#very good and basically 10/10 kinda meat

[pruneunfair]

Rating FL's part 3

Shuri

12/10: I just started reading A step mothers marchen (and it's probably gonna take a while to finish it since Bato doesn't have a full English translation) but from the few chapters I read I agreed with fans of the book that Shuri is without a doubt one of the best FL's. There's actual development between her and the step-children and she succeeds at being relatable without making her too overpowered.

Athanasia

7/10: Okay while I don't really care too much about WMMAP, I still think that for one of the first most popular otome isekais Athy was a pretty good protagonist and most of my complaints about her are mostly just ant hills. I don't have much to say on Athy other then she's a good start for OI protagonists but could be a little better.

Aisha

9/10: Is she generic? Yes, does that make her a bad protagonist? No. I don't understand what people mean when they say Marianne overshadows her unless they're talking about the fandom specifically because as someone who also really loves Marianne, she barely shows up on screen so to say that she overshadows Aisha just because Aisha is a typical sweet saintess heroine is stupid. Sometimes ITLA can be a little on the nose with how nice she is but I still find Aisha pretty well made.

Sienna

9/10: Okay I officially love manhwa where the maid is the protagonist instead of a noblewoman and as short as the manhwa she's from is, I still think she's a sweetheart. My only complaint is that the story keeps randomly inserting sad backstory memories so you feel bad for her, like one minute she'll be doing something ordinary and then next she's basically just like "This reminds me of when my step-mom hit me with jumper cables after I spilled one drop of tea." And then it goes back to the present within one panel.

Hae Soo

6.5/10: I'm sorry but people meat ride her WAY too much. She's not a terrible FL but there is so much better and she's really not all that because you can kinda tell by the way that she's the only female character thats likable and with that bodytype that she's just a self insert character.

Ruby

8/10: For once we have a piece that actually looks into the typical white lotuses point of view, Like Helena except way darker when it comes to backstories. I like that Ruby is shown to be more emotional cause I never liked how a lot of manhwa imply that emotions=crybaby FL, it all depends on how it's handled and I think thr author was very respectful when it came to her abuse and ED. However like Sienna there are times when the author is trying too hard and ends up forgetting certain parts of Ruby's trauma. For example they mentioned early in the chapters that Ruby's beloved older sister had died but it's barely mentioned in the future on how it affected her, so it ends up feeling like it was just a way to feel bad for her even more.

Aria

6/10: so on one hand I'm really glad that Aria is actually evil instead of the comic just saying " Oh no! She's not evil! She's too nice for that" because if villainess is gonna be in the title then she should keep some of her villainous traits, but I really don't know if I should see her as super smart if all her enemies are too stupid to combat her, it makes Aria look really stupid when she got killed in the first timeline if they're so bad at crimes.

Eris

10/10, Love my girl Eris! Kill the villainess was great for a lot of things, a knight for the ML instead of the prince, the ogfl not being a white lotus out to ruin Eris's life, and morally corrupt villains that felt like obstacles, but what they did the best was the FL because Eris actually retains her goal on going back to her world instead of shrugging it off and going to sleep because you know most people would be freaking out if they woke up as a historical woman in a time period where women had no rights and it was easy to die after getting sick once.

Roxana

9.5/10: She's overrated but that doesn't make a character bad by default. When I finally read Roxana after seeing the hype I could understand why they loved Roxana so much. Now as much as I don't like evil protagonists who don't suffer consequences, the story makes up for it by being self aware that the Agriche family are a bunch of lunatics with the exception of Roxanas mom and her late brother. Being chaotic is simply part of the plot so I don't think it's fair for me to fault it. That being said as much as I loved her I do think that her takeover during the end chapters shouldn't have been done and done so easily and quickly.

Verta

7/10: similar to Roxana, Depths of malice is self aware that Verta is a terrible person even though she has a tragic backstory, it's only an explanation for why she's like this not an excuse. If you know me, you know I love the white lotus women so seeing one as a protagonist was something extraordinary since I thought everyone but me and a select few hated two faced women. She only really earns a 7 because as good as she is, there are better ones.

[xoxorinkrunners]

New York Recs 💕🗽

Restaurants and Nightlife

Best Nightlife:)

- Little Sister Lounge- Sophia La Corte loves this place

- Loosies

-Tao downtown is a classic:) Jack had his 22nd birthday here

-Highlight Room

- Daphne

Best Bars:)

-Butterfly Soho

- The Nines (more chic on upper east side, Jackie Kennedy fav)

- Portrait Room 💕

-230 Fifth (best rooftop bar)

- The Mulberry

- Veronika

Hard Reservations spots

- Four Charles (was so good 😋)

-The Corner Store (Haven’t been but very good)

-The Polo Bar (iconic)

- I heard Tatiana is very good on the upper west side

Mexican 🌮

- Los Tacos No. 1 (kinda touristy but really good)

- Tacombi

-Oxomoco

If on Long Island my favorite is Besito 💋

Italian 🍝

-Lupa

- Carbone or go to Parm (It’s good even though it’s a TikTok trap)

-Misi

- Roscioli (fav)

-‘Felice

-Vía Carota (Taylor’s fav

Pizza 🍕

-Prince Street Pizza

- Scars

- Mamas too(good sandwiches too)

- L’industrie (everyone’s fav)

-Rubriosa (my friend had their birthday here and we ate like 10 pies so thin and delicious)

-Cuts and Slices Brooklyn

Sushi 🍣

-Sugarfish (I know basic but it’s so good) 💕

- Takahachi

- Rosella

-Blue Ribbon

(They’re are lots of good places for this one tbh)

Bagels 🥯

-Liberty Bagels

-Popup Bagels

- Tompkins Square Bagels

- Apollo Bagels (go before it may close)

- I grew up with Jumbo Bagels not as famous though 💕

Dessert

-Little Cupcake Bakeshop

- Taiyaki

- You have to try Magnolia and Levain once but not my fav but pretty good and essential to nyc

- From Lucie (Jack Hughes got Sammy cake there me for her birthday)

-La Cabra

-Posh Popup

-Supermoon

- Buttercup Bakery is my fav too

Brunch 🍳

- Sadelles

-Sarabeth’s

-Tartine

- Salt Cure

-Bubby’s

-The Harold

-The Smith

-Clinton Street (best pancakes)

-Thai Diner

Burger 🍔

-Gotham Burger

- 7th Street

Other Amazing Places

- Hillstones

-Semma (Best Indian)

-La Mercerie

- American Bar

- Torrsi

- Quality Meats

-Ichiran (best ramen 🍜)

[diximixy]

Hnk ocs

Moon stone and Bloodstone

Moon Stone she/her, bisexual. Moon was great at fighting lunarians w her partner Emerald even tough neither of them are close to a hardness of 10. But they got confortable and cocky...in the end Moon was lucky she only lost her arm Emerald wasn't so lucky, she never returned (btw Moon still has the only pieces of her left w her). Since Moon locked her self away thinking that now she can't do anything to fix things now that she is "broken" (psa I don't think real life disabled people are "broken" I just made a character w no self esteem that is conected to her lost arm, also in hnk gems having to be usefull to be worth something is a bit of a thing/theme). This has went on for a good few years but then Sensei just hoisted this newbie upon her...like what were they thinking they haven't worked in years how is she supposed to train this overconfident, idiot? And that's how I meat your father lol. Her biggest fear is hurting someone else again bc of her incompetence like Bloodstone. She dissociates a lot,is generaly very quite, shy and a really low self esteem. I kinda ship her w both Emerald and Bloodstone (sorry for kinda burrying the gays there but look on the bright side while Phos suffers they can be happy and poly on the moon). I don't have art of Emerald bc she didn't exist before writing this post lol.😭

Bloodstone he/they, straight. He is one of the younger gem still full of life and overconfident in his abilitys. To take him down a peg, basically Sensei put them on a team w Moon which he thinks is bc they don't trust him at all so he has to babysit this old, depressed annoyingly passive gem. Which isnt completly wrong but wasn't why they were paired up. Basics of their story together is learning from eachother and changing both in the end for the better. He is overconfident, brash, way to blunt for Moon and just loud in general. Also audhd boy.

Small confession here is that I did not originaly intended to ship them but they ended up being just so shipy that yes they are together why not.

[tastetexts]

Caprese Salad (Alissa Noel Grey)

5 Ingredient Cookbook: 1/50

Flavor: 3.5/5 Time: 5/5 Cost: 5/5

Full disclosure: I've never actually had a Caprese salad before. I know, I know, revoke my Mediterranean heritage now. It just always seemed so... boring. Same-y. Why have one when you could have, say, a Caesar salad?

Or something with meat?

But there was nothing holding me back from trying for the sake of this blogging project. And hey, any excuse to try something new is good enough for me.

Now, my version did make some modifications compared to the original. First, I hate mozzarella (another strike to my culture!) So I substituted Swiss cheese, which has an equally mild flavor and, in my opinion, superior texture. My grocer was also out of basil (heartbreaking, because this is one of my favorite herbs). So I took a risk a swapped it out for mint. Which isn't as crazy as it sounds! Mint and basil both belong to the mint family of herbs (lamiaceae). Also, this recipe didn't call for salt, but it felt wrong to omit it, so I included a generous pinch. And I promise you, a salted tomato is an oddly unique pleasure.

And despite the modifications, despite the lack of meat, despite the absence of anything warm (there's something terribly sad about a dinner that isn't hot), it was actually pretty good! The olive oil and the salt worked together to bring out the savoriness of the tomato, the mint took on a flavor very similar to basil in this preparation, and the firmness of the cheese added a nice textural contrast to the softer tomato. When you got a bite with everything in it, it was actually kinda splendid: much more complex than I initially thought, with the savoriness of the cheese and oil, the brightness from the tomato and vinegar, and the unexpected pop of mint. There was nothing sweet about the mint here. I encourage using it in savory preparations! And despite it being a cold dish, it was light and refreshing. Although, it's likely more satisfying as an accompaniment or an appetizer than a meal itself (unless you really bulk it up--I trimmed down the recipe to be enough for 1 person, when it could originally feed six!)

In terms of nutrition, this caprese salad is definitely light. After crunching the numbers, it came out to 273 calories--about half of what one might expect for a full meal (lending credence to the idea that's more of a starter than a main course). This version is also higher in fat (26g) and lower in carbs (4g) with 6g of protein. I'm not sure how well that measures up for folks practicing keto, but I'm sure with some tweaking it could hit the mark.

This recipe is also extremely cost-effective: It cost me less than $10 ($8.83, to be exact) to get everything from the store (which was just about everything the recipe required, except for olive oil and salt, which I had on hand). But obviously, I didn't use the ingredients in their entirety to make one portion of caprese. For this plate, the grand total came out to a whopping 67 cents!

Compared to the $10 I accidentally spent on grapes, that's an absolute steal. Especially in this economy, when everything is just outrageously expensive. And you know what? The flavor was really good too, for it costing a sprinkle more than half a dollar. Plus it was reasonably nutritious also: there was a pleasing amount of B vitamins in the mix (including 11% of the recommended daily value of B12) and 10% RDV of vitamin A.

So basically I've been sleeping on the caprese salad. Would make + eat again. 8/10; B+

[rabbiteclair]

finally finished urapi book 9 last night, so various thoughts on it:

I guess Todate got a happier ending than people expected

when Sorawo referred to Benimori as a friend I actually got so proud of her that I had to stop reading for a moment. like aw she's all grown up now. look at her, having a friend

unfortunately otherwise that middle file was probably the weakest part of the book. I'm sure it's setting something up for later, but in this context Kozakura's whole programming project is just a substantial chunk of a file talking about something with no immediate relevance to the plot

Sorawo getting epically owned for thinking of Kozakura as a mom figure is good though.

lots of good little character moments in here, really. I feel like this is kinda a reprise of book 6, where it doesn't advance the overall plot much, but has some fun character bits and introduces stuff for later.

Runa of course got a lot. I'm glad we finally got something focused on Runa that's actually sympathetic to her. my girl deserves it.

there was that very brief window where it looked like Kozakura might adopt Runa, and I was excited that I might have predicted the future

Tsuji adopting her is really good too though. seeing Tsuji in a less controlled and private setting is fun overall. really I want to have some kind of measurement of how much of this book is Tsuji fucking with people, because it feels like about 10% of the page count

not sure how I feel about Tsuji being able to do actual unmistakably real magic though

this book is not dispelling my feeling that the series has burnt through most of the high-profile Japanese internet ghost stories that have enough meat to build an entire short story around them. pretty much all of the ones in here could have been swapped out for basically anything else scary without losing anything. I have very complicated feelings on that

overall I feel like this is one of the most uneventful books in the series, but pretty much anything would have felt disappointing after book 8. I guess he wanted a bit more of a low-key slice-of-life kinda book after 7 + 8.

[carelessflower]

sunday & monday tuesday recap 🍩

retail therapy don't judge me

stir fried beef with vermicilli for sunday breakfast. tbh it not very memorable in my mind so it probably very mid 6.5/10

phúc long bobaaaaaaa. i got my usual fave osmanthus tea there 9/10 hehehe and the croissant...it not bad but it could be better 7/10

typo, or i like to call it studying vlog tiktokshop for rich people. but it's so cuteeeeee tho like look at those mug...i want one so bad and those trinket tray...

retail shopping! idk why but there something about the blouse like im such a sucker for scallop hem idc how tiny it is it's cute for me. and the skirt is giving like...librarian core somehow. the blank pants are too big and the light grey skirt match but like it too tight it make my hip look like it can take a detector test with shakira hip

food court for lun baby. look at those new onden stick. it didnt get them but they're cute

omirice rice: 4/10. the rice is so dry and the seasoning weird, the egg...i dont even wanna talk about it. it's the worst thing i got here

sushi: 8/10 decent:D tho i did love the seaweed more tho

fried chicken skin: 8.5/10. it's not crispy even after microwave but like im kinda digging the seasoning? like spicy and salty it good what can i say

i got the one with the cream 7.5/10 it not special but like i love chocolate so

breakfast monday morning im trying the new miliket cabonara spicy noodle. some influencers say it rival buldak and im like...they mustve been paid heck tons for that this is like 0.5 level spicy. like 7.5/10 for disappointed me with the spice

skip lunch so look at my dinner. fried rice cake with egg and pickled (bột chiên) 9/10 idgaf ive been craving and the slight crunch is enough for me also it spicy yasssssss

this is for today breakfast like instant phở with spicy sauce and meat. the reason why it so stacked cuz i wanna use the plate of the meat which already dirty to not wash another plate so i just like stack it on...very stupid ik but im built like that 8.5/10 thooooo this is how you do spicy

so like i return some clothes my family buy and get like a voucher to get another thing for the same prize and i was like in the store 2 hours trying to find sth that fit me but also like look cute lmaoo

cult classic shirt: i think this is from a charlie xcx collab? i mean it would look cute with some jeans but it's kinda basic...and party vibe is not really...my thing idk

patterned shirt: i got a similar one with this fabric and motif from uniqlo and it's cuter over there with trim

red top: do not understand why on the clothes hanger it look like just round neckline but when i wear it like off the shoulder, the shade of red kinda fit me tho

green polo: fit perfect, love the color, love the texture. the only issue? it's too damn short why is this polo a crop top i dont understand

pink peplum top: can i get another top in this color alksjdlgkjd peplum doenst really look good on me tho

green laced up blouse: may come back get this some day this is sooooooooo green witch core

dark red top: what this shade of red anyway, like idk whether the prev red or this red suit me better. i did love lace trim

[lumine-no-hikari]

Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #560 (Part 1)

I played Salt and Sanctuary all day today, and it was BEAUTIFUL.

Okay, well... not literally all day. I began today groggily getting out of bed and being somewhat sad that J was gonna do his remote job at Je's house all day today, and then immediately go to his other job after. He wasn't gonna be back until 7:00pm or later. Which, ultimately, is good; it's healthy for him to have friends outside the house with whom he can do stuff! I just... I dunno. Kinda tired, and... lonely, but... specifically for people I'm very close to.

I think I overextended myself with the social last week by a LOT. At the moment, the idea of spending time with people I'm not already extremely familiar with fills me with anxiety and dread. Probably just the social exhaustion, the physical pain and exhaustion from yesterday's shift, combined with the fact that I'm in my luteal phase.

...I can tell. See, right when I'm about to bleed... hrrgh... how to explain...

Okay. So if you've ever been sick and your lymph nodes got all swollen, ouchy, angry and heavy-feeling? It's kinda like that, except... instead of your lymph nodes, imagine that sensation in breast tissue. And... I know that as someone with an apparently typically male body, yours didn't develop breast tissue to nearly the same extent that someone with an apparently typical female body might. So I guess just... imagine that sensation around the lower outer edges of your pectoral muscles instead.

...It's a VERY unpleasant sensation, lemme tell ya. -12 out of 10 stars, absolutely would not recommend. But it's not like I've got much choice in the matter, so... here we are.

In any case, despite my body definitely feeling more like a prison than a temple today, I got up, did some dishes, fed my fuzzy feline children, and made myself a tea. For the last number of days, my intestines have been in some kind of distress, and so the hope was that the tea would help get the offennding substance out of my system. Caffeine in combination with other plant chemicals and dairy tend to be good at... moving things along, as it were.

...I still don't feel great, though. Right now... meat seems really gross to me, which is unusual. But I was hungry and didn't feel like preparing anything, so... I got sushi.

I also breathed life into some wishes for ya:

...But mostly? I just played Salt and Sanctuary. And I even got videos for ya! I would have gotten even further along, but... I had gotten all the way to Hager's Cavern before I realized my laptop fan wasn't on. And so all the videos I had gotten were choppy and unwatchable. So I had to start over from the beginning. I didn't mind too much, though. The second time around, I didn't die until I got hasty while backtracking and yeeted myself off a ledge, hahaha!

...Anyway, here. But... it's a lot, so don't feel pressured to get through it all. Maybe just take a look if you're bored or something. And some of them might still need a while yet before they're ready to be watched.

A person engaging in troll-like behavior showed up around these next two videos:

Here's what that person had written to me:

I didn't like what seemed like, basically, “and how many failed attempts did it take for you to finally be able to pull this off?” And I didn't like what seemed like, “oh yeah? well if you're supposedly so good at it, why don't you try defeating the Nameless God without armor?” And I didn't like what seemed like a feeble attempt at gaslighting after the fact. But it be what it be. I can cheerfully tell someone to either be nice or go away; don't you worry! This person went away shortly after they were called out.

I'll have to continue this in another part, I guess; I can only have 10 links at a time. So uh... hang tight! I'll be right back! Love you!

Your friend, Lumine

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

my favourite trilogy of video games is “games banned from r/nocontext bc regular gameplay in it is so fucking insane you could post the whole subreddit there” aka crusader kings 2 rimworld and dwarf fortress. crusader kings 2 is a medieval strategy game that focuses on maintaining your political dynasty most which leads to absolutely insane shit like repeated incest and murdering infants being literal routine gameplay bc. yeah kings back then married cousins and assassinated babies all the time. and it edges out it’s sequel bc you can do shit like make the pope a horse or take over the world as aztecs with the dlc. rimworld is a space colony simulator designed to basically be a story generator first and foremost and as such allows you to do wild shit like make human meat farms and give babies hard drugs on the off chance you’re either evil or desperate and the event ai is very good at making you consider some extremely vile shit out of desperation. and dwarf fortress is. honestly at this point it’s easier to list what dwarf fortress Isn’t than what it Is and what it Isn’t is anything remotely approaching sane and reasonable.

and like i love them bc they’re not, like, weird shock value shit. they’re extremely in depth simulation games that entirely through emergent gameplay very easily can lead to you doing extremely fucked shit bc there’s so many intersecting mechanics at play and they can be hard as shit. like there’s other games that are banned like isaac but that’s a game that inherently has unavoidable fucked shit everywhere (and it’s great, go play isaac) you Can theoretically play these three in a way that’s entirely moral and upstanding quite easily. but they’re so fucking wild you end up committing horrific atrocities and not even realising until like a hour later when you consider murdering babies is kinda messed up regardless of the gameplay benefit. 10/10 genre i get why there is like three main ones bc it’s an insanely complicated feat to pull off that needs both an extremely wide amount of content with an equal amount of depth which means you’re looking into decade long production cycles with inevitably messy ass code few are successful but the final result is so good. 10/10 would genuinely start to question my own morality after playing again.

[chaosheadspace]

30: What I hate the most about work/school (And what you love most about it too!)

34: What I find attractive in women

35: What I find attractive in men

36: Where I would like to live

39: My favorite ice cream flavor

Hey TJ, thank you! I love the questions you picked out!

30: the only thing I really detest about my work (I work with meat) is how in the summer, it always draws insects and you have to learn to avoid them or swat them dead. Biggest annoyance is how heavy everything is. Our boxes are all over 20kg when loaded, all the pots and pans are big and heavy, more so when filled with, say, 17kg of goulash. But the rest is pretty good. I've got very nice coworkers who became my friends, my boss is very chill. We're always allowed to test taste (yes, multiple times) and we're allowed to experiment and try stuff out if we ask beforehand. Customers are also mostly nice (we've got TWO lesbian couples who shop at our stall and they're both so incredibly cool, I love them. I could talk about our customers all day).

34/35: since I am bisexual, these are very neat. There's a list on each of them (which is the reason I consider myself bisexual and not pansexual, because there's differences between the two) and also a list of things which I find attractive in both/neither. Also please understand that these are things that initially attract me, which does not mean I cannot/will not like/fall in love with people that look/are different. So.

Men: I love men with long hair. I love men who can be soft spoken but with a kind of weight behind it, so you know they're serious. I also like men who like to wear silly shirts. And who have good voices. Like. Mmmh. Honey down the spine. I also like men with a bit of weight. (I also like it in women, to be fair, but on men I like it more. So it's in here.)

Women: I do love women with short hair, women that are loud, women that are brash. I like women who have opinions, thank you very much, and are a bit of a know it all and like to playfully fight discuss unimportant topics to first blood for fun and sports. Show me the hill you're dying on and I'll bring you a picnic and a sleeping bag and stare at you with heart eyes, basically.

Both/neither: body hair. Thighs. Hands. Freckles. Seriously, freckles are so so dang attractive. And while I'll take the scenic five nose freckles the instagram people have if I have to, really, the more the better. Freckles. It's like people dipped in chocolate sprinkles. If you're not careful, I'll try to lick them off you. Repeatedly. Hrr. Also got a major thing for people who have that kind of trickster vibe. You know, people with shiny eyes and a very big grin who look like their laugh will carry two blocks and who'd hide in a closet to jump scare you. Those people. Who are also always kinda short, at least the ones I know. Which leads me to my next point, which is people shorter than me, which is thankfully not that hard, seeing as I am 182cm tall. People who show and or exaggerate their emotions. People who are kind. A bit of feral also doesn't hurt; my first crush was on a guy who went to the same school as me (I think we were both 18? Maybe 19) who was about 50cm smaller than me, drove a motorcycle and came to school barefoot as soon as it started being above 10°C. He could climb a tree faster than a squirrel. Yes, barefoot. He was pure chaos.

36: where I would like to live.

Well. If I could have my dream home it'd be something with a huge fucking garden, like a farm in the middle of nowhere (with a bit of Internet for fic purposes). I'd like a well and some solar panels and maybe one of those wind harvesting thingies (I'm having a foreigner moment and am blanking on the English word, forgive me). I'd have a boatload of chickens and some sheep and rock up into the nearest town once a month to buy toilet paper and meds. I'd also like to have some of my friends with me to make the weird commune we all deserve.

Speaking more realistically, I just moved and think I've got it pretty good at the moment. If shtf and the war reaches here I'll most likely emigrate to Australia where my bio dad lives

39: favourite ice cream flavour:

It's strachiatella. I've liked a lot of flavours over the years but this is the one I'll always come back to.

I think that's it. If you have follow up questions don't hesitate.

[aspenlovesmedia]

Fuck it, I rate the fear entities based on how much they scare me. I just thought this would be funny. It’s rated 1-10, 1 being not scary and 10 being terrifying to me.

The Buried-5/10-I am not claustrophobic at all, but being metaphorically buried is something I know all too well.

The Corruption-6/10-I love insects dearly, I just have a thing about things under my skin.

The Dark-7/10-Weirdly TMA has actually helped with my issues with the dark but if I’m in the pitch black it does freak me out still. “The blanket never did anything” is one of the worst things this show did to me though(I mean that in a good way).

The Desolation-4/10-Can’t explain why the Desolation never scared me too much, but it doesn’t. I am weird about pain though.

The End-1/10-Death doesn’t scare me at all.

The Extinction-1/10-Nothing will remember us in the end. We mean nothing on the cosmic scale of things and that is beautiful.

The Eye-8/10-Things staring at me freak me out, like really badly. I relate to season 2 Jon more than I should.

The Flesh-2/10-Humans are animals, and we are meat suits. Also I’m trans so I feel the Boneturner’s Tale would solve several of my problems.

The Hunt-1/10-Why shouldn’t we be part of the food chain?

The Lonely-7/10-13 year old me was season 1 Martin. I am better than I used to be but still have a lot of work to do.

The Slaughter-2/10-I honestly have nothing to say here.

The Spiral-9/10-I have my reasons, but they’re a bit more personal and I don’t want to explain it. Point is reality lying to you is something that scares me.

The Stranger-10/10-Nope. No no no no no. Nikola Orsinov scares the shit out of me. I cannot describe how much I hated (complimentary) when she said “peel you”. Just no. I gagged. That was the most freaked out I ever got from TMA, and honestly any horror thing I’ve seen.

The Vast-9/10-I am very scared of heights, very, very scared of heights, and I do have a thing about open spaces. Space is fine though, I would love to go to space.

The Web-8/10-I really like spiders but being controlled (basically the concept of fate) does freak me out. I hate the thought that certain things were always supposed to happen, not that that’s really what the Web is but it kinda leans into that.

[thebreakfastgenie]

Get To Know

2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 14, 16, 20, 38, 45, 53, 56, 64, 66, 74, 76, 78, 80, 95, 96, 97

It’s a lot, I know. 🙈

2. Do you enjoy thrilling rides like rollercoasters?

Rollercoasters yes. When I was a teenager I wanted to like rollercoasters but I was scared of them so I basically did exposure therapy (made myself go on them anyway) and it worked! It also kinda helped with my overall anxiety lol. I prefer the old school wooden rollercoasters, honestly. I like tall hills and tight banked curves, I don't really care for extremely steep hills (I don't avoid them either but they're not a draw) and I could take or leave going upside down (again, don't avoid it).

I'm very cautious with swings and anything that involves spinning because sometimes that gives me vertigo. Not into that. And I hate free fall rides. You will never catch me on one of those again. Makes me feel terror in a not fun way.

3. Who was your childhood hero?

Hillary Clinton or Jane Goodall

5. What do you find most attractive about your crush?

Who says I have one?

There was this PhD student I had a crush on last year. I loved her accent.

9. What CD did you play to death as a kid?

The first CD I had that was mine was Tom Chapin Around the World and Back Again. Also a lot of CDs my parents had, mostly Fred Small I Will Stand Fast and The Heart of the Appaloosa.

10. Hike to a mountain top to watch the sunrise or drive out of town to stargaze?

Hike to a mountain top but not for the sunrise are you fucking kidding me. Drive out of town to stargaze sounds nice too but stargazing gets kinda boring after a while lol. I like paddling out to the middle of the pond to stargaze from a canoe.

14. Breakfast for dinner or pizza for breakfast?

Oh shit I love both... breakfast for dinner usually but pizza for breakfast hits under the right circumstances... it's best when it's leftover pizza from a fun night. I prefer it microwaved over cold though.

16. What’s your favorite feature of yours?

Physically? idk my eyes maybe?

20. Would you rather wake up with your makeup magically done or your hair?

Hair because I don't wear makeup and don't need that. Hair would be handy.

38. What’s your favorite flower?

Daffodil!

45. Are you a romantic?

I can be. In terms of like Valentinesy romance I run kind of hot and cold and I can't even predict it, but my worldview is fairy romantic I think.

53. Bouquet of flowers or box of chocolates?

Both are great but you can only eat one. Obviously chocolates. I would love to be given a box of chocolates. I actually was once by creepy guy in high school but the chocolates were mediocre. Gotta give good chocolates. He brought them from London and they weren't even good.

56. Favorite dessert?

How can you ask me to choose? Pavé and I just realized I will never taste this one specific pavé again 😭

64. What’s an album that you think has no skips on it?

Honestly so many but let's be basic and say Billy Joel The Stranger. Also Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell.

66. Would you make the first move to ask someone out?

In theory yes absolutely #feminism also I'm a lesbian anyway. In practice that's too scary.

74. Do you tend to enjoy being babied or do you prefer to be the one taking care of someone else?

I HATE BEING BABIED. Don't try to take care of me. I prefer to be the one taking care of someone else but I wouldn't even say I'm compulsive about that. I like cooking for people and stuff but like can't we both be independent? We are adults.

76. What’s your favorite feature about your best friend?

She's so funny. I mean, everything, but if I had to pick.

78. Back scratches or having your hair played with?

What am I, a cat? Back scratches, they feel good when you don't even realize they will.

80. What’s your favorite picture of yourself?

This picture of me and Christi :)

95. Worst tinder or date experience?

I tried using apps once and I went out with a woman who just got way too into me way too fast and it was uncomfortable and unfortunate,

96. What’s the first thing you think of when you wake up most mornings?

"Where's my phone" because I fall asleep with it and lose it lol. And then I check it first thing.

97. Are you more of a planner or a spontaneous adventurer?

A little of both, slightly more planner, but I want to be a spontaneous adventurer and I'm working on it!

[rewatching-sam-and-dean]

Canadian + Supernatural Things

Just have to get something off my chest.

I just saw this list about if Supernatural took place in Canada. And like, some of the points are kinda funny: the first blade made out of a moose antler made me laugh (but it’s stupid given the story of Cain killing Abel with a donkey jawbone-pretty sure they weren’t in Canada), or Sam and Dean saying “Fuck it” if a case required them to drive across Saskatchewan (because, come on. It’s Saskatchewan, lol), or people definitely dying by the time the boys drive across Canada to get to them since, unless you’re in a big centre, towns can be very far-spread. But, the rest are so much typical Canadian “These are the Only a things We are known For” items thst it just makes me nuts. Tim Hortons is a coffee shop/fast food chain. It is not the equivalent to a Gas ‘n Sip. That would be like a 7Eleven. Dean would not preferr butter tarts over pie. First, butter tarts are gross. Second, pie is not an inherently American thing. Canadians eat pie! Dean would NOT order poutine instead of a burger all the time. That’s just fries, cheese curds and gravy, people! No meat content, unless it’s fancy poutine. Also, how many Canadians even eat poutine on a regular basis? I’ve probably had it like 10 times in my whole life, maybe. We eat burgers here, too! Nobody actually says “hoser.” And Sam and Dean being Canadian wouldn’t make Crowley Canadian, so his catch phrase of, “hello boys,” wouldn’t change. At all. Worst of all, despite what this list says, Dean and Cas would not be married if SPN took place in Canada because straight people exist here, too. And Dean still wouldn’t be in love with Cas, even if he were Canadian. 🙄

List here, if you’re interested (X)

Look, I get it. This is just supposed to be fun/funny. But, it’s lists like this thst make Canadians sound stupid. We clown on ourselves more than Americans do in sitcoms. It’s as if, we only understand the world in Canadian stereotypes or something. And this list in particular doesn’t use one-for-one comparisons. Rather, it uses bizarre comparisons, like saying Sam and Dean would ride around on a polar bear instead of in a ‘67 Impala (my example, not the list’s). Most American cars are also available in Canada. Most American music we also listen to in Canada. A lot of American food is also eaten in Canada, especially more midwestern or northern food. I mean, I live about an hour from the US border, and have even lived there, and the biggest differences I’ve noticed is people being allowed to own handguns, wider shoulders on their roads, way better road conditions in the US, more frequent small town, and much cheaper alcohol (on a simple level).

We aren’t that different on a person-to-person or product/consumption level. I’m not saying there aren’t some big differences in terms of social norms, idiocies, politics and social structures, but those can differ wildly state-to-state alone.

But the things we consume … those are very similar. So lists trying to compare an American Sam and Dean to a Canadian version just don’t make sense and they rely hugely on basic Canadian stereotypes.

The points about driving distances, lack of frequent small towns, Sam and Dean needing health cards for each province, the weapons they could access, these things make sense to comment on. And these would definitely make the show feel different. Goodbye Americana. But, good lord, can we stop pretending all Chadians only have like 10 products, foods, locations thst we all eat, use and patronize all the time? Ugh!

Okay rant over. (And likely to be deleted later).

[theretherian]

'kin tip for the picky eater carnivores - sous vide is like MAGIC holy shit

i'm autistic and have huge sensory problems with food, and for the longest time i couldn't stand steak (or most other meats, save for like chicken sometimes, burgers sometimes, and corned beef) like at all. texture bad. bleuh. especially fatty meat. I am the type of person who gags if I'm eating meat and there's like any fat at all. And I can basically only eat meat well-done - if it's at all pink that's too much for me, even on like burgers or anything like that.

HOWEVER. Sous vide. Beautiful. I don't know why but sous vide steak, the fat on it does not bother me at all. I think just cause it's a lot more melty than rubbery so it doesn't feel weird in my mouth. You just get all the nice flavor instead. Also the way it's cooked it can actually be decently pink on the inside and there's absolutely zero concerns cause it's been sitting in extremely hot water for like three hours - which also makes it super nice and tender. Very good for that "ripping apart meat with my teeth" feeling. Very juicy. And if you sear it for that nice crispy outside? chef's kiss.

sous vides can be kinda pricey but apparently some air fryers have a sous vide built in, so if you have one of those I definitely recommend trying it out. very nice and very good 10/10

[albonoooo]

fave comfort dish

thanks for letting me talk about food 🫡 there's a few dishes that come to mind.

one is very simple, pasta with tomato sauce. however (italians, please look away), i mean tomato sauce made with butter, flour, tomato paste and water which is the way people used to make it in the gdr, probably because it was cheaper. and somehow, through time, that recipe made it all the way to north rhine-westphalia, where my mom's grandma thaught it to her. it's kinda sweet and just has a very distinctive flavour that reminds me of my childhood.

another one is stuffed peppers, which obviously exists in different versions in many different cuisines. i like the way my mom makes them because she only stuffs the peppers with a mixture of ground meat, herbs, seasoning and bread crumbs, cooks them in tomato sauce and then serves them on rice instead of adding the rice to the stuffing. 11/10 autumn and winter dish.

another dish that i love very much is käsespätzle. 'käse' means cheese and 'spätzle' are swabian/alemannic pasta in an elongated shape. the spätzle are layered with grated cheese (the type of cheese depends on the region, we just use what we have at home) and, in the traditional preparation, garnished with fried onions (as far as i know). we leave those out, throw in a tonne of parsley instead and make the käsespätzle in the oven rather than in the pan. it tastes good either way, especially with a salad on the side.

lastly, before this answer completely spirals out of control, maultaschen (another swabian dish, despite none of my family being swabian lmao). maultaschen are dumplings made from pasta dough with a basic filling of sausage meat, onions and soaked bread rolls (vegetarian fillings are usually with cheese and spinach). i like them best in vegetable stock or chopped and fried in a spinach and cream sauce. they're just so satisfying to eat.

okay, one more thing, if you don't wanna cook and go get something instead, nothing beats a döner (kebab). fucking love those.

alright, i will shut up now. i'm so sorry.

[carelessflower]

sunday recap 🥓😽

so many things today but more importantly SO MANY CATS LET GET THIS THROUGH SO WE GET TO CATS

fit check, i changed like 5-6 times wanna lean into a coquette style but sadly this the shirt with the closest match I could find

seafood buffet because we didnt have any breakfast so this kinda our brunch. this just opened in the mall near where I lived lmaoo, basically they served seafood in any kind, and also there bbq and hotpot too but we didn't take the hotpot. all seafoods are very fresh (look at that tank!!!) again ranking

grilled shrimp and oyster with cheese: 8/10, the cheese is like too sweet and fatty

grilled snail with scallion: 8/10, good but nothing special

sashimi: 9.2/10, very solid!!! and u can get as many as u want

sushi: 7.8/10, idk I dont grab those much there not much variation also it can make u full quick

grilled abalone (not pictured): 9/10, for the price we can get as much as we want and I think its neat! also it got run out so quick lmaoo

seafood soup: 9/10, phenomenal, like I had two bowl of these

grilled everything (had pork chest, pork, beef, octopus, grouper fish, okra, eggplant and cheese fish ball): 9.5/10, I love the way they marinated the meat!!

durian ice cream: 7.5/10, nothing special also it all durian which I dont like and they run out of chocolate ice cream :((

flan with coffee sauce: 9.2/10, smooth, creamy with that bitter sauce like it just top notch flan, literally one of the best I've ever eat

also on the way down i saw they're having this cat contest thing like there so many booths it looked so fun (pictures later cuz I took like A LOT)

first tried a bunch of stuff at uniqlo, obsessed with these snoopy shirts and these cutest zip up, like the zip up are clothes for children but there big size and I can fit in there too

trying on, the shirts is from the male section and the zip up and hoddies are from children section biggest size they look so cute tho icant think of the way I would wear the white zip up a lot and the green shirt is xs so I def need a size bigger

next is cotton-on, they're having this collab with polly pocket which is sawr cute if only they're not like fucking expensive, like why is that shirt 30$ and that tiny MICRO purse 28$ like I dont get it, it not even real leather! also oversea website having XL size but vietnamese store doesn't is criminal

tried on a bunch of stuff the sale associate was looking at me like crazy also the price there has only gotten more ridiculous with time. the black shirt was giving sabrina carpenter and there another one with blue background and red font just like short n sweet aesthetic lmeow. the cardigan looked so close like that coloring the cutest but it looked wear on my body. the mentioned polly pocket shirt, I mean idk it fit but it expensive and also I dont like too much figure hugging in my clothes. same with the other shirt who I think the color pretty nice

can you guess which one i got hehe

[3rdshiftreview]

3rd Shift: Mars Daybreak

A really fun, relaxed mecha anime, based on Mars being colonized and then flooded to supply clean water to Earth, basically, and now there's a bunch of people living on city ships and there's just a bunch of mecha for whatever reason, and also pirates, and the pirates have mecha. MY KINDA SETTING Boils down to the Power of Friendship, but not in a hamfisted way, making the whole story arc feel rather........ cozy, I dare say.

Still annoyed by the mystery mecha that shows up in the first episode never has any clues dropped as to where it came from, but I guess it kind of fits with Gram being such a lackadaisical protag, he just lets things go so easily. It was genuinely nice to have a mecha anime protag be just a chill dude that wants to just do a job and get paid. Hell yeah, man. Just doing his thing.

The Martian revolution sub plot needed more meat, I desperately want another show based on the student revolution they allude to, or, like, just a decade jump forward or something I honestly just want more of this setting, it's so nice. The characters all feel really good and pretty believable, I somehow ended up with two faves in this show, utterly unheard of.

Also annoyed they did such a terrible job of terraforming Mars initially, the lack of biodiversity in their oceans was almost definitely by design to keep the Martian population dependent on expensive, heavily tariffed imports of food and other goods. It's all a conspiracy to keep the working class down, I swear. Makes the little political part of my brain go brrr, clearly. Man, all my annoyances are really minor and easily explained within the setting. Good stuff.

The art direction and animation feels very coherent and is quite nice to watch, it's a bright, lively kind of setting and the art really does carry that energy well. Even the weirdly tight military pilot suits make sense, they're basically all wearing scuba gear all the time because the planet is nearly completely flooded.

A That's Hideous -.5 hit, there's an especially gross, boobalicious giant mermaid mecha that makes my blood boil, even if I do like the guy that pilots it. Gross. It is balanced out by there being both a talking cat and a talking porpoise! Overall, an extremely solid 8/10, genuinely enjoyable little adventure!