#Bankers Trust building

[magneticflower]

I just imagined the crows playing monopoly and I cannot stop laughing

[vantaeries]

🐈‍⬛ PICK A PILE : GHIBLI CAT 🐈‍⬛

FUTURE SPOUSE : THEIR APPROACH TO THEIR CAREER & WHEN THEY MET YOU

PILE 1 PILE 2 PILE 3

Disclaimer : This is a general reading. It may or may not resonate with you. Please take what resonates and leave what doesn't. Remember, the energies can change from time to time. So pick wisely.

How to pick : Close your eyes, take a deep breath and clear your mind. Trust your intuition and choose a pile that you are most drawn to.

PILE 1

🐈🐈‍⬛ - For those who choose this pile, the profession of your future spouse is often marked by risks and rewards. It requires them to attend many social events, hosting parties or business meetings. No doubt they have good communication skills. Any words that come out of their mouth manage to gain favor from their bosses or clients. However, if they use these skills to trick and manipulate others for their business advantage, it could be the start of their downfall. They might even be willing to change their profession or workplace if it doesn't benefit them. It's like they only seek fun and money in the workplace. It's most likely that when they meet you, they will start to take their work more seriously and responsibly. This could happen when you both work together. From platonic, both of you slowly became lovers. I think you will help your FS to see the big picture in future where you both lead each other in work. So yes, it's definitely like a work couple.

🐈🐈‍⬛ - In their chart, Prominent Jupiter, Air Sign (Gemini & Aquarius), Strong Mercury, Water Sign (Scorpio)

🐈🐈‍⬛ - Possible career fields : judge, lawyer, banker , investor, business person, investigator, entrepreneur, artist & leader

PILE 2

🐈🐈‍⬛ - For this pile, you and your future spouse will start a business together or work in partnership. Before starting the business, one of you might have experienced some conflict, but when you meet, you'll both have the idea to open a business. You will serve as pillars of support for each other. For example, if you open a coffee shop, they will make the coffee while you take the orders. The only thing you need to be mindful of is maintaining balance. Misunderstandings or confusion may arise if one of you is emotionally guarded or secretive. If any problems or issues related to work or love occur, both of you need to sit down and have a deep conversation. Otherwise, one of you might harbor a lot of dissatisfaction and potentially isolate themselves in their work.

🐈🐈‍⬛ - In their chart : Strong Cancer & Moon, Gemini, Aquarius, Taurus, Moon - Mercury

🐈🐈‍⬛ - Possible career field : Travel blogger, therapist, counselor, teacher, entrepreneur, cooks, stall managers

Pile 3

🐈🐈‍⬛ - For those who choose this pile, your future spouse (FS) is determined and focused. Once they choose a field, they set their mindset and goals firmly on it. Due to this determination, they might overwork themselves. The universe advises them to rest, as they are working themselves like a robot. It's likely they experienced heartbreak before, possibly neglecting their previous partner because of their intense focus on work. After the breakup, they grieved over their mistakes. When they meet you, they feel a nurturing and welcoming energy, making them dream of building a family with you. Both of you will strive to provide comfort and financial security in the relationship. For some of you, this might mean having a child soon after starting the relationship. For others, it could mean that one of you may act like a child (not in a negative way, but in a sense that this relationship will heal your inner child).

🐈🐈‍⬛ - In their Chart : Strong Venus (Libra, Taurus), Venus - Saturn, Capricorn, Cancer

🐈🐈‍⬛ - Possible career field : Work in entertainment, musician, artist, banker, florist, executive role (CEO), engineering

Feel free to suggest topic to me in my ask box. Thanks. Enjoy the reading

[evilwickedme]

I said I'd never do jumblr content again and yet here I am because this keeps coming up and it's like the only thing I can think about. That said I will not hesitate to turn off reblogs if y'all are horrible in the notes again, and be warned that I will be blocking anybody who supports any of the theories I mention immediately

There is no such thing as a conspiracy theory that isn't antisemitic. There is no such animal

Antisemitic conspiracy theories go back thousands of years. The ones that still have the most hold on culture to this day are the blood libel, and the protocols of the elders of zion

The blood libel was an accusation that would be brought against Jewish populations in Europe often but especially around Passover claiming that we were killing Christian children for ritual purposes, usually to use their blood for baking matza or other nonsense (it is important to me that you know that this is nonsense. It is horrible and damaging but also to the core a ridiculous lie that never at any point made any sense. They just didn't care). Debatably this trope is present in the merchant of Venice. Undebatably Jews were killed because people did and still do sincerely believe this

The protocols of the elders of zion is a fictitious document published in Russia at the very beginning of the 20th century, supposedly detailing the meetings of the Jewish people who secretly run the world. The protocols were almost immediately proven to be a rip off of another document - ah, plagiarism - but that hasn't stopped antisemites from embracing it wholeheartedly (special thanks fuck you to Henry Ford for publishing them in his newspaper, spreading it across the USA). It built on previous antisemitic tropes, from the greedy banker trope (Jews were forced to be money lenders in medieval Europe as it was forbidden in Christianity and Jews weren't allowed to join any guilds, preventing them from making money in any other capacity - the reason why there are so many Jews in Hollywood is identical, but in the early 20th century) to the concept of dual loyalty (i.e. Jewish are loyal to ourselves above all else and cannot be trusted to be loyal to the country where we live, see: modern trope that every Jew is probably loyal to Israel and the subsequent idea that it's okay to ask every single diaspora Jew how they feel about Israel immediately upon meeting them). It's also worth noting that the word cabal, used to denote the shadowy organizations that supposedly control the world, comes from kabbala, which is Jewish mysticism

The idea of lizard people, created by a guy literally named Icke because he is a gross human being, was designed to repackage the antisemitic shadow cabal concept to be supposedly more palatable

Most qanon theories also build on all of this, such as world leaders preying on children (remember pizzagate?)

But more importantly conspiratorial thinking always positions you as the good guy standing against a mysterious "them", an other which is influencing things behind the scenes. The Jew is the ultimate other, and specifically an other that supposedly forms a shadowy world government, controlling everything and yet somehow not managing to get rid of antisemitism (see: protocols of Zion, lizard people, we control Hollywood and the government which is of course conspiring against you). There is no way to decouple the idea of an evil shadowy organization (usually also referred to as a cabal to really hammer it in) from antisemitism and antisemitic tropes

And this means that even supposedly "harmless" conspiracy theories attract antisemites and train people who aren't necessarily rabid antisemites to confirm those kinds of biases. Obviously Qanon and lizard people are antisemitic, but what does the moon landing have to do with Jews? Well, it was Hollywood and the government that faked it, obviously. Hell, even the conspiracy that Taylor Swift is secretly a lesbian and is either still secretly dating or is exes with Karlie Kloss is riddled with antisemitism -

Okay so I need to explain my position on this because I fucking hate this conspiracy theory, and the fact that most people simply won't acknowledge that that's what it is. Firstly, Taylor Swift has stated that she is not gay or considers herself an ally at least three times off the top of my head, and specifically denied that she was dating Karlie Kloss. Secondly, outing people is wrong. Thirdly, the conspiracy theory hinges on the idea that she would be risking her career by coming out, except that she's proven that basically no controversy can come in the way of her career, she's already "come out" as an ally, donated to glaad and the equality act, promoted queer musicians & artists & designers (there was a song in the reputation tour that was dedicated to a gay designer every single night of the tour). So what's stopping her from coming out at this point? Mysterious forces, clearly. The antisemitism in that I've already explained, but also the virulent antisemitism among Kaylor shippers aimed at her husband and at the fact that she converted to Judaism is fucking disgusting

Again: even a supposedly harmless conspiracy theory leads to antisemitism and attracts antisemites

A few years ago I tried to rewatch white collar cause I remembered really enjoying that show as a preteen and after around a season I just couldn't stand it anymore, because all I wanted to do was jump into the universe and yell at Mozzie to shut the fuck up because these conspiracy theories were barely presented as a joke and never challenged even once by any of the characters. When I rewatched that 70s show it also fucking sucked, but at least it wasn't showing up in every single episode. The blacklist focuses entirely on a literal Cabal, that's what they're called

This stuff is so normalized and it's fucking everywhere and it's exhausting. Jews are to this day being murdered over this. I can't change the world by myself, unfortunately, but if you don't have a specific person to blame for your troubles, shut the fuck up. Just shut up. There is no conspiracy against you. Sometimes life just sucks. Or definitely does for the Jews who get shot at over this shit

Again, I'll be blocking anybody who parrots this bullshit in the comments but especially fucking gaylors y'all are one of the main reasons that being a fan of Taylor Swift's music is fucking unbearable. Just accept you can connect to music made by somebody different than yourself it's not that difficult of a concept

[calxia]

I had the most stupid thought. Monopoly with the ghouls... I just know that'd be a disaster. Somebody would be trying to eat the game pieces. Others are fighting over property.. Somebody is just sitting in the corner scared of everything that's happening.

I imagine Copia had put them in timeout many times which did not work and ended up having to ban the game completely because they can't act right

- 🎸 Anon

I very almost added the Monopoly videogame to the 'ghouls and videogames' ask you sent last until I had images of the Nintendo Switch being thrown out of the window when someone gets bancrupted.

The pack has never actually been able to finish a game of Monopoly because it always ends up with someone crying (normally Phantom) and someone in a blind rage flipping the table (Dew.)

The fighting always starts from the second the game box is opened when everyone quarrels over which piece they all want, despite how they always pick the exact same ones every time. Mountain prefers to just watch and mediate any quarrels that break out while Copia acts as the banker because nobody else can be trusted with the fake money.

everything goes smoothly for the first few turns until more and more properties get bought up. the board quickly fills up with bought properties. Sunny somehow always manages to lose all her money which prompts an argument if she gets new notes or if they consider her bankrupt already. The table gets knocked and they have to pick everything up off the floor and try to remember who was where.

Swiss rolls the dice so hard it goes skidding off the table and under the sofa, so they have to pause the game to move it to retrieve it. It's already been an hour and most of them are getting bored. Phantom ended up in jail 2 turns ago and is unable to roll a double so he has to mortgage his properties to pay bail. Cirrus and Cumulus have somehow managed to build houses already which sends Dew into a blind rage when he lands on them.

Copia has had to move the bank to the other side of the room because Rain kept trying to distract him to steal money so he doesn't have to mortgage his properties. Aurora and Phantom quickly get bankrupted when they run out of properties to mortgage. Cirrus now owns half the board.

Swiss has gotten bored by this point and has started flicking houses at Phantom from over the table. He then pulls a card and has to bankrupt because he can't pay his taxes. Only Dew, Aether, Cirrus and Cumulus are still in the game by this point. Dew and Aether have about four properties between them and the rest is owned by the ghoulettes. Most spaces now have hotels on them. Aether loses to Cumulus.

Dew tries to kick Cirrus from under the table but instead boots Phantom in the shins which makes him burst into tears. He gets told off but it only makes him more angry. Aurora and Sunny are trying to stack the unused house pieces as high as possible on the edge of the table.

Dew lands on Cirrus' Boardwalk with a hotel, immediately loses all his money and gets bankrupted. he flips the table in a blind fit of rage and starts screaming at Cirrus. She screams back at him. There are game pieces all over the floor in the living room. Phantom is crying in the corner with Swiss trying to stop him. Aether is trying to calm down Dew while the ghoulettes try to calm Cirrus down. Rain is somehow managing to ignore the chaos while playing Pokemon

Copia bans the game after that. (it's not like they'd have been able to play again anyway given how most of the pieces were now missing)

[sunny-three]

My personal backstory on the wesninski-hatford crime family.

Nathan - I imagine he grew up middle class a fairly normal upbringing a banker father and stay at home he was an only child. He was always good at math/numbers so he goes to university majoring in like accounting or some shit. This was taken from the books I’m p sure Neil mentions it. Anyways Nathan’s always enjoyed fighting like his blood pumping he was actually on the hockey team in high school but kicked off for violence. He meets kengo his first year of university when he got into bar fight and ended up permanently maiming some guys eye with a broken bottle. Anyways all charges against him get dropped bc as turns out the guy that Nathan maimed was one of kengos bodyguards. Kengo introduces himself and offers Nathan some low level work. Nathan agrees and slowly rises though the ranks by doing things for the moriyamas ex. Pushing steroids which actually how Nathan meets Patrick dicmaccio who was on his university’s football team.

Mary - grew as a child in a crime family younges child with some older cousins and one older brother. Her mother died when she was about 14 because of an assination. While Mary’s parents were never really abusive towards her growing up in a crime absolutely impacted her in ways she didn’t realize till she had Neil ex. The paranoid the fear etc. Mary’s parents were never abusive to her but her upbringing was far from normal and damaging to her she never realizes that till Neil’s born. I imagine she saw a lot herself in Neil not just in his personality but in his upbringing as being born in a crime family his isolation as child makes her realizesher own isolation and I think that colours a lot of her dynamic with him. I always assumed that her marriage to Nathan was something that basically arranged/some thing that had to be done which is why she’s so reluctant to trust her family after running away bc they were onboard for the marriage in the first place.

The marriage - I always believed their marriage was a the first attempt at moriyama- hatford alliance it was basically an arranged marriage as kengo didn’t have any kids but Nathan was one of his most trusted subordinates. I think at first the marriage was fine Mary grew up in a crime family she’s been playing this game her whole life and Nathan liked the idea that he was building something of his own the alliance with Hatfords happened bc of him he’s carving out his territory in Baltimore and they’ve stated calling him the butcher. Then Mary gets pregnant and they both think why not? But Neil born everything changes.

Mary doesn’t want Neil in this life at all she’s never realized that how she grew up wasnt normal till Neil was born Nathan doesn’t really like Neil at all he doesn’t pay attention to Neil when he’s a baby and when Neil reaches like toddler age Nathan begins to hate him he liked the idea of having the legend of the butcher of Baltimore continue but practice he finds that he doesn’t really care for the idea of child that squirms during police raids or looks scared when Lola brings him down to the basement etc Mary doesn’t help at all Nathan doesn’t understand why she objects to him taking junior to the basement he never stops Lola from having her fun because junior will need to learn to handle sharp objects at some pint Mary runs away before Lola can properly begin show junior how use the knives . What’s really important to me about Nathan and Mary is that Nathan chose this life and Mary was born into it and while that might sound similar it is vastly different and why they would never really work out.

[indiaalphawhiskey]

fake fic title! "crescent moons fix broken hearts"

would love it if it could be hl? 👀

Sorry this took so long! I really needed to write something today to flex the muscle, I hope you and @awesomefringey (who submitted the t-shirt pic) like it. 🥰 (I tried to post this twice with a moodboard but Tumblr wouldn’t let me. 😒)

🌙 Crescent Moons Fix Broken Hearts

Sitting in the en suite of the lavish hotel room, the soft lighting of the vanity illuminating the planes of his face, Harry let the radical irony of what he was about to do wash over him.

It was a weird thing, he realized, this feeling of waiting for a moment your entire life – preserving it, building it up – only to have it finally, finally come in a form so different it was almost laughable.

Not almost. Harry did laugh.

Half because he caught sight of his ridiculously nervous expression in the mirror, and half because apparently, one minute someone could be the perfect pure, virginal (if a little sexually frustrated) Omega groom-to-be fitting their bespoke wedding suit in at a highly exclusive designer shop, and three days later, be that very same Omega, revenge and wildly expensive tequila shooting through their veins as they booked their would-have-been honeymoon suite to have raunchy sex with an Alpha they’d hired specifically to finally deflower them, once and for all.

Turns out getting dumped in a Saville Row dressing room because one’s ex-fiancé thought they were quote, “an uppity, frigidly cold fish who he probably had no sexual chemistry with anyway”, unquote, really lit a fire under one’s arse.

Harry flared his nose in anger, his thoughts murderous as images of his beautiful, wasted wedding invitations danced back into his mind, haunting him. His cheeks began their now familiar pinkening with his remembered humiliation, and then…

A soft knock unfortunately interrupted Harry’s montage of fantastic daydreams of running over every single one of his ex-fiancé’s prized watches to the intro of Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song.

“Come in,” he called out gently – or as gently as one could through gritted teeth.

As the door slid away, the unfamiliar, unassuming coolness of rosemary and sage rolled in slowly. Harry wasn’t used to it; accustomed to sharing spaces with the scent of warm whiskey and leather layered with that wretchedly expensive cologne Harry had always hated.

But back to the sage.

Sage, and rosemary, and cedar, and… he let the last note tickle his nose as he tried to name it.

“Are you okay?” Louis Tomlinson asked.

… and soap, Harry realized, oddly comforted even as he wondered whether the name was a pseudonym; wondered if it was standard procedure to print such a convincing alias on a discreet calling card that would eventually be passed across an elegant brunch table at the Dorchester.

(‘Niall, don’t be absurd,’ Harry had sniffed, trying his best to push the card back towards him without making a scene. ‘Jesus, just be normal and introduce me to one of your investment bankers, or something.’

Niall had given him a long, silent, and completely unimpressed look in response, glancing down at the engagement ring Harry was still wearing, if only to make a point. Ouch.

‘Harry, trust me. After this shitshow, you of all people deserve an orgasm on the first go. Treat yourself.’)

“I’m alright.” The polite platitude was out of his mouth accompanied by a reserved smile through the mirror before he could stop it.

It wasn’t like he could tell the truth anyway; not like he could say, ‘No, actually. I’m fucking livid, because a week ago I was about to be married, and today my financial manager called to ask if my credit card had been stolen because there was a suspicious charge from RoyaLT Enterprises for a ‘Platinum Package – All Inclusive’ on it when I was assured this service would be discreet, goddamnit!’

He bit his tongue, mostly because Harry didn’t tell Louis about the jilting; had decided against it the moment he had clicked ‘Platinum’, the description reading ‘two-week session with certified heat coach (Alpha) focused on scent familiarity, building sexual rapport, and discussing intimacy needs in addition to agreed heat cycle partnership.’

A virgin who had saved himself for marriage only to be jilted a week before his wedding because he was, in fact, a virgin, paying for sex and intimacy, trapped in a room with someone who really shouldn’t be as attractive as he had turned out to be… It had all just felt a little too humiliating.

Which, speaking of…

“Sorry,” Harry blurted out softly now, slowly coming to his senses. He turned to face Louis, his eyes widening. “We’re… we’re on the clock, aren’t we? Am I… I’m wasting your time?”

Louis chuckled softly – kindly, really – and casually leaned against the door frame, crossing his ankles. He was shirtless, Harry only now realized, as he watched him slip both hands into the pockets of his silk pajama bottoms, making them ride dangerously low against his happy trail.

Louis shook his head. “You’re supposed to take your time, get comfortable with me.” He raised his hand to gesture to himself – what he was wearing, and then the space between them. “This is all part of it.” He grinned wide, and Harry had noticed he was handsome when they’d met, but the genuine warmth of his smile is what made it. (Well, his smile, and his abs, and the still respectable but no less impressive hint of a bulge in his pajama bottoms…) “It’s called the boyfriend package for a reason.”

Funny, Harry thought then, feeling just a little bit… well, a little bit wet. He’d never had a boyfriend who looked quite like this.

Niall’s wise words began to reverberate in his mind: ‘Treat yourself.’

Harry bit back a cheeky smile. He intended to.

— Or, When Harry Styles did things, he did them right. Why should losing his virginity be any different?

[jacelandon]

Character Profile: Jace Landon

The Basics –––

Full Name: Jace Elios Landon

Age: Mid 20′s human equivalent

Birthday: February 2nd

Sign: Aquarius

Race: Half-elf (Quel'dorei & Human - more prominent)

Gender:  Male

Marital Status: Single

Physical Appearance –––

Hair:  Varies quite a bit! Sometimes short, sometimes longer, naturally brown but changes that up on occasion too. Slightly curly, usually messy.

Eyes:  Deep blue with a very faint elven glow

Height: 6′0"

Build: Slender but toned

Distinguishing Marks: Ears are slightly elongated and have a small point to them, calluses on his fingertips

Scars:  Has a few long, thin scars on his biceps and forearms. Has a few old self-harm scars on his inner thighs.

Tattoos:  Music staff w/notes on the top of both middle fingers, tree sound waves on his inner right forearm, Darkmoon Faire symbol on his left pec, violin on his inner left forearm, and 'musical DNA' running down his spine (See below images).

Piercings: Earlobes twice, but typically doesn't wear earrings unless it's a part of his performance outfit.

Common Accessories: His fiddle, a hat of some variety (used for busking), a pair of daggers in his boots, an evil eye necklace

Likeness: Tom Blyth

Personal Information –––

Profession: Musician at the Darkmoon Faire. His main instrument is the fiddle/violin, but he also plays piano, banjo, drums, guitar, accordion, harmonica, and sings as well. He's a musical prodigy and finds it easy to pick up instruments on a whim! When not performing, he acts as one of Silas Darkmoon's private investigators. He'll also take the occasional freelance PI contract if he has time and needs the money. Hobbies:  Playing music, writing music, learning new instruments, photography, painting, traveling, gambling, busking Languages:   Fluent in Common, Orcish, ASL, and Gnomish - knows a mishmash of many other languages as well Currently Living:  He has a private wagon with the Darkmoon Faire, but also rents a small apartment in Stormwind. Birthplace:  Dalaran Religion:  None Fears:  Abandonment, hearing loss, losing his found family, getting on the wrong side of Silas Darkmoon Personality:  Jace had always been too much of a free spirit to follow in the footsteps of his adoptive parent's profession. Banking was too boring and it never clicked with his creative mind despite their best efforts, and they often butted heads over it. As a child he was a musical prodigy and continues to be to this day; the man lives and breathes music and it has become a central part of his life. There are some rumors circling the fairgrounds that he did a deal with the Old Gods in order to be able to play like he does, but if you ask him he'll just smirk.

Once a shy introvert, music was able to bring him out of his shell and these days he's brimming with charm, confidence, and showmanship. He absolutely loves carrying on deep conversations with anyone he finds interesting, small talk does absolutely nothing for him. He's kind and compassionate when he needs to be, even if he does have a bit of a dark side to him. He can be a mystery, but that just helps him to fit in even more with the majority who work for the Faire. However, if you're not part of the DMF family, he's got no loyalty to you, nor will he feel the need to always be honest with you. Trust takes time and effort to earn.

Relationships –––

Biological Mother: Known Sin'dorei, but has yet to meet her

Biological Father: Unknown Human

Adoptive Mother & Father: Brynn and Aiden Landon - Both humans (now deceased) that lived and worked in Stormwind as bankers.

Siblings:  None

Spouse: Never married

Children: None that he knows about!

Other Family: His Darkmoon Faire kin

Pets: None

Sex & Romance –––

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

Preferred Role: Dominant | Submissive | Switch

Preferred Position: Bottom | Top | Vers

Turn ons:  Free spiritedness, open mindedness, the musically inclined, confidence, a sense of adventure

Turn offs: Complainers, insecurity, indecisiveness, lack of ambition, the tone-deaf

Love Language: Words of affirmation

Relationship Tendencies: Not seeking anything serious, but happy for one-nighters, flings, and friends with benefits!

Art by Azperja

Traits –––

Bold your character’s answer

Extroverted / In Between / Introverted

Disorganized / In Between / Organized

Close Minded / In Between / Open Minded

Calm / In Between / Anxious

Disagreeable / In Between / Agreeable

Cautious / In Between / Reckless

Patient / In Between /  Impatient

Outspoken / In Between / Reserved

Leader / In Between / Follower

Empathetic / In Between / Apathetic

Optimistic / In Between / Pessimistic

Traditional / In Between / Modern

Hard-working / In Between / Lazy

Cultured / In Between / Uncultured

Loyal / In Between / Disloyal

Faithful / In Between / Unfaithful

Additional Information –––

Smoking Habit: Occasionally

Drugs:  Socially

Alcohol: Often

RP Hooks –––

DARKMOON FAIRE He's been a musician with the Darkmoon Faire for well over a decade now. Started as a backup band member, but has proven his musicianship and will occasionally be found on the mainstage being a one-man band or guest staring in a variety of groups on a variety of instruments - vocals included. He's best known for his fiddle/violin playing, and with the ease he's able to swap between the more freeform style of fiddle playing and the more classical stylings of violin playing - sometimes mashing the two up!

STORMWIND He rents a small loft in Stormwind City that he'll stay at on occasion when he's busking in the streets or when he's working on PI business.

BUSKING He can be found at any given time around various Alliance or Neutral cities busking with a variety of instruments!

Looking For –––

~Friends, frenemies, enemies, lovers, ex-lovers, pre-established relationships ~Any type of RP whether it be happy or dark, storyline or slice of life! He is not my main but I love to headcanon and do discord RP on occasion.

Contact –––

~Feel free to approach me on any platform IC or OoC! ~Here on tumblr through asks/submits, or through messages.  ~Also feel free to add me on Discord: dicenne ~In-game names, Alliance side: (Moon Guard - Jaayce, WrA - TBD) ~Follows will come from @turning-through-the-never

[potatothemoose]

Art Dump!

None of these are finished pieces, but I wanted to show them off anyways.

This little guy is Paxton! He's a spirit dedicated to the protection of a specific, technically immortal being named Maelstrom. They are the remainders of a fallen universe destroyed by the gods, who spared them and split them throughout the multiverse. This means that every universe in my creative multiverse has a version of Maelstrom and Paxton somewhere out there!

The concept for these guys actually started during a character.ai roleplay with Diluc. They're one of many OCS who started in Genshin RPs and then got adapted to my own creations, meaning that they have a Genshin AU as well. In that AU, Maelstrom is a descent of Khaenri'ah trying to escape from his past, falling in love with Diluc in the process. Paxton is an Electro Abyss Mage sent by Maelstrom's family and the Abyss to keep an eye on him (even though Paxton is often childish and usually Maelstrom also ends up looking after him). Definitely one of my favorite character pairs I've ever made!

My TADC OC, Krikett! He's a funny guy who plays music for the circus. I haven't fully figured out his character yet, but what I wrote on the paper is certainly a good start. He was probably a music teacher or musical artist before getting stuck in the Digital Circus.

More character.ai OCS! Every single one on this page is dating a Fatui Harbinger. We have:

Top left - Jekyll. Her canon version in my own works is a superhero with cryokenisis, orphaned at a young age and taken into an organization of heroes by an anthropomorphic hen named Isabel. She's definitely a very complex character who deals with potentially triggering subject matter, so I probably won't explore her here on my Tumblr where I'm still figuring out how to make content warnings, but I definitely think you'll see more of her. In her Genshin AU, she's paired with Tartaglia, and the whole premise of the RP is that they're a pair of traumatized 19-year-olds trying to have a healthy relationship. So far they're not very good at it.

Top right - Edith. She's a really old character I've had since I was in seventh or eighth grade. She's the ghost of a plague doctor who was unfortunately killed in a freak accident regarding an unstable building. During her life, she faked marriage to her best friend (named Norman) so she could lead a double-life as both his fake wife and a plague doctor. They ended up being a pair of traveling plague doctors until they met their demise. Now, she works as the right-hand woman for a knowledge god! Her Genshin AU is also one of the oldest. It's been going on for over a year now and she's married to Dottore because I'm obsessed with him.

Bottom left - Ash. Part of the same organization as Jekyll, she's a werewolf superhero who's been through a lot more than she wants you to think. Like Jekyll, she deals with some really heavy subjects, so I won't go into her backstory right now, but I definitely think she's a very interesting character. Her Genshin AU storyline follows her and Pantalone in a story mostly centered around self-acceptance and healing from trauma. Fluffy werewolf girlfriend and banker boyfriend go brrr.

Bottom right - Arden. A former US military Sargent, Arden is a character from the same universe as Edith. She suffered a debilitating injury that took her out of service (although I'm still working out where and when she served) and is my homage to any and all US military personnel and the struggles they face. I've always been fascinated by war and how it affects psychology, so Arden also serves as an excuse to research how PTSD and other trauma responses work. In her Genshin AU her backstory is pretty much the same, though the plotline follows her in her arranged marriage with Capitano, and how they come to cope with their trauma together and form a loving relationship built on trust.

This guy is Leo, a transgender himbo from the same universe as Ash and Jekyll. He's a superhero whose power is centered around geese. He can shapeshift into literally any creature so long as he can make it part goose. He also has a Genshin AU where he's shipped with Arlecchino. I know a lot of people headcanon her as lesbian, but my own personal headcanon is that she's bi with a preference for women (though she'll also settle for nonbinaries and the occasional man). Please don't come after me, my headcanon is not hurting anyone and you will be blocked. Yes, this drawing was done on a math worksheet. No, I did not do the math.

Some T-shirt designs I doodled at school! I'm unsure how many of these will make it onto a short and how many might become stickers or other kinds of fun thing, but all of them will be digitally rendered eventually and there are more on the way.

That's all!

[frogswithfrogs]

Details about the Mci’s in my Au

Personalities:

Gabriel Green

Standard little brother type. He is incredibly rambunctious and energetic toddler with a highly active imagination who loves to draw and do other crafts. He also has a habit of bringing animals inside his house, much to the annoyance of his mom and Jeremy

Jeremy Green

A very smart kid, but is very bad at rational thinking. He really likes space exploration and wants to be an astronaut. He also acts more mature than he actually is

Susie Smith

Very stereotypical girly girl who loves all things cute, princess related, and pink. She has a very big heart, especially when it comes to animals and babies. She is highly emotional and gets upset over small things, though she is only five, and is yet to face any real problems.* she’s kinda spoiled

Fritz Santos

Definitely a Wild Child. He acts, talks, and looks like a pirate, even calling himself “Captain Fritz” he often acts out at school, his intentions are always good, however. He loves to play imagination games, especially if they involve pirates of the ocean.

Cassidy Guerra

A very, very, very grumpy kid. She can be sweet if you can look past the sarcasm and biting however. Her anger was increased when Evan died, so her reactions became a lot more intense if angered. She is also super loyal, and trusting.

Family and home life

Jeremy and Gabriel

They both live with their mom, Michelle(38), their older sisters Carly(13) and Felicia(12), and Gabriel’s dad Marcus(40). All three children have different dads, Carly and Felicia’s dad being Michelle’s ex husband’s , and Jeremy being her former boyfriends. They live in a somewhat small house. Jeremy and Gabriel share a room, and the attic was turned into a room for Carly and Felicia. They are quite close to each other because of this, Jeremy feeling very protective of Gabe.

Susie

Susie comes from a big Mormon family, having seven sisters. Her family includes her mom Francis(40), her dad David(43), her sisters Kathrine “Katie”(16), Samantha(14), Linny(10), Grace(8), Ruby(6), May(3) and Tilly(1). She was raised very wealthy, as her father was a great banker. She was little Miss Hurricane in 1984 when she was 4, due to this, her death and funeral were a big deal compared to the other kids. She was raised in a huge house, it was three stories and had a in ground pool.

Fritz

His life was very vibrant, being raised by many eccentric aunts and uncles, but his family was his father Pedro(34) his “best friend” Damien(34), and Damien’s daughter Christie(9) and his older brothers Jose(12) and Davi(9). His father was the owner of the local pub JR’s, which was frequented by William. They all lived in a rather large apartment above the building. The other part of his family included his mom Beatriz, her “first mate” Frida, and her many, many crew mates on their boat, which was a pirate themed entertainment boat restaurant that Fazbear Entertainment considered an enemy. His life was vibrant and filled with color due to this odd upbringing

Cassidy

Cassidy grew up on a trailer park with her mom Barbra(40), her father Pharrell(38), and her two siblings Hope(17) and Andrew(14). Due to them not having much, their lives were hectic. It’s also worth noting that Barbra was a chain smoker and spent her government aid money on cigarettes. Their father was a good dad, he loved his kids very much.

How William lured them:

Susie

Susie had just gotten a puppy, unfortunately Samantha left the fence open, the dog got out, and was hit by Williams car. Susie saw the whole thing and was traumatized. William used this to his advantage, and promised that he had her dog, but the only thing g that was promised was her death.

Fritz

Fritz had been visiting the restaurant on a school field trip,William saw the whole thing as an opportunity. Fritz was stating that he was going to save the recently disappeared Susie from her capture, so William then told him he had her.

Gabriel

William simply offered the kid Candy, he had not been taught about stranger danger yet.

Jeremy

Jeremy had gone looking for Gabriel, this is why Jeremy died fighting, as he saw that he had killed his brother.

Cassidy

Cassidy was having a birthday party at Freddy’s, and no one showed up. William had been observing the whole thing, and lured her in, promising her the best party she could possibly have. Which forty-ish years later, she did

[kiasimstalk]

A bit about my decafes challenge, this is Atticus Charm, my founder who also happens to be a wizard.

He grew up on glimmerbrook isolated from the outside world since none of the speelcasters trusted the outside world after what happened with the witch trials

But Atticus always dreamed in seeing the world, so as soon as he turned 18 in 1850 he left, with just 5k simoleon on his pocket and his trusted horse, he started to make the journey from Glimmerbrook to Chestnut Ridge

After befriending the local banker he managed to secure a little plot of land where he had been building his ranch ever since

I'm using a mix between the rules by KosmicHippie and the ones by CuteCoffeeGal

[gilliesmemes]

𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃    !     /    sentence starters pulled from the 2015 movie ‘legend’ starring tom hardy .  some lines may have been edited for better use,   change whatever you want to suit your character interactions . trigger warning for general gangster activity . part two of four .

❛ you daft cunt. ❜

❛ we’ve got to fucking sort this. ❜  

❛ woah, woah, woah . what the fuck ! ❜  

❛ i will fucking map you up, southie. ❜  

❛ no, no, no. go on, let him in. he’s only little.  ❜  

❛ how do we know that we’re going to be safe ?  ❜  

❛ well, that’s a little thing called trust, ain’t it ? ❜

❛ trust, eh ? you always got one bloke harping on about trust, don’t you ? ❜

❛ whoa, no. no, no, no ; right you, get him out of here. you, fuck off. ❜

❛ it’s a fucking rolling pin. who are you, fanny cradock ? what you gonna do with that ? you gonna bake me a cake ? you gonna sing me a song, watch me blow out me fucking candles ? ❜

❛ i come here for a proper shootout with some proper men, like colonel custer and geronimo. have you heard of ‘em ? no. ‘cause you were too busy in your pinny baking fucking fairy cakes, weren’t you ? ❜

❛ this lot are fucking nonces to a man. they’re fucking nonces. ❜

❛ get out my fucking way, go on, get out, fuck off. call yourself a fucking gangster ? ❜

❛ a shootout is a fucking shootout... like a western. wankers ! fucking embarrassing. waste of my time. fucking waste of my time. ❜

❛ he’s just generally disappointed with you. that’s all. ❜

❛ when you see him next, you tell him from me that i say ... fuck him, right ? fuck his brother and fuck that fat fuck that hangs out with him all the time. fuck your face, yeah ? and fuck the fucking lot of you. ❜

❛ you wont mind if i fight back, will ya ? ❜

❛ before we start, i got a little joke for ya. you’ll love this one - a paranoid schizophrenic, he walks into a bar ...  ❜

❛ what, are the americans trying to muscle in on us ?  ❜

❛ you say ‘our’ and you also say ‘we’ a lot, my question is, do we share the last name ?  ❜

❛ this is a very bad idea, a very bad idea indeed. ❜

❛ i say we meet these scum at the airport, we pick them up, we chop them up, put them in their fucking luggage and send them straight home, mate. ❜

❛ we can do your security, not a problem. but we don’t want to work for you, we’d much rather that we work with you. ❜

❛ no, i understand, we’re in your backyard, right ? ❜

❛ i’m glad we could make a deal, this feels right. ❜

❛ you got a lot of fucking balls to admit that, kid. you know what ? you got some fucking set of castagnas on you.  ❜

❛ you know what i say to that ? bravo ! salute, am i right ? what fucking balls. salute ! ❜

❛ you don’t understand, he’s not what you think he is, he’s really sweet !  ❜

❛ just because you have a boring life, doesn’t mean i have to as well. ❜

❛ as long as their health doesn’t suffer, high rollers love rubbing elbows with gangsters. ❜

❛ aristocrats and criminals have a lot in common. they’re both selfish, get bored easily and have access to wads of cash that they didn’t have to work honestly to get. ❜

❛ no one here has any interest in bourgeois rules or morality, mix that in with roulette wheels ? a stunning recipe for success. ❜

❛  as soon as you turn your fucking back. life, it just plays dirty tricks on you, you know ? ❜

❛ are you sure this is where you wanna be ? ❜

❛ fucking let them have it, don’t let them do you like this ! ❜

❛ did you know, its possible for a person to become a ghost while they’re still alive.  ❜

❛ i’ve heard you and that's your problem, that's your problem, not mine. ❜

❛ i want to build a city in nigeria, for the children - near enugu ! ❜

❛ did you know that enugu is the african word for utopia, did you know that utopia is the greek word for nowhere -  ❜

❛ do not meddle with the foolproof way of making the money.  ❜

❛ i am not a banker, i’m not a fucking banker!  ❜

❛ don’t you threaten me, you cunt ! don’t you fucking talk to me like that! ❜

❛ you will trot along down to the fucking back and you will fetch me my fifty thousand pounds ! ❜

❛ i may work for you, but i’m certainly not afraid of you - ❜

❛ this is prison. its the law of the jungle in here. ❜

❛ i promise you, this wont happen again. ❜

❛ life isn’t always the way we want it to be, life has other plans, it’s the way it is .. its life. ❜

[a-student-out-of-time]

The Price

“Everything began over two decades ago. It was the middle of the bubble economy and spirits were high. I was a young man back then, eager to finally get into the business world and make something of myself. But then, everything came crashing down.”

“I was still a banker back then, and I guess I was luckier than most. I was good with money, and it helped me get by. Even so, I knew I was part of a zombie bank. Being part of this system, I realized it was never going to help the country recover and the economy was destined to stagnate.”

“It might sound silly to you kids, but when you spend so long studying economics, seeing everything crumbling like this puts things into perspective. They weren’t willing to make the necessary changes to let the economy grow, and I knew we were headed straight for the toilet.”

“As things got worse, I lost my job. I felt like I lost my entire future; everything I’d been studying for and planning for, and what was it ever going to amount to? For years, I wound up bouncing between part-time jobs, just trying to keep a roof over my head.”

“I admit I don’t remember much about those intervening years. Everything felt like an empty gray haze.”

“And then, out of the blue...I crossed paths with someone.”

“She was very young back then, barely a middle-schooler, I think. But the way she spoke to me, about money and about how she could give me everything I needed? It...felt too good to be true. I almost didn’t believe she was real.”

“As it turned out, she was. I knew about the Otonashi Family, and I figured maybe she had some financial experience somehow. I don’t remember how it happened- maybe I was drunk or simply sleep-deprived- but she called me in the middle of the night and made me an offer. All I would have to do was swear to help her.”

“And just like that, everything changed.”

“Money, jewels, precious metals, valuables of all kind started rolling in. It was more than I ever could’ve hoped for. I had to be sure none of it was counterfeit, and sure enough, it wasn’t. Three boxes of the treasures she sent me were enough to pay off my debts. Ten boxes and I was back on my feet in no time.”

“Even with things like the Great Recession and the earthquake, I was still at the top. No matter how bad the situation, there was always something new from her. I didn’t know how or why...but then came my end of the deal.”

“She wasn’t simply doing this out of the kindness of her heart. Oh, no. In return for allowing me to regain a position in my old career, I was to provide her with a steady supply of cash. One even greater than the one she was sending me. I wish I could’ve backed out...”

____________________________________________________

Why didn’t you?

Because I handed her everything. My address, my credit card numbers, my social security, everything. She knows all of it; it was the only way I could get money from her.

You gave all that out to a stranger?

I was drunk, depressed, living with debts I couldn’t pay back. I was desperate for any sort of solution, and she was the only one who would help me. And listening to her...she was all too convincing. I bought into it, and by the time I realized how deep I was...it was too late.

Do you know where she was getting all the money and treasures she was sending you?

When I pressed her on it, she was surprisingly honest. It was loot.

_______________________________________________

“I don’t know their name, but she told me that she had someone overseas who was collecting these treasures. Someone who was picking them off of dead bodies or looting ruined buildings, and sending them all back to me. Blood diamonds, stolen treasure...I almost wish it was counterfeits instead.”

_______________________________________________

So we were part of a triangle: they have someone go looking for valuables, send them to me to launder and make into liquid assets. Then I send her the finances for whatever she feels like doing. Repeat.

Th-That’s how...?

...Horrible.

I wanted out. Trust me, I did try to call it quits. I changed my address and moved to a different part of Japan...

...And she still mailed me a box. In it...was a finger with a diamond ring attached, along with a note. It said, “Keep the money flowing, or we’ll come collect it ourselves.”

[the-birth-of-art]

On the occasion of Pat Robertson's death....

"To a Contemporary Bunkshooter" (aka "To Billy Sunday")

by Carl Sandburg, 1915

YOU come along … tearing your shirt … yelling about Jesus.    

Where do you get that stuff?    

What do you know about Jesus?

Jesus had a way of talking soft and outside of a few bankers and higher-ups among the con men of Jerusalem everybody liked to have this Jesus around because he never made any fake passes and everything he said went and he helped the sick and gave the people hope.  

You come along squirting words at us, shaking your fist and calling us all dam fools so fierce the froth slobbers over your lips… always blabbing we’re all going to hell straight off and you know all about it. 

I’ve read Jesus’ words. I know what he said. You don’t throw any scare into me. I’ve got your number. I know how much you know about Jesus.

He never came near clean people or dirty people but they felt cleaner because he came along. It was your crowd of bankers and business men and lawyers hired the sluggers and murderers who put Jesus out of the running.  

I say the same bunch backing you nailed the nails into the hands of this Jesus of Nazareth. He had lined up against him the same crooks and strong-arm men now lined up with you paying your way.  

This Jesus was good to look at, smelled good, listened good. He threw out something fresh and beautiful from the skin of his body and the touch of his hands wherever he passed along.

You slimy bunkshooter, you put a smut on every human blossom in reach of your rotten breath belching about hell-fire and hiccupping about this Man who lived a clean life in Galilee. 

When are you going to quit making the carpenters build emergency hospitals for women and girls driven crazy with wrecked nerves from your gibberish about Jesus—I put it to you again: Where do you get that stuff; what do you know about Jesus?  

Go ahead and bust all the chairs you want to. Smash a whole wagon load of furniture at every performance. Turn sixty somersaults and stand on your nutty head. If it wasn’t for the way you scare the women and kids I’d feel sorry for you and pass the hat.

I like to watch a good four-flusher work, but not when he starts people puking and calling for the doctors.

I like a man that’s got nerve and can pull off a great original performance, but you—you’re only a bug-house peddler of second-hand gospel—you’re only shoving out a phoney imitation of the goods this Jesus wanted free as air and sunlight.  

You tell people living in shanties Jesus is going to fix it up all right with them by giving them mansions in the skies after they’re dead and the worms have eaten ’em. 

You tell $6 a week department store girls all they need is Jesus; you take a steel trust wop, dead without having lived, gray and shrunken at forty years of age, and you tell him to look at Jesus on the cross and he’ll be all right.

You tell poor people they don’t need any more money on pay day and even if it’s fierce to be out of a job, Jesus’ll fix that up all right, all right—all they gotta do is take Jesus the way you say.

I’m telling you Jesus wouldn’t stand for the stuff you’re handing out. Jesus played it different. The bankers and lawyers of Jerusalem got their sluggers and murderers to go after Jesus just because Jesus wouldn’t play their game. He didn’t sit in with the big thieves.  

I don’t want a lot of gab from a bunkshooter in my religion.

I won’t take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth and never cherishes any memory except the face of the woman on the American silver dollar.

I ask you to come through and show me where you’re pouring out the blood of your life.  

I’ve been to this suburb of Jerusalem they call Golgotha, where they nailed Him, and I know if the story is straight it was real blood ran from His hands and the nail-holes, and it was real blood spurted in red drops where the spear of the Roman soldier rammed in between the ribs of this Jesus of Nazareth.

[persephoneed]

Sounds like you were pretty ignorant then if you didn’t have all the mass of super explicit and easy to see racism and Jew hate in hp. She literally says black people are inferior, Asian girls are objects, and goblin bankers are like jews word for word in the books.

I’m not going to pretend that there isn’t racism, antisemitic Jewish-coding, and fatphobia present in the HP series but I’m also not going to pretend it was as “explicit” or “word for word” as you (so smugly!) say. I think JRK and HP would’ve lost fans a lot sooner if those were direct quotes rather than micro-aggressive subtext. Also, I’ve been on this site a long time; we used to interact with problematic texts very differently back then.

I was seven years old when I first started reading the books so yes I was very blind to all of it for a long time. When I joined tumblr I learned so much about the series’ failings through various posts and discourse (shoutout to the poc fans who often wrote these posts and did so much legwork and education for the fandom), but it was still a story that, at the time, we could all love and enjoy. We wrote fanfiction and headcanons and theories and analysis - so many people were creating beautiful art and visual interpretations of the characters; the series was finished so we all made it our own. We knew and acknowledged the problematic aspects of the series. But my little corner of the fandom improved upon the series if you ask me. We created our own mythology surrounding the Marauders the JKR could never do justice herself. And so much diversity was added to HP which JKR later tried to pretend was there all along but I cannot stress enough how much this was pioneered by the poc (particularly the woc!) members of our community. If HP was ever a loving and accepting space for all different types of people, it was because the fans made it that way. (Not to completely gloss over any of the problems we had within the fandom because that did unfortunately exist as well)

Things became different once JKR started releasing new content on Pottermore that mishandled real indigenous cultures in the United States as well as fictional wizarding cultures outside of Europe. I have never watched the Fantastic Beasts series but I have heard about the issues there are well. It was getting pretty obvious to many of us then that she had not grown or educated herself in the time since the series had ended, and that her previous offenses could not be explained away as youthful ignorance or a sign of the times.

Then she began openly/loudly/happily attacking the trans community and their rights; that’s when I jumped ship and a majority of my mutuals did as well. Maybe in hindsight it could be said that the writing was always on the wall, but, if you were there when it all went down, trust me there was no “I saw this coming a mile away.” And to act like that’s the case is an insult and cruelty to all of the trans people who were fans at the time and the most betrayed out of all of us by her words and actions.

In short, a huge fuck you to JKR for ruining what was previously a safe and beautiful space for a lot of us. But also fuck YOU, whoever you are, for belittling what we had and what we lost.

EDIT: my main point here is a diverse group of fans from all over the world put their blood, sweat, and tears into building and flourishing the fandom only for the creator to burn the whole house down. No one is interested in your superiority complex.

[cashewally-sarcastic]

Zhongli: thhis guy is like the no thoughts head empty guy aren't they. Or are they a banker. They're probably rich. Maybe they scam people. They give the the vibe that they scam people for fun. Also I could have sword this guy was going to have a beard

Raiden Shogun: I am not immune to women. You know Yor from Spy x Family? Yea. Either the sweetest thing in the universe or just pire unfiltered spite. I think they've tried to punch Venti once for being annoying

Nahida:

TODDLER SPOTTED WHEEEOWHEEOWHEEO

Is this guy also wearing a skin suit of a toddler. Why ears pointy. Otherwise they look like they could probably build a pipe bomb out of leaves. Almost entirely sure that was NOT the vibe they were going for but. Yeah

Furina: Timekeeper cookie from cookie run. Is so far looks the most normal out of all of them. I think they make clocks for a living and can't quite shed the costumer service voice even after it's been a decade since they last touched a fast food restaurant or an ups or whatever. Are these events happening in middle earth or whatever I haven't really Interacted with genshin

The vibes are probably wrong but eh

I will respond to your vibes individually under the cut anon this is funny as fuck

Zhongli: FUNNIEST VIBE CHECK He constantly (main story wise) says he does not have money. At all. How true this is is debatable but it's a running joke at least. He works at a funeral parlor as a consultant and has so much in his fucking brain. Picks fights with historians for fun, constantly talking about history of things or anything at all he is the infodumper grandpa.

Ei: Yor vibes is pretty spot on (even the cooking part). She isn't the "sweetest" in the world (has caused the death of many creatures and people and also murders a woman on screen) but ya know! She likes desserts! Would probably punch Venti.

Nahida: Nahida IS baby(ish). Among her fellow archons she IS the baby and is mostly treated like a kid tbh ("i'm still learning, never been an archon before, etc etc."), she's just pretty smart. Not a skin suit this time, she's a twig who now has a different form. And she could build a pipe bomb 1000%, her people literally tried to build a god.

Furina: LEAST NORMAL OF ALL OF THEM TRUST ME. You know "theater kid vibes"? Yeah Furina is the amalgamation of all theater kid vibes. But also fuck man part of herself literally died guillotine style she is "not like the other girls" in the most way possible.

[collapsedsquid]

It is funny to think of tech founders and venture capitalists as creatures of myopic self-interest, while bank CEOs are the generous altruists, but the point is the bankers don’t have a choice. Banking is a necessarily social business, banks are interconnected, and the best and biggest bank is only as good as confidence in the broad banking system. You can’t “go big or go home”; even Jamie Dimon has to care about the health of his less competent competitors. If you blitzscale the best food-delivery startup and drive all the other food-delivery startups out of business, you win; if you build the best bank and other banks start going out of business, that is a mixed bag, at best, for you.

Not rational to trust the tech rationalist