#[high school acronym].secrets

[quarkflavors]

currently thinking very fondly of the lil languages you develop with the people you love. like, the shorthand you create that would look like nonsense to anyone elze

[feral-teeth]

two websites I frequent when Im feeling particularly wistful and yearningful and lonely. Never posting, only watching. Maybe for now.

[bookwyrminspiration]

what is kotlc (i think thats the acronym you used in that poll)

It is! It stands for Keeper of the Lost Cities, an ongoing middle-grade book series by Shannon Messenger.

In it, we follow 12yo Sophie Foster, who's a high school senior and could not be more out of place everywhere she goes. On a field trip, she runs into a mysterious boy who claims he's been looking for her, and she learns why she stands out and can hear thoughts: she's not human.

Whisked away from her life and family to a world of elves, ogres, goblins, and more, Sophie wants nothing more than to try and fit in at her new elf school with her new elf friends. But she's out of place here, too, and the secrets people keep whispering about have her name wrapped up in them.

In order to learn who she really is--why her abilities work different, why she was raised by humans--she has to delve into the underside of the glittering world no one likes to acknowledge exists.

Rebellions and conspiracies meet and Sophie finds her life--and her friends' lives--infinitely more complicated as they realize their paradise is crumbling and threatened, and someone has to step up to save it. It'll put a target on her back, but Sophie's used to standing out--maybe she was made to.

There's of course a lot more I'm not getting into, but that's the overall premise. If you're into middle-grade fantasy, we're around 10 books and counting, and oh boy are things getting wild!

Full disclosure though, even though like 90% of my blog is kotlc, I wouldn't necessarily rec it outside its intended age range. It's a perfectly fine, solid series, and if it sounds fun, great! Just from what I've seen for people who start the series outside the 8-12/13 age range it generally doesn't hit as much.

But either way! there are exceptions and it consumes a lot of my brain space :)

[adachimoe]

Yukiko's "Yasogami Highschool Visualnet - H" Profile (and Kanji and Naoto's)

The Persona Club P4 book includes sections dedicated to each party member, and one of the things all of them have is a Yasogami High Facebook-esque page called the "Visualnet" with their profile, friends list, communities they've joined, etc. "Yasogami Highschool Visualnet - H" is definitely a "Someone wanted the initials to be YHVH" acronym.

To recap what the Persona Club P4 book is, it's a book made for fans by Atlus that was released back in 2009. It showcases fanart that was sent to Atlus, and provides additional character info and world building info. There is also an interview in the back of the book with Katsura Hashino about the development of the game.

I am god awful at reading handwritten Japanese, and every single character profile is written in a different Japanese font that's stylized after handwriting. I assume it's to emulate what kind of handwriting the characters would have, but... urk...

Yukiko's YHVH

Profile

Amagi Yukiko

Message: Hello! Chie invited me here.

Icon: Golden bird

Nicknames: Yukiko, Lady of the House (Ugh...)

Sex: F

Birthday: December 8, 1994

Zodiac: A heart-piercing Sagittarius. Be struck by my arrow.

Height: 164cm. Ah, the folded part of my kimono... (sweatdrop)

Weight: Secret

Blood Type: I'm a Type O who really puts the "O" in O-bvious. Betcha didn't expect that!

Celebrity Lookalike: Ami Koshimizu

Favorite Food: Japanese food! Don't call me old.

Favorite Things: Dogs. One day when I was a child, I had a fateful encounter on the Samegawa... (rest omitted)

Dislike: I don't particularly dislike anything, but... dirty talk is a bit... Uhm...

Special Skills: I'm quite confident in my kimono dressing and table manners

Brief Comment: Nice to meet you!

My YHVH (Friends)

Protagonist

Chie

Teddie

Kanji

Naoto

Ko

(See All)

Clubs

Japanese Clothing Lovers! - 6 members

The "Go Home" Club - 15 members

Showa Era Music Fans - 3 people

Let's go see the dam! - 7 people

(See All)

Messages

From Yosuke: "Let me get in the onsen again!"

(See All)

The bit about Yukiko's blood type joke is "the 'oo' in 'oozappa'"; with oozappa meaning like... roughly, generally, broadly speaking, etc. For the sake of my last remaining brain cells that haven't been Adachipilled yet, and also because I am uncreative as fuck, I just used a different word instead of trying to translate oozappa into English with a word that starts with a O lmao. The Ami Koshimizu mention is cause that's Yukiko's Japanese voice actress. All of the Investigation Team have their JP voice actors as their Celebrity Lookalikes. Also, I have no idea what the dam thing is about lol. Is there a dam if you follow the Samegawa?

Kanji and Naoto's Profiles

I've learned that Kanji and Naoto's profiles were translated back in 2009. Behold, Naoto being a member of the Linux club at school lol. The only thing I have to add-on to these existing translations is that:

Naoto's DM is from Rise, asking to go to get a "bucket parfait" - those comically large ice cream and fruit parfaits you might have seen photos of before. (I don't think they always come served in a pail / bucket, though they certainly can lol.) Not sure if Naoto secretly likes sweets (she did save the Christmas Cake...) or if Naoto gets bullied into going to this stuff by Rise all the time.

Can confirm from the Japanese version of the game that this translator's speculation about Kanji searching for the rare submarine is accurate. Kanji's Ototo and Homerun Bars are something I've written about on this blog before too.

When the mood strikes, I'll do more of these. (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)

[etes-secrecy-post]

Hi, before I explain my post, I want to say something important.

• What you see my blog has become a major overhaul. And despite the changes, I decided that my 2nd account will be now my artwork blog with a secret twist.

⚠️NEW RULE! (W/ BIGGER TEXT!)⚠️

⚠️ SO PLEASE DO NOT SHARE MY 2nd ACCOUNT TO EVERYONE! THIS SECRECY BLOG OF MINE IS FOR CLOSES FRIENDS ONLY!⚠️

• AND FOR MY CLOSES FRIENDS, DON’T REBLOG IT. INSTEAD, JUST COPY MY LINK AND PASTE IT ON YOUR TUMBLR POST! JUST BE SURE THE IMAGE WILL BE REMOVED AND THE ONLY LEFT WAS THE TEXT.

⚠️ SHARING LINKS, LIKE POSTS, REBLOG POSTS, STEALING MY SNAPSHOT PHOTOS/RECORDED VIDEOS/ARTWORKS (a.k.a. ART THIEVES) OR PLAGIARIZING FROM UNKNOWN TUMBLR STRANGERS WILL IMMEDIATELY BE BLOCKED, RIGHT AWAY!⚠️

😡 WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT EVER LIKED & REBLOG MY SECRET POST! THIS IS FOR MY SECRET FRIENDS ONLY, NOT YOU! 😡

Okay? Capiche? Make sense? Good, now back to the post…↓

My Wangan Maxi Tune Career Returns 2024 Edition [Timezone Arcade Araneta City Gateway Mall II & Gateway Cinema] - Part 7 [First Half] (Recorded: Jun 19th, 2024)

Hey, hey! It’s me! 😁 And welcome back for another installment of "My Wangan Maxi Tune Career"! I returned in 2022, and now I'm continue it, this 2024. Yes, it's been a while. I haven't shared my WMMT's play progress in this current year, with the last record I posted was on May 31st, 2023 (Pls, go check it out in the "previous" section) before it went into troubles. And by that, I'm talking about my PC desktop problem. *sigh* 😫😔 Nevertheless, I have now SO MANY photos and screenshots that need to be uploaded on my current social media sites right away before I move on to my current update.

Once again, If you haven't seen my "first & second half" of "Part 6", then please check out my "previous" down below (w/ highlight).

IMPORTANT NOTE(S):

#1: Once again, no #OnThisDay throwback post for this date.

(And) #2: Whoever say's "FFA" was making me unhappy... 😥 Because I can't find the acronym on the Google search... This is why, this game is not ready to meet. Even though, they've already launched the old vanilla installment.*sigh* 😔

So, without further ado, let's get started:

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• [1st to 3rd Images] June 19th, 2024, I'm here at the specific TZ Arcade branch in Araneta City Gateway Mall II, with my two beloved paper dolls (🐻👨‍🍳 Chowder & Panini 🐰👩‍🍳). Upon entering the said mall and TZ branch, the atmosphere was pretty nice and clean, much like I visited every TZ branch. Anyway, I've redeemed the ₱200 free Power Load coupon through my gold membership TZ Power Card 💳🕹️😁, with an additional ₱150 load for a good measure 💵. However, there's one problem though... There's no Wangan Maxi Tune cabinet at this particular TZ branch. 😥 Damn, it'll be better if I play it inside this awesome atmosphere, alas it ain't happened. 😓 So, should go back to Trinoma where I previously played? 🤔 Nah, because as far as I know, there's another TZ branch located somewhere at the huge "Araneta City" mall. So, I venture myself to search for another TZ branch with my trusty Google Maps app 🗺️📲, in about a 1 hour ⌚.

• [4th to 6th Images] And said an hour later, I finally found another TZ branch located at the OG Gateway Cinema. 🎞️🕹️😃 Huh, you know what, the layer reminds me of going to the Ayala Glorietta mall in Makati City, where there's a TZ branch beside the Cinema. And that was my "Real Life Story". 😁📖 I was in my High School days 🧑‍🎓🏫 (3rd year High School to be specific; 2010 to 2011) when my former BF ("Best Friend") 👤 invited me to a meet-up for playing a music rhythm arcade game (named "DJ MAX Technika" 👇🎶🎧) at the aforementioned Glorietta TZ branch, which I suck at it. But, I was also playing my debuted "Wangan Maxi Tune 3DX Plus" 🚘🌃🛣️ arcade, which is my preferred over that music rhythm. 😊 Yeah, who doesn't love playing arcades after watching an awesome movie (say the new upcoming Disney movies, etc..). I've been there, but I never actually attempted that in my life. 😥 As for the actual arcade branch, it matches my memories back in 2012 😊, and no doubt this is one of the most unique branches unlike the Glorietta branch because besides the TZ branch was this Taco Bell / Pizza Hut stand, which is an awesome nice touch if I want it to grab something delicious Taco/Pizza from the "Yum" brands! My paper dolls loves eating Taco/Pizza! Yum! 🌮🍕😋 Sadly, I don't have funds for ordering food. Bummer... 😥😓

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• Okay, let's move on to the Maxi Tune experience, with "The Speedster Twins" w/ their Impreza cars! 🐶🇯🇵🚘🟥🔵🌸🐰🇯🇵🚘 So, without further ado, let's bring out the twins! Take it away! 😊

Spot 🐶🏎️ & Riya 🐰🏎️ [wearing Teenage Dogday's attire w/ Teenage Dogpressed's jacket & Teenage Hoppy and Teenage Catnap's clothes combined respectively]: Thank you, creator! 😄

Riya 🐰🏎️[wearing Teenage Hoppy and Teenage Catnap's clothes combined]: Actually, you go first Spot because you've received something cool! 😃

Spot 🐶🏎️ [wearing Teenage Dogday's attire w/ Teenage Dogpressed's jacket]: Why thank you, Ri! 😃 Yeah, I've got my first-ever marker in my Maxi Tune experience! I'm sure it's nothing knew, but here it is! That so-called "New Driver" 🔰 always embraces me throughout my childhood, including you Ri!

Riya 🐰🏎️[wearing Teenage Hoppy and Teenage Catnap's clothes combined]: Yes, sir! I think it looks good on you, you know! A Japanese symbol for any kind of beginners! Whether you're a beginner in trading card games, a skillful chef, or whatever you desire! 🔰😀

Spot 🐶🏎️ [wearing Teenage Dogday's attire w/ Teenage Dogpressed's jacket]: You bet! For us, it is a symbol of our beginners as a Maxi Tune player! Even though I've been there since 2011 and then you followed in 2013. 😊

Riya 🐰🏎️[wearing Teenage Hoppy and Teenage Catnap's clothes combined]: You're correct, twin bro! 😊 Hey, let's move on to our "Story Mode" journey, shall we? 📖🚘🙂

Spot 🐶🏎️ [wearing Teenage Dogday's attire w/ Teenage Dogpressed's jacket]: Yeah, sure! 🙂

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• Spot & Riya's Maxi Tune "Story Mode" Journey 📖🚘:

Spot 🐶🏎️ [wearing Teenage Dogday's attire w/ Teenage Dogpressed's jacket]: Let's proceed to our Maxi Tune "Story Mode" journey, with the continuation of "Garage ACE" second half. 📖🚘

Riya 🐰🏎️[wearing Teenage Hoppy and Teenage Catnap's clothes combined]: Yes, sir! However, we have a problem with the steering wheel. 🙁The maneuver is completely jaggy over solid & sturdy wheel. 👎

Spot 🐶🏎️ [wearing Teenage Dogday's attire w/ Teenage Dogpressed's jacket]: Yeah! These previous aggressive jerks doesn't know how to respect the machine , or fixing it from the mechanic employee! 😑

Riya 🐰🏎️[wearing Teenage Hoppy and Teenage Catnap's clothes combined]: Yeah, does this came from the "PVP" matches? 🤨

Spot 🐶🏎️ [wearing Teenage Dogday's attire w/ Teenage Dogpressed's jacket]: *Sigh* What do you think, Ri? 🤨 But, all that aside, we've continue it anyway, and I've lost my ("5") winning streak because of the aforementioned jaggy steering wheel! 😫 I'm so frustrated! 😠 Ri? What about you!?

Riya 🐰🏎️[wearing Teenage Hoppy and Teenage Catnap's clothes combined]: Well, I carried on and I continued my winning streak! 🤷‍♀️

Spot 🐶🏎️ [wearing Teenage Dogday's attire w/ Teenage Dogpressed's jacket]: YOU WHAT!? 😳 HOW THE HECK DID YOU DO THAT?! 😲

Riya 🐰🏎️[wearing Teenage Hoppy and Teenage Catnap's clothes combined]: *Sigh* I was so lucky, that I haven't got the same fate as yours. And while it was challenging with the jaggy wheel, I put in on my best and I've got 45 wins (now 46) on my winning streak. 😮‍💨 *Phew* What a sign of relief for me, Spot... 😩

Spot 🐶🏎️ [wearing Teenage Dogday's attire w/ Teenage Dogpressed's jacket]: Lucky you, Riya. Looks like, I'm about to re-climb my winning mountain once again. *Sigh* 😩

Riya 🐰🏎️[wearing Teenage Hoppy and Teenage Catnap's clothes combined]: But hey, on the bright side, our Impreza cars are now at "Level 9, Step 33"! 🔧⚙️🚘 With the last stop to "Fully Tuned" 🔥🚘 is completing "The Legendary F1 Turbine" stories! Eh, Spot? Do you think, you can handled "10 wins" on your winning streak? 😁😉

Spot 🐶🏎️ [wearing Teenage Dogday's attire w/ Teenage Dogpressed's jacket]: Heck, yeah! You're right, Ri! I can handle it! 💪😁 One last level and our cars were "Fully Tuned"! LET'S GO! 😃

Riya 🐰🏎️[wearing Teenage Hoppy and Teenage Catnap's clothes combined]: *pat on his back* Awesome, there ya go! Uh yeah, should you changed your title, with this awesome "Tune Maximism"!? 🙂 I've already update my title, though! 😁

Spot 🐶🏎️ [wearing Teenage Dogday's attire w/ Teenage Dogpressed's jacket]: Sounds cool, but I'm gonna save that title via Wangan Navi App. 🚘📲😊

Riya 🐰🏎️[wearing Teenage Hoppy and Teenage Catnap's clothes combined]: Sounds fair, and that includes our Maxi Tune "Story Mode" journey, with us! 📖🚘😊

○ Unfortunately, this is far as I go for now owing to the limitation of Tumblr’s photo upload. But don't fret because I've posted my "second half", right here → [CLICK ME!]. 😉 ○

In the meantime, that’s all for now. More Wangan Maxi experience, coming up soon.

If you haven’t seen my 2019 Wangan Maxi Tune 6 & Wangan Navigator app (on the alternate blog), then I’ll provide some links down below. ↓😉

My Wangan Maxi Tune 6 Experience:

My WMMT6 Progress (2019): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5, Part 6 , Part 7, Part 7½, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14 [Final] (The Last WMMT6 Update)

My Wangan Navigator app (2019): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14 [Final]

My WMMT6RR Progress (2022 - present): Part 1 [Nov 19th, 2022], Part 2 [Nov 19th, 2022], Part 3 [Nov 19th, 2022], Part 4 [Final] [Dec 28th, 2022], Part 5 [first half], Part 5 [second half], Part 5 [third/final half], Part 6 [first half], Part 6 [second half]

Also check out my previous Maxi Tune installments:

• WMMT5DX - [CLICK ME! #1], [CLICK ME! #2], [CLICK ME! #3], [CLICK ME! #4 (The Last 5DX Update)]

• WMMT5DXPlus (All in chronological date) - [CLICK ME! #1], [CLICK ME! #2], [CLICK ME! #3], [CLICK ME! #4], [CLICK ME! #5], [CLICK ME! #6], [CLICK ME! #7], [CLICK ME! #8], [CLICK ME #9], [CLICK ME! #10], [CLICK ME! #11], [CLICK ME! #12], [CLICK ME! #13], [CLICK ME! #14], [CLICK ME! #15], [CLICK ME! #16], [CLICK ME! #17], [CLICK ME! #18], [CLICK ME! #19], [CLICK ME! #20], [CLICK ME! #21], [CLICK ME! #22], [CLICK ME! #23], [CLICK ME! #24], [CLICK ME! #25], [CLICK ME! #26], [CLICK ME! #27], [CLICK ME! #28], [CLICK ME! #29], [CLICK ME! #30], [CLICK ME! #31], [CLICK ME! #32], [CLICK ME #33], [CLICK ME #34], [CLICK ME #35], [CLICK ME #36], [CLICK ME #37], [CLICK ME #38], [CLICK ME #39], [CLICK ME #40], [CLICK ME #41], [CLICK ME! #42], [CLICK ME! #43], [CLICK ME! #44], [CLICK ME! #45], [CLICK ME! #46], [CLICK ME! #47], [CLICK ME! #48], [CLICK ME! #49], [CLICK ME! #50], [CLICK ME! #51 (The Last 5DX+ Update)]

[mariacallous]

When I was 12, I was hooked on James Bond, both Ian Fleming's elegantly pulpy novels and the cartoonish movies they spawned. One day, my friend's older brother, who went to Harvard, tossed a paperback onto my lap and said, "Here's the real thing, kid."

The book was The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, the 1963 thriller by John le Carre. I opened it expecting a racier version of what I found in 007 — you know, Asian thugs with steel-rimmed bowlers, gorgeous women as sweetly pliable as taffy. What I got was a dankly bitter tale of betrayal ending at the Berlin Wall. I hated it. It was just too sophisticated for the adolescent me.

You see, le Carre wasn't merely a better writer than Fleming, but a reaction against him. Where 007 fought amusingly acronymed groups like SPECTRE, le Carre conjured a Cold War hall of mirrors in which spy craft wasn't about knife fights and hot sex, but about gambits and machinations in which it was hard to tell the good guys from the bad.

His masterpiece was 1974's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy — not merely the greatest spy novel ever written, but the source of a 1979 BBC adaptation that's the greatest spy show ever made. In anticipation of a new film version that's coming out in a few weeks — the story, you see, is irresistible — the series has just been re-released on DVD, along with its sequel, Smiley's People. Watching again, I found it every bit as gripping as the first three times I watched it.

The great Alec Guinness stars as George Smiley, an honorable spy chief who's been ousted after a shakeup in British intelligence — known as The Circus. But once it becomes clear that there's a mole, or double agent, high up in The Circus, Smiley is brought back to catch him. He does this in the old school, pre-Google way, by sifting through papers and questioning anyone who might be involved, all in a style that's unsettlingly calm.

Bluntness isn't Smiley's thing. He's like the world's greatest poker player, all quiet observation, laconic dialogue and unreadable reactions. As played by Guinness, a master of the ambiguous smile, Smiley exudes a melancholy kindness that may not be kind, and a knowledge of human frailty that's profound — yet not profound enough to keep his own wife from cheating on him.

When le Carre first became famous, he was celebrated for being so realistic. Yet his fictional world is actually every bit as mythological as Fleming's. It's just subtler. In fact, Tinker, Tailor offers the seductive fantasy of entering a secret world, one imagined with alluring richness. We breathe a conspiratorial mental atmosphere in which Every Single Word might be important. And we encounter an oh-so-proper bureaucracy in which the deadliest snakes aren't the Soviets, but the colleagues slithering around your office. Here, even the most devout patriot will be sacrificed by his own side in the great chess game of Cold War politics.

Like millions of others, I can't get enough of this stuff, but for a while it all but vanished. You see, le Carre's brand of espionage tale was rooted in the Cold War, which offered the neatness of two opposed sides facing off. When communism collapsed, so did the contemporary spy novel. The West lacked a clearly defined enemy.

Happily for spy stories, though not for the world, it has one again in radical Islam. And almost predictably, we've begun seeing le Carre-tinged espionage stories — like Showtime's current series Homeland, in which Claire Danes plays a CIA agent who doesn't quite trust anyone, not even her own bosses, and PBS's Page Eight, starring the wonderful British actor Bill Nighy as a canny old spy who stumbles upon volatile knowledge he'd sooner not know.

I can recommend both. Yet truthfully, neither can rival Tinker, Tailor, an almost perfect fantasy for those of us less thrilled by shootouts or chases on jet-skis than by the exposure of what lies hidden. In fact, what makes le Carre's spy stories so primally gripping is that, at bottom, they're not actually about espionage. They're about secrets and lies and shifting identities — which is to say, they're a metaphor for our own daily lives. Except, of course, that Smiley's story is really, really exciting.

[djcarnationsblog]

for someone that has no idea what ibvs is

(I think that’s the acronym???)

Please explain bc I’ve been wanting to learn more ab it

WEHEHELL YOU SEE-

IBVS means Isaac Beamer Versus The Supernatural. Created by @onebizarrekai on tumblr, it was originally meant to be a comedy-treated-seriously, Undertale Au story, with human versions of the characters. A large majority of the case were based off of sans aus.

However, this fic, now in its second installment, developed into an original work, characters branching into becoming their own people.

The plot of the story goes like this;

'Isaac earned his nickname–Ink–from looking like your run-of-the-mill shut-in artist at school. He had no friends, he spent all of his time in the art room, and no one really knew that much about him. But little do they know, he has an unbelievable secret. He has the power to make his drawings come to life!

All had been going well for him, until suddenly, Edward, aka Error–the most popular boy in school–revealed the fact that he also has unique powers and refuses to leave Isaac alone, making his life significantly harder. People and problems have only continued to show up since, and that combined with them being aggressive high schoolers who have no idea how to socially function, it’s a recipe for disaster.'

It currently has twenty-five chapters in the first installment, word count of 101709, and the second installment with eight chapters, word count 62459. It's an interesting read, especially with just how real the characters seem. Sometimes you forget they are characters with just how life-like they're written.

There's lots of comedy, supernatural elements, weird crack shenanigans, and even mystery, especially with the origins and such of powers in general.

A real good read! Totally recommend it!

[sea-dukes-assistant]

Ok so, we’re pretty much sure that Liz was a virgin when she got with Philip, there’s nothing confirmed nor really rumored on Philips part so it’s overall debatable whether he was or not but I *just wonder* how much both of them knew about the deed. Obviously Philip was a sailor, went to all boys schools with rowdy boys, etc etc so I’m assuming he knew a good amount about it. But *liz*? Did she even know anything about that being in her position in high society? She was pretty sheltered not only with her status as heir apparent but also being a target during the war. I doubt she got a thorough sex talk education from her mother or any nanny/lady in waiting. I wonder if she had “girl talks” with the girls in the ATC and that’s where she learned about it? Other than that I have no clue where she would have ever even learned the first clue about the RHP? Did the poor girl even know her clothes had to come off? Lol!

Ah, "RHP;" I have not heard that acronym in some time; everyone seems to want to focus on uncomfortably personal questions about me.

*clears throat* These are all perfectly valid questions! Something else to keep in mind is that Sea Duke had older sisters. I'm not assuming they would have divulged such information to him, but he wasn't a complete stranger to Women Stuff�� either.

No, the Queen Mum doesn't strike me as one who'd have that discussion with her daughters, and probably wouldn't have deemed it necessary to do so. I honestly don't ponder about this much, but I'd say it's safe to think "girl talks" during her ATS days is a reasonable guess, as that'd have been the only time as an adult that she'd spent time around regular people, without a chaperone/hovering staff member (to my knowledge). Perhaps she'd also found out from married friends, or got curious and looked it up in a book all secret squirrel-like in the middle of the night because "One wants to do naughty things to LT BAMF."

The only thing that makes me think she truly didn't know until marriage is that, and I believe it was in Elizabeth and Philip: Portrait of a Royal Marriage where I read this, but one line stands out in my mind, which is that "The Queen discovered sex on her wedding night." Whether that means that was her first time (which it was, that's a fact), or implying she had no idea until it happened is moot.

Either way, Ma'am was not prepared for how great getting Royal Navy D was, and Sir was equally as unprepared for how frequently she wanted it (though I'm sure he had no complaints of fulfilling such a request). THEY FUCKED. THEY ARE STILL FUCKING. AND THERE IS NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

Ma'am yeeted because she wanted Royal Navy D and you cannot convince me otherwise.

[siblings-a-fixin]

Rambling mun post under the cut.

TL;DR: A discussion on my blog and characters, discussing how low-activity things are and where my characters stand.

I don’t know what it is, but something recently got me thinking about this blog and the characters within.

I actually got quite sentimental; the blobs themselves have been some of my longest-running fandomless original characters, and they’ve helped me experiment with various things, such as writing and drawing more. The blog has helped me meet wonderful people, many of whom I’m in touch with to this day.

That being said, it’s not a secret that I haven’t updated here much at all. To tell the truth, I’m uncertain about the fate of the blog itself.

Mind you, this isn’t announcing anything; it’s more of a discussion.

So when I started this blog (June 12, 2013), this was an ask blog (which was a bigger thing at the time) called “askthefourthwallrepairman” (later shortened to the misspelled acronym “askthefwrp” and later the name this has today). Back then, I just had MS Paint, a tablet given as a gift, and a fun little idea.

A lot has changed since then, both on the blog (a shift to RP, Cat Slime and Marie joining, and different art programs being used) and in my life (graduating high school and college, joining the workforce, and my interests generally being in flux). Things changed in the Tumblr RP scene, in terms of both the people and how things were done, and I think in several ways I failed to adapt. I don’t regret this, mind, but it is a fact.

On top of all this, the Fourth Wall Repairman started as a gimmicky joke made by a teenager. As I grew older, I saw more potential in the concept, and still do. A lot of ideas were thrown around without much care, but I would love to explore them more thoroughly. This goes for both Marie and Cat Slime, as well; I think there are possibilities that I didn’t take advantage of at the time.

I don’t know what I’ll do with this blog, but I am certainly keeping my Fourth Wall Repair Crew, and maybe you’ll see them again, whether that’s here or elsewhere. I’ll keep you posted on that front.

In any case, I want to thank you all for viewing and engaging with this blog. I'd also like to thank those of you that read this far.

If anyone has questions for me about the blog or about my characters, though, I’d be glad to answer them OOC.

[storyitblogs]

SEO Service in Connecticut

SEO Service in Connecticut refers to the professional services provided by individuals or agencies to improve the online visibility and ranking of websites, particularly for businesses operating in the state of Connecticut, USA. These services encompass a range of strategies and techniques aimed at enhancing a website's position in search engine results pages, most commonly in search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

The goal is to increase organic, non-paid, or natural traffic to the website, making it more accessible to potential customers and clients who are actively searching for products or services in Connecticut.

The Basics of SEO

What is SEO?

First and foremost, let's demystify the acronym - SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. But what does that really mean? SEO is the art and science of making your website more visible on search engines like Google. It's like putting a spotlight on your business in a bustling marketplace.

Why is SEO Important?

Imagine having the most fantastic store in the world, but it's hidden in a remote forest. No one will find it, right? The same goes for your website. Without proper SEO, you might as well be invisible on the internet. SEO is your secret weapon to shine in the crowded digital jungle.

Local vs. National SEO

Connecticut businesses, listen up! If you're serving the Nutmeg State, local SEO is your best buddy. It's like having a local map for your business. But if you're aiming for a national audience, national SEO is your go-to strategy.

The SEO Landscape in Connecticut

The Connecticut Connection

Connecticut is a vibrant state with bustling businesses. To stand out in this competitive landscape, you need local SEO. It's like being the loudest cheerleader at your high school football game – everyone knows your name!

Top SEO Trends in Connecticut

SEO is an ever-evolving game, and staying updated is vital. Keep your finger on the pulse of the latest SEO trends in Connecticut. It's like being the first to discover the coolest new bands in town.

Benefits of Local SEO in Connecticut

Local SEO is a powerful tool, especially for small businesses. It's like having a megaphone in your local community – everyone hears your message.

Finding the Right SEO Service in Connecticut

The SEO Gold Rush

In the digital age, everyone's a prospector looking for the SEO goldmine. But how do you find the right partner to navigate this terrain? It's like searching for a trustworthy guide in the wild.

Questions to Ask Your SEO Service

Before you jump into the SEO wagon, there are some essential questions to ask your potential service provider. Think of it like interviewing a candidate for a job – you want the best fit!

Case Studies and Reviews

What better way to judge an SEO service's prowess than by looking at their past victories? It's like checking out a restaurant's Yelp reviews before making a reservation.

Implementing SEO Strategies

Keywords: The Building Blocks

Keywords are the bricks on which your SEO castle is built. Picking the right keywords is like choosing the right ingredients for a recipe - it can make or break the dish.

On-Page SEO

On-page SEO is all about optimizing what's visible on your website. It's like ensuring your storefront is clean, well-organized, and visually appealing.

Off-Page SEO

Off-page SEO involves activities outside your website that affect your search engine rankings. It's like networking in the business world - it's not just what you know, but who you know.

Content is King

You've probably heard this phrase a hundred times, but it's true. Quality content is like the charm that makes people want to visit your website.

Measuring SEO Success

Metrics that Matter

How do you know if your SEO efforts are paying off? Dive into the world of metrics. It's like checking your bank balance to see if your investments are growing.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is your trusty telescope to look into the digital universe. It's like a telescope for stargazing, helping you see the far reaches of your online galaxy.

Staying Ahead of the Game

SEO isn't a one-time effort; it's an ongoing journey. Think of it as tending to a garden. You don't just plant the seeds and walk away; you need to nurture it to see it flourish.

Conclusion

SEO in Connecticut is your treasure map to digital success. Remember, it's not just about making it to the top of search results but also about staying there. So, pick your SEO service wisely, invest in your online presence, and keep an eye on the ever-changing SEO landscape. Now, it's your turn! Strap on your SEO gear, and start your journey towards conquering the digital world in Connecticut. Happy optimizing!

[hannahnusblog]

Language genre of Telegram

CCC, [11 Dec 2019 at 4:13:53 AM]:

HI BBB

WAOUW

Thats. not the original. Booo

BBB, [11 Dec 2019 at 4:36:32 AM]:

Lmao hi CCC

How’s Fatty

YA LIKE WTF WHY WOULD THEY MAKE A SERIES

BBB, [11 Dec 2019 at 4:47:26 AM]:

Omg it’s so trippy it’s a series about high school students performing a musical adaptation of high school musical

CCC, [11 Dec 2019 at 8:37:04 AM]:

Losing weight I think

Im gonna call her Loser now

EWWWWW

MONEY GRABBING SCHEME

BBB, [11 Dec 2019 at 8:42:36 AM]:

:(

CCC, [11 Dec 2019 at 8:44:59 AM]:

But lovingly

She can be my inspo

AAA, [11 Dec 2019 at 10:39:29 AM]:

...wow CCC

As always I love your naming sense

Does fatty even respond to the name tho?

DDD, [11 Dec 2019 at 11:52:31 AM]:

Oh yes

She comes running

that’s cuz cats respond to voice not name

she can call fatty gay and she’ll come

AAA, [11 Dec 2019 at 11:56:53 AM (11 Dec 2019 at 11:57:01 AM)]:

Hahahah exposed

Same tho my dog will respond to variations of mocha, dog and stupid

BBB, [11 Dec 2019 at 12:55:27 PM]:

STUPID

HAHAHAHAHAHHH

CCC, [11 Dec 2019 at 12:58:41 PM]:

HAHA

STUPID COME HERE!!!!

BBB, [11 Dec 2019 at 1:10:08 PM]:

Tbh sometimes I respond to stupid too when I’m with my fam

AAA, [11 Dec 2019 at 4:20:03 PM]:

Actually sometimes I say stupid dog in the tone of the guy in courage the cowardly dog.

This is a sample text from a Telegram group chat between 4 girls, talking about pets and the names of pets.

There are 3 main features on the language genre on Telegram (although this could only be true for a conversation between all girls)

The use of emoticons and capital letters to portray emotions and feelings

The use of acronyms and short forms

The lack of punctuation other than the exclamation mark being used

Something of note is that stickers were commonly seen in this group chat as well, however, they cannot be copied and pasted here. The stickers were used to portray emotions as well, thus they fall under the 1st feature.

The use of emoticons and capital letters to portray emotions and feelings

Usually, when a person is trying to portray heightened emotions such as anger, happiness, or disbelief, or simply to portray the loudness and intensity that the message should be read, the message would be typed in capital letters. Emoticons are not seen as much, however, due to the popularity of stickers on the platform.

2. The use of acronyms and short forms

The acronyms and messaging slang seen in this conversation are the words "inspo", "tho", "tbh", "lmao" and "fam". "Inspo" is a short form for "inspiration", "tho" is a shortened form of "though", "fam" is a shortened form of "family", "lmao" is an acronym for "laughing my ass off" and "tbh" is an acronym of "to be honest".

3. The lack of punctuation other than the exclamation mark being used

In the above screenshots and even in the rest of the screenshots, there is a lack of punctuation used. The only exception being the exclamation mark being used when trying to express heightened emotions.

CMC depends a lot on non-verbal cues due to the lack of face-to-face communication. The non-verbal cues used on Telegram include stickers and capital letters. The use of short forms and acronyms as well as the lack of punctuation in Telegram is not unique to Telegram and can be seen in other messenger apps as well.

Another thing that differentiates Telegram from other messenger apps is that you do not require a person's number to start a Telegram group. This means that Telegram can be used among close friends, acquaintances, and even strangers. This means that the language used can differ very greatly. My sample comes from my group of close friends, and the language users use can differ from group to group.

CMC allows people to speak to strangers around the world and create connections, thus privacy has become a concern. To combat this, Telegram has a Secret Chat mode, where the sender can choose the amount of time a message can be viewed for.

The demand for ephemeral content has risen over the years because anything on the Internet is permanent.

[feral-teeth]

The way i just remembered the fact that i was in charge of my high school anonymous gossip page on insta,,, omg … it was called [high school acronym].secrets

People could send me dms thru insta (not that anonymous, but i didnt know anyone lmao) and i would post it on instagram…

I wonder if its still up and running, i handed it off to someone younger than me but then she just let it die after a while lol

I guess i always loved the mystery of it all, i felt so naughty and sexy and anonymous whenever i posted or talked to people

Sigh, better times

[elai-dc]

Introducing Myself in this Community

“Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future.” — Tony Robbins. As a young student, one of my goals for the far off future is to earn a degree from a prestigious university and achieve a high level of professional achievement. On the other hand, gaining success isn't a simple task, and it's highly possible that I'll face some difficulties along the way. Having my ultimate goal in mind at all times is essential for me to achieve success in overcoming the obstacles I face on a personal level.

I'd want to use this opportunity to introduce myself; my name is Elaizah Dela Cruz, and I'm a young woman that aspires to do great things in life. People from all walks of life often ask me, "Where do you see yourself in ten years from now?" and I always try to provide an honest answer. And when people ask me what the future holds for me, the answer I give them is always the same: "I don't know," since at this point in time, I have no idea what is ahead for me. To respond to your inquiry, the answer that I would give you if it were up to me to decide what I will be doing in ten years is that I am currently enrolled in medical school in order to become a physician. I am well aware that becoming a physician will provide me with a number of difficulties; nevertheless, if I am able to keep my interest in the profession alive, I am convinced that I will be able to prevail over those difficulties.

But before we get into that, let's talk about where I am right now: I'm a senior in high school and I go to St. Paul University of the Philippines for my classes. I'm going to school for STEM, which is an acronym that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. My experience at this university over the past few months has been quite positive; I've picked up quite a few new skills, and I'm fortunate to have friends who are willing to explain things to me if I'm having trouble grasping one of our class topics. I decided to take STEM classes since medical technology is the major I want to study in college, and taking STEM classes was the ideal choice for me because they would prepare me for college before I even started. Since I've mentioned it here before, one of the prerequisite courses I need to take in order to become a physician is medical technology. In order to become a physician, though, I first need to complete a pre-med program. And what is it about medicine that makes me want to practice it? It's because I have a compassion for those who are struggling, and I'm motivated to become a physician in part because certain members of my own family require medical attention but can't get it because they don't have the money to see a specialist. Because of this, I made a commitment to myself that I will provide assistance to anyone who is in need of medical care without expecting anything in return.

[books]

Writer Spotlight: Alexis Nedd

It's New Release Tuesday! We caught up with Alexis Nedd (@alexisthenedd) to talk about her debut novel, Don’t Hate The Player, which is out today. Alexis is a Brooklyn-based pop culture “fanthropologist” who has only ever loved things in a big, obsessive way. As the Senior Entertainment Reporter at Mashable.com, she covers television, movies, and video games, focusing on sci-fi and fantasy universes like Game of Thrones and the MCU. When she’s not writing for money, Alexis is writing for no money on her socials, where her feeds consist of deep dives on weird history and analyzing pop culture as an artifact of society.

Don’t Hate The Player is a YA romance novel that follows two competitive eSports players as they navigate school, parents, and other IRL stuff, while preparing for their biggest (and only) tournament yet. As real life and online life collide, both find the boundaries between online and IRL slipping into each other.

Can you start by telling us a little bit about Don’t Hate The Player?

In one corner, we have Emilia Romero, a popular, high-achieving Puerto Rican girl who secretly plays Guardians League Online with the elite Team Fury. No one in her real life knows she games, and everything hinges on it staying that way. In the other corner is Jake Hooper, a quiet, detrimentally empathetic nerd who’s had a crush on Emilia for years. He plays GLO with Team Unity and thinks he’s otherwise invisible.

When Guardians League Online announces a huge tournament in their city, Jake is shocked to see Emilia competing. Jake is now the only person who knows her secret, and they have to work together to keep it...all while the tournament brings their teams closer and closer to an ultimate Fury vs. Unity showdown.

Outwardly, Jake is an awkward, suffering bundle of anxiety, quite successfully hiding his integrity and wit. What was enjoyable/difficult about writing a neurodivergent romantic lead?

I started working on DHTP around the same time I learned I had ADHD. Getting that diagnosis as an adult ushered in a really strange and painful period of reevaluating my childhood, knowing that I was neurodivergent and didn’t get the help I needed. I gave a lot of the traits I used to think made me “wrong” or “bad”—the anxiety, the spinning thoughts, the self-deprecating coping mechanisms—to Jake because writing them into a lovable character felt like correcting the narrative I had grown up writing about myself.

It was difficult to excavate all of that because that level of self-evaluation totally sucks and takes forever, but by the end, I could look at Jake and think, “if I can’t hate him for feeling this way, I have no business hating myself for having felt that way.”

DHTP comes alive in its use of online gaming maps and chatrooms. How did you approach getting those virtual places right?

I made my first internet friends when cameras on phones or laptops were still rare, so I got to know a lot of people through chatrooms and forums. People’s personalities, real or constructed, come off so strongly in those rapid-fire conversations. That solved one of the problems I knew I’d have coming into this book—how do I introduce the reader to a group of characters who aren’t going to show up until the end and make them seem like part of the story the whole time? Answer: Spy on their group chat.

It was so fun to play all five roles in those chapters and determine who uses acronyms or memes, who always punctuates, what their in-jokes say about them, and so on. Truly some of my favorite parts of DHTP are in those chats.

How important do you think it is to meaningfully include online culture in YA literature?

After the year we just had, when most social interaction moved from the analog space to the digital, I consider the transformation of “online culture” into just “culture, full stop,” complete. I say this knowing I am a fully discourse-poisoned individual, and other people or writers may have the freedom to think less about that all of the time. A significant chunk of life takes place on screens these days, so if I’m writing about life... I’m going to write about the screens.

One of the big themes of DHTP is that what happens online is real whether you like it or not. So what looks from the outside like a mummy and a snake beating a guy up outside a space church can actually be the beginning of an IRL love story. Just because it’s silly doesn’t mean it’s not important.

What makes a good beginning to a story?

I don’t have any definitive advice on this, but with DHTP and the second novel I’m currently working on, I think my favorite method is putting your main characters in a situation designed to make them act the most themselves. For DHTP, we meet Jake at a party he was invited to out of politeness, so his discomfort and anxiety are front and center. Until he meets Emilia, who is only at the party because it’s in an arcade where she can indulge her gaming obsession without her parents watching. There, now we know some important things about both characters, and from here, it’s a 75k+ word journey to get them to kiss.

What’s the first book you remember loving?

This is the hardest question anyone has ever asked me. Are you sure you wouldn’t like a nice explanation of string theory instead? I’m sure I had others, but one of my formative obsessions was A Series of Unfortunate Events because as a child, I was so often frustrated with adults who didn’t believe a single word I said just because a child was saying it. Those books capture that frustration and, more importantly, do not resolve it, which I think was kinder than telling young people that everything would be OK if we read a lot of books and placed value on facts.

As a writer, how do you practice self-care when juggling work commitments and the creative processes of writing and editing?

I simply do not. After two years of working full-time and writing this book (most of it during a global pandemic), I have mastered none of the skills required to unplug and take care of myself beyond remaining alive and upright. I do not want to project the image of someone who has the self-care matrix figured out.

You don’t have to have it figured out to make something you’re proud of. You can be exhausted and smelly and know you should probably work on that soon and still create. I don’t recommend it, but it’s possible. Ask for help when you can.

What would Emilia or Jake’s blog look like if they were on Tumblr? What kind of content would they (re)blog?

Emilia’s blog would be a secret Guardians League Online stan account. She’d reblog fanart and write incredible deep dives on strategy and lore. No one would know it was her blog, but talkswithknox.tumblr.com would be required reading for people who want to know the deep magic of the game.

Jake is mostly here to read good takes on his dashboard and learn something he didn’t know when he logged in. He has never written an original post, and that’s fine.

Thanks so much for taking the time, Alexis! Don't Hate The Player is on shelves from today (and it's really, really good).

[itisannak]

Chronological Masterlist

Every story I have written, in chronological order, starting from the most recent.

2023

July: 1st: Dr. Angel Face Prequel Part 10: Moving In (C.H)

June 18th: Dr. Angel Face Prequel Part 9: Meet the Family (C.H)

March 5th: Dr. Angel Face Prequel Part 8: First Fight to First Anniversary (C.H)

February 27th: Rose-Colored Glasses Epilogue; Hawaii (H.S) 19th: Rose-Colored Glasses, Vol.2, Part 6: New York, Zurich, London (H.S)

2022

December 27th: Rose-Colored Glasses Vol.2, Part 5: Harry’s Apartment, Upper East Side, New York City, Winter Wonderland (H.S) 18th: Rose-Colored Glasses Vol. 2, Part 4: Upper East Side, New York City & Low Manhattan, New York City (H.S)

June  19th: Sugar, oh honey, honey Part 3 (A.I) 5th: Wicked Game (C.H)

May 22nd: Rose-Colored Glasses Vol.2, Part 3: Harry’s Apartment, Upper East Side, New York City (H.S) 14th: Fuck the Friendship (Ruin the Friendship Part 2) (C.H)

February 5th: Rose-Colored Glasses Vol.2, Part 2: New York (H.S)

January 25th: Dr. Angel Face Prequel Part 7: Birthday Boy (C.H)

2021

October 23rd: High School Crush (L.H)

September 4th: Snowstorm (The Storm Series Part 2) (C.H)

August 14th: Car Sex (L.H)

July  17th: Ruin the friendship (C.H) 10th: Parenthood Rehearsal (A.I) 3rd: Lover of Mine (M.C)

June 27th: Meant To (C.H) 19th: Nap (A.I) 12th: Best Years (A.I)

May 16th: Rose Colored Glasses Vol 2, Part 1: New York (H.S)

April 11th: Dr. Angel Face Face Prequel Part 6: Being away to New Year’s Day (C.H) 4th: Dr. Angel Face Prequel Part 5: Visiting on tour to Leaving for Europe (C.H)

March  28th: Dr. Angel Face Prequel Part 4: Wedding Invitation to Midnight Visit (C.H) 21st: Dr. Angel Face Prequel Part 3: Boards to Wedding Invitation (C.H)  14th: Dr. Angel Face Prequel Part 2: House Date to Board Prep (C.H) 6th: Dr. Angel Face Prequel Part 1: Meet Cute to 2nd Date (C.H)

February  5th:  V-A-L-N-T-Y-N-E (C.H) 

January 2nd: Rose Colored Glasses: Epilogue (H.S)

2020

December 26th: Rose Colored Glasses Part 3: New York City & Amalfi Coast & Rome (H.S)

November 1st: Rose Colored Glasses Part 2: New York City & Aspen (H.S)

October  24th: Rose Colored Glassed Part 1: New York City (H.S) 17th: Luke x Crazy Rich Asian!(Y/N) (L.H)

September 26th: Highest of Highs (M.C) 19th: Cold Tea (C.H) 5th: High Speed (M.C)

August 29th: Rainstorm (The Storm Series / Part 1) (C.H) 26th: Good Girls are Bad Girls that Haven’t Been Caught (A.I) 8th: Play Pretend (C.H)

July 31st: Could you be home (A.I) 25th: Dr. Angel Face Alternative (C.H) 18th: CEO!Michael x President’s Daughter!(Y/N) (M.C) 11th: Backstage (A.I) 4th: Homesick (C.H)

June 28th: Secrets I have held in my heart (A.I) 13th: Calm after the storm (M.C) 13th: NSFW Acronym (5sos) 6th: Heat Extended (C.H)

May 30th: Let the sunshine in (C.H) 23rd: Clothes Stealer (C.H) 16th: Luke x Firefighter!(Y/N) (L.H) 12th: Tease (A.I) 9th: She looks so perfect (A.I) 2nd: (Un)Holy Thoughts Part 2 (C.H)

April 25th: Love of my Life (A.I) 10th: Single Dad!Calum x Preschool Teacher (Y/N) Part 2 (C.H) 3rd: Vibe Part 2 (C.H)

March 22nd: In between the bed sheets (A.I) 14th: Royalty (C.H) 10th: Put a ring on it (A.I) 8th: Vanilla (L.H) 1st: Home (A.I)

February 29th: Happy Campers (A.I) 15th: Family Cuddles (A.I) 8th: Dr. Angel Face (C.H)

January 23rd: Have your cake and eat it too (M.C)

2019

December  23rd: Christmas Lights (C.H)

November  30th: Coachella (A.I) 30th: ‘Lover is a day’ by Cuco (5sos) 30th: Missing Out (C.H) 3rd: ‘Sweater Weather’ by The Neighborhood (M.C)

October 19th: Birthday Twins (C.H) 19th: Make me (M.C) 19th: Unexpected (A.I) 6th: Calum leaving for tour would include (C.H) 6th: Close (A.I) 6th: Life while Michael is touring would include (M.C)

September 28th: Shiny Diamond Ring (A.I) 21st: Sugar, oh honey, honey Part 2 (A.I)

August 21st: Losing You (H.S) 13th: Single Dad!Calum x Preschool Teacher! (Y/N) (C.H) 1st: ‘Cool’ by Jonas Brothers (C.H)

July 27th: Don’t die on me (A.I) 27th: Irwin Family Vacation (A.I) 21st: Heat (C.H) 20th: Baby Mama (C.H) 15th: True Positive (A.I)

June 28th: Cheirophilia (A.I) 28th: ‘Robbers’ by The 1975 (5sos) 13th: ‘Do I wanna know’ by Arctic Monkeys (M.C) 7th: Dancing in the streets (C.H) 7th: ‘Easier’ by 5sos as Kinks (5sos) 7th: Sugar, oh honey honey (A.I)

April 15th: Fighter (C.H) 10th: Gotta Get Out (5sos) 10th: Loud (C.H)

March 29th: Instagram Post (C.H) 28th: Vibe (C.H) 23rd: Heartbreak Girl (A.I) 16th: Puppy Love (C.H) 11th: Honeymoon (A.I) 8th: I wanna be yours (A.I) 5th: Possessive (A.I) 1st: I love you and all... (C.H)

February 26th: Unholy Thoughts (C.H) 25th: Award Night (C.H) 16th: Lazy Day 12th: Bunk Sex (C.H) 8th: Baby’s first christmas (5sos)  8th: Beach Day (5sos)  8th:Birthday gift he gets you (5sos) 8th: Cheesy Couple Stuff (5sos)  8th: Chilling day (5sos)  8th: Christmas Morning (5sos) 8th: Christmas Together (5sos) 8th: Cute necklace he gets you (5sos) 8th: Gift he gets you (5sos) 8th: He reads to you (5sos) 8th: Outfit that turns him on (5sos) 8th: You adopt a puppy (5sos) 8th: ’Valentine’ by 5sos (5sos) 7th: Ashton’s Pregnancy Series (A.I)  7th: Calum’s Pregnancy Series (C.H) 7th: Cuddling (5sos) 7th: Gift you get him (5sos)  7th: Halloween Couple Costume (5sos)  7th: He surprises you (5sos)  7th: Kissing (5sos) 7th: Picture of you he posts (5sos) 7th: Winter Wonderland (C.H) 5th: Pornstar!Calum (C.H) 4th: Empty Wallets (M.C) 4th: Your house with Ashton (A.I)  4th: Your house with Calum (C.H)   4th: Your house with Luke (L.H)  4th: Your house with Michael (M.C) 3rd: Babylon (C.H)   3rd: Why won’t you love me (C.H) 3rd: Moving Along (C.H) 3rd: Youngblood (C.H) 3rd: Call me when you get home (C.H) 3rd: Can I have this dance? (C.H) 3rd: 90 Days (C.H) 3rd: 280 Days (C.H) 3rd: One day (C.H) 3rd: Christmas Getaway (L.H) 3rd: Daddy’s little fuck doll (C.H) 3rd: Dancing Lessons (M.C) 3rd: Don’t cry (L.H) 3rd: You are important too (L.H) 3rd: Fetish (C.H) 3rd: First time (C.H) 3rd: It can wait until tomorrow (C.H) 3rd: Stay Over (C.H) 3rd: Just a little more (C.H) 3rd: Let me drive for a while (C.H) 3rd: Lie to me (L.H)  3rd: Ghost of you (L.H)  3rd: If walls could talk (L.H) 3rd: Better Man (L.H) 3rd: Neighbors (C.H) 3rd: Recreate (C.H) 3rd: Spanked (L.H) 3rd: Til death do us part (L.H) 3rd: Valentine (A.I) 3rd: Talk Fast (A.I)  3rd: More (A.I) 3rd: Meet you there (A.I) 3rd: Sex with Calum would include (C.H) 3rd: Woke up in Japan (M.C)  3rd: Want you back (M.C)  3rd: Monster among men (M.C)  3rd: Your Christmas with Michael (M.C) 2nd: Boring Lecture (C.H) 2nd: College Classmates (C.H) 2nd: Exes (C.H) 2nd: Expecting (C.H) 2nd: Friends or More (A.I)  2nd: Couple or More (A.I)   2nd: He asks you out (C.H) 2nd: Kidding (C.H) 2nd: Lingerie Shopping (C.H) 2nd: Mile High Club (C.H) 2nd: Miracle Baby (A.I)  2nd: Pool Party (C.H) 2nd: Send Nudes (C.H) 2nd: Tease (C.H) 2nd: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas? (C.H) 1st: Ashton’s Smut Alphabet (A.I)  1st: Can I kiss you? (A.I) 1st: Christmas Fairytale (A.I) 1st: Concert Behavior (A.I) 1st: Calum’s Smut Alphabet (C.H)  1st: Daddy (A.I) 1st: Dirty Pictures (A.I) 1st:  His (A.I) 1st: Luke’s Smut Alphabet (L.H)  1st: Michael’s Smut Alphabet (M.C) 1st: Mrs. Irwin (A.I) 1st: Naughty (A.I) 1st: Naughty Santa (A.I) 1st: Speak your mind (A.I)  1st: Tour Surprise (A.I) 1st: You are warm (A.I)

2018

July 27th: Our first kiss (A.I)

2017

October 27th: Moving In (A.I) 24th: Santa Baby Part 2 (C.H)

September 27th: What happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas (C.H) 26th: Meet the parents (C.H) 25th: Staying in Paris (C.H)

August 21st: Everyday (C.H)

July 20th: Mama Hood (C.H) 18th: Dating Ashton (A.I) 18th: Dating Michael (M.C) 11th: Drunk In Love (C.H)

June 30th: Wounded (A.I) 8th: No matter what, always and forever (C.H) 7th: Grind Part 2 (C.H)

April 8th: Grind (C.H) 8th: Well, do you wanna marry me? (C.H) 3rd: Halloween Night Part 4 (C.H)

March 17th: Halloween Night Part 3 (C.H) 10th: Halloween Night Part 2 (C.H)

February 21st: Halloween Night (C.H) 15th: Dating Luke (L.H) 5th: Dating Calum (C.H)

2016

December 11th: Santa Baby (C.H)

February 21st: Shower (C.E)

January 10th: Fight (C.E)

[zoyafinch]

*I AM, IN LARGE PART, A FIGMENT OF MY OWN YEARNING IMAGINATION.

*NAME: Zoya Finch. *AGE: 27. *OCCUPATION: socialite, philanthropist, con / artist. *ALLEGIANCE: Jabberwocks. *PINTEREST: here.

»»» a white bird in a blizzard; the deflective intrigue of the unknown; a crude papier-mâché mask; the kinds of bargains made in folktales; the delicate legs of a spider as it spins silk; a blank canvas revealed to be an intricate overlay of white and off-white streaks of paint; deals with devils and no true victor; the gaze of a room sweeping in one direction; the seven of swords in meaning ( strategy, secrecy, and deceit ); the seven of swords in acronym ( fitting for a girl forever lost to strange new depths ); the seven of swords in practice ( power doesn’t just come from what’s real, but what we believe is real. )

BASICS, HISTORY, WANTED CONNECTIONS, & EXTRAS UNDER THE CUT !!

*BASICS.

BIRTH NAME: Zoë Vogel  CURRRENT NAME: Zoyalind Amandine Finch NICKNAMES: Z ; S.O.S ( acronym of ‘seven of swords,’ used by Jabberwocks only ) ; Birdy ( used only by Rune and those in the know ) AGE: 27 D.O.B.: July 14, 1995 BIRTHPLACE: Grigny, France CURRENT RESIDENCE: London, England LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, French ( native ), conversational German, beginning High Valyrian ( learned secretly via Duolingo ) AFFILIATION: Jabberwocks. OCCUPATION: socialite ( but really, con + artist ) EDUCATION: secondary school / limited university-level coursework  SEXUALITY / ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: whatever, whoever, whenever RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single CHILDREN: none POSITIVE TRAITS: artistic, fun-loving, imaginative, quick study, sociable NEUTRAL TRAITS: chameleonic, enigmatic, proud, selectively loyal, vain NEGATIVE TRAITS: hedonist, mischievous, narcissistic, opportunistic, self-indulgent INSP: Anna Delvey, Banksy, Holly Golightly, Jessica Rabbit, Megara, Vesper Lynd, and the girlboss/gaslight/gatekeep meme

*HISTORY.

It was never a secret to little Zoë that she was an unplanned child. The absence of a father throughout all her formative years was evidence enough, along with a distinct longing for the more that simply could not be provided by her poor, immigrant mother. She grew up a child of invention, prone to fits of drama and imaginative histrionics — teachers would note that she’d seemingly mastered the ability to cry ‘truthful’ tears on a moment’s notice by the age of nine, and used this to trick classmates into believing some heartbreaking story that would lead to her acquiring more toys, money, and candies than she’d left home with.

Her better qualities, however, showed an early aptitude for art, rhetoric, and escapism. Zoë learned young that there was nothing people loved more than a good story, or the impression of one — with ‘good’ denoting not just qualities of wholesomeness or courage, but instead something that one could sink their teeth into and bite at until they were left with complete satiety. The world around her, more her mother’s than her own, was all dismal and dingy and small. There was nothing interesting about their one-room hovel, nor the fact that both inhabitants worked degrading, menial jobs just to put scraps on their table once a day. What was interesting, however, was what young Zoë imagined in its place, dream-worlds turned into reality by way of canvas and pretend — deluding even herself into believing she was a special girl made for special things.

Instead of attending university like her mother had hoped, Zoë took a job as an au pair for a politician’s family, and remained with them for a few years longer. It was through this work that she had her first true encounters with the elite — not as a participant, but as an observer, and one who was granted the opportunity to study until it became second nature. Once that piece fell into place, the girl continued her attempt at being her own divining force, creating destiny rather than waiting for it to come to her. Lying to her mother about the status of her work, Zoë Vogel relocated to London and re-fashioned herself as Zoyalind Amandine Finch, the daughter of a French heiress and British-German diplomat. On charm alone, she could sell her new acquaintances on the fantasy — but then again, who could have denied someone with her beauty, knowledge, and the natural eloquence of her tongue?

Quickly, she became a darling of the London arts and club scene, acting on behalf of her ‘Finch Foundation’ by hosting artists’ debuts and other vernissages before they moved onto larger exhibitions at London’s grandest museums — including, by way of the pseudonym of ‘Birdy’ — her own work. Long dead was the girl who’d hand-scrubbed floors, polished silverware, or chased after children, and in her place was a socialite free to roam the realms of high society and an artist whose anonymity ensured her success. However, on a ruthless string of bad luck, Zoya got desperate when her financial demands couldn’t be met by what she made ( or made up ), and so she struck a deal with the Jabberwocks: their loaned support in exchange for the business her so-called foundation brought in — and whatever else they found her useful for.

In the time since, Zoya’s become the shining starlet of the Red Rose Casino, hosting her parties there and ensuring that the status-hungry and wealthy alike empty their wallets and shed their inhibitions at the Jabberwocks; crown jewel, only to come back begging for more. The casino provided the experience, but she sold the illusion in the first place, the promise of elite treatment sealing the fates of so many as little more than Alices gone down the rabbit hole of gambling and grandeur.

*WANTED CONNECTIONS.

more will be added v soon, along with a proper connections page once i figure out zoya’s theme and pages and whatnot !! these are all up for grabs, and if you like bits of one but not the whole idea, dw — i’m all about collaborating on some cool plot together, so just hmu and let’s dream something up <333

ENEMIES: It’s an obvious one for a girl like her, but I think it’d be fun to play around with varieties of this trope, meaning — friends turned enemies, rival elites, someone who’s realized they’ve been conned by her, etc. Honestly, I just want to see Zoya squirm,  retaliate, and/or attempt to con her way out of the situation. There are lots of reasons to be a hater, and so I’d definitely like to play out different versions of ‘enemies,’ most especially between Zoya and a member of the Jolly Rogers, but also between Zoya and a civilian or member of government.

GUIDING LIGHT: ( Likely only suitable for someone unaffiliated with either group. ) She doesn’t hate the woman she’s become, but I do think there’s a part of Zoya that wants to know if she could ever be someone more typically ‘good.’ This plot would be for a far gentler soul than she is, who against all odds, is or becomes someone that Zoya ( normally very suspicious of the goody-two-shoes types ) not only trusts, but even aspires to be more like. I’m especially interested in playing this out and seeing how Zoya’s own shadowy self might affect the other’s light-like qualities, in addition to the reverse, of course.

HADES TO HER MEGARA: ( Likely only suitable for a fellow Jabberwocks member. ) I imagine that this is the person with whom she struck her deal, and is essentially indebted to for loaning her money in exchange for the business her fallacies brought in to other establishments. Similar to Meg / Hades, I think that this person ( whether of their own accord or on the Jabberwocks’ orders ) would find ways of stretching out the terms of the deal, making Zoya interminably in debt to them and seemingly without a way out. How this might pressure her into making other deals and decisions, along with exploring a potentially twisted little connect, would really be so fun to me.

HEARTBREAK: Heavily inspired by this, and ( despite the connect’s name ) not necessarily just for a romantic plot!! Similar to the Guiding Light connect, I’d really like to play around with someone who either sees the good in Zoya, or perhaps has simply been duped into believing her to be a truly good person. The drama comes in when either the curtains are raised and the masquerade is over, and it’s clear that Zoya is going down a path / becoming someone that the other cannot support. I can definitely see this fitting a romantic or friends sort of ship, especially one which originally started via Zoya’s con artistry but has since grown into something far more real than Zoya could have ever predicted — thus making the outcome, on both parties’ ends, all the more heartbreaking.

WRATH OF CONS: ( listen, i had to go for at least ONE terrible punny name. ) I’d love a little cat-and-mouse sort of relationship between Zoya and a rival con, especially one that starts with neither party knowing the other’s true intentions. A little bit of Mr. and Mrs. Smith energy, though not necessarily romantic-inclined!

ofc, non-specific connects are always welcome! for example: friends, romances, colleagues, etc !!

*EXTRAS.

i. Although it happens to be an interpretation of her birth surname, there’s genuinely no reason as to why she chose the surname ‘Finch.’ She simply thought that it lent a nice ring to her new name, and sounded believably aristocratic enough — an old money name, and one with plenty of character and animal allusions to go along with.

ii. Fittingly for her alliance, Zoya is enamored with tarot and all things occult. She’ll gladly read her friends’ spreads at parties, perform a monthly energy cleansing at her flat, and check her horoscope at breakfast. Her belief in these practices is...not exactly firm, per se, but there is a sort of optimistic nihilism behind it all.

iii. Zoya has the palate of a child: sweets, fried foods, uncomplicated dishes, things packaged with sugar and no visible expiration date, the same old order from the same old place. Even with her talents for reinvention and fallacy, you can’t adjust tastebuds with a trick of memory.

iv. Taking after her mother and the countless others of their low-income area, she’s been a smoker since her teen years, and her voice ( naturally somewhat low-pitched ) has gotten increasingly raspy over the years. Doctors would argue that it’s chronic laryngitis, but Zoya simply embraces it as part of her smoke-and-mirrors charm.

v. Though French was her mother’s native language and the one they spoke at home, Zoya learned English out of necessity and studied German for several years in school. When she worked as an au pair, she put those lessons to good use in order to better accommodate the family. Zoya much prefers French and German when not speaking English, so much so that one can easily tell where they stand with her depending on the language of the pet name she gives them.