#was gonna queue this up for later

[erigold13261]

📢Psychonauts NSR AU, Chapter 9: VS. 1010📢

After that rap battle that basically had Sasha cut ties with his father. The duo went to speak to Gristol.

“Hey Gristol! We’re back!” Milla spoke. She looked at a massive pile of papers besides Gristol. “Woah… that’s a huge pile of notes. What’ve you got for us Gristol?” She asked.

“Oh this one involves a lot of legwork.” Gristol said as turned on the screen. This time, it shows five people. All of them were robotic and had lights in different colors and they wore soldier-like outfits. The one in the center was thin and had blue lights, the one on the right was fat and had yellow lights, the one on the left was tall and had green lights, the one between the yellow and the blue was muscular and had purple lights, and the one between the green and blue was small and the only girl had red lights. Over them were their names from left to right: Boyd, Edgar, Cal, Gloria, and Fred. “Introduce the spiffiest band around the city right now: 1010.” Gristol explained.

“Oh I’ve seen them, they're… shiny.” Sasha pointed out.

“And they look quite handso— I mean, inhuman. They look quite inhuman.” Milla responded with some slight blushing.

“1010 is NSR’s robotic boy band, complete with the looks, style and the moves.” Gristol explained. “The size of their fanbase is simply astounding. Security for them is tight.” Gristol explained some more.

“I can imagine that.” Sasha responded.

“So if we break into their concert we’ll get arrested? How are we going to take them down?” Milla asked.

“Don’t worry about it, they’re on tour. I’ve found a certain spot where your paths meet. It’s in Metro Division.” Gristol explained. “With some effort on your end, you’ll be on their flying limousine in no time.” He explained.

“You mean… we get to ride on their limo too?” Milla asked with a smile.

“Milla?” Sasha asked with confusion.

“I mean… let’s go!” Milla replied.

“Good luck you two!” Gristol responded as he waved Sasha and Milla goodbye.

~

When Milla and Sasha arrived in Metro Division, they saw how it looked. There was a bunch posters of 1010 all around. Needless to say, Milla was in awe.

“This must be the place.” Sasha said.

“How do you know?” Milla asked. Sasha pointed to the amount of fans behind the gate.

“Oh…” Milla responded.

“Let’s go.” Sasha spoke.

“Let’s do this.” Milla replied.

~

When they arrived on the limo. They saw 1010 posing. Milla was prepared…

“Your flying circus ends now, 1010!” Milla proudly announced. There was no response. “Uh… we’re here to stop you!” Milla spoke, again no response. “Hello?” Milla asked. Suddenly, the blue robot named Cal turned to her.

“Look, everybody. Our one true love is finally here. Let’s be the ideal lovers and give her our utmost attention.” Cal spoke.

“What?” Milla asked with slight annoyance.

“ATTENTION.” Cal spoke as he saluted. (As well as the other robots.)

“Uh… why are we saluting?” Milla asked.

“I don’t know.” Sasha responded.

“We salute you for gracing us with your exotic beauty.” The red robot named Gloria spoke.

“Your lustrous hair.” The purple robot named Edgar spoke.

“Your beautiful gaze.” The green robot named Fred spoke.

“Even your lips which form that radiant smile.” The yellow robot named Boyd spoke.

“Our breaths are stifled.” Cal explained. To which all of the other robots said stifle in sync.

“Hah, cute. But do you really think that you can sway Milla’s heart like that easily. She’s never going to fall for these cheap compliments. Right Milla?” Sasha chuckled. Milla didn’t respond. “Milla?” Sasha asked. He saw why Milla didn’t respond… …she was in love.

“Yes Sasha?” Milla said while being dazed in love. “You’re just saying that cause all of these guys are fawning over me.” Milla smiled.

“Milla, now’s not the time.” Sasha spoke.

“Did you hear what they said about my lips?” Milla giggled. Sasha immediately looked at 1010 in horror.

“What have you done to her 1010? You made her into a crazy fangirl!” Sasha asked in horror.

“Heh… seems that haters are gonna hate.” Cal chuckled. “When we show up, we get the sexy mission done. You better put on your thermal goggles because… …we’re gonna bring the heat!” He explained as he posed. The battle was definitely on.

~

“Aaah! They’re hot and sexy!” Milla screamed in excitement.

“Milla!” Sasha responded.

“What?” Milla asked. As she narrowly dodged a laser.

“You got distracted by them!” Sasha responded. As he strucked Gloria on the head.

“It’s not my fault that they’re sexy!” Milla explained as she strucked Cal’s head off.

“It will be if you get distracted by them!” Sasha replied as he breaks Cal’s body apart. Suddenly the two saw a giant machine flying by, with a man controlling it. He dressed up like a general, and had a robotic cyborg-like right eye.

“What was that?” Sasha asked.

“Intruders!” The man shouted as he landed the machine.

“Where?” Milla asked. “Oh. Us.” She spoke as she realized. “Who… who are you?” She asked.

“I am Captain Oleander, the manager of 1010. You mess with mu troops, you mess with me! 1010 never surrenders!” The man introduced himself. “Deploy! Maintain operation party all night!” He ordered as he activated the unknow machine which spawns… another Cal robot?

“Wh… what the hell?” Sasha asked.

“Baby… I’m electrifying!” Cal responded as he pointed to rock duo.

“Electrifying!” The other robots sang in unison. Activating their shields.

~

“There’s no use, they keep coming! We’re better off chilling with these handsome robots and checking out their crib and after that we can have a jacuzzi party with them and—”

“We must defeat that robot.” Sasha said as he pointed to Captain Oleander.

Milla reluctantly agreed, but decided it was for the best. She tried breaking one of the shields. But to no avail. Then she saw a purple light, and parried it against Gloria. That was her plan, parry the lights.

Sasha did that too, but with Fred. Causing him to break.

“Milla! Use your guitar!” Sasha spoke.

“Got it!” Milla replied as she activated her guitar, turning into a mechanical arm.

“How… how will that help?” Sasha asked.

Suddenly, they arrived at the stop. And saw Oleander respawning Fred and noticed that the robotic arm threw balls at him, causing the machine to break a bit.

And noticed that when they pose, they get their shields back up by the cheering fans. That was the strangest way it worked.

Fortunately the robotic arm broke the giant machine completely.

“Fire in the battery aft! Mayday! Mayday!” Captain Oleander shouted. Suddenly, the machine exploded. Causing the insides of 1010 to be revealed.

“Baby… I’m electrifying!” Cal responded in a distorted tone.

“Electrifying!” The other robots sang in unison.

~

“Oh no! They’re no longer handsome and sexy and gentlemanly and—”

“Good.” Sasha smiled. As he dodged.

The two waited when they arrived at their stop. Hearing the screams of horror from fans caused them to explode.

“Good. I think that’s that.” Sasha smiled. But suddenly, Captain Oleander came crashing in. “Nevermind.” Sasha spoke.

“As long as the flag of rhythm stands, I will keep on fighting! Commencing All Kill Protocol! For NSR!” Captain Oleander spoke as he activated the machine. Which turned upside down and began dancing.

~

Captain Oleander sent in several attacks.

One attack had him jumping up and summoning red claws and landing on Sasha and Milla who dodged.

Another attack involved him swinging a giant purple hammer. Which spawned some ammo to which Milla and Sasha picked up.

Another attack had him using a green sword. Which he swung.

And a final attack had him summoning bombs which were yellow and had ammo.

After that, Milla and Sasha launched the ammo at Captain Oleander. Causing him to be defeated.

“There’s only one thing left to do Milla.” Sasha told the guitarist.

“I don’t know if I can do this… but I’ll try!” Milla said with a frown. She set her guitar on attack mode, while Zuke prepared his drum sticks.

“BUNKA”

“JUNKA”

“SHAKALAKA-BAM!” they shouted. Causing a blue light to attack at the general. Which caused him to fall.

~

“You… you got me, soldier. You got me good!” Captain Oleander coughed. “Go ahead, finish the job!” He ordered. Milla and Sasha looked confused.

“Uh… we’re not here to finish you—”

“I know you sent DJ CCC out to space. I know you unplugged Raz. I know you broke Lili’s piano! You’re here for my factory, aren’t you? Just do it then! Do iiiiiit!” Captain Oleander yelled.

“Wh… what are you talking about? We just want to—”

“Fine! Go ahead and break my troops! But know that you’ll never break my spirit!” Captain Oleander coughed.

“Does… does he want us to kill his own boy band?” Sasha asked with worry.

“And why is he coughing?” Milla asked.

“Because I am a cyborg!” Captain Oleander shouted.

“I’m coughing up the blood… the blood that spilled from my mouth. I do it for NSRRRRRRRR!”

“Okay then… I think we’re going home… right now.” Milla spoke as she slowly left with Sasha following her.

“Home? I remember what home was like. I dream of a day where the children can run innocently on the streets again, their eyes glittering with jubilation. So I made a promise to myself. A promise to bring peace back to my people. And until that day comes, I vow to serve this city with my utmost dedication. Because that is who I am. I got soul. I am a soldier. Oh, what have I become? I have… changed so much. The things that I have done in the name of NSR, I would not wish it to my worst enemy. When I—” but before Captain Oleander finished his monologue. He noticed that Sasha and Milla were walking away. “Hey! I’m talking to you two! Where are you going?! Do you think what you’re doing is right?! What is it that you guys fight for? What is that you guys want?!” Captain Oleander asked several times.

“Uhm… I wouldn’t mind for a signed poster of 1010–”

“Milla.” Sasha pointed out.

“Ok ok ok.” Milla responded as the two continued to leave.

“Hold on! I have not reached the part about my deployment to the Azkar Faction in ‘68! It was unforgiving journey through the rdiges of Kewan. The chill was enough to brittle the spirit of any battle hardened warrior. As I trudged through the mountains with onky my compass and the parachute on my back…” Captain Oleander continued to monologue, but Milla and Sasha couldn’t hear it. As they left to the sewers.

[copias-juicebox]

gifs sharper than your eyball series, sneak peak 😉

[tomaturtles]

Can you believe there's an officially licensed kawoshin childhood friends au

[front-facing-pokemon]

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

sharing is caring <3

[saturngalore]

FORTUNA 🍀🕊️

named after the roman goddess of fate, FORTUNA is the debut album by the s-pop girl group, the fates. the album is filled with lush, unique melodies that perfectly compliments the women’s ethereal and peculiar charms. FORTUNA opens with an unbelievably dreamy and almost fairytale-like intro that melts into an euphorically rich and punchy deep-house title track. the album also includes songs ranging from calming bossa nova, upbeat saccharine pop, and r&b-tinged lullabies. the album itself perfectly captures the intense curiosity, nervousness, and giddiness of the three goddess-like figures and their hopeful late summer rendezvous with the oblivious morals they have observed from far, far away for their entire lives. one could only wonder for how long will these feelings of joy and wonder could last for these inquisitive deities before they have the chance to interact with the very same humans whose lives they have heavily impacted in both wonderful and terrifying ways.

album inclusions in higher quality below!

[skeletonlover69]

imagine coming home from work, it has been a really long day, but it immediately brightens once you see your skeleton SO waiting for you. their boney arms wrap around you, and you feel their phalanges massage your tired back, taking the sore out of the muscles. they press their teeth to your cheeks and you can't help but giggle and sigh happily as you melt into their embrace....................

[sigskk]

sigchuu meeting (canon) (sigma told me himself)

[ID: A pixel art doodle of Chuuya and Sigma from Bungo Stray Dogs, standing side-by-side. They are very stylized, with elliptical heads, long necks that run offscreen at the bottom, and with only eyes and hair. Sigma is looking away from Chuuya, blushing. Chuuya is wearing his hat and has heavy eye bags. He's staring into the camera with an irritated expression. He has yellow sparkles around him and two arrows pointed to him, one reading "Has not slept in days", and the other in lower opacity, "(also looks like an angel)". End ID.]

[guardian-angle22]

911 LONE STAR REWATCH 2024 ↳ favorite things I noticed or appreciated more upon rewatch

1.01 Pilot

Carlos by himself at the bar in the background while the 126 celebrate. Something about seeing him just sitting alone in the background hearing them celebrating... he has no idea that in a few months, the group behind him is going to be his family and he won't be sitting alone anymore. 😥

Owen's second marriage... we know very little about it except apparently it was a disaster (and his wife had a thing for knives? hmmm). Rarely am I intrigued by any Owen romance storyline on this show but I would like to learn more about this 2nd wife ngl.

Paul's exasperated sigh & eye roll when Mateo asks if they put wood in the skincare product. They're already in big brother/little brother roles and they've only been a team for a little while.

TK in his 252 Firefighter gear... I mean-- c'mon. I might have to make a whole set for this tbh if one doesn't show up on my feed this week lol.

Cowboy Judd. We need judd in his cowboy hat more often. Excited to be on cowboy hat watch 👀

Speaking of Judd... sir... why are you sitting like this? 😂

[loveletterliom]

BI-BODIMENT

aka bisexualbodiment birobodiment etc whatevr — a gender related to the embodiment of being bi, the embodiment of the bi experience, etc

[anipgarden]

Cheaply Starting Seeds

This is my fourth post in a series I’ll be making on how to increase biodiversity on a budget! I’m not an expert--just an enthusiast--but I hope something you find here helps! 

Having a high-quality seed-starting setup can feel like an ultimate but distant dream. An entire shelf--an entire room, even, filled with grow lights and plant trays in the optimal setup to make tons of plants? Tons of garden tools, each with a diverse and dedicated purpose? That’s just not an option for some of us. But that doesn’t mean we can’t get started at a low cost!

Seed Starting Set-Ups

Speaking from a somewhat biased Floridian perspective, I’ve had great success starting seeds outside! My usual set-up is on a rarely-used outdoor patio table that’s moved to a sunny spot in the yard, but I’ve even grown seeds in solo cups on sidewalks, or directly in the ground, with great results! 

Some seeds grow best when they go through a cold period before germinating, while other seeds aren’t affected much by it and just wait for warm weather. As such, a viable option is to sow your seeds in late fall, let winter roll by, and wait until the seeds sprout on their own come spring! I would try and mark off where you planted said seeds, so you don’t lose track of them and accidentally dig them up.

Alternatively, if you want to get started while it's cold outside, a popular option I've seen is to grow in milk jugs! There's a lot of different ways to do it--everyone has their preference--but if you're already drinking things like milk or juice or sweet tea, and you're going to get jugs at some point in time--why not use them for gardening?

An easy way to clear up a section of lawn to create open gardening space is by using a sheet mulching or lasagna gardening method (though I like to call it the Cardboard Snuff-Out). Place cardboard or newspaper down in fall/winter to mark out where you want to garden. Layer compostable materials like grass clippings and wood chips on top of it, or potting soil/bagged compost. It’ll decompose over Winter into an organically rich bed that’ll have killed the grass and weeds underneath it. You don’t have to break out any tools and sweat over it come spring, and the cardboard itself will slowly decompose as well!

Though it's often recommended to plant things directly into the ground to decrease watering needs and increase nutritional independence, there’s plenty of reasons you may not be able to. Whether you’re renting, living in a place without a yard, or even just can’t or don’t want to break ground in a yard, you can still help biodiversity by growing in pots. Some plants have rather extensive root systems and aren’t well suited for pots, but there are still plenty of options available for plants that’ll boost biodiversity, be beautiful to look at, and grow just fine in pots! A recommendation is to get a larger pot, if you’re able, as it’ll hold onto more water and need watering less often. Not only are potted plants great for providing food for insects, but they can be shelter for other creatures too--there’s been a good few times I’ve moved a pot and found a frog or toad living underneath it.

If you don’t have room for pots on the ground, you could consider using hanging pots or window boxes! These can be great and easily-maintained options to provide food and habitat for insects and birds in an urban living situation like apartments or townhouses, but they can also be a fun way to add even more habitat to an already-robust home garden. You can even make an entire mini habitat in a window box or pot! I can personally say I’ve seen tons of pollinators visit my yearly hanging basket garden that consists of about five to seven plants, and I’ve always loved the idea of having a window box for blooms right out my window. Just make sure that it’s safe--make sure they’re securely fixed, and that whatever they’re hanging from can handle their weight when they’re freshly watered and loaded with plants. 

If you want to start indoors, you don’t necessarily need grow lights or heat mats (though it will make things a bit easier.) I’ve successfully grown milkweed, peppers, tomatoes, zucchinis, and even sprouted lemon seeds in college dorm rooms, and kept tomato and pepper plants in a dorm room on a sunny windowsill. For the most part, you need a nice and sunny window, some kind of container, and a source of heat (in my case, I used anything from a space heater to the warmth of my laptop running nearby. If you don’t have any sunny windows, or enough windowsill space to start plants on, its possible to obtain cheaper grow lights. One year, my mom bought me some gooseneck grow lights that could clip onto things for cheap off of Amazon. (Fair warning, though, they did light up my entire room in purple. I lived alone that year (covid year, my roomies bailed), so it was fine, but it was kind of trippy,)

Another year, when I was in an apartment on my own, I bought a grow light modeled like a normal light bulb from the lightbulb aisle in Lowe’s and put it in my desk lamp. Growing seeds indoors can make them grow fast and leggy, so it’ll help if you can keep a desk fan on them so they focus on growing strong instead of tall and fast.

If you’re fortunate enough to have a friend with a nice set up, you could see if they’re willing to let you borrow some of their space to start your own plants as well! My set-up in college was by no means High Class, but I was still more than willing to start seeds for my friends who asked!

Containers for Seed Starting

So now that we’ve talked starting seeds indoors and out, we need to address what to start them in. It’s important that whatever you’re using has drainage holes, and be large enough to support your plant (starting something like milkweed or a squash in a tiny little pot won’t yield great results). Fortunately, there are options here!

If you’re looking to buy pots, Dollar Tree will sell some small plastic pots for cheap in the spring! They’re kind of thin, and won’t last forever, but they’re great for a few uses and don’t cost a lot of money. Something that’s a bit more pricey but are longer-lasting, in my experience, are the Burpee SuperSeed trays. They come in different sizes, but I’m fond of the 16-cell trays--they have silicone bottoms and are made of a nice solid plastic with a tray to hold water, so they hold up for a long time and are easy to clean and reuse!

Burpee seed tray, my beloved.

What’s better than a cheap pot? Free ones, and there’s plenty of options there! I’ve seen people use toilet paper or paper towel rolls as pots by folding the bottoms in and have it work well for them! I think this method would work best if you had some kind of tray to keep them moist, because mine dried out fast last time I tried this method. I’ve also seen people make pots out of newspaper with a few different methods, and the people who use this method love it--apparently, the roots pass through the paper easier and it decomposes faster when buried, so you can just transplant the whole pot and avoid any kind of transplanting shock. If you don’t have any newspaper on hand, you can likely ask your friends or neighbors! 

I’ve gotten lots of mileage from reusing old containers by poking a few holes in the bottom with knives or scissors--just be careful while you’re doing it! I, personally, am more likely to use an already-used solo cup for it--they’re a nice size, so they hold a good amount of soil and moisture and give the seedling a good amount of root space. I tend to write the plant information on the side of the cup in sharpie marker, or on an index card in pen. I’ve also heard of people making use of egg cartons, fruit containers, yogurt cups, milk cartons, soda bottles--the more you start thinking about what you could easily poke a hole in, the more options start coming around!

This photo may be from 2018, but I'll still regularly reuse cups like this! They're also great for cuttings!

As you start planning to move your seedlings into the ground and preparing planting sites, you’ll likely need a few tools to do it! How do you get these? You may be able to borrow some tools from a neighbor! As long as you make sure to return them in good condition, depending on how friendly your neighbors are, they might be totally fine with you borrowing their tools for awhile. If you don’t want to take that route, there may be a tool library you can borrow from, or a mutual aid group that can loan you tools for awhile. Either way, borrowing tools is cheaper than buying them--though, if you do have to buy tools, cheap hand-tools from Walmart or the dollar store work just fine. They’ll even last a good while if they’re taken care of when not in use! I've even seen places like Ross sell some tools and pots in spring!

Spotted in a Walmart gardening section by the registers, 2023.

Of course, your mileage may vary with these. I genuinely cannot think of the last time my house got a newspaper, and as I've mentioned I don't have to worry about snow. Similarly, maybe you don't use plastic cups when you can help it, or don't have a particular affinity for eggs and yogurt. Maybe there isn't a tool library in your area--I sure don't know if there is in mine--but it could still be worth poking around and asking a neighbor!

That's the end of this post! My next post is gonna be about ways to support your plants for cheap--we're gonna be talking compost, mulch, and trellises. Until then, I hope this advice was helpful! Feel free to reply with any questions, your success stories, or anything you think I may have forgotten to add in!

[thebad-lydrawn-sanses]

Note: unfortunately Ink can't touch/hold true* erasers either

*hyperrealistic drawings or photos of real things

[solarpunkani]

Y'know someone's probably waxed poetic about this already but it's on my mind so I'm gonna do it again.

When it comes to encouraging people to learn about native plants and habitat and involving themselves and their yards in the wider ecosystem, you gotta meet them where they're at.

And maybe that means they won't go as far into it as you are or would like them to in your wildest dreams. But even small steps count towards the bigger picture and I think we need to appreciate that more.

An example from my own life is my mom and the current gardening project we're working on. We're planning out the garden beds in the front of the yard by the mailbox--my mom's previous plantings for the most part haven't worked out, so I'm taking a crack at it.

I'm a pollinator gardening enthusiast who cares more about attracting as many butterflies bees and hummingbirds as possible than keeping things 'neat' and 'tidy'. However, not only do we live in an HOA neighborhood (though not as intense as some other stories I've heard), but I know my mother--an interior designer who has a deeply vested care for making sure the exterior of the house looks as Nice as possible.

We're still getting a pollinator garden in the front though. How? I'm meeting her where she's at, I'm making some concessions, she's making some concessions, but ultimately we're making something that works for the both of us. She doesn't want the plants too tall and messy? We'll trim them back in fall and winter--the insects can use the backyard garden to nest in. She doesn't want things too wild and bushy and weedy? We'll add a nice mulch to the beds, keep things a bit spaced out until they grow in to their larger sizes. She doesn't know the latin names for the plants I'm asking for, let alone how to pronounce them to ask for them at a garden center? That's fine, I don't know the Latin names for most things anyways, let's just use common names.

Does she care that the garden will attract butterflies and hummingbirds? Not intrinsically--she sees it as more of a bonus, if anything. She just cares about what color everything will be and if it'll be easy to maintain. The fact that they're native plants barely registers as a plus side to her. And honestly? That is fine.

If I approached this problem with a hardheaded attitude on how I wanted it to be just as wild and free as my backyard garden? There wouldn't be any native plants in the front beds. It's not like I didn't teach my mom things, but I didn't lecture her like she was lesser just for not knowing or caring as much about native gardening as I do. And that, ultimately, made her more open to the idea than she would've been if I looked down on her like I've seen too many people do to others.

Not everyone is going to develop a deeply seated care about native plants and Latin names and I don't think it's reasonable to expect that. Meet people where they're at and you just might get a lot more done. Meet people where they're at and you just might find they'll get excited enough to learn more--but if they don't want to learn more, that is fine.

We can't expect everyone on the globe to suddenly become plant experts rattling off Latin names left and right and professionally ID'ing native and invasive plants. In the same way we wouldn't expect everyone to suddenly learn the ins and outs of learning code, or how to synthesize medicines, or how to properly build a house. And that is fine. Because we can lean on those who do know when these things come up.

I lost track of where this was going but. Y'know????

[front-facing-pokemon]

[gummy-axolotl]

Okay not to be dramatic but I'm asexual aceflux and mostly sex repulsed but if you asked smash or pass for mettaton (ex) I would smash in a heartbeat

[6okuto]

Nyello..! if i reblog ur weeks old posts i need u to pretend they're brand new. 4 me.

working on reqs again + masterlists r priv bc I am going through it (literally) (emotionally) (etc)