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When it's that time, and you're having all the ✨wOndERfuL✨ symptoms but Aunt Flo has yet to check in:

*screams at uterus* RELEASE!!!

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So, we know Connie's coffee could be classified as chemical warfare. Are there any dishes/drinks that the other girls are just BAD at making? We know they can make completely delicious dishes, but is there ONE that always goes catastrophically wrong, or just never goes as planned?

Oof, I've considered this question for a while, but I think I've finally revealed some answers.

Eggs are finicky for Bess. Frying them, poaching them, soft-boiling them, separating whites from yolks for certain recipes. Anything that requires some precise, fine skill with eggs so they don't turn out completely cooked through instead of those delicious runny/jammy states is just something she forever struggles with. Wolf actually cooks and separates the eggs in their house. He's very good and has an innate skill for preciseness.

Addie is not good at making soups. Soups, stews, chowders, chilis, ramen, hotpots--she has a tendency to badly scorch everything when she uses a big pot with a lot of ingredients, which you need to do when making soup for more than just yourself. But that's okay, there are two other girls in the house capable of making some bomb soups, so she'll handle some other things instead.

Gal? Um... This is hard, because girl is literally a professional cook.😂 I think, with Gal, it's more like she's not particularly fond of the results of some things she makes, even when everyone else enjoys them. I see her loving kimchi, so she's probably tried to save some money by learning how to make it on her own, but the results are just never the same as the real deal. So she foregoes saving money and just bites the bullet to get real kimchi, because if it's not the real deal, it's not worth it to her.

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Best bath time buddy.💕

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"Why don't we ever hold the cheating spouse accountable?!"

I'll do you one better: Why don't we hold both cheaters accountable to the same degree because they both suck as people and both deserve repercussions?

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Maybe I've never been chosen because there's not anything in me that someone can connect to in that way.

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Labubu is the less iconic mashup of Hello Kitty and Furby.

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Today is Bess and Scrooge's wedding day in the Timeless Scroogeverse.

So, do I have something planned or ready to post up to mark the day and celebrate it?

Of course not! How ambitious do you think I am?😅

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I’ve been recently watched “Fall” and “47 Meters Down” (AKA films where two sister-friends end up in dreadful scenarios) and I just imagine Connie and Bess watching them (or catching snippets) and being like:

“Wow…I’m going to sleep soundly knowing you and I are smart enough to NEVER be in these situations.”

“Bess, if I ever try to convince you to try and climb a 2,000-foot decommissioned radio tower, whack me upside the head. And tell Mama and Magda, too. They’ll have a field day with that.”

“And if I try to convince you to lie about being a professional diver so we can get trapped in a shark cage, you have my permission to get me to a hospital, because something has happened to my brain.”

🤣🤣🤣🤣 These sorts of movies! I can never understand how people could have so few survival skills that they willingly put themselves in these predicaments. It's like people approaching wild animals trying to befriend and pet them. Um, no! Don't be an idiot like that! Be like me: Only be enough of an idiot to try to pet them if they approach you first, because then it's fair game.

Look, these two ladies? They've already been through the ringer. They have enough emotional, mental, and physical trauma already without willfully inflicting more upon themselves. They don't need to be daredevils. The only big risks they need to be taking are allowing themselves to believe the two most eligible and influential bachelors in the UK could genuinely be interested in them. They've acquired too many common sense points and survival skills to risk life and limb for a cheap adrenaline high.

Even Gal, our risk-taker, is sure to calculate out things before doing them, and if the risks significantly outweigh the rewards, it ain't worth it. She learned that a long time ago and lost an arm for her recklessness.

Now, the GamerBois? Oof...😅

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So, curiously…we talked about this a while ago, but with Emm and his Veilgirl (and the other Veilcouples) sharing a universe with the Twins, I have to ask, who do you see Bess or Wolf being besties with, if anybody?

Because while Connie obviously would find Emmrich delightful, I think she’d get along well with Lucanis and Neve. And Adonis and Lucanis would both be members of “I have an insanely hot wife who makes the WORST coffee know to man” club.

Lucanis: You…drank that coffee? Daily?

Adonis: For a while, yes.

Lucanis: Your blood much be mercurial. I wonder what a sample of it could be used for? What poisons could be crafted from its properties?

Adonis: I want to say ‘thank you’, but I’m not sure.

Okay,so I've considered this some, trying to figure out who would vibe with who, and this is what I've come up with.

Bess would get along with most of the team, I think; Taash might try her patience, but in a similar way Millie does.😅 But she and Harding would obviously make a fast friendship, bonding over gardening and plants. She'd also get along with Emmrich quite well, as we've kind of already discussed before, as he'd probably be a good friend of Wolf's. But I think she'd also have a close bond with Davrin because of his love of nature, and, of course, Assan.😂

Addie? Again, she's being friendly with everyone, though Lucanis might creep her out a bit, probably mostly because of the whole possessed thing. But for the most part, immediately she wants to hang out with Neve, get to know her and her work, hear all the crazy detective stories, compare notes about infamous, unsolved crimes. The question is if Neve would like her or get annoyed.😂 I think she and Bellara would also click well, too: They're both kind of academic nerds.

Gal? She and Taash are workout buddies. Instantly. They also love to arm wrestle. Gal might be the only one who can tell Taash to shut up and Taash be cool with it.😅 And then there's Lucanis: You KNOW these two cooks are bonding like bros over the proper way to prepare pasta and the best spice combinations. I can also see her and Davrin getting along, giving each other a hard time during workouts.

Jake? You know he and Davrin are bros. They both got stuck with a wild child they didn't necessarily ask for and grew to be doting fathers. But they still teasingly, lovingly gripe about their lots in life.

Tom, I think, would have his time monopolized by Manfred and Assan.😂 Look, he's got all the cool, shiny toys and can do magic tricks! But also, I can see him and Harding being friends for some reason?

I need some help puzzling the others out.

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@rom-e-o A) Davrin sounds so tired.😂

B) That is absolutely something Assan would do. Between him.and Manfred, those kids would be swimming in trinkets of varying degrees of worth.🤣🤣🤣

Useless Veilguard fact of the day: Day 140

During Davrin's recruitment mission, you can find a griffon nest with a bunch of his carvings that were brought there by the griffons. Rook and Davrin will have a short conversation about it (transcript below).

Rook: What's all this? Davrin: I wondered what happened to them. They're mine. I like to carve. Rook: How'd they end up here? Davrin: The griffons. They take things to make a nest. Or play pranks. I don't know.

Check out the tag for more useless facts: #useless davg fact of the day!

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When you have several different flavors of rice in the pantry but your parents both only ever grab the one kind whenever they're cooking:

Well, fine. I'll just pack up all the others when I move out and you guys won't get to have them, then.

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@rom-e-o I feel like Bess would get this for a Connie baby-shower decoration, but I think the worm should be a caterpillar, for obvious reasons.😂

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That one time in elementary school when your on-again-off-again best friend said, "My mom says only children are spoiled brats," and a little part of you still hangs on to that and you can't help but sometimes wonder when you look in the mirror and struggle to ask for and accept things because, God forbid, people have assumptions about you being a spoiled, lazy mooch who's never had to work for anything and expects everything to be handed to her that are proven right.

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So.

Today is my birthday.

I'm 30 years old.

30 years old and nowhere close to any of the life milestones most everyone else I know my age have met and accomplished.

30 years old and so little to show for it.

30 years old and a total loser.

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Today is my 8th birthday. How far can I make it around Tumblr?

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So, we know Addie’s pregnancy craving. Now I have to know Bess’, Gal’s, G’iney’s, etc. (I believe we previously discussed Bess’ but like so many things, I could NOT find the receipt lol)

Now this is a fun question.

Right off the bat, I just know Gal's is anchovies and, really, any sort of pickled seafood. Which isn't all that unusual for her... until you add the fact it's drowned in a slurry of hot sauce. Sometimes mustard is involved. Sometimes she wants it all blended together, like some rancid shake invented in the fiery pits of culinary hell. When that happens, she likes a plain lemon or lime or two to eat along with it.

I'm sure we have talked about Bess' cravings at some point but, I also don't remember and can't find it.😂 I feel like Bess tends to have different cravings with each kid, the cravings with the boys are usually tamer and more normal than with the girls. For example, with Cordell, I think she just craved tater-tot and chili pizza.

With Georgia? Well, there wasn't really a specific food she wanted, but she just wanted garlic. Garlic anything. On everything. Yes, even garlic sauce on ice cream. Girl literally made a batch of sugar cookies and, instead of rolling the dough balls in a cinnamon-sugar mixture, she rolled them in garlic salt and powder and sprinkled them with minced garlic. Occasionally, for an extra kick, she'd add dollops of horseradish.

Guinevere? Honestly, I think Guinevere is the unfortunate kind that gets pregnancy cravings she can't have. Like seafood. Rare meat. Wine. She's not even the biggest fan of alcohol and drinks sparingly anyway because of her health and medications, but then she gets a baby in her and--boom!--she's craving wine like a parched man in the desert craves water.

And because I have an idea for her, I'm adding her in here. Hela? Baked potato. Any kind of baked potato was her go-to during her pregnancies. Sometimes simple, sometimes magnificently loaded, sometimes just hot, fresh, and plain. I don't know why, but it just feels right as a pregnancy craving for her.

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@rom-e-o Imagine Bess' first official gala season as Wolf's girlfriend. Everyone is cautioning her to take it slow and not push herself because it actually takes a lot of energy for these things, but Bess kind of brushes it off. She's an l&d nurse and aspiring midwife after all--she's been run off her feet before. She's ready for anything and surely some big, fancy parties with pretty clothes and good drink and food will be a cinch!

She's wiped out by the end of the first week. It's a sort of tired she didn't know she could be, and she certainly never expected it to come from something that seems so frivolous and fun as this. It doesn't help that she's still working practically non-stop through it all.

Her weariness does not go unnoticed. Flowers and a card show up via the Urchins at the nursing station for her the afternoon before the next gala (which Bess is quietly dreading):

Most beloved and dearest Brightness,

I cannot tell you how amazing it has been to have you by my side this season. You have made every moment a complete joy and each event has shone brighter with your mere attendance. You have been radiant to watch. I would not exchange the memories we've made this week for anything. I am the luckiest man among men.

That said, I can see how weary you are after these first events. You put so much of yourself into everything you do, and I do admire you for it. However, sometimes I fear your efforts, in matters such as these, are merely to please me.

My darling, you do not need to overextend yourself to please me. You please me merely by existing. My greatest pleasure is, in fact, that you allow me the highest honor of being able to call myself 'yours'.

In lieu of the gala this evening, I've taken liberties to arrange for a quiet evening at home, instead. My flat. No disturbances. The evening is your oyster.

I do so hope you'll accept my humble invitation.

Eternally Yours,

Wolf

It's accompanied with her favorite lunch from Gal's diner, hot and fresh.