this took me so long to complete.]

Quick disclaimer: I know nothing about engineering. I know nothing about houseboats. I know nothing about the navy. So, uhhh, I doubt very much the ideas I brainstormed with my friend (who at least knows a teeny tiny bit about the British Navy, nothing about any other countries’) really fit with your marvellous idea, but this is what we came up with:

So, apparently the navy has these things called Royal Research Ships which are basically mapping boats which I think help map the coastline for OS maps and such (a good chance I’m wrong there) and are just used for scientific research. Because these voyages tend to be very long, it naturally acts sort of like a houseboat because people have to be living on it for weeks and months at a time, just… observing and mapping the coast, I suppose. (This is the only way I could think of to get a houseboat into the navy.)

Now imagine that this is a boat in a modern-era-inspired world that’s not this world (because I refuse to deal in actual international politics when I’m writing fandom stuff.) Han signed up to join the Republic Navy for adventure! Excitement! Also to escape his awful hometown of Corellia, but no one can blame him. He passes all his training, is great in a crisis, but mouths off to a few too many important people (because even in a world where Palpatine holds off his plans for total dominion until Han’s 30ish, the Republic’s still pretty corrupt) and gets assigned to a Republic Research Ship called something boring like the RRS Valorum III.

Han hates it.

He’s a guy who’s looked for action and adrenaline his whole life, only to be dumped on a ship where all he can do is stare at scenery. No mortal danger. No one shooting at him. No battles. Of course he hates it. He’s not the only one.

Because apparently there are quite a few people the higher ups don’t want in the main navy, and they all got thrown onto one unimaginatively named boat bound for some fascinating ice floes in a wasteland called Hoth. 

Truly, none of them can wait to get there.

Slightly mollified by the fact that he’s not the only miserable person on board and also the fact that at least he’s the one they gave the captaincy to, Han decides to at least try to make the most of a bad situation.

He likes Chewbacca. He’s the only one with any actual experience and Han has no idea why he’s not the captain, but the guy’s nice and can keep everyone else in line.

The twins are utter menaces. As far as Han can tell, there was nothing wrong with their record at the Academy, they’re both incredibly bright and good at what they do, but there’s a tense political climate between the Chancellor of the Republic, the military, and something about Separatists. Luke and Leia’s mother is a senator and their father’s high up in the navy, so by their combined efforts to keep their reckless twins safe the two were dumped on the most boring, uneventful trip the navy had.

There are some other people, but they’re not as important to the plot.

(I don’t know how many people crew these ships and I couldn’t find it anywhere, so I’m going to say it’s a small number for plot convenience, and if it’s not, well then, it’s AU.)

They’re perhaps a week into the voyage—with Han thoroughly sick of the general crew, some of the more insufferable cartographers and scientists, and particularly the twins and their idiosyncrasies—when he decides that something’s wrong with the engine (it’s not) and he decides to go down to fix it.

Turns out Luke has already got there and seems to be tinkering with something. Han doesn’t know what it is—it looks like a long range transmitter; maybe he misses his parents (or wants to shout at them some more for dumping him on a boring boat)—and doesn’t really care. He goes straight to “fixing” the engine.

After a while, Luke joins him. 

At some other point, Leia comes down to help as well, leaving an irate Chewbacca above decks to deal with the rest of the crew. They tinker with the engine some more, and somehow they find they can make it go faster.

Chewie is not pleased with this discovery.

That doesn’t dissuade them. They keep tinkering, and keep going faster. 

RRSs aren’t supposed to go that fast. That doesn’t dissuade them either.

By the time they realise just how fast they’re going, Han’s grown somewhat fond of his stingy research ship, despite the disappointing lack of explosions. It’s nowhere near as polished as the name Valorum III implies, considering this is an old ship that’s seen a great many research missions and is (to put it politely) barely sailing. It’s rougher and more lived-in, and they all love it by now. Boring as it is, keeping it together is a stimulating challenge in itself.

They decide to rename it.

Han’s suggestion of the Millennium Falcon is shot down by absolutely everyone, but he pulls rank on them and that’s that.

By now, Chewie isn’t the only one who’s horrified at the gratuitous changes Han and the twins have wrought. They don’t care. They’re still doing their jobs, and it’s not like they’re even using the super-fast speed they’re getting, otherwise it would interfere with the mapping of the coastline, so. They keep going.

Everyone is thankful for it after Hoth.

The ice sheets and floes extend for miles beyond the actual snowy landmass that is Hoth. It’s summer when they reach the outskirts, so most of them are broken up and they can chart a course through the icebergs. The equipment and sensors are all going mad trying to plot it all, but the Falcon gets through.

They’ve finished and are on the way back when they start picking up odd signals.

They’re encrypted, and seem military somehow. But the Falcon and her crew are supposed to be the only people from the military for at least a hundred miles. Who wants to fight someone out here?

Against literally everyone else’s advice, Han decides to investigate, and finally makes contact with the unknown senders. They’re nearby, they can all tell that much. 

Han introducing them over the comms as the Millennium Falcon probably saves their lives.

After all, it is not a recognisably Republic name. By now, the ship is beaten up enough to not be recognisably Republic either. They make it far enough into the ice floes, Han stalling entertaining the mysterious adversaries while everyone else on the ship stands on guard, watching and mapping and documenting the scopes, hands clenched on the controls ready to get the hell out of there the moment it gets dangerous. No one know what’s going to happen, and they’re just an itty bitty research ship. The best chance they have if things get nasty is to skedaddle.

Meanwhile, Han is making some strides in this conversation (he privately thinks he missed his calling as a negotiator) when Leia rolls her eyes and takes over. She charms them a lot faster, and gets three key pieces of information:

The person she is talking to is a gentleman named Count Dooku.

They are a base of people who admit to being… dissatisfied… with the Republic.

They call themselves Separatists.

That’s all Leia really needs to know at that point, already contemplating everything her parents could do with this information, when the people monitoring the scopes come up with something alarming: the base they’re being herded and invited towards is massive, teeming with ships and life forms.

An entire army, perhaps. With the weapons to match.

Han doesn’t take any more convincing to turn the ship around and get out of there. Leia’s managed to get enough information out of them; they don’t need to stay any longer, especially if they’re all gonna die—

Five Separatist ships give chase.

The Falcon leaves them in the dust. 

They’re going fast. Faster than fast, and they’re pushing the limits of what Han and the twins had rigged into the engine and they’re practically flying.

They make it back to the base at Coruscant in record time. They get given some flak for not finishing their mission to the absolute best of their abilities, but everyone shuts up when they hear what they have to say.

They’d found the Separatist base.

They get questioned an debriefed and questioned some more. Han doesn’t see Chewie or the twins for several weeks afterwards—he presumes Luke and Leia are with their parents for at least some of that time—but then new orders come in. An attack is to be launched on the base—or, what’s left of it after the Separatists started to evacuate. The Falcon is to be examined and copied—her speed is apparently an advantage the government won’t pass up. And Luke, Han and Leia, as the people who originally worked such magic on her, are to oversee the process.

The part Han is excited about: there might be an entire fleet of ships like her. 

A fleet of houseboats, from a certain point of view. It would be great.

(So long as he gets to keep the Falcon.)