#[18 Aug 2019]

[sweetellafontaine]

((Polaris)) 💗 Someday | Timothy [18 Aug 2019] ((Do not reply))

She was beginning to feel the weight of summer. Summer meant no classes, it meant working at the magic laundry and working on the household. The Fontaine mansion wasn’t built for one person to do all the work yet that was exactly how the household was arranged. And all of it was put on Ella Fontaine who, if her father had not remarried would be the master of the mansion.

After her shift at the magical laundry, she barely could stand on her feet. Blisters prevented her from moving quickly and she barely could bite back her tears.

“Someday, I will find my happiness.” She whispered to herself as a weak attempt to cheer herself up, she found herself sitting down on the pavement removing a shoe to see the damage on her feet. It was worse than she imagined. And she sighed. “When will kindness repay me, mother?” She whispered to herself, surprised to see a butterfly landing before her. She decided to dry her tears and put back her shoes but got started to see she no longer was alone.

“Oh, I apologize.” She kindly smiled before offering the other a bow.

After two back to back washes Timothy let out a sigh of relief when he sniffed his clothes. While working at Jumbo’s was fun his clothes tended to smell like pizza more often than not, even spreading to his home clothes. Stuffing everything away into a gym bag he hoisted it over his shoulder, hearing the bell jingle he watched a blonde girl duck out with a wave goodbye presumably to her coworkers. 

Following not far behind her he blinked when he saw something flash on the ground, feeling the light bounce off into his face. Bending down he picked up the small case looking vaguely like a card holder, glancing back up he figured it was more than likely the girl’s. Seeing her a bit to his left he blinked in surprise wondering if she was waiting on a ride or taking a small break, though she’d picked an odd place. Too lost in thought he’d walked up faster to her than he’d anticipated, hearing her mumbles he almost missed the tears she was quickly drying.

His brows shot up at the bow, ok now that was a new one he mused. Clearing his throat he shook his head, “You’re fine, honestly my bad for walking up without saying anything,” he apologized. Remembering his whole point of walking up he held the case up for her to see, “By any chance is this yours?”

She took notice of the case she was holding, and a fond smile carried on her lips. It was one her mother had made when she was still alive. “In fact yes, that is mine.” She opened the case to see a picture of her former family and smiled as if it was a sign of her dear mother herself. “I must have dropped it during my shift.”

She softly hummed for a moment before giving him a tiny bow. “Thank you, what can I do to repay your kindness?”

Timothy let out a sigh of relief when she confirmed his assumption. Handing it off to her he smiled as she looked at it fondly. Jimmy would be proud of him he thought, maybe he’d bring up the situation during drinks just to get him to relax for a bit. “Found it outside actually probably just slipped out your bag.”

At her second bow he raised a brow in surprise, her mannerisms reminded him of Duke. Clearing his throat he shifted the bag resisting the urge to make a quip, Jimmy was rubbing off on him more than he liked. Shifting his bag again he paused before smiling sheepishly, “Actually could use some advice, any tips for how to get pizza smells out of clothes? You could probably save me a couple hours a week.”

She got quite startled, and yet she had been extremely tired so it wouldn’t be too odd that she had lost it outside. Part of that filled her with dread. She could have lost such an important memory of her parents. “Thank you, truly. This means a lot to me. I wouldn’t know what to do if I lost it to never have it returned.”

Pizza smell? She pondered for a moment. “Mix 1 cup distilled white vinegar and 1 cup baking soda with just enough water to cover the clothes. Soak for 4 hours. Then put the clothes and vinegar/baking soda mixture in the wash and launder as usual.” She smiled. “Do you work in a pizza place?”

“Hey no need to dwell on what ifs,” Timothy said feeling a little self conscious from all the praise and using his best method to deflect. Jimmy usually said similar things trying positive reinforcement on him. He shot her an easy grin, “Sure anybody woulda done the same thing.”

Nodding he typed a quick note onto his phone making a mental note to forward it to all the kiddos working for him. “Jumbo’s actually, your run of the mill friendly neighborhood manager,” he said cheerfully. “You’re gonna have a lot of grateful teens on your hands, pizzas great for lunch not so great during the off hours.”

He made a fair point, the most important part was knowing that she had her picture returned. She could remember well when this was taken, she could remember her mom hugging her close and her father’s fond smile before trying to look like a stern father. He was way too softhearted with Ella. She nodded. “Yeah.”

“Jumbo? I haven’t been there yet. Maybe I should.” She chuckled. “I’m happy to help in any way. I do hope it helps in the end.”

Patting his body with his free hands he dug around his pockets before he found a card with Jumbo’s logo and his name underneath. “We’d be happy to have you come in,” he said holding the card out to her, “bring some friends in sometime this week. I’ll get you guys a half off deal on food and games.” 

“Honestly you’re a bit of a life saver right now for them, we’ve been trying a lot of different detergents. You’ve been working at the laundromat long?”

“I’m happy to pay you a visit, but you really have no reason for repaying me after all this is my job.” Though it felt a bit rude to reject his kind offer. “Well, it won’t be too many people. My friends are very limited.” Mostly due to the fact that she didn’t get to get out much aside from going to work.

“I’ve been working here ever since my father died after remarrying. My stepmother felt that I shouldn’t burden her by having her pay for my tuition. And that I should be happy I’m still allowed to live with her. I guess she has a point since she is the mistress of the house.”  Ella didn’t mind having to work hard. “So it’s been a couple of years already. Everyone is very kind here, so I don’t mind it at all.”

“Technically you’re not on the clock right now,” he replied shrugging a bit, “Actually speaking of which I’m not keeping you from anything am I?” This girl was too nice he mused, he hated to think he was inconveniencing her in some way. 

Burden? His brow furrowed in confusion at her words the wheels clicking in his head. He had to bite back the urge to argue, she reminded him a bit of Duke when they first met. “She sounds like a..,” don’t say it that voice that sounded like Jimmy in his head snapped, “very old fashioned woman,” he said settling for a more neutral term. “Does she..usually talk like that about things?” he questioned trying to be as casual as possible.

“I work after hours to generally clean up.” If she didn’t she couldn’t afford college. “Don’t worry, my boss isn’t that strict with me. She is very kind and she allows me to breaks when I need one.” She truly was blessed to work in such an adorable place like this.

Her smile faltered for a second. “I suppose she would be in the eyes of others, she, however, considers herself to be a rather…modern thinking woman.” Almost instinctively, her hand moved to her sleeve, tugging to hide the bruises. “Well…” She wasn’t quite comfortable with the question. “I mean…It’s manageable you know.” But was it?

Least her work life seemed healthy enough he mused quietly to himself. He himself was fairly laid back in his workplace letting the kids do homework while he finished closing up on slow nights. “Careful you keep telling me how good of a worker you are and I might try to poach you for Jumbo’s” he teased playfully.

Resisting the urge to snort Timothy fiddled with the strap on his bag thinking over his words. He averted her gaze when he saw her fiddling wanting to give her some semblance of privacy. Shrugging he for one of the few times in his life picked his words carefully, “You know manageable looks good on a resume, not sure how well it fits towards home stuff.” Pausing he shook his head, “Sorry I’m probably overstepping just…you remind me of a buddy of mine.”

“Well I could always use an extra job, but I fear my body won’t let me.” She already lived on three to four hours of actual sleep. If she were to take another job, she might get overwhelmed with the house chores. She pondered over it. Maybe she could reschedule how she did her chores and her laundry job.

“We don’t get to pick our homes.” She muttered. It wasn’t very kind of her to say, but she didn’t like lying either. Her home was in the hands of a woman who despite her. “I understand your concern, but I’ll manage.” She would manage, saving money to the day she could leave that house filled with memories of her real parents. Secretly her heart broke a little over the idea.

Timothy resisted an urge to frown at her words, that hadn’t been his intention at all. He’d met less adults that were less workaholic than this girl was, though he doubted it was just because she enjoyed it. Still there wasn’t much he could do without overstepping he thought, he was a stranger after all. 

“No we don’t,” he agreed thinking back before his adoption and the less than stellar home life he’d had. Swallowing he knew he should probably let her go off he’d held her up long enough and he very much did not want to come off as creepy. “I’m sure you will but,” he grabbed one of his business cards out of his wallet. He rarely used them but for once grateful the owner had made them, “Listen if you ever wanna talk…or just need someone to make you laugh. Call me alright?”

end

[zvaigzdelasas]

[H]undreds of legal experts and groups on Monday urged the global community—and the United States government in particular—"to comply with international law by ending the use of broad, unilateral coercive measures that extensively harm civilian populations."

In a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, the jurists and legal groups wrote that "75 years ago, in the aftermath of one of the most destructive conflicts in human history, nations of the world came together in Geneva, Switzerland to establish clear legal limits on the treatment of noncombatants in times of war."

"One key provision... is the prohibition of collective punishment, which is considered a war crime," the letter continues. "We consider the unilateral application of certain economic sanctions to constitute collective punishment."

Suzanne Adely, president of the National Lawyers Guild—one of the letter's signatories—said in a statement that "economic sanctions cause direct material harm not only to the people living on the receiving end of these policies, but to those who rely on trade and economic relations with sanctioned countries."

"The legal community needs to push back against the narrative that sanctions are nonviolent alternatives to warfare and hold the U.S. Government accountable for violating international law every time it wields these coercive measures," she added.[...]

"Hundreds of millions of people currently live under such broad U.S. economic sanctions in some form, including in notable cases such as Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Venezuela," the letter notes. "The evidence that these measures can cause severe, widespread civilian harm, including death, is overwhelming. Broad economic sanctions can spark and prolong economic crises, hinder access to essential goods like food, fuel, and medicine, and increase poverty, hunger, disease, and even death rates, especially among children. Such conditions in turn often drive mass migration, as in the recent cases of Cuba and Venezuela."

For more than 64 years, the U.S. has imposed a crippling economic embargo on Cuba that had adversely affected all sectors of the socialist island's economy and severely limited Cubans' access to basic necessities including food, fuel, and medicines. The Cuban government claims the blockade cost the country's economy nearly $5 billion in just one 11-month period in 2022-23 alone. For the past 32 years, United Nations member states have voted overwhelmingly against the U.S. embargo on Cuba. Last year's vote was 187-2, with the U.S. and Israel as the only dissenters.

According to a 2019 report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a progressive think tank based in Washington, D.C., as many as 40,000 Venezuelans died from 2017-18 to U.S. sanctions, which have made it much more difficult for millions of people to obtain food, medicine, and other necessities.

"Civilian suffering is not merely an incidental cost of these policies, but often their very intent," the new letter asserts. "A 1960 State Department memo on the embargo of Cuba suggested 'denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation, and overthrow of government.'"

"Asked whether the Trump administration's sanctions on Iran were working as intended, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded that 'things are much worse for the Iranian people, and we're convinced that will lead the Iranian people to rise up and change the behavior of the regime,'" the signers added.

12 Aug 24

[monthly-writing-challenges]

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Monthly prompt blogs for the next three months (Aug. 2025 - Oct. 2025):

Blogs with different prompt lists/challenges every month:

@monthlywritingchallenges. August challenge (ongoing): summer vacation, break month/single prompt.

@thepromptfoundry. August challenge (ongoing): Scortchin' Summer, prompt-a-day. September challenge: Steampowered September

August 2025:

@augustofwhump! Category: whump. Running since 2024. 2025 status: prompts are posted. [Type: prompt-a-day]

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[emdashbitch]

I found out Shang Chi is technically younger than Shuri and just about lost my mind. So here's a list of the new/"younger" characters ages (or an estimate if they don't have a canon birthdate given yet) by Doomsday aka approximately 2029, oldest to youngest:

all info based on what we know as of May 2025

* indicates estimated birth date, no canon given yet

(original age had Blip not happened)

Yelena Belova - 35-36 (40-41) - 1988-89

Bob Reynolds - ? anywhere from 28 to 39 - ~1990-2000*

Shuri - 24-27 (29-32) - ~1996-9

Xu Shang-Chi - 29-30 - 1999

Maya Lopez - 28-30 - 1999-2000

Joaquín Torres - anywhere from 26 to 29 - ~2000-2002*

[absolute youngest possible age in TFATWS/2023 is 21 if the Snap didn't affect process, but could possibly be younger if the armed forces altered their process due to mass shortages post-Snap]

Peter Parker - 23 (28) // Aug 10 2001

Kate Bishop - 26 - Q4 2002

Riri Williams - 24 - 2005

Cassie Lang - 21 - July 2008

Kamala Khan - 19-20 - Q4 2009

Billy & Tommy Maximoff - [ 3-4 - Nov 2013 ] / 18-19 - 2010

T'Challa II - 9-10 - Q4 2018-Q1 2019

[paolo-streito-1264]

Issei Suda (1940–2019). 'Fūshi Kaden' Yuzawa, Akita-ken, 18 Aug., 1976.

[deliciouskeys]

Before Christmas, as promised, the last chapter. My holiday gift to people who have been reading this long journey of a fic, thank you so much for taking the time and partaking in my brain's delirious feverdreams.

[If you see errors, typos, annoying word repetition, I apologize in advance-- I self-betaed but... I'm... low on sleep because of work.]

Fic summary below the cut if you don't want to reread to remember what was happening.

Aug 28, 2022

Wherein on the anniversary of Ryan's death, Homelander takes a moment away from grieving to visit Vought Reproductive Labs and first hears about an intriguing solution to his problem

Sept 2&15, 2022

Wherein Homelander visits a super with an ability to reshape flesh and asks to have a very peculiar body modifying surgery

Sept 17, 2022

Wherein Homelander visits Billy Butcher with a very matter-of-fact proposition, delivered with a little more brutality than he intended, but isn't able to achieve his goal.

Sept 18, 2022

Wherein Homelander makes conciliatory gestures towards Billy Butcher and they try again, this time in Homelander's apartment.

Nov 15, 2022

Wherein Billy Butcher finds out that Homelander has achieved his goal and doesn't have any real intentions to leave Vought, and they have a falling out.

Dec 12, 2022

Wherein Homelander pays a visit to Dr. Sonnenberg again and contemplates telling Vought about his condition.

Dec 14, 2022

Wherein Homelander's announcement of his condition falls with a very strange thud in the Vought board room. He realizes they may not have his best interests at heart, and he comes crawling back to Billy Butcher if not for help then at least moral support.

Dec 15 & 24, 2022

Wherein Billy Butcher takes advantage of the rift and arranges for Homelander to cut ties with Vought completely. Homelander is reluctant but has few options. He’s placed under house arrest in Billy Butcher's dingy apartment until the FBI can get a deposition from him about Vought and he adjusts to his new life.

January 24, 2023

Wherein Homelander goes public with his pregnancy announcement, MM is really concerned about Butcher's plan, and Homelander and Billy Butcher continue to look for ways to live together and not strangle each other.

March 2, 2023

Wherein Billy Butcher and Homelander have a blowout fight over Homelander's reluctance to give straightforward testimony about all the abuses he underwent while being raised by Vought and they go to bed not entirely angry but not entirely reconciled either.

March 3, 2023

Wherein Billy Butcher faces the fact that he's grown attached to Homelander and resolves to be more patient and understanding. He and Homelander have a raw heart-to-heart which brings up strong emotions in both, and each of them has a lot of misgivings about how the relationship is really shaping up. Homelander has his first real pregnancy scare and has to break house arrest to tend to it.

March 29, 2023

Wherein Homelander and Billy Butcher are preparing to move into a nicer apartment, Homelander's house arrest ends, Homelander requests a baby shower, and he and Billy Butcher have one last go with his supersuit on before they are required to return it to Vought.

April 14, 2023

Wherein Homelander makes a happy discovery that his baby can see through him, and Billy Butcher brings tidings of a disturbing discovery about Ryan's fate. Something in Homelander snaps and he is newly motivated to fight back against Vought. Billy Butcher records notes for an entirely new deposition with a very different tone.

May 27, 2023

Wherein Billy Butcher's friends and friends-of-friends come over for a baby shower.

July 3-5 2023

Wherein Homelander is overdue and can't wait to give birth, but once the ordeal starts it never seems to end. Homelander goes into a bit of a fugue state before it’s over, but all's well that ends well.

July 8,9,17, 2023

Homelander and Billy Butcher are adjusting to life with a superpowered newborn, and despite difficulties, Homelander makes a concerted effort to return into the public eye and take back control of the narrative from Vought-planted stories about him.

October 18, 2023

Wherein Homelander testifies in a pivotal congressional hearing and fields questions from a hostile group of politicians who don't want to see Vought collapse, but at least Billy Butcher supports him behind the scenes.

August 27, 2025

Wherein Billy's aunt and mum pay a visit to the house in the Catskills where Billy Butcher and Homelander have opted to raise their superpowered toddler in relative seclusion from society, and Homelander has many misgivings about whether he's raising Lena right.

March 19, May 1, 2027

Wherein Billy Butcher contends with anti-supe sentiments and tends to Homelander feeling under the weather during the early days of his second pregnancy. Homelander lays the groundwork for rehabilitating the reputation of superpowered people in the wake of Vought's disintegration and the loss of that support.

October 31, Dec 25, 2027

Wherein Homelander experiences Lena's first trick-or-treating outing and he and Billy Butcher take stock of how they've managed to parent their daughter up until now. With the arrival of the second child, Homelander looks back and considers how grateful he is that his life has taken this sharp turn after a period of horrific grief.

[a-shade-of-blue]

New Gaza fundraiser asks I've received (11 August)

Ghada Banat (@ghadabanat): Ghada is pregnant and on her latest trimester and is expecting to give birth very soon. Ghada is from a family of 14 and has a 9-month-old daughter. They are trying to evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/65f2a341) (#239 on the verified fundraiser spreadsheet vetted by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi.) 

Malk and Ahmed Al Zaeem (@malkzaim): Malk is 14 years old. His grandfather suffers a spinal injury but there is limited meidcal resources in Gaza. Malk and is family is trying to evacuate and ensure his grandfather receives essential medical care abroad. (https://gofund.me/f5a14faa) (#129 on the verified fundraiser list vetted by nabulsi and el-shab-hussein)

Suad Ahmad (@suad-ahmad): Suad and her husband have an infant son Khaled who is born during the current war. Her infant son developed a severe fever due to a chest infection. They, along with her family, are stranded in the streets of Al-Bureij, where a bombing attack and ground invasion is imminent according to multiple sources (!) They are trying to evacuate and find medical treatment for Khaled (https://gofund.me/ebaee2af) (vetted by nabulsi)

Lina (@azaxa): Lina is 25 years old and has two children, 2-year-old Saif and 3-month-old Sidra who was born during the current war. Their home has been destroyed and they are trying to evacuate out of Gaza.  (https://gofund.me/4f077ab2) (Vetted by association. This campaign belongs to a friend of @/mohiy-gaza. Mohi's gfm has been shared by 90-ghost. ana-bananya has been able to confirm this connection by reaching out to Mohi, please see linked post.)

Kareem Almadhoon and family (@kareem-family): Kareem suffers from cerebral palsy and severe malnutrition and needs many medications that are not available. Kareem also has three other siblings Lamees, Maryam and Nour. (https://gofund.me/baf38a35) (shared by 90-ghost)

Sameer Al Khaldi (@sameer-17): Sameer is from a family of 17, including 9 adults and 8 children. Before the current war, his was preparing for his daughter’s wedding which was supposed to take place this summer. One of his son was supposed to finish high school this year and was looking forward to study business in uni.They are trying to evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/e61eadec) (Vetted by association. This campaign belongs to a friend of @/mohiy-gaza. Mohi's gfm has been shared by 90-ghost. Both @/ana-bananya and @/dlxxv-vetted-donations has been able to confirm this connection by reaching out to Mohi, please see linked post.)

Ahed and Samah (@ahedalshaer): Ahed is a 22 year old dental student and Samah is 18 years old and supposed to be in high school this year. They are from a family of 7 with 3 brothers: Jamal, Hamdan, and Hamada.Their father is diabetic and their mother suffers from chest infections but there are not medicine or treatment available. They are trying to evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/ed54855f) (#407 on the Butterfly Effect Project verified fundraiser list)

Ahmed Jihad (@ahmad-syam-blog): Ahmed is newly wedded right before the current genocide happened, and his daughter was born during the ongoing slaughter. They are trying to survive and evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/2768b3a3) (#171 on the Bees and Watermelons verified fundraiser list!) (11 Aug: LOW FUNDS! Currently $598 CAD raised of $40,000 goal.)

The one below is UNVETTED but seems legit:

Malak Al-Mughribi (@malakalmughrabi): Malak and her husband Amjad has a 3-year-old son named Malek. (https://gofund.me/cf2f172e) (This campaign is UNVETTED but seems legit. Her Instagram goes back a decade (See the post she has been tagged in on IG. The earliest she has been tagged in is from 2015, a post she has been tagged in in 2019 is geotagged in Gaza))

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 13 July - 25 July.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 26 July -29 July.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 30 July - 1 August.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 2 August - 5 August.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 6 August - 10 August.

[sweetellafontaine]

((Polaris)) 💗 Someday | Harriet [18 Aug 2019] ((Do not reply))

She was beginning to feel the weight of summer. Summer meant no classes, it meant working at the magic laundry and working on the household. The Fontaine mansion wasn’t built for one person to do all the work, yet that was exactly how the household was arranged. And all of it was put on Ella Fontaine, who, if her father had not remarried, would be the master of the mansion.

After her shift at the magical laundry, she barely could stand on her feet. Blisters prevented her from moving quickly, and she barely could bite back her tears.

“Someday, I will find my happiness.” She whispered to herself in a weak attempt to cheer herself up, she found herself sitting down on the pavement removing a shoe to see the damage on her feet. It was worse than she imagined. And she sighed. “When will kindness repay me, mother?” She whispered to herself, surprised to see a butterfly landing before her. She decided to dry her tears and put back her shoes but got started to see she no longer was alone.

“Oh, I apologize.” She kindly smiled before offering the other a bow.

Like a bear emerging from hibernation, Harriet stumbles out of some hole in the wall basement apartment. She recoils against the sun, pulling her sunglasses tighter against her face as she starts in the direction of home. 

Too preoccupied with thoughts of Advil and her bed, she doesn’t notice the moping wad on the sidewalk until the girl speaks. “Don’t worry about it,” she says, hurrying past her only to pause two steps later. Wrinkling her nose, mouth agape, she twists around on the spot. “Hey, what day is it?”

She was used to being unnoticed at home, but outside people tended to give her as much as a hello. Yet, she wouldn’t allow her heart to feel heavy and smiled. “It is Tuesday, Miss.” She smiled politely. “Do you need to be somewhere? I can give you directions if you need to?”

“Fuck yes,” she says, throwing her head back and fist-pumping with both arms. That had been one hell of a bender, and for a second, she questioned her sense of time. It’s not Wednesday. She isn’t working later, thank God. Of course, Mads probably would have switched shifts with her. “No, thanks, just having a bit of trouble transitioning back to sober. Nothing matters and everything makes sense when you’re high, you know? Or not…you’re giving off a strong ‘somebody just killed your puppy’ vibe.”

The woman in front of her showed her quite some interesting expressions, it made Ella feel a bit curious about the other. “Oh, if you are experiencing some headaches I can advise you to drink water and eat. If you get hydrated chances are likely that your headache will worsen over the day, and that’s no good.” She smiled. She was not the type to take any sort of drugs, if anything her high came from doing good to others. “I just had a lot of pain in my feet, that is all. But thank you for your concern.” She offered the woman a kindhearted smile. “Oh, I do not wish to take too much of your time, you did seem to be in a hurry after all. I do wish you a wonderful day.”

Now that the blonde mentions eating, she could use a proper, ‘something other than pizza’ meal. There’s also her gut telling her this girl could use a friend today. And Harriet is always eager to make new friends. She looks around, lips pursed and sees a restaurant across the street. Her bed, excited as she is to collapse into it, can wait for a little longer. With a smile, she raises her brows at the girl. “Are you hungry?”

“I’m a little bit, yes.” She smiled. “Are you inviting?” She cocked her head, smiling from ear to ear. “I could use a bite, I probably won’t get much to eat at home, considering I’m already late. Perhaps I’m lucky and my stepsisters aren’t home and dragged my stepmother along.” She pondered for a moment. The next words were nothing but a faint whisper. “Either way I’m getting punished, so I might just get something nice to eat.”

With that, she put her shoe back on. “Let’s go, I’ll pay.”

-end

[artsy-the-little-pink-pencil]

Hey guys, so I was watching TADC again and I just could not get over the amount of abstracted characters and I started wondering how they abstracted and who they were as people? So I did just that! Happy reading

Sparky - She was a girl who was just an absolute pick me. She radiated toxic positivity, she was like the mean popular girl, think of Ocean O’conell from Ride the Cyclone or Regina George from Mean Girls. She was two faced, passive aggressive, and talked shit about everyone behind everyone’s back.

Reason she abstracted: Queenie called her out on her bullshit and everyone agreed they felt the same, Sparky felt alone and worthless, cue abstraction.

Age when she joined: 19

Age when she abstracted: 31

Height: 5’7

Age Now: 36

Fave Color: Golden Yellow

Sexuality and Gender: Straight Ally (Closeted Lesbian) Cis Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Personality Type: ESFP

Zodiac: Gemini

Home State/Country: Texas (French American)

Birthday: May 25 1989

Year she joined: 2008

Year she abstracted: 2020

Voice Claim: SquaisheyQuack

🧡🧡🧡

Spike - The big seemingly intimidating gym guy but is actually the super nice uncle who helps you with sets, life advice, and is a super good friend. Doesn’t judge anyone, holds no grudges, and is kind of a himbo. Very tall and muscular.

Reason he abstracted: experience workout burnout, got overweight and depressed, and no one was there for him like he was for them.

Age when he joined: 30

Age when he abstracted: 43

Height: 20 ft (On all fours) 55 ft (on hind legs)

Age Now: 49

Fave Color: Purple

Sexuality and Gender: Straight Ally Genderfluid

Pronouns: All Pronouns are fine

Personality Type: ENFJ

Zodiac: Leo

Home State/Country: Florida (Australian American)

Birthday: Aug 10 1976

Year he joined: 2006

Year he abstracted: 2019

Voice Claim: Greg Eagles (Grim from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)

💜💜💜

Bliptzy - Very naive child who believes everything she is told. Easily manipulated and led astray. 100% adopted by Kinger and Queenie. Treated everyone with kindness and was loved by all. She was always around to help the others with tasks, she was almost like a butler to them and was proud of it. She is the result of gentle parenting that worked. Until she hit her teenage years.

Reason she abstracted: Once she hit her teenage years, she started hating her body, wishing she could leave and go home to her actual parents, she started lashing out at others, treating others like shit and constantly throwing tantrums.

Age when she joined: 9

Age when she abstracted: 20

Height: 3’2

Age Now: 26

Fave Color: Lavender

Sexuality and Gender: Non-Binary and Pansexual

Pronouns: It/It’s

Personality Type: ESFJ

Zodiac: Virgo

Home State/Country: Nevada (Canadian American)

Birthday: Aug 31 1999

Year it joined: 2009

Year it abstracted: 2019

Voice Claim: Cozy Glow (MLP)

🩷🩷🩷

Pinkie - Another Himbo, but very shy and is easily swayed by other’s opinions, to the point where they had none of their own, no opinions, no boundaries, no wants or desires, and no identity of their own, only going by what other people said about them. They are the walking definition of a people pleaser and yet somehow, no one liked them for that. They never even had a real connection with anyone there, they just lurked around the circus. Used arm canes.

Reason they abstracted: Realised they had no identity, no opinions, no boundaries, and no one even liked them for what they were.

Age when they joined: 16

Age when they abstracted: 18

Height: 10’0

Age Now: 26

Fave Color: Pink

Sexuality and Gender: Androsexual and Bigender

Pronouns: He/Him, She/Her

Personality Type: INFP

Zodiac: Libra

Home State/Country: Michigan (Indian American)

Birthday: Sep 24 1999

Year he joined: 2015

Year he abstracted: 2017

Voice Claim: Rebecca Root (Misabel from Moominvalley)

🩷🩷🩷

Stringly - A mute and deaf teenager who was bullied the majority of his life. The “Alpha kid”, the “Ricky Potts” kid. Very wild imagination and loved computer games and reading comics. Never went outside unless he had to. Is autistic and has many fidget toys that he hates sharing. Despite being mute, he makes up for that by being overly animated, like a Disney cartoon. Definitely a furry

Reason he abstracted: Realised he will never be able to express his emotions verbally, he wished to speak but never could, his thoughts were only trapped in his mind, and no one could understand what he was trying to say. Just like in real life, he felt alone with no one on his side. Don’t ask why he has a British accent, no one knows.

Age when he joined: 17

Age when he abstracted: 29

Height: 6’6

Age Now: 33

Fave Color: Orange

Sexuality and Gender: Gay and Demiboy

Pronouns: He/They

Personality Type: INFJ

Zodiac: Pisces

Home State/Country: South Carolina (Indian American)

Birthday: March 2 1992

Year he joined: 2009

Year he abstracted: 2021

Voice Claim: StampyLongHead

💚💚💚

Jackles - a Jack-in-the-box who is always overly dramatic and sad. Obsessed with Shakespeare, Macbeth and English History. He’s a pick me but in like, “Oh I’m not gonna get the lead, why would anyone pick me” kind of way. Is always looking for attention and putting himself down to get said attention. He fakes being depressed and heavily yearns for attention just like any theatre kid. Says he’s horrible at singing, but is actually really good and can sing baritone opera.

Reason he abstracted: He actually did become depressed, but by then everyone had already realised it was an act and didn’t care when he went no contact with anyone leaving him to his thoughts.

Age when he joined: 23

Age when he abstracted: 30

Height: 7’5

Age Now: 34

Fave Color: Grey

Sexuality and Gender: AroAce and Genderfluid

Pronouns: He/They

Personality Type: INFJ

Zodiac: Scorpio

Home State/Country: Idaho (Italian African American)

Birthday: Nov 12 1991

Year he joined: 2014

Year they abstracted: 2021

Voice Claim: Astarion (BG3)

❤️❤️❤️

Mippsy - Literally the most basic girl ever, no personality, no aspirations, no talent, no style, no nothing. The most blank stare ever, the biggest bimbo around, dead weight, No thoughts, head empty, not a single thought behind those eyes, extremely forgetful, has the iq of a goldfish cracker, think of Karen from Mean Girls or Heather MacNamera from Heathers.

Reason she abstracted: One day she suddenly became hyper-aware of her surroundings, what she was and the fact that she was just a puppet both figuratively and literally.

Age when she joined: 15

Age when she abstracted: 27

Height: 4’9

Age Now: 30

Fave Color: Pale Aqua

Sexuality and Gender: Lesbian

Pronouns: She/Her

Personality Type: ISFJ

Zodiac: Pisces

Home State/Country: Iowa (American)

Birthday: Feb 19 1995

Year she joined: 2010

Year she abstracted: 2022

Voice Claim: Karen (Mean Girls the Musical)

🩵🩵🩵

Wizzy - A very calm and wise sorcerer. Has always been able to look into the future and tell others exactly how their day will go. Is always the voice of reason and was a dad figure to all, even Ragatha. He would put on magic shows for the others when they were feeling down, but yet no one did the same for him. Always spoke in magic tongues, only Jackles understood what he was saying. He could fly and help Caine with coming up with adventures. (This was before I learned about his actual form and just went off of the very blurry frame in the pilot)

Reason he abstracted: He looked into the future and saw that he was going to abstract and tried his hardest not to.

Age when he joined: 26

Age when he abstracted: 39

Height: 7’1

Age Now: 49

Fave Color: Electric Blue

Sexuality and Gender: Bisexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Personality Type: INTP

Zodiac: Aquarius

Home State/Country: Louisiana (Romanian American)

Birthday: Feb 1 1976

Year he joined: 2002

Year he abstracted: 2015

Voice Claim: God (Prince of Egypt)

💙💙💙

Venus - A very promiscuous woman, who always knew what she was worth. Very confident in herself and never let anyone change her mind about herself, not even Jax, but would get upset and angry easily, and with each outburst, her leaves and flowers fell apart more and more. She then became too hard on herself and forced herself to stay beautiful forever. (This was before I learned about her actual form and just went off of the very blurry frame in the pilot)

Reason she abstracted: She lost her confidence and beauty with each outburst and lost herself in her chase after her once perfect form.

Age when she joined: 21

Age when she abstracted: 29

Height: 8’0

Age Now: 34

Fave Color: Leaf Green

Sexuality and Gender: Lesbian and Trans Woman

Pronouns: She/Her

Personality Type: ESTP

Zodiac: Taurus

Home State/Country: North Carolina (Greek American)

Birthday: April 21 1990

Year she joined: 2011

Year she abstracted: 2019

Voice Claim: Queen Chrysalis (MLP)

💚💚💚

Kaufmo - Was a loveable clown and always made jokes and acts for the others. He was a typical clown, with an over the top Roger Rabbit like voice. At first the others enjoyed his acts, as it was a nice distraction from the day’s traumatic adventure, same for him, he often used humour to cope with his trauma and eventually, his “jokes” became self deprecating and condescending to others, which then led to jabs and passive aggressive remarks of the others actions. He soon grew bitter of his friends, and the circus in general, finally seeing the hell that it was.

Reason he abstracted: After becoming more bitter and bitter over the years, his jokes declined and drove a wedge between himself and his friends, leaving him alone in his thoughts.

Age when he joined: 19

Age when he abstracted: 38

Height: 6’3

Age Now: 40

Fave Color: Neon Yellow

Sexuality and Gender: Bisexual, Panromantic, Demisex/rom Cis male

Pronouns: He/Him

Personality Type: ENTP

Zodiac: Sagittarius

Home State/Country: Alabama (Irish American)

Birthday: Nov 30 1985

Year he joined: 2004

Year he abstracted: 2023

Voice Claim: Jack Black

💛💛💛

Queenie - A wonderful woman who was the mother figure to all. She was very kind and caring, always giving advice when asked, and was always so put together and calm, even during the most dangerous of situations, she always had a plan for everything. Was very fun to be around, despite her grandeur, she had a youthfulness to her. Was very competitive and hated losing to anyone.

Reason she abstracted: Over the years, the pressure of being “Queen” got to her head and became narcissistic, truly believing she was the queen of not only the circus, but the world, she thought the world revolved around her and everyone was but a mere peasant in her eyes, even Kinger would be afraid of her wrath. If anyone were to dare disobey her, a world of hell would be brought upon them, she’d make their life a living hell and never forgive them. But once Jax destroyed her garden to “humble” her, she lost it, demanding that Jax fix it at once but Jax only told her, “This is just a game, and your status means nothing here” she abstracted on the spot. Kinger has never trusted him since.

Age when she joined: 26

Age when she abstracted: 43

Height: 6’9

Age Now: 50

Fave Color: Blood Red

Sexuality and Gender: Straight Ally and Cis Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Personality Type: ESTJ

Zodiac: Capricorn

Home State/Country: Birmingham England (English) Moved to Minnesota when she was little

Birthday: Dec 26 1975

Year she joined: 2001

Year she abstracted: 2018

Voice Claim: Mitski

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Ribbit - Like Jax, she was a prankster, pulling harmless gags on everyone but making sure to keep it fun. She was a mix of Pomni and Jax. She was a ray of sunshine to all and was good friends with everyone. At first she loved being in the circus and wasn't worried about being trapped cuz now she had so many new friends!

Reason she abstracted: Over the years, things got boring, her pranks weren't as fun, no one was falling for them anymore and the adventures Caine put them through wasn't as fun as she thought, and it didn't help that Jax was kinda oblivious to how depressed and scared she was becoming. The reality and gravity of their situation was finally setting in and it terrified her and one day she couldn't take it anymore and abstracted.

Age when she joined: 15

Age when she abstracted: 20

Height: 5'10

Age Now: 23

Fave Color: Green

Sexuality and Gender: Pansexual and Genderfluid

Pronouns: She/They

Personality Type: ENFJ

Zodiac: Leo

Home State/Country: Florida (Native American)

Birthday: July 28 2002

Year she joined: 2017

Year she abstracted: 2022

Voice Claim: Kristen Schaal (Mabel from Gravity Falls)

[chronolojay]

gwen stacy, arachnophobia. a web weave based on the incredible fic by @rappaccini

this fic changed the way I think about gwen as a character and got lodged in my brain since I first read it. its a fic that makes you want to make art about it and it is absolutely worth your time.

Sources under the cut

PART 1: The Fall

IMAGES:

The Amazing Spider Man 2. Directed by Marc Webb, performance by Emma Stone, 2014. Gerry Conway, writer. The Night that Gwen Stacy Died. Pencils by Gil Kane. Inks by John Romita. Colors by Dave Hunt. Letters by Artie Simek. The Amazing Spider-Man #121, 1973. @gui_la_ume, TikTok, 2023, LEGO Spiderman Animation, https://www.tiktok.com/@gui_la_ume/video/7245780799251860763. Lavergne, Max. "Coming Up With a Complete List of Ways to Die", Infinite Gossip, Sep 28, 2023, https://infinitegossip.substack.com/p/coming-up-with-a-complete-list-of. Pal, Marijan. "Ajshil, Oresteja, SNG Drama in Ljubljana",  Wikimedia Commons,1968,  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ajshil,_Oresteia,_Drama_SNG_v_Ljubljani_(4).jpg. Spider-Man 3. Directed by Sam Raimi, 2007.

TEXT:

the garages. "solar eclipse". https://open.spotify.com/track/23y7JvIq11f1NHnwxWC27P?si=7b4482b1601e40de Madison, Piper. "Phonograph" . https://open.spotify.com/track/13ypXt9ag0Rq8uLBe2tZqn?si=d0aab028801e419d “Memento mori.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memento%20mori. Accessed 1 May. 2024. Oates, Joyce Carol. Blonde: A Novel. 2000, ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA68593021. The Oresteia, Aeschylus rappaccini. arachnophobia. https://archiveofourown.org/works/48363238/chapters/121980043  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, 2023.

PART 2: Rage, OR: Tear It All Down

IMAGES:

Area 51 circuit board, "I'M NOT DEAD YET" via https://arcadeheroes.com/2014/04/20/arcade-games-easter-eggs/ are you in hell via https://www.tumblr.com/screenshotsofdespair/705113397985968128 A Softer World. www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=891. bloody knuckles. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/68/68/62/686862f692cfb5e02b76013701ff3347.jpg burn it all lighter via https://png-heaven.tumblr.com/post/675085348575084544/love-still, https://www.etsy.com/listing/717241294/personalized-lighter-zippo-engraved caitlynsarah95, "Hands". Deviantart, May 3, 2019, https://www.deviantart.com/caitlynsarah95/art/Hands-796203302. Daley-Ward, Yrsa, "all the wrong colours" "DIY Three Ingredient Venom Slime", elledoingstuff, https://web.archive.org/web/20201126155036/https://shedoesstuff.com/2018/10/22/diy-three-ingredient-venom-slime/  Gerhard Richter Untitled (5 Jan 1990), 1990 Marchese, David. “Kathleen Turner, in Conversation.” Vulture, 7 Aug. 2018, www.vulture.com/2018/08/kathleen-turner-in-conversation.html. MarianneCreates, "live with this", via https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/98874045 McGuire, Seanan, and Rosi Kampe. Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider Vol. 1. Marvel, 2019. Melissa P. Directed by Luca Guadagnino, 2005. Paskow, Linnea "Splitter", 2020.  https://linneapaskow.com/paintings-/18 Roland Arhelger, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge_(New_York).jpg Sin, Nata. "Menotaxis", November 8, 2022. https://instagram.com/nata__sin__?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== "Spider PNG image image with transparent background", via https://pngimg.com/image/4537. "Spider Transparent #1558430", via  http://clipart-library.com/clip-art/spider-transparent-2.htm. "Spider PNG Image" via https://www.pngall.com/spider-png/download/1726 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, 2023. "Transparent Spider Gif #1587577", via http://clipart-library.com/clip-art/transparent-spider-gif-23.htm. "Transitions Purple T-Shirt + Download", august, via https://store.augustalsina.com/products/transitions-purple-t-shirt-pre-order-download

TEXT:

Boyer, Anne. "WHAT RESEMBLES THE GRAVE BUT ISN’T". 2017.  Moyers, 17 April 2017, https://billmoyers.com/story/poetry-month-what-resembles-the-grave-but-isnt/ Carson, Anne. H Of H Playbook. New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2021. Euripides. Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides. New York Review of Books, 2008. Lord Huron. "Not Dead Yet", https://open.spotify.com/track/5NRbNXwXHM9mYgxMhzVWTP?si=d55caaf2461a4675 rappaccini. arachnophobia. https://archiveofourown.org/works/48363238/chapters/121980043 

PART 3: Live

IMAGES:

277: Venetian Memento Mori Earrings, Ragoarts.com. www.ragoarts.com/auctions/2021/07/summer-jewels/277 beigeandrose. “The 1990s Goth Faux Leather Lace up Chunky Heels Platform Boots Size US 8.” Etsy, www.etsy.com/listing/117460104/the-1990s-goth-faux-leather-lace-up. “Clasped Hands of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11156. Coello, Iban. Carnage-ized Variant Cover, Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider Vol. 2 - Impossible Year. Marvel Entertainment, 2019. Forcibly Feminized at the Pharm, The High Femmes, 2022 Hodan, George. "Spider Web." PublicDomainPictures.net, https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=21073&picture=spider-web Home, pinkshift, 2023 "Nice While It Lasted." Bojack Horseman, created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, season 6 episode 16, Netflix, 2020. Rainbow, Kesha, 2017 Shinkai, Makoto, and Midori Motohashi. The Garden of Words. Kodansha Comics, 2016. Skin-N-Bones. “An top down image of red soup, on a blue background, with noodles spelling out ‘Everybody Dies.’” Tumblr, 12 June 2013, skin-n-bones.tumblr.com/post/52800040011. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, 2023. "Spiderman Graffiti, Pittsburgh", by chronolojay “THAT’S BELIEVABLE!” Tumblr, 3 Mar. 2024, www.tumblr.com/thatsbelievable/743968419651665920?source=share.

TEXT:

Latour, Jason. SPIDER-GWEN VOL. 6: THE LIFE OF GWEN STACY. Illustrated by Mike Ploog, Cover Art by Robbi Rodriguez, vol. 6, ‎ Marvel Universe, 2018. Limón, Ada. “Dead Stars.” Poets.org, 1976, poets.org/poem/dead-stars. rappaccini. arachnophobia. https://archiveofourown.org/works/48363238/chapters/121980043  Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007.

[vintagelasvegas]

Timeline of Fremont Street Experience

Construction of Fremont Street Experience, c. November 1994. Photo by Pam G.

Facing a stagnant economy and fearing that mega-resort projects on the Strip would further drain visitors to downtown casinos, Las Vegas City Council and downtown casino execs collaborated to create an attraction downtown which would become Fremont Street Experience (FSE).

'91: Feb., Mirage Resorts chairman Steve Wynn suggests Venice-style canal attraction for Fremont St. Jul., City council forms committee to study downtown revitalization.

'92: Jan., Downtown Progress Association hears redevelopment proposals from three firms, rejects all. Apr., City begins purchasing property for future development use. Jun., Architect Jon Jerde presents plan for Fremont Street Experience.

'93: May, LVCVA approves $8M funding for FSE. Aug., City Council approves tax increase for financing the construction. Nov., City begins procedures to condemn property of owners who refuse to vacate on 400 block of Fremont St.

'94: Mar./Apr., Demolition of south 400 block Fremont St (Block 35, Clark Townsite) for the FSE Parking Garage, the end of a protracted battle which included the City of Las Vegas filing eminent domain actions against property owners.

'94: Sep. 7, Fremont St closed to traffic, and construction begins.

'95: Jul., Construction completed. Inaugurated Dec. 14.

'95: Nov., FSE Parking Garage opens.

2004: The canopy's 2 million incandescent bulbs replaced with 12.5 million LED lamps. The new light show dubbed Viva Vision debuts Jun. 14.

2010: Oct., Temporary zip-line from 4th St to Casino Center begins operating, continues through 2013

2013: Mar., Construction of the 120-foot Slotzilla platform begins; conceived and designed by Contour Entertainment.

2014: Apr. 17, Slotzilla lower zip-line opened. Upper zip-line opens Aug. 31.

2019: The Viva Vision display is rebuilt with 49 million LED lamps, competed Dec. 31. The new canopy can operate in daylight hours.

2020: Mar., Opening of the "Historic sign" on the west side of FSE facing Main St and Plaza Hotel.

As of 2025, Fremont Street Experience makes money from Slotzilla zip line tickets, leasing to kiosks, Walgreens, and iHeart Media, and the parking garage at 4th & Carson.

Demolition of Fremont & 4th (block 35), 1994. City of Las Vegas acquired the businesses on this block, partly through eminent domain, and demolished everything to make way for the Fremont Street Experience parking garage. Last building standing is Cornet 5-10-15 (401 Fremont). Photo taken from the garage of Fitzgerald’s Hotel & Casino by Roadsidepictures.

Section of scale model of Fremont Street Experience. Photographed Dec. 15, 1994, by Greg Cava. A 22-foot long scale model of Fremont Street Experience was built at the office of Atlandia Design, which supervised the creation of the attraction. Greg Cava Photograph Collection (PH-00399). UNLV Special Collections and Archives.

The “Vegas Vic” sign re-installed at Pioneer Club, December 23, 1994 - Photo by Las Vegas News Bureau. The sign was removed days earlier while the platform was extended from the building and the character’s hat was shortened, to accommodate the construction of the Fremont Street Experience canopy. The “Vegas Vickie” sign at Glitter Gulch casino was also lowered to fit under the canopy. Before the work was done on the two signs, a marriage ceremony was held on Fremont St for Vic and Vickie. Vic’s best man was Vaughn Cannon of YESCO. Guest of honor was Edna Sherrill who had played a “Vegas Vickie” character as a hostess at Pioneer Club in the 60s.

Sources include: Creative thinking needed downtown. Review-Journal, 2/25/91; H. Stutz. Wynn proposes Venice-style downtown project. Review Journal, 5/21/91; J. Gallant. Council, casinos plan revamp panel. Review-Journal, 7/18/91; C. Scarbrough. City, casino execs discuss three themes. Review-Journal, 1/30/92; C. Scarbrough. Megaresort projects threat to downtown. Review-Journal, 1/31/92; C. Scott. “Tourists to pick up most of project tab.” Las Vegas Sun, 4/17/94. S. McKinnon. “Downtown celebrates neon nuptial.” Review Journal, 12/17/94. Chris Jones. A vision of things to come. Review-Journal, 6/9/04; Richard Velotta. Fremont Street Experience adds zip line attraction. Las Vegas Sun, 10/14/2010; Buck Wargo. Planned zipline unmistakably Las Vegas. Review-Journal, 11/28/2012; F. Andrew Taylor. Tourists take flight. Review-Journal, 4/29/2014; Oliver Lovat. How Downtown Las Vegas Came Together in Crisis and Created Transformative Legacies. Pub. on LinkedIn, 2/24/2025.

[thephoenixcave]

FF6 Art Masterpost (updated Dec 2024)

I'm Julia. I've been in the fandom a LONG time. Here's a selection of stuff I've done and made over the years, for your browsing pleasure.

Search the tag #the phoenix cave or #thephoenixcave to see art, comics, and merch all jumbled together.

Animations & Voice-over Mini Comics

Terra and Edgar Keep Watch by the Fire (2025)

"Fireball" FF6 Tribute Video, WIP (2024)

Edgar Makes Kissy Faces during a war council (2025)

Edgar Makes Kissy Faces, Terra's Reaction (2025)

Terra's Reaction with Gau Coloring (2025)

Lizzo "Boys" FF6 30th Anniversary Tribute, completed (2024)

Lizzo "Boys" as individual gifs (2024)

Locke asks how you spell "Fenix" (2024)

Locke is Struttin' (2024)

Lizzo "Boys" WIP 8/23/24 // 8/18/24 // 7/28/24

Sabin Loves Banana Bread (2024)

Terra the Beautiful Gorgeous Angel (2024)

Setzer doing a hip thust dance WIP 7/24/24

Animation Practice: Terra turns her head (2024)

Happy Birthday Edgar and Sabin- Aug 16 (2023)

Terra's Daily Affirmation (2024)

Setzer's Daily Affirmation (2024)

Mini Comics

Edgar x Terra Mini Comics

Edgar Gets Punched in the Face (2025)

"I Don't Like that Belt" (2024)

Sketch- little kisses (2024)

Edgar Wants Attention (2024)

Edgar Steals a Book- sequel to "attention" (2024)

Blue Ribbon - NSFW (2023)

A Coin Story Part 1 (2022)

A Coin Story Part 2 (2022)

Learning to Dance Long Version (2021)

Learning to Dance Short Version (2021)

The Road to Narshe Part 1 (2021)

The Road to Narshe Part 2 (2021)

Cheer Up Kisses (2021)

Movie Night (2021)

Walking Together (2021)

Ice Cream Part 1 redraw (2022) + Part 2 (2020)

Teamwork (Fighting the Dragon) Part 1 (2021)

Teamwork (Fighting the Dragon) Part 2 (2021)

Sleepytime in Purple (2021)

Terra Gets Drunk at Christmas (2020)

Not Edotina Mini Comics

Twin Talk, WIP uncolored (2025)

Gerad Part 1 (2023)

Gerad Part 2 (2023)

Sabin Needs a Towel Part 1 (2023)

Sabin Needs a Towel Part 2 (2023)

Opera- Locke and Celes Swap Places Part 1 (2022)

Opera- Locke and Celes Swap Places Part 2 (2022)

Opera- Locke and Celes Swap Places Part 3 (2022)

Opera- "Oh Noo You've GOT Meee" (2022)

Relm's I'm With Stupid Shirt Part 1 (2022)

Relm's I'm With Stupid Shirt Part 2 (2022)

Character shirts - Casual Day at Kefka's Tower (2022)

Sexy Jail (2022)

Relm and Sabin Kitchen Duty (2022)

Casual Day at Kefka's Tower (2022)

Scott Pilgrim Tribute (2022)

Opera- Ultros's Note (2015?)

Opera- Celes Keeps her Boots (2015?)

Opera- Celes Joins the Battle (2018?)

Opera- Setzer Pink (2018?)

Locke Rescues Celes from South Figaro (20??)

Art (an incomplete list)

Happy Birthday Cyan - Jan 3 (2025)

Early Morning In the Figaro Marketplace (2024)

At the End of a Rough Day (2024)

Just You, Me, and the Fireflies (2024)

The 30th Anniversary Tribute (2024)

The Swing Feat. Celes (2023)

Terra Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Humanity (2023)

Esper Terra is Deamy Soft Pastel (2023)

Animated Gifs 1

Animated $12,000 magitek cake

Animated Kefka I Could Kill Someone (2021)

Locke's Selfies

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Chats With Jimmy Page

These anecdotes are from a thread on the Steve Hoffman Forum:

A friend of mine has been staying at his daughter-in-laws place down near Henley on the River Thames. Sounds posh but Jim, his real name, is a down to earth guy of moderate means. The D-in-L's husband runs a pub on the Thames and Jim goes in most nights when he stays with his D-in-L. A couple of nights ago I get a text from Jim, it went exactly like this;

'Hi Rich, just come back from the pub and spent a couple of hours in the company of a guy who has a big house that backs on to the pub. He was very interesting and we talked about many things. All the time I was talking to him he would smile every now and then for no apparent reason. When we both left the pub around the same time I asked him about the smiling and he replied, "Do you really not know who I am", I told him "I haven't a bloody clue", he laughed and said "I'm Jimmy Page", I said "Sorry pal I've still not a clue are you supposed to be famous", he laughed and said "Yeah, for being a band leader." That was it we both went on our way. Have you heard of him Rich?'

After picking myself off the floor where I fell laughing I phoned Jim up, I told Jim that he'd been talking to one of the most famous rock stars on the planet and the band Jimmy Page led (no pun intended) was Led Zeppelin. All I got in reply was bloody hell I'd have got his autograph for you had I known! Not a big music fan is my friend Jim, he returns this weekend, our next chat should be interesting. Any similar tales in Hoffman Land?

—richierichie, Aug 16, 2019

I met my mate Jim today and he shed some light on his conversation with Jimmy Page. JP was accompanied by a male friend of his who we have no need to name. JP wasn't drinking alcoholic drinks of any kind and said hello to my mate Jim at the bar. My mate asked JP if he was a fisherman because of the way he (JP) was dressed and there followed a long conversation about fishing, the water levels on the River Thames due to recent heavy rainfall. That was it, no reveals about any future LZ releases, black magic or Robbie Williams. JP seemed very relaxed to have a conversation with someone he did not know who didn't bother him about his LZ days, a normal conversation amongst 3 males who apparently like fishing.

—richierichie, Aug 18, 2019

If my mate Jim sat next to Bob Dylan he wouldn't recognise him.The next day Jim's son in law, who runs the pub told Jim that JP was a regular in the pub and a few JP pub related stories. Jim told them to me but they will remain private, all I will say is they contain nothing controversial.

—richierichie, Aug 21, 2019

In the late 90s My friend in New Orleans wife was the principal in an upscale school where Page's son little James attended.

Jimmy would fly into town about 3 times a year. The teachers would fight amongst themselves on who got to sit in the parent teacher conferences. They said Jimmy was mild mannered, very engaging, went into great detail on his son's progress and was very down to earth.

—audiotom, Aug 16, 2019

I met Jimmy Page in 1998 when he was in Vancouver, and spent close to an hour with him. He was a truly lovely man in every respect - engaging, genuine, interested in knowing about me and not just talking about himself. The most interesting thing was that I could not detect a hint of ego from him, although I’m sure he has one. That was a great meeting indeed.

—The Trinity, Aug 17, 2019

I posted this last year on a LZ II discussion here:

rikki nadir said:

I met with a friend last week and he was telling me about an incident in a record shop about ten years ago. He went to meet a business acquaintance who ran a record shop and waited while he served a customer. My friend noted that the customer was older than we are and had grey hair, also that he was buying a selection of 60s LPs. The LP on the top was Led Zep II, so he tapped it and said to the guy enthusiastically 'that's the first album I bought when it came out and fell in love with!'. The customer just smiled and bought his albums and left the shop.

The owner said to my friend, 'Do you know who that was?', and he replied he had no idea. 'That was Jimmy Page.' I have no idea which pressing was purchased at the time.

I love that guy, my friend. He's also a Jimmy Page magnet. We went to see the Incredible String Band in London a while back and I said gently to him 'be cool, but that guy sitting right there near us is Jimmy Page'. He looked and replied at once quietly 'Gosh - so it is!' He was looking at the guy sitting next to Page, Robert Plant!

—rikki nadir, Aug 17, 2019

I'v said this before I know, but in the 90s I worked in a second hand Classical record shop Page was a regular, a loverly bloke. He would come in late, we closed at 8 and he would sit and talk Classical music while I cashed up. I never mentioned that I knew who he was, but I'm sure he knew. Just a thing we had.

—royzak2000, Aug 17, 2019

[bambiified]

BAMBI'S LOVE LIFE...

the epic highs and lows of dating park hajoon (inspired by @baebiii)

[REDACTED] - AGE 14-16

ERROR 404. ALL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS RELATIONSHIP IS UNDER LOCK & KEY IN HAJOON'S MIND PRISON. GOOD LUCK TRYING TO GET IT OUT.

NCT'S JENO - AGE 17 [JULY - AUG 2017]

a very short relationship (if it could be called that). they were together for about two months before they broke it off because they were both too busy promoting. hajoon barely considers this a relationship, but he's still very friendly with jeno and they hang out occasionally when their schedules align!

STRAY KIDS' HYUNJIN - AGE 17 [OCTOBER 2017 - FEB 2018]

hajoon is a sucker for a pretty boy, he will admit this. he and hyunjin were together for five months and got along so well before hajoon had a "minor mental break" as he called it. he broke up with hyunjin. the world moved on.

THE BOYZ' SUNWOO - AGE 18 [MARCH - APRIL 2018]

listen. the boyz is full of beautiful fruitcups and who could blame hajoon for wanting a taste? as if u wouldn't! his relationship(? situationship? homoerotic friendship?) with sunwoo started after they met at a music show recording and hajoon gave him his number. it was mostly just playing video games and making out and texting each other memes at 3am. it just kind of fizzled out. no bad blood between them. they do still play video games together occasionally, but that's about it.

STRAY KIDS' BANG CHAN - AGE 19 [JANUARY 2019]

what if u were a gay teenager and you had the hugest most obvious crush ever on the nicest guy in the world and he pretended not to notice so he didn't have to hurt your feelings by rejecting you? what if he didn't pick you to be in his boy group so you left the company and pretended that wasn't the reason why? what if you still stayed friends and dated his group member to make him jealous but he seemingly didn't notice and then you had an unrelated mental collapse? what if he was there for you when your mom died and you catch feelings for him all over again and you kiss him in his studio and run away and don't talk to him for 6 months?

AB6IX WOONG - AGE 21 [JUNE 2021]

firstly, hajoon is ariana grande coded in the way that he has to be in a relationship or he'll die, so everyone pls clap for him for taking such a long time between them. secondly, no shade to woong but hajoon was just looking for something casual and woong couldn't take the hint. hajoon ghosted him, everyone boo.

ATEEZ SAN & WOOYOUNG - AGE 22 [JULY 2022 - SEPTEMBER 2022]

we do not have time to unpack this messy ass throuple. don't even worry about it. like it's completely fine. (it's not. it got real challengers 2024 real quick.)

WYATT SUMMERS - AGE 23 [APRIL - JUNE, SEPT - DECEMBER 2023

hajoon is not immune to a sexy bitch with a guitar. when things were good with wyatt, they were really good. when they were bad, they were catostraphic. do not let a sexy bitch with a guitar ruin your life, y'all.

STRAY KIDS' BANG CHAN (AGAIN) - AGE 24 [FEBRUARY 2024 - PRESENT]

hajoon didn't run away this time.

[365sylviaplath]

Week of 4/7 - 4/13

astrology forecast + collective tarot card for the week

Card for this week: 4 of Swords (reversed) - we had this card twice in the upright position between aug-sept 2024, reminding us to Chill The F Out before/after/between retrogrades/eclipses/so on. given that this is the first eclipse season since that time frame, i'd guess this is that same type of vibe. with the eclipses over and mercury and venus both going direct, balance is slowly restoring. where the heck are we now? there's a real need to rest after the last few weeks! don't let yourself burn out.

Transits/Astro forecast: new era rolling in, time to absorb all that you've learned the last few weeks! digest the things that have come up. rest! many reflections on springtimes gone by in this week's transits. what has strengthened you, humbled you, made you vow to move differently from this point on? lots of relationship reflections the past few weeks, and this seems to culminate now. by the end of this week, there will be no retrogrades until may - clarity approaching. we've had several mini-new years' since january, but now is really when you're feeling energized to move forward. deep breath.

monday 4/7 - venus conjunct saturn, mercury stations direct, venus sextile uranus - last time we had: venus conjunct saturn: january 18, 2025/march 21, 2024, mercury direct in pisces: Mar 28, 2019, venus sextile uranus: January 26, 2025/July 8, 2024 - approaching relationships from a place of practicality/realism, yet inspiration and creativity. the noise is settling, you're aware that you can change the patterns that recur. you don't have to box yourself in!

saturday 4/12 - full moon in libra, sun conjunct chiron, venus stations direct - last time we had- libra full moon: march 25, 2024, sun conjunct chiron: april 8, 2024, venus in pisces direct: Apr 15, 2017 - we are Once Again, really reflecting on our relationships today. old patterns are really begging to be closed out. you're so ready to move forward in so many ways! some wounds of self-concept are emerging today and ready to shake free as well. there's closure to be found after looking into these inner wounds, and much brighter days ahead in your relationships.

potential journal prompts:

whatever might have come up for you since early march (leaving this up to you, i feel it was pretty custom for everyone) - what is something you no longer wish to do in your relationships? a behavior, a standard you hold yourself to, self-limiting beliefs, so on

what's something that always makes you feel loved?

if this resonates - what's something you've learned since last messy retrograde x eclipse season (late august-fall 2024)? did any of those lessons resurface this past few weeks?

[bubbloquacious]

Effortpost registry

Kernels and Injectivity; 19 jun 2025

The Topology Game; 2 apr 2025

Graphs as presheaves 4: coverages; 13 feb 2025

The general linear group as a Hopf algebra; 31 oct 2024

Zariski topologies; 14 oct 2024

On integer multiplication and endomorphism algebras; 2 sep 2024

Recommendations for learning category theory; 28 mar 2024

The hairy ball theorem and stably free modules; 11 feb 2024

Topological connectedness and generalized paths; 24 nov 2023

Graphs as presheaves 3: subobject classifiers; 19 oct 2023

Effortpost registry; 18 oct 2023

Graphs as presheaves 2: limits and colimits; 11 oct 2023

Hydrogen bomb vs. coughing baby: graphs and the Yoneda embedding; 7 oct 2023

Extending the D ⊣ U ⊣ I adjunction sequence; 23 sep 2023

The Riemann rearrangement theorem and net convergence; 18 sep 2023

On cardinality; 10 sep 2023

Thoughts on the axiom of choice; 18 feb 2023

Topological spaces and simple graphs as neighbourhood spaces; 15 feb 2023

What is a space?; 10 jan 2023

The exponential function applied to sets; 24 dec 2022

On nilpotent eigenvalues; 23 dec 2022

But IS the empty space connected?; 11 nov 2022

Monads monads monads; 8 nov 2022

Calculating what the triangle identities mean for a bunch of adjunctions and being amazed when it works every time; 7 nov 2022

Defining the Lebesgue integral as a net limit; 27 jul 2022

Rambles about describable sets; 28 oct 2021

Functions with cycling derivatives; 30 aug 2021

Why the rationals have zero length; 31 may 2021

An infinite cardinal valued random variable; 30 may 2021

A field-based functor; 20 mar 2021

Generalized sides; 13 mar 2021

Rambles about metric convexity; 22 feb 2021

Wiggle function convergence; 28 jan 2021

Rambles about infinity; 5 sep 2020

Generalized golf; 24 jun 2020

Rambles about continuousifying series; 10 may 2020

Rambles about being closed under exponentiation; 7 may 2020

Rambles about the groups that come with fields; 3 may 2020

A compilation of donutified functions; 17 mar 2020

Rambles about arithmetic functions; 24 jan 2020

Graphing real functions on a torus >:); 29 nov 2019