#busy and distractable from time to time

[mathysphere]

The pattern for the Pi Day Nonograms is up! It's the same design as in the puzzles, but all together for ease of stitching. There's also a Pattern Keeper version, as well.

The different numeral systems are, from the top: Babylonian, Maya, Chinese, Arabic, Roman, and Burmese.

It was a lot of fun balancing this design to work as a pattern versus working as a set of puzzles-- I may get together my notes on the creation of it sometime. :)

[pattern here] [nonograms here] [all my pi day stuff here]

[bluerosefox]

Hmmm we should play around with the idea of Tim going undercover more. Especially when he goes out as Caroline Hill btw.

Dead Tired prompt once again.

Danny knows the people he's working for are... shady at best but he needed this job, ever since he left Amity Park after getting into a bad fight with his parents, they wanted him to become a Ghost Hunter (funny how they never really pressured Jazz into it.), he made sure to shut down the portal now since he learned to make portals (and made sure to delete and burn his parents blueprints for it), renounced himself as Ghost King (he really didn't want the responsibility and helped set up a kinda self governing and kinda 'I will come back to help the Realms keep stable but I am NOT ruling' thing)

[Basically Danny is still technically the King, the Realms need him to keep stable (personal head canon the Realms reflect its Ruler, Danny is much more stable than Pariah Dark and thus the Realms are healing and slowly returning to its natural state), but Danny set up a somewhat self governing thing where he can leave but returns very so often to keep the Realms stable and healing. Its complicated but it works.]

AND because his grades tanked hard due to the accident and being a young ghost hero in high school, Danny didn't have a lot of choices for work or even school (he is in college, none of his dream ones though, and is juggling between it and odd jobs here and there)

Anyways so yeah, Danny knows the people he's working for aren't... great. He knows they're shady AF and knows he could maybe find out what if he used his ghost powers but he does need this job for just a bit longer, until his next paycheck that's all.

He also know his new co-worker might be an undercover cop and is investigating them.

Caroline Hill is a nice lady though, even if it was an act to get closer, polite, works hard when paired with him, and very pretty.

So Danny decides to help cover up tiny mistakes or distract their other co-workers/employers when she's snooping around their work areas/offices.

[sunlit-mess]

[chirpsythismorning]

Yeah a teaser dropping on ST day would be cool. But can we agree that a DNA board reveal would be infinitely better?

[shepscapades]

shep. i finished xisuma's s8. i am plagued with so many thoughts /silly

Oh my gognfjgmgimfggfmgnmfdnffgh it’s. It’s so much. I have so much to say and so many thoughts they make me so crazy. They make me so crazy THEY MAKE ME SO CRAZY IS THIS THING ON CAN ANYONE HEAR ME

[earthmixsclowderofcats]

Okay but imagine being in ZeeNuNew’s shoes - you’re queer, confirmed dating but haters still pair you with women you interact with or just meet (business or not), tell you that you’re not ‘queer enough’ and your relationship that you confirmed years ago must be fanservice and if you tell something like ‘NuNew likes cold showers, I prefer warm/hot ones and it’s torturous for me’ (Zee has said it recently by the way, like days ago) people still act surprised:/ but I hope it’ll be better for them

It's definitely an interesting situation. Because like, coming at it from an outside perspective as I was, I was confused for a while. Over the top fan service is a staple of the genre tbh. But I think maybe people get stuck on the black and white and forget the nuance.

Like yeah, it can be fan service and they can also actually care for each other. Which is where I ended up. Because they were definitely playing it up, especially at the beginning of the relationship, but you can also see the genuine affection and emotional honesty, and you can see how it shifts over time.

Again, so wild to me that it's like living your own fake dating au. Committing to the bit to the point where it's no longer a bit. It sounds like a bl plot. (I mean DMD is literally doing a bl with that plot right now lol) That's so meta.

I think people are naturally skeptical, and I think that's probably for a good reason, as it's always best to keep yourself self aware when it comes to celebrities. But what's weird is the intensity with which people are either "pro" or "anti."

As if it's a matter that affects them personally. Like, if they are "pro" and proven wrong true love doesn't exist and they were fools all along and if they are "anti" and they're wrong they were hateful homophobic crones. When like. We are not part of the equation. But people are dedicating themselves to their stance so fully. Which is why I think I was going back and forth for a while before just being like ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

They are or are not whatever they are. They're cute as hell and act like a couple so that's the assumption I'm gonna live under.

You know the whole "if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it's probably a duck" thing?

I don't shower with my bros.

But instead of being like "hey, I change my mind once I've encountered new information" people double down in weird and frankly, queer phobic ways.

I can understand the confusion about their label because I understand it's a bit different culturally. Like, in a western sense most people would not consider it a confirmation because it was more of a "make your own assumptions" kind of thing. Which was what tripped me up for a while.

Tbh that would be the best possible response if it were secretly all fan service all along somehow. Because then that would give people the feeling of confirmation they want while still having the deniability of "I never actually said that."

But also, given the untraditional nature of their relationship, labels like that, especially at the time, may have just not been something they were worrying about. Like, I don't think there's a guidebook for this whole situation.

Sidenote: I am so charmed by the epic saga that is them vs showers.

Especially how Nunew likes to tease about Zee's snoring vs Zee teasing Nunew about his bad habit of not showering before bed. (But it's ok if Nunew does it because Nunew is always the exception it seems. Something the besties have in common. Nat is always the exception for Max.)

The shower ghost, etc. it's peak old married couple bickering.

Kind of like for whatever reason what convinced me about earthmix (on top of everything else) was that Mix pops Earth's zits. Like. That's a level of intimacy that simple costars do not have lmao.

When it's not just the cute shit, but also the gross stuff and the every day bickering that makes it feel genuine.

[massivementalitynut]

My Desperate Couple Comm from @negativesd09

[ygoartreviews]

Ghost Beef

"The Ghost of Christmas Dinner."

It’s that time of year when yesterday's meal comes back to haunt you. Fortunately, it's returned as this cute little festive cow ghost, instead of something much more terrifying. It's even here to serve you more dinner! Not that I imagine spectral beef is filling or anything. I think I actually enjoy the colors the most in this art. They're bright and Christmasy without being an overwhelming onslaught of red and green. The blues and yellows were an excellent pick for contrast as the background here. I also appreciate the color definition in the cow vs the background ornaments. Like, the wreath and the mistletoe decorated bell around the cow's neck use the exact same colors, but the shadows and highlights in the bell are significantly more smoothed out with a greater range of colors vs the more muted wreath. It just really helps draw your eye where it needs to be first! Also, only after talking about it did I realize how clever and adorable that bell is lol. It's literally your classic Christmas bell but turned into a cowbell! The only thing that truly bothers me here is that its tongue doesn't line up with the clearly defined line of its mouth on the right side, and instead appears to be tucked under its cheek for some reason. It feels so easy to miss, but once you see it you can't help but notice how awkward it looks.

Rating: 9/10, the only way to season this beef is with ghost peppers

[pergaminaa]

Modern au

Dorian is all about helping Manon relax and also he realized that having a bit of a routine actually helps her be at ease.

Friday evenings, they stay at home. He orders food and they watch movies and just have a quiet night in. Saturdays and Sundays are when they go out and do all kinds of things.

Years later, when their daughter is between 1-2 years old, their relaxed Friday nights saw some action.

It’s the start of the weekend so they let her stay up for a bit later than usual (it’s because they miss her and want to see more of her) but those relaxed evenings? Yeah no more.

A tiny toddler unable to speak is circling the coffee table, reaching for everything she can reach. Food? Plates? Anything? Sure. She’d find the remote, grab it and run while looking back and giggling when she sees Dorian coming after her. But again, she comes back and try to be as destructive as she can be.

They try and make her try adult food but she doesn’t like it. Still, she wouldn’t stay in the playroom to play and give her parents peace. No, she has more fun being destructive if her giggles are anything to go by.

[the-sea-anemone]

i'm being personally attacked by my own life decisions

[nightmareonpeachstreet]

Sometimes u just gotta find things to distract you from Arlecchino until she comes out

Like decorating your teapot to be a family home for Arle, her wife Furina and their 3 kids, Lyney Lynette and Freminet

[skeletalheartattack]

was playing the new TF2 halloween event, and someone noticed that my avatar was a flamingo and complimented me on it. things are perhaps good, i think.

[pollen]

hi fellow neurodivergent people

i hate to jump on the "i think i might have adhd" bandwagon, but if i think i might have adhd, how do i bring it up to my care team as a 28-year-old cis woman who was a massive overachiever until i couldn't keep up the ruse anymore?

[t-u-i-t-c]

i do feel like rin & kenji would have worked better if side characters didn't keep trying to point out them liking each other, especially at random moments.

[dreamersdwell]

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[outlanderalien]

Not sure if I'm sabotaging my relationship or not but I feel like I'm in the right ? Perhaps ?