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I love when a textbook has a theorem that is just the most obviously true shit, like girl I sure hope so, if that weren't true I think math would fall apart!

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In times of trouble remember Lucy Gray Baird

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1.01 // 2.15

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Po-tay-to Po-tah-to, Bru-shett-a Bru-skett-a

Fandom: MCU Characters: Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop Brief appearances by Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton Compilation: Moments in the Life of WidowFam A/N: Apologies to Italians and Hungarians as I butcher your spellings for (American) English-speaking audiences.

“Every time,” Yelena says the moment the waiter departs with their order in hand. “Kate Bishop, is brusketta.”

Across the table, Natasha reaches for her wine and wonders if letting those two sit together was a mistake. Fortunately their table is in the back corner of an Italian restaurant that Kate called “medium fancy”, so they don’t have to worry about Avengers fans witnessing, or worse recording, the impending nonsense. Beside Natasha, Clint sits stoically, resigned to his fate of enduring dinner with the chaos duo.

“What?” Kate asks easily.

“The appetizer,” Yelena says confidently as if what she’s referring to is obvious. Natasha understands immediately.

Kate does not. Her brow crinkles briefly as she tries to recall their order. “Oh, the brushetta?”

“Brusketta,” Yelena corrects.

“Brushetta,” Kate says.

“Brusketta,” Yelena repeats.

“This is Budapesht all over again,” Natasha says, turning to Clint so she doesn’t have to listen to those two talk in circles.

Clint frowns. “How is this anything like Budapest?”

“There it is,” Natasha says. “Budapesht.”

Clint’s confusion lingers, so Natasha decides to let it drop. He’s elected not to wear his hearing aids tonight—Natasha cannot fault him for that choice—so there’s a chance he doesn’t actually hear the difference in what she’s saying.

But if Yelena and Kate don't stop bickering by the time the bruschetta arrives, Natasha is going to throw one at Yelena.

...

Yelena follows Kate Bishop down the dimly lit hallway. 

It should be an easy mission. The bunker is operated by a skeleton crew and not even a well-trained one at that. Yelena and Kate Bishop are going to shut down a server and… save the world or something. Yelena had stopped paying attention at some point. She’s only here because Clint Barton had insisted that Kate Bishop not go alone.

The pair stop as they reach a T-intersection.

"Okay, I go this way, you go that way," Kate Bishop whispers. “Capisce?”

“Capisco,” Yelena responds. She moves down her assigned hallway.

“What?”

Kate Bishop's confusion stops Yelena in her tracks. She turns back to repeat: “Capisco. I understand.”

For a conversation about understanding, there certainly seems to be a lack of it. 

“No, no,” Kate says. “You’re supposed to say it back to me: capisce.”

Yelena frowns. “You asked me if I understand. Why would I say, ‘you understand’?”

“Oh, come on. It’s mafia slang. Haven’t you watched The Godfather? The Sopranos?”

Yelena has not. During her brief years in America, she was too young for such media. And afterwards, well, she was too busy living a life of violence to watch American media portraying a life of violence.

In fact, they do not have time for this now. 

“I am going now,” Yelena says, turning her back on Kate Bishop and resuming her progress down the hallway.

“Okay,” Kate Bishop calls after her, “but we’re watching The Godfather when we’re done!” 

...

Yelena would like to be anywhere else in the world.

Instead, she is standing in a bakery in Budapest with Kate Bishop beside her. Or rather, it’s Kate Bishop she wishes were somewhere else.

“Hoagie vajie?” Kate Bishop says to the person behind the counter with her stereotypical American friendliness.

Yelena glares. “What are you doing?”

“I looked it up,” Kate Bishop says proudly. “It’s ‘how are you?’ in Hungarian.”

“Kate Bishop,” Yelena says sternly as she struggles not to strangle the other woman in front of too many witnesses. “Hoj voj.” 

“No, see, look.” Kate Bishop pulls out her phone and after a few taps shows Yelena her screen where “Hogy vagy” is on display.

Yelena’s glare doesn’t abate. It intensifies. “There is a pronunciation button right there.”

"Oh, so there is,” Kate says with a badly suppressed smirk. Yelena groans internally. Kate Bishop is doing this on purpose.

“You are a menace.”

Kate Bishop’s smirk makes its appearance in full. She turns back to the bakery worker and proceeds to act like a perfectly normal tourist.

Yelena dreams of throwing Kate Bishop into the Danube.

They are seeing Natasha and Clint Barton later today. Yelena considers sharing her thoughts with them. Natasha might turn on her for the fun of it, but Clint Barton… He might be a willing accomplice. Maybe Yelena could get some use out of him after all.

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I'm feeling so unmotivated in drawing this past months, that's why I didn't post anything lately. But here's a quick handmade doodle of Kell, Lila and Ren to bright up your day.

I wanted to draw this meme for quite a long time, and handmade doodles are quicker than digital.

I didn't have the opportunity to read Threads yet, so can anyone tell me if this is accurate? 😂

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He is innocent!

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priya: we can't manipulate, manwhore, or mansplain our way out of this one

Bhumika, down on her last nerve: manslaughter it is then

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"oh i really love xyz character-" really? outside the context of shipping?

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bringing my thread here in honor of the ballad of songbirds and snakes trailer today because the "lucy gray parallels katniss" people are out there and they are wrong, lucy gray baird is peeta mellark and sejanus plinth is katniss everdeen and i will die on this hunger games hill

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Aaand (oops), I did it again

my brain whenever I collect grass for my family’s pet bunny: take the grass!

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So my first guess was wrong about Nadiya...

SHE'S FUCKING AROACE HOLY SHIT THIS IS SUCH A WIN

I knew V.E. Schwab wouldn't let us down like I figured she'd be some flavor of queer. And while lesbian was my first (clearly wrong now dkdjdjabfb) guess, aroace was my second and boy did she deliver!! Seeing her find a family and a place to belong and even thrive while being very clearly aroace (she may have lacked the words for it for it's obvious she's aware of it) was so wonderful. And as an asexual who is not sex averse, it was really lovely getting some representation in that regard.

Also the Loreni colors being purple and gray... I see you!! I see what this is!! 💜🩶

And like even beyond representation, she's such an interesting character! Her relationship with Alucard is really nice, and I'm excited to see where her and Lila's relationship goes, especially after Lila was hurt by the stolen invention. I think they're actually quite similar characters, which is definitely part of what makes them clash. And her inventing is probably also going to be important. I hope she continues to cook up dangerous shit I...hope she has fun :) I'm also curious about her and Rhy's relationship—I mean they're married of course, but we didn't actually get a lot of them together and I'm quite interested in that dynamic.

In short: all hail our aroace slightly unethical science queen

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Remember the five minutes in Oleander Sword where everything was fine, and then nothing devastating ever happened to these characters 🙃

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I got through a book for the first time since I was a teenager!!! nearly 10 years, maybe? i'm really happy and proud. I used to read so much, then I just.. stopped.

"The Echo Wife" by Sarah Gailey, thriller science fiction. I have no idea what kinda reception this book has gotten, i didnt look up ratings, and my mind was so fresh to prose that I just took it in. I enjoyed it vry much, and drew this while listening.

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thinking about this today bc I had pizza for lunch and confession:

I am the weirdo human who needs lettuce to mask out the taste of cheese

The Peculiarity of People

A/N: This is set during… uh, between seasons 4 and 5? Early season 5? Idk.

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“You know, I never asked,” Alex says as Brainy takes another bite of his apples and olives pizza. “How did you even come up with that combination? I have never seen that offered in any pizza place ever, and I went to college in the Bay Area*, so I’ve seen plenty of unusual pizza topping combinations. Did you try all possible combinations or something?”

“It was rather more analogous to an–I believe humans call it–a priori determination,” Brainy says.

Nia frowns. “No, we don’t.”

“Some of us do,” Alex says.

“Nerd,” Kara teases.

“Takes one to know one,” Alex shoots back.

J’onn smiles fondly at the Danvers sisters’ bickering.

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she loves her new knife

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Detective Agnes and her .. uh.. dog?

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just saw a fanfic on ao3 have a dedication for chatgpt... that section is meant for your horny perverted mutual who proofread your work, you violated sacred law and you will be torn apart and laid bare btw