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[dashiellqvverty]

its me and my almond milk cherry garcia against the world tbh

[propertyofwicked]

FIRST - LN

lando discovers his bestfriends little sister is a virgin, and will stop at no lengths to change that (and ruin her for anyone else)

warnings: smut!! MDNI!! virgin reader, fewtrell!sister, mostly soft smut with a small innocence kink

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“ok, y/n - truth or dare?” ria asked the girl from across the circle they sat in on the floor of max’s living room.

being so close in age to her older brother, y/n fewtrell fit in well with his friendship group, often preferring to hang out with them over her own friends. a few others were dotted around the house, P and a couple girls using the kitchen. they were all due to head to a club soon, only using max’s house to pre drink as he lived closest.

“truth,” she responded, giggling slightly as the alcohol began to turn her tipsy - not drunk, just jolly she had told max when he last checked on her.

“where is the weirdest place you’ve had sex?” ria asked, giggling to herself at the rest of the group laughed, turning to face y/n for her answer. she went silent, heat rising her face gradually. her eyes scanned the group, everyone staring expectantly at her - only max avoided her gaze, looking at his phone to queue songs to the playlist.

“i- uh, well i guess i…haven’t?” she replied, wishing the ground would open up and swallow her whole. she didn’t know why she was so embarrassed - she was 19, almost 20, and it seemed that everyone around her was coupled up, or at least active in that department. and, it hadn’t been through lack of trying, every man she had almost been with had found out and used it to get to who she was related to - and subsequently, lando - or gave her the ick before they got the chance to.

“what do you mean you haven’t?!” niran had laughed out, he hadn’t meant to laugh, he just couldn’t believe it.

“i ju-”

“ok can we stop quizzing my little sister on her sex life? please,” max interrupted, y/n sighing out a breath of relief when they finally moved to the next person. her eyes scouted across the group of people, glad to see them all distracted and no longer giving her the sympathy eyes over her pathetic excuse of a love life.

in her embarrassment, however, y/n missed the way lando’s eyes had darted to look at her when she had answered, missing the way they darkened slightly at the revelation. he shook the thoughts plaguing his mind away, focusing on keeping his face neutral as he watched the blush rising her cheeks.

she didn’t miss the way his eyes followed her as she snuck out the room, however. she’d hope no one would notice her sneaking into the kitchen, smiling at P before swiping a bottle of something and heading to the garden, legs landing gracefully to sit on a step.

this was not the first time she had dwelled on this, but this time, she could at least comfort the blow of her overactive brain by drinking - or so she thought. as not a moment after she’d removed the cap, the bottle was being snatched from her hands and closely inspected by a man towering above her crouched body.

“this smells like ass, y/n - are you sure you wanna drink it?” lando asked her, lowering himself to sit on the step next to her. the sky was darkening, stars filling the vast blackness.

“yes im sure, thanks dad,” she mocked him, arms reaching over to snatch the bottle from him, but once again, he moved his arm out, stretching the bottle further from her reach.

“nuh uh!” lando said, shaking his head, “only when you tell me why you intend on drinking what im sure is the finest bottle of… £3.99 vodka - jesus, £3.99?”

“sorry mister ‘owns-2-mclarens-and-a-lambo’,” she replied, leaning further into his side in a desperate bid to get the bottle back - she wasn’t even sure she wanted to drink it anymore, she just wanted something to fiddle with when lando eventually forced her to talk to him.

“didn’t answer my question, darlin’” he told her, placing the bottle besides him as he removed one of his threaded bracelets, placing it in her exposed palm.

oh he knew her a little too well.

“i jus- no it’s so stupid,” she conceded, the bracelet twisting around her fingers. she stared directly at it, refusing to meet lando’s intense gaze.

“bet it’s not,” he told her, moving an arm to wrap around her when he felt the chill air brush his own skin.

“you know what’s worse than having to announce to your friends that you’re a lonely little virgin that no one wants? being the lonely little virgin. it’s so fucking embarrassing - i’m 19, hell i’m nearly 20 and when everyone around you has someone in their life, it’s so hard not to feel so behind in your own life, to feel completely unlovable, to constantly feel like there’s something wrong with you,” she breathed out, still refusing to make eye contact with the man besides her.

lando took in a deep breath, choosing his next words so carefully. his hand reached up to her chin, turning her face to look up at his.

“y/n, you are not unlovable, you’re not falling behind in life and there is certainly nothing wrong with you,” he told her, his tone harsh in attempt to knock some sense into her. she shook her head at him in disbelief, his hand dropping back to his side.

“see, i really want to believe you but the evidence isn’t really stacking up in support of your argument. if that was true, i probably wouldn’t be sat in my brother’s back garden throwing myself a pity party.”

“i think your brother might’ve had a part to play in this, if im honest y/n,” lando said, slipping up slightly. she paused at his words, before her head shot round to look at him again.

“what? what do you mean max has something do with the fact no one wants me?”

“it’s not that no one wants you, y/n,” he sighed at her again before giving in, realising he’d already said too much to stop now, “it’s just that max has a bad habit of… threatening anyone who even mentions you in that way?” he added, his tone making it sound like he wasn’t even sure himself.

“threatening them?” she repeated, anger beginning to bubble up in her stomach.

“he’s only actually hit 2 of them - hell even ive had a close call with his fist a few times,” lando laughed, before realising what he’d indirectly admitted to. luckily, neither of them had time to dwell on it before the man in question popped his head round the door.

“what are you two losers doing out here?” he joked, before sensing some tension being thrown his way, “whatever, we’re leaving in a minute if you wanna get ready?”

“no thanks,” y/n told him, pushing herself up and beginning to walk past him.

“huh?” max replied, confused.

“i said, no thanks. wouldn’t wanna risk you punching anyone who shows the slightest interest in me,” she added, arms crossed over her chest as she glared at him. she turned quickly on her heel, walking off, ignoring the group as she trailed up to the spare bedroom.

the two boys shared a look between them, lando’s face holding that of apology whilst max’s was gradually moving to infuriated.

“what did you tell her?” max asked him, jaw clenching slightly.

“i didn’t mean to,” lando replied, throwing his arms out slightly as he stood up, “i just thought she ought to know that the reason boys don’t go for her is not because she is completely unlovable.”

“she said that?” max asked, startled slightly at the comment, “she thought she was unlovable?”

lando said nothing, throwing a simple nod at him before brushing past him and making his way to the front door.

y/n laid in her bed, her mind racing through the conversation with lando, like a record on repeat. she’d heard the rest of them leave the house almost an hour ago, leaving her to lay with her own thoughts once more.

there was nothing wrong with her, max just threatened anyone who came too close to her.

max had punched 2 guys who had tried to get with her.

max had tried to punch lando - wait, why had he tried to punch lando?

the sound of the front door opening, then quickly shutting again drew her from her thoughts, a natural panic spreading through her veins.

“hello?” she called out, confused as to who could be walking in the house right now. there was no response for a moment, the sound of footsteps climbing the stairs filled the silence.

“it’s just me, baby,” a voice called out, the childhood nickname letting her know it was lando approaching her bedroom. the name used to be max and lando’s attempt to tease the girl, calling her a baby when she cried after dropping her ice cream. that was when she was 7, but 13 years later, the nickname still stuck. somewhere along the line, the name had turned from mimicking to a term of endearment, blurring the lines of their friendship every time he called out to her.

“oh thank god, i thought you were a murderer,” she joked, her breathing easing as his head poked around the door, eyes meeting hers.

“you thought i was a murderer and chose to shout ‘hello’? brave, or stupid?” lando joked back.

“never let them know your next move,” y/n replied with a shrug, before noticing the way one of lando’s hands remained hidden behind the door, “whatcha got there?” she asked him, the way one would ask a dog who had something they shouldn’t.

“depends, are you gonna be nice to me?” he shot back.

“me? im always nice to you, lan,” an innocent smile built on her face.

“tell that to the scar on my back.”

“tell the scar on your back to get over it, it was 10 years ago,” she snorted as he moved further into the door frame.

“no ice cream for you then,” lando replied, smirking at her as he shrugged.

“you got ice cream?” she asked, eyes widening at him.

“thought you might wanna watch a film and forget about tonight with a flurry.”

“gimme,” y/n said, making grabby hands that would’ve been embarrassing had she not already had the worst night of her life.

“nuh uh, not until you’re nice to m-”

“oh get over here you drama queen,” she groaned at him, patting the spot next to her on the bed. lando would never say no to her, giving in so easily as he climbed under the blanket, an arm falling naturally behind her head as he did.

he began fiddling with the tv remote, scrolling through netflix for something to watch. y/n leant further into his embrace, her head settling lightly on his chest as she looked up at him.

“lan - why didn’t you stay at the club?” she asked quietly, fighting the urge to fiddle with her fingers, nervous at the thought of insinuating that he’d want to spend his evening with her instead.

“clubs are only good when you’re drunk,” lando replied with a shrug, eyes still focused on the tv, “id rather just be the designated driver and still be able to get up for training in the morning.”

his eyes flitted down at her quickly, glad she’d returned her gaze to the screen as if he’d seen her wide eyes staring up at him, lando doubted he’d be able to control himself. what she’d revealed earlier still flew around his brain as he fought desperately to shake away any thoughts of taking her innocence, ruining her for anyone else. god, he felt like a creep.

the two fell into a comfortable silence, both of them appearing to focus on the film playing in front of them. lando’s hand remained tightly around her waist, his hand moving beneath her shirt slightly for his fingers to trace circles into her skin. her head remained on his chest, each breath taking in the lingering smell of his aftershave.

“lan?” she broke the silence again, looking up at him once again.

“yes, baby?” he replied, eyes never straying from the screen.

“what did you mean earlier when you said max had even tried to punch you?”

his head shot down to look at her, feeling himself crumble slightly as her eyes stared widely up at him, her tired voice drawing him further into the trap. he could lie, tell her it was a misunderstanding. or he could tell her the truth, and pray it didn’t destroy his entire friendship with the fewtrell siblings.

“when you told me i wasn’t unlovable earlier, you really meant…” she asked, filling in for his silence. she trailed off at the end of her sentence, unwilling to get her hopes up.

“yeah.. so about that,” he said, trying to regain his confidence. she hit at his chest lightly, pushing herself to sit up and look at his face clearer than ever.

“how long?” she asked him with unwavering eye contact.

“longer than i want to admit,” lando replied, smiling at her awkwardly, “and i understand if you don’t fe-”

“kiss me.”

“wha-”

“you heard me,” she told him before joining their lips apprehensively. it started off slow, both testing the waters before falling into a steady pace. his tongue swiped her bottom lip softly, deepening the kiss as his hand raised to hold her jaw. she stifled a moan, embarrassed at the way her body was reacting to the slightest touch.

“don’t get shy on me now, baby,” he told her, hands dropping to her waist, “come ‘ere.”

lando’s hands settled on her hips, fingers gripping at them slightly to guide her onto his lap. as she settled into the new position, he kissed her again, gentle in the way he pulled her in closer, his free hand disappearing under her shirt to draw circles into her skin once more. her hips instinctively rolled into his at the feeling, and he gripped at her skin harder, a small groan escaping his mouth.

“fuck, keep that up and i won’t be able to stop,” he warned her as she rolled her hips again. his head dropped to her jaw, pressing soft kisses along the skin.

“what if i don’t want this to stop?” she asked him, causing him to pause, looking up at her softly.

“are you sure?” he asking, checking her face for any sign of hesitancy. she nodded at him before speaking.

“there’s no one i trust more.”

with her reassurance, lando flipped the top of them over, trailing kisses down her neck as he hovered above her.

“we’ll go slow,” he told her as he pulled at her t-shirt, tugging the fabric up her torso, “wanted this for so long. gonna take my time with you,” he mumbled, pressing soft kisses to the skin of her stomach. her back arched into him slightly, helping him remove her top fully. y/n felt exposed, more so than usual. had it not been for lando’s large hands snaking up to grab at her breasts, she would’ve used her own to shield her nudity.

“so gorgeous,” he mumbled again, before dipping his head to take one of her nipples in his mouth, tongue flicking at it, his fingers tugged at the other. he pushed himself back up, re joining their lips in a sweet kiss.

“gonna make you feel good, alright?” he asked her, watching the way her head nodded at him, “yeah? need you to use your words from now on baby.”

“think you should take your top off now,” she told him, her confidence returning slightly, “seems a bit unfair,” she added, jokingly pointing at her own exposed chest.

“so it is,” he agreed, sitting back on his knees as his hands gripped the bottom of his own t-shirt, lifting it over his head. the material landed on the floor, but y/n couldn’t care less - she was much more focused on the way his muscles looked, a combination of his tan and the soft fairy lights illuminating his features in a way that had her stomach rolling for him.

“oi! my eyes are up here,” he joked, settling himself between her legs. lando’s hands trailed up the exposed skin of her thighs, dragging his fingers slowly. her hips jutted up slightly at the sensation, a satisfied smirking fighting its way onto lando’s face.

“this ok?” he asked her, hands toying with the waistband of her shorts.

“yeah,” she breathed out, anticipation beginning to get the better of her as he began pulling the material away from her heat.

“tell me to stop and i’ll stop,” lando told her, discarding her shorts with his top, before adjusting his gaze to her, “just relax f’me. breathe,” he added, noticing the way her chest had frozen, breath caught in her throat. a finger ran through her folds softly, her hips rolling slightly at the sudden feeling of his rough finger pad circling her clit. his movements stopped for a moment as he moved back up her body, kissing her softly as he gathered her slick along his fingers.

“so wet for me,” he told her, kissing at her jaw, “gonna get you ready for me, ok?”

“please, lan,” she begged, panting slightly as his fingers circled her heat again, pressing into her slightly. it’s not like she hadn’t done this before on herself, which was potentially her downfall the moment he pressed a finger into her, the stretch unexpected. lando’s face pressed into her neck, kissing a trail along the skin as he pumped his finger a few times. he could hear every noise she made for him so clearly, drawing him to push a second finger into her, feeling the way her walls clamped around him.

“im ready, lan, please just fuck me,” she begged him, panting in between her words. he could’ve passed out her words, blood rushing from his brain and straight to his cock. his body pushed back up, standing quickly to remove the rest of his clothes. her hands halted him as they reached out and grabbed at the waist band of his joggers, pulling them down slowly as the pressure of his cock strained against the tight material. he helped her remove them fully, her spare hand adding difficulty as she palmed him through his boxers.

“fuck, angel,” he groaned, careful not to overwhelm her as she pulled at his boxers, tugging them down as she had his joggers. however they soon established his noises were not as overwhelming as the size of his cock - her eyes widening as she came face to face with it, her finger running down the thick vein that travelled his length.

“like what you see?” he joked in attempt to ease her nerves.

“how-? is that gonna fit?” she stuttered, gaze travelling down to her stomach as if she were trying to size herself up.

“im sure we’ll make it work,” he replied, hand reaching to her chin, forcing her to look back up at him, “remember, we can stop whenever.”

she nodded at him, before reaching up, looping her arms around his neck to pull him into a kiss. he used the leverage to lay her back down, hovering over her once again as he rested on his forearm. without breaking the kiss, he reached down, guiding his cock through her folds a few times before settling the tip at her entrance.

“you sure?” lando checked again, searching her face for any last minute apprehension.

“are you sure?” she retorted, her smile illuminated by the moons glow, “can’t imagine fucking a virgin is high on your bucket list.”

“you’d be surprised,” he responded, mumbling slightly, his cock throbbed in his hand. he began lowering his hips, pushing into her slowly, low grunts falling from his lips as he disappeared further inside her.

“breathe baby, breathe for me,” he told her, feeling the way her body had tensed, her chest stilling as she inhaled deeply, “feel so good.”

lando waited a moment, watching the way her face softened, his necklace dangling dangerously around her lips. he started moving at a gentle pace, careful to listen to her responses.

“feels good,” she told him, eyes looking into his.

“yeah? ‘my the first person to make you feel good?” he asked, baiting her slightly.

“yes, fuck lan. only you.”

he close to lost it, his brain short circuiting at her words. he began to move faster in her, relishing in the way she moaned his name, her walls contracting around his cock. his hand reached between the two of them, fingers flicking at her clit before drawing pressured circles around her heat.

“faster, lan, please,” y/n begged him, her hand raising to tug at his curls.

“gonna ruin you for anyone else, angel,” he grunted, hips snapping into hers at a brutal pace, his eyes focused on the way her breasts moved in unison with his thrusts.

lando felt his high coming quicker than he could ever remember, feeling the way her grip on his bicep tightened and her breathing became more sporadic letting him know she was close too.

“you wanna cum with me?” he asked her, his tone soft whilst his pace remained rough, his fingers beginning to trace his own name on her clit. it gave him a sense of ownership over her, an invisible trace of him that would linger on her sensitivity forever - and she loved it, whining at the feeling of his skin on hers.

“please, fuck. wanna cum,” she told him, eyes shutting as her head rolled back. lando’s head dropped to her exposed neck, his teeth nipping at the skin before he titled his head further, mouth landing on the flesh of her breast. he’d quickly realised that leaving visible mark on his best friends little sister was potentially not the smartest idea, choosing to nip at the skin of her tit, mouth sucking the flesh into his lips as he did. his raised himself up again, admiring the way blood ran to the surface of her skin, only imagining the way she’d look when a bruise formed on the spot.

“only me?” he asked her, hand moving to grip her jaw, dark eyes locking with hers.

“only you,” she replied in a breathless moan.

“good girl,” he said, feeling the way her hips rolled up into his, heat running through her entire body as her climax washed over her. y/n shook around him lightly, her stomach spasming as she rode out her high, but lando couldn’t stop and admire the view. he pulled out quickly, feeling his own high rising in his cock, both of their eyes glued on the way his cock shot out ropes of cum that landed on her stomach.

“so….” she started, trying to fill the somewhat awkward tension in the room.

“we are so doing that again,” he said with a chuckle and he moved to locate his joggers on the floor.

“oh absolutely,” she replied, laughing with him as the fear of him leaving her washed away, though her eyebrow quirked up at him as he shuffled to the door.

“just grabbing a cloth. gotta get you cleaned up so we can finish the film,” he added with a smile.

minutes later, they were both sat back in the bed, her legs thrown over his lap as one hand grazed the skin of his back lightly, lando’s hand running up and down her thigh in a similar fashion. they sat in a comfortable silence, knowing that eventually they would need to discuss the future of this, the future of them, but for now lando relished in the way her hand continuously stroked at the same spot on his back. the same spot - he internally questioned.

“watcha doing?” he finally asked, curious to her supposed fixation on his left shoulder blade.

“apologising to the scar on your back?” she retorted, circling back to their earlier conversation.

“never apologise for anything ever again,” he mumbled into her hair, before pressing a kiss to the top of her head.

“what if i murdered your entire family?” she piped up.

“i support women’s rights and their wrongs.”

“preach.”

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[komaedalovemail]

komaedas have you tried straw.page?

(i hope you don't mind if i make a big ollllle webdev post off this!)

i have never tried straw.page but it looks similar to carrd and other WYSIWYG editors (which is unappealing to me, since i know html/css/js and want full control of the code. and can't hide secrets in code comments.....)

my 2 cents as a web designer is if you're looking to learn web design or host long-term web projects, WYSIWYG editors suck doodooass. you don't learn the basics of coding, someone else does it for you! however, if you're just looking to quickly host images, links to your other social medias, write text entries/blogposts, WYSIWYG can be nice.

toyhouse, tumblr, deviantart, a lot of sites implement WYSIWYG for their post editors as well, but then you can run into issues relying on their main site features for things like the search system, user profiles, comments, etc. but it can be nice to just login to your account and host your information in one place, especially on a platform that's geared towards that specific type of information. (toyhouse is a better example of this, since you have a lot of control of how your profile/character pages look, even without a premium account) carrd can be nice if you just want to say "here's where to find me on other sites," for example. but sometimes you want a full website!

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neocities hosting

currently, i host my website on neocities, but i would say the web2.0sphere has sucked some doodooass right now and i'm fiending for something better than it. it's a static web host, e.g. you can upload text, image, audio, and client-side (mostly javascript and css) files, and html pages. for the past few years, neocities' servers have gotten slower and slower and had total blackouts with no notices about why it's happening... and i'm realizing they host a lot of crypto sites that have crypto miners that eat up a ton of server resources. i don't think they're doing anything to limit bot or crypto mining activity and regular users are taking a hit.

↑ page 1 on neocitie's most viewed sites we find this site. this site has a crypto miner on it, just so i'm not making up claims without proof here. there is also a very populated #crypto tag on neocities (has porn in it tho so be warned...).

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dynamic/server-side web hosting

$5/mo for neocities premium seems cheap until you realize... The Beautiful World of Server-side Web Hosting!

client-side AKA static web hosting (neocities, geocities) means you can upload images, audio, video, and other files that do not interact with the server where the website is hosted, like html, css, and javascript. the user reading your webpage does not send any information to the server like a username, password, their favourite colour, etc. - any variables handled by scripts like javascript will be forgotten when the page is reloaded, since there's no way to save it to the web server. server-side AKA dynamic web hosting can utilize any script like php, ruby, python, or perl, and has an SQL database to store variables like the aforementioned that would have previously had nowhere to be stored.

there are many places in 2024 you can host a website for free, including: infinityfree (i use this for my test websites :B has tons of subdomains to choose from) [unlimited sites, 5gb/unlimited storage], googiehost [1 site, 1gb/1mb storage], freehostia [5 sites/1 database, 250mb storage], freehosting [1 site, 10gb/unlimited storage]

if you want more features like extra websites, more storage, a dedicated e-mail, PHP configuration, etc, you can look into paying a lil shmoney for web hosting: there's hostinger (this is my promocode so i get. shmoney. if you. um. 🗿🗿🗿) [$2.40-3.99+/mo, 100 sites/300 databases, 100gb storage, 25k visits/mo], a2hosting [$1.75-12.99+/mo, 1 site/5 databases, 10gb/1gb storage], and cloudways [$10-11+/mo, 25gb/1gb]. i'm seeing people say to stay away from godaddy and hostgator. before you purchase a plan, look up coupons, too! (i usually renew my plan ahead of time when hostinger runs good sales/coupons LOL)

here's a big webhost comparison chart from r/HostingHostel circa jan 2024.

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domain names

most of the free website hosts will give you a subdomain like yoursite.has-a-cool-website-69.org, and usually paid hosts expect you to bring your own domain name. i got my domain on namecheap (enticing registration prices, mid renewal prices), there's also porkbun, cloudflare, namesilo, and amazon route 53. don't use godaddy or squarespace. make sure you double check the promo price vs. the actual renewal price and don't get charged $120/mo when you thought it was $4/mo during a promo, certain TLDs (endings like .com, .org, .cool, etc) cost more and have a base price (.car costs $2,300?!?). look up coupons before you purchase these as well!

namecheap and porkbun offer something called "handshake domains," DO NOT BUY THESE. 🤣🤣🤣 they're usually cheaper and offer more appealing, hyper-specific endings like .iloveu, .8888, .catgirl, .dookie, .gethigh, .♥, .❣, and .✟. I WISH WE COULD HAVE THEM but they're literally unusable. in order to access a page using a handshake domain, you need to download a handshake resolver. every time the user connects to the site, they have to provide proof of work. aside from it being incredibly wasteful, you LITERALLY cannot just type in the URL and go to your own website, you need to download a handshake resolver, meaning everyday internet users cannot access your site.

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hosting a static site on a dynamic webhost

you can host a static (html/css/js only) website on a dynamic web server without having to learn PHP and SQL! if you're coming from somewhere like neocities, the only thing you need to do is configure your website's properties. your hosting service will probably have tutorials to follow for this, and possibly already did some steps for you. you need to point the nameserver to your domain, install an SSL certificate, and connect to your site using FTP for future uploads. FTP is a faster, alternative way to upload files to your website instead of your webhost's file upload system; programs like WinSCP or FileZilla can upload using FTP for you.

if you wanna learn PHP and SQL and really get into webdev, i wrote a forum post at Mysidia Adoptables here, tho it's sorted geared at the mysidia script library itself (Mysidia Adoptables is a free virtual pet site script, tiny community. go check it out!)

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file storage & backups

a problem i have run into a lot in my past like, 20 years of internet usage (/OLD) is that a site that is free, has a small community, and maybe sounds too good/cheap to be true, has a higher chance of going under. sometimes this happens to bigger sites like tinypic, photobucket, and imageshack, but for every site like that, there's like a million of baby sites that died with people's files. host your files/websites on a well-known site, or at least back it up and expect it to go under!

i used to host my images on something called "imgjoe" during the tinypic/imageshack era, it lasted about 3 years, and i lost everything hosted on there. more recently, komaedalovemail had its webpages hosted here on tumblr, and tumblr changed its UI so custom pages don't allow javascript, which prevented any new pages from being edited/added. another test site i made a couple years ago on hostinger's site called 000webhost went under/became a part of hostinger's paid-only plans, so i had to look very quickly for a new host or i'd lose my test site.

if you're broke like me, looking into physical file storage can be expensive. anything related to computers has gone through baaaaad inflation due to crypto, which again, I Freaquing Hate, and is killing mother nature. STOP MINING CRYPTO this is gonna be you in 1 year

...um i digress. ANYWAYS, you can archive your websites, which'll save your static assets on The Internet Archive (which could use your lovely donations right now btw), and/or archive.today (also taking donations). having a webhost service with lots of storage and automatic backups can be nice if you're worried about file loss or corruption, or just don't have enough storage on your computer at home!

if you're buying physical storage, be it hard drive, solid state drive, USB stick, whatever... get an actual brand like Western Digital or Seagate and don't fall for those cheap ones on Amazon that claim to have 8,000GB for $40 or you're going to spend 13 days in windows command prompt trying to repair the disk and thenthe power is gong to go out in your shit ass neighvborhood and you have to run it tagain and then Windows 10 tryes to update and itresets the /chkdsk agin while you're awayfrom town nad you're goig to start crytypting and kts just hnot going tot br the same aever agai nikt jus not ggiog to be the saeme

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further webhosting options

there are other Advanced options when it comes to web hosting. for example, you can physically own and run your own webserver, e.g. with a computer or a raspberry pi. r/selfhosted might be a good place if you're looking into that!

if you know or are learning PHP, SQL, and other server-side languages, you can host a webserver on your computer using something like XAMPP (Apache, MariaDB, PHP, & Perl) with minimal storage space (the latest version takes up a little under 1gb on my computer rn). then, you can test your website without needing an internet connection or worrying about finding a hosting plan that can support your project until you've set everything up!

there's also many PHP frameworks which can be useful for beginners and wizards of the web alike. WordPress is one which you're no doubt familiar with for creating blog posts, and Bluehost is a decent hosting service tailored to WordPress specifically. there's full frameworks like Laravel, CakePHP, and Slim, which will usually handle security, user authentication, web routing, and database interactions that you can build off of. Laravel in particular is noob-friendly imo, and is used by a large populace, and it has many tutorials, example sites built with it, and specific app frameworks.

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addendum: storing sensitive data

if you decide to host a server-side website, you'll most likely have a login/out functionality (user authentication), and have to store things like usernames, passwords, and e-mails. PLEASE don't launch your website until you're sure your site security is up to snuff!

when trying to check if your data is hackable... It's time to get into the Mind of a Hacker. OWASP has some good cheat sheets that list some of the bigger security concerns and how to mitigate them as a site owner, and you can look up filtered security issues on the Exploit Database.

this is kind of its own topic if you're coding a PHP website from scratch; most frameworks securely store sensitive data for you already. if you're writing your own PHP framework, refer to php.net's security articles and this guide on writing an .htaccess file.

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but. i be on that phone... :(

ok one thing i see about straw.page that seems nice is that it advertises the ability to make webpages from your phone. WYSIWYG editors in general are more capable of this. i only started looking into this yesterday, but there ARE source code editor apps for mobile devices! if you have a webhosting plan, you can download/upload assets/code from your phone and whatnot and code on the go. i downloaded Runecode for iphone. it might suck ass to keep typing those brackets.... we'll see..... but sometimes you're stuck in the car and you're like damn i wanna code my site GRRRR I WANNA CODE MY SITE!!!

↑ code written in Runecode, then uploaded to Hostinger. Runecode didn't tell me i forgot a semicolon but Hostinger did... i guess you can code from your webhost's file uploader on mobile but i don't trust them since they tend not to autosave or prompt you before closing, and if the wifi dies idk what happens to your code.

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ANYWAYS! HAPPY WEBSITE BUILDING~! HOPE THIS HELPS~!~!~!

-Mod 12 @eeyes

[felassan]

Steam Sale - along with Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the other Dragon Age games and the Mass Effect games are currently on sale. [source: Steam, via, via 2]

Dragon Age: Inquisition - 85% off - £5.24

Dragon Age II Ultimate Edition - 85% off - £3.74

Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition - 85% off - £3.74

Mass Effect Legendary Edition - 92% off - £3.99

Mass Effect: Andromeda Deluxe Edition - 90% off - £3.49

Mass Effect 3 - 84% off - £3.99

Mass Effect 2 - 84% off - £3.99

Mass Effect 1 - 84% off - £3.99

[allpiesforourown]

Restaurant: that'll be $45 for the most unappetizing meal you'll ever have in your life. 20% obligatory tip included in your bill btw. Force yourself to eat half of it because you don't want to admit you got ripped off

Asian grocery store deli: yeah $3.99 for the best thing you've ever eaten. 2 bucks after 5pm

[doctorofmagic]

Upcoming confirmed appearances: April solicitations + next books

We're eating good!!

Doctor Strange of Asgard #2 (of 5)

Derek Landy (W) • Carlos Magno (A) • COVER BY GEOFF SHAW

VARIANT COVER BY GODTAIL • VARIANT COVER BY DAN PANOSIAN

MARVEL UNIVERSE CONNECTING VARIANT COVER D BY CHRIS GIARRUSSO

MARVEL UNIVERSE CONNECTING BLUE LINE SKETCH VARIANT COVER D BY CHRIS GIARRUSSO

• Doctor Strange went to Asgard to become its Sorcerer Supreme. But now he’s covering up a murder – one that Thor would be furious to hear about. And as if that isn’t enough, it turns out Asgardian landlords also charge rent.

• Strange will have to find a killer – and a job – while gaining mastery over Asgardian magic, dodging Thor’s mounting suspicions and evading mysterious assassins. Maybe moving to the Land of the Gods wasn’t such a good idea…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 - 10th Anniversary Special

BRANDON MONTCLARE & JUSTINA IRELAND (W) • NATACHA BUSTOS & LUCA CLARETTI (A)

Cover by NICK BRADSHAW • Variant Cover by NATACHA BUSTOS

VARIANT COVER BY Anand Ramcheron

HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY, LUNELLA!

• It’s a birthday celebration a decade in the making, and the whole MARVEL UNIVERSE is invited!

• But MOON GIRL is bringing her own agenda to the party – what could her secret plans be?

• The mischievous IMPOSSIBLE MAN threatens to upend the festivities – unless LUNELLA can rally her guests the way only the SMARTEST PERSON IN THE MARVEL U can!

• PLUS: Who is DEVIL GIRL AND MOON DINO?!

32 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T …$4.99

Hulk & Dr. Strange #1 (one-shot)

Coming next May!

BONUS

Incredible Hulk #24

PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON (W) • NIC KLEIN (A/C) • VARIANT COVER BY TBA

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM VARIANT COVER BY BENGUS

MARVEL UNIVERSE CONNECTING VARIANT COVER E BY CHRIS GIARRUSSO

MARVEL UNIVERSE CONNECTING BLUE LINE SKETCH VARIANT COVER E BY CHRIS GIARRUSSO

VARIANT COVER BY DOALY

MUSCLE VS. MAGIC!

The newly returned Bruce Banner leads Charlie to New York City to seek an audience with DOCTOR STRANGE…but are met instead by someone they don’t expect! When a magic rite goes horribly wrong, can Banner put aside his terror of Hulk…and will Hulk put aside his hatred of Banner in order to save them? Leads straight into Incredible Hulk #25, featuring a fan-requested “Hulk Vs.” rematch for the ages!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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There's also a mention in Kid Juggernaut's reprint series but (SPOILER) that's not the real Stephen so I'm skipping this one.

[snek-of-eden]

shite we're living by in 2025:

do not make Decisions on period. simply lock in and revisit important decisions in 2-4 business days. do NOT send that text, do NOT crash out about what subway order you're going to get (meatball sub with olives and bbq sauce fyi)

no overthinky-overthinky. your friends do not hate you for making a Small social blunder and you must be at peace with the mediocrity of humility and the fact that it doesn't define your worth

when on verge of crash out, drink water and treat self kindly. then drink more water because one (1) glass is not enough

that other person you were having a conversation with does not care that you said Weird Words by accident. people who are average nice friends with you do not spend their precious time nitpicking your psyche

jojo siwa is not the enemy, no hating on young person simply because young person is Cringe and does not have fully developed prefrontal cortex yet

give no shits about what someone is doing if it is fulfilling their silly whimsy tendencies and is not impacting someone else negatively. people living authentically is cause for celebration, not bias

do NOT shave arm hair again. may be nice and smooth like dolphin but unfortunately you will have Bald Arms

deep clean of Bathroom will solve 29% of problems

men are not disgusting and it's very mean to say they all are. men have feelings and do nice things and are beautiful yay

also women they are awesome and funky. treat women well

if overthinking Decision, touch grass and shower before Verdict for best outcome.

say Yes to fun sounding thing, follow through with fun sounding thing, be too busy to be anxious about Said Thing

you do NOT need a donut box from the mall. mall donut box will sit in office fridge for 2 weeks collecting guilt and the tears of innocent children before you finally throw it out and realise you've wasted $3.99

gender is fake??? woa no gender just vibes. you do not even need to think of gender if you don't wanna

make friends with people who do not mind basic bodily functions functioning. if you need to go piss then go piss girl this is normal and usual human behaviour

do not forget portable charger, life will go on but you will have no portable charger and this is Bad

the hyperfixation will come when the hyperfixation comes

changing duvet cover and fitted sheets at midnight is equivalent to being a peasant dying from plague whilst receiving backshots. do not attempt un-caffeinated without hardcore allergy medication

words are wonderful, especially when they make people smile

stay whimsy, hoes

[scienceninjaturtle]

BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #5

Written by MARK WAID and CHRIS SAMNEE

Art and cover by CHRIS SAMNEE

Variant covers by YANICK PAQUETTE and BRUNO REDONDO

1:25 variant cover by JACOB EDGAR

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US

ON SALE 2/19/25

A lead from Gordon provides Batman an opportunity to chase down one of the General’s assets, but the best way to get close to them is not as Batman but as Bruce Wayne.

But with Bruce off on his own, Dick is left stuck at Wayne Manor. What’s a boy wonder to do when no one’s watching…?

[gorogues]

Spoilers for comics in July 2025!

You can see the solicitations in full at Adventures In Poor Taste.

It's an intensely busy month with lots of Rogues.

THE FLASH #23 Written by SIMON SPURRIER Art by VASCO GEORGIEV Cover by DAVIDE PARATORE Variant covers by SERG ACUÑA and TRAVIS MERCER $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 7/30/25 BAD MOON RISING, PART 4! As the war rages on the Moon, Jai West and one of the temp Flashes enter Eclipso’s new form in an attempt to stop the total blackout of the Sun! Also, Wally’s glitching issues have returned, but this time, they may hold the key to turning the tide of the battle…

Based on the cover, it seems that the Rogues involved in this arc are the typical lineup we've been seeing since Flashpoint.

THE FLASH: BAD MOON RISING SPECIAL #1 Written by ALEX PAKNADEL Art and cover by DANIEL BAYLISS $5.99 US | 48 pages ON SALE 7/23/30 “Bad Moon Rising” rages on as the focus turns to the Rogues’ role as Eclipso’s generals and to a surprising new ally!

Yay, Shade! Guessing he's probably the ally.

ABSOLUTE FLASH #5 Written by JEFF LEMIRE Art by A.L. KAPLAN Cover by NICK ROBLES Variant covers by HAINING and CLAYTON CRAIN 1:25 variant cover by NIMIT MALAVIA 1:50 variant cover by HAINING $4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 7/16/25 Wally’s going to need to learn to handle the heat as he faces down the monstrous Heat Wave! Can he evade his fiery grasp, or will the young speedster be burned to a crisp?!

So it seems that's not Tar Pit, it's Mick -- unless Mick is actually Tar Pit in the Absolute universe. And obviously a terrible fate really has befallen him :(

JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. GODZILLA VS. KONG 2 #2 Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO Art and cover by CHRISTIAN DUCE Variant covers by YASMINE PUTRI, ALAN QUAH, STEPHEN SEGOVIA, and LUCAS MEYER 1:25 variant cover by KEVIN MAGUIRE $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 7/2/25 In the aftermath of the shocking ending of the last issue, Task Force X must re-evaluate their mission in Hollow Earth as they explore an unknown world. Meanwhile the Justice League comes face-to-face again with Kong—but it’s not the reunion they are expecting!

Digger and Len are in this, as per the covers.

Next is the kids' book we heard about last year.

KID FLASH: GOING ROGUE Written by STEVE FOXE Art and cover by JERRY GAYLORD $12.99 US | 144 pages | 5 1/2″ x 8″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-229-6 ON SALE 10/7/25 Kid Flash and his uncle, Barry Allen, a.k.a. the Flash, team up to teach a teenage group of rogues—Golden Glider, Pied Piper, Trickster, and the Top—an important lesson. But is Kid Flash the one who has the most to learn? From the writer behind the Scholastic Spider-Ham trilogy, Steve Foxe, with dynamic and action-packed art by Jerry Gaylord (X-Men ’97), comes a story about a ragtag group of kids who must work together or be doomed to life as the “bad kids.”

THE FLASH BY JOSHUA WILLIAMSON OMNIBUS VOL. 2 Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON Art by HOWARD PORTER, SCOTT KOLINS, CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO, and more $125 US | 936 pages | 7 1/16″ x 10 7/8″ | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-246-3 ON SALE 9/23/25 New York Times bestselling author Joshua Williamson’s long-running (no pun intended) tenure on The Flash continues in this second volume collecting storylines including “A Cold Day in Hell,” “Perfect Storm,” and “Flash War,” which pits two of DC’s greatest speedsters against each other! When Wally West discovers that Barry has hidden aspects of his former life from him, he is convinced that the only way to save his family is to break them free from the Speed Force. Volume two of this omnibus series collects The Flash #36-69, The Flash Annual #1-2, and Batman #64-65.

[fuck-customers]

This situation truly felt like the closest I've ever gotten to reenacting the L vs. Light from Death Note battle lmaoo I kept my cool and plausible deniability, but I was dying laughing internally.

(I think I've won the battle, btw. I'll have to wait and see. There's more to this war, though)

So, for background (and I've complained about this on this blog several times...sorry) my moron boss refuses to put price tags/signs on the products in the store, especially at the register. Considering I work in a retail store...this is obviously a problem. So I've made several attempts to get products priced, in varying degrees of extremity.

1. I made handmade signs/tags out of receipt paper/scratch paper and put them on the products around the register. (Candy, toys etc.) Braindead manager took them down.

2. All but 4 of the shopping carts at work are broken, but customers are stupid and still try to drag them halfway through the store and then abandon them or somehow blame me personally for them being broken. So I put signs on the broken ones and blocked them off. Dumbshit managers keep unblocking them and then customers try and fail to use them and abandon them throughout the store, rinse and repeat daily.

3. I then got the idea to go over my manager's head, but without having it fall back on me. Write to corporate. I originally started snatching receipts to leave negative reviews on the store survey, but that seemed to be a dead end, as the SM and DM are the ones who are supposed to read the surveys, but appear not to, as not a single thing was fixed in over 6 months of "customers" complaining weekly. (Usually at least 1 every 2-4 days)

4. I found a clearance price gun and tagged everything with it, even if it wasn't clearance. One way or another, it had a price on it, right? Of course the braindead moron took them off.

5. I then found actual price tags that were technically for different products, but had the same prices as our current candy, so I tagged the items with that. (For example, we'd have a tag for chocolate that we no longer carry that was $3.99 and we have some current chips on the shelf that are $3.99, so I'd just put the old tag for the current candy, since all customers need is the dollar amount and blacked out the old product description) These lasted longer than the previous attempts, but were ultimately taken down, but this is (hopefully) the turning point.

6. Just to really make sure something would change, a month or so after reusing old price tags, I (simultaneously, while also putting up old tags) made several fake emails posing as disgruntled customers and emailed corporate complaining about the lack of prices and the broken carts (among other things) at my specific location. (I did not name any specific employees or throw anyone under the bus. I just complained about the appearance of the store and any mention of employees was simply left at "the cashier" "the manager" etc. with no personally identifying info) I did this on the feedback section of the company website as well.

This all came to a head today when the braindead's mini-me (the ASM) pulled me aside before I clocked in today to basically call me out. She said that she knew that I was the one who put the handmade tags and also put "broken" signs on the broken carts and blocked them off. I, of course pretended not to know about it, because I'm not THAT stupid. But I'm not in trouble, because she has no real proof. (It was very much "I know that she knows and she knows that I know she knows lol) Anyway, she says (and we'll see about this) that new carts have been ordered and are on their way and also that she had to go around and undo all the tags (oh boohoo, she had to do her job, poor her) and will be putting real, correct tags on the products.

We'll see. In the meantime, "customers" are still going to leave bad reviews and contact corporate until changes are actually made for real. There are still other issues that need to be fixed, but are not as important as the lack of price tags and carts. (Such as the lack of price checkers, the shit radio music, the lack of employees, the dysfunctional inventory system, the bare shelves, the disorganized store, etc.)

Posted by admin Rodney

[ufonaut]

JSA (2024) #2

Written by JEFF LEMIRE Art by DIEGO OLORTEGUI Cover by CULLY HAMNER Variant covers by JEFF LEMIRE and LEANDRO FERNÁNDEZ $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 12/4/24

Flash back to the events leading into the previous issue as the JSA investigates a break-in at the observatory of Ted Knight, the original Starman. How was the JSA separated, and where is the Tower of Fate? What caused the rift between Jade and Obsidian after the disappearance of their father, Green Lantern Alan Scott? And what is the Injustice Society of America plotting?

[lifedoesntdiscriminate]

wanna buy anything from the meat sale (curiosity of sara)

$3.99 choice reserve beef top round roast

3/$5 thick cut chops

$2.99 bacon

$1.98 whole boneless pork loin

$3.99 fresh ground chuck

10/$10 our special recipe patties

$2.99 100% natural loin back ribs

$3.99 value shaved ham

2/$5 marinated breast

$2.99 black label bacon

$1.49 OLIPOP: A NEW KIND OF SODA THAT SUPPORTS DIGESTIVE HEALTH

(shaved ham annon)

????

[felassan]

Steam Autumn Sale, now til December 4th at 10am Pacific

Mass Effect Legendary Edition - £3.99 - 92% off

Mass Effect: Andromeda - £4.19 - 88% off

Mass Effect 1 - £3.99 - 84% off

Mass Effect 2 - £3.99 - 84% off

Mass Effect 3 - £3.99 - 84% off

[source: Steam]

[andreal831]

Scenepack Links for TVDU

As many of you know, I'm deleting all of my Meta accounts. But I will keep my Mega links up so you can still download the links to my scenepacks. I'll also keep them here so you can find them if you lose the link.

Let me know if you have problems with any of them!

Haylijah:

Episodes 1x01 - 1x10 Scenes Link || 1 file || 31:22 || 14.28 GB Episodes 1x11 - 1x22 Scenes Link || 1 file || 43:11 || 19.67 GB Episodes 2x01 - 2x09 Scenes Link || 1 file || 15:03 || 3.71 GB Episodes 2x09 - 2x22 Scenes Link || 1 file || 19:17 || 4.75 GB Episodes 3x01 - 3x11 Scenes Link || 1 file || 20:10 || 4.96 GB Episodes 3x12 - 3x22 Scenes Link || 1 file || 19:33 || 4.81 GB Elijah Mourning Hayley Scenes Link || 1 file || 11:15 || 5.12 GB  Miscellaneous Haylijah Scenes Link || 1 file || 10:26 || 3.99 GB

Elijah Mikaelson:

Elijah Mikaelson Season 1 Scenes Link || 1 file | 4:05 | 1.5 GB Elijah Mikaelson Season 2 Scenes Link || 1 file || 55:05 || 13.55 GB Iconic Elijah Moments All Scenes Link || 1 file || 9:44 || 2.39 GB Elijah Mikaelson Red Door Scenes Link || 3 files | 41:59 | 15.12 GB Domestic Elijah Mikaelson Scenes Link || 1 file || 1:45 || 807 MB  Elijah on Piano Scenes Link || 1 file || 3:55 || 1.78 GB Elijah Mikaelson Gym Attire Link || 1 file || 1:11 || 545 MB Elijah's Vampire Face Scenes Link || 1 file || 0:22 || 161.3 MB "Says the man in the $5,000 suit" Link || 1 file || 1:20 || 340.2 MB

Mikaelson Family:

Elijah & Rebekah: All Scenes Link || 7 files || 66.09 || 30.08 GB Elijah & Hope: All Scenes Link || 2 files || 23:35 || 10.63 GB Elijah & Marcel: All Scenes Link || 6 files || 1:52:00 || 27.53 GB  Mikaelson Crashout All Scenes Link || 1 file || 3:08 || 342.3 MB "You look like father." Link || 1 file || 1:00 || 255.6 MB

Flashbacks:

All Rebekah Mikaelson scenes in 1919 Link || 1 file || 7:04 || 2.72 GB Mikaelsons 980 - 1001 All Scenes Link || 3 files || 24:36 || 8.85 GB Dahlia 970 - 15th Century Scenes Link || 1 file || 13:44 || 3.38 GB

Misc.:

Fleur-de-Lis Sanatorium (1x14) Link || 1 file || 21:30 || 9.80 GB  Cami's Compulsion Season 1 Link || 1 file || 18:09 || 6.71 GB Céleste Dubois (Raney Branch) Link || 1 file || 4:19 || 1.96 GB New Orleans Aesthetic Scenes Link || 1 file || 3:32 || 1.61 GB

[horsegirlz]

Winter sales on horse games! ⛄💸🐎

Steam's winter sale runs until Jan 2nd. EA's winter sale runs until Jan 11th.

Top picks:

🏆 Rival Stars Horse Racing - Desktop Edition, $23.99 (-40%) 🏆 The Ranch of Rivershine, $23.99 (-20%)

Recommended based on community & mods:

🛠️ Red Dead Redemption 2, $19.79 (-67%) 🛠️ Red Dead Online, $9.99 (-50%) (RDO is included in RDR2) 🛠️ The Sims 4 - Horse Ranch Expansion Pack, $15.99 (-60%) (Same price on Steam here. The TS4 basegame is free.) 🛠️ The Sims 3 - Pets Expansion Pack, $9.99 (-50%) (Same price on Steam here. TS3 basegame is $19.99 on EA or here on Steam, and not currently discounted.)

More games: My First Horse: Adventures on Seahorse Island, $7.99 (-50%) My Horse: Bonded Spirits, $9.79 (-51%) Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch, $7.79 (-74%) Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered, $17.49 (-30%) Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship, $7.49 (-50%) Windstorm: An Unexpected Arrival, $7.49 (-50%) Horse Club Adventures, $13.49 (-10%) Horse Club Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories, $13.49 (-10%) Bibi & Tina - Adventures with Horses, $3.99 (-80%) Bibi & Tina - New adventures with horses, $3.59 (-80%) House Flipper: Farm DLC, $8.24 (-45%) (House Flipper basegame is on sale for $2.49, -90%.) Animal Shelter: Horse Shelter DLC, $3.11 (-61%) (Animal Shelter basegame is on sale for $7.39, -63%)

There are more horse games on Steam that you can find by searching "horse". Feel free to reblog this post with your recommendations of discounted horse games!