#waking up to this ask made my day

[juuuulez]

imagine dating mikey while carmy's at noma and he's always going on about how talented he is

the scene where he shows tina the photo :( he's so soft, i can't-

jon bernthal, you are a national treasure <3

OMG😍😍 staup he’s so cute and he would just gloat so much at every opportunity. like, if you didn’t know him beforehand, mikey would be dropping the fact that his brother is a chef on the first date. he thinks it’s vital information.

carmy will send through some image of a fancy plate with leaves and colours and all that jazz. if you’re somewhere else, mikey is forwarding you the picture, and if you’re there he’s leaning over to show you.

“is that supposed to be edible?” you’ll quip with a grin, poking mild fun at how neither of you would be able to identify a single ingredient on that plate. looks like maybe some strange gels and.. leaves?

“fuck, if i know.” mikey laughs, taking the phone back to squint at the image. “y’wanna say somethin’?”

“yeah, yeah. send him that emoji with, like, the stars on the eyes.”

there’s a beat of silence, presumably while he’s searching for the emoji in question. you should’ve expected this much, for he promptly relents, waving the phone in frustration.

“pick something normal to say!” he huffs, jaw clenched in attempts not to smile when your face outright splits into a grin. now you’re snickering at him, leaning over to swipe the phone.

you sit there, bringing up the little search bar to find the emoji within a few seconds. “you didn’t even look properly.” you chastise him. “so old.”

“hey! i’m not fuckin’ old, richie’s old. dude has a kid, that makes someone old.” mikey contests when the phone is handed back, looking to the string of emoji’s you’d sent to carmy with your name tagged at the end.

“whatever, just message your brother.” you urge him, already making your way back into the kitchen. the main perk of hanging out at the beef, besides your boyfriend, was all the free coffee you could steal.

that silence lasts about a minute longer, where you’re jabbing at buttons on the old, shitty espresso machine. it whirs with a sound alike to malfunctioning, but you’ve been told it’s fine, it’ll work.

“hey, come back,” mikey suddenly calls out. “how’d ya get that search thing up?”

[l3irdl3rain]

Little baby man, what am I going to do with you?

[necrotic-nephilim]

Hey there, are you ok?

hey! thank you for checking up on me, this was really sweet!

i SWEAR i did not die. i just got a bit busy doing SladeRobin Week (which i will finish so help me god-) as well as things in my real life. i'm still trying to find the balance of like. fandom creation and working. i am very lucky to have the living situation that i do rn, but it is the sort of schedule where i do have to be ready to watch a baby at really any given point so. it's a tricky balance right now, but i'm going to be active here again! maybe not as many asks answered a day as before, but i want to try to answer like, a few a day and whatnot.

i also think i got briefly overwhelmed, in that i got more asks faster than i answered them. which is the opposite of a problem and something i'm very lucky for! but it did make it difficult for me to keep up and know what to answer next. (this is *not* a discouragement to sending asks! i love them all and pls send as many as you want! i just am a little slow sometimes so i appreciate the patience! <3)

so! i'm back and i'm good, ty for asking! we are back to the regularly scheduled programming <3

[compacflt]

what are bradley’s earliest memories of ice and mav? the bits of his perspective on them that you’ve written are so fascinating

fairly unsurprising answer but: ice: when he came to see Carole to apologize for killing goose in ch 2 of wwgattai (sets the tone of their relationship)

mav: something very benign like mav doing magic tricks for him as a little little kid. you know how your earliest memories are always a little fuzzy and always afternoon sunshine? imagine a desaturated maverick sitting crosslegged in the grass in pale afternoon southern california sunshine showing Bradley how he can detach his thumb from his hand and then put it back again. no blood, no bone, no pain, and he’s got this daredevil grin like he’s enjoying separating his thumb from his hand. can’t see his eyes behind his aviators. the best magicians are the ones who can make even their pain disappear. or, playing “got your nose,” holding Bradley’s nose up so he can see it right in front of his very eyes, NO PAIN!, and then making it disappear. “where’d your nose go, Gosling? oh, my gosh, I lost your nose!! how’re you gonna smell? i bet you’re gonna smell bad. get it? get it? —here it is, i found it, don’t worry, it’s all good!” and putting his nose back so everything’s ok. that’s Bradley’s earliest memory of mav.

[epickiya722]

What bothers me about that anon telling me "I desperately need you..." is that it came off as trying to belittle my intelligence. Like, if you don't agree with me, just say that!

Often times, even if they don't mean to, people will sound so condescending and it can affect the person receiving it.

Someone forgets a detail in a story, "you know that this actually happen, right"?

Why do you sound like it's illegal to forget something? Especially, if the story has so many other things going on with it? Not everyone has good memory or trying to remember everything!

Might as well be one of those "name all the characters of this anime" guys from the store whenever they see someone will an anime bag or jacket on.

Don't agree with a popular take or headcanon, don't share the same view as everyone else because you're not trying to fit into this cramped up space of folks who try to follow what everyone else does and you're brave enough to be based.

They act like it's sooooo wrong. Like, you must agree with everyone else! You must feel whatever everyone else feels because you have to!

They want to scream "it's just my opinion" but the moment you have an opinion that doesn't align with theirs, it's wrong. No, they can have an opinion and be right about it, even though I thought opinions were emotional based and don't need to be right, facts are though. They can have an opinion, but you can't because you don't know what you're talking about!

I swear some of you just make being in a fandom unenjoyable.

[tealvenetianmask]

HELLO you have very thoughtful and good meta that tickles my brain but I can't get over the timing—I went to grab your meta tag link to send to my therapist and saw the latest about Blitzø's approach to therapy. mine just attended a convention and asked Brandon to sign her print with 'something Blitzø would have said to his therapist who thinks he's gross'. Brandon gleefully rolled up his metaphorical sleeves and wrote, "I made Via's dad a bottom." how does it feel being so fucking correct?

Okay first of all I'm super flattered, so THANK YOU.

Second, I love this story, and I'm jealous that your therapist is a fan of this show. When I'm talking to my therapist, I don't even know how to breach the topic of the amount of space these silly horny demons take up in my brain.

Third, I know Blitz needs to actually take therapy seriously and work through his shit, but the thought of him sitting there with a wide stupid grin after his therapist finally breaks and says "you are so gross!" will never not be funny to me.

@forgotmyroots

[slightlymad]

DAILY REMINDER‼️

This is to remind you that your wife loves you (for realsies) and hopes you have an extremely nice day!

I'll be waiting for you, my love!!

P.S. is this our new thing now? Expressing our love through cat images? >_< I'm not complaining :D

I LOVE YOU!! (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ

RIGHT BACK AT YOU DARLING i love you soooo much it's actually unfathomable <333

i hope YOU also have the most wonderful and lovely day because that's what my most beloved and incredibly precious wife deserves!!! ≧◡≦

bear with me, i'm going to go back to my more active era around next week (i hope?) because studying for exams has been destroying me😾

oh cat pics have DEFINITELY become our thing and ngl i'm living for it <33

MWAH SENDING YOU A MILLION HUGS AND KISSES I LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH

[agentartemus]

I thought today was a good one..

[boxwinebaddie]

UNCLE NINNAA ITS EARLY AS SHIT WHERE I AM RN AND IM CRYINGGG OVER THAT THAT WAS SO FUCKING CUTE OMFF FUCK YOU MY FACE IS WET AND THEY ARE SO SWWEETTTT

ahahaha!!! happy mother's day, darling! my gift to you xx

because i know not all of us have a strong mother figure in our lives, so at least you can rest easy knowing you have two super cool dads again and, in that sense, are no longer children of divorce! <3 :') EEE!

-uncle nina, single mom of two gaywads, doin gods work

[bayrut]

omg u dreamt of bruce my evil plan is working >:) planting bruce in your subconscious for health wealth and happiness lol. get some rest tho that sounds like. not enough sleep 😭

yaaaay i love your evil plan!!!!! and no it was not enough but. A girl's gotta go line dancing friday nights!! and i had to wake up early today to go pick up this towel I weaved so it's totally my fault, should have gotten back home earlier

[hawnks]

Me: getting hung up on the opinions and actions of people who don’t matter

The tiny Bell Hooks that lives in my brain: Is this really how you intend to resist domination today? 🤨

[salemssimblr]

hihi! I just wanted to say that your posts are beautiful and amazing, and they inspire me so much to learn how to use blender and make more unique sims! keep doing what you do, you're awesome!!!!😸

This is the SWEETEST thing to wake up to!! Thank you so so much nonny!!

It's always so heartwarming to know I inspire people to render their sims! If you ever need help feel free to send asks or message me!

ILY NONNY! mwah! 😘

[bobellafofella]

hi!!! I’ve been thinking about your gil/anne piece for days on end now. I love your style! 💖 do you by chance sell prints of your art anywhere?

hello oh my gosh!!! i am so touched by this!!! unfortunately i do not sell prints anywhere, no. but maybe sometime in the future now that i know people might want them!

[rhys-ravenfeather]

We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've know each other for so long Your heart's been aching But you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too blind to see Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

[shirogane-oushirou]

no promises anymoooooreeeee i'll appear online when i appear online 😭 every time i say "ooh i think life is almost done being overwhelming!" it. becomes even more overwhelming in the dumbest ways. all i can manage rn when i'm not stressing myself into a shut-down state is staring at the wall while listening to youtube essays + mindlessly crocheting.

i might queue up ppls art and fics w/o commentary in the tags... i want other ppl to see what all of my cool friends have made, but i genuinely can't think right now with this monstrous brain fog. i'm really sorry, just. yeah. maybe i'll think of some way to make it up later!!! once the dust has settled!!!! but until then i wuv u and miss u. smiles.

[venting in tags including familial manipulation and ableism. i. didn't mean to write all of that, thiss was originally going to be a main blog post but. aaaaaAAAAAA!!!!!

also no need for replies or anything, i'd turn them off for just the one post if i could kjsndkn, i just needed to get things out and go eep jsjndsfdn ok bye bye bye bye!!!!]

[safyresky]

21. karaoke

(From the June prompts here. Sorry for the delay! Enjoy this silly lil thang! :D)

"Are you SURE this is a good idea?"

"Positive!!"

"Dite, it's BLOSSOM."

"She just needs to get out more!"

Jacqueline frowned, looking unsure. "I mean, yeah, it's just...karaoke? I'm not sure it's a great idea. I mean, you remember what happened last time we took her to an eatery, right?"

Sauce coated their table, Blossom standing on top of it as she squished the condiments out of their bottles, coating the child across from her as she yelled right at the poor, literal, ACTUAL CHILD, "THAT'S WHAT YOU GET! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET—"

"Too much sugar?"

"Then there was the mini golf incident."

The windmill from the tiny windmill hole circled the three Legates as they watched, in varying degrees of shock, as the tiny buildings crumbled, the animatronics sparking, a small fire breaking out behind Blossom who stood triumphant, putter in the air.

"HOLE IN ONE!" She shouted, unfazed as Myles fell out of the pirate ship as it creaked and groaned, Olivia managing to just dodge the mainsail as it collapsed towards her, hitting a teeter totter and sending kids flying.

Dite looked away, flushed. "I don't think that mini golf was up to code."

"The beach incident?"

"There's no WAY she could've caused that tsunami! I bet it was Summer. Or Mel. Or both. Maybe the nymphs?"

"Okay, that one does have a lot of players, I'll give you that," Xander chimed in. "But consider this: the Spire wide three day sleep?"

"That was a while ago!"

Xander raised an eyerbow. "That was just last week, Dite. My Dad is still sleeping it off."

"Still?"

Xander nodded.

"He's usually sleeping, though."

"But this is unprecedented, Jacqueline. Also, I'm trying to help your argument?"

"Fair point! Look, Dite. I love you, and I love that you want to include Blossom in more of these outings...there've just been way too many incidents in a row and I can only talk our way out of them so many times!"

"Oh, but you do it so well," Dite folded her hands and lay them against her cheek, eyelashes (and wings) fluttering.

Jacqueline flushed. "Oh! Yes. I do! I mean. I know!"

"Are you flustering her on purpose?"

Dite giggled. "It's fifty-fifty," she said, tilting her hand back and forth. "She's just like that! Listen. I have considered the unbridled chaos that seems to follow Blossom everywhere we go, and I've got a plan this time."

"Oh?"

"If something happens, I am going to TACKLE HER and fly out of there as fast as possible, before she can cause any trouble!"

Xander and Jacqueline shared a look.

"And you're sure this'll work?"

"Positive! Come on guys, please? Pleaseeeee!?"

Jacqueline sighed. Xander shrugged.

"That's not a no-o~!"

"Okay, FINE."

"Yay!"

"I'll bring some dream sand with me."

"And I'll turn up the charisma."

"Oh, you guys! Thank you. This is gonna be SO fun!"

"But you're telling the others."

"Not a problem! I'm sure they'll understand!"

---

Not all of them did.

Day and Night didn't show up; Spring came in a lovely little dress coated in vines, swirling up her arms and down her legs, right to the tips of her heels—just in case, she had explained. Myles replied, in all caps, NO, and minutes before go time Olivia bowed out, citing a bit of a crisis at home, maybe related to the mini-golf incident. Charlie managed to arrive on time, a little windswept and Santa backpack bag on his back, ALSO just in case, he explained.

Still a good turn out, Dite thought, as they headed into their usual haunt, the karaoke already starting. Blossom hopped ahead excitedly, unable to hop straight as she took in the sights, ears twitching, nose as well, head spinning back and forth like a predator was nearby.

Xander watched Blossom carefully, filing in beside Dite; Charlie was chatting animatedly with Dite, Spring and Jacqueline bringing up the rear, heads close as they whispered quietly.

They were ready.

---

The evening went surprisingly well.

That is, until Brennan appeared.

He sung beautifully; huge round of applause all around. Magibeans fawned over him, and soon after staff handed out earplugs, because Brennan was, in fact, a siren.

And Blossom decided that he was the guy to beat.

And it all went downhill from there.

---

It was a new record. Blossom had lasted pretty long, making sure to sing right after Brennan every. Single. Time.

An hour or so of this back and forth, a few magibeans taking turns between the two of them, and Blossom made contact.

With her little bunny paws.

There was a rush to the exit as water sloshed through the bar. A battle cry suddenly stopped mid scream. Vines were tangled all over the roof of the establishment as Dite made a mad dash out of the pub, barking sorries behind her as she flew out, carrying a sleeping bunny coated in gold and covered in greenery. Behind her, Xander and Charlie carried a similarly snoozing siren between them, placing him down in the shore and starting the...intense process of flagging down the other sirens and explaining what had happened to their fellow merperson.

Inside, Spring and Jacqueline shared a look and a sigh.

"I'll take care of the proprietor, you take care of the wet and the green?"

"Yep. Yep yep yep yep," Spring agreed, turning and lifting her hands, the vines and water bending to her will.

Wrinkling her nose and grumbling, Jacqueline took a deep breath in before putting on her sweetest smile and rushing to the bar to smooth things over with the very bewildered nymph behind it.