#the sparkle borb!!!

[miniiinebulaee]

Comet portrait as my part of an art trade with @kittenvirus!

Their half of the art trade here!!

[sparklyowlguts]

Redrew a piece from 2020 that I was really fond of and I’m even more fond of this now, I got a new brush set to try and had a blast with it!

[witchofthesouls]

How does Borb!Annabelle behave when Ratchet gives her check ups? Or the Seeker!Lennoxes act as well?

It's an ordeal. To the point that Ratchet is constantly hassling for resources to replicate a proper medbay berth.

Out of the three, Annabelle had the easiest time since she only has two main data ports at her point of development. Even among advanced Cybertronians, rectal temperature is best for an infant.

The fact that said giant metal aliens had an asshole was a mindbender for humans. Saint Monica must have thrown the entirety of her patience and perseverance as a blessing upon Ratchet. Between the human peanut gallery, Lennoxes' confusion over basic anatomy, and Sarah's conflicting instincts, Ratchet didn't grind his denta to dust. (No. They don't shit. It's a medical port, so-)

However, Annabelle went last because she's tucked away inside her carrier, and it took a lot of coaxing and wrangling and hassling to get her parents through a basic checkup.

Will was doing okay at first. He was able to deal with the bizarre sensation of Ratchet inside his systems. Because of the lack of proper medbay equipment, Ratchet is doing everything by hand, so the medic is jacked into several data ports: one at the base of the neck, one in the forearm, and two along the torso. Will watched Ratchet reorganize his HUD, pulling up vitals, intakes, repairs, and a whole list of things so rapidly it blurred across his vision as Ratchet manipulates his frame: triggering microtransformations, checking seams, measuring the timing between slides. While Will was nauseous from the immense influx and restructuring, Ratchet triggered the mechanisms to open his chassis and spark chamber to do a visual check...

Will, formerly belonging to a squishy species that couldn't open their chest cavities outside of surgery, had understandably panicked.

Sarah bulldozed her way through the base because of the sudden terror and horror in her own spark, so there was one half-dressed Seeker hanging on the ceiling and one Seeker fighting Ironhide's and Optimus' combined bulk because they were aiming to subdue, especially since it was a bond-induced emotional backlash.

(Someone needs to teach them how to properly handle their bond, but that's another thing for another time. They're too new with everything.)

For Sarah, she had Will by her side to keep her as calm as possible. He's purring, and he's confused over the purring, but he's trooping through it because Sarah is clawing the metal of the makeshift examination berth from anxiety.

Ratchet, being absolutely careful not to make sudden movements and has mechs on standby, just in case the instincts overrides her again, had learned from his recent experience with Will. So he was telling her exactly what was going to be done.

Ratchet got treated to a bamboozled bird expression when Sarah realized he was able to communicate inside her head because his mouth wasn't moving, and she was able to do the same.

Sarah made an aborted squawk when her chassis was opened. Ratchet was treated to an avalanche of "nonononononono" from the connections and a drowsy, little newspark curled up inside the exposed sparkling hold. The Seekers were purring a storm as he finished off a visual inspection of her chassis, but Sarah had enough and couldn't go through the pelvic inspection. Not now.

Ratchet didn't fight it because he really needs that medbay berth for induced paralyzation since Sarah was close to flying up to the ceiling. Plus, Will needs one as well; between the short educational breaks, Ratchet had found out that humans typically have only one set of reproductive hardware that's a close mimic to Cybertronians.

Sarah, as a Seeker femme, may tolerate having two valves as it's similar to a human vulva, but Will may take issue that he has one as well. Granted, Seeker mechs don't have a gestational chamber, but humans seem to get highly distressed over the subject.

[pig-in-a-poke]

Sparkle borb ✨

borb

[tsuki-sennin]

Funny how I keep missing a weekly mark with Pretty Cure specifically, huh?

I swear it's not intentional, but perhaps I oughta shift it to be (officially) biweekly. Y'know, get it all in shape for myself. Idk, I'll figure it out.

Anywho, Pretty Cure~! With Sora-chan and Mashiro-chan~! Maybe expand it to Ageha-san and Wing-kun sooner or later~! Who knows~!

Spoilers, I guess...

-Oh shit, brass.

-Man, that reminds me of when I'd watch Batman: Brave and the Bold when I was a kid.

-Made a bestie~!

-Off to school with ye

-"Whoa! School?"

-What, you think they don't have school up there? I'll have you know that Sora-chan was a graduate of the Skyloft Knights Acade- oh wait, wrong series.

-That borb is so shaped.

-Besties~!

-"Oh come on, back in the old country, everybody's got a free pass to education!"

-Damn, confession in episode 3? Hot damn.

-Sorashido Academy!

-...Cleaning time~!

-Never have you seen a house so clean.

-Not even lunch time.

-"...if Sora-chan were a bird... would she be a skylark?"

-Speaking of birds...

-No offense Yoyo-san, you're a proper GILF.

-Went like one and a half feet into the air.

-Homegirl wants compulsory education.

-Off she goes~!

-Awwwww

-...I have to wonder how like

-Legally this all works.

-I didn't bring this up at all during Delicious Party, since all the Cures were humans and attending the same school from the get go, but it's so strange to me that off-worlders like Hikari, Akagi, and Ellen can just enroll into a school without much issue. Setsuna was officially adopted by Love's parents, so I didn't think too much of her situation but like

-This is consistent across seasons too, which follow the Kamen Rider/Super Sentai logic of "different continuities unless they're not". Is this just like... a universal constant?

-Pafume~!

-Mashiro-less Behavior.

-AGEHA JUMPSCARE

-Hey homegirl, whaddup?

-Parufeito~!

-Hot damn girl.

-"You gay."

-"I AM MASHIROLESS, I AM THE MOST DOWN BAD GIRL IN THE UNIVERSE!"

-Jesus Christ, I was being facetious, what the heck

-You need more friends, girl.

-Make up~!

-Brought to you by Pretty Holic, available from Premium Bandai for one of your kidneys and a couple of teeth.

-Sparkling~!

-"Ah youth..."

-Whoa, grayscale.

-She flee!

-Oh shit, gangster battle.

-Skyland... Divine Fist!

-Disregard safety, acquire Mashiron.

-That thing is "I am down horrendous for you, Mashiro."

-"Oh hey, it's you Kabaton."

-Hot damn, Sora's taken that fourth wall very seriously.

-Desoit!

-I'm assuming Bebop-on's Lanborg summoning works solely through calorie burning at this point.

-Certainly makes wanton destruction efficient.

-He's like a big Metall!

-From the Mega Mans!

-Going up~!

-Kabatonight you're gone.

-Theeeeere ya go! That wasn't so hard, was it?

-Bless you, Ageha-san~!

-...on second thought, no, I fucking hate that Hummer you're driving.

-This car kicks ass, and you can watch Madagascar while you're driving~!

-And then Gloria does the Go Animate dance, smth smth Those Animals Are So Fucking Funny Merge Without Looking Kaboom

-Holy shit, you just

-Guessed that off the cuff, huh

-Sora-chan, ordinary middle school student~!

-Ah, speaking of which

-Wow, can't wait for Episode Seven~!

-Episode Seven~!

-Very cute.

-...that ribbon seems very small.

-There he is. The borb.

-"Thank you, Granny Goodness."

-Watch, she's gonna actually gonna be like the real thing and be an agent of the Underg.

-I'm kidding, obviously, but that'd be one hell of a thing to put into your show for young children.

-"Please don't eat Sora-chan alive, she's very sensitive."

-Skyland~! Y'know, it's just a few warps away from Gran Ocean. Just swing a left from Hope Kingdom, then just a slip south of Labyrinth.

-Mashiron~!

-Skalandinavia~!

-"Wow, your denial is so obvious, you must be from Copenhagen!"

-They're bullying this nerd so hard.

-"I'm the shyest bitch in the fuckin' universe, yo!"

-So... Sensei... are you single?

-Cannot tell a lie. Momoi Tarou would be proud.

-Aphorisms~!

-Her base instincts take over~!

-"Damn, this girl's quick!"

-...I have to ask, how does Sora's Skyland body work? Specifically, the bones.

-The people believe~!

-Into fucking ORBIT

-Meteorite Strike!

-Awwwwww

-Everybody loves Sora-chan, the shyest fucking supersonic athlete in town~!

-I'm assuming Mashiro's a second year at this school if she already has a favorite spot on the roof and deep lore on the school's founding.

-Be yourself, sky cadet!

-"I lied! I'm not shy at all! I've been keeping it all a secret! I am a goddamn superhero!"

-Hero Gal~!

-Oh my God

-Kabaton's the boss.

-Melonless bread.

-Like Seedless Melon.

-Fucker took the tree!

-Ready Go!

-Right, what do you do?

-Petal Blizzard!

-Gotta say, I really missed having dynamic battlefields, the Delicious Field got really boring after a while.

-...wonder if this is where all the setting designers went?

-Go big or go home, I guess!

-Timbeeeeer!

-All fixed up~!

-...guess nobody's really too traumatized by what happen. That's a good thing though.

-Hero Garu~!

-Hooray~! Friendship~!

-Good work today, Mashiron!

-She grows up so fast.

-OH THE LAD

-Cure Wing, here he comes~!

-I'm half picturing Murase-san waiting in the corner of the recording studio, just bobbing in place for the chance to say his transformation phrase.

-I don't think I'll miss Saturday this time.

[actualbird]

UR HANDWRITING IS SO GOOD!! It definitely gives me kiki vibes. Ur little dooble of peanut(? I think idk it might just be a random bird) and urself is super cute! Im now thinking about each nxx boy’s artstyle… -✨ anon

hi Sparkle!!! haha thank u, im glad u think my doodles (and yea that was me attempting to draw peanut borb kjkjBJKSF) r cute!!! and NOW IM THINKING ABOUT NXX BOYS' ARTSTYLES NOW TOO AND WHEN I GET THINKING I MUST....EXPAND

nxx boys' artstyles (aka all the boys draw a dog)

wc: 624

marius: his art is beautiful ugh

okay so marius we can get out of the way fuckin immediately. hes an artist and painter and studied in florence, this dude DEFFO draws so good and skillfully.

canon hasnt really told us (yet) details as to what his Exact Style is but his painting alterego Z has been described as an impressionist painter who has an exquisite sense of color and mood. ive seen a tiny smidge of marius' anniversary card where hes sketching and he does seem to go for a quite realistic style.

so i think if he were to sketch a dog, he'd go for something like this. realistic with the impressionism's focus on light and shadows (source)

vyn: you can easily tell it's a dog

i had a hard time with bc thus far i havent seen any mention of him doing visual arts yet (i have not yet played his card stories, IM SORRY VYN, I KNOW, IVE BEEN NEGLECTING U). but based on his vibes, i think he'd be pretty good!! like it's not gonna win him awards but he can easily pick out the most important features of what hes drawing

him drawing a dog would look like this. simple but easily recognizeable (source)

artem: HAHAHAHAHA

artem is where things start getting hilarious. several stories have mentioned him being VERY BAD AT ALL KINDS OF ART. buuuut in SR Fixated On You he facepaints a really cute pumpkin on mc's face!!! mc herself says it's adorable!!! what on earth happened here, i thought you were shit at art, artie?

well [spoilers for that card] at the end of the story it is revealed that he practiced drawing that pumpkin OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. he had a STACK OF SKETCHES and with each sketch he had noted down his improvements and he used references and i genuinely want to fucking cry, artem is so earnest and he wants to do things right but //holds his face gently. JUST DRAW A SHITTY PUMPKIN, IT'S OKAY, EVERYBODY WILL LOVE IT!!!!

but yeah, if artem had to draw a dog he'd ask for a reference image before starting.

and his first try would look like this (source) (you can hear celestine's laughter all the way from nosta) (i mean it still looks like a dog!!!!)

luke: it's a four legged mammal?? of some kind???

i dont have SR How I Remember You (and im in pain about it) but my friend was kind enough to stream the story for me and my girlfriend!! in that card story [spoilers for that card] luke and mc play pictionary and mc says that "Luke isn't very good at drawing. A classmate had once mistaken a horse he drew for a pig in art class..."

which. luke pearce how did u fuck up THAT BADLY??? LMAO??? it's very cute tho bc mc says that since she's seen so many of luke's doodles (he always draws on the holiday cards he sends her, i am going to burst into TEARS) she can easily tell what hes drawing.

but for non-mc people. uh. well. if luke fucked up a horse to be a pig, i can assume that at the very least, he gets the number of limbs correct. and everything else just gets so vague that it could be anything that shares the general shape of what hes drawing

so heres luke's drawing of a "dog" (source: my hand)

during nxx investigation team pictionary

marius: it's a cat

vyn: yes, it is definitely a cat

artem: it's a cat that's...wagging its tail?

luke: GUYS CMON. IT'S A DOG...

mc: a german shepherd, right?

luke: YEAH, EXACTLY!!!

marius, vyn, and artem internally: how...did she FIGURE THAT OUT???

[jojo-reader-hell]

Hey if requests are still open,would it be too much to request hcs about Avdol x reader? Take your time! (If I requested something from you already you can ignore this if you want)

Oof, I ain’t never really looked at this dude before, and he got me kinda feeling some type of way 😍 need me some romancing to get over that horrific Melone fic I just wrote.

Muhammad Avdol is, woah nelly, he’s a babe in every sense of the word. Rockin bod, gentlemanly manners, a knack for spice in private, and takes a healthy daily dose of “respect my partner” juice in the sense that he is always willing to greet the day with some new token of his affection for you.

Being as he runs his own shop, you both would have a happy and modest life living in the flat above the space where he does his fortune telling things. You probably wouldn’t have a reliable air conditioner or any Prada bags, but who the hell needs that when you’ve got this beef cake catering to your every desire?

No matter what star sign you have or your blood type etc., Avdol will always insist you’re perfect for him in every way. If you’ve got a temper, he’ll whisper in your ear with a sultry laugh that he’s not afraid of a little heat.

Puddle. Instant puddle right there.

But then again with his deep masculine voice you’re already two degrees from horny at any given time.

“Honey? Where’d you put the socks?”

You, already stripping: “Oooooh yeah keep talking like that! Tell me I’ve been bad!”

“What??”

“... what?”

You both are pretty codependent on one another. You can’t live without his cooking, he can’t get along one day without you mending his clothes or laundering them, and you both refuse to learn the things the other one can do. You both are that mushy couple that doesn’t leave each other alone for more than five seconds.

Avdol is also assigned to booty duty because on more than one occasion your butt has been caressed by Hermit Purple.

What can I say? Avdol keeps you so happy you’ve got that sparkle everyone wants a piece of.

But you’re fiercely loyal to him, just like he is with you. He tells you time and time again that you’re the only one he wants to spend the rest of his life with.

Magician’s Red likes to stay close to you, and unfortunately that means you overheat quite often. Your shirts are always soaked through with sweat but you could really care less because dammit, good borb boi deserves kissies.

“You know that’s a really good way to develop heatstroke.”

“LEAVE ME ALONE AVDOL, MAGICIAN’S RED NEEDS HIS KISSIE.”

*inarticulate squawking*

How come I can see Magician’s Red being just a fiery version of that goddamn bird...

“Hey gurl, u want sum tail?”

You and Avdol have to pause for a minute while you both are making coffee.

“Did... did your Stand just honest to god talk?!”

“Lemme smash. Please.”

[gigis-ff-blog]

Hey might as well.

A Little Slice Dreams: The Meta Knights Play a Fun Game of Uno

What could go wrong? Those poor knights asked themselves this question as if nothing could.

But Everything. Everything could, will, would, and did absoluteley go wrong.

They sat around a giant round table in the lounge of the Halberd, soaring at least 200 feet above sea level. The night was cold, crisp, and dark. Sword, Blade, Captain Vul, and Sailor Dee sat on one end of the table. Across from them were the four main Meta knights: Axe, Javelin, Mace, and Trident.

Sailor and Mace were determined in their craft. It was down to one of them in their anxious, sweat driving game. The winner would receive a delectable frozen trophy. The looser would have to watch in tears as the winner took the glory.

It was down to two cards for each player. But it was Sailor's turn. The fee slammed down a turn skip card And gave a sickening grin at Javelin.

"No...NO!" Mace shivered in his seat.

Sailor started cackling as they held up their last remaining card.

"I hope you have good cards looser!" Shouted Sword, while Blade babbled in an incomprehensible accent, basicly stating the same thing.

"This is too much! I think im gonna drop dead!" Axe flailed around the table.

"I think you and Mace gonna have simultaneous strokes after this." Javelin said in their robotic tone.

Yeah your screwed, signed Trident.

"I'll be right back I'm gonna go get the reward for Sailor." Vul stated in an almost certain tone.

Sailor ceased their cackling and drew a deadly glare at Mace. As if their eyes shot daggers through Mace's soul.

"Uno..."

Sailor slammed a draw four on the table, prompting Mace to dramaticly scream "no" and cry, slamming his fists on the table.

"I-I was so c-c-close...WAAHHHH!"

"You challenged Sailor in uno. You knew what grave you were digging yourself into," Axe said, "and speaking of digging into things!"

Vul brought out Sailor's reward. An ice cream parfait stacked a mile high, dripping with fudge and marshmallow coating. The frozen Vanilla custard sat delicately above the hot brownies under it, and under that, the crunchy crumbs of canoli crust. Chocolate decoration perched itself on top of the display like a fine peice of jewelry. The reward was perfect in every way. Fitting for a satisfyingly sweet victory in an uno game.

Mace continued to cry as Vul handed Sailor the ice cream. As the glass was handed to them, Sailor's eyes lit up.

"Thank ye Captain!" They elongated every vowel in appreciation for their edible trophy.

"I'd say you earned it, 'Sir Uno champion Sailor Waddle Dee.'" Vul spoke to Sailor but looked at Mace as he continued to weap at his loss.

Blade and Sword cheared on Sailor as they scarfed down the whole desert like Kirby inhales a whole feast, while Tident, and Axe sighed in second hand defeat and consulted Mace as he sobbed. Javelin cheared on Sailor as well.

"WOOO! GO SAILOR!"

"H-H-Hey! Y-Your supposed to be rooting for m-m-me. Sniff."

"You didn't win."

As Sailor finished the dish. They realized they left the chocolate decorations for last. They thought that this would be such a great time to rub it in Mace's face that he lost with the chocolate.

"Hey Mace."

"H-huh?"

"Look."

Mace thought he knew what was going on. "YOU WERE THE NICE ONE DON'T TOURTURE ME LIKE THIS!"

"Here." Sailor gave the knight a chocolate decoration. "For you, because ye played good."

Mace's eyes lit up. "R-really?" He stifled a sniff. "For me?"

"Yeah. For you."

"Oh your too kind. I..."

As Mace took the chocolate, a hint of fear went into his eyes. The symbol on it sent a chill down his spine.

"Vul..."

"Yes Mace?"

"Which freezer did you get this ice cream out of."

"Why the one in the lounge of course"

"The mini blue freezer or the big silver freezer?"

"The mini blue one with all of bosses ice creEAAM OH SWEET NECRODEUS WHAT HAVE I DONE?"

Blade turned sharp to Vul and panicked, falling backwards into an incomprehensible blabber.

Sword shook. "THATS BOSS'S ICE CREAM FRIDGE!"

"You stole Meta Knight's ice cream?" Cried Javelin.

Trident signed an oh no in shaking paws.

"We're all gonna be dead by dawn in our stone graves! And the writings gonna say we died cold and chocolatey!" Axe shouted.

"He's gonna kill me the most I ate the damn thing!" Sailor squealed and almost started to cry. They sweated up a storm in their anxiety.

Vul attempted to be reassuring. "He will not kill us for one mess up." The captain wasn't to sure of this. "I'm sure everything is going to be-"

A door slammed open to reveal an enraged pair of golden-red eyes and a maskless, meta knight wearing them, and pink bunny slippers and a fluffy robe.

"Who..."

"Oh no."

"WHO!"

The shout sent echoes through the room. Cracks formed on the floors, walls and cealing. Some of them went tumbling into the hallway, others flew out of their seats. The glass that contained the ice cream hit the floor and shattered into a million pieces like a golden glass mirror.

Sword, like everyone else, was horrified of consequence. He jumped up on the table, cupped his hands over his mouth and yelled "SCATTER!" As though it were some kind of party with alcohol and the police just got there.

Everyone ran in different directions. Sword and Blade searched for hiding places, Mace and Javelin jumped to the ceiling. Trident and Axe tried to break a window so that they could fall into the orange watters below. Vul and Sailor darted into the hallways, not looking back to the flapping sounds that echoed through the battleship.

Sailor took a sharp left and shakingly pulled out a phone from their hat. They searched through their contacts to find people that could save them from whatever punishment they would face.

Kirby was unavailable, probably sleeping. Bandee was also probably sleeping. Or training at three am like an insane person for that smash bros invitation. Dedede was the only person that picked up. In the background you could hear some trash comedy in the most of a clear crunching of popcorn.

"Yo."

Sailor spoke in a hushed yet anxious tone. "Sir, ye gotta get over here and help I think we're gonna die!"

"Did you steal his ice cream?" A crunch was heard clearly.

"It was an accident we were just-"

Vul's scream came blasting through the halls.

Sailor had a mild panic attack. "OH SHIT! CAPTAIN!"

The phone dropped to the floor and rattled. Dedede, on his end, looked at the phone with utter confusion and hung up.

Vul was backed into a corner by the furious borb, spoon in one paw.

"Do you know how long it took me to make that? THREE DAYS!"

Vul took hold of a nearby pipe and found to it for dear life. Eyes wide fearing death.

"I was saving that for today specificly! I was going to watch Mama Mia!

"Oh God sir I'm sorry!"

"Sorry doesn't give me back my ice cream Vul!"

"WAIT!"

Sailor came running out of the halls and in front of Vul to protect him.

"It was an accident sir. We were just playin a game and he grabbed the wrong ice cream. Don't hurt em!"

"Why... would I hurt anyone...I'm just angry."

"You look like you're gonna f%#king kill someone!"

Vul stepped out of his "gripping onto the pole for dear life" position just to scold Sailor for swearing. "Hey! What did we talk about?"

"Oops. Sorry." They turned back to Meta Knight.

"I... apologise if I seem a little harsh. It's wrong to terrify someone in the middle of the night over something so minuscule." Meta knight held his paw out for Vul to shake."Is all forgiven?"

Vul was more than relieved. "Absoluteley sir!"

Meta knight looked at the bird andd produced a laugh, but in the middle of it they stated most seriously that "You owe me another bowl." This didn't ease the captain's fear.

"We still have the ice cream we didn't eat in oyur fridge," Sailor stated, "you can have that."

Meta Knight turned. "What flavor is it?"

"Vanilla with chocolate and marshmallow swirl."

"I'll take it...but..."

Sailor was confused. "But what?"

"Due to my outburst I would find it fair that I would have to earn the desert, rather than just taking it. Besides, I'm DVRing the movie so I can watch it later."

"Wait wait wait. Earn it how?" The captain let go of Meta's hand and looked down at the small, Kirby esque orb.

"I'm thinking...Uno?"

Sailor's eyes sparkled. "Now that's a chalanged! You're on!"

[clockbirds]

me at pixel artists: how?? ??? ?

[furymint]

OOC Facts

Tag 8 people you’d like to know better! Tagged by @the-wardens-torch​!

Favorite colors: RED. also pink n sky blue n brown!

Last Song Listened To: I Am Free - Douglas Dare

Favorite Musician/Singer: Florence + the Machine! 

Last Film Watched: ??? frozen 2 i think?? OH no it was the lighthouse. id rather read a beckett play than sit through that movie again sdjfhsjdk

Favorite TV Show watched: Kyousougiga ofc!!!!!

Favorite OC: Elliot........he’s so fun to work with. the intensity he feels with keep stakes high and eliminates stagnancy, and his vibrancy n cleverness keeps matters interesting. i think id be a v dif person today w/o him

Sweet, spicy or savory: SWEET!! if it isnt death by chocolate it isnt worth it.

Sparkling water, coffee or tea: tea!!!!! bc sparkling water is super gross and my nerves are not gonna touch caffeine if they can help it 

Pets: borbs. (and doggo)

tagging: @endangered-liaison​ @norhimorovine​ @mostdangerouspotato​ @nuclearanomaly​ @aethernoise​ @foewreckem​ @alusbeauregard​ @rhotanored​ 

[birbarmy]

Doodles.

[retrauxpunk]

Rain, I ask you: ALL the quarantine asks!

Animated character that was your gay awakening? not really an ‘awakening’ so much as a ‘hint’, but Azula from Avatar: the Last Airbender ... yep

Grilled cheese or PB&J? GRILLED CHEESE

What show/YouTube video(s) do you put on in the background when you when you don’t have anything to watch but you want something on? I don’t really experience this mood, but my go-to watch is the vlogbrothers YouTube channel

Your go-to bar order, if you drink? if it’s a low-key/work outing, lager or cider (esp the ones with non-apple fruits too); if it’s getting more serious (lol) or with closer friends or a more celebratory mood: vodka with sparkling apple juice

What’s your favorite pair of shoes that you own? these Doc Martens that are white with red hearts got ’em with my first ever full time design job paycheck. i did not take care of them well so they’re super scuffed/beat-up and very much not Perfectly White ... but they’re still comfy as heck, i still love the design, and they’ve lasted 3 years so far, let’s see how much longer we can make it ... also i think they’re a limited edition so i likely won’t get my hands on any replacements...

Top three cuisines? my cheap-ass answer would be, like: East Asian, South-East Asian, Western European ... but my non-shit answer is... Japanese, Chinese, Italian (ftr i’m not a seafood fan ... i just love the ramen and non-seafood stuff that japan makes hehe)

What was your first word as a child (that wasn’t a variation of “Mom” or “Dad”)? i have no clue

What’s a job that you’ve had that people might be surprised to find out you’ve had? cold-calling strangers to ask them to do market research phone surveys (y)

Look up. What’s directly across from you? the kitchen

Do you own any signed books/memorabilia in general? i have a messenger bag that i got signed by Jeph Jacques of the Questionable Content webcomic that i once adored ... and I think my boyfriend has gifted me a signed Matthew Reilly hardcover.

Preferred way to spend a rainy day? curled up indoors wearing something cosy, reading and eating something delicious. playing animal crossing lol. aaaaand listening to music, a good podcast, watching stand-up comedy, drawing, getting intoxicated...

What do you get on your bagels? What WOULD you get if you had access to anything you wanted? occasionally the standard smoked salmon and cream cheese, but i slightly prefer the meat to be, like, prosciutto

Brunch or midnight snacks? ehh fuck it, both???? both!!

Favorite mug you own easter limited edition waitrose mug, squat and round and yellow, painted/shaped like a very round chick. a Borb,,,,

What coffee drink would you describe yourself as? i actually thought about this and, uh, peppermint mocha. not for everyone, slightly weird, never fitting in with the regulars/being a default, but???? obviously awesome?? also: about 65% on the mainstream/hipster scale

Pick a song lyric to describe your current mood (and drop the name and artist!) The Wombats is the artist. lyrics are either “Let's dance to Joy Division / and celebrate the irony / Everything is going wrong, / but we're so happy” from Let’s Dance to Joy Division or “the edge of nowhere’s such a beautiful place” from Emoticons

Fruity or herbal teas? herbal but i agree with @queenofslime, black tea is the best

What’s that one TV show that you’re a little bit embarrassed to watch but you still like nonetheless? ...do i experience embarrassment about what i like to watch on TV? i don’t know if i do, because i watch relatively few shows ... and have relatively little shame? maybe???

That book you were forced to read for class but actually ended up enjoying? ftr i wasn’t bitter about this before reading, i had no preconceived biases against, and i was pretty open to liking it -- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Do you match your socks? if they’re of a really nice design then yes always, if they’re of a more standard/generic design then ... not necessarily

Have you ever been horseback riding? yes a few times ... on the last time which was like five years ago ... the lady said i was a natural and asked if i’d ridden much before, which was. flattering. and yes this is a Brag.

What was your “phase” when you were younger? (i.e., Mythology Nerd, Horse Girl, Space Geek, etc) didn’t have much of a hardcore phase but i was pretty much always into fantasy ... oh wait yeah i did! i had a spy phase :)

Have you ever been to jail? to closed-down ones, yep

What’s your opinion on Lazy Susan’s (the spinning tray in the middle of tables)? pretty great idea unequivocably, right?

Puzzles? i tend to enjoy riddles/lateral thinking puzzles, i am impartial about jigsaw puzzles. i enjoy escape rooms.

You can only have one juice for the rest of your life, what is it? apple ... but elderflower if i’m feeling reckless (y)

What section do you immediately head for when you walk into a bookstore? young adult ... or stationery

What’s one thing you’re trying to learn/relearn in your downtime right now? Russian language :( it’s going не так хорошо

Who’s your go-to musical artist when you’re feeling upbeat? not sure if i have a go-to artist so much as go-to playlists i’ve made but some good ones are The Wombats and Bastille 

Where could someone find you in a museum? mammals/birds in natural history

What’s that one outfit in your closet you never get the chance to wear but want to? i swear i was talking about this recently but i clean the fuck forgot what it was ... oh yeah, i have this short-sleeved black minidress festooned with silver buckles/buttons and also featuring decorative suspenders ... which, yes, does make me look like a sexy military officer,,, anyway it’s pretty badass and somehow it hasn’t occurred to me till now that i can just wear that every day now if i want? ftw i do get the chance to wear it, it’s just a little bit Extra so i get self-conscious. i’ve worn it a few times though. including to work. because fuck it, right? i didn’t become a graphic designer to be shy about sometimes looking like a prototypical emo/scene kid-turned-adult??? (ftr i was never an actual emo/scene kid. i lacked the requisite guts, commitment of feeling, and permissive parents.)

Rainbows, stars, or sunset colored clouds? sunset-coloured clouds :)

If you could own any non-traditional pet (dogs, cats, fish, rodents, etc), what would it be? how about a shapeshifting feathered dragon that could range from, like, two thirds of a foot long (20cm) to sit on your shoulder, to ... the size of a massive draft horse? (but longer and thinner)

Do you have more art on your walls or more photographs? photos, though if i didn’t live with a partner, it might be art

You have to get one meme tattooed on your body, what meme is it and where does it go? i’ve already got a meme tattooed on my body ... a private meme i have with my boyfriend, one on each leg (left: outer side, just above knee; right: outside, a few inches above the ankle)

Pick a superhero sidekick to hang out with ?????? is this a sidekick to a known superhero, or a superhero to act as your sidekick? also i don’t know? who are the standard heroes? i’m not up to date on this.

Lakes, rivers, or oceans? rivers or oceans

Favorite mid-2000s song i can’t decide a favourite, it’s too stressful, but one that i like is Rob Thomas’s Little Wonders

How do you dress when you’re home alone? either a t-shirt and PJ pants, or a dress (usually short-sleeved/sleeveless minidress)

Where do you sit in the living room (we all have a preferred spot, and you know it)? on either side of the couch haha

Knives or swords? BOTH but ok swords.

A song you didn’t think you’d enjoy but ended up loving hmmmmm like all of Linkin Park’s first three albums with some exceptions? hahahah

Pick an old-school Disney Channel Original Movie i don’t think i.....know any????

Are you a “Quote that relates to the photos” caption-er, an “explanation of where I took the photos” caption-er, or a no caption kinda person when you post pictures online? explanation, though on instagram quite often the photo and caption are unrelated

Name a classic Vine there’s only one thing worse than a rapist...

What’s the freezer food that you stock up on when you go to the grocery store? dumplings! as in the gyoza type.

How do you top your ice cream? that ‘magic’ chocolate sauce that hardens into chocolate. that stuff. i watched those ads all childhood long but my parents were immigrants and therefore very thrifty so we NEVER bought it iirc and then in my adulthood i got it a bunch of times. but now i live in the uk and can’t find it. and forgot it existed. and have never seen it anywhere.

Do you like Jello? the kind that’s served on a plate as a dessert? meh. the kind that are found in asian grocery stores as individual fruit-flavoured serves in little plastic cups? YES 

What’s something that you don’t have a picture of that you wish you did? future stock prices? LOL ... or i’m gonna go with @queenofslime‘s answer again -- how others see me. it’s a great answer.

How are you at climbing trees? not............ good. i mean, i like climbing, but i have absolutely terrible upper body strength. i did bouldering for a couple months but only stuck to the first like... three out of nine difficulty levels.

[chewybitart]

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[twistytwine]

blurgh la borb!!!!

Crackship: Winsome x Wren

Summary of this crackship: Two gingers laughing about cats

How they met: Idk, Wren was walking in the forest one day and Winsome popped out of the ground like “HELLO” and Wren screamed and passed out. They became boyfriends later.

Headcanons:

- Winsome sometimes just wraps Wren up in his noodly arms and carries him to work. Through a portal. With an illusioned unicorn to scare everybody who dares to pass them.

- Winsome: *breathes* Wren: You are my beautiful clown boyfriend <=)))))

- They kiss and their noses bump against each other and Winsome’s nose makes the squeaky clown sound and Wren is always startled by it.

- Winsome makes balloon versions of Wren, and though Wren appreciates it, he’s a bit disturbed by how they make rubbery sounds and crawl up his leg just to pat him on the head and whisper in raspy balloon voices, “Love yourself.”

- Winsome is the big spoon, which means that Wren has to sort of gently wiggle in his arms when he’s awake but Winsome’s still asleep since his noodly limbs are tangling him up.

- Winsome likes to hover above Wren sometimes and whisper weird things like, “I ate all the cookies yesterday,” in a seductively mischievous voice.

- When Winsome plans gifts for Wren, Wren is 100% oblivious to any hints to what the gifts will be, even when Winsome is terrible at keeping secrets and the hints he gives out are too obvious.

- There are a lot of mosquitoes where Wren lives and even though he insists he’s fine and has mosquito spray, Winsome always asks if he could bring out like a vacuum or something to suck them all up.

- Wren likes to bring animals home sometimes to patch them up if they’re injured, and he has to tell Winsome repeatedly that no, smothering them in sparkles and confetti won’t make them better.

Famous quote of the ship: “Winsome, what’s that... white powder you’re eating?” “I call it Magic Baby Dust.”

[radiantseraphina]

I adore your Kirby fics, especially your Metadede fics. You made me ship them, when I hadn't even thought of shipping them before! Precious borb and penguin boyfriendos.

Thank you! I’m super happy you like the precious borb and the penguin boyfriendos! And I’ve been feeling just kind of down today, so thank you for this! They’re probably my favorite couple to write along with Kirby and Fluff. Please, accept a fanfic as a token of my appreciation.

Meta Knight crept slowly under the table, keeping to the shadows. While he seldom wandered around Castle Dedede--aside from the odd meeting with his doting liege--Meta Knight made an exception for this time of year. The Winter Solstice, the time of year when Castle Dedede was draped in holly and mistletoe, the time of year when snow and ice blew into Dreamland and made all the land white and diamond-like. And, most importantly, the time of year when the castle dees were busy making cookies.

And what cookies they were! Gingerbread, egg nog, pumpkin spice, peppermint...all covered in luscious, melt-in-your-mouth frosting. Presently, it was dark, so there were no waddle dees to witness Meta Knight’s last night excursion. No one to judge his accursed weakness.

Slowly, Meta Knight raised a paw, reaching for the sugar-embezzled snowflake cookies just out of reach.

“Whatcha doin’, schnookums?”

Meta Knight emitted an embarrassing, high-pitched squeak of surprise. Dedede laughed heartily. 

“How long were you watching?” Meta Knight asked, wrapping himself in his cape.

Meta Knight felt warmth flood his face, and even though Dedede wouldn’t be able to see Meta Knight’s too-bright blush marks, Meta Knight still couldn’t resist the urge to cover himself as much as possible. If Dedede ever developed the ability to see through armor, Meta Knight would be doomed.

“Long enough,” Dedede replied, grinning broadly.

The Pengu king strode past and retrieved the giant plate of cookies from the nearby table. 

“See, these were my Meta bait,” Dedede said smugly.

“Meta bait?”

“Yep!” Dedede declared, swinging the tray before Meta Knight’s face. “An’ look what I caught. Looks like a Mety Knighty. A real knight in shining armor.”

Meta Knight’s flush deepened. He swiped a cookie, and after realizing he couldn’t eat it with his mask on, Meta Knight carefully tipped the piece of armor up and took a bite. The cookie made a satisfying crunch beneath Meta Knight’s fangs. It was so sweet, too! 

“Worth it,” Meta Knight mumbled around a mouthful of cookie.

“So you’d be up for spendin’ a night eatin’ cookies by the fireplace?” Dedede asked, winking slyly.

“I hate you,” Meta Knight said.

“Guess I jus’ gotta eat all these cookies, then,” Dedede said, sighing dramatically.

Meta Knight’s eyes widened in alarm, sending Dedede into peals of laughter.

“C’mon, sugarplum,” Dedede said. “I ain’t gonna tell no one.”

No, he wouldn’t. Of that, Meta Knight could be sure. The puffball edged close to Dedede and gazed up at him with bright gold eyes. “If you do, I’ll kill you,” Meta Knight said, “But after some consideration, I have decided to accept your proposal. Because it’s the holidays. That’s all.”

Dedede’s blue eyes sparkled. He bowed extravagantly. “Thank you, Sir Knight. Yer generosity knows no bounds.”

[lmbiggs]

YELLING OH MY GOD THOSE NAMES WAAAAAHHHTTTT meet the meat?? The vitruvian woman?? Be mine Valentine?? Sugar daddy?? (Precisely my kink yes yes A++++++) AAAHHH LOVE EM ALLLLLLLLLL

I TAKE THIS AS A REQUEST ON ELABORATION SO BE PREPARED FOR MORE INFO THAN YOU’D EVER WANT.

Starting with just the way you listed them in the ask because there is no easy way to describe chronology in this clusterfuck of a series.

Meet the Meat: Antoinette Fleischauer and Margot Coetzee help provide the Borbelys with meat. The Fleischauer family is a rival meat packing brand and Antoinette is set to inherit, only after seven other people (if at all in this lifetime). Hedvika and Antoinette are reasonable women and they come to an agreement. Antoinette is able to quietly provide “stock” for the Borbelys, through quite underhanded means that she’d rather not go in detail over. In exchange Hedvika will manufacture the deaths of Antoinette’s rival relatives. After all, what’s seven more bodies to her?

The Vitruvian Woman: A Russian Jewish woman with a forgotten name was stripped down and reconstructed by the Auschwitz Eugenicist Labs in 1943. In 1944 she was rebirthed and renamed as a clean slate, the perfect template for the Master Race to use to recreate other Jews. In 1945, when Hedvika Borbely fled she took the newly named Pelageya Reznhika with her. Now, nearly a century later, Pelageya is introduced to Mildred Minh, the teenage daughter of Hedvika’s new head chef of her latest endeavour (a kitchen freely serving human flesh). To Pelageya, Mildred Minh is perfect and as such it only makes sense that she become the future Mrs. Reznhika.

Be My Valentine: Nick Mills knows that he is losing his mind. Shortly after the Incident with the Borbelys and their subsequent escape from justice he is diagnosed with brain cancer. When Clarice Valentine is assigned to him, Nick is so instantly smitten with her that he can’t help but think she’s just another hallucination, just another illusion conjured up by his desperately fighting brain. How any real, living, flesh-and-blood woman could put up with his deranged rambling, assist him with his wild investigations, and believe him is beyond Nick’s scope of comprehension.

Sugar Daddy: Mickey Schreier owns Bela almost as surely as he owns his penthouse. Everything Bela wears, the degrees he earned, the apartment he lives in, the restraining order against an obsessive ex-fiance, Mickey Schreier has bought and paid for in some way or another. The ring that he gives Bela, large and sparkling and envied by everyone who sees it, is just another form of payment. A down payment on Bela’s future. A weight that says just how much Bela is worth, and for how long. Mickey has force fed Bela enough sugar that he’s sure his very bones are starting to rot, not just his teeth.