#wish i had a higher quality camera to take pics with

[dreadlord-mr-son]

The stray tom I call Orange Blossom has shown up again, but this time he has a swollen leg that he won't put any weight on. His behavior is the same, and he'll let me touch it a bit, so it can't be too awful. Some parts of it seems more tender than others though. There's a harder lump under his wrist that he really doesn't like me touching.

This had to have happened just in the last few days, since I didn't notice him limping when he came by earlier this week.

I'm going to shut him in the bathroom tonight and call the vet in the morning. I suppose I'll have to actually set my alarm tonight.

Hopefully this is just an abscess, or a strain, or a bug bite. Nothing that would be too complicated (or expensive) to fix.

[bestiesenpai]

youtuber Sukuna pt2

I wonder what things will happen in this part? I hope there's sparknotes, I don’t feel like reading all these words…

Content warning: *more* mean internet comments, Sukuna doxxing ppl(idk if that needs a warning?? But just in case)

part 1 --- part 3

Being a Youtuber was a lot more work than Sukuna thought it was. When he’d picked you up early in the morning, he wasn’t expecting you to come out with such a fancy camera and microphone. You looked cute as all hell too, hair styled nicely and your outfit was perfect for a day at a countryside cafe.

“Thanks for driving!” You said, climbing into his car and smiling at him. Sukuna could smell your perfume  as it wafted off your body and he immediately felt the urge to buy a bottle as well and spray his pillow with it.

“S’no problem.” He muttered, driving off as soon as you were secure. He’d looked up the place beforehand, reading their menu over and over so he’d know what to order. Slowing down at a red light, he glanced over at you taking pictures.

He wished he could ask you to send them to him so he could save them in the never ending folder he had, but he couldn’t. It would be weird, you weren’t exactly close, and it’s not like you shared any pictures anyway.

“Hey Sukuna, what’s my contact photo on your phone?” The question came out of nowhere and he looked at you in confusion.

“Contact photo? You don’t have one.”

“What, really? I’ll send you a picture then! And add a few cute emojis with my name.” Well, that was easy. He wasn’t expecting you to offer to send him a picture, but he wasn’t going to decline it.

“Okay, I will.” Turning his attention back on the road, Sukuna turned the radio on to fill the silence. “Should I...send you a picture of me?” He had the perfect picture in mind to send you, it was a thirst trap he’d snapped post-shower after a really good day at the gym. A towel hung low on his hips and he still had a few droplets of water on his skin and dripping down from his hair.

“Yes!”

The drive to the cafe was quick and easy, not a lot of traffic early in the morning. The sun was just beginning to settle in the sky and the dew on the grass was fading. The cafe you’d chosen was in a small countryside town, barley fields just a few yards away and farmers with their dogs walking by.

“This the place?” Sukuna asked, pulling into the small parking lot in confusion.

“Yup! I’m so excited!” Hopping out of the car, your camera was immediately put to work filming the surrounding area. It was peacefully silent all around you, the only sound the occasional breeze or dog barking in the distance.

Panning the camera to yourself, you took a quick couple breaths and babbled a few times before speaking properly.

“Hi everyone, as you can see we’re in a different place today! Me and Sukuna are at a cafe in the countryside that I saw online and fell in love with. Say hi Sukuna!”

“Hi.” He was standing at the edge of the lot where a field of wispy tall purple grass started. He waved dumbly, feeling like a dumb kid taken to Disneyworld.

“This is the name of the cafe…” Turning your attention elsewhere, you filmed the rest of your intro. Once again, Sukuna was amazed at the proficiency at which you did things and how smoothly he knew the shots would look.

Looking at the cafe on the outside, it didn’t look like anything special. It was a wooden and concrete building with two large windows. He could see the minimalist decor and furniture inside was wooden as well, probably handcrafted by someone in the town.

“All finished, let’s go in.” Waving him on, Sukuna jogged to be the first to the door to open it for you. Filming as you walked in, when Sukuna entered, he still didn’t understand the hype you’d placed around it.

The air smelt like a strong tea and the humidity was definitely higher. He was right in thinking that all the furniture was handcrafted, all the chairs and tables had a rough quality to them only achievable with a human touch.

“Look, this is what I came here for!” You were standing right at the dessert case, pointing your camera at whatever you were looking at.

“Why is it...?” Sukuna looked at it in confusion. There was an airbrushed cake shaped exactly like the peach emoji sitting in the case with a realistic leaf and stem as well and you looked inexplicably happy over it.

“The owner makes these cakes herself, and she’s doing a cute emoji series!” Bouncing on your heels, you tugged on his sleeve. “I’m totally getting a slice, what’re you getting?” Suddenly, the research he’d done the night prior meant nothing as he looked at the cake.

“I have no idea.”

“You’ve got time to think about it, I’m gonna ask the owner a few questions for the video.” Leaving him at the case, Sukuna saw you go up to the owner waiting at the counter from the corner of his eye. Since the two of you were the only ones here, he could hear your excited voice gushing about the cakes and decor.

Fifteen minutes later, you and Sukuna were seated right in the corner of the cafe, where the two windows intersected on the building. Not one for sweets, Sukuna got a plain poppyseed muffin and a hot tea; the cafe didn’t serve coffee.

Setting up the camera on the table next to you, you took a bite of your cake and loved it, immediately singing its praises to the camera. Sukuna ate as well, trying not to be too stiff as you spoke.

“Sukuna, you should try this too!” Holding up your fork filled with cake, you held it out to him.

“Hm, okay.” Grabbing your hand as well, he expected you to let go of the fork. But as he guided it to his mouth, you didn’t, and you were staring right at him as it went into his mouth. “Why ya staring?” He mumbled, feeling his ears burn.

“I need to know if you like it.” Sukuna didn’t let go of your hand as he chewed and you didn’t make a move to remove it either. You were too focused on his reaction to care, waiting on the edge of your seat for him to say something.

“It’s a peach flavored cake.” He nodded, snorting when you motioned him to say more. “It’s too sweet for me, but if you like it then I like it.”

“Good enough for me!” Finally you pulled away from him and put the fork down, turning to the camera and pointing in his direction. “Can you believe Sukuna doesn’t like sweets? He’s like an old man, he only got a muffin.”

“Please, could an old man deadlift almost 300lbs?” Sukuna scoffed, slapping his chest and flexing his arm.

“That’s so much! You have to train me some day Sukuna, I wanna lift that much!” Your shocked face made Sukuna smirk and he flexed the other arm as well. Your wide eyes got even wider, bouncing between both his arms.

“Anytime, (Y/N).” Sukuna felt confident enough to wink at you, and he saw the way your face faltered at it. Ducking your head away, you pretended to fiddle with the camera, the tips of your fingers shaking slightly.

It was afternoon by the time you finished in the cafe, walking out into the warmth of the sun. Looking out, all the land surrounding the cafe was flat, covered in fields of barley or tall grasses.

“Hey Sukuna…” There you were, touching the purple grass with your fingers.

“What?”

“Will you take a few pictures for me? For Instagram?”

“I don’t think I’ll be any good.” Sukuna barely knew how to take pictures of himself let alone another person.

“That’s okay, just try your best!” Putting another camera in his hand, you grabbed his wrist and tugged him to join you deeper in the field. “That camera is pretty simple, just point and click.”

“Alright.” Holding it up, he immediately snapped a picture of you.

“Wait for me to pose!” You laughed. Sukuna chuckled as well, and when you were ready, he took the pictures. He took as many as he could, clicking the button over and over.

“Take a look.” Twenty minutes later he was handing the camera back at you. Looking through the pictures, you instantly burst into laughter.

“Sukuna, why’d you take a picture of the sun? My head is in the corner, it looks like a toe!”

“I told you it’d be bad!” He couldn’t help but laugh as well. You really did look like a toe in the corner of the screen.

“Oh my god, I’m taking you to a photography class, some of these are too much.” Giggling your way through the rest of the pictures, you put the camera back in his hand. “Let’s take a couple together!”

Sukunas heart leapt for joy. He would be able to take a picture with you. It felt like he was a fan of yours and not someone you knew on a personal level.

“You’re gonna hold the camera, your arms are longer.” Flipping the viewfinder up, you slided up to Sukunas side. He muttered something unintelligible, too busy looking at the two of you together. He could almost imagine you were a couple.

“Sukuna, hold the camera like this.” His hand had gone limp, casting a bad angle on the two of you.

“Don’t face that way, the light will make you look bad.” In one of the pictures, you’d changed poses.

“I know you only take serious gym pictures but smile for this one!” His face had dropped down to a scowl, his normal resting face. After who knows how long, he was finally free from taking pictures.

Wandering back to the car, it was silent as the both of you settled in. You were busy looking over the photos and Sukuna was busy watching you from the corner of his eye.

“Anything else you wanna do here?” He asked after a while of pretending to look on Twitter.

“Mmmm, we can drive around some more! I don’t really know what else is out here.”

Sukuna drove you through the countryside town, marvelling at the farmers and all their animals. You stopped to get a couple handmade candies from an old man, and Sukuna made sure to pick up some food that wasn’t just sweets for you. Eating at a small restaurant, when you hit the road again it was nearly evening.

Driving back in near silence, somewhere along the way you fell asleep. Your head rested against the window, jostled a few times by the road or a turn. Sukuna couldn’t help but look at you any chance he could, and although he felt like a major creep, he couldn’t stop himself from taking a picture of you.

“You’ve gotta be fucking kidding.” Sukuna groaned as he got closer to the city, coming upon a wall of traffic. Far ahead up the road there was an accident that wasn’t going to be cleared away anytime soon.

“What’s up?” You asked with a loud yawn, stretching out your arms and legs as best you could.

“Traffic.” Leaning his head out the window, he let out another groan. “Might as well put the fucking car in park.” Shifting the gear and sinking low into his seat, Sukuna sighed. It’s not that he hated traffic, but he wanted every moment of this outing to be perfect, and this was seriously hindering it.

“Do you want me to send you some of the pictures we took together for your Instagram as well?”

“Yeah, send ‘em over.” At least Sukuna could stare at the two of you together to pass the time. The amount of pictures you sent him was seemingly endless and included a few he didn’t know you’d taken of him eating and looking out the window.

“How long do you think we’ll be here?” You whined, kicking your feet out in boredom.

“At least an hour.”

It was quiet for a few minutes, the sound of the radio and other cars around you filling the background. Sukuna could see you fiddling with your phone, opening and closing apps. He could see you getting antsy.

“I’m already so bored.” There it was. Your pitiful whine accentuated with your head pushed back. Sukunas fingers itched to reach out and squeeze your cheek, it was glowing from the sun. “I think I’m gonna get on Instagram live or something so I can complain more.”

Laughing at your honesty, as soon as you went live Sukuna got the notification on his phone. Your head was tilted away from him, only your side of the car showed. Waving at the camera a few times, you smiled really big.

“Hi everyone! I’m stuck in traffic!” Your eyes flicked across the screen, reading the many comments coming in. “Hm, what do you mean who’s car am I in? I bought this car!”

“Liar.” Sukuna mumbled with a cheeky grin getting bigger when you tried to hide your own chuckle.

“I swear I bought this car!” You couldn’t keep the lie going, and broke down in giggles the more Sukuna looked at you. “Alright, I’m in Sukunas car.” Panning the phone out, he saw himself on screen.

“Hi.” He waved, reading the comments asking if you were on a date. “Don’t you remember from the last live? We aren’t on a date we’re filming some fucking vlog.”

“It’ll be up soon! You’ll all really enjoy it, Sukuna was a great guest.”

“The best.” He nodded along. You responded to a few more comments, but there were some that kept coming up.

‘(Y/N) kiss Sukuna’

‘(Y/N) kiss Sukuna’

‘(Y/N) kiss Sukuna’

“Stop spamming that fucking message like a weirdo.” Sukuna finally snapped. You had done a great job at ignoring the comment, but it was all Sukuna could see on the screen. “You’re gross to ask us to do that.” But Sukuna did wish he could kiss you. Ever since the first comment came through, he’d taken glances at your lips as you spoke.

“Oof, don’t make Sukuna mad, he’ll kill you.” You teased, and your hand went out to squeeze his arm. “He said he can deadlift almost 300lbs, so watch out.”

“That’s fucking right.” Flexing his arm proudly, Sukuna nearly put it around your shoulder, faltering at the last minute and landing on the center console with a thud.

‘It would be kind of cute to see them kiss…’

‘I bet Sukuna can’t even hug (Y/N)’

‘I bet after today they’ll come out and say they’re dating!’

Now all the comments were talking about the two of you dating, and how cute it would be if you really were. Biting his lip, Sukuna watched your reaction closely. Truly he had no problem with the comments, he wanted them to be true as well, but if you were uncomfortable he was ready to put everyone in their place.

“Gosh you guys ship us so hard.” You seemed okay with it, your face wasn’t tense and you were still making eye contact with Sukuna. “Are you going to subscribe to my channel if I kiss him?”

“What?” Sukunas eyes widened and the comments poured in promising life long dedication to you if you went through with it.

“Alright.” Setting your phone up on the dashboard, you turned to Sukuna. “I’ll be quick, okay?”

“What?” He parroted. His hands were getting clammy just thinking about it and the look in your eyes wasn’t helping. With a nervous lick of his lips Sukuna leant forward and had just begun to pucker his mouth when you loudly kissed your palm and pressed it to his cheek.

“There! I kissed Sukuna!” With a big grin on your face you kissed your hand again and put it on him. “I did it twice! Now go subscribe!”

“What the hell.” Sukuna mumbled to himself, feeling like an idiot for thinking you’d really kiss him. He spent the next fifteen minutes in a stupor, vaguely replying to comments and trying to get over the embarrassment he felt.

Dropping you off nearly an hour past the original time, when Sukuna got home he buried his face into his pillow and let out a short yell. The biting shame he felt at almost making himself a fool in front of thousands of people was still fresh. He knew there’d be fancams of the moment just waiting for him. A buzzing on his phone pulled him out of his thoughts.

(Y/N): you need to send me a picture for your contact photo!

That’s right, the picture. Sukuna didn’t even need to scroll that far to find it, it was in his favorites. Sending it to you without a second thought, he didn’t even have the mind to check your reaction. Leaving his phone on the bed, he rushed to the shower to cool off.

When he returned, there were a flurry of messages from you waiting to be read. Most of them were unreadable keyboard smashes and a few emojis.

(Y/N): SUKUNA!

(Y/N): you can’t just send me a picture like that!!

(Sukuna): why?

(Y/N): you know why!

He could practically hear your flustered little whine.

(Sukuna): enlighten me please

(Y/N): SWSGMLU

(Y/N): you’re such a bully!!

(Sukuna): haha sounds like someone's embarrassed

It was a long few minutes before you replied and Sukuna could see the typing bubbles appear and reappear several times.

(Y/N): I’M GOING TO BED

(Sukuna): you that tired? it’s only 9pm

(Y/N): YES GOODNIGHT

(Y/N): BYE BULLY

(Sukuna): lol goodnight then

In a week, the vlog was up and Sukuna made his debut into the world. He rewatched it several times over, in awe of how well you’d captured the countryside and translated it to video. He even screen recorded some parts, like when he was flexing for you, just to replay your reaction over and over.

In the weeks following, Sukuna watched your channel grow exponentially. Your number of subscribers wasn’t small, but it was nowhere near his, yet you made the leap to over a million and a half practically overnight. And with that new success, came a lot of pressure.

You’d recently taken up streaming, and Sukuna was at every single one. He had made a Twitch account just to watch you and he subscribed immediately, blushing when you read out his name and personally thanked him in a text a few minutes later.

Entering your stream as soon as it started, Sukuna was ready to sit and watch you do whatever. Usually, you played a game like the Sims, but sometimes you’d cook or put makeup on for a stream.

But this time was different. When your face appeared on the screen, you looked down. Almost as if you’d been fighting back tears. Immediately, Sukuna grabbed his phone, ready to call you and ask what was happening.

“Hey guys.” He could hear it in your voice that you were sad. It warbled and broke, and you sniffled a few times.

‘(Y/N) why’re you crying??’

‘What’s wrong?’

‘Did something happen? You can tell us, we’re here for you’

“No, don’t worry everyone it’s just…” A stray tear fell down your cheek and you wiped it away with a shaking hand. “I-I- just-” You quickly broke down crying, turning your chair completely away from the screen.

Sukuna was swiftly dialing your number. He had no idea what was wrong, you hadn’t told him anything was wrong, but he needed to know. He was prepared to go to your house if you needed him to.

“I’m okay, I promise.” Feverishly wiping your tears, you turned back to the camera. Taking several deep breaths, you didn’t look at the camera as you spoke. “I’ve just been getting a lot of hate comments recently and you know I always ignore it but-” Your voice caught, and Sukuna was glued to the screen. “It’s just been a lot honestly.”

‘(Y/N) WE LOVE YOU’

‘PLEASE DON’T CRY WE’RE HERE FOR YOU’

‘I bet it’s all of Sukunas fans, they’re so fucking gross’

‘Totally Sukuna fans, all the real fans love (Y/N) and would never do this’

“N-no, don’t blame Sukuna! He can’t control what people say!” It was totally his fans and he fucking knew it. His call had gone unanswered two times, but on the third time you answered. “Hello?”

“Put me on speaker.”

“But-”

“Put me on speaker!” He demanded. Sukunas blood was boiling, rage rolling over him in waves.

“Sukuna’s calling, I guess he has something to say.” Holding the phone close to the microphone, you kept wiping away tears.

“Listen here you insignificant dirtbags, stop leaving shitty little hate comments on (Y/N)s stuff. You’re all fucking piss poor losers who can’t even wipe your own asses, probably jerking each other off in a pathetic circle. Go get a fucking job, worthless pieces of shit. Don’t think this is something you can get away with either, I’m going to make sure you fucking regret the day you were born.” His voice was dripping with so much malice it scared you. While Sukuna was used to talking like this, you’d never heard it in person and you could tell he meant every word.

“Thanks Sukuna, but you don’t have to-”

“Tell me who they are. Where’d they leave the comments?” Angrily setting up a shitty webcam he had, Sukuna was preparing to do a livestream himself.

“I don’t know…”

“(Y/N).” Taking a pause, he stared at the screen. You were worrying your lip as you stared at your phone while the comments begged for you to tell him.

“Alright. Most of them are under the vlog we did together, and there’s a lot under my most recent Instagram pictures.”

“The ones with us together too?”

“Yeah, those are the worst ones.”

“Keep me on the line.” Sukuna had never been this angry in his life before and it showed in his actions. He was slamming things down in a rush to set up his stream and letting out frustrated noises in the back of his throat.

“Sukuna, what’re you doing?” You’d gotten your emotions under control enough to stop crying, your glassy eyes shining in the light of your room.

“I’m setting up my own stream.” Just as he spoke, his face appeared on the screen and he was live. “Tell everyone to send me screenshots of the hate comments, I’m going to teach these assholes a lesson.”

“I think they heard you.” Indeed they had. The phone was still close to the microphone, and now there were comments pouring in telling Sukuna they’d send links through his stream.

Clicking on almost all of the ones that popped up, his screen was bombarded with pictures of people leaving hateful comments on your posts. Many were saying that you didn’t deserve to be alive, to be so close to Sukuna, and many called you ugly or other mean names.

“Let’s see what this fucker looks like.” Going to one of the profiles on Twitter, Sukuna nearly spat on his screen looking at it. “This ugly sack of shit wants to leave some mean comments? Well it’s your lucky day bitch, you’re the first one to go.” It took Sukuna all of five minutes to find the person's Facebook account where they posted more personal information.

“Oh, that’s a pretty high brow uni you’re going to! It would really be a shame if I sent an email to the dean.” Sukuna said mockingly, already typing up a long email. “You’re not gonna be studying to be a doctor any fucking more. Have fun digging ditches bitch.”

Sukuna’s stream easily went from 200 viewers to nearly 40,000 just in the time it took him to dox the first person. The next one was even easier, and it snowballed from there. Sukuna had no qualms about sharing this personal information, from their addresses to their personal phone numbers to where they worked.

“You really don’t have to do all this.” You kept saying over the phone. You’d ended your own stream to calm down, but you didn’t hang up the phone.

“Yes I do.” Sukuna replied instantly. “People have no respect for others, it’s fucking gross. If they think they can get away with this they’re idiots.” So many comments were egging him on as well, with a lot of people promising to harass everyone exposed until they apologized. “I hope every single one of them loses everything.”

“Sukuna…” With a sigh, you sat back and watched him do it. There wasn't anything you could say to stop him, he was on a warpath and intent on causing harm. Eventually, you had to hang up the call as it got well into the night and he was still going.

“Keep sending the fucking links, I can do this all night.” Sukuna repeated several times, fighting off sleep. His eyes burned from staring at the screen for so long and his back had begun to ache but he wasn’t about to stop now. There were still so many people that had to pay.

After nearly eight hours of streaming himself doxing people, he finally stopped after his channel got banned. His manager had emailed as soon as the sun rose, frantically screaming at him to stop what he was doing or he could get sued.

(Sukuna): tell me right away if this happens again I’ll handle it

He texted you right after getting banned. His body hurt from exhaustion, he could truly pass out at any moment.

(Y/N): I will

(Y/N): sukuna...thanks for doing all that. It really meant a lot to know you care about me

(Sukuna): Of course I care about you

Sukuna was about to type out that he liked you, of course he did all of that and risked himself getting sued because he liked you and never wanted to see you cry again. Almost admitting to how he wanted nothing more than to give you a big hug, but stopping himself at the last moment.

(Y/N): you’re such a good friend Sukuna, thank you

(Sukuna): you’re welcome

It hurt to be put into that category, in the friendzone. It made his tongue curl in disgust, a rancid place that he wanted no part of. People that were in the friendzone were spineless and too weak to just confess their feelings - and Sukuna seemed to be one of them.

After that incident, you went on a break from all social media and Sukuna began to patrol your comments sections. He actively posted that he would start doxing people again if they said anything bad, citing all the damage he’d done to the previous victims. Sukuna had gotten what he wanted, all the people he exposed suffered in some way, most losing jobs and friends.

On a run to the grocery store, Sukuna was listening to a podcast you’d been on. He missed the content you posted, and while he did text you sporadically about Youtube stuff, he didn’t feel comfortable messaging you about anything else. His mind always stopped him, questioning him on if what he wanted to say was really worth your time.

“Hi Sukuna.” Standing at the bread section, Sukuna nearly jumped into the air hearing your voice pop up next to him. There you were in a baggy hoodie and sweats, looking every part an unnoticeable member of society.

“(Y/N)? W-what’re you doing here?”

“Hm? I’m shopping.” You chuckled, showing him your handbasket.

“Right.” Nodding slowly, Sukuna eyed you up. Your eyes were still a little puffy and he could see they were red as well. You looked tired and worn down, not your usual happy self. “Hey (Y/N).”

“Yeah?” You were unprepared for the heavy arm that landed around your shoulders and even more at being pulled into an embrace. Sukuna hugged you to his chest tightly, squeezing the back of your hoodie in his hands.

“I…” He could feel you relaxing into his arms, heaving a deep sigh like a weight had been lifted off your shoulders. “Don’t feel sad anymore.” Sukuna seemed to have a habit of saying the things he wanted to say in the worst way possible. What did that even mean? To tell you not to be sad anymore instead of offering something else, like his friendship, during this time. He wanted to tell you he’d be here for you.

“Thanks Sukuna.” Hugging him back just as tightly, he could hear you sniffle a few times. The hug lasted for a while, just standing in front of bread, and a good two minutes passed before you started to unwind yourself from him.

Keeping a loose arm around you, Sukuna kept you close, searching your face for any hint that you would possibly start crying. Your eyes were a little misty, and your lower lip quivered just a little, but you sent him a smile that made it all better.

“So, what’re you getting?” He asked, attempting to be casual.

“Well, I’m actually done shopping now and I just saw you standing here.” You admitted with a chuckle. “I know it’s been a while since we last spoke properly.” The last message you’d sent to each other was about a sim card two days ago.

“Don’t worry about it, you were going through stuff.” Shrugging his shoulder, Sukuna grabbed the bread he wanted. “I don’t want you to force yourself to talk to me if you don’t want to.”

“Sukuna, I want to talk to you more though! I know we only talk about Youtube stuff but I want us to be better friends.”

“Really?” Nearly crushing the bread in his hands, Sukuna quirked a brow at you.

“Yeah!”

“Well...alright then.” That made him really happy, like really really happy. You wanted to pursue a stronger relationship with him and while it wasn’t a romantic one like he hoped, he was still ecstatic on the inside.

“I have to go, but can we video call later? I have some things I wanna ask you.”

“Okay.” Giving you a brief wave, Sukuna watched you walk out of the aisle and out of sight. A silly smile stretched his cheeks at the thought of your call later, and it stayed on his face the whole way home.

Later that night, Sukuna was diligently waiting for your call. He kept his phone glued to his hand, something he didn’t normally do, just in case you called. At nearly 7pm on the dot, you called and Sukuna answered right away.

“Hi!” You weren’t in the baggy clothes anymore, it looked like you were in pajamas sitting on your couch.

“Hey.” Sukuna was sitting at his computer doing editing, so he didn’t have to worry about you seeing the lack of furniture in his home. All you had to look at was a blank wall behind him. “So, you wanted to ask me something?”

“Mhmm! I was wondering- well first, Sukuna do you watch anime?”

“Anime?” His face twisted up in mild disgust. “No, that shit is fucking lame.”

“Sukuna!”

“What? I’m not that much of a fucking loser to like anime.” Rolling his eyes, he immediately envisioned a man in his mothers basement jerking off to pixelated tits. “Why? Do you watch it?”

“Yeah…” Now you were embarrassed, and it showed on your face.

“Fine, you’re not a fucking loser.” Propping his phone up on his desk, he tipped his chair back and looked at the ceiling. “At least, not a total fucking loser.”

“Sukuna!” Now you were laughing at him, and he smirked at you. “You’re so mean, you know that?”

“Hey, that’s my brand ba-” He was about to call you baby, the word catching thickly in his throat. Luckily, he stopped himself and slammed his chair back down on the ground to cover it up.

“Well, now I don’t know if I want to ask you my question! You’re gonna say no right away.”

“Tell me.”

“No!” Shaking your head hard, you panned the phone up to your ceiling. “You’re definitely gonna bully me!”

“Who knew you were such a baby?” There, he’d called you baby like he wanted to. Not in the context that he desired, but he still got to say it.

“Am not!” Glaring at him, you exhaled shortly. “I was wondering if you wanted to come to this anime convention with me? It’s happening downtown in a few weeks and I’m a guest on a lot of panels this year. I want you to come with to help film stuff for me so I can make it into a highlights reel for my channel? As sort of a comeback video since I’ve been gone for a while.” It was amazing how you’d managed to say all of that so quickly without taking a breath.

“A convention?” Sukuna had only been to fitness conventions and a few that his manager made him go to.

“Yeah! And I wanted to know if you watched anime because I wanted to see if you’d cosplay with me!”

“Cosplay? What the fuck is that?” It sounded stupid.

“We would dress up as characters from an anime! Have you heard of demon slayer?” No, he hadn’t and his silence told you as much. “Look up Nezuko from demon slayer, that’s who I’m dressing up as!”

“Fine, one sec.” Quickly typing it into his computer, Sukuna’s brow rose seeing the character. “You’re gonna dress up as some BDSM girl?”

“It’s not BDSM!”

“Then why does she have that thing in her mouth?” What else could it be for?

“That’s because she’s a demon and they don’t want her to eat people!”

“God that’s lame.” Looking between his phone and the computer, Sukuna tried to imagine you in this outfit. It was cute, a cute pink kimono with a little hair tie and sash. The more Sukuna looked at it, the cuter it got. “But on you it’ll be cute.”

“So will you dress up with me?” You asked immediately, your eyes shining with excitement. “I already know what character you’ll be! There’s a boy named Inosuke that-”

“No way, save your breath. I’m not dressing up.” Doing a quick search of the boy in question, Sukuna let out a snort. “And why do you want me to dress up as someone with a boars head on? You saying I’m ugly?”

“You don’t have to wear the head!” The opportunity was quickly slipping through your fingers at seeing Sukuna cosplay. “It’s ‘cause you’re so fit and so is he! And you’re pretty similar too.”

“I don’t care if he was my twin.” Shaking his head, Sukuna closed the tab and crossed his arms over his chest. “I’ll tell ya what, I’ll come to this thing and take all the videos and pictures you want and in exchange, I won’t dress up.”

“Wait, how does that logic-”

“Just go with it. Now send me an email about the thing and I’ll clear my schedule.” Waving off any further questions you had, Sukuna quickly got the email for the convention. It was about two weeks from today, and it was going on for the whole weekend.

“So, do you think you’ll be able to make it?” You asked tentatively, worrying your lip.

“Of course.” Sukuna would definitely need to do some serious schedule rearranging. “I’ll pick you up like last time, just let me know the time.”

“You’re the best, Sukuna!” You smiled big at him and Sukuna smiled back. Maybe during the convention, he could show you he was more than just a friend.

When the day of the convention came, Sukuna got ready bright and early to pick you up. The sun had only just settled onto the horizon and he was chugging coffee before leaving.

“Hey.” You yawned loudly as you got in his car, still clearly half asleep.

“Cute.” Sukuna said in response. You looked absolutely adorable. The pink kimono looked good on you, the sash accentuating your waist well. The little green gag he’d seen earlier was hanging around your neck, and you had a cute pink ribbon in your hair.

“Hm? You like it?” Shuffling around, that was when Sukuna saw how high the slit was on your outfit, coming high up on your thigh. His eyes were glued to the skin that showed, unable to look away.

“I do.” He whispered, glancing at you briefly to see your eyes were closed.

“That’s good, I spent a lot of time on it.” Putting your seatbelt on, you yawned again and pointed lazily out the window. “To the convention!”

It was a short drive to the convention, and you were some of the first people there. With a badge around his neck, Sukuna followed you into the hall. You weren’t carrying the bag of camera equipment you’d brought, Sukuna insisted on carrying it so it wouldn’t ruin your costumes aesthetic.

“We’re here really early to get pictures! I booked with a professional photographer, and my pictures are going to be used as promo for a few brands here today.” You explained as Sukuna followed you into a room with a full photoshoot set up.

“Okay.” He was completely lost watching you begin to take pictures. After chugging an energy drink, you hopped straight into it. Sukuna made sure to watch the photographer closely, looking at the computer as the pictures popped up to make sure they weren’t indecent for you.

Nearly an hour and a half later and you were finally done. Sukuna had begun to film some parts of it for you per your request; his job as videographer started now.

“The convention hall is open now to everyone, it might be kind of overwhelming to see all the people out there.” You told him as the photographer was packing up.

“Eh, I’ll be fine.” With a shrug of his shoulders, Sukuna left the room and stepped out into the main hall. Immediately, he knew you were right. There were so many people already milling around dressed in costume, most from shows and games he’d never seen. The only readily identifiable characters for him were from Nintendo.

“Told you it was a lot.” Bumping him with your shoulder, walked out into the convention space. If Sukuna didn’t stand right behind you, he feared he would lose you in the crowd. There were other people dressed up as the same character and he couldn’t trust himself to differentiate between all of them.

Filming a little bit of walking around, Sukuna could hear and see people looking at him in shock. It wasn’t unknown that Sukuna had a distaste for anime and the whole culture surrounding it. Some of his most popular videos were him making fun of people at the very same thing he was at now.

“E-excuse me, (Y/N)?” A young teenage girl approached you, nervously fiddling with her phone.

“Hi!” You waved, immediately seeing her phone. “Do you want a picture?”

“Yes, please!” The girl's nerves quickly dissipated at your question, but she still looked scared of Sukuna.

“How about we take a few selfies?” Sliding next to her, you put an arm around her shoulder and posed. You and the girl took a numerous amount of pictures, and when she left she had a happy blush on her cheeks.

“Is that gonna happen often?” Sukuna asked, watching the girl disappear into the crowd.

“Yeah, sorry! I posted that I’d be going to this for the second and third day and a lot of people said they were gonna ask for pictures.” Rubbing the back of your head nervously, you sized up Sukunas face. “Sorry if it annoys you, I know it can be kind of tedious.”

“I don’t mind. Let's get going.” With a casual shrug, Sukuna walked to where your first panel was. He stayed off to the side as you talked to the organizers and other guests, feeling awkward that he couldn’t hold a conversation on whatever it was you were talking about.

The people soon filed into the panel, filling the seats and whispering excitedly about you and the other people sitting at the front of the room. Some of them noticed Sukuna and whispered about him too.

Ignoring them diligently, Sukuna filmed your panel from the back of the room. He didn’t need to worry about picking up any sound, you were speaking into a microphone. All he had to worry about was capturing good angles for you.

He did this for a few more panels as well, slowly getting more comfortable with people noticing him there. He even waved at a few fangirls that saw him, their faces erupting in a scarlet flush and giggling silly.

“We have almost two hours before my next panel, do you want to grab some food? I’ll pay.” Waiting in the back of an empty room, you tried to reach for your bag that Sukuna had slung over his shoulder.

“No, you don’t have to pay.” Pushing your hand away, Sukuna kept you at arms length.

“C��mon, you have to let me pay! You’re doing so much for me already!”

“Nope.” You tried to struggle past him and grab your bag, but Sukuna was strong enough to keep you at bay with one arm. “Fine! But I’m buying you a plushie later!”

“Whatever.” With the matter settled, the two of you left the room. Almost as soon as you came out, there was a loud gasp from a few people outside the door.

“Oh my god, your Nezuko is so good!” One of them shouted. Sukuna eyed him up, a young man dressed with a strange green and black checkered overcoat.

“Thanks!” You replied, fiddling with the edge of the brown one you were wearing. “I spent ages on getting everything just right!”

“Y-you’re (Y/N)! I didn’t think I was going to see you today!” Another man had on a similar getup to the first, but he was clad in yellow and orange.

“It must be your lucky day!” Laughing a little at his shocked face, you quickly noticed the third man standing there. “Sukuna look, this is what I meant when I said you should dress up as Inosuke!”

“Huh.” He looked at the shirtless man in front of him. The guy was muscular enough, not nearly as much as Sukuna was though. The brown pants he wore were too baggy for Sukunas liking, but he could see the way you were looking at him.

“Can we get a picture please?”

“Of course!” You quickly got in the middle of the three of them and crouched down, throwing up peace signs and smiling brightly as they took the selfies. Sukuna was watching all of their hands, making sure no one touched you or got too close.

“Sukuna, will you take a group picture for us?” You asked, already handing him a phone.

“Yeah.” You didn’t really leave him with a choice and it’s not like he was going to say no to you anyway. It was harder to keep track of just where these men were putting their hands, and every so often Sukuna would look to make sure that the hand placed on your back stayed there and didn’t go any lower.

“Thank you so much!”

“You’re the best, (Y/N)!

“Bye, please tag me in the pictures if you post them!” Waving cutely at them, you walked away. “Ah, that was so much fun! They were so cute!” Gushing about the pictures, you didn’t notice Sukuna had a vein throbbing in his forehead. He seriously wishes he’d dressed up in that dumb costume with you so you could feel the same way about him.

Quickly eating some fast food - much to Sukunas disgust - you were back in the convention hall. There seemed to be even more people here than before milling about. Gripping the back of your top, Sukuna made sure you didn’t get too far from him in the crowd.

“Let’s go check out the merch!” Leading him to a larger space in the convention center, your eyes sparkled looking at all the different vendors spread out. “Sukuna, is there anything you want to check out?”

“Not really.” The only thing he could see that he knew were some overpriced candies. “I’ll just follow you.” And that he did. You stopped at nearly every booth, rejoicing about how cute something was and how much you wanted a certain figure. Sukuna offered to pay for whatever you wanted, but you staunchly refused.

“Sukuna, which one’s your favorite?” Coming upon a booth filled to the brim with different plushies, you crossed your arms and squared your shoulders. “We aren’t leaving here until I buy you a plushie!”

“I don’t need one.” Not only would it ‘ruin’ his tough image, he didn’t like those things to begin with.

“Yes you do!” Stamping your foot childishly, you pointed at them. “Pick one!”

“Who knew you could be so mean?” He teased back with a flick to your forehead.

“Shut up.” Puffing out air, you grabbed his hand and pulled him closer to the booth. “I’ll even help you decide.”

“O-oh.” You were holding his hand. You were definitely, 100% holding Sukunas hand. Your two hands were squishing his one in your palms, shaking it side to side as you looked at all the choices before you. How was Sukuna supposed to pick something when you were holding his hand so close to your body? He could feel the tips of his fingers graze your sash every couple seconds.

“What about this one?” You pointed your hands to a brown bear with a giant body but a tiny head.

“What’s wrong with the head?” He looked concerned at the doll.

“It’s supposed to be like that!”

“I- okay.”

“Do you like it?” Looking at him hopefully, you squished his hand even more. “It’s so cute, you have to get it.”

“Let me see it.” Picking it up with his other hand, Sukuna stared at the unmoving, smiling face of the bear. Squeezing it in his hand, Sukuna let out a short sigh and put it down. “Alright, I’ll get it.”

“Yes!” Letting go of his hand, you rushed to grab your wallet before he could stop you. “Make sure to send me a picture of you with it!”

Right after you finished paying, Sukuna nearly demanded to buy you stuff as well. He’d seen the way you were eyeballing the figures and some books, and he wasn’t going to be the only one to leave this part of the convention hall with a souvenir.

The bags he was carrying were definitely heavier now when you left to go to your next panel. They put a little strain on Sukunas arms but he wasn’t about to let you carry anything and quickly ducked back to his car to put it all away.

Right in the middle of your next panel, Sukuna ducked out to go to the bathroom. He was keeping well hydrated during this whole day and it was surely catching up with him now. Wandering the halls, he eventually found a bathroom to use and on his exit, he noticed a sign for something called an ‘artists alley’.

“Let’s check it out.” Here, there were people selling things but they were clearly fan made. There were paintings and pins, stickers and fan art everywhere. Wandering between the vendors, his eye caught on a particular booth.

“Sukuna?” The person gaped when he walked up but he wasn’t paying attention to them. On a cork board above them was a moderately sized drawing of you, dressed up in an all red get up.

“How much?” He pointed at the drawing, looking at the red cap you had on that matched with the red jacket.

“The (Y/N) x Cells At Work fan art? It’s $35.”

“I’ll take it.” The artist was clearly surprised, scrambling to grab the drawing and put it in a protective sleeve. “Keep the change.” Sukuna slapped 40 down and turned away. “Oh, and don’t tell anyone I was here.”

“O-okay!” They shouted after him. Sukuna kept the drawing close to his chest and when he got back he quickly hid it in his bag so no one would notice. He started filming again like he’d never left and you didn’t question him on it when it was over.

“Man, I’m so tired!” With the convention over hours later, you all but collapsed into Sukunas car. It had indeed been an eventful day between speaking at panels and taking pictures with countless people.

“Yeah, I’m beat.” Sukuna agreed, taking a moment to sit in silence in the driver's seat. He hadn’t expected to be so tired after today. He’ll have to prepare better for tomorrow.

Driving you home, both of you were like zombies as you departed. Sukuna didn’t even have the heart to properly disrobe when he got home, collapsing into bed with the plush you’d gotten for him still in his hand.

The next day was just as hectic as the day before, the word had gotten out that you really were at the convention and now more people swarmed you in between panels. Sukuna took the pictures for all of them, giving any man that wanted one a harsh glare before he started. He was easier on the younger girls, but he still made sure that they didn’t try to flirt with you or anything. No one could be fully trusted.

“Sukuna, I forgot yesterday but we need to go to the artists alley!” You exclaimed in shock, grabbing his upper arm. “They have such cool stuff!” Oh, Sukuna definitely already knew about it. The drawing he’d bought of you was hanging in his room, by his full length mirror so he could see it whenever he wanted.

He pretended everything was brand new to him, acting as if he’d never seen the pins before or the stickers and tote bags. Coming upon the artist he’d bought from yesterday, he noticed there was more fan art of you there.

“Oh my gosh, that’s me!” You giggled happily, pointing to yourself drawn as a Pokemon trainer. “It looks so good!”

“Thank you so much (Y/N)!” The artist gaped, clearly shocked to see you here. “I-I studied all of your pictures so I could get everything just right!”

“You did a great job!” The two of you went on and on about the drawings and other paintings that were there. Sukuna wished he could chime in and say that he really liked the art he bought yesterday, but there was no way he was explaining to you that he bought a drawing of you as a red blood cell. He would rather die.

The rest of the day went by in a blur, all the panels going by so fast and melting into one another. He didn’t feel the same exhaustion as the other day, but Sukuna was definitely still tired as he walked to the car.

“Sukuna, thank you so for this weekend, it really means a lot!” You were the happiest he’d ever seen you. The footage he’d filmed for your video perfectly captured all the good parts of the convention, with several shots of your smiling face with fans and other panel members. “How can I repay you?”

“Well…” There was something he’d been wanting to ask you for a while, ever since he saw you in costume. Today was the last day of the convention and subsequently the last day you’d be wearing this costume. “Can we get a picture together?”

“What? We never took a picture together?”

“No.” Sukuna chuckled at your surprised face. Rushing to his car, you set up a little stand for your camera on the hood of his car.

“Okay, let’s take some!” As soon as Sukuna was standing next to you, you wrapped your arms around his middle in a tight hug.

“W-what’re you doing?” Immediately, his face began to blush.

“You deserve a hug, Sukuna, you’ve been amazing.” Sukuna could barely breathe. Not because you were holding him firmly, but simply from the fact that you were hugging him of your own accord. His hands were shaking slightly as he moved to hug you back, grinning shyly at the pleased hum you let out when he did so.

The drive home left a bittersweet feeling on Sukunas tongue. He was glad it was over so that he didn’t have to wake up so early and deal with the gross crowds of people. There weren’t potentially disgusting men and perverts trying to take upskirt shots of your costume or grope you that he had to worry about.

Stopping at a light though, he realized how much fun he had as well. Listening to you talk and share your opinions on the panels was interesting and getting to hear others talk to so passionately as well had made him interested in a few shows. He knew you’d be ecstatic to hear that he could potentially get into anime, and Sukuna knew that at the next convention, he’d dress up for you. He also loved the bear you’d bought him even though that was something he’d never admit.

“Thank you again Sukuna, seriously.” You squeezed his arm as he pulled up to your house.

“Don’t mention it. Let me help you with the stuff in the back.” You’d bought even more things today than yesterday, mostly for friends and family that couldn’t make it to the convention. Gathering all the bags, Sukuna walked them to your door and wandered right into your apartment.

“You can put them all near the couch!” Closing the door behind him you quickly jogged over to the couch to help him with the bags.

“Whoa, your place is nice.” It actually looked like someone lived here as opposed to Sukunas place that looked like an upgraded jail cell. There was a fluffy rug on the wall and a few cute figures and small plushies on shelves, you had plants hanging down from the ceiling and it smelled vaguely floral. There was also a space dedicated to fan made art and gifts, with some fresh flowers sitting in a vase.

“Thanks! Maybe we can film a video here someday!”

“Definitely.” Mumbling dumbly, Sukuna was vaguely aware of you staring at him. “What?”

“You’re such a good friend, Sukuna. I can’t thank you enough!” Again, you hugged him. Burying your face into him, you shook his body side to side before quickly letting go. “Anything you need, don’t hesitate to ask!”

“Hey that’s my line.” Patting you on the head, Sukuna let a dumb smile spread his cheeks. He truly had the most fun ever with you, and for a moment he could pretend that you were a couple and that he was going to spend the night here, cuddle up with you and talk about all the dumb little things happened the past few days.

But he wasn’t dating you and his daydream only lived a few seconds before he made his departure. Going back to his own home, as Sukuna stepped inside he got a notification that he’d been tagged in a photo.

It’s one of the ones you’d taken together where you were hugging each other tightly. Your smile was genuine, showing all your teeth. Your eyes were crinkled at the corners, looking at Sukuna’s kind of surprised face with an indescribable warmth.

‘I love my friends’

That was the caption you’d put with a simple heart emoji after. There were people in the comments asking if this meant you were dating now, begging for you to admit it so they could say their ship sailed. Reading the caption over and over, Sukuna bit his lip to contain the feeling spreading in his chest.

‘I love my friends too’

He commented. And one day, he promised himself that he’d get to call you something more than just a friend. Wandering further into his apartment, he smiled like an idiot at his phone, quickly screenshotting the post.

“Ow!” Bumping his shin hard into his plastic foldable dining table, he was faced with the jarring reality of his surroundings. If he wanted to call you his, he needed to get some furniture first.

[allegra-writes]

"Bad together"

Prologue: Benjamin Reilly

Peter Parker x Reader

General audiences

Warnings: none.

"And if I'm dead to you

Why are you at the wake?

Cursing my name, wishing I stayed"

My tears ricochet - Taylor Swift

"... It's a disaster! Look at her! It's like someone took a look at Black Cat, selected everything that made her sexy and then took it out!"

Black Cat. The name froze the young photographer on his tracks right outside his boss' office. He hadn't heard that name in a long time, the last sighting had been well over a year ago. He would know.  After all, it had been him, the very last person to have seen Felicia Hardy, alive or dead.

"What are you talking about? That looks hot af, not to mention badass!" Jade's persuasive voice reached his ears, making him smirk: It was no secret the chief editor had a soft spot for the young intern. And, on her part, the petite brunette was a firecracker. Poor old Jameson didn't stand a chance. "Come on, dad. Single handedly taking down three of the Kingpin's goons? That's impressive. It deserves to be one of the slides!" 

"Not if we don't get a higher quality picture. That blurry video is good enough for a thumbnail, but not for a slide" Slides were a big deal, they were the Dailybugle.net's equivalent of a front page, and if J. Jonah Jameson took something seriously, it was his web site. He prided himself in the quality of the "receipts" of his "tea", as if that validated the trashiness of the bullshit articles he posted, more fiction from hyper imaginative wannabe writers than serious work from real reporters. 

"Well, then let's get the pictures. Where is that star photographer of yours?" 

The photographer rolled his eyes, typical Jade. As if the queen of cool didn't know his name. As if she hadn't graced his bed a handful of times already. 

"That's a good question. Dolores, get me Reilly!"

"I'm here, Jonah" Ben finally stepped inside the office, throwing an envelope on Jameson's desk before throwing himself on a chair across it. He could feel Jade's eyes on him, almost like a physical caress, trailing from the long, slick back curls on the top of his head, to the muscles of his arms, threatening to rip open the seams at the sleeves of his white t-shirt, to his jean clad thighs. Still, he didn't turn to look at her, refusing to give her the satisfaction. 

"What do you have for me today, boy?"

Ben gesticulated vaguely with his head in the direction of Jade, and Jameson caught the hint. 

"Jade, out!" 

"But, dad, my story!" The petulant reply left her mouth before she could stop it, undoubtedly the product of years of habit. But she had the grace to look embarrassed and leave the office without another word, trying to save whatever professionalism she had left. 

Once she was gone, Jameson opened the envelope, flipping through the various pictures of a masked figure swinging around New York in a black and red suit. 

"Hmmm… these are good" the older man praised, staring at the images of a frustrated robbery at 5th avenue

Ben snifled nocomitically,

"There was a fire at 16th avenue happening at the same time" He offered, "we could use that. Spider-Man forgets his roots and leaves his old neighborhood to fend for itself, running off to save some pretty socialite…"

"Oh, that is excellent! See, this is why I like you, kid. You have initiative. Unlike these snowflakes out there. Oh, but Spider-Man is a hero. Hero, my ass"

"Well, when you watch your so called hero sit back and do nothing as your life gets destroyed" Ben shrugged, "the rose colored glasses tend to fall off…"

Jameson made a face at that,

"Yeah, about that… I'm sorry. For the role the Daily Bugle played on that…"

Ben shook his head, 

"You thought you were getting the truth out there. It's not your fault to have been played, along with half the world. Plus," he added, sounding genuinely enthusiastic, "you gave me this job. And now we can really tell the truth"

"Even when our idea of the truth is somehow different" The older man scoffed, flipping around a picture of Spider-Man sat on what appeared to be a hammock of his own webs, eating a hamburger and reading something that looked suspiciously like a comic book, "Still hung up on that high schooler theory of yours?"

"Well, if it talks like a brat and acts like a brat…" Ben took out another envelope, this time containing a few burger king wrappers and, effectively, a spider-man comic book. 

"Where did you even get these?"

"Harlem" was Ben's curt reply, and Jameson knew that was as exact a location as he was going to get. 

"So you still believe this is a copycat? Some kid playing dress up"

Ben simply shrugged again. 

"Well, there seems to be an epidemic of those lately" Jameson admitted, indicating Ben to come closer, passing a tablet to him, "Jade just handled me this, take a look"

Ben took a deep breath, steeling himself, already knowing what he was going to see in it. Yet, a part of him couldn't help but hope to be wrong. To hope the silver haired figure facing three much bigger, stronger looking ones as he pressed play, wasn't the same one he had spent weeks memorizing last summer. Wasn't the body he had found solace in, when everything fell apart, once again, for the hundredth time in his life. 

To hope it wasn't you. 

But when in his twenty-two or so years of existence, had things ever gone his way? 

Ben felt the screen crack under his fingertips.

"I've heard of her" he lied through his teeth, "didn't even think she was real, to be honest. Extremely elusive, and cunning." That much was true, "I don't understand how something as mundane as a security camera managed to catch her…" 

Unless you wanted to be caught, that was. 

"Well, I don't care if she's the fucking Loch Ness monster, I want an HD picture of her on my desk tomorrow to go with Jade's article. I already have a headline: New Catastrophe Jen wreaks havoc on Hell's Kitchen" Jameson's eyes lit up with glee as he weaved his hands up in the air, like writing on an invisible marquee. 

Ben snorted

"Don't you mean Calamity Jane?"

Jameson's face fell, the color rising to his cheeks, characteristic vein popping on his forehead. 

"I meant what I meant, boy! Now, what are you still doing here? You have 24 hours to get me that picture"

"I'm going to need 72," came Ben's unphased reply, "and I want twice what you pay me for the spidey pics"

Jameson's vein looked about ready to explode,

"48 hours. And deal."

Ben jumped from his seat and bolted out of the office before his boss could change his mind, not realizing until it was too late that he was on a collision course with a sweet looking short haired blonde girl. 

"Watch where you're going! Jeez!"

"Me? You're the one who crashed against me!" 

Ben rolled his eyes, but crouched next to the girl anyway, helping her gather the papers that had been sent flying on impact back together.

"Peter? Oh my god, is that you?"

Of course. What an idiot, he should had recognized that annoying, shrilly voice the second he heard it. It had caught him off guard, something he knew he couldn't afford. But how could he had ever imagine he could run into Betty fucking Brant, Yale cum laude, in the freaking dailybugle.net headquarters of all places?

"Sorry, sweetheart. You must confuse me with someone else…" He mumbled, lowering his head even more in a vain attempt to hide his face.

"Of course not!" She insisted, "You're Peter, Peter Parker, we went to Midtown together!"

"Miss, I have no idea what you're talking about…"

"Don't be silly, Peter!" She chuckled, completely deft to his tone or the way his whole demeanor had changed the second she had called him by the old name. "How have you been? Oh, just wait until I tell Ned, he's going to be so-"

CRACK.

At last, the tablet that had been in peril ever since Jameson had put it in Ben's hands, the one that contained his assignment, met its demise, both broken halves falling to the ground, along with all the papers he had picked up for Betty. It was several moments before he could get the shaking of his hands under control, before the tar black rage inside him subsided enough for him to be able to move without shifting. But it had.

"Peter Parker is dead." He deadpanned, dark brown eyes finally meeting Betty's stunned blue ones, "Tell Ned that, he'll probably be glad to hear it"

With that, he stood up and walked away, leaving a confused and agitated Betty behind. 

To be continued...

[ninja-go-to-therapy]

Hi! So someone FINALLY figured me out! For those of you that haven’t put two and two together, this might clear things up.

Let us know at what point the light bulb went off for you!

Enjoy the highlights of Eleanor’s chat history!

-grungekitty-77

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Itssnowing: I got a pet!

SkullsandRibbons: That’s exciting!

Itssnowing: Oh, he’s just the prettiest thing! Still needs trained though.

SkullsandRibbons: Are you going to do it yourself or hire someone?

Itssnowing: I’d better do it myself. I don’t trust anyone else with my pet.

SkullsandRibbons: Of course! You’re such a perfectionist!

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Itssnowing: My pet got his new collar today.

SkullsandRibbons: Did you have any trouble getting it on?

Itssnowing: I had a bit, but I was able to force it on.

SkullsandRibbons: That’s good. Did he get punished for struggling?

Itssnowing: Oh, he got mouthy with me and I choked him just a bit. Quieted him right down

SkullsandRibbons: Urgh. When they bark is the WORST!

Itssnowing: Debating a muzzle….I’m sure I could find a pretty one too.

SkullsandRibbons: Chill out Snow! You’ve only had him for a bit. Give him a chance to learn before you go all out.

Itssnowing: I guess you’re right. I’ve been patient this long.

SkullsandRibbons: You’re the most patient person I know.

 -

Itssnowing: I need advice

SkullsandRibbons: ok, shoot.

Itssnowing: My sister and I want to pool together to get our parents a nice new camera for Christmas, but neither of us has any idea on what to get! You’re the photographer!

SkullsandRibbons: Do you want something professional, or just nice?

Itssnowing: Higher end of nice. My mom likes to take pictures, but she’s not going to need all those fancy settings.

SkullsandRibbons: Alright then. Probably the BorgXCandid would be your best bet for practical use, though you may want to get them the RonoXP if they’re going to be on the go. The Borg is great quality, but it’s heavy as sin, the Rono is far better for travel.

Itssnowing: Thank you so much!

 -

Itssnowing: I am SO mad!!!!!

SkullsandRibbons: What happened? Did your sister not pay you back?

Itssnowing: What? No! No! She paid me back a few days ago.

SkullsandRibbons: Then what happened?

Itssnowing: My pet got out!

SkullsandRibbons: Oh no!

Itssnowing: He got into the yard, I had to drag him back inside!

SkullsandRibbons: you got him back?

Itssnowing: Yeah, lucky I heard him and got him before he got too far.

SkullsandRibbons: That’s good.

 -

Itssnowing: Happy New Years!

SkullsandRibbons: Happy New Year!

Itssnowing: Any resolutions?

SkullsandRibbons: Mostly it’s the usual but…

Itssnowing: But?

SkullsandRibbons: urgh never mind, it’s embarrassing.

Itssnowing: What is?

SkullsandRibbons: I had the worst celebrate crush right now.

Itssnowing: Really?

SkullsandRibbons: Well “crush” isn’t the right word, but I’ve been doing serious online stalking. I’m obsessed!

Itssnowing: I know the feeling!

SkullsandRibbons: So, what about you? Any resolutions?

Itssnowing: Mostly just training my pet. He’s being stubborn, but I’m making progress.

SkullsandRibbons: That’s good.

Itssnowing: Still too slow for my liking though.

SkullsandRibbons: You’ll get there! You’re never one to quit on a project!

 -

SkullsandRibbons: Ok, I’m too obsessed.

Itssnowing: is this that celebrity?

SkullsandRibbons: I just saw the most beautiful picture today. I can’t stop staring at it!

Itssnowing: Did you take it?

SkullsandRibbons: FSM I wish! I would’ve done a much better job! The person that did get the pic was a right amateur. Honestly, it’s one of the worst.

Itssnowing: If it’s so awful why is it the most beautiful?

SkullsandRibbons: Because he was crying!

Itssnowing: Who?

SkullsandRibbons: Kai Smith.

Itssnowing: The red ninja?

SkullsandRibbons: that boy is a natural for the camera! And he was CRYING! FSM, he looked like emotions took a human form!

Itssnowing: Is he the celebrity you’ve been obsessing on?

SkullsandRibbons: Yeah, he is. He’s the perfect model! I’d love to just…. have him to myself! His beauty is utterly wasted out there! I could make such art with him!

Itssnowing: That’s interesting….

SkullsandRibbons: Oh, don’t judge me! We MET because we were both on very certain forums together! You’re the same!

Itssnowing: No! No! It’s not that. I just…never took you for a ninja fangirl?

SkullsandRibbons: Ninja? No. Kai Smith? I wish I could control him! Did you know he didn’t have a mother? Or father? No parents? The things that boy must be needing….

Itssnowing: Yeah, he was abandoned with his sister, right?

SkullsandRibbons: What I wouldn’t give to keep that boy in a closet or something. But he’s a ninja, it’s never going to happen.

Itssnowing: Well it would be hard.

SkullsandRibbons: I’ve resided myself to only having my fantasies. It’s not like I could kidnap a ninja. And even if I could, I couldn’t even train my own dog! Making him mine? I’d never be able to do it.

Itssnowing: hmm

SkullsandRibbons: Enough about me though! Speaking of dog training, how’s your pet doing? Any progress?

Itssnowing: Oh tons! I’ve gotten him all broken in now. He doesn’t need to be tied up when I’m not home anymore.

SkullsandRibbons: Awesome! Knew you could get him to behave!

 -

Itssnowing: Skulls, I think I should tell you something.

SkullsandRibbons: What?

Itssnowing: It’s about my pet.

SkullsandRibbons: Yeah?

Itssnowing: He’s not a dog.

SkullsandRibbons: I kind of figured.

Itssnowing: Oh good.

SkullsandRibbons: I mean, we kind of share certain interest here! Lol!

Itssnowing: More than you know.

SkullsandRibbons: Is this about you wanting photography lessons?

Itssnowing: He’s the black ninja.

SkullsandRibbons: The missing one?

Itssnowing: Yeah. He’s been with me the whole time.

SkullsandRibbons: YOU were the one that kidnapped him!?

Itssnowing: It took a lot of planning, and so much patience. I watched him for months before I made a move. It was costly, but worth it. Then training him has been such a long road, but he’s just so pretty! He calls my master and it’s just the most wonderful sound.

SkullsandRibbons: Whoa.

Itssnowing: I thought you’d understand since you said you’ve been obsessing on the red one.

SkullsandRibbons: wow

Itssnowing: Do you….want to see the pictures?

SkullsandRibbons: Y E S!!! Show me!

Itssnowing: (Attachment)

SkullsandRibbons: Oh My FSM! This is… this is gorgeous! Oh, look at those emotions! I mean, the lighting is god awful and you’ve shot from only the most basic angles, but the work you’ve done with him is undeniably art.

Itssnowing: You mean it?

SkullsandRibbons: Do you take commissions?

Itssnowing: You want my pictures?

SkullsandRibbons: I want your SERVICES!

Itssnowing: what do you mean?

SkullsandRibbons: You kidnapped and trained a ninja, and I’ve been fantasizing about having a trained ninja myself.

Itssnowing: Wait, you’re asking me to kidnap and train Kai Smith for you?

SkullsandRibbons: Name you’re price.

Itssnowing: Can I have you take some professional shots of my pet as part of the deal?

SkullsandRibbons: Absolutely! I’d love to do that for you!

Itssnowing: It’s pricey. Getting possession of him is the hardest part. And it’s gonna be risky.

SkullsandRibbons: You just gave me to possibility of my wildest dream coming true, I will pay any price right now.

Itssnowing: Ok, let me work out a plan and then I’ll come back to you with a price.

SkullsandRibbons: I’M AM DYING!!! THIS IS HAPPENING!!1 I’M SO EXCITED!!!

 -

Itssnowing: (attachment) I got him

SkullsandRibbons: I’m speechless! His eyes! Oh my, he looks like he could just burn you with his eyes alone!

Itssnowing: He’s being a lot of trouble, nearly kicked me!

SkullsandRibbons: I’m sure he’ll learn not to do that.

Itssnowing: I’m leaving him outside for a while. He seems to not like the cold.

SkullsandRibbons: I would imagine not.

Itssnowing: Not to worry, I had the perfect spot for him to warm right up.

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The Angels are Watching chapter 2: I want to taste dirty

Song: the lovers by nine inch nails, new dawn fades by joy division, and the voice inside your head that tells you youre a piece of shit. Both are moods for this chapter tbh.

warnings: mild gore, creepy thoughts, non explicit sex, New York accent

I sit at the peeling wood table with a pencil in my hand. I crouch above the white sheet, my hand equipped with a pencil as I run it along the smooth paper. The charcoal feels attached to my hand as I watch the paper like a tv addict watches the screen. There’s a digital picture of her on my phone. It’s not the best quality, but it captures her perfectly. The crooked nose, the slanted eyes, the fair skin. She looks so serene on the screen, but I know that if she had woken up her perfect face would be full of fear and confusion and betrayal. I’ve been in her position, photographs are only fun when you’re awake and fully clothed.

I draw like a madman, reducing her face to mere curves and lines. My hands move in a fervor as I draw the lines over her deep sunken eyes, her heavy lips.

I have a Polaroid camera to capture all of her moments. Every Emotion on her face, each way her body can twist of its own volition. I put the pencil down and grab them. I’ve got thirteen of them here, each beautiful. Each one of them.

She stands in one, leaning over her dresser. She has no shirt on, leaving her breasts open and free. The image captures the side of one, lamp casting shadows on the lumps of flesh. The underside is shaded by virtue of freedom from the light, which illuminates my vision. The oppressive lamp spreads its army of light onto her flesh, and all the light touches is my domain to look at as I see fit. I wrote with uneasy handwriting I want to be behind her hours ago, one hand with the pen and the other down my pants.

Here, in the dim light of my shitty apartment, I can think whatever I want, the world is free to my imagination.

I put one hand over my mouth and leaned back in the chair. The wood supporting my body from falling to the ground creaked in protest. I moaned softly to myself, eyes fluttering closed.

She comes to me with tired eyes. She looks at me through her eyelashes, intense and burning. She covers herself with a silk nightgown that hides her beautiful body from my view. But the light lets me see her, skin tinged pink from the cheap red lighting in the honeymoon suit. She doesn’t pretend to be nervous when she drops the nightgown. It falls to her feet and she is covered with a light pink teddy. She straddles me with two long legs, short in comparison to mine but when she’s on top of me they’ll feel ten feet long. Her breasts push up against my chest, lips close to mine, teasing me. She breathes erratically, burning with desire for my hands all over her smooth body.

My face is blushing, I can feel the blood rushing close to my skin. My hand strokes my cock as I try to stay quiet. It’s difficult, I bite my lip behind my hand.

She kisses me finally, and her lips tastes like cherry lip gloss and all things forbidden. She is the lather of expensive shampoo, the cloth of designer clothes. She is the ambassador to god and I am prepared to fully defile her. I wrap my hand around the back of her neck and guide her face up. I kiss the underside of her jaw as her lips part like a femme fatale. She holds my other hand with hers, entwining our fingers together. I kiss her once more, before switching our positions. She lays underneath me now, and I cover her tiny frame with mine. I take a knife from the bedside table and cut off her clothes, enough for me to gain access. I line myself up with her, and slowly press myself-

The pictures fall to the floor. Fuck, there goes my daydream. I pick them up and sit back down, perusing them. Perusing her body, all bound up like a present for me.

She could be a courtesan. I can easily picture her behind an alley bargaining her rate for an hour. She’d know I was there, watching her. And she’d give me a smirk as she takes her customer by the hand, leading him to a motel. She’d keep the window open, to let me watch as he pushes her down onto the bed, covering her breasts with his lips and blocking my view of her; his disgusting body on top of my angel. And I’d decide I’ve had enough, and kick open the door to save her from her own decisions. I’d pull him off her and beat him to a pulp. I’d push my fists through his skin and make him bleed all over me. I’d slit his throat and feel the warm heat of his neck over my hands.

And I’d take my knife still wet from his blood and press it up against her throat. But I won’t kill her, I won’t dare make the life drain from her eyes. I wouldn’t dare to make her body unfit for her beautiful soul. Because something gave her to me, she’s here to make up for my pain and suffering. I won’t hurt her, because she’ll love me if I keep her safe. And I’ll give her a twenty and kiss her lips and press the knife down on her stomach, and her breath will hitch and she’ll let me fuck her there on that crappy motel bed meant for her and someone else. And she’ll come home with me and I’ll own her and her beautiful breasts. She won’t mind the dried blood on us and she won’t mind the scars all over my body and she won’t mind my old soul that’s been recycled so many times with newborn bodies.

I shudder, hands gripping my dick so firmly I’d cut off circulation if death would finally give me peace.

My pencil hasn’t touched the paper for fifteen minutes. I’m still watching the Polaroid in my hand, waiting for it to move, waiting for her to turn her head and look at me with her long hair swishing and blue water under her skin to manipulate her limbs. I want her wire frame to cling to me as if I were a magnet. But she won’t move to me, she’s frozen forever, because this isn't her. This version of her has no soul, it has nothing to talk with. She can’t talk to me without a soul. I pick up another picture, one of her in bed. She’s cuddling a pillow I want to be that pillow. Another, she’s in her bathroom, which I barely got from outside her window. Her nude form is taking off makeup I wish she were taking off my cum. She’s taking off her shirt in another and I get a view of her plain nude colored bra love love love. She’s completely naked in another and I want to cum on her violin hips.

My lips are parted, all bloody from my teeth. A drop of blood drips to my chin. My hand keep moving as I fixate my eyes on her flesh. I love it, I love it.

Oh, fuck. She’s so fucking hot. It was a hassle to get these pics, I had to balance on top of the fire escape near an almost dead tree so nobody can see me. My Polaroid camera isn’t easy to climb with, either. At least she’s only on the third floor. I’d risk a death any day for her, but my camera was expensive and it’s got a near and dear place in my heart. It was worth it, though. She was so hot, and to top this whole thing off, she sleeps in the nude. Perfect, so do I. At least she won’t judge me when we’re married, that checks off a list, let me tell you.

I watched, nearly salivating for a full hour. She took off her clothes and went about naked. I watched her brush her teeth and take off her makeup. She put herself to bed and laid outstretched above the covers. She’s like an angel. A photographed angel.

When we’re married, I’m going to take tons of photos of her. I’ll create scrap books of her, the most mundane things will be forever captured. I’ll get a video camera and take videos of us making love, and she’ll look into the camera and mouth I love you for future me to enjoy when she’s sleeping and I’m horny. I’m always horny. And her moans will join mine and we’ll fuck forever all over the place. We’ll buy an old church and commit sacrament all over it. I’ll bend her over the place where the preacher used to stand and force her panties in her mouth. We can fuck among the old gravestones of people we’ve never known. We’ll create lives for all the dead names on the stones and defile eachother on top of their bodies… it’ll be necromantik...

“KNOCK IT OFF!” A loud male voice yells from next door. “If I have to come over there, I swear I will!” I move my fist from my mouth and slam the wall.

“Shut up yourself!” I yell at the neighbors. But his loud Bronx accent comes over the walls like fascists in Berlin.

“If I hear ya’ with another one of those floozies I’mma come over there and cut your dick off! We can’t get no sleep with you over there with your date moanin’ like a pornstar!”

“Just cuz’ your not getting any doesn’t mean we all have to suffer!” I yell back. My neighbor grumbles to himself, but doesn’t reply.

It’s a lie that I’m getting some, I haven’t gotten laid since my birthday six months ago. I was a cum and go for some asshole that dated me for a few weeks before dumping me the day after my birthday. However, the fact that he thinks I sound like a girl during sex is… disturbing. It’s not like I didn’t know that before. My friends used to rip on me for sounding so girly, but most girls think I sound hot. That, or they’re lying. It’s my naturally high voice, I sound like everyone else, but a few octaves up. Well, my voice is higher than a crack addict on payday, but I can still do that low chuckle all the girls fall for. Their panties drop like they’re at the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. I do need to get my moaning in check though, because what if Alice and I are fucking and she decides I’m no different than being with a chick? If Alice won’t date me because of my moaning I swear I’ll cut out my vocal chords and let her fuck the hole in my throat with a strap on. Not that letting her fuck my throat will put me as the pinnacle of masculinity, of course.

Fuck, now I’m soft.

(I’m such a loser, chin covered in blood and surrounded by porn)

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I just want decent nudes

I wish i had a camera and a Dom so we could take pics. I love my nudes already but I feel like higher quality would be so satisfying

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Anirudh RegidiAug 13, 2020 13:40:07 IST The thing with Xiaomi phones, especially the Redmi Note series, was that I could recommend them blindly. I never needed to think about specs, features, and most importantly: value for money. The phones were always good, always would be, but not anymore. Whatever else you might say about the two phones, you have to admit, they look really good. Image: Anirudh Regidi With the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max, things have changed To look at, these phones are basically identical. They differ only in the camera department and bundled accessories (the charger). Side-by-side, whether face-up or face-down, you won’t be able to tell them apart. But it’s not just looks; the specs, and by extension, the performance, is identical. They’re also gorgeous phones, and if I didn’t know any better, I’d guesstimate their prices at about 30k, perhaps higher. The phones both feature 6.67-inch FHD+ 60 Hz LCD displays paired with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC, 4/6/8 GB RAM, 64/128 GB of storage, 5,020 mAh battery, and quad-camera bumps on the rear — which share the 8 MP ultra-wide camera, 5 MP macro camera, and 2 MP depth sensor. You can’t tell the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max apart. Image: Anirudh Regidi Now for the differences: The Redmi Note 9 Pro comes with a 48 MP primary rear camera (binned to 12 MP) vs the 64 MP unit (binned to 16 MP) on the pro Max. You get 4/6 GB RAM options on the Pro, and 6/8 GB options on the Pro Max. Lastly, the Pro gets a pretty decent 18 W bundled charger and the Max gets a more powerful 33 W charger. Pricing for the Pro starts at Rs 13,999 (4/64), and for the Max at Rs 16,499 (6/64). On paper, they’re both excellent value, and the Pro looks like a steal. What’s a few megapixels here or there? And you don’t actually need a damaging-in-the-long-run 33 W charger, do you? Well, yes, but also no. The Redmis looks good, but… … looks aren’t everything. Performance is a sore point on both phones. Now Xiaomi told me that it opted for the 60 Hz display and more efficient SD720G chipset (vs the 90 Hz display and MediaTek G90T SoC on the competing Realme 6) because: Battery life mattered to its users The SD720G isn’t capable of 90 Hz gaming anyway. They’re both good arguments, and Xiaomi isn’t wrong. However, once you use the Realme 6 (Review), and especially play games on it — heavier games like PUBG, Dead Trigger 2, etc. — you can really feel the difference. Even in general usage, the Pro and Pro Max tend to stutter visibly, especially when browsing and using the picture-in-picture video modes. And the Realme 6, while it does have a smaller battery (4,300 mAh), faster display, and more power-hungry SoC, does last nearly a whole day (7��8 hrs of screen-on time vs 8–10 on the Pro Max), so the gains in battery life are not that significant in real-world usage. If you care about cameras… … don’t buy the Note 9 Pro, but do pick up the Pro Max. The Redmi Note 9 Pro’s camera setup was disappointing. The primary camera is good in good light, really good, in fact. However, let the light drop slightly or attempt to take pics indoors and you’ll be left with — more often than not — blurry, out-of-focus shots, which can also be poorly exposed. I suspect this has a more to do with low shutter speed and ISO sensitivity, but whatever the case, the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max’s cameras are just better. The quad-camera setup on the rear of the phones is good, but the Max’s 64 MP primary camera is leagues ahead of the Pro’s 48 MP unit. Image: Anirudh Regidi The Pro Max, on the other hand, was fantastic. Images are sharp and clear and there’s more than enough detail for those who want to do a bit of cropping. Shutter speeds also appear faster and there’s less ghosting when attempting to capture fast-moving subjects. In night mode, the difference between the two phones is night and day. Literally. The Note 9 Pro’s night mode offers marginally more detail than in regular mode, while the Note 9 Pro Max’s night mode is almost comparable to the iPhone 11’s night mode, at least in terms of colour and exposure. Click here to see Redmi Note 9 Pro camera samples:  In video, too, the Note 9 Pro Max is leagues ahead. Both cameras struggle a bit with focus, but the Note 9 Pro couldn’t expose a scene correctly to save its life. In the bird-feeder video seen here, the Note 9 Pro just can’t maintain exposure while the Note 9 Pro Max does it easily. When it comes to selfies, both cameras are good enough. The 32 MP Pro Max selfies are a bit sharper, but image quality is largely comparable. The 8 MP ultra-wide and 5 MP macro on both phones work as advertised. They’re not great, but you have the option to use them if the need arises. Click here to see Redmi Note 9 Pro Max camera samples: Verdict: Only the Max is worth buying. With the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max, Xiaomi has really outdone itself in the design department, I just wish it had pushed a bit more on the performance front. The Redmi Note 9 Pro, while a great phone, is in that awkward position where it’s just a little bit cheaper than its far more capable sibling, and not as good value as its nearest rival, the Realme 6. As far as I’m concerned, if you’re looking for a phone around 15k, the choice is simple: If you care about cameras, get the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max. If you care about gaming, get the Realme 6. If you’re a Xiaomi fan and just cannot spend a Rupee over 14k, I’d still recommend saving up for a bit longer and getting the Pro Max. Find latest and upcoming tech gadgets online on Tech2 Gadgets. Get technology news, gadgets reviews & ratings. 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Picture editor can likewise bring in freeze frames coming from video clips, along with varying data. And when you're feeling a little lazy or it is actually simply plain ignorant concerning just how to take advantage of a few of the tools, an assistant can easily assist you to change the essentials like color, lighting fixtures, and also turning of pictures. For this people who like their pictures in different screen editions, the picture editor assists you very easily crafted images to create a beautiful picture.

And also when it's opportunity to program as well as printing off your photography skill-sets, you can choice one of the photo package templates to quickly imprint them in a particular size.

At this time when I was looking for a practical picture editor, I at last tripped over this very great app

Picture editor to very easy invert an image or simple edit a picture

Picture editor performs possess some of the features is popular for, which comes quite beneficial when you've chose you have actually like to effort your give on one thing extra trendy than edit pics and also remove unwanted elements.

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While there's no motor vehicle shade solution possibility very crucial to solution the poor illuminating very most digital camera record, there are actually still the conventional attributes of shearing, readjusting illumination and also colors, and also receiving rid of reddish eye.

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In a couple of seconds of making use of this picture editor, it is generally possible to develop different photograph from your stock of shots that seem much better as well as are so much more fit to their preferred intention. This kind of picture editor can certainly be definitely used crop and decrease photos therefore that they are normally all ready for post on a web article or perhaps to printing at a newsletter. The picture editor functions permit the customer to adjust their chosen picture in a significant variety of methods, from boosting colorization to lowering the levels of red eye which is in some cases the undesirable consequence of flash digital photography. Not just is the picture editor matched to expert photographic editors, yet this picture editor is perfect for periodic or house customers who just intend to develop improved pictures from their family member photos or holiday snaps.

In case people are actually making photographs for a weblog and even a personal usage, picture editor can let anyone enhance their look. The moment people require to design a weblog, modifying is a vital component of the process. It is easy in order to get a picture editor to correct images. Almost all of them enable you to correct, create, as well as upload your photos. Take into consideration the following requirements to search for the best ideal picture editor.

Find a very easy picture editor that gives people easy access to several of modifying techniques. The picture editor ought to be suitable for anyone who is trying to improve the quality of their pictures. Locate a simple picture editor that has features such as shade correction and the alternative to edit pictures.

The straightforward picture editor for PC to write text in photos

So you know you need to be blogging every week and you know you require to be uploading on social networks several times each day. Yet I am presuming among things slowing you down and maintaining you from uploading consistently is your pictures. Especially make your own images that somewhat specialist as well as relevant.

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No person makes an https://www.mediakg-ti.com/picture-editor/ excellent photo each time. It is simply feasible to modify images so that you eventually obtain the appearance and also feel you are simply wishing to get. Get to know the way to modify photographs very quickly and quite easily along with these kinds of posts. They can let determine what happens next just after you get nice pictures to edit.

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Powerful picture editor

Picture editor for experts to powerful edit a picture or easy saturate an image

Either the most misunderstood components of digital photography is what happens after you make the shot in fact modifying your photos. That's the time where you edit the images you have taken, to create the end product. Editing your photos is the matching of the dark chamber from the time long period of time back. We are going to be discuss some ideas for editing and enhancing your images, from the essentials like cutting out a part of a photo as well as edit a photo, through extra complex functions.

The photomontage application also brings info concerning the picture editor. Build a photo mosaic program was actually created for all nonprofessional photographers to work with the picture editor to generate a specialist image. With regards to newcomers, the picture editor is really the excellent answer as a result of its various features as create an image mosaic. Essential requirements for picture processing are direct exposure and edit pics. The picture editor is maximized for raster images and also appropriates for pictures as well as photo montage. Below it ought to be said that picture adjustment photomontage producing a picture editor is generally utilized for edit an image. Additional info about this picture editor for very simple photo black and white effect and comfortable edit a photo.

By having the digital era introducing a higher demand for graphic content, digital photography service has already come to be a very competitive and flourishing business sector. In case someone are normally an aspiring photographer just beginning or a specialist digital photographer aiming to develop your company, people may need to manage to keep pace with the swiftly switching styles and also all new technologies coming out every single several month.

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In a Nutshell

“I wish I had some eggs to throw at the building!” “Naina! Don’t say things like that.” “Why can’t they be reasonable to pressing circumstances?! Absolutely useless. I should have started sobbing in front of them.” “Ok do you want to turn back then?” “...sigh, no”

It was mid July and my mother and I had just left the India Consulate in NYC. I had failed to convince them to expedite my visa. The worst had come and I needed to cancel and rebook my flights to India.

“I know there is nothing I can do because it is out of my control but I just don’t want to seem irresponsible to Gram Vikas and Union” I stated.

My mother calmly replied, “Relax. Breathe. Like you said, it is out of your control and you did everything you could by traveling all the way to New York, they will admire your determination.”

The grey sky began to gently rain and frizz my hair. (How many times have I mentioned my hair in this blog, feel free to create a drinking game).

“Gah I just wanna be India!!!! I just want to proceed with my destiny!!!”

My mother ignored me and held my hand.

The rain began to pour and neither of us wore rain jackets or had umbrellas. We were unprepared for the day.

“What train do you think we can catch home?” “What’s the rush...we never come to NYC without an actual plan….let’s visit that church, I always wanted to see inside,” My mother squealed. I looked at her, and fell for her petite cuteness. “Sure.”

We walked through the side entrance of the church and sat down. Besides a few elderly people, a security guard, and a young man, we were the only ones inside. “The architecture is incredible. Look at that stained glass, look at the ceiling, are you looking?...oh Naina, smile for a minute,” my mother said as she aimed her camera at me. “Omg, amalu.” I forced a smile and posed.

We then sat down and my mother let her finger graze the bible. She then closed her eyes and put her palms together.

“Are you praying? In church? We are Hindu.”

“Does it matter Naina? It is a holy place where people have faith come together. Maybe the God is different, but the hope is all the same.” She whispered and fell into a hindu chant.

I looked around. I felt out of place. I started getting Life of Pi vibes, and the quote

“Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat wearing Muslims.”   -Yann Martel

danced in my head.

I looked around for my tiger, but just saw my mother and I proceeded to close my eyes and say to myself,

“Hey Vishnu, Shiva, Lakshmi, and uhh Jesus...I gathered you all here today to thank you for everything you have given to me. Great parents, great brother, solid life. Please continue to bless them while I am gone. And please let me make a great difference in India. Let me find a way to impact the people and them impact me. Please. I wanted this soo badly, and I am thankful that I got it, please just let it be magnificent. Oh, and speed up the visa. PLEASE.”

We finished praying and made our way out. In the foyer, I observed the elaborate paintings and tried to figure out which images depicted what in the bible. Until suddenly,

“Uhh Amalu, I think that we are in a black church.” “What makes you say that?” I pointed and stated “Because ya boy Jesus be black in the pics.”

We bursted out laughing and made our way to TWO more churches. To admire the architecture, take pictures, and pray to some higher power for a good future.

I look back at this day often. I was foolish. I believed that plans always go as planned. For goodness sake, that day in New York didn’t go as planned, how did I expect a whole 8 months to run smoothly? Smh.

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“Do you worry how Dharma will carry out after years once you step away from the company or once the scale increases?” I recently asked Anu.

“Actually, I hope the company will organically dissolve as the community becomes self reliant and gains confidence in their abilities through a fair system. The company is just a tool to help get the poor a seat at the table.”

I have been in the US for about 3.5 months. A lot has happened. I walked with some cool people at the Women’s March. I have spoiled myself with hot showers and Chipotle. I surprised myself by the not freaking out over a centipede in my basement. And I have been working with Anu, the founder of Dharma Endeavours.

What is Dharma Endeavours?

Dharma Endeavours (DE) is a for profit social enterprise that officially registered in 2016. It is located in the world heritage site of Hampi, Karnataka, India. Yes, this is a very new and young business but the way it thinks is something of the old, wise man. Like a Morgan Freeman.

It is a BUSINESS THAT EXISTS FOR ITS PEOPLE. Yes, all caps.

It is a forward thinking business that strives to better the community it serves.

I know. AHMAZING.

You see, DE isn’t giving something free to the poor. It isn’t in the poverty or charity business. It is a business that alleviates poverty. Let’s break it down.

It hopes to alleviate poverty by partnering with local families and providing them supplementary income to support themselves and increase their quality of life.

It partners together visitors and local NGOs to give back to the rural communities.

Ok, so what is it?

Think AirBnB for those craving an authentic, rural experience. Many local and world travelers are beginning to learn about this incredible heritage site hidden in Hampi. However, when they Google places to stay, not much shows up...because it is a rural area. SO, DE provides homes and rooms for visitors by partnering with willing families in the community. These families rent out spaces in their house to host travelers. DE makes sure it is clean, comfortable, safe, and modernized for guests. Not only does DE provide reliable housing, food, and transportation, it delivers a colorful Hampi experience. Whether it is an adventurous day on the shepherds’ hike, or visiting historical ruins, or making pottery with local artisans, DE shapes your experience to your interests. But more importantly, it advocates responsible tourism. Integrated into the visitors’ trip is working with a NGO that gives back in agriculture, waste management, education, etc. Only over a year old, DE has worked with traveling couples, families, school groups, book clubs, and boy scouts from around the globe.

Now, DE is finally creating revenue which will be distributed to all families who join Anu. Anu has truly found a way to make business personal again by not neglecting nor exploiting its community. DE has responsibly integrated within its society.

Alright, alright, alright. So what do I do?

Because Anu has given me the opportunity to work from abroad, I focus on community outreach and find clients. I look over the social media sites and reach out to travel influencers that can spread the word about DE. More importantly, I try to find international clients, specifically educational institutions to book a visit with DE in collaboration with their study abroad programs. Through weekly calls with Anu, I am updated about her activity in Hampi and am taught something about social enterprise. She informs me of the challenges she faces, strategies for the future, and more. Yes, living in different time zones is challenging and I admit, I get hints of regret of not moving to Hampi with her, but after every conversation I have with Anu, I leave mesmerized...  And a little bit more woke (I had to say it).

I leave thinking, look at this incredible woman who is running an operation by herself in a developing world. I think, why aren’t ALL businesses doing good for their community? Why aren’t consumers demanding more from their businesses? And more importantly, why has the poverty business created a donor/recipient model in which one is inferior to the other?

DE and Gram Vikas do not look at the poor as the poor. But as partners. As people.

And aren’t we all just that? People.

Yeah some of us are gay or black or muslim or have a disability. Some of us like pineapple on their pizza and some of us have their words silenced. But we are people right?

I majored in biology, and I know we all have the same biological components and our hearts are the built same. All our hearts feel love, pain, anger, and sadness.

So why is that people have managed to draw lines and build walls and create a hierarchy of who is better, who is superior. Why are you better than me, why am I better than them? Why can’t people create partnerships with people like DE/GV, and treat each other equally? Why can’t we create opportunities that are win/win for all parties?  Why can’t people just stop screaming for once and just listen to those that are different from?

Why can’t people of different beliefs come together and pray with each other like my mom and I did that rainy Friday last summer?

Don’t tell me to “chill” for getting worked up. Equality and the way we respect each other is something to always get worked up about.

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So in a nutshell,

my fellowship was unconventional. But I learned from Gram Vikas. I learned from Dharma Endeavours. And I learned from India.

I learned that no matter where you are on the world, people are people. And we our responsible for raising one another up to our full potential.

See you all at church, or temple, or the mosque.

“The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story?” -Yann Martel

Cheers for one final time, Naina 4/11/18

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Utilizing Innovative Internet marketing Methods Towards your Benefit In A Down Industry

real estate companies Norfolk Virginia estate property marketplace down turns and crashes are seriously nothing new. The industry is fairly cyclical and if you evaluate record you can easily begin to see the developments.

The problem to buyers is finding methods to be Inventive when promoting inside of a down market. Internet marketing strategy is usually critical - regardless of the the industry is accomplishing - but in the down market place, it gets imperative that you have a robust marketing approach. No matter whether you presently Have a very house inside of a current market the place product sales have slowed down or you should transfer your property off the market immediately, you can find methods you are able to utilize in an effort to stay away from starting to be a target of existing market problems. The very best place to be in is not to must market inside of a down sector when you will have to offer at a loss because of frustrated house price. But there are occasions when Keeping a residence isn?t probable. Just ensure that you've produced a decision to market based upon specifics rather than emotion. If you need to do elect to market, place the top advertising plan jointly that you could to get you essentially the most possible to your assets even though moments aren't as favorable as you need. A person trend that also is usually a marketing and advertising tactic these days commenced all through the market crash from the eighties. Several sellers commenced presenting to pay closing costs - or no less than many of them - for the client. This can be very thriving as it will help some customers manage to go into a home less difficult than if they had to get a major degree of dollars out there at closing As well as their down payment. You will find lenders which will position boundaries on the concessions the seller is permitted to make based on the variety of bank loan and danger of the buyer. Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac financial loans are frequently subject to limits on what a seller can perform for the client. Just one tactic that could seem counter-intuitive is to boost the price of the property. Just how this works is the fact that a share is extra on the agreed upon cost of the home plus the bank loan is procured for that new total. The share that was extra is then provided again to the buyer by the vendor to help them pay closing expenditures. The assets have to appraise for the upper price for that bank loan being permitted, so be sure of the prior to deciding to go down that road. In addition, the buyer must be willing to spend the upper selling price and understand that their house loan will likely be a little higher. Having to pay closing expenditures where doable is a person tactic that can help provide a home in the down market place. There are other concerns that can?t be disregarded, on the other hand. For getting major greenback to your assets, it needs to be in suggestion best condition. Being attentive to particulars and staging the residence well can help get a lot more focus on the home. Extra targeted traffic usually means extra prospects to uncover the correct purchaser. Consumers are normally searching for a position they can go ideal into without having to do fixer-higher work. For those who've previously looked after all of that for them, the decision is less complicated for the buyer - regardless if the marketplace is down. If you are able to do some or perhaps every one of the do the job your self, then get it done! You?ll save cash by not being forced to spend some other person to carry out the get the job done. Before you decide to commit to get it done oneself, nevertheless, ensure you actually have the abilities to try and do the get the job done pretty perfectly. A shoddy work will harm rather then help. Also, ensure that you hold the the perfect time to do the perform. If you are doing everything you, but it requires 6 months as opposed to two months, you've got wasted money on carrying expenses. Your best guess is to obtain the perform carried out very very well and promptly to get the most away from a remodel. Go with a realtor that's expert and who by now has prospective customers for your residence. It's best to develop a romantic relationship using a realtor you have faith in and establish a partnership when you proceed to speculate and offer. Talk about their marketing and advertising strategy intimately and keep them to that program. Keep up with all action and converse at the least weekly concerning the position of one's listing. You should definitely follow up and inquire questions about things you don?t like or recognize. In the event you?re a serious investor and have some time, skill, and want you would possibly take into account obtaining a housing brokers license oneself. This can definitely enable preserve you some cash on realtor costs after you offer a property. If you are doing go this route, but guaranteed you keep oneself to the exact same specifications that you choose to?d keep a 3rd party real estate agent to. You should not give yourself any breaks! You?ll experience Over time if you are doing. The net is an enormous resource of knowledge to a lot of. Home searching has long gone to the internet now, so You should not disregard this process of obtaining the term out to all who may possibly choose to see your home. Get a lot of actually superior pics and submit as several as you'll be able to. Use just about every solution you will find to write-up your house to acquire it observed. A phrase on images of your respective assets? One of the major errors I generally see is photographs that show the furnishings while in the home or other distractions in the shot. You are not seeking to market the household furniture - your looking to offer the house! So 1st, You will need to make sure that Each and every space isn't really cluttered with more than what ought to be there. Second, You should not just take a picture from the mattress versus a wall. Take a shot of the room And the way the home furniture suits. Exhibit the main points from the place that should be essential to a customer. Enormous stroll in closet - Have a shot that could exhibit the amount of House a consumer will have. Great fireplace? Get a fantastic shot from pack up And so the built ins and architecture shows by itself off. Also get a more distant shot if it makes sense to point out how the fireplace sets off the space. This will likely sound vague, but make sure you check out your photographs and assure by yourself the shots you are going to publish present the assets off in it is very finest light. Virtual excursions are another kind of internet internet marketing which includes taken off in the last few decades. Most cameras have video capability or there are lots of quite within your means and good quality video recorders in the marketplace nowadays. Get some excellent online video. Apply initially, although, to ensure that you can hold the digital camera steady and shift it to the ideal places to show what you wish opportunity potential buyers to see. If you have audio ability, be certain your narration is smart and really piques a consumers curiosity. And past, since we?ve been speaking about the web you can consider developing your own private site to showcase your Homes. This most likely justifies a fantastic bit of considered due to the Value and time associated. Also, you'll find currently heaps of web sites where you can clearly show your Houses. If you need to do opt to go with all your own web page, do it in addition to one other World-wide-web efforts available. There's a good deal of knowledge on the web to assist you to find out how to sector your website online if you are doing go that route.

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Shoot Digital Cameras

The following technology point and shoot camera reviews Narrative Clip is our most advanced Clip yet. This Nikon Coolpix L830 is no doubt among the finest level and shoot cameras ever produced. A few of these housings are backwards suitable with the RX100 IV as well. This camera actually has no nasty surprises to it. It takes wonderful images and decent video, is a good performer, properly-built, great ergonomics, and has an easy to use interface. But things hopefully won't stop there: now that Samsung has signaled its willingness to let third-occasion developers design apps particularly for this digicam module, we are able to envisage a multitude of how in which it might be made higher suited to a spread of area of interest customers - from tech bloggers to realtors, location scouts and untold others who'll want automated scripts for resizing, watermarking and filing images; distant control apps; and who is aware of what else. Its sixteen-megapixel sensor is less detailed than the 20-megapixel chips within the Canon models, and its 20x zoom is shorter than the SX620 HS's, but it additionally produces sharper results and has a wider sensitivity vary, which allows for better low-gentle images. That was beginning to push my finances, particularly after factoring in a second battery and a safety plan. Full hybrid photograph expertise with 30p 4K Extremely HD video and 4K photo mode. Canon's premium S sequence was my go-to compact till Sony's pricier RX100 got here round, and the S120 is the company's latest iteration in a long line of superior shooters. The fixed lens, meanwhile, is a 35mm (f2.zero) ZEISS Sonnar T. What you will not find here is 4K video recording. The Canon PowerShot G7 X and PowerShot G7 X Mark II share a lot in frequent, together with the 24-100mm lens found on the G5 X. Neither, however, affords an EVF like our runner-up or can shoot 4K video like our prime choose. You may still get an affordable compact camera, but we've been underwhelmed by fashions in the sub-$200 price range. But the very best function of this model is its 12X optical zoom lens, which helps to set the Canon ELPH 360 other than smartphone cameras that haven't got an optical zoom capability. In just about every other area that issues to me in the discipline (past silly of us capturing newsprint and brick partitions), the Canon offers the equal or better image high quality of both of the Leicasonic cameras. Whereas 24mm could sound huge to a land based shooter, we typically consider an angle of over 100 levels to be the start line for an underwater large-angle setup. The idea behind that is to help seize that crucial action second, so if you're only a break up second late when some attention-grabbing topic behavior is on show you've gotten a possibility to nonetheless seize the shot. Close-up shots required switching the lens to macro mode and getting extremely near my subject, fairly than flipping the zoom toggle and sustaining a protected distance. It will still be notably higher than your smartphone, and packs a 32x zoom, small dimension, and straightforward to make use of touchscreen. Further features, equivalent to movement blur reduction (which reduces digicam shake), and HD video recording (720P) make this an amazing buy and comfortably among the best compact cameras available for under £100. Relatively than use a mirrorless design to simply scale back the size of the gadget, Panasonic has concentrated on the technology's leaning toward video seize. In case your predominant concern is price, weight, and buying a travel camera that is simple to use, then it would be best to look at buying a Compact Digital Digicam. Many of the level-and-shoot cameras embrace Full HD video capability permitting you to obviously capture anything movement Camera and Photograph store has one thing for everybody on the lookout for a degree-and-shoot digicam. Mirrorless cameras also have a improbable auto-focus system and, with the DSLR adaptor, you need to use them with a myriad of lenses. Whether or not 2017 takes you to the seaside, pool, slope or path, waterproof compact cameras are a unbelievable photography tool for individuals who want to discover a world the place regular compact cameras just aren't designed to go. Built to resist the elements, these rugged cameras are gaining in reputation thanks to their ability to take nice images in places that bigger DSLR and mirrorless cameras can't go with out expensive waterproof enclosures. I'm curious too, but primarily lean toward the cameras between those two and 1.5/1.6x cropped bodies - the nicer four/three Pana and Oly offerings, primarily. We'd have favored to see 4K recording, but this one is restricted to 1080p Full HD video recording. A again-illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor with 18.2 effective megapixels takes in additional light for better detail in every shot. The £799 price is pretty cheap by CSC standards, and places it squarely between entry-level fashions such as the Canon EOS M3 and premium-priced cameras such as the Fujifilm X-T2 , but the impressive factor is that it performs extra like Fujifilm's high-finish rival in most respects. Such skinny cameras simply fit inside a pocket or purse, leaving your hands free for other duties however protecting the camera inside attain at all times. There are fewer updated fashions launched with DSLR know-how; due to this fact, a photographer can anticipate that this purchase will remain present for a longer period of time. If cash is no object and you need palms down the perfect travel camera on the market, our decide is the brand new Sony a7R II. The original Sony a7 and a7R had been spectacular in their very own proper, but Sony has really honed it in with the a7R II. The digicam encompasses a forty two.4-megapixel again-illuminated picture sensor, 4K video, improved low mild efficiency, and built-in image stabilization. With them, there isn't any extra worrying about sharing pics on social media , as a result of all you must do is shoot, best compact digital camera print and hand out a very good 'ole usual photograph to your friends and family. I simply upgrade to a Sony RX10 iii instead and up to now am very much in love with my results. Using Bluetooth 2.zero connectivity, you possibly can beam your favorite digital pictures from the CL65 on to compatible gadgets, akin to cellphones. Level And Shoot cameras (also referred to as Digital Compact cameras) meant for consumers who need to take snaps. The most recent additions to Sony's Cyber-shot® line of level-and-shoot cameras deliver powerful new features for consumers, ranging from 360° Sweep Panorama and image stabilization technologies to artistic image effects. Some customers wished contact screen, and others missed not having 24p movie filming functionality, but for my part, these are moderately minor quibbles for a digicam at this price. It's tough to argue with the outcomes from the Canon PowerShot G9 X Mark II digital camera. There is a super-high ISO worth of 1,640,000 on provide, whereas 4K video recording can be readily available. The RX100 V presents an improved autofocus system, a 24 fps burst mode (of sixteen fps on RX100 IV), and extra recording settings for video, however it does have a slighly lower battery life than the IV. Maybe the biggest benefit to having a touchscreen is that with the digital camera set to its single- or multi-level AF mode, you simply tap the rear display screen to set focus, a far quicker action than the a number of-step course of required on the Sony RX100 III. Have fun together with your research then check prices at B&H Picture in New York. IFA in Berlin introduced the primary compelling Android-powered model, the Samsung Galaxy Digicam, while Photokina delivered a handful of full-body DSLRs and Sony's jaw-dropping Cyber-shot RX1.

In actual fact all three of the Fuji X10, X20 and X30 fashions still appear to be available from Amazon. Sharing photos on-line is likely one of the largest developments now and Panasonic believes image quality does not should be comprised. Fujifilm XT20 has a panorama mode as well as advanced filter mode, which incorporates 8 filters (Toy, Miniature, Pop Shade, High-key, Low-key, Dynamic Tone, Smooth Focus, and Partial Color). Panasonic refreshes HD camcorder range: 3MOS, 1MOS and Waterproof choices. For travel and avenue photography, the Fujifilm X30 can go head-to-head with any compact digital camera in the marketplace. It was the first Panasonic camera to make use of a sensor that doesn't have an anti-aliasing filter, which mainly means you can get some highly detailed photos from this miniature marvel. The aperture maxes out at f/2.four on the huge end, rising to the not too shabby f/four.zero at the telephoto end, meaning your low light photographs will probably be pretty good. When readers choose to buy our independently chosen editorial picks, we earn affiliate commissions that help our work. If you want to put quite a lot of energy in your pocket, the Nikon Coolpix A900 is a good way to start out. The HS within the Canon Powershot SX700 HS ‘s title refers to ‘excessive-sensitivity‘. The lack of an EVF actually explains how Panasonic has been capable of launch the LX10 at a decrease beginning value than we've ever seen for a equally specced 1-inch-sensor digital camera. But for those who focus on nonetheless images, Fujifilm can't be beat. Taking photos has lengthy been an advanced process, and extremely intelligent individuals all through history have applied their wits to the duty of making photography easier.

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The speedy rise of workplace chat apps

It becomes bad enough that Julie turned into stuck on the train touring from New Jersey to Penn Station in the course of the morning of the April 3 train derailment, but while she broke the news to her coworkers via Slack, the group-communique app her group become the usage of, her boss answered with emoji.

“One was a pile of poop; the other became a clock. ‘What the f – – k?’ I do not forget to question,” says the forty three-12 months-antique account govt, who works at an advertising firm in Midtown. (Julie asked that her last call and her employer’s call remain exclusive, for apparent reasons.)

Burdened, Julie despatched her co-worker a non-public, one-to-one message to get a proof as to what the emoji have been supposed to deliver. The answer she obtained, once more in Slack, was, “Don’t fear,” followed by 3 bananas.

If all of this appears atypical, you then in all likelihood haven’t but encountered the brand new era of collaboration apps which are taking the place of business by means of the typhoon. As opposed to speaking with colleagues thru, employees are actually speak with each other in quick phrases, emoji, and stickers using gear which include HipChat, Jive, Microsoft Teams and administrative center via Fb, among many others.

These tools, which commonly move seamlessly between your desktop PC, your phone and anywhere you have an internet connection, are being followed at a livid pace. Do not forget that Microsoft Teams, which premiered in November, is now being used by extra than 50,000 agencies. place of work by way of Fb, which got here out last October, is already being utilized by 100,000 companies. And Slack, which has been to be had when you consider that 2013, lately surpassed 5 million daily lively customers.

The cause for the fast uptake?

“People don’t want to kind formal e-e-mails anymore. Those new apps let you convey a notion or replace a standing fast, with a few phrases and/or emoji, so there’s pace to cost,” says Alan Lepofsky, vice chairman at Constellation Research and a professional on workplace collaboration. He provides that chat is greater unique and consequently extra attractive. “People like it,” he says.

Windows eight Smartphone: 5 Apps to Beautify Consumer Experience After purchasing a Telephone enabled with Windows latest version (8) one may match on looking for suitable apps for it. But, one may additionally wonder about its app compatibility however the maximum thrilling component approximately Home windows 8 telephone is its app compatibility with the older version of Windows (7.5). This makes it less complicated to find apps that healthy your needs. Listed in this article are five such apps so one can help Beautify your Experience with your Home windows 8 Phone. Let us have a have a look at Those apps one by one and apprehend how Those apps are useful.

Exceptional Digital camera

Ever wondered approximately an app a good way to easily help you improve photographs with one touch, in that case then download Wonderful Digital camera. This app permits you in enhancing pictures with one-touch. You could without difficulty add frames, Beautify photo satisfactorily, follow effects and different such functions to make your photo higher. Additionally, even as you are still the usage of this application You may concurrently seize a photograph and even animate a picture. other things include modifying pics and enhancing the shade comparison, giving brightening outcomes and other such enhancements to make the image seem better. With this app, you need not get into sub menus for performing capabilities however the alternatives are to be had at the smooth to get entry to the tray for User comfort. Additionally, You could even add text to the photograph without compromising the photograph quality.

Connectivity shortcuts

You need to be aware of the default capability of lifetime UI to your Windows 8 OS. This option is all approximately navigation via menus and pinning apps on begin menu for a quick get right of entry to. Although, even a pre-loaded characteristic like this will fail to include some things like pinning options from a menu to home display. alternatives like c084d04ddacadd4b971ae3d98fecfb2a, Bluetooth, flight mode are only some to name that any User would want to get right of entry to speedy. download an app referred to as Connectivity Shortcuts. Because the name suggests, this app is able to creating a short get right of entry to to those programs on the home display. Additionally, You can customize and pin other program options which might be gift in the sub menu to be pinned at once on begin menu. Go to the choice > Pick > Pin to start menu, it’s far as simple as this. After you have got pinned These alternatives or shortcuts to those apps the icons for Those applications will seem as tiles, this helps keep away from clutter.

Bing Maps

The maximum used functionalities that a Person wishes are mapping and navigation. You want a reliable mapping machine like Bing Maps. That is seemingly the quality to be had application for travel and mapping. Bing has all the functions integrated for a very good mapping machine that Google maps contain. Moreover, Bing Maps are free of price service and it lets in a Person to pin and sync on Dropbox. You may utilize it on every occasion you need. You may have the advantage of searching places, in search of directions and satellite tv for pc picture of places. consequently, this pre-loaded app on your Windows 8 machine is a boon to travelers and for people who are frequently out seeking out guidelines for a specific place. Got to Bing Maps > Input precise region > get guidelines.

Whatsapp

There are various chat apps to be had with pass platform functionality however the pleasant choice is Whatsapp. This chat messenger is certainly a go platform based totally chat service this is supportive of BlackBerry, iOS, Android and Windows. A Person can share textual content primarily based chat, audio/video documents and pictures with customers throughout your chat community. After downloading this chat a Person desires to sign in with the telephone number that acts Because the Identification and begin chatting. But, you need to understand that despite the fact that this chat provider is freed from price you still will want to pay for the records expenses as it connects through net. Apparently, as quickly as you down load this app for your telephone, this app will become aware of the contacts which might be using this app and the pals who’re already related through Whatsapp. This way you need now not specially add pals for chat. Just Go to Whatsapp > Touch > Chat and start chatting.

Appdeals

Whilst you are searching for various packages you may additionally be on a look out for the fine deals to be had. This also consists of searching out apps which are to be had across different systems and are well matched on your tool as properly. download Appdeals, this can assist you look for 1, 20,000 apps. You get the fine address the today’s offers on apps. All you need to do is set up Appdeal on your Telephone and get commenced with it by means of following the automitacially-guided steps, recall to follow the terms & situations laid by means of the app builders for full usage of this app. While you are carried out putting in this app You may start receiving message signals or notifications about the modern day app deals.

Pinnacle 5 Advantages of Live Chat Guide To your Internet site Businesses around the arena rely on advertising strategies to target their target audience primarily based on the nature of the goods or services. Those strategies especially cognizance on goals: growing income and reducing operational prices. Corporations are taking their Agencies on line to cowl every viable market with the intention to growth profitability. Live chat programs play an essential part in concentrated on capacity customers and accelerate your sales as well as revenue. Consistent with new researches, having Live customer service is one of the high-quality practices for purchaser improvement. The reason However, is the fee-effective of the answer for Website proprietors based totally on which they are able to satisfy the demands in their customers and upload cost to their business. There are a number of Benefits supplied via Stay chat Support For your Website and Organizations in preferred however some of those are Listed underneath:

clean to Setup and Use Including a Stay chat widget for your Internet site is not hard to accomplish with the brand new technological upgrades. Research show that some of service providers are willing to designed a solution which is simple to setup in addition to integrate within the Website. It lets in you to effortlessly install the chat widget at the webpages to help you clients. Putting Stay chat widget into your Internet site is best a rely of minutes. no longer best this, Live chat apps make certain that engaging in chat sessions with your customers is extremely easy In your operators and agents. In reality, handlings queries from more than one customers in addition to offering help at the equal time has been made smooth with the intuitive Person interface.

Cuts Down on Prices Stay chat allows you to keep in terms of Prices as well as efforts. It enables in lowering the assignment time of your personnel and they don’t must solution telephones or send ee-mails to provide Assist to the customers. for the reason that a chat operator can handle a couple of customers at the identical time, the answer is value effective and increases efficiency. It additionally reduces the overall operational prices and lets in operators to multi-undertaking throughout chat conversations and reduce the wide variety of customers waiting in queue. The effectiveness of this solution as compared to sending eemails or presenting telephone Guide helps in cutting prices of on line Organizations.

Presence 24/7 There may be many pros and cons of Live chat apps for commercial websites however it has proved to be an important tool to not handiest boom income but also improve online customer support for technical in addition to buy queries. Presence 24/7 removes the verbal exchange hole between you and your clients and ensures that You may proactively invite or send chat request to any of your Website site visitors through This feature. given that You can song and reveal your site visitors while communicating with them, You could see the browsing patterns and provoke a chat consultation to inquire if they require any help from your facet. Live chat apps also provide offline messages function to make certain which you stay linked along with your customers and are on hand for your potential customers at all times.

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Stunning phones, but Xiaomi should have pushed harder on the performance front- Technology News, Firstpost

Anirudh RegidiAug 13, 2020 13:40:07 IST

The thing with Xiaomi phones, especially the Redmi Note series, was that I could recommend them blindly. I never needed to think about specs, features, and most importantly: value for money. The phones were always good, always would be, but not anymore.

Whatever else you might say about the two phones, you have to admit, they look really good. Image: Anirudh Regidi

With the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max, things have changed

To look at, these phones are basically identical. They differ only in the camera department and bundled accessories (the charger). Side-by-side, whether face-up or face-down, you won’t be able to tell them apart. But it’s not just looks; the specs, and by extension, the performance, is identical. They’re also gorgeous phones, and if I didn’t know any better, I’d guesstimate their prices at about 30k, perhaps higher.

The phones both feature 6.67-inch FHD+ 60 Hz LCD displays paired with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC, 4/6/8 GB RAM, 64/128 GB of storage, 5,020 mAh battery, and quad-camera bumps on the rear — which share the 8 MP ultra-wide camera, 5 MP macro camera, and 2 MP depth sensor.

You can’t tell the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max apart. Image: Anirudh Regidi

Now for the differences: The Redmi Note 9 Pro comes with a 48 MP primary rear camera (binned to 12 MP) vs the 64 MP unit (binned to 16 MP) on the pro Max. You get 4/6 GB RAM options on the Pro, and 6/8 GB options on the Pro Max. Lastly, the Pro gets a pretty decent 18 W bundled charger and the Max gets a more powerful 33 W charger. Pricing for the Pro starts at Rs 13,999 (4/64), and for the Max at Rs 16,499 (6/64).

On paper, they’re both excellent value, and the Pro looks like a steal.

What’s a few megapixels here or there? And you don’t actually need a damaging-in-the-long-run 33 W charger, do you?

Well, yes, but also no.

The Redmis looks good, but…

… looks aren’t everything.

Performance is a sore point on both phones. Now Xiaomi told me that it opted for the 60 Hz display and more efficient SD720G chipset (vs the 90 Hz display and MediaTek G90T SoC on the competing Realme 6) because:

Battery life mattered to its users

The SD720G isn’t capable of 90 Hz gaming anyway.

They’re both good arguments, and Xiaomi isn’t wrong. However, once you use the Realme 6 (Review), and especially play games on it — heavier games like PUBG, Dead Trigger 2, etc. — you can really feel the difference. Even in general usage, the Pro and Pro Max tend to stutter visibly, especially when browsing and using the picture-in-picture video modes.

And the Realme 6, while it does have a smaller battery (4,300 mAh), faster display, and more power-hungry SoC, does last nearly a whole day (7–8 hrs of screen-on time vs 8–10 on the Pro Max), so the gains in battery life are not that significant in real-world usage.

If you care about cameras…

… don’t buy the Note 9 Pro, but do pick up the Pro Max.

The Redmi Note 9 Pro’s camera setup was disappointing. The primary camera is good in good light, really good, in fact. However, let the light drop slightly or attempt to take pics indoors and you’ll be left with — more often than not — blurry, out-of-focus shots, which can also be poorly exposed. I suspect this has a more to do with low shutter speed and ISO sensitivity, but whatever the case, the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max’s cameras are just better.

The quad-camera setup on the rear of the phones is good, but the Max’s 64 MP primary camera is leagues ahead of the Pro’s 48 MP unit. Image: Anirudh Regidi

The Pro Max, on the other hand, was fantastic. Images are sharp and clear and there’s more than enough detail for those who want to do a bit of cropping. Shutter speeds also appear faster and there’s less ghosting when attempting to capture fast-moving subjects.

In night mode, the difference between the two phones is night and day. Literally. The Note 9 Pro’s night mode offers marginally more detail than in regular mode, while the Note 9 Pro Max’s night mode is almost comparable to the iPhone 11’s night mode, at least in terms of colour and exposure.

Click here to see Redmi Note 9 Pro camera samples: 

In video, too, the Note 9 Pro Max is leagues ahead. Both cameras struggle a bit with focus, but the Note 9 Pro couldn’t expose a scene correctly to save its life. In the bird-feeder video seen here, the Note 9 Pro just can’t maintain exposure while the Note 9 Pro Max does it easily.

When it comes to selfies, both cameras are good enough. The 32 MP Pro Max selfies are a bit sharper, but image quality is largely comparable.

The 8 MP ultra-wide and 5 MP macro on both phones work as advertised. They’re not great, but you have the option to use them if the need arises.

Click here to see Redmi Note 9 Pro Max camera samples:

Verdict: Only the Max is worth buying.

With the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max, Xiaomi has really outdone itself in the design department, I just wish it had pushed a bit more on the performance front.

The Redmi Note 9 Pro, while a great phone, is in that awkward position where it’s just a little bit cheaper than its far more capable sibling, and not as good value as its nearest rival, the Realme 6.

As far as I’m concerned, if you’re looking for a phone around 15k, the choice is simple:

If you care about cameras, get the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max.

If you care about gaming, get the Realme 6.

If you’re a Xiaomi fan and just cannot spend a Rupee over 14k, I’d still recommend saving up for a bit longer and getting the Pro Max.

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