#worlds of wonder snoopy

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[rintoorou]

ALOHA, HAWAII — xvi. are you still the same?

(wc: 700-ish)

while you were dating suna rintarou, you kept a mental note about all the things you found interesting about him. you knew he liked his coffee sweet, not bitter. you knew he hated using the salonpas patches but put them on before training anyway. you knew he liked his jelly fruit sticks better when cold. you knew how much he talked in his sleep. you knew he could tie his sister's hair (not just in a ponytail). you knew he disliked stuffed toys and would kick them off your bed whenever you visited the beach house.

"i feel like i'm being stared at," he told you one night.

so it's your surprise that he texts you he's at a pop-up store, filled to the brim with beady-eyed stuffed toys, next in line at the counter. you patiently wait for him outside, watching as kids and teens and their parents flit in and out of the shop. you begin to wonder how much he's changed since college.

suna's with you after five minutes. "did you wait long?" he asks.

"not really," you reply. your eyes are suddenly drawn to the paper bag in his hand, the image of him handing it to his girlfriend back home briefly passes your mind. "what do you want?" you then ask, and suna becomes internally confused when he senses a slight sting in your tone.

he nods towards your feet, "let me see."

suddenly feeling self-conscious, you try to shift his attention to something else and step back. "what? no," you brush him off, playing it cool, "i'm fine. let's just go back." he raises a brow in disapproval yet says nothing more when you begin to walk ahead of him.

but it’s a little difficult for suna to ignore how stubborn you’re being, wincing slightly when he catches sight of the red patch behind your ankles. “doesn’t it hurt?” you hear him say from behind you.

“no.” your plain response drives him to roll his eyes at you, “why in the world would you wear shoes that don’t fit?” there's a little judgment in his tone, similar to when he found out you liked your americano with three extra shots of espresso on your fifth date; underneath it all, you knew that it was because he was just too shy to show that he cared.

you puff air out of your cheeks instead of giving him a verbal answer. two beats pass and suna decides he’s finally had enough.

you’re caught off-guard when suna pulls you back by the elbow, your shoulder brushing lightly against his arm. you open your mouth to say that you're fine and he's overreacting, but he doesn't let you.

instead, he shoves the paper bag in your hands before stepping around you. this effectively shuts you up, and you watch as suna goes off the sidewalk and makes for the convenience store behind you.

it doesn't take long before he returns bringing a small plastic bag with him this time.

suna stretches his arm out towards you, telling you to take it, simultaneously reaching back for the paper bag. you accept it with thanks, but your eyes still flicker towards his with hesitance.

he tilts his head to the side, the corner of his lip quirking up in amusement. "what? do you need me to put it on for you too?" he teases, prompting you to pull the plastic further away from him even if he makes no move to grab it.

you deny how your heart skips a beat and mask your feelings with a sarcastic smile. "you read me so well," you say, opening the box of bandaids. in response, suna puts his hands up in mock surrender, "be worried if i don't."

he watches you intently, snickering when you make an offhanded comment about his design choice. "snoopy? seriously?" you rip the white paper off the adhesive at once, "you couldn't have gotten the transparent ones?"

when you're finished, you pack the bandaids into your bag before continuing your walk with suna. your ankles still sting but the pain is manageable with the bandaids.

"didn't know you and reiko still talked," suna muses after a few moments of silence. he notices the little smile that paints your lips at the mention of his younger sister, "yeah, we do."

you then turn your head to him with your brows furrowed, but look away just as quickly, "she didn't tell you?"

"nope," he answers, popping the 'p'.

you catch his attention when a small laugh escapes you. "good girl," you hum. suna rolls his eyes at this—you know he knows that you're deliberately withholding information about your topics with his sister—but a smile similar to yours graces his lips nonetheless.

"'she's a brat' is what you mean."

"wonder where she gets that from."

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[generalstarkov]

dogs

one for sorrow, two for joni jones, the japanese house // clifford // marley and me: life and love with the world’s worst dog, john grogan // boy's life, robert r. mccammon / snoopy's reunion // a big little life: a memoir of a joyful dog, dean koontz // jim butcher // les aventures de tintin et milou, hergé // dog songs: poems, mary oliver // jess c. scott // frankenweenie // this is the story of a happy marriage, ann patchett // dogs never lie about love: reflections on the emotional world of dogs, jeffrey moussaieff masson // the wonderful world of mickey mouse // me and my dog, boygenius // dorys day // isle of dogs.

[lesbx]

when it gets rly bright outside i can see the snoopy i painted on my window through the black curtain. In case you thought there was no wonder left in the world at all

[crappymixtape]

crappymixtape's holiday celebration

⋇⋆✦⋆⋇ . A V E R Y M E R R Y M I X T A P E . ⋇⋆✦⋆⋇

you've arrived on tumblr today to find a neatly wrapped package waiting for you – all golds and reds and greens with a glittery bow on top – and when you open it up you find a mixtape. the writing on top loops and scrawls across the label, stickers of snoopy in a santa hat covering some of the letters, and when you pop it into the player you hear your favorite songs come to life.

it sounds like sitting by the fire with warm cup of hot cocoa, steve in the kitchen singing along with burl ives, silver and gold decorations, on every christmas tree – it sounds like eddie settled in next to you on the sofa, pressing kisses to your forehead and whispering in your ear, merry christmas, baby.

this is for you, my loves! a little celebration for us and our boys and this wonderful time of year. i'll be posting once a week – on fridays – throughout all of december with requests i've gotten and a few of my own ideas. you can find the playlist below!

THE PLAYLIST ( fic release dates noted below )

GOLD & GLITTER // 12.2 with steve for @superblysubpar 🎶 the nutcracker suite, tchaikovsky steve goes to the nutcracker ballet downtown every year, even has his own balcony seats – this year he brings you along as his date, but somehow you both miss the entire second act ( rich!steve harrington x reader • smut with a sprinkle of fluff ) BABY, ITS COLD OUTSIDE // 12.9 with steve for @sattlersquarry 🎶 baby it's cold outside, frank sinatra & dorothy kirsten it's been snowing all day, enough to snap the power lines and make the lights go out, and when steve comes over to build you a fire you can't think of a more perfect time to exchange gifts ( steve harrington x reader • pure fluff ) I WANT YOU THE MOST // 12.16 with steve for @palmtreesx3 🎶 rockin’ around the christmas tree, brenda lee steve's never been kissed under the mistletoe, what kind of girlfriend would you be if you didn't make it memorable? ( established relationship, tiny bit of fluff, lots of snark, sprinkle of smut, steve x reader ) HOME TO ME // 12.23 with eddie from me, xoxo 🎶 christmas time ( don't let the bells end ), the darkness eddie has to work on christmas eve, so you climb into his bed and fall asleep, waiting for him until he gets home christmas morning to give him his present ( eddie munson x reader • fluff, smut, est. relationship ) CHRISTMAS MAKES ME CRY // 12.30 with steve from me, xoxo 🎶 christmas, leona naess you go home with steve over christmas to finally meet his family and when it doesn't go as planned he feels like he's ruined everything, but you're there for him when he needs it most ( modern!steve harrington x reader • angst, hurt / comfort a little fluff, est. relationship )

LOVES FOR MY FAVORITE WRITERS you babes mean THE WORLD to me, oh my god, thank you so much for being here and for nerding out about this shit as much as i do! omg and for the enabling LOL. go follow all of these handles right now! ( and if i forgot anyone, i'm sorry ily too! )

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AND HUGS TO YOU! YES, YOU! XOXO, 💿 KATE i absolutely cannot believe it's almost been a year since i've come back to this place and i have loved every single moment of it. making friends ( ily moots! ) seeing new faces ( nonnies you're my fav! ) and putting words to all of these characters we love so much. so just thank you, for everything, you're wonderful and i'm so glad you're here with me ♥️

✨ divider love to @saradika

[woundworship]

bus stop snoopy... what a wonderful world

[deezbutz28]

sweet venom

a/n: so this was previously called "never in a million years..." i wrote a little blurb and now i decided to expand on it

tags: fluff, angst, enemies to ???? (lil situationship thing going on

also ms.y/n is a fan of 5SOS!! 5SOSMOAS RISEEEEE

wc: 1.6k

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you were out with your friends scrolling through instagram. looking at new people to follow your eyes find one person you don't like... kang taehyun. you are a snoopy person by heart, so of course you hit the follow button.

you hated each other. although, you hadn't really feuded with him in the past year, but a part of you still found him so annoying. why did you guys hate each other? who knows?

the night goes by quickly, and you are back at home in your bed. your phone buzzes with a new notification.

*kangtaehyun has requested to follow you*

of course you accept, immediately going to stalk his page. no posts, not many followers, and a dull bio... his account must be new, you think to yourself.

after a few minutes of looking at his page, a direct message notification pops up. you open it, and shocked to see that taehyun has sent you a reel.

the video was stupid. it started out by you listening to some guy playing the piano... until you got rickrolled. how mature you thought to yourself. you wonder why he would send that to you, but then you realize...two years ago, you made fun of him for listening to the song (unironically). he then got fussy and tried starting an argument.

from then on you both had always made sure to mock, yell, and argue with each other. couldn't even stand being in the same room.

you answer with a question mark, curious about why he would send that to you.

he responds quickly, with a response that makes you cringe but also roll your eyes.

kangtaehyun: i heard you're a really big fan of this song !

y/n: you're so funny taehyun (sarcasm)... but how could you forget i am a big fan of five seconds of summer?!

kangtaehyun: how can i? they are literally all you talk about. i don't even understand the hype around them anyways.

with this you are appalled, so you immediately respond.

y/n: honestly i think you would like a few of their songs honestly. you should at least try listening to waste the night, you don't go to parties, and more...

kangtaehyun: hmm... fine, i'll give them a try. i'm expecting to be blown away, i'm expecting good things cause of you

y/n: will be expecting a fully detailed report...

kangtaehyun: yes ma'am

immediately you find that entire conversation weird. why in the world did he start conversation with you? wasn't he in some sort of relationship or something? that was the reason you decided to follow him in the first place, you wanted to see if he posted any pics of them. he was so whipped for that girl...

so you decide to leave it alone and go to bed. you wonder if he'll keep his word or not.

you wake up to a text from taehyun. it was indeed very detailed describing the aspects he liked and disliked. he even went and listen to more than you suggested. immediately you respond by saying how shocked you were. the conversation continues, you both talking about types of music you enjoy.

he asks you about other artists you like, favorite songs, and certain performances. he shocks you yet again by watching some of the performances you enjoyed. again you are constantly thinking hard about the situation... you are so confused on what type of game he is playing.

you finally tell your friends, and they immediately tell you to see where it heads. one of your friends saying, "if you realize you don't like him just friendzone him or distance yourself."

you and taehyun talk constantly for the whole week. whenever you get a chance to be on your phone at work, you are either texting him or responding to him. your friends constantly teased you about it. even his friends had found it a bit strange because you two hated each other so much before.

dread has finally settled in. you realize that you like him. and you realize that he probably likes you. he is constantly flirting and makes little ways to poke fun at you.

him saying:

honestly, i don't know why we didn't get along before

and

you are really cool

it gets to the point where he even sends you good night and good morning texts... what are you doing??? at this point, you have told him so much that he probably knows you better than your close friends. the thing is though, you've only texted each other and haven't even seen each other once.

finally he says he is going to show up at your work. but, he brings his friends... which you have an awkward relationship with some of them. beomgyu, who you've had a crush on off and on throughout the years. the others have made slight advances in which you all rejected. finally he shows up to the counter and you just give a slight smile... you couldn't even talk to him. once they made their way out and your friend just gave you a knowing look. what are you doing???

kangtaehyun: why didn't you say anything :( also is everything alright? you seemed a bit out of it.

you decide to come up with some bs response...

y/n: honestly we were really busy and i just wasn't really feeling it. :(

kangtaehyun: sorry to hear that :(

you tell him thanks and decide to leave it at that. you need to think about what you want to do in this situation.

school starts back up again in a week and maybe you'll have everything sorted out.

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today is orientation and immediately you spot the pair of boba eyes. you don't sit by him because he is with his friends. you take a seat by you friends and constantly find yourself staring at him.

finally once the long lecture is over you make your way to the hallway. he is already there and you fall in line right behind him. there is no way he doesn't know that you are behind him. someone had said hi to you, so obviously he should know that you are right there. willing to be spoken to.

you've never been able to initiate anything in your life. but honestly right now you were willing to...

"miss y/n you are holding up the line," said the teacher who was dealing with the line. with that you realized that taehyun had disappeared. and once again left confused about the situation.

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the entire month it is the same. you constantly talk to each other online but will act like you don't know each other in person. it is so frustrating. he was the one who initiated this entire thing????

but you decide to let it slide because your birthday is tomorrow. so, with that you go to bed and try not think about as your friends call it "situationship".

you wake up to a bunch of texts wishing you a happy birthday, but you are waiting for one text in particular. taehyun.

once you are driving to lunch, finally, your phone dings.

kangtaehyun: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Y/N!!!!

you thank him and he asks about your plans for the day. once you tell him he responds:

kangtaehyun: i hope you have the best day!! :)

your feelings are growing stronger and you don't know what to do. you think of all of the nice and kind things he says. but, you know that he has also been texting a few other girls. and it makes you feel less special. so, that is why you don't initiate anything in person, because no matter what you do you know you will get hurt in the end.

about a week later, he texts you. in the months you have been texting each other, you talk about the most niche and random things. so it isn't out of the blue that he asks you weird questions.

kangtaehyun: would you ever be interested in playing golf?

you tell him the truth, replying with a no and that sports aren't your thing. he responds with a "fair".

you decide to leave the conversation alone, because taehyun seems to be a bit moody. you ask you friends about the situation, and it turns out you are quite stupid. you completely misunderstood the question.

"he obviously was trying to get you to hang out with him y/n!!" your friend says, basically scolding you. with that you feel absolutely horrible, but at the same time... couldn't he just ask you normally?

the next day you decide to send him something you thought was funny. no response. the day after that you send him something again. no response.

so that's how he is going to deal with it. you decide that things are probably over and you guys are back to whatever you were two years ago.

a month later you and taehyun are involved in the same after school activity. thankfully it'll only last for two weeks but it still isn't easy. everyone was walking around the place you all were at and you were having a conversation with one of his friends.

of course, while you were talking you had said something in a weird way. and while taehyun was passing you two, he decided he would correct you in a passive aggressive tone.

so that is how it is going to be. the least you could say is that you had learned your lesson.

a/n: could you tell i had experience with this type of situation?? haha rip

[pricelessemotion]

Prologue: Big City, Wrong Choices | E.M.

Summary: [0.8k] A tedious tabloid brings you and eddie together.

Pairing: rockstar!eddie munson x fem!music journalist!reader

Warnings: talks of drug and alcohol use (nothing graphic)

Notes: took some major creative license with this one but I think it pays off, hope you enjoy!

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Stars behaving badly!

Truthfully, Eddie wanted to laugh when his manager threw the gossip rag on his coffee table. This was the reason that Mitch was knocking down his door so early in the day? Sure, the pictures of him in the article were less than flattering. One of them in particular showed him bent over, spewing his guts outside of The Viper Room. Definitely not a moment that he wanted to share with the world, but it was being shared nonetheless. 

So he got a little drunk and disorderly sometimes. It's what rock stars do. It’s part of the lifestyle. It’s a part Eddie plays and he knows he plays it well. A tabloid or two detailing his sordid exploits were par for the course. Still, he covers up his chuckle with a clearing of his throat, but it’s obvious that Mitch doesn’t buy it. 

“This is not a good look, Eddie” Mitch begins, running his hands through his thinning head of hair. “This is the kinda shit you do when you’re running the game. Not when you’re some kid from buttfuck Indiana trying to make a name for himself.”

Eddie recoils at the word kid. He already hates the fact that Mitch is not only his manager, but also his de-facto babysitter. 

“I’m twenty four years old.” The whine present in his voice isn’t doing him any favors in making him sound more mature and grown up.

“Then act like it.”

Eddie sighs and slumps into his seat. He tries to bring the whiskey glass he’s holding in his right hand up to his lips, but Mitch maneuvers around the couch and snatches it away. Usually, Eddie would put up a fight. Or, if he wasn’t in the fighting mood, he would go over to the bar cart and drink straight from the bottle out of spite. Sensing the tension in the room, Eddie concedes. He doesn’t want to be yet another reason why Mitch’s hairline is receding. 

Bracing himself, he walks to the kitchen where Mitch is brewing a fresh pot of coffee. The two of them exist in the symbiotic silence. Eddie pulls out two mugs from the cabinet and Mitch dutifully pours them both to the brim before sliding one over. They take turns passing each other milk and sugar. After taking a sip of his shitty coffee, Eddie clears his throat and asks the question of the hour.

“So, how do we fix this?”

For the first time since arriving at Eddie’s apartment, Mitch smiles. 

~

Stars behaving badly!

The magazine lands on your desk with a thump, jostling the pen holder and making the Snoopy bobblehead wobble. Eyes glazing over the headline, you scoff. Of course Eddie Munson is up to his usual antics. Whoever his publicist is should be fired, you think, because this isn’t even the first headline you’ve seen about him this week. It is, however, the first time he has graced the pages of Sub Rosa. There’s no doubt that the photos of Eddie being drunk and disorderly are currently lining every grocery checkout aisle in Los Angeles county. You wonder if he lives by the words bad publicity is good publicity. 

You look up to see the cause of the disturbance, only to see the face of your editor staring down at you. Melinda is bright and cheery, somehow glowing in the fluorescent lights that manage to wash anyone else out. 

“We’re doing damage control.” Her perfectly polished fingertip taps on Eddie’s face. 

You laugh, “I’d love to see the poor soul that has to do damage control for that trainwreck.” 

The older woman looks at you expectantly, a coy smile gracing her lips. Uh oh. You’ve worked at InStereo Magazine long enough to know that look. It’s the look she gives when she wants something and Melinda always gets what she wants. 

You take a moment to respond. You could refuse and waste the opportunity to leap from lowly column writer to actual music journalist. Melinda is still looking at you. Her cherry red glasses slide to the tip of her nose, emphasizing that she has to look down on you to have this conversation. Except it’s not a conversation. It’s more like a sentencing and she is judge, jury, and executioner. 

You look back at your desk. Snoopy is still nodding his head emphatically.

“I’ll do it.” 

“It’s so cute that you think you could’ve turned this down.” Melinda says, only the slightest bit of condescension in her tone. “We’ll go over details later, okay?”

With that, she flits away. Once she is safely out of sight, you bury your face in your hands and let out a small scream. Snoopy's rhythmic bobble breaks you out of your reverie. You grab the offending object and stuff it in the last drawer of your desk.

You were going to regret this.

~

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[linesonscreens]

Let's Read Peanuts (Yes, all of it) - December 1952

There are lots of great strips I just don't have room to comment on. I strongly encourage everybody to read the full month at the official GoComics page. Today's month starts HERE.

Dec 6, 1952

Heh.

Dec 8, 1952

Honestly it's not a bad look.

Dec 9, 1952

Did that just make him cry?

Dec 11, 1952

Gah! Please never do that again!

Dec 19, 1952

No no no! If you just outright lie then of course he will brush you off without a second thought. You've got to start with something somewhat true and then slowly work in the bullshit over time. Maybe throw in a death threat and a passive aggressive snipe at his sexuality to twist the knife a little.

God, it's like you four year olds from 1952 have never even been on social media.

Dec 21, 1952

I mean, it's more than I've gotten this year.

Dec 23, 1952

One of many things that I think sets Peanuts apart from other strips is how well Schulz depicts depression (probably because he almost certainly suffered from it). You might think depression is just a sad feeling similar to grief but it's actually more of an irrational pessimism coupled with a persistent sense dread. Your brain doesn't exactly lie to you but instead tells you the most negative version of the truth possible which can lead you to some very irrational conclusions. You feel fine, it's the ~world~ that's broken (and keeps giving you these useless pennies).

Er, not that I know anything about all that.

Anyways, Schulz perfectly captures this in a way that's honest and sincere but also entertaining and kid-friendly. Which is pretty damn impressive when you think about it.

Thoughts:

End of the year character design recap time!

Again, not doing every character every year for my own sanity since the cast will be getting very large. CB and Snoopy will be constants but the rest will get rotated in/out:

Charlie Brown

October 1950

December 1950

December 1951

December 1952

Snoopy

October 1950

December 1950

December 1951

December 1952

Lucy

March 1952

December 1952

(why can't I make this one picture smaller? Am I doing something wrong?)

Linus

September 1952

December 1952

Schroeder

May 1951

December 1951

December 1952

The main thing I'm noticing is that everybody looks twice as old as they did last year while the expression work is getting a bit more complex and nuanced. Charlie Brown's head is literally half the size it was in 1950, Schroeder has aged up into an actual character and has shed a lot of his UPA stylization, Snoopy's face is becoming a bit more blocky and angular, and Lucy's eyes no longer make her look like some kind of cursed doll. Big improvements all around I think.

Linus... got a shirt. Look it's only been 3 months what do you want from me?

There's also a lot more detail in the backgrounds now which is creating a wonderful sense of these characters existing in an actual environment. Schulz is also surprisingly good at drawing plants and nature which adds a nice organic softness to his world. It's all actually making me kind of annoyed at the animated adaptations because they always go for something loose and minimalistic for their backgrounds and I think they would have really benefited form the contrast something more solid and detailed would have provided.

Finally his paneling and compositions are god tier. I mean, god damn.

Anyways that's it for 1952, I hope you all enjoyed it. Next up: 1953!

[waggtoon]

Colors by Will Carroll.

When I was a kid, I would often attempt to draw my own Peanuts comics, but I just couldn’t nail Charles Schulz’s art style and writing style. Even now decades later I still don’t think I’ve nailed it. There’s something so simple, yet bizarrely complex about the way he drew, the way he wrote. What on the outside looked to be a simple comic about a bunch of kids and a dog sleeping on his roof is under the surface a commentary about human nature, society, failure, and how one often escapes into their imagination.

Many people state that Schulz was Charlie Brown, and to a certain extent they’re right, however Schulz put a little bit of himself into all of his characters. He had the philosophy of Linus, the love of classical music of Schroder, the sportsmanship of Peppermint Patty, the crabbiness of Lucy, and of course the imagination of Snoopy.

Snoopy is for the most part a happy character and is often seen succeeding where his owner fails, but at the same time he’s not without his struggles. In many a strip he rants about the fact that his life as a dog is rather dull and often pretends to be something else, whether it be a buzzard, a snake, an astronaut, or World War I flying ace, and even in his imagination he isn’t guaranteed success as he was never able to defeat his arch nemesis the Red Baron.

There is also the fact that much like Charlie Brown, Snoopy has dealt with failure, specifically when it comes to becoming a successful author. He pours his effort and heart into every word on the page, only to be greeted with rejection from the publishers (in one special he was even told in a letter “Give up! You are a terrible writer! Why do you bother us?”). Snoopy often brushes these rejections aside and goes back to writing soon after, but at some point I couldn’t help but wonder, would being rejected so many times ever get to him?

That’s where the idea of this tribute came from, thus finding the connection between Snoopy and Charlie Brown. Both are seen struggling with failure in their lives (though obviously old Chuck gets the worst of it), but both deciding to move forward despite failing and try again. They have both lost multiple times, but they’re not losers. Perhaps that’s what Charles Schulz wanted to communicate to his readers, life is cruel, life is tough, and life can often be unfair, but loosing doesn’t make you a looser, you’re only a looser if you stop trying. After all, he failed and was rejected by a news paper syndicate in 1949 and one year later he ended up creating the most famous comic strip of all time.

I could go on forever talking about Charles Schulz and how his work inspired me, my favorite strips, my favorite characters, my favorite specials, but I think I’ll just end things with a quote from the final Peanuts strip that truly says it all;

“Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy... How can I ever forget them...”

[ixirian-archive]

the furry and the collection I my fursona Manzana depicted with my collection of small animatronic toys (and one wind up). may be redrawn later as I am still planning on expanding the collection.

includes:

-Flipper, the furby connect -Gen1 teddy ruxpin -Baby teddy ruxpin with a replaced lower jaw cosmetic -Baby furby named Warren -Gen1 Mother Goose -Hector (probably the only one in the collection who is almost completely not working) -Mysterious wind up toy dog made in japan in the 1950s -Bosco the Furby Boom (eyes don't work and neither does the speaker, but the high frequency used to communicate with other furbies of the era and all the movements do work) -Kiwi the Snow Leopard furby -Benjamin the Zebra furby (he was a gift, along with Flipper)

-2023 Furblet (the rock music one-I believe their name is Ooh-koo)

-2023 customized Coral Furby, named Tora Tora Tiger (or just Tora or just Tiger)

-Beneath the arm is Gabby Bear (french teddy ruxpin bootleg, fully functional, maybe haunted, definitely spiritually charged - Worlds of Wonder Snoopy (fully functional aside from a fluttery lower jaw motor, a little scarred) -Playskool Pterodactyl I got from my friend when we were kids, partially customized -NiB Millenium Furby

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Pumpkin Carving

Ghostober Prompt day 1: Pumpkin Carving from the list @copiasjuicebox came up with

Summary: Copia and Sarah carve pumpkins together with their friends. [Bonus art at the bottom]

Paring: Cardinal Copia | Dracopia X OC Sarah

Words: 943

Tags: fluff

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Tags: established relationship, fluff

It’s been a wonderful, breezy Saturday while Copia and Sarah spend the morning hand-in-hand searching for the perfect pumpkins to carve later. They decided to keep the details of what they plan to cut out a secret from each other so when they point out a possible pumpkin at the patch, the only hints they give are “too tall” or “too round”.

Sarah found her gourd-shaped victim to carve up around twenty minutes ago and now her arms feel shaky from holding it while Copia drags on down each row for his pumpkin. She yells out to Copia to hurry up.

“My pumpkin is getting heavy.” Sarah pleads. “We’ve been here for an hour, Copia. How have you not found one?”

“It has to be perfect!” Copia yells back “I knew we should’ve sprung for the wheelbarrow!”

Sarah sets her pumpkin down at her feet and shakes her arms to get the feeling back into them. The soothing ache of relief in her muscles makes her sigh. “The others have already found theirs and now they’re waiting for us!”

Copia meanders through the rows of pumpkins once again and finally deems one worthy. He picks it up triumphantly, and fast-walks over to his waiting lover three rows down. Sarah makes a dramatic show by sighing and clapping. She groans before bending down to pick up her pumpkin and they begin their walk to the register to purchase their selections. Copia nudged his shoulder into hers and they both giggled.

“I appreciate your patience, amore.” He presses a kiss to the side of her head and she smiles.

Terzo, Amelia, Alex, and Swiss [a recent development] make a show of congratulating Copia on his decision. He smiles awkwardly and looks down from their soft teasing.

“I know you have all the time in the world, but we don’t.” Amelia chirps.

◊◊◊

Back at the ministry, the tables are prepped with newspaper and carving equipment cover the surface. The six of them make quick work cutting open the tops of the pumpkins. They’re all silent as they scoop out the gooey orange insides and Primo comes around to collect the vegetable’s entrails so he can pick out the pumpkin seeds to roast and eat.

Copia and Sarah eye each other’s pumpkin as they trace out their designs. The others have begun a light conversation around them discussing their carving plans but Sarah and Copia remain silent.

Sarah looks up and claims “You’re going to be blown away by my creation, Copia. I think it will be my best work!” She hopes her bravado is enough to intimidate her handsome vampire.

Copia looks up at her laughs. “We’ll see about that, amore.” He looks back to his pumpkin and resumes his work. “I just hope my design is able to compare in the same level of awe.”

Swiss finishes first. He carved a simple Grucifix.

Alex follows next, carving a crow on a branch.

Amelia chose to honor her favorite Halloween special so she carved Snoopy from “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”

Terzo decided to carve out stars and constellations.

Sarah makes a dramatic flourish to her design as she finishes her last move. She looks over to Copia and he’s locked in; his hands hold the carving tools with an expert grip. The five of them take the time to admire each other’s handiwork, leaving Sarah’s alone so they don’t reveal any information to Copia, and then briefly leave to clean their hands. They come back with some towels and trash bags to clean their tables once Copia has finished carving. He claimed “five more minutes!” as they left to wash their hands.

Back at the table, they each take a moment to snap photos of their work and each of them hold up their pumpkins to have a picture taken with them. Finally Copia declares he’s finished and everyone celebrates as they move to see what he’s made.

The pumpkin has a menacing jack-o-lantern face but he’s carved and shaved different gradients of flames rising from below. It’s as if it’s laughing menacingly behind a wall of fire.

“Oh! Copia it’s wonderful.” Sarah gasps. She wraps her arms around his waist as she hugs into his side. Copia moved his arm to wrap around her, moving his hands out of the way so he doesn’t get pumpkin guts on her. “You definitely did better than me.” Sarah laughs.

“Let’s see yours, then?” Copia gestures to her pumpkin.

She lets go of him and they all walk to her side of the table. Sarah chose to carve out a simple cartoon style drawing of a sheet ghost. She also shaved a few vertical lines to convey ripples in the fabric. Simple, but cute.

Everyone “awws” at her cartoon ghost.

Sarah grumbles. “Well, it’s not quite the awe I was going for but I’ll take it.”

Copia hugs around her this time and he presses a light kiss to her temple. “I expected more from you. You’re so great at cutting out fabric, Sarah.” He teases.

“I’m good with scissors, not a knife, my love.” She defends.

Copia hums. “Sounds like excuses to me.”

“When’d you get so good at carving pumpkins?” Alex asks.

“Did you get any tips from your friend Jack?” Terzo jests.

Copia shakes his head. “I can neither confirm nor deny my involvement with Jack the Ripper.” He responds flatly.

◊◊◊

In the evening, the six of them stand in front of the stairs that lead into the ministry and watch for a moment as their designs glow from their pumpkins. They ooh and aww their creations and celebrate a job well done.

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I will figure out how to get this on AO3. I just couldn't figure out the photo link stuff haha. I hope you enjoyed it!

[saleintothe90s]

490. The 1980 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 27, 1980

(the whole parade is here, if you just want the commercials and highlights, it's here)

Randy Hamilton from the soap opera Texas sings "Deep in the Heart of Texas" with a small child? Who is this small child. I want it to be a random child that they chose three minutes before turning the cameras on. Randy doesn't have a Wikipedia page! Sadness.

Ahhh!! Is that a baby Mark Linn Baker in the GE commercial?!

I love the crowd whooping it up for the cast of One 'Mo Time. I was wondering what was behind them --- I think it was the broadcast booth for host Ed McMahon! Just ... there with the saddest looking Woolworth decorations ever.

What a weird closing card (what do you call that?) for this Child World / Children's Palace commercial that aired constantly. Ok, the bear didn't fall on his butt? That was the best shot we could get?

For some reason Marilyn Michaels takes off her gloves while singing "Watching the Parade go Byyy". That couldn't of waited, Marilyn?

Todd Bridges sang a song about the Summer. I felt bad for Todd, he had no back up dancers, just dancing in the street. Was this a time filler? Loved the song!

A baby Glenn Close was there with the cast of Barnum. I feel like Ed is auditioning for the Star Search hosting gig with this parade. I love his energy.

I love the juxtaposition of Bryant Gumbel thanking the Museum of Natural history for letting people warm up in their building with Doodlebug.

Ed sang a song! When was the last time a host SANG.

I thought Cootie ran over a clown, but the clown deliberately laid down in front of him??

Just for us Hampton Roads girlies, Busch Gardens of Williamsburg had a Loch Ness Monster float! It's still at Busch Gardens! The cast of Brigadoon was on the float.

Ed was trying to find a date for Happy Dragon. He said "I guess now that he's 21, he's free to go out in the evening and date whomever he chooses. So if you have an eligible dragon hanging around your house moping, we might be able to set them up and in the years to come, who knows how many dragons we might have in the parade!"

There was a float for everyone's favorite box office flop, Popeye! I think that's supposed to be Olive Oyl?!

1980 was electric football's year. It felt like it was the only toy advertised!

"Tonka's Bear in a Box! Everyone's favorite!"

Finally, a game that looks like one of my dad's vintage fire scanners.

Cowboys were HOT this year, due to the movie Urban Cowboy, and the TV show Dallas. Modern equivalent to this would be this past Summer's Western Barbie! We even had Dean Butler from Little House on the Prairie sing "Don't Fence Me In" while riding a tortoise. The Lone Ranger even showed up. Oh, and even the McDonalds commercial with Ronald was western themed.

While Snoopy couldn't fly this year due to a leg injury, we had Underdog.

Can we discuss how a station wagon is pulling a float. Later on, I saw an Oldsmobile sedan towing the float with the Spinners on it.

This beautiful phone store.

I feel like by the time we were growing up in the late 80s/early 90s, Kermit had more bad days at the parade than good, but 1980 was a good year for him. Just look at him.

Casper is over here looking like the baby from Ally McBeal.

Bob from Sesame Street sang a song while Bert & Ernie danced. Even Oscar liked the song.

Unfortunately, the entire parade isn't on YouTube. Looks like the recorder only set their VCR for two hours. One of the final things you see is Linda Ronstadt and the cast of The Pirates of Penzance. "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" slaps.

Related: previous thanksgiving entries.

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Kinnporsche Rewatch 11 Thoughts

VegasPete Trailer Thoughts: i can't stop laughing about how pretentious it is, with the violins and the wine and the lighting but i also can't deny that it fits Vegas perfectly and it definitely works 👀

Gun is very upset at Vegas "I told you to watch Porsche not to hurt him!" just whyyyyyy are they so obsessed with Porsche but give no fucks about Chay? If it was only about Nampheung Feelings they'd care about Chay at least a little! I need answers!

You know it's bad when the guy you were actively torturing 2 minutes ago takes one look at you after a visit from your dad and is like "....damn, you ok over there?" despite himself.

Kinn's little "SHIT! PETE! That's what I forgot!" is so funny. BUT to be fair to Kinn, which i guess we must be,he very clearly had reservations! something did not feel right, the vibes were all wrong! it was, in fact, Porsche who was the stupid idiot here.

Tankhun reading Kinn for filth is so funny. "being a bodyguard is dangerous for porsche? you're the one who hired him! Do you want him to just stay home and make flower garlands all day?!" Tankhun my beloved, what exactly is Pol's job and what does he do all day again? just wondering.

But also, don't get distracted by Tankhun's delight at Kinn confessing his love of Porsche. Watch Korn's face. He is not pleased. But like, he already knew they were banging. He knew immediately after the first time, and they were not subtle after they actually got together. So Korn Been Knew this entire time. But feelings! Feelings that Kinn will admit out loud! well, that's something different. What is a little light (foster) cousin fucking between mafia members? but feelings go Too Far. They can't be controlled. But boy does he take advantage of it, telling Porsche to stay as Kinn's boyfriend and he can move Chay in, too. How easily Porsche is atticwifed!

LMAO @ all the bodyguards listening in. Pol and Arm are secretly drama loving gossips and that is why they thrive under Tankhun's authority. And Chan has his gun out, looming threateningly. The look he gives the bodyguards when they storm in, cheering about the Victory of Love.

Vegas is just as trapped in the safe house as Pete is and he knows it!

Second glimpse of VIP Character, best boy Khun Spikes! Vegas having a pet hedgie is honestly...the best. great character work.

Chan's face as Porsche introduces the new bodyguards is priceless. I love him. I will miss him when he bites it.

jealous of Chay's snoopy hoodie tbh.

I need to know more about Mama Theerapanyakul. We know she was 'disrespectful' aka mouthy, we know she blowdried kinn's hair, and presumably she was musically inclined. tell us more.

Pete "Your Dad Fucking Sucks" Saengtham. Pete "I bring a real Kill Your Father energy to the table that Gun doesn't really like" Saengtham. Vegas has 10 seconds of therapy and his entire world is shattered. amazing.

Vegas wears flannel pants and a tshirt to sleep when he's not putting on a show.

Pete's weakness is noodles and like...same. #relatable

[drowsyanddazed]

JADE. if there’s one thing i’ll do, it’s find snoopy in another country!! always!!! was tempted to buy a kids meal just for the toy but BK was already so expensive… and i was desperately hungry… i got the nuggets incase your were wondering hehe

you & snoopy traveling the world together <3 the display case does look a bit sad, all toppled over like that, too bad you couldn’t give them a better home, but alas i’m sure the nuggets were well worth the trip (i was wondering, in fact, that would have been my next question, instead i’ll ask: how was your birthday!? how was the trip? what’s the best thing you saw?!)

[dearest-painter]

Now, I do think the SCP! MC is snooping around to figure out what happen to their Spider version. Then they figured out their world was destroyed by SCP 1730 (What Happened to Site 13). And that world was fucked. But they wondered who cut off that world from the rest.

So, they've probably search for better signal to contact at least from the VoM or the SCP Foundation. Apparently, the Herald, and the one who was peer pressured as the Negotiator, were the one to destroy Spider version MC's world. Because the entities have somehow got released into the world, and that MC died, plus it was going wildly out of control. That they have to cut off that branch from the multiverse, because that planet is about to become a literal cancer. Negotiator was the one who ended the world.

Hopefully, no one heard about that revelation. Unless an AI was being snoopy snoopy, and SCP! MC didn't notice their Intuition was ringing, if it was probably mild. Since they are literally in 2099, probably hiding from Miguel.

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