#A Clue in The Crumbs

[jolieeason]

August 2023 Wrap-Up

Here is what I read/posted/bought in August. As always, let me know if you have read any of these books and (if you did) what you thought of them. Books I Read: Books I got from NetGalley: Books I got from Authors/Indie Publishers: Giveaway Winners Ignite the Magic by Donna Grant Books Reviewed: The Shadow Girls by Alice Blanchard—review here (3 stars) Ride for Glory by Ann Hunter—review…

[dykegirlfriend]

people who still hate Joe Alwyn need to get a life asap

[saturday-byte]

Hello

[x] [x]

HELLO ?

First of all why did he do that. Second of all omg omg omg

Rushed doodles but this is doing things to my robot anatomy obsessed brain . UEUWGSYYWS

This implies things about his faceplate (to me. Who is insane today I am genuinely. Not well in the head)

I NEED HIM DEAD

[basslinegrave]

didnt know what to draw so i put too much effort into something from my sam and max escape room au story that was eating my brain

[petals-and-ink]

Oh Vanilla Orchid, your eyes betray your very smile

What are you if not a serene being?

Are you truthly who you appear to be?

Or are you just a being sinking into it's own regret and shame, unknowingly dooming itself to a constant pain lurking just around the corner?

Do I you shield my your soul away, wishing for it all to leave my your mind someday?

Or is it a self inflicted punishment against what I you abandoned?

Is this truthly how I you wish to live?

Should I you speak up and tell the truth I you claim to be oh so important?

No

How could I risk loosing and hurting the ones I care for the most again?

After my failure, what would it do? How would it even turn out?

I can't live another tragedy, I can't fail everyone all over again, what would the two even feel if they were here?

Gods, they would be so devastated..

I must keep this to myself, it would be only fair wouldn't it? No one will get hurt if I keep quiet for now, after all.

I'm guilty of not reaching them in time, and this is my price to pay.

[citrus-soda]

oil pastels for the best brothers

[hulloitsdani]

My other summoners headcannons are starting to break containment.

[lightningbig]

the most wonderful time of the year, huh?

hello, take some rambling for a pissa christmas not-fic under the cut! hope u enjoy the sillies, happy holidays friends <<33

very much inspired by the classic cheesy hallmark holiday movie vibe except based in qsmp bc i started getting carried away with making a modern au and it very quickly Overwhelmed Me. so, we’re on the server, and there are stupid amounts of mistletoe about. as one does for the holidays. it very quickly becomes a game - everyone is hyper aware of where the mistletoe is, not because they’re trying to avoid it but because they’re all VIGILANT about calling out people getting stuck under them together. prime heckling hours, can’t let the pair (or group) away without a kiss, come on, everyone knows the rules. 

so cue Incident One. it happens either just at spawn in a crowded group, or maybe at a holiday party that gets thrown with everyone around. phil’s been pretty good at staying out of the shenanigans, mostly just egging things on from the sidelines. so maybe he lets his guard down a little and isn’t paying attention to his surroundings. and maybe he ends up next to missa under an overhang, with some sneaky mistletoe above them. it gets pointed out and their friends delightfully rib them about it, making it clear they won’t stop until A Kiss Happens. phil is… maybe panicking a little bit internally. they still haven’t had the feelings conversation. he hasn’t had a feelings conversation with himself - philza minecraft, repression king, is maybe being forced to realize some things Very Quickly. when he looks over, missa is blushing, the flush of his face visible under his mask. and the thing is… yeah okay phil’s nervous. that’s undeniable. but also… that’s his husband. he looks at missa and all he ever feels is an overwhelming love, a warmth in his chest that burns steady and safe. and so when missa smiles and leans down, phil’s stomach swoops in excitement. 

but missa just smacks two over exaggerated, silly kisses over each of his cheeks. grins while the rest of their friends laugh and let them off the hook. the moment passes and they all move on and missa doesn’t mention it again and phil tries to crush the disappointment he feels like a pit in his chest. he feels silly about it - of course missa didn’t kiss him. why would he? that’s not what they do. he should’ve known better than to get his hopes up!! he’s usually so good about locking that shit down, and for this very reason!!!  

on the other side of the group/party, chayanne is clawing at the walls. absolutely despairing. desperately looking to tallulah like, ‘are you seeing this shit???’ because now he has someone ELSE to agonize over this with. his silly, oblivious parents and their awful pining. at this point he’s ready to sabotage the bunker doors and just lock the two of them in the hatch together. it’s that bad. tallulah, recognizing the direness of the situation, helps him hatch (ha) a plan, dubbed operation ‘lovebirds’. since they are the two sneakiest eggs in the whole WORLD (real and true) they make/find/steal a silly amount of mistletoe themselves and hide it in their backpacks to bring back home. 

when the party winds down, or the conversation ends, and they all go back to the wall, the two of them wrangle missa and phil into a task together. distract the two of them so they aren't paying attention while chay and lullah are SUPPOSEDLY getting ready for bed... but are really running around the house and putting up more mistletoe. everywhere they feasibly can, everywhere they can reach, anywhere they think their parents are gonna walk together and be able to see it. cue very silly montage of them hoisting each other up to reach the ceiling, climbing on top of the storage chests, etc etc. phil and missa are none the wiser. 

the kitchen ends up being the spot, maybe. missa offering to make something, or phil putting on tea, the two of them just staying up a little later after putting the kids to bed. and maybe they're sitting across from each other at their little table and maybe phil looks up and catches the sprig hanging off of the light over them and maybe he buries his face in his hands, "oh my god, those little shits" and maybe missa laughs but its so warm and his hands are gentle, coming up to tug at phils wrists. and he asks, "a kiss, right?" and phil is staring staring staring, lost in it, in the warm points of contact, and he just nods a little. can't make himself speak. and missa leans in and kisses him, soft and sure, and phil doesn't hesitate to pull him in farther, kissing him so soundly.

and if they hear twin little cheers in the next room, well. they can't get in trouble for staying up late, it's christmas. chayanne, exasperated, laying himself face down in the moss because "FINALLY!" and tallulah is giggling and when phil and missa come back in. phil sweeps her into his arms and it only makes her laugh harder.

he can barely even pretend to be angry, he's still smiling so hard his face hurts, but he tries anyway. classic, "YOU! and what did you guys think you were doing, huh? think you're sooo funny?" but they're all laughing, silly, and the four of them end up in the kitchen together staying up late for hot chocolate and cookies, maybe. chayanne at the stove making something sweet, missa helping him. phil is watching with such a lovestruck look and tallulah doesn't even have to try hard to tease him about it, but she's happy seeing her papa happy. having their little family whole, just for a little while. 

basically just some silly fluff for the holidays c: as you can tell i am a sucker for ‘thinks their feelings are unrequited but they’re just oblivious’, it is indeed one of my favorite tropes in the world. qphil and qmissa two sides of the same coin. both of them standing under the mistletoe sweating bullets nervous as fuck. they are Fools and i love them dearly.

[ssruis]

I want tsk to have a lead role again because it feels like it’s been forever since then… but I have to remember it’s just been like. One rotation. & the only time he was considered for the lead and he didn’t get it was PFS. I know he is NOT getting the lead in nene5 (or rui5 if they’re still gonna be at the opera). Tsukasa6 let him be the lead again or he’ll be sad and I’ll actually feel bad for him.

[pochapal]

"kanon was the only one who could have given us reliable information about the culprit" hard cut to chapter 14 where every other line was THIS IS AN ILLUSORY FANTASY, EVERYTHING YOU ARE SEEING IS A TOTAL EMBELLISHMENT OF THE FACTS

[jolieeason]

A Clue in the Crumbs (Key West Food Critic Mystery: Book 13) by Lucy Burdette

Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Date of Publication: August 8th, 2023 Genre: Cozy Mystery, Mystery Series: Key West Food Critic Mystery An Appetite for Murder—Book 1 Death in Four Courses—Book 2 Topped Chef—Book 3 Murder with Ganache—Book 4 Death With All the Trimmings—Book 5 Fatal Reservations—Book 6 Killer Takeout—Book 7 Death on the Menu—Book 8 A Deadly Feast—Book 9 The Key Lime…

[incorrectskyrimquotes]

Northern Dawn Chapter 1 Spoilers Without Context:

lokir backstory that should be canon todd call me

ralof tells his future wife to jump off a building

and she does

hadvar: "this is fine" (everything is on fire around him)

the only guy the empire managed to actually execute that day has a name now

some pretty heavy handed foreshadowing tbh but if you absolutely hate heavy handed writing i might not be the author for you im alllllll about fake deep bullshit (thats why i get blood out of stone with my skyrim analysis)

[saturday-byte]

Did u kno he trasgener .....

[inthewychelm]

(the fic idea where eddie is dustins older brother and doesn't realize who steve is until he meets him)

He started jogging towards the door as soon as he heard the car pull up. His plan was to meet the kid on the way out and jump into his van. Instead he ran into someone as he stepped out the front door. 

“Shit--sorry, kid.” Eddie gripped the guitar case closer to his chest, hoping he didn’t knock him in the head. He heard a deeper chuckle than he expected, suddenly large hands were entering his vision presumably to steady him. Eddie jerked his head up and froze at the sight. Steve Harrington stood in front of him, smiling bashfully.

“It’s fine, Eddie.” Eddie could see the slight flush on Steve’s cheeks under the porch light. Steve shuffled on his feet, awkwardly putting his hands in his coat. The motion encouraged Eddie to check him out, marveling at the tight jeans that haunted Eddie’s daydreams. Harrington certainly had gotten better at dressing himself since high school. 

“Are you going to let him in, Eddie?” Dustin shouted from the couch, which was so not far enough to yell. But it jolted Eddie out of ogling Harrington. Eddie saw his eyes light up at the sound of his brother’s voice then Steve was moving to lean through the door frame. Eddie was still taking up the space in the doorway, so the action made him lean close to Eddie. 

“S’up, Henderson.” Steve pushed his head in the gap. Eddie went cross eyed staring at the freckled cheek inches away from his face. 

Their greeting was slowly confirming that Harrington was indeed the friend Eddie was waiting to arrive so he dazedly stumbled through farewells. He traded places in the house with Steve and bolted. The fact that cool, badass, older friend that his brother possibly had a crush on was actually Steve “The Hair” Harrington only sunk in as he pulled up to Jeff’s garage. He accidentally honked the horn in alarm. The world had turned upside down. 

[video-recipes]

Courgette & butterbean bowl

Sophsplantkitchen on tiktok

INGREDIENTS

2 × large courgettes, cut in half and then into wonky triangles

8-10 cloves garlic

5 tbsp good quality extra virgin olive oil

Salt and pepper

2 × 400g tins of pre cooked organic butterbeans + their stock (the water in the can)

For the cashew cream, blend:

1 cup of soaked cashews or sunflower seeds

3 tbsp nooch

Juice of one lemon

1/2 tsp salt

Ground black pepper

2 garlic cloves

Around 60-80ml of water for blending consistency

To serve:

Crunchy nutty breadcrumbs (1 slice of bread and 1 handful of almonds whizzed up in a blender, fried in olive oil, salt and garlic powder until crispy. Let rest on a plate lined with kitchen roll until ready to use)

Fresh basil

Lemon zest

[utilitycaster]

Other people have said this more tactfully and nicely but well, I'm me: look, ship and let ship or whatever, but if you're reduced to dredging merch items being released on the same day, or the cast members standing next to each other for content for your ship I have to wonder if you actually like the ship as like...a dynamic between their characters. Like, is there something you enjoy about these characters in the show? Or for REAL are you shipping characters because their shirts color coordinate or something.