#(but it is time for me to Chill and Get Over It bc queue... so so low....)

[piningpercussionist]

27 grams of uranium hidden in your house but you’ll never find where. On today’s episode of the twilight zone-

(... Should I text either of them some sort of warning? ... Eh, whatever- it's probably fine...)

[arathejedi394]

i got banned from the Crying Ao3 Down community for complaining about how all of them were posting the exact same message about ao3 being down that's hilarious it's the least aggressive thing i've ever been banned from a group before

[bogkeep]

there's a chapter about regret/detransition which is very good, and how regret =/= Not Being Actually Transgender. makes me reflect on how i kinda regret changing my legal gender only because my new ID number is less aesthetically pleasing than my previous one, even though i'm glad i've changed it and i benefit from having as correct paperwork as i can within the system we currently have.

almost halfway through the norwegian trans biography book and i think it's suffering from a common problem of this genre... it wants to be an introduction to Gender AND it wants to fight the discourse at the same time... it gets really crowded and messy!! i absolutely get where this is coming from, it's EXCEEDINGLY difficult to talk about your identity in a vulnerable, good faith way when it's been so drowned out by bad faith for so long, and the instinct is to get really defensive about it!! but it's a little tiresome haha

[pillow-fish]

in honor of me going to disney in a month (!!!!!!) and kind of being a theme park enthusiast, have some headcanons abt the east blue crew at a theme park 🙂‍↕️

they aren’t a group of friends who’ll just chill and play like. a self-contained game of heads up in the line. they will be LOUUUUD and ANNOYINGGGG. which i think is far worse than just screaming about heads up

luffy’s whining that his feet hurt (he chose to wear sandals) and is hanging off the railing. zoro and sanji are in each other’s faces squabbling about god knows fucking what. nami is trying not to brain usopp with her phone because he won’t shut up about malfunctions and horror stories of accidents he’s heard. meanwhile the only reason he’s in line at all is because they’re riding something for small children

they’re the group you lowkey side eye bc you’re like “please just shut the fuck up. it echoes like crazy in here”

more under the cut!

usopp has AWFUL motion sickness and is TERRIFIED of rollercoasters. he was prolly the kind of kid who fell down the rabbit hole of "top 10 scariest rollercoaster accidents" and took that shit to heart. he sits outside ride exits holding bags while other people go on rides and surveys merch shops for nami. the absolute Most he can handle is like. it’s a small world. he would cry on the cat in the hat dark ride @ universal (think those videos of people screaming at thing 1 and thing 2)

sanji refuses to buy theme park food because it's expensive (nami outlawed it) and he can make better food. only exception is for luffy if they run out of snacks. packs lunchboxes like a mom and gets stopped at security because he has like four bags slung over his shoulders. zoro laughs at him as they wait for him to get searched. he’s also totally carrying nami’s purse (she is NOT about to fight him on that)

zoro tries to convince himself he Doesnt have motion sickness (and he handles some coasters just fine!) but they go on a spinning coaster and he gets sick in a trash can. poor guy sits with usopp the rest of the day nursing an upset stomach. he’s not allowed to go anywhere without a buddy anyway - last time he did that he had to wait at guest services because he got lost and his phone died

luffy LOVES rollercoasters so so much. hes running ahead of the crew to get in line, skipping around the park, and giggling happily at inversions. absolutely LOVES launch coasters - huuuuge adrenaline junkie. he drags sanji, nami, and sometimes zoro with him. he's allergic to holding onto his restraints. he says he likes feeling like he’s gonna fall out

nami is the reason they’re here at all. she bought the tickets (for a damn good price), she handled the lodging, and she drove. occasionally she will splurge on shit like fastpasses - she loves that line when she's in it and when she has to wait in the standby queue she death glares everyone who passes her. loves rollercoasters like luffy, but isnt as loud about it. gets a pocketknife confiscated at security because she strong-armed sanji into carrying her bag and forgot to check for “contraband”

[fcthots]

omg hi babe i hope you’re doing well!! glad to see you’re back. i’ve been having a lot of thoughts lately concerning jay and fall bc this time of year gets me in some kind of mood, y’know what i mean? i usually like smutty shit but rn i just wanna make out with him in a cozy bed with an open window that lets in a cool breeze. and maybe a nice candle burning somewhere in the room. and then i want to fall asleep. like that’s all i can think about.

-🪲

Ughhh sameeeee

Like I think he (minus the whole scarecrow thing) gets pretty excited for a the fall season. Like at some point during October, you’ll walk through the door into your apartment and Jason is sitting on the couch watching Coraline. The room smells like fall and you see a candle burning by the tv. He looks over at you and greets you before tapping his thigh. You drop all your shit on the counter and walk over to where he’s chilling on the couch. He tugs you down and puts your head in his lap so you can still see the screen but he also has access to your hair so he can run his fingers through it. Every so often, he looks down from the movie and kisses your forehead. Eventually you’ll fall asleep, and he’ll just queue up another movie, letting you rest and watching you with all the love and affection in the world.

[andthebubbles]

sooo i am back home from roc

i really enjoyed it!!! it was lovely seeing seb ... from far away ... again

i did liveblog this but i'll say it again: UHGGHGHJGJ HE WAS SO AGGRESSIVE WHEN DRIVING, ESP ON HIS FIRST RACE, IT WENT RIGHT TO MY LADYDICK and i'm gay

there were LOADS of empty seats, as i expected (i checked my section the day before) so we all spread out and stuff. it was quite nice

it started to get cold when it reached like 23C. yes. hush. i WILL argue that aus feels colder at higher temps than other countries bc we're drier. anyway, i wish i'd brought a jacket

speaking of clothes and stuff, they had merch, so i got the dark blue t-shirt. it fits perfectlyyyy

seb was very lovely and very hot and very fast (just apparently foiled by rain??? seb loeb also lost his first (only first? not sure) race in the rain so idk what's going on with the sebs lol)

sooo on another topic. idk if it's just those aussie commentators that we have, or maybe something else, but seriously they're so biased it makes me root against aus just so that i don't have to hear their smug voices. i'm not sure if this dates back to them hating on seb (or perhaps sucking mark's dick) during the RBR days, or if they're actually Just That Annoying, but skjnfgkfg after germany went out i started rooting for france and i felt like i was the only one doing so, so i kept very quiet about it skjfgnkfjng but i MEAN, it would've been EPIC nice if aus (one of our fucking teams anyway) had won the nation's cup for the first time--just taking that notion independently--but as it was... nah i'm not cut up about it lol

(anyway, this is why i don't listen to aus commentary if i can help it, because i LIKE pastry, and i wanna keep it that way)

our seats were o k. if i had known the podium/class photo thing was gonna be on the other side, i would've booked the other side, but hey, it was all right

re parking, bc we did park (we don't have a train station), it was pretty all right for like the shitty design that it is lol. didn't take too long to get out once we actually left the parking lot (we did sit there for a while just chilling and waiting for the queue to... reduce? bc i didn't see much point in having the car idling and contributing fumes/noise/whatever.)

tips to self if i ever need to park there for an event again: when entering, i think it might be better to go towards the rightmost entrances because i think those go to the lower floors? and ofc, park near the exit/the spiral

as for the stadium, i think it was aisle 134 which looks right over where the cars come out, perhaps from row 26 down (row 29(?) i think is for disabled?), but at some point further down you won't have the roof over you anymore, so you'll get pissed on if it rains. idk which aisle it was for where the cars go back under the... seats. but yeah, the seating map when booking didn't show this at all, so... OH wait lemme go look at it now since it'll still be up

...

ah okay!

so that's how it goes... wow that's SO expensive...

so that was when i clicked on "134"

why is it so expensive bc in the main menu thing it says orange is $149...

sooo this would be where the cars go back in (clicked "127" for this)

idk, i can only assume that tickets must've been cheaper for this section if you're not buying it like the day before the event? anyway i'd say that from row 25ish down (maybe row 24-23) you'd get pissed on if it rains

i don't know why section 126 isn't a straight line down the right hand side...

same with section 135 down the left hand side:

with these insane prices... i feel like they've run this event at a loss? skjfgkjfgn

anyway.

the stunts stuff was okay

my fave car was the rallycross car!!

and my least fave was the toyota 86 bc it didn't make any noise...

why no seb in the polaris? maybe tomorrow

i'm glad i'm not going tomorrow actually. once was enough haha. tomorrow i'll watch the broadcast... i still haven't checked what commentary the broadcast has, but as they're showing it on local TV this time, i suspect the commentary will be channel 10's dickwads... so.......... idk. i'd like to get the usual roc commentators if possible...

...i'm SURE i had something else to say

...

oh. valtteri and seb got pretty big cheers (valtteri poooooooossibly more than seb?) and mick less than seb, i think........ the aussie guys didn't get much cheers UNTIL THE SEMIS. the guys we were sorta sitting next to (on our right) seemed to be into the supercars guys

slightly painful to hear the mispronunciation of both valtteri and heikki's names lmao

why did they take out the chicane only for the final? well regardless, the flying cars looked EPIC and they were literally in front of me (albeit at quite a distance) so i have some shaky vids on like 5x-ish+ zoom

would've been nice to hear seb get interviewed, but i suspect they must've done that on the broadcast. actually i think i did see a vid? man i have so much of my dash to get through... AND i wanna play the sims tonight bc i got the new pack!!!

okay if i think of anything else i'll just add it to this post at the bottom. it's gotten too long

btw!!!!! already i thought of something lol. after going to this event, it makes me wanna go watch f1 again... maybe next year if they get rid of dynamic pricing?? i'll just do general admission bc i already did the stands before and that was all right but with GA i believe you can sit anywhere you want on the grass and possibly walk around? unless they've changed it now

on another note: gotta say, as we were all leaving the carpark, there certainly was some ~spirited driving going on, myself mildly included (mostly just a case of being a bit heavy on the accelerator and brake lmao)

[this-is-krikkit]

when you get this, list 5 sounds that the world around us makes that u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool, but no pressure!) ♥️♥️

thank you both @quillsandblades and @starshower1215 for sending this back with such a lovely twist! i giggled when i noticed the change hehe

okay so bear with me, because this is going to be very i-just-went-to-see-figure-skating-live-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-and-it-Changed-me-forever oriented:

1) the excited murmur in the queue to the venue, which is not so specific to be fair bc it reminded me of all the festivals and concerts i've been to in the past. listen, i'm not the biggest fan of big groups of people in general, but the sound of fans anticipating something great always makes me giddy; in those moments i get to be a lil human in a sea of other lil humans i don't know at all who are all passionate about the same stuff together 🥰

2) the sound of SKATES HITTING THE ICE!!!!!! i did not expect to hear it so loud and clear over the (yet loud itself) music of the programs??? literally game me chills each time (i swear it wasn't just the cold from being close to the ice lmao)

3) the way the whole park holds their breath for a second right when a skater throws themself into a jump. all you hear is the program's music, all you see is the work the athlete put in to get there, all you feel is everyone's shared hope that they land it

4) the little thump of the congratulations plushies falling on the ice after a performance. as a metalhead (and a generally very vocal person), i never knew admiration could sound so soft

5) and of course, the thundering applause at the end of every performance. again, not a big fan of crowds, but a crowd of people applauding the beauty of a program (no matter if it was perfect or not) and the courage and work that this other human on the ice put into it has my heart in a clench <3

[hwanswerland]

this may be my ateez blog but i dont think i will ever get over seeing taemin

like, i might have only been around kpop for like 4.5 years now, but i remember in detail watching ateez videos. and then getting curious and just randomly watching other mama performances (bc thats where i started) and one of them happened to be taemin perfomring criminal. and with no knowledge of who anyone was i sent a video link to my friend like "you gotta check out this guy. idk who this is but hes crazy good". fast forward to now and it's at the concert feeling like we're looking into the face of god (fully aware of our own derangedness in that moment, yes). me and my friend were talking about how we feel really normal and how its not hit us yet we were about to see THE lee taemin on the way to brussels and even when we were already inside the venue. and then some of the last songs they played before it started were sexuality and criminal and man. i went from oh this is nice, calm, chill, to "i have so much energy and adrenaline idk what to do with myself and should maybe sit down because i feel like my legs are about to give out" then. want has been in my top10 spotify wrapped every year since 2021. MOVE. CRIMINAL! what can i even say. advice being his first comeback we witnessed and suddenly he's THERE (same as with ateez fireworks tbh). and not to even start talking about him as a performer like i dont think, at any of the 25+ concerts ive ever been to kpop or otherwise, ive ever seen someone with such a stage presence. when he was talking okay alright, but when the songs started i coudnt have looked away even if i had wanted to. and not like with seonghwa/ateez where that also was the case when we were close to the stage in amsterdam last tour, because there i was just a huge simp 💀, but with him? not such a case. simply the way he moved, even (or especially) when not dancing but just like vibing to the music a bit, was just insane to see lol idek know what it was about him but man. if he wants me to pay 500 euros for a ticket next time i am ashamed to admit that i'd pay the money in a heartbeat 😭 like idc man i need to witness this again. i felt more emotions in the span of the first 15 mins than i thought myself capable of. truly insane concert experience. every single song went so hard, i didnt think i'd get something like ateez fever medley again but goat/rizzness/sexy in the air for sure went just as hard and i dont even necessarily like or listen to those songs lol. also shoutout to his dancers, i've always liked that he introduces them and idk much about dancing so i'll just say it was a good day to like women. mad respect for everyone on stage fr 12/10 concert from queueing to leaving the venue. he said he'd come back and man do i hope he was serious about it

[siodium]

FIRST EVER TRIP TO JB YEY (ﾉ ˃ˋᗜˊ˂ )ﾉ ｡*ﾟ+

the logistics of this trip were kinda sus, but i was just so excited to be invited on this trip to a place i've never been before so i didn't rly think much of anything else HAHAH. everything went smoothly though~

day one

took the bus in from kranji mrt station. we managed to clear the customs and enter jb just before 10 am (!! a pleasant surprise bc i always hear about scary traffic jams and custom queues).

started the trip with brunch at palates & bagels by T.A.M. i got the shiro (tempura fish with wasabi mayo) bagel with sesame bun, and the yuzu sour plum drink. the wasabi mayo wasn't spicy at all, and that's coming from someone who has zero spice tolerance.

the cafe also sold baked pastries and cakes?? i really wanted to try but i didn't want to overload my stomach that early in the day.

after filling our stomachs, we headed over to nine% hair studio for some hair pampering!! while looking up recommendations, i came across someone's review of this salon, and even though they rated the experience as 'mediocre', i was sOLD when i saw how nice their haircut turned out?? it was such a pretty and fluffy hush cut (the hairstyle i was aiming for)!! the aunties at my neighbourhood salon could never!!!

i got a haircut, a dye (just for covering greys bc i didn't want to bleach), and a moisturing treatment for around $300~ the haircut didn't turn out exactly as i'd wanted, but maybe it was bc my hair wasn't long enough?? the layers were layering though, and i became kind of like a jellyfish HAHA. it's still cute so all's good. my hair was also super soft after the treatment ( ˶°ㅁ°) !! i wasn't expecting it to go from crispy hay to boiled vermicelli noodles that quickly. the service was not bad too. we were the only two customers there, so we pretty much got the vip treatment.

also!!! i've never gotten anything other than a cut at a salon before, so this was a brand new ✨experience✨ for me.

unfortunately, it started to drizzle almost immediately after we left the salon. the humidity killed the styling in my hair, so i became a soggy jellyfish. ( •᷄‎ࡇ•᷅ )

next stop was to get a massage somewhere in the KSL city mall~ we walked around for quite a bit and eventually settled on thong thai. the reviews (i looked them up hastily) seemed ok?? it was on the pricier side but that meant it was less likely to be sketchy?? idk. i opted for the aromatherapy full body massage, which was basically the usual full-body thai massage, except i gotta strip down and get oiled up LMAO. luwi and alfur tried that in bangkok, and their reviews got me curious so i had to give it a go myself.

it was fine actually??? very professional. i forgot that i couldn't rly clean off the oil afterwards, so the feeling of oil on my clothes was........ not the most pleasant.

when the rain subsided, it was time for dinner!!! we explored the KSL night market that opened only on mondays!! grabbed a bunch of street food to try~ it was difficult deciding what to get bc our stomachs had limited capacity, and everything looked so tasty??

we brought whatever we couldn't finish on the spot back to the hotel for our street food dinner feast~

after dinner, we went to check out the cafe (space cafe) on the first floor of the hotel we stayed at. i couldn't eat anymore at that point, so we could only try the drinks.

didn't check if it was a halal establishment, but i tasted zero alcohol in that mojito LOL. looked pretty though.

we relaxed for a bit back in the hotel, and then i decided........ it was time to check out the hotel's infinity pool. i insisted on taking a swim even though i was hit by a sudden chill in the room??? not sure what happened there but it felt like my homeostatic mechanisms just glitched or something. didn't help that it had just rained, which meant that the nighttime air was gonna be colder than usual.

anyway, i refused to budge on the idea despite the fact that i was shivering uncontrollably all the way to the pool. luckily for me, the pool was hEATED!! ৻( •̀ ᗜ •́ ৻) when i went in, i didn't want to get out. koko didn't swim with me though. he was just chilling on the poolside chairs. no fun!! (ㅎ.ㅎ)

had da cheng lok lok ���成渌渌 takeaway for supper!!! it was something i rly wanted to try!! and it did not disappoint. the spice levels were beyond my capabilities (not me coughing like an ipad kid with every bite), but the seafoods were so good omg. aND THEY WERE HUGE??? i'm now a loklok fan. i wanna try the non-spicy version next time though.

day two

breakfast buffet at the hotel~ tried not to overeat so my stomach would survive the rest of the day.

went to the midvalley mall for the relatively new impulse gaming flagship store!! we were greeted by shelves of blind boxes upon entering the store. the temptation to gamble was too great, and i walked out with two boxes of blind shinwoo plush keychains........... at least one of the boxes (the heavier one that koko picked) gave me the one i wanted (hot sauce!!).

found a gengar model kit with swappable face parts and articulated joints at the same store!! i wanted it so bad but koko said i could get it cheaper elsewhere so i didn't buy it. :/

we spent a bit too much time exploring the mall, so our lunch was quite late. we originally planned to have lunch at keijometo, a cafe that was trending for its industrial aesthetics. however, the long queue and possibly 3 hour ++ wait time put us off. so, we hopped onto a cab to find lunch near the bagel place that we went to on the first day.

there was a cafe there called the replacement, and idk who hurt it, but it was hilariously appropriate given the situation.

got the irreplaceable pasta, which was a tomato-based pasta with tiger prawns. i wasn't expecting this unassuming sauce to be so spicy?? i did my best to finish everything aaa.

we also got a sour cream and onion cromboloni to share~ yums.

before heading back to sg, we did some last-minute snacks and clothes shopping at city square mall~ then we took the train back and it was so speedy!! like a 5-mins bullet train ride.

[nithica]

every 3 business days my friend likes to remind me of our experience at graspop last summer

when i apparently caught covid like RIGHT away so id been struggling with fever all week at the festival, going in and out of the ER

but saturday was BMTH as the closer and i didn’t want to miss it, so i pushed through, spent some time of the day in the first aid post to get help with getting my temperature down just so i could go off during BMTH (for clarification, i didn’t find out what it was until i was already back home a week later, i honestly thought i fell ill bc of the rainfall & not being able to sleep on the camping grounds)

we got a good spot; i didn’t need to be at the barrier since i’d seen them at the barrier in february. instead we went to the pit

mind you, i’m 5’, and i was stuck between a group of dudes ranging from 5’11 to like 6’4

moshed a bit, was fun. then left, went hard by myself. but i started feeling a little faint. my friend noticed and asked me if im ok, i was feeling the music though so im like yeah (proceeds to collapse)

luckily the guy standing behind me caught me cos my ass would have DROPPED 😩

then my friend again was like ok ur not ok maybe we should chill. so she held me against her but i was legit just not all there; had no idea what was happening anymore or what song was playing tbh.

the guy behind me then proceeded to tell the people around us to give us some space (supposedly, this is her account), and then asked if maybe they should get me to the front (idk???? it’s not exactly open there either😭)

aaaaand there i went, knocked tf out. so his friends forced ppl to open up a path and my friend and him dragged my limp pool noodle body to the barrier, where security yoinked me over the fence and handed me over to the EMTs, then (also friends account) carried her over as well

i was like, in and out of consciousness and i do remember briefly seeing oli on the stage but i ☠️ i didn’t even know what he was playing like genuinely i was just like what the fuck where am i who am i who the FUCK is carrying me

then, the next thing i remember is waking up somewhere in front of the stage a while later, with a lady fanning me, the EMTs questioning my friend and another guy handing me a bottle of water and i’m just like . 🧍‍♀️ where am i again

thennnn they left to get some things and i was so fucking nauseous, i was so hot, miserable,,

and i remember that i then heard kingslayer beginning and cussing at my friend like AREEEEEE U KIDDING MEEEEE i wanted to mosh to this song. and she’s just like. girl you’re going nowhere the fuck. here have some grape sugar

BUT I WAS SO HEARTBROKEN FOR MISSING IT

and then i also missed antivist😔

anyways; she filmed it all, then told me - and now reminds me of it every other week - how i had “given her the night of her life” and that “oli looked at us” and im just like. wow thanks girlie pop. i fainted and got carried out of the crowd during my fav act of the day but at least YOU 🫵 got to enjoy it all 🤧

i am still sad about missing like half the show cos it was lit and i was having fun

and the sunday was awful, i legit barely left the first aid post and just slept on a stretcher all day with my friend frequently popping in to cool me with a bottle of ice water and a fan, i have NO idea who or what we saw that day AND i remember being so pissy for missing machine head closing the night.

don’t even talk to me about monday. the ambulance took my ass out of the queue for the bus bc i was literally being cooked 🥲 and i was still bed ridden for like two weeks afterwards, visiting the ER twice at night too. don’t get covid yall what the fuck (this was my first time after 4 jabs) i never felt so sick before

but hey, at least my friend got her 10 seconds of fame 😔😪😢

[endless-season]

9 Fandom Peeps to Get to Know Better

tagged by @defeateddetectives /o/

3 ships you like: *looks into void* do I even have 3 proper ships

1) MikoIzuTotsu (Suoh Mikoto x Kusanagi Izumo x Totsuka Tatara) - K

And no one was surprised. I MEAN ITS BEEN OVER TEN YEARS. BUT A GOOD CHUNK OF THOSE TEN YEARS WERE DEDICATED TO HOMURA TRIO (well technically... the real answer is Totsuka Tatara however we will ignore that for the sake of this meme). Get yourself two others who will go through it all with you thick or thin. Get yourself a leash i mean what. Get yourself a Kusanagi-san! Settle down in a bar and raise i mean gather a gang family!

2) Qin Jiu x You Huo - Global Examination

Felt obligated to include them since I'm currently trying to drag ppl to read this lmao. Also bc i have no ships to answer with, help. BUT THE CHEMISTRY! I mean, this is probably the first time I clearly see what people mean by the word ~ chemistry ~. Qin Jiu is such a chaotic menace, You Huo is such a chaotic menace, they are similar but also different and then put them together and everyone suffers, it's beautiful *wipes tear*. But they are also so so so soft together (i was going to say, in private.... but also in front of people's salad so!!!) *clutches heart*. The author, 木苏里 just does a create job exploring the two throughout the story, READ GLOBAL EXAMINATION! THERE'S ALSO AN ONGOING MANHUA THAT COVERS LIKE A THIRD. DO IT. and then send me liveblogs pls and thanks.

3) H-h-help... ships... are hard... I... don't ...

first ship ever: IzuTotsu (Kusanagi Izumo x Totsuka Tatara) - K Shamelessly links to that post where I sobbed over everything #Actual Marriage Goals The trust! The intuitive understanding! The communication! (sorry Mikoto, your grunting fails you) The ~ G o S s i P i n g ~ ! The mutual support and comfort ;_;! The domesticity of it all! The quipping and doting! The we're all in this (this = Mikoto doom but with matching wing tattoos) together! The seemless division of labor haha

last song you heard: i turned on my playlist when i saw this question so that by the time i finish answering the meme and come back to this question, i will have an answer… Anyways, so the answer is…. ~ wHAT A coINcindENce ~ Dark Night Fireworks, Lucien's season 1 theme from MLQC.

favourite childhood book: Uh........ idk.... Deltora Quest? Alex Rider series? If manga counts then maybe Detective Conan? lmao.

currently reading: I’m Not Shouldering This Blame (这锅我不背) Current novel in my danmei binging spree. 40 chaps in, enjoying it so far. Synopsis gives a pretty good idea of what to expect. Hordes of book transmigrators trying to derail or benefit from knowing the plot, military dealing with the supernatural mess and notifying MC and ML who are supposedly the villains, MC... just trying to work in peace cmon, ML... just trying to seduce MC cmon.

currently watching: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Just finished it over the last few days hence why there's a few posts in my queue. It’s nice and chill. I admit I was eyeing Himmel the moment he appeared in the first episode and didn't know whether to laugh or cry at his instant transformation / flashforward to old bald man. Was pleasantly surprised to see him appearing constantly in flashbacks haunting the narrative ethereal dead wife style lmao.

currently consuming: I waited for dinner to write this! Was lazy tonight so just a bunch of easy to prep in 5 min sides. Rice, Prawn dumplings, Chilli Bamboo (Fu Chi brand), Century Egg + Tofu + Pork floss, Smashed cucumber salad that I managed to ruin :/

currently craving: A reason to live A shiny new satisfying fandom obsession... Motivation and energy and wisdom to adult... A yakult and WangLaoJi... ... ...... *walks to fridge and grabs yakult and wanglaoji*

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A rare meme where I'm gonna actually tag!!! See what ppl are up to and eating these days >:)

@qserasera @chiaki-c @nervous-sheep @alice-chan-chan @jelly-cooperation

@laxmiree @caesurables @pu-san @vanishing-apples @dijeh

@ittybi @ellie-winthrope @bloomingmitsuri @a-justaway-is-just-a-justaway @constastan

As usual feel free to skip if tagged or do even if not tagged :> Edit: why is tagging not working *squints*

[un-pearable]

i treat all my interests like the repressed middle schooler i was - desperately hiding them and cringing whenever someone even insinuates they know i enjoy it while shamefully consuming content about it constantly in private - for about a month before i make a sharp 180 and become The most obnoxious about the subject and tell every single person in my life about it incessantly. this cycle repeats every single time

[softly-possessive]

if ur in a protective mood but none of ur nestmates are available, store-bought is fine

[kiteslover]

HxH Headcanons I Believe Very Strongly

Here’s another batch of my feral takes i hope you enjoy

* Killua has spent HOURS trying to figure out every single girly thing in the world just so he can take good care of Alluka. He’ll paint his nails with her and let her do makeup on his face just to make her happy (because killua is the best brother in the entire universe and nothing will ever come close to hi

* Killua also never sits properly in chairs. He’s always doin some weird ass contortionist stuff while he’s sitting and if anyone asks if that’s comfortable he’ll be like “what? Why would you even ask that”

* Illumi, despite being the emotionless stick that he is, has a really extensive hair cair routine. He was probably chilling with Hisoka and some point and noticed some bougie hair products on his bathroom counter. Needless to say Hisoka witnessed his fascination got him hooked shortly.

* Anytime Gon and Ging see Leorio after Gon’s decision to follow Ging, Leorio is the most passive aggressive mfer you’ve ever seen to Ging but he’s like over the top nice to Gon. He makes sure Ging recognizes this.

* “Gon!! I got you this PRESENT for your BIRTHDAY. I tried REALLY hard to make sure you’d actually LIKE it because I know EVERYTHING that you like!” *queue side eye to Ging to which Ging is staring off into space with his regular scowl*

* Ging definitely got Gon a pair of socks for his birthday that he couldn’t even wear bc they were too small for him. Gon was equally happy with both Leorio and Ging’s present. Nothing either of them do will make Gon love them more or less

* Kurapika has really, Really nice handwriting. I would like to think he enjoys writing letters from time to time (definitely not just for a chance to show off his handwriting)

* On the other hand, Leorio writes literal chicken scratch. He’s working to be a doctor okay he can’t afford to have nice handwriting as long as he understands it it’s fine

* Morel has a really bad tan line under those sunglasses.

* Speaking of which, knov gets the most GOD awful sunburns in the history of sunburns ever. I mean have you seen this man he pasty as heel

* Hisoka goes to the nail salon regularly and always gets compliments on how long and sharp his nails are.

* Alluka seems like a littlest pet shop girl idk i just wont be taking criticism on this

* She definitely begs Killua to use his hunter license to find the rare ones, he complies per usual

* Knuckle takes very good care of his appearance/hygiene (if you couldn’t already tell from his stupid pompadour) and definitely wears cologne. thankfully, it’s not too strong cause He’s not one of those axe body spray people

* You know who IS an axe body spray person? Ging

* Ging probably doesn’t even bother with axe body spray either

* That man smells rank i stg

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Okay thats it for these I’m sorry for my incessant Ging slander in all my Headcanons but i just cant help myself🤭🤭🤭

let me know if you want any other characters!

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Papers (Songfic)

Damien/Dark x DA!reader

Requested by Anon:

“I don’t know if requests are open or not, but this is the anon that requested the songfic from Hadestown! After you posted the fic, I wanted to wait a bit before asking for a possible continuation of it based on the song Papers (“You’re not from around here, son…”) from the same musical where Dark finds out the D/A with Mark and he finds out about their deal. Would you want to write something like that?”

I'm so so so sorry this took so long but I love that you keep requesting Hadestown songs bc I love the music. I just have to actually get around to listening to the entire soundtrack at some point lol

Also, this one is laid out a little bit differently than my usual songfics. Basically instead of having the lyrics break up certain paragraphs and stuff, I interlaced them with the dialogue (and some of the "narration" 👀)

Warnings: Actor is an asshole but like we been knew, angst, hurt/no comfort, mentions of some events from WKM

Word Count: 1337 (oh my god I wish this was a lie how tf did I manage that)

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Stage crew dashed to and fro, positioning props to perfection and preparing the set for filming. It was a hive of activity. One person frantically ran around trying to give the right coffee to the right performers. Another brushed makeup on Mark’s cheeks and forehead. You even spied two sneaking off together. Even after so long, it still all made your head spin.

How long had it been since you were set free? Since you made that deal? Everything all felt like a blur.

Mark had indeed taken you to dinner, but it wasn’t exactly what you expected. By the end of your ‘performance’, you were agreeing to a fake proposal and being dragged deeper into the acting world. He promised to show you the ropes; take you under his wing. Perhaps that’s why he came up with another production: A heist.

You felt out of place navigating your ‘lines’ and actions around actors built to play their roles. These people were professionals, passionate about their jobs and what they’ve been hired to do. You were being suffocated in a situation you couldn’t get out of.

“You remember your lines?” You opened your mouth, but Mark cut you off with an arrogant laugh. You didn’t have any lines. Not spoken ones, anyway. “That’s the spirit! Just follow me and make sure you don’t mess this up. We’re behind schedule on filming enough without you-”

“Quiet on set!”

Mark grumbled as he was cut off by the director. The small bit of satisfaction you felt was quickly washed away with one of his signature grins. He straightened his hair back and prepared himself to act. He really did live for this.

“Alright, aaaaand ACTION!”

Mark pumped his fists excitedly. “Yes! Okay! Awesome! All right, okay. This is gonna be great! And don’t you worry about a thing because our watches are still synchronized, which means that…”

Your mind zoned out as you listened to him go on and on. He loved giving himself long paragraphs to recite. Maybe it was just to show off how brilliant he was. You followed your queue, turning away so Mark could be dragged away and eaten or killed or whatever. You turned back and, yup, there was his flashlight. You looked down the hall he was supposed to go down and-

Wait. This wasn’t in the script.

“Uhm, Mark?”

Your voice echoed in the darkness. There was no more set. There was no more crew. This darkness looked too familiar; too similar to the mirror you were stuck in. But there was no going back.

Lining the walls of the hallway were portraits. It only took a moment to remember who each face belonged to. The chef. The butler. The detective… William. A deep chill ran down your spine, joining the heavy emotions resting at the bottom of your stomach.

All of them were there. You remember the butler, crying over that mess in the cellar. The chef, who threatened you every time you so much as glanced in his direction. Abe, your partner in solving the murder. And William. Your murderer. A pink moustache was crudely painted over his portrait, and nothing in your memories could answer why. But you remembered falling over the banister. The way he reached out to grab you. And then waking up… And…

The final portrait at the end of the hall was of Mark, back when everyone was alive. Back when the only worries you had involved poker and drinking. The paint flaked away and fell to the floor, disintegrating into ash.

“It’s… good to see you, old friend.”

That voice…

You turned to its source. A man in a white suit, rimmed with red and blue. His skin was grey. All of him was grey. Yet even through the strange aura surrounding him, you knew. You knew exactly who this was.

“Damien?”

A blue afterimage of himself glitched to the side at the sound of his name. It was gone as soon as it appeared. His lips formed a tight grin. “I don’t go by that name any more.” The strain in his voice, in his entire body, softened as he fully took you in. “It’s been so long, my dear district attorney. I was so worried about you.”

“I don’t go by that name anymore,” you repeated back to him. Your emotions were laid out on your sleeve. Your face contorted with confusion and sadness and longing and betrayal. You were angry, but you wanted to run into his arms. You were so sad, you missed him so much, but you wanted to stand your ground. You took in a shaky breath. “Why didn’t you come back for me?”

“I did,” he stated. “I did come back for you.”

You shook your head. “No, you didn’t. You left me in the mirror. You stole my body. You left me there for years, Damien.” He flinched at the name, but said nothing. “You have no idea the hell I went through, waiting for you to come back for me.”

“Then let me make it up to you,” he began. He stepped forward, hand outstretched carefully, as if he carried an olive branch. “Let me free you now from Mark’s silly games. You can stop running around in endless circles, making choices that mean nothing. You can be free from the hell he’s putting you through - be truly free, once and for all.”

You frowned at the poor, naive entity before you. “You have no idea, do you?”

A frown took over his own hopeful expression. “What-”

“There you are!” A voice, energetic and irritated, split the darkness. You didn’t need to turn to feel the man’s presence behind you, glaring daggers over your shoulder at not-Damien who did so right back. “What are you doing here?”

Dark’s entire form tensed up. His hands found their place behind his back. Glitches and afterimages shot out from his body. “I’m here to free them,” he growled.

Mark’s laugh, as cocky as ever but laced with menace, sounded next to your ear. You nearly cringed away from it. “Who do you think you are?” Even his voice was interwoven with incredulity. “They couldn’t go anywhere even if they wanted to.”

You turned and placed a firm hand on Mark’s chest. “Stop.” It was weak, pleading. If anything, he was spurred on more by your weakness.

“Stay out of this, dear attorney” he mocked, “the adults are talking.”

The entity snarled, egged on by Mark’s dismissal. “I’m not going back alone,” he threatened. “I came to take them home, and I fully intend to.”

Another raucous laugh. “Oh, you don’t know?” Cold eyes full of amusement looked down at you, as they always have and always would. You avoided his gaze. Another pair of eyes stared at your back, waiting for answers you wished to avoid giving. “When you abandoned them, I gave them a deal to get them out. You weren’t coming back around any time soon to free them, were you?”

Dark grit his teeth.

“They signed the deal themself,” he sing-songed.

“You’re lying.”

“And now,” he spun you back around to face your old friend, arm wrapped around your shoulder to keep you close, “they belong to me.”

“It isn’t true.” Dark eyes met yours, pleading for a different answer, for a different truth. He came back to rescue you; free you from the world Mark trapped you in. But, after all this time, it was still his fault you were here. “What he said-”

“I did,” you cut him off. Your voice was thick. Your eyes burned. You swallowed the lump in your throat. “I do.”

Mark’s sickening grin appeared right over your shoulder, his face pressed right next to yours. You visibly flinched, and oh how Dark longed to rip you away from that son of a bitch. But his feet were glued to the spot. His shoes were filled with lead.

“Now,” the actor began, “go back to where you came from.”

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as an fyi, I am leaving in a few hours for california. I’ll chill for a couple days with my parents, then I’m going on a big ol’ road trip with my dad. we’ll be gone for almost three weeks!

this means that I’ll be a little less Chronically Online for the next month, and it also means that instead of annoying you all with wwdits stuff constantly, I’ll be annoying you all with travel AND wwdits.

but!

I promised my friend I’d start trying to use instagram again so if you want to follow me for travel pics and random selfies, I’m @cookinguptales

If you want to see MORE of my rambling for some reason, you can also follow me on twitter @iletaitunefois. It’s a private twitter bc of an IRL situation, but if you request to be added, I’ll do it! I will likely be tweeting a lot whenever I get bored in the car, RIP. (Warning, I became feral on my weird private twitter with only friends following me!! I just tweet whatever all the time and ramble about wwdits a lot and if you end up muting me I won’t be offended. lmao)

I have a fic that I plan on posting as we travel! More details below.

My queue is FULL so I’ll still be around and annoying.

I will tagging travel posts with #the travel bug, if you’d like to avoid them.

So, the fic! I got off my writing schedule a bit due to work (and the fic is... so much longer than expected) so I won’t be able to post it as regularly as I’d hoped, but I’m hoping to have the first chapter up sometime between the 7th and the 9th. It’s over 10k and it’ll just have to keep you for a while. Unlike my last chaptered fic, I’m writing this one as I go. lmao. I have the whole fic planned out and I do fully intend to finish it, but like I said, I will be fairly busy over the next month. So updates might be slow. That said, most of the chapters are fairly self-contained, if part of a larger narrative.

More details? Well, I’ve decided to write my version of Nandor’s eat prey love journey as I go on my own, even if we’ll be in drastically different places. He’s gonna meet a lot of people! He’s gonna learn a lot of things! He’s gonna think about Guillermo a lot. Sometimes you gotta learn how to be alone before you can be with someone else! Each chapter is gonna be a new location and a new person to meet and... It’s going to be so fucking long haha... ha...