land of honey
here is an ode to all those south of the mason-dixon line, on either side of the grand mississippi
i like the taste of wild honeysuckle, smell of maturing magnolias. there's warm spring days, with rolling thunderstorms at night, sidewalks still wet the next morning
there's ladies with big hair, bigger weddings, inviting hald the town to watch you say "i love you i do I'll always love you"
neighbors gossip, hushed whispers and giggles, i like small talk with people in line at the grocery store, asking if they like that brand of bug spray
a cacophany of cicadas at night, whippoorwills and chick-a-dee-dee-dees, lullabies of croaking bullfrogs
i like faded churches on the side of single lane roads, you know they used to be just one big dusty room and i guess they always will be
i like red crosses and soup kitchens, storm shelters and booster drives
thanks for the casserole when my aunt died
i like peach cobbler, chess pie, country fried steak, loads of butter and eggs and flour and sugar
tea so sweet your mouth puckers, boiled peanuts sold from the side of the road, only $1.50 and you get free directions to the waterfall
i even like the people who hunt, i do. especially the ones who use all of the animal, who thank the deer for passing quickly and for gifting them a glorious dinner
the people who give antlers to their dogs
i like old women with hair so white its blue, with a smoker's rasp, with metallic lipstick and starched blouses, patent leather shoes and big red pocketbooks
i like driving through marshes and fields, cow pastures and blue ridge mountains, creeks falling to forests growing to gardens
i like square dancing, and slow dancing even more, and the little dark raves tucked in corners of empty downtowns filled with everyone like you
i like bluegrass and blues, jazz on corners in the french quarter, zydeco in acadiana, yes even country, i like singing country on the porch
i like slow guitar and crooning melodies of heartbreak and first love, of missing mom and hating dad
i like old faded trucks, the ones low to the ground without big engines, i like train tracks overrun with weeds
i like mardi gras, flashing beads thrown in smoky air, feathered up floats, stereos turned loud
i like the hundreds of peachtree streets and dozens of martin luther king jr. boulevards
there's buford highway, where you can eat food from every corner of the globe and still be right at home
pass by billboards in korean, spanish, english, all in three square miles
i like drag queens in sunday best, the same florals my grandmother likes
i like straw hats and creased-up boots, i like paper fans exchanged from hand to hand
i like hearing "yall stay safe now" i like how everyone is honey and baby and sweetheart, even if you've never met
i love you trailer park beauties
stay true, hillbilly rednecks
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Revamped HSA Looks
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Facts about their new design
Completely I have to cringe at the original design at had for them so after Gacha Life 2 was out, I decided to put the revamp of working on them.
So here are facts of what I changed.
Freya: I was bothered of the hair color a bit so I had to make it a little lighter than the former design, changed the long hair to a midway short style cause of the way she hides her hair inside of her hoodie. For her clothes, I offered a gamer-like decent clothing, didn't forget about the headphones cause it always has been.
Yaeko: I was already offed with her hair already, so here it was- giving her a change of design to a straight flowing hair and in addition of giving her braids and bangs which I was completely satisfied. I was off with her clothes in the former design, so to add more to her likes I gave her a outdoor philosophy look.
Akio: Hear me out. The minute I heard dreadlocks in the options list... I had to do what I HAD to do! I tested out a few designs till I ended up with him holding a dread-lock ponytail in the end, which it VIBES HIS PERSONA OUT. For his clothes, gave him a more autumn-kind of look when it comes to him towards investigating duties.
Cynthia: Her blonde color.... Really needs a re-fix, including the hair. Thank god I did it. Change the kind of shade from a golden to semi-balanced color. For her clothes, to match with her personality I gave a matching colored clothes to bring out her bubbly reaction, including her fashionable likes. She's looks a lot better afterward!
Saburou: HAD TO GET THE SLEEPY EYES, I HAD TOO. Nothing much changes on the hair and color, except I'll give him a messy to braid look. HIS EYES ARE GONNA BE FIXED AND DONE. Took some color work to handle so till I was ok with it. His clothes are now and definitely super baggy to fit with his sleepy personality.
Hibiki: Had to give him a new sense of style. TOP TO BOTTOM DOWN SO. Ended up giving him with long hair and burnish color brown, changed his eyes to a semi-yellow and green mixture, clothes to fit his aesthetics towards autumn weather. Giving him the slight feminine ponytail to explains his mistaken gender really puts it well to his look.
This is all of the rants that I have for today with them!
Here's Bonus art.
Let's just say that I'm happy with their newly fleshed out look- I don't know if I had the time to update their BIOs with new facts and ideas, including their new set of persona. Let's just say that it'll be in my drafts for the time being. (school occupied my time sadly enough and needed more me time, explains of my AFK of no posting...)
But there are changes for me to revamp my other OCs as well. Wish me luck!
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