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why thank we spawned in with the mega expansion autism pack ty for noticing (explod

-iso & viscera 🌀

[nixierain]

Alright peeps, I'm starting a chain cause I can and I wanna! This is about art supplies

Rules: Answer the questions and tag a few people/moots!

questions: what is your favorite art utensil for... Sketching: coloring: Shading: Line art: Cutting a piece of paper: Writing:

ok so mine are Sketching: Pen or pencil, mostly pen Coloring: Tombow brush markers and/or colored pencils Shading: Pen or pencil, mostly pen though Line art: fine sharpies, amazing ball point pens, micropoint outlining pens Cutting paper: Scissors or I rip it Writing: Pen

Tags not forcing: @projectcolorcast @ace-was-already-taken @piktasvilkas (im unsure if your sick of me tagging you in stuff...) @peirres-play-place @wiziago I'm scared to tag more people, so any moots I forgot, and anyone else who wants to can join! <3

[ushidoux]

Mae!!! Congratulations on 1500 followers! That is absolutely amazing and you definitely deserve all the love and recognition!

My fave is Asahi!

I'm an INFP.

Song: Toxic by Britney Spears

I think my most proud accomplishment is getting my associates degree in Biotechnology and graduated magna cum laude. Or being a temp at my job and being moved to be the team lead after only like 3 months.

Ah!!! HI!!! <333 Thank you!!! You’re one of my favorite moots but you probably already know this lmao 

Ooh, I notice we share the same Myers-Briggs, how very sexy of you... Anyway, I’m proud of youuuu, graduating with honors is super hard and I appreciate your love of STEM, to which I too am partial~

Clearly from your second achievement you’re meant to lead and it shows! I love hearing your ideas and you speak with such conviction and authority you can get me to believe every word you say (in the best way possible). But you are still willing to be goofy and down to earth, which is what I love about you! I bet you are incredible at rallying those around you, but it’s not so immediately evident, maybe not even to yourself. You don’t need to be at the forefront to keep things under control, you lead with your presence and bright smile alone.

It’s that confidence and savoir-faire that moves Asahi. Even if you share sensitivity to others and environments, and the uncanny ability to end up in one or more embarrassing situations, you can still come out with a solution and not get so bogged down in your own thoughts. He admires you for that, and he wants so much to be able to ride out the lows of small and large anxieties like you do. 

But thankfully you can teach him!

“F-fuck!” 

Your cry of distress is loud enough to draw stares from most of the coffee shop, but the only expression you care about is the look of shock of the young man who watches the contents of your spilled cup of coffee seep into the large sketchbook he’d brought with him. Your heart sinks as you watch the sheets of paper on which he’s worked on designs for hours start to shrivel as ink starts to bleed through.

He’s absolutely mortified, and so are you.

You’re begging for forgiveness as you grab his sketchbook and shake it out frantically, desperately, then drop it back down on the table, dabbing at the spreading puddle of caramel macchiato rapidly before working on the spill just besides his feet. Your cream-colored pants are ruined - honestly, you had been pretty bold in the first place to choose that color in your outfit and now this - but that’s the least of your problems.

“I’m so sorry, how can I help?” You offer, pathetically.

The young man hasn’t said a single word. He looks at you, mouth agape like a fish, fingers clutching the writing utensil in his hand nervously. Another hand runs nervously through his somewhat long hair, then rubs his chin as he bites his lip, trying to come up with something to say.

However, before he can come up with anything, you’re still trying to find a way to salvage the fact that you might have just ruined a stranger’s life, and unfortunately your emergency response is to talk a mile a minute.

“Was the book expensive? I can pay!” You pause, then remember you have somewhere to be, and clench your fist. “Ugh, I’m in a hurry though, here-” 

On a portion of the ruined page, you scribble down your name and your phone number.

You’re a whirlwind, and just like a storm, you bow out as quickly as you ran into his life.

--- 

Even if you had perseverated on the embarrassing thing you had done that entire day, and felt a pang of guilt when you didn’t see the young man sitting in the same spot the next day (mind you there could be a million other reasons a dude doesn’t go to a particular coffee shop), you’d still managed to forget the incident by the time two weeks had passed.

So your surprise was genuine when a strange number flashed on your phone, and you picked up the phone, expecting to hear from a coworker but rather the nervous voice of a man you didn’t recognize.

“Who is this?”

“I… uh, you gave me your number... after you, yeah...”

There was a pause on the phone where both of you seemed to wonder what exactly was supposed to happen next.

And then in a split second of realization, it hit you.

“Oh!” Him.

And the apologies began.

But before you could eventually sign away your life to him, he stopped you in your tracks.

“I.. uh… if you really want to make up for it, how about I, uh… hm…,” he trailed off, unsure, and your heart started to pound.

“I..?’

“Join me for dinner, p-please!”

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siphonophores

-hexx & iso 🌀

@clovergeneral @simply-windy @discothemechanic

last google search, go

um. Tag four people.

what do they make sewer tunnels out of

@ncc1701ohno @affixjoy @the-magpieprince @twinkboimler

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harleyyyy CONGRATULATIONS ON 300 :) THAT’S AMAZING. can i have the moot ones (cyma as types of drawing utensils) 💙💙

💥 - cyma

(there’s no context for this lol)

you are crayons

@yipyipjemily oil pastels

@morcias sharpie marker

@suburban--gothic charcoal stick

@doctorenby kneaded eraser

@pagetsimp mechanical lead pencil (you know why lol)

@some-random-mortal colored pencils

🪁 - a lil’ compliment

you’re so nice and supportive and i absolutely love your blog <3

🦁 - a personal typed letter

pablo, you are amazing my friend. we haven’t chatted much but i can tell that you’re awesome and have a great personality! also i love your name because it reminds me of the tv show “the backyardigans” where one of the characters was a penguin named pablo, which is why i assigned that specific emoji for your tag lol 😌

[bangtansmysuperhero]

take me home - prologue

take me home (best friend AU) | ongoing updates

I was going to break up with him, I really was. I even told you that yesterday, that I was going to break up with him. But I couldn’t. Not even for you, Kim Taehyung.

Copyright © 2020 bangtansmysuperhero

prologue | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | epilogue

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prologue

2 years ago

“Taehyung-ah...” I let out in the thick of our silence. “Taehyung,” I peeked at him from behind my bangs and saw his knuckles turn white while clutching the stem of his wine glass. “Tae, I-” He took a massive swig out of the glass, emptying it before he slammed it down onto the dinner table. My back straightened instantly. His nostrils flared and I knew then that his patience was wearing thin. I swallowed a lump in my throat and tried to continue on, “Something must have come up-” He picked up his utensils and began to cut into his steak with aggression, making screeching noises on his plate as a result of it. “I’m sure of it. I’m sorry-”

The dinner table shook when he slammed the utensils down. “You’re sorry?” He scoffed.

“T-t-taehyung-ah, I-”

“I told you that I didn’t want to meet with any more of your boyfriends, yet you insisted that this one was different.”

“He is!” I pleaded. “He is diff-”

“Of course he is, at least the others showed up! This Namu couldn’t even-”

“Namjoon, Taehyung-ah. His name is Namjoon.”

“Whatever, Y/N.” Tae rolled his eyes. “He didn’t even have the decency to text or call you to let us know that he was going to be a no-show. Do you know how long we’ve been sitting here, just waiting for him?”

“Tae, I’m-”

“Sorry?” I pouted and nodded. “For making us wait for him? Or for making me eat this steak cold? Do you know how much blood, sweat, and tears I put into cooking this juicy thing nice and medium-rare? Do you? Some people will never have the honour of tasting my cooking and-” His jaw jutted out at our plates and the corners of my lips curled a bit.

“Tae…”

“What?” He grunted.

“I’m really sorry.”

“I know.”

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author’s note: hello to all of my ARMY moots here on Tumblr! i’m new at this, so please give me whatever encouragement you have <3 and reblog & like this story if you like it so far and would like for me to continue writing it. as of right now, i’m thinking that this may be a 10 chapter affair. xxx, LALA Jan. 28/20

word count: 308

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-hexx & nano 🌀

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i fantasize about yaoi 24/7 who would i be if i didn't like starfollower /silly

-hexx & iso 🌀

If I had a nickel for every time Star fell in love with a dove-themed avian demon then I'd have two nickels Which isn't much but it's weird that it's happened twice.

[beesandwasps]

I was thinking about gender in young adult fiction — it’s well-documented that publishers and editors have told authors repeatedly that books have to be about male, not female, characters or else they won’t sell — and I realized that in Patricia C. Wrede’s Dragons books, the male main characters are mostly pretty terrible. This is not a complaint, particularly — there’s always a much-better female character around to make the book interesting.

I am using the following thoroughly amateur criteria for judging characters:

Do they make you want to read another book in which they play a major role?

Do they give you the impression that they are a real, growing character and not just a cardboard cutout which is temporarily animated for the purposes of the story?

Cimorene is a good main character. In fact, I originally read the series on the strength of her character in the first book. By the last book — which was the first one to be written, actually — she’s lost some of her common sense. (She walks into a room which has been sealed away by hostile wizards for more than a decade, and when somebody magically clears the dust she mutters about how being able to clean instantly is no excuse to let a room get into that state. The common-sense Cimorene of the first 3 books would never have said something so ridiculous.)

Morwen is another good main character. I’d like to read more about her — I wouldn’t have minded another book about, say, her experiences training to be a witch, or how she acquired so many cats when the other witches only seem to keep one at a time, or how she met Kazul.

Nobody would ever want to read another book about Daystar — he’s terribly passive. He spends the whole book reacting to things; even when he makes choices, it’s because somebody else forces him to do so. It doesn’t matter that he has a Magical Sword and Strange Powers He Doesn’t Understand and, obviously, a Destiny With A Capital ‘D’, he’s still boring. You could replace him with a hand puppet and there would be very little difference. The character who makes you want to read another book and clearly Has A History is Shiara. I’d love to read about Shiara staying with Kazul — particularly if, as is sort of implied in Utensile Strength, a short story set in the post-series Enchanted Forest — she has decided not to hang around and probably-end-up-getting-married-to Daystar.

Mendenbar has a little more inner life — he’s made out to be an overworked king who nevertheless tries his best to protect his kingdom, and it might be mildly interesting to read a short story about his run-ins with the princesses that Willin has been trying to force him to marry (and how he escaped from them), but for the most part it is very difficult to imagine Mendenbar 10 years younger, and another book with him playing a major role would probably not be very interesting. (It’s true that he’s in the third book, but since the whole point of the book is that everybody else goes off on an adventure while he stays home that’s a moot point.) It’s not terribly surprising that [spoiler] Cimorene started losing her edge after marrying him.[/spoiler]

Telemain is a much more satisfactory character than either Daystar or Mendenbar, but he’s still much more of a cardboard cutout than Cimorene or Morwen. He’s less passive than Daystar and has more of a will of his own than Mendenbar, but it’s still hard to imagine him as a child. (Although it’s interesting that over the course of the books in which he appears, he moves from “trying to figure out how wizards work their style of magic” to “the closest thing to an expert on wizard magic who is not actually a wizard” to “has figured out how wizard magic works and is able to use it if he wants, although he obviously prefers other techniques”.)

The throwaway male characters are almost uniformly more interesting than the ones who are main characters: Hermann the dwarf, Jack of All Trades, the would-be evil uncle and his spoiled nephew — all of them would be interesting to see again. Even Arona Michaelear Grinogion Vamist, one of the antagonists in the third book, is much more interesting and full of personality than all the wizards — who are the more usual villains — put together.

It really makes me wonder: was Wrede forced to write the last book — the only one with first person narration — with a male lead? Was she forced to focus the narration in the second book on Mendenbar? (Cimorene is present for most of the book, and of course she is described, but the only character whose inner thoughts are given by the narrator is Mendenbar, and often the focus leaves her out for paragraphs at a time.) It would be very interesting to see the final book retold in third-person narration (to match the others) but with Shiara as the focus.

[quiznakncheese]

Coran x Reader Fluff <3

@local-gay-witch and I did a trade! I’ll be posting my half soon, once it’s all done. There needs to be more Co(ra)ntent in this world. I love him so much. <3

“When Coran said he had a surprise it was somewhat alarming. You knew well enough that he would never put you in harms way, but calling you away from the paladins and Voltron, was out of character for him. For the time being things looked calm so you didn't hesitate to come when he called. When you finally found him, he stood by a modified space pod proudly. He hadn't noticed you approaching him until you spoke."So, may I ask what the surprise is?" You raised a brow at him. He shook his head at you and 'tsk'd. "Then it wouldn't be much of a surprise, would it?" You rolled your eyes, before nodding in agreement. He was practically bouncing on the balls of his feet, you couldn't help but giggle.

 After checking to see if you were 100% ready to go, he took your hand in his and helped you into the space pod. Always the gentlemen, you thought. During the trip to the surprise location Coran explained how he, Pidge, and Hunk had worked on the pod to give it the ability to use a small teleduv, so now it could wormhole to nearby distances. You couldn't help, but to be enamored. Of course you didn't know a lot about Altean tech, but you quite enjoyed learning about it, especially from Coran. You always seemed so curious as to what he was speaking about, despite how moot or boring, and it made his heart flutter in his chest. Though that wasn't unusual for either of you.

When the two of you finally arrived, you failed to see anything happening on the planets surface. A puzzled look cracked your beautiful face, but Coran quickly gave answers. "All of Caro's inhabitants are animals. Majority are rather harmless." He explained as the two of you unbuckled and exited the small spacecraft. After paying closer attention you realized that there was mountains in the distances, over the almost boundless trees, and a small pond nearby. What seemed like Lily pads grew in the water and at your feet was little white flower that swayed softly with the breeze. The world around you left you awestruck. It reminded you home and you couldn't help, but tear up. "Oh, no. I thought this would make you happy." Coran pouted at your side. You rushed to hug him"Coran, it's amazing. I love it." You smiled, brightly as you looked up at him, your arms wrapped around his torso. A light pink color dusted his cheeks emphasizing the baby blue markings under his eyes. "Well, you’re in for a treat, my dear, because this isn't even the best part!" He exclaimed, puffing out his chest a little. You broke away from him only to find his hand holding yours. He happily lead you over a small hill. At the bottom of said hill was a grassy meadow that was littered with small flowers of purple, yellow, white and among those petit flowers was a large quilt laid out with a woven basket sitting in the middle. "You mentioned something like this when you were talking about your childhood, right? Your parents would take you on a...um...quiznak." He scratched his head, almost comicly. "It's called a picnic." you told him with a giggled. Your heart sped up when you realized Coran had remembered such a small detail about your life. "Ah, right, a picnic. Shall we?" He asked with a bow, holding out his hand. You curtseyed before taking it. The two of you, hand in hand, carefully made your way down the hill and to the quilt. You both plopped down softly, before Coran reached into the basket and pulled out a plate for both of you, followed by a tupperware container of food goo. "I know it's not Earth food, but-" you placed a hand in his shoulder. "It's perfect, Coran." You gave him a reassuring smile before he went back to serving both of you the food. 

As you ate you both chatted about your home planets. Things you never realized you would miss, things that once concerned you, things you loved. Coran even admitted that during his research of Earth he discovered that it's the only planet within 6 galaxies that's made up of over 70% water. He questioned what Humans did with so much water. After explaining that only one percent is actually drinkable water, Coran only got more curious. The two of you talked about the mysteries of Earth until the sun dipped behind the mountian and the chilly air set in. While Coran packed up leftovers and utensil, you folded the quilt (despite his protests). When you made your way back to the pod you took one last glance around and reveled in it for a moment. You made a silent promise to come back to Caro, hopefully with Coran in tow.

[chanoyu-to-wa]

Nampō Roku, Book 2 (42):  (1587) Sixth Month, the Last Day, Evening.

42) Sixth Month, the Last Day¹.

◦ [At the] Lower Kamo [Shrine], on the bank of the river²; however, [the service of tea was] at dusk, on the occasion of the ritual purification³.

◦ [Guests:]  Myōhō-in [妙法院]⁴, Hino dono [日野殿]⁵, Yūsai [幽齋]⁶, Ryōmu [了無]⁷.

◦ [Suspended from] an ori-gake-take [折カケ竹]⁸, the kiri no ko-gama [桐ノ小釜]⁹.

◦ Sugi te-oke [杉手桶]¹⁰.

◦ Within the chabako [茶箱ノ内]¹¹:     ◦ chaire maru-tsubo [茶入 丸壺]¹²;     ◦ chawan Mishima-zutsu [茶碗 三嶋筒]¹³.

▵ Sage-mono [さけ物], in which were [arranged] the kashi [菓子]¹⁴.

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¹Roku-gatsu mizoka [六月晦日].

    The Sixth Month of Tenshō 15 had only 29 days.  The date of this chakai, consequently, was August 3, 1587.

²Shimo-gamo kawa-bata ni te [下加茂川端ニて].

    Shimo-gamo [下加茂] is a reference to the Kamo-mioya Jinja [賀茂御祖神社], which is commonly known as the Shimo-gamo Jinja [下鴨神社; or, as Rikyū is attempting to write*, 下 賀茂 神社], the “Lower” Kamo Shrine†.

    The river-bank was the site of lustrations, and probably had been used for this purpose earlier in the day. ___________ *He has confused the second kanji of the shrine’s name ka [賀] with the homophonous ka [加].

†The “Upper” Kamo Shrine is formally known as the Kamo-wakeikazuchi Jinja [賀茂別雷神社].  “Upper” and “Lower” refer to their geographic positions (the Upper Shrine is higher up the Kamo river from the Lower Shrine; the Lower Shrine is located at the point where the Takano river joins the Kamo river); the Kamo river [Kamo gawa, 鴨 川] entered the ancient city at its north-eastern corner:  this corner is, according to the teachings of Feng-shui [風水] (Fū-sui in Japanese; the ancient Chinese geomancy), known as the ki-mon [鬼門] (the demon’s gate), and the shrines were established by the Kamo clan (long before the capital was relocated to Kyōto) to protect their settlement from these potentially malign influences.

    Incidentally, the Lower Shrine is thought to be about a century older than the Upper Shrine.

³Tadashi, yūgata o-harai no tsuide [但、夕方御秡ノ序].

    This statement literally means “however, [this chakai was held on] the occasion of the great purification ritual in the evening.”

    O-harai [御秡] -- perhaps he means ō-harai [大祓], “the great purification ritual” -- refers to the Minazuki-barae [水無月祓], the lustration held on the last day of the Sixth Lunar Month*.  The purification rites were also referred to as the Nagoshi no harae [夏越しの祓].

    The statement is somewhat ambiguous:  it is unlikely that Rikyū was serving tea during the confusion of the lustration itself, so this chakai was probably taking place after the crowds had gone home. ___________ *The Minazuki-barae took place on the last day of the the Sixth Month, and were intended to clean out the pollution that had accumulated during the first half of the year (another lustration was held at the end of the Twelfth Month, to deal with the impurities of the second half of the year).  Various ceremonies at the Shinto shrines gave participants the opportunities to separate themselves from this pollution (specifically, folded paper streamers, such as are often seen in Shintō rituals, were rubbed on the body, and then cast into the river -- in the general area where Rikyū was hosting this chakai); the lustrations had also served as a social event since at least the Heian period (they frequently figure in scenes in the various monogatari -- one of the earliest references being found in the Ise Monogatari [伊勢物語] -- since this was one of the occasions when women went out in public).

⁴Myōhō-in [妙法院].

    This was the Prince known as Myōhōin-no-miya Jōinhō shinnō [妙法院常胤法親王; 1548 ~ 1621], Abbot of the Myōhō-in [妙法院], a branch temple of the Enryaku-ji [延暦寺], a temple of the Tendai Sect (Tendai-shū [天臺宗]).

    The fifth son of Prince Fushimi (Fushimi-no-miya Kunisuke shinnō [伏見宮邦輔親王; 1513 ~ 1563]), he had been adopted by the Emperor Ogimachi so that he could be appointed to this abbacy (Ogimachi having fathered only one son, who was naturally named the heir-apparent, while this abbacy also required an imperial son).

⁵Hino dono [日野殿].

    This refers to Lord Hino Terusuke [日野輝資; 1555 ~ 1623], a kuge [公家]*, who rose to the office of Gon-dainagon [権大納言] (supernumerary) Chief Counselor of State (holding the senior grade of the Second Rank).

    He seems to have had some sort of connection with Myōhō-in, since they appear as fellow guests at other chakai (with Myōhō-in naturally taking the seat higher than Hino Terusuke). __________ *A court noble.  Lord Hino was a hereditary nobleman, rather than someone raised up from the military caste (as was the case with most of the nobles surrounding Hideyoshi).

⁶Yūsai [幽齋].

    This was the the literary scholar and (former) daimyō Hosokawa Fujitaka [細川藤孝; 1534 ~ 1610], who was known as Hosokawa Yūsai [細川幽齋] after his “retirement” from secular life following Akechi Mitsuhide's attack on Nobunaga at the Honnō-ji in Kyōto.

    He was the second attendant at the previous chakai, and additional information about his life and career can be found in that post, under footnote 6.

⁷Ryōmu [了無].

    The name (which means something like “at the end there is nothing”) would seem to be the sort affected by a monk; but nothing is known about this person.

⁸Ori-gake-take ni [折カケ竹ニ].

    This refers to a sort of tripod made from three lengths of bamboo*.  The bamboo were usually secured by wrapping a cord (or, as in the present day, the far end of the chain on which the kama would be suspended) around them about 1-shaku below the upper end of the poles.

    The kama was suspended over a depression in the ground (usually lined with roof tiles, or something of the sort, to protect the fire from the dampness of the ground), in which a charcoal fire was kindled.

    This kind of arrangement is still used at outdoor chakai today.

    While things were probably set up so that the kama was suspended between the host and the guests (and so resembling the ro in a 4.5-mat room or a room with a daime-gamae), it is not possible to say anything definitely, since Rikyū is moot on this point. __________ *Shibayama Fugen states that the pieces of bamboo were cut, gathered together, tied, and then stood up at the place where tea would be served. 

    According to Tanaka Senshō, however, at least one of the pieces (and possible all three) were actually left attached to their roots, with the tops simply pulled together and tied to form a tripod (though this would be doubtful if the gathering took place on the riverbank -- as Rikyū says -- since bamboo does not grow near the water).

⁹Kiri no ko-gama [桐ノ小釜].

    This was the small kiri-gama, originally made as a kiri-kake kama for a small kimen-buro, but whose bottom had rusted away.

    The kama seems to have been repaired by Jōō (it lookd the same then as now), who used it as a tsuri-gama (perhaps the first kama suspended from the ceiling on a chain) in the ro.

¹⁰Sugi te-oke [杉手桶].

    This was a handled bucked made entirely of fragrant cryptomeria wood, with cherry-bark stitching*.

    The water was probably drawn directly from the Kamo-gawa using this bucket. ___________ *The fact that the modern schools tend to use this kind of bucket when offering hot water to the guests for washing their hands at the chōzu-bachi in winter is irrelevant.  Rikyū seems to have preferred generally not to do so; but when circumstances or the particular guests made offering hot water appropriate, Rikyū gave it to them in a kata-kuchi (with an assistant posted at the chōzu-bachi to pour the hot water while the guest rubbed his hands together under the stream).

¹¹Chabako [茶箱ノ内].

    The word chabako [茶箱] refers to two different things in the Nampō Roku.  Sometimes it is used to mean what we now call a sa-tsū-bako [茶通箱], a box in which one (or up to three) lacquered containers of matcha were sent to someone as a gift:  this kind of chabako was made to match the dimensions of the tea container(s) it would hold.  The other use is, as here, to mean a medium-sized te-bako [手箱] in which the chawan (containing the chakin and chasen, with the chashaku resting across the rim) and the chaire were placed side-by-side.

    The te-bako that Rikyū used to carry a chawan and chaire on outings of this sort is shown above*.

    The reader is cautioned to remember that the modern “chabako-temae” were a product of the modern period, and have nothing to do with Rikyū.

    First, there were two different ways in which this kind of thing could be done:  either the host, and the guests, simply squatted down on the ground (with the utensils arranged on boards that were set out for this purpose), or tatami mats were placed out for the people (and utensils) to sit on†.

    That said, Rikyū probably displayed the box in front of the mizusashi placed horizontally (so the chawan and chaire would be oriented as usual -- as shown in the above sketch, where the box, chawan, and chaire are all drawn to scale), in lieu of a tana or dōko; or perhaps he may have placed the box on the left side of the mat (where a dōko would ordinarily be found).  At any rate, at the beginning of the temae, he simply opened the lid and lifted the chawan and chaire out, and then placed them down in front of the mizusashi (first the chaire, and then the chawan‡).

    If the beach was covered with pebbles, Rikyū probably discarded the used water onto the pebble-covered ground to the left of his seat; or, if the waste water would not flow away immediately, possibly a small hole was dug in the ground to receive the water.  In either case, a koboshi would not have been needed. __________ *This kind of lacquerware is called kimma [キンマ = 蒟醬], and was a product of south-east Asia (probably the country then known as Annam [安南]).  The piece is made of basketry, which is then painted with numerous coats of black lacquer until a smooth surface is achieved.  Then a layer of red lacquer is painted on top and, after it dries, a design is etched into the lacquer (revealing the layer of black underneath) with a nail.

    Rikyū's chabako measures 4-sun 6-bu high, 7-sun 8-bu from side to side, and 5-sun 2-bu front to back (and so is a little larger than the chabako that they sell today).

†Since this gathering was being held during the hot spell that followed the rainy season, it is possible that Rikyū may have erected platforms extending out over the water, with the fire located just on the bank.  In this case, a koboshi would not have been used; the waste water simply being poured over the side into the river.

‡This follows the teaching of tai-yō [軆用], where the chaire takes its place first (oriented relative to the mizusashi), and then it is used to guide the host when positioning the chawan.

    Tai [軆] means the object that is already in place, and yō [用] the second object that finds its place relative to the first.  (In this case, the back side of the foot of the chawan is placed so that it is in line with the back side of the chaire, and it is set down 2-sun away from it.)

    Placing them down simultaneously, as some modern schools teach, runs contrary to Rikyū's teachings.

¹²Chaire maru-tsubo [茶入 丸壺].

    This is the chaire now known as the Rikyū maru-tsubo [利休丸壺], shown below.

    This is a karamono chaire; it measures 2-sun 4.5-bu in diameter (and so is only slightly smaller than the chawan).

    Though not mentioned in the record of this chakai, the chashaku would have been one of Rikyū's ori-tame [折撓].  During the temae it would have been leaned against the lid of this chaire, with the butt end touching the floor.

    The temae-za is reckoned as being 6-sun from front to back.  For this reason, the length of the handle would have been determined by the space available in front of the chaire, as shown in the following sketch.

¹³Chawan Mishima-zutsu [茶碗 三嶋筒].

    This was the Korean tsutsu-chawan that Rikyū sometimes refers to as Hikigi-no-saya [引木の鞘].

    As at several other chakai held during this period of intense heat, using a deep chawan allowed Rikyū to make the tea as cool as possible -- the deep bowl preventing the tea from cooling further before the guest was able to drink it.

    In addition to the above utensils, Rikyū would also have needed a futaoki -- and a take-wa [竹輪] is most likely.

¹⁴Sage-mono, kashi ni te [さけ物、菓子ニて].

    A sage-mono [提げ物] is a set of boxes that fit in a frame (often accompanied by an outer box, as seen below), designed for carrying food out of the house (on a picnic, for example).

    It is unclear how many boxes were in Rikyū's set, though each box would have contained one type of kashi, and the guests would have passed each box around, so each person could take what he liked.

    As for the kashi, a number of different things would have been offered (perhaps ranging from things like senbei [煎餅], to sliced fresh fruit, dried fruit, roasted chestnuts and mushrooms, and so on, perhaps even something like dengaku [田樂] -- things large enough that it would be easy to see and eat in the poor light provided by torches set up along the water), so the guests could help themselves.  Everyone present would probably have been involved in the days activities, and so had little time to eat.  Thus, in addition to wanting something to drink and some time to rest and relax, they may have been feeling a little hungry as well.

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absolutely worth it shaky thumbs up. we are dying. she killed us

-hexx & squid! 🌀

*sighs*

*gives Illumina a stereo that looks like a spiral* would you mind stepping on this?

She observes the strange item, before suddenly but surely- stepping on it, & crushing it to bits. She doesn't utter a word.

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bruh wait until illumina gets summoned by some random 13 year old doing rituals as a joke in their room 😭🙏

OH MY GOSSS.... she gets summoned like "haha it would be so funny imagine its not actually gonna-"

then there she is. in her full glory. then she turns into am /hj

-hexx & iso 🌀

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dawg.. I just imagined idanattsn just staring at you right in the eyes with. GOD THIS WOULD MAKE GOOD X READER FOOD..

YOU'RE TEMPTING US AKSJSMSNSN.... illumina or 'iida'atan x reader... imagine you fall inlove with 'iida'atan but they reveal their identity to you & how it was all a lie.. tragic....

also do you want the invite to our discord server :))

-hexx & nano 🌀

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Thank you so much for tagging me, love these types of games!! 🥰

Getting to Know You Game

Last Song:

It's Your Own Body and Mind by Sufjan Stevens & Angelo de Augustine. Sufjan Stevens is my favorite artist ever he chewed he ate he swallowed

Favorite color:

Absolutely contrary to my blog name - yellow!

Last book:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

The Spirit Bares its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Currently Reading:

Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover as well 🤝

Say Anything by palfriendpatine66 on ao3 which I’m pretty unwell about

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

Last Movie:

(looking sogfully) rewatching the entire sw original and prequel trilogies

Last TV Show:

Clone Wars (rewatch)

Arcane

Yellowjackets

Sweet/Savory/Spicy:

Sweet, specifically pie, I cannot resist the temptation of a nice pie

Relationship Status:

Off the mercado 👌

Last Thing I Googled:

Ok so maybe i googled “market in spanish” just one second ago

”none pizza with left beef” to send to my sibling who hadn’t seen none pizza with left beef

and “what is 32/50 as a percentage” to figure out how badly I bombed a test 🙏

Looking Forward To:

Yellowjackets Season 3 in February, a major cultural event for lesbians everywhere (I say, a bisexual man) and my upcoming spring semester psychology course!

Current Obsession:

(croaking in a haunted sort of way) Obikin

I also shift interests quickly, though I do tend to continue to post about my less prominent interests even when I do move on to something else! I’m most consistent in the Yellowjackets, Hannibal, Alien Stage and Star Wars (specifically prequels) fandoms. But yeah uh that evil twink and loser old man have captivated me for the foreseeable future

3 Ships:

Obikin, Jackieshauna, Timebomb

First Ship:

Getting PTSD flashbacks to being stir crazy about TASM Gweter (Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker) when I was younger and accidentally finding out what sex was after discovering the wide world of fanfiction dot net

Currently Eating:

Tasty basement air

Currently Craving:

Pecan pie, had it mere days ago but the demons won’t leave…

Tagging uh. Gosh who the hell am I tagging. Alien Stage moots I already basically know everything from your obsessions with the failed American dream to your romantically preferred utensil but I’ll throw in a tag for @apple8ees and @subzeromoron in case you guys wanna jump in, either I a) know you pretty well and desire more personality food or b) want to know you better for more personality food; no pressure lads I just really needed people to tag (sweating)

Getting to know you game

Thank you @redkyubii and @barmadumet for the tag!!

Last Song

Earthborn by Zanias. Her album Ecdysis is my favourite everrrr

Fave Color

PINK!!

Last Book

The Leper King by Scott R. Rezer

Hyperion by Dan Simmons

God Emporer of Dune by Frank Herbert

Currently Reading

Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover

A Mouthful if Ash by jcrowquill (ao3)

Nophek Gloss by Essa Hansen (re-read)

Last Movie

Dune pt 2 (rewatch)

Avatar (rewatch)

Last TV Show

The Clone Wars (throws hands)

Obi-Wan Kenobi show

Andor (currently)

Sweet/Savory/Spicy

Defs sweet! but I'm intolerant to sugar so i havent eaten anything artificially sweet in like 10 years (fruits are my lord and saviour)

Relationship Status

Single.. I can't date for the life of me

Last Thing I Googled

"History of the Crusades by Steven Runciman criticism"

"Padme Fashion Project' (website)

"Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and the challenges and qualities of leadership master thesis"

"General Grievous" (didnt know how to spell "grievous" lmaoo)

Looking Forward To

Recovering from my surgery so I can write and draw and sleep again 😵‍💫

Also I bought my first ever ball-jointed doll as a surgery gift and I'm waiting for it to be crafted and shipped to me 🥹🥹🥹

Current Obsession

(shouts) OBIKIN

i feel like i need to warn everyone i go through obsession cycles, currently it's starwars, but if my brain eventually switches, yall have my permission to unfollow (tho i'll still be following moots cos u cant get rid of me that easily) 🫡

3 Ships

Obikin, Obianidala, Feydpaul

First Ship

oh boy, i didnt know what fandom was for most my teens but it was most likely 13yr-old-me obsession with Vampire Knight Yuki/Kaname/Zero (it altered my psyche)

Currently Eating

I'm keeping hydrated with water cos summer 🫡

Currently Craving

I am secretly always craving a forbidden strawberry milkshake 🥰 Inject it into my veina *is lactose intolerant*

Tagging @bluemoonscape @geodax @feuxx Sorry if you’re already been tagged! And no pressure, of course 🩷

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Illumina after trapping darkheart in a spider basement for 2 centuries

all fun & games until they kill you illumina... /silly (what bottled up hate after centuries of isolation does to a mf)

-rifle / ak / hexx 🌀