#I'll add a read more to this tomorrow. It's not working on mobile for some reason 🙄

[alltimefail-sims]

I made my Strangerville OCs in yet another Picrew!! No beards in this one so Anwar's face is naked 😨... but I love this art style and thought they looked cute so the sacrifice was made.

I actually made Maggie this time around, too!! 💕

The similarities between her and Erwin are sooooo good in this art style. Idk something about the look in their eyes, their color palette similarities, both of them listening to music UGH I love my sadness siblings ❤❤❤

GOD I wish I could draw!!! But this Picrew's art style captured their energy really well if that makes sense.

[echonidae]

✦ commissions are reopening !!! ✦ tomorrow (oct. 6th) at 5pm BRT (UTC -3:00)! :D

some more stuff about this upcoming batch under the cut!!

AAAA finally getting these open again :')

there have been a couple updates to commissions, including in some of the prices. the rules still are the same as last time though c: and the process itself also has not changed either!

but!! backgrounds for the illustrations are officially available now too!! :D backgrounds that require shading and lighting but are otherwise just backdrops are an extra $5, and then scene-like environments with more detail and background elements, or in which character interacts with their surroundings, or backgrounds that require depth and perspective, are $10 to $15 extra depending on complexity! we can always discuss these and see what works for any given order tho, as usual c:

simple gradients or textures or patterns all remain free, and icons, doodles, and (especially) experimentals may get nifty backgrounds entirely on the house too! :D

and!!! i'm also going to be offering $5 USD doodle commissions too!! you can read more about 'em and the examples more closely over [here]!! they work a bit different than regular commissions in that they have a 30min time limit (and their own queue list, too, so that they don't take slots from the regular orders) :3c

:D !!!

this batch also has a smaller number of slots between active and queue ones, so as to get through workload faster and more efficiently and hopefully open another batch sooner c':

and, well, if the queue slots get claimed within a week, i'm alright with increasing then just a bit, but i reckon 15 should work out well!

i'm still finishing up a couple of the previous orders too, but i'm organizing things so that neither those orders nor any new ones will interfere with each other, so, no worries there!! ;v;

but yes, i'll be posting this again tomorrow once everything's ready to go :3c thank you again to everyone who stuck around during the long impromptu hiatus, and all the folks who sent messages, and for all the orders in the last batch!!! i'm trying to pace posting all the previous commissions, but i hope to add them all to the gallery soon :3ccc

and yeah, thank you for stopping by as well!!! let me know if you have any questions, or thoughts and feedback or suggestions (on the website too, always open to feedback on it! i ran through the entire thing fixing up everything that needed it, desktop and mobile, so please do let me know if you have any issues with the place there c: )

[fifty-ten]

EVERYBODY WELCOME TO

THE FIRST ANNUAL (AND PROBABLY ONLY UNLESS THIS IS FUN) POLL TOURNAMENT WHERE YOU GUYS GET TO VOTE ON WHICH EXTRA SET OF OCS I ADD TO ART FIGHT THIS YEAR

THE POLLS WILL START WHEN I ACTUALLY MAKE THE GRAPHICS (PROBABLY TOMORROW)

DETERMINE THEIR FATES!

(participant information under the read more)

Magical Girl PA•RO•DI - A trio of magical girls who have been tasked with saving the world from darkness. Their story is a pretty by-the-book magical girl story, until someone suggests that the antagonist moves his plans from "covering the world in darkness" to "completely rewrite reality". Characters that would be entered into Art Fight would be Patty, Roxanne, Diane, the mascot, and the magic baby.

Mermaid Lights! Lovely Recovery - A duo of magical girls, one a normal human and one a mermaid, are tasked with protecting all life on earth from a group that is trying to haphazardly mine the earth for all of its resources. Characters that would be entered into Art Fight would be Amber (human), Wave (mermaid), and their mascots.

Colorful Heart Pals - five bioengineered animal-like heroes created to be as marketable as possible. (I'll be real I don't know what's going on with these guys right now (they just recently got clipped from Maroon Z's story) but they're some of the few OCs I have finished designs for & I still like them so they made it on the list. One is a dolphin, one is a raven, one is a mouse, one is a pig, and one is an octopus.)

Phoenix Girl Ashley - a normal everyday girl discovers that she's the reincarnation of a legendary hero known simply as The Phoenix. Now, she finds herself at odds with all sorts of strange magicians from all over the world. Characters that would be entered include Ashley herself and the phoenix hatchling in her care, Phoebe.

AviBattler - A hit mobile game of the fighting genre based off a cult-classic arcade game that was released over 20 years ago. No one knows who developed this new mobile version. Anyways, Avis are the characters in the game, who grow and change based on the player's fighting style and how they train the Avi. Characters that would be entered are Alex (main protagonist) and his Avi (currently unnamed)

PROJECT★Athena - In the not-so-far future of 2030, corporations run the world and robots are commonplace. 15-year-old Tally finds that her aunt has mysteriously disappeared but left her with a USB drive, which Tally uploads into an android she was building for a school project. The USB drive contains an AI with no memory named Pallas. From there on out, the two of them work to solve the mystery of Tally's aunt's disappearance and the truth about Pallas, whose AI is more complex than it seems. Characters entered into Art Fight would be Tally and Pallas.

Sinnohan Coordinators - a set of 5 Pokémon Coordinators from the Sinnoh Region. The main protagonist, Lila, has dreamed of being a coordinator since she was little, and has planned her path to Top Coordinator down to the smallest detail. But from the moment she meets her Piplup and starts traveling, she begins to learn a lot about the world and about herself. Characters entered into Art Fight would be Lila, Theo (friend/sometimes traveling companion?), Junji (main rival), Kiyomi (friendly rival), Oswalda (rival with problems), and Perry (rich boy rival)

Splatoon OCs - Pretty self-explanatory, they're the player characters/Agents from my Splatoon files. Characters that would be entered include Candy (captain), Sorbet (4), Sweet (8), and Gelato (new3)

[thereluctantinquisitor]

Sometimes I do my coursework and sometimes I spend my entire Sunday redoing the character page on my Stonebreaker blog...

https://stonebreakerseries.tumblr.com/character

I regret nothing.

[7thcirclebaker]

-- Edited to add read mores because I learned how to do that on mobile--

---Nvm, that didn't work---

Random idea (loosely based on yj); There's an award show for young people in film and TV, like the kids choice awards. Adrien gets nominated for VA in the LB & CN movie and Gabe is like idk if I want you going because it's outside Paris but publicity but danger but and Adrien pulls out the but it's be good for me to interact with other actors and it's my first award show and Mom would want me to be there 'kitten eyes' Gabe caves, those are Emilie's kitten eyes, he has never successfully said no to them. Undecided if Gabe actually plots to use this for making deals because like, they're very inconsistent on how much he cares about Adrien's safety tbh so I'm leaning towards he falls back on the old rule of award shows are sacred party time from Emile's days.

Adrien wants to go because of all those reasons and also, Garfield Logan, star of Space Trek will be there! The one who's also loud and out a hero with some connections to the JL. Adrien is a smart boy, him and LB cannot hunt down HM themselves, they have a lot going on and she is looking hella stressed. Therefore maybe he can get help from someone their age who won't be a complete ahole he hopes. He asks for extra AstroCat power ups and hints lightly he might bump into people who can help them but at a distance. He hints this too lightly, LB has immediately started freaking out about him not being in town and is not picking up on nuance because she is planningTM. Plagg flies over later and explains the plan to Tikki, Tikki tells Lb she needs to focus some energy on CN having really good luck. Adrien's charm from Mari becomes extra extra lucky.

Because of this heapload of extra luck, he just so happens to be sitting with Garfield, his girlfriend Queen Perdita and a stakeholder in the org that runs the kids show, Probs Tim as the Wayne here, for the preshow light meal and social. Usual magical firewall means they've never heard of what's going on in Paris. They're like politely asking what it was like voicing a fictional hero when Paris doesn't have one and Adrien's like well actually... In between this brief reveal at the meal and getting to the actual auditorium show many frantic texts to JL members are sent. Tim is aching to disappear and research. Gars like, I wanna hear more, you wanna grab a sneaky lunch tomorrow. Adrien's like this could not have gone better!! Gars like, where are you staying, I'll swing by early to make sure you don't look obviously too much like yourself, do you have anything not designer? Hc he has a CN hoodie that Mari made him after she found out he got nominated for the award because she's procrastinating dealing with her issues.

Next Day Tim has researched, they're all making polite small talk and probing questions at lunch and planning to drag Adrien back to his flat for more intense questions and Adrien makes a terrible joke because he's around at least one other hero so it's ok to let a little CN show, he can just write it off as being the VA, be fine. Not when hes been tracking chipped so they don't lose him and he has to AstroCat to Paris because there's an Akuma that he has to recharge in the middle of. He's like getting ready to fly back to LA to meet up with them and apologize but someone had the great idea to boom tube right under him so he couldn't avoid the conversation.

LB was napping on her kitties shoulder because it's like midnight in Paris and that fight was hard and she'll go back to her bed soon, she just needs a little recharge mkay. They are suddenly falling. She is unhappy. He is unhappy and then very akward like oh shit, some frantic begging in french to pls don't take my ring I know they know who I am and you should also know who I am but I did it to help and you look so tired. Lb goes to lucky charm herself up something to help guide her in this, she gets coffee. While lucky charming, someone says something along the lines of you probably shouldn't have voiced yourself in a movie tbh. Lbs brain shuts down, she gets beaned in the head by her magic coffee and is just out of it for like 2-6 hours.

Adrien spends several hours alternating between panicking, never leaving her side, where she's detransformed and wearing a borrowed Bat Domino Tikki put on, being comforted that it'll all be fine don't worry and trying to explain things. They realize questions need answers soon because Adrien needs to go back to the hotel and LB probs needs to get to Paris. They wake her, loudly at tikkis recommendation. She's typical Mari waking up and does not realize there are like a dozen people around her when she starts talking half awake to Tikki about how she had this weird dream where Adrien was CN but then that would explain so much about how he figured out my identity but this means I can never date Adrien and get married and have three kids and a hamster because he's my kitty and if we fall in love it causes CB and the end of the world but I'm sure that's definitely not the case because Bunnix would have told me! The only response she gets is a choked "Princess?" Lb is suddenly very awake and very aware of the people and the domino mask that isn't magic and Adrien and the headache and the people and the fact their heros and Adrien and oh crap.

Swirling blue portal, bunnix appears with a bowl of popcorn. Doesn't even give Mari or Adrien a chance to start to Panic, is like nope, this is the right way for you to find out identities, it's all good I'm just here for clarification and to watch the show. The collection of very confused heros would like clarification very much please and thanks. Focus now, freak out later. Info dump!!! Request for hunting down hawkmoth pls, no coming to Paris though because bad. Mari asks for a boom tub back to Paris pls, she has school. Suits up and is ready to step through, runs back, kisses Adrien on the cheek and says I'm happy it's you minou, and bolts through the portal. Adrien is broken, but happy though, he thinks. He's not sure if this is happy though because it's been a while, mistakenly says that out loud. Adrien gains supportive friends who get superheroing and parental expectations and also being in the limelight all the time which he needs. He does not need them attempting to help with his attempts to woo his lady, who he keeps accidentally breaking and genuinely can't tell she's shutting off because she likes him or because she doesn't like him flirting. They both start chilling in the YJ flat because it's nice and chill and they don't need to worry about intruders or emotions.

--- possible addition, Mari gets big sister Zatanna who loves that this teen who wields literal creation goddesses is amazing at fashion, she's my sister now Dick you can fight me. She gets dragged to spas to relax and also is taught magic. Adrien is also there learning magic and some spa stuff when he has the time but is also happy to just sit and be a Simp when they do fashion things with like some inputs on the current trends.

----- There are several arguments about who gets to actually get and keep Adrien as a mentor and big brother role, mostly between Dick and Will, honorable mention to Roy. Oliver and Dinah have told Bruce he has a problem and Adrien fits their aesthetic better, also Dinah is a therapist and he definitely needs that. Hal is making a surprisingly good case for powerful ring bros

Option for class salt and not sure how much of S4 of MLB there should be because I think the whole Chloe/Zoe thing is doing them both dirty and I don't think it's okay Chloe was manipulated by a man who's known her all her life and that makes her irredeemable tbh.

[fatty-fused-saiyan]

Tricks and Treats! 21's Obsession unleashed!

(EVENT)

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(pretend i posted this on halloween and didnt take until way later to post - the mun)

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Part 1: Sweet tooth

Kefla frowned as she looked down at her empty bag of candy she had bought for herself before tossing it aside

"Man, I swear they keep making those bags smaller each time..." she sighs, catching 21's attention

The android would walk over and grin

"In a candy deficit?" she teases as she picked up and read the label on it reading 'party-sized'

Kefla blushes as she hears this before putting a hand on her stomach

"Yeah, think you could make me some?" she asks curiously

21 grins widely and sits next to her while creating various types of chocolates

"Then lets fix that, shall we~" she says lovingly as she began to feed Kefla, who happily ate the steady stream of candies

Part 2: Release

21 grinned happily as she pat Kefla's satiated stomach

"There, nice and full~" she says lovingly as she gave the saiyan's stomach a kiss

Kefla laughed a little to herself before placing a hand on her stomach as she looked up at 21, who seemed to be going to tend to something

"Done already?" Kefla teases as she pat her stomach, causing 21 to laugh

"Well you are full, aren't you?" she asks, swinging her tail from side to side slightly

Kefla feels her stomach for a second before tilting her head from side to side

"I have room for more" she remarks as she pat her stomach

"Besides, its halloween, so I'm gonna eat all the candy I can anyway" the saiyan adds, causing 21 to turn her head with a wide grin

"Is that right~?" 21 asks as she turned to Kefla with a hand on her hip

Part 3: Transformation

Kefla blushed as 21 asked, already knowing what the android would ask

"Yeah, r'you thinking about helping?" she asks curiously

21 grinned widely as she walked over and firmly placed a hand on the saiyan's stomach, her normally light blue eyes now a vivid shade of red

"As much as I can if you'd like~" the majin states with a wide grin

Kefla froze as she noticed 21's transformation before thinking for a second

"S-Sure, just don't make me pop like a balloon" she remarks, causing 21 to instantly transform into her 'pure evil' state as she began to caress the saiyan's stomach

"Of course~' 21 says happily before grinning wider than normal

"But I should warn you that I can't gauruntee your mobility tomorrow morning~" she adds, causing Kefla to flinch

"B-But that should still be a long time from now..." she thinks to herself as 21 got ready to start feeding her

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???:

"My, so she's going all out?" a voice says to themselves as they lean back in their seat

"It looks like I get to see what I'll be working with~"

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Part 4: Indulgance

Kefla laid happily on the couch as 21 sat on her lap while stuffing the saiyan with tens of hundreds of desserts

"My, you've been keeping up incredibly well~" 21 remarks as she momentarily stopped feeding the saiyan to jiggle her stomach, which had grown considerably

Kefla would grin a little as she heard this before noticing how massive she felt

"Th-Thats surprising, I feel like a blimp" she states as she gently rubbed her stomach, causing 21 laugh

"Just a blimp?" she asks as she drew circles around the saiyan's belly button with her finger

"Then that means I need to start taking this seriously!" 21 says urgently as she started feeding Kefla at over twice the speed she was originally

Kefla would be surprised by this as she ate one candy after another, unable to speak through all the desserts

Part 5: Too big

A few hours would pass before 21 would stop feeding Kefla

"My, it seems you're at your limit already" she says sounding dissapointed as she felt how firm Kefla's stomach had gotten

The saiyan panted as she put her hands on her stomach before looking at 21

"I've... Been there... For a while..." she says as her stomach lets out an audible groan, causing the majin to grin

"Well I should remind you that you did eat all the candy you could like you said you would" 21 teases as she got up to get a good look at the saiyan

21 gasped as she saw how swollen Kefla had gotten, as she had outgrown her entire outfit and took up the entire couch

"Ta da..." Kefla groans as she rubbed her stomach, causing 21 to laugh before poking her stomach

"My, you're-" the majin goes to say before stopping as she noticed Kefla's stomach didn't jiggle like it normally did

The couple turn a deep red as this set in before Kefla speak

"Did you... Did you get me so full that my stomach has no give to it?" she asks, not sure if what she saw really happened

21 would quickly lean in and kiss the saiyan as she held her stomach

"Looks like it~!" she says excitedly

Part 6: Stomach ache

Kefla blushes as she tried to roll over to no avail

"That didn't mean I meant this much!" she whines as she tried to soothe her upset stomach

21 frowns as she realized just how full the saiyan was before looking a little sad

The android would lean down and begin to gently and efficiently tend to the saiyan's stomach

Kefla grins as she felt near instant relief from her stomach ache before laughing a little as she noticed 21 had returned to normal

"Ah, so you can switch that on anytime?" she asks curiously, causing 21 to blush

"Under the right circumstances," the android replies simply before giving the saiyan a kiss

Kefla would smile before giving a long yawn, causing the android to grin

"My, I think digesting all that is really taking it out of her" she thinks

"I'll be right back~" she says warmly before heading down the hall, returning a minute later with a few pillows and blankets

Kefla was surprised to see this, but didn't entirely mind due to being too swollen to move

"Thaaaanks" the saiyan yawned as 21 made her comfortable

Part 7: That night

Some time would pass with Kefla laying comfortably on the bed before she would feel herself starting to fall asleep

As she closed her eyes, 21 would be getting comfortable on the nearby loveseat, laying a blanket on her lap as she layed her head on her hand to admire her handiwork on Kefla's figure

"Good night~" the anroid says happily

"Night..." Kefla says slowly, before falling asleep a second later

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???:

A dark figure grinned widely as they took in every inch the saiyan had grown, and will grow as a result

"I must admit, that side of 21 is quite admirable" they remark before grinning

"But for now, I'll let them keep at it..."

[barnesandrogersfanfics]

Home - Intro

Summary: Fresh out of a divorce, Y/N moves to Sun Valley for a fresh start, a house left to her by her aunt and a new job as a nanny.

James 'Bucky' Barnes owns a law firm and has been left with three kids after his wife died giving birth to their youngest.

Bucky is nervous about leaving the kids with a nanny but he cant keep finding babysitters and the kids need someone more permanent around.

If you had asked me a year ago where id be right now, i would have said happily married, maybe a kid on the way?

But oh how wrong i was.

I was standing in my new home (a house left to me by my aunt that i was planning on selling!) with two suitcases of my belongings, no husband, no kids.... just me.

I stood looking around the fully furnished house and sighed, it was a lovely house, a bit outdated but i could work on that gradually....I wouldn't be here that often anyway. Before making the move i had applied for a nannying job in town, single father with 3 kids, he called me within the hour to have a phone interview that lasted over an hour. 20 minutes after the call he offered me the job. He was either impressed or desperate, i hadn't worked that out yet!

I dragged my suitcases upstairs and chose a bedroom, i unpacked the suitcases hanging up clothes in the wardrobe. Found some clean sheets and changed the bedsheets before turning in for the night. I had to be at the Barnes residence at 7:30am tomorrow to meet them all in person.

Dressed in blue jeans and purple cable knit sweater i headed to the car and made my way to the Barnes residence.

Pulling up in the 3 car garage as directed i sat leaning forward so i could take in the size of the place! It was huge! Clearly the man made ALOT of money!!

"Well shit" i quietly mumbled to myself grabbing my purse from the passenger seat and making my way up to the front door. The door opened before i even reached it and a young blonde woman opened the door with a tight smile.

"You must be Y/N"

"Yeah, thats me. Hi" i replied giving her a polite smile.

"Im Chloe, Mr Barnes's assistant. He is just finishing up a call, he asked me to show you in"

"Great"

I followed Chloe through the huge house into the living room, i couldn't help but worry about getting lost in here!

"Just wait here he wont be long" Chloe said before turning and making a quick getaway. I sat on the edge of the sofa, knee shaking nervously as i looked around the room, the place was spotless considering three kids lived here.

"Im so sorry Miss Y/L/N, unexpected early morning problems to deal with" a deep voice suddenly said from behind making me stand up to turn and great my new employer.

When i saw him i felt my breath catch in my throat, the man was beautiful! ....i was NOT expecting that at all! 

"Its not a problem Mr Barnes" i smiled trying to ignore the fact he was the prettiest man id ever seen in my life!!

"Please have a seat"

"Thank you"

"Its nice to finally put a face to the name" he smiled looking a little surprised himself, maybe he was expecting an older woman??

"Yeah it sure is, i have to admit your a lot younger than i thought you'd be"

"I get that alot, we started young" he chuckled taking a seat on the sofa across from me "so how did the move go?"

"It was fine, i got in yesterday. Still gotta make it feel like home you know"

"I get that" he nodded looking around the room "i've lived here for 3 years and still doesn't feel like a home. As i said i work alot, i havent had time to do much with the place"

"Its a beautiful home Mr Barnes"

"Please call me James, Mr Barnes is so formal"

"Okay sure, in that case you have to call me Y/N" i smiled "so where are the kids? Its very quiet in here considering you have three young ones"

"Oh it wont stay like that for long, trust me! They stayed at their Uncle Steve's last night while i got the house cleaned. Couldn't have you turning up to messy house on your first day, you would have run a mile"

"I dont mind a bit of mess, its kinda expected when kids are involved anyway" i shrugged.

"I guess its inevitable" he smiled running his hand over his stubbled jaw "So, the hours i need you will vary depending on my work load. Some days i'll be home early and you can head home, others i may get held up and need you to stay"

"Yeah thats fine, im flexible with hours anyway" i nodded "being new to town i dont have any commitments, i'll welcome the distraction to be honest"

"No family or friends in town?"

"Nope, its just me. My aunt left me the farm house when she passed away a few months ago.... i had every intention of selling the place but..... well things changed and i decided a fresh start would be best"

"Well if you ever need anything dont hesitate to ask me"

"Thank you Mr Barnes.... sorry, i mean James" i felt myself blush slightly but he just smiled at me.

"I'll get a room set up for you here too, i dont expect you stay late then drive home. Id feel much better if you would just stay over when that happens"

"Okay, that sounds practical"

"I want you to feel comfortable with us, you will become a big part of our lives. I mean I'm trusting you with the most important things in my life"

"Im sure we'll get along great, and you dont have to worry. I will treat them like they were my own, they will be perfectly safe with me i promise you"

"BUCK WE'RE HOME!" A voice called suddenly followed by the sounds of running and laughing.

"Incoming" He stood up chuckling raising his eyebrows, the door burst open and two girls came busting through the door and dived at him. James scooped up both girls planted kisses on their faces making them giggle.

"How are my girls?"

"We good daddy, uncle Stevie gave us chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast!" The smaller of the two said happily.

"He did?? Did you save me some?"

"Dont be silly daddy"

"Who are you?" The eldest of the two asked me suddenly looking suspicious.

"Im Y/N"

"You daddy's girlfriend?"

"No sweetheart, this is Y/N. She's going to be looking after you while im at work"

"No more Mrs Fisher???"

"Nope"

"YES!! she was mean!.... your not mean are you?"

"I dont think so" i laughed finding it amusing.

"Y/N's not mean at all! I think you guys are gonna get along just fine" James said smiling.

"Hey Buck" a tall blonde man appeared in the doorway with a toddler in his arms.

"Hey Steve, this is Y/N. Our new nanny"

Steve's eyebrows shot up quickly, he looked at James then over to me before smiling.

"Hi, nice to meet you" he held out his free hand for me to shake.

"You too, you must be uncle Steve"

"Guilty" he smiled before passing the baby over to James.

"Okay, so i guess i should introduce you to the kids".

A/N: I will add a ‘keep reading’ later, i still cant do it on mobile!! 🤬

[beesonestopcurioshop]

Safe

Note: This is my second Drabble attempt. I actually like this one better than the first. This one was for my dear friend @boogiewrites I hope you all like it! The prompt I was given is number 14 from this list. I’m also posting from mobile again, so disclaimer I can’t add a keep reading bar lol.

Warnings: Some violence. Yelling. Knives. Guns. Alfie Solomons.

Word count: 1410. Oops. I got carried away. 😂

Photo Credit: Quick google search.

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Josephine took a deep breath. The smell of London infiltrated her nose. It was very harsh and city-like. She loved it. It made her feel at home. Safe. Even in the midst of the chaotic bustling energy. She wanted to go for a walk and see where her feet led her. It hadn’t been long since she had been back. Just long enough for things to change. It would be nice to get acclimated again.

Something felt different than before. Unstable. Kinetic. Combustible if handled incorrectly. New hands laid in power for different sections of the city. There were whispers of three brothers coming in and taking over a nightclub. The Shelby brothers making a grand entrance into London life. If they were anything like what she had heard, they would fit right in.

Walking through Little Italy was a dangerous game to be played. Especially when the Italians knew your face and didn’t approve of the company you kept. She had to fight off the urge to roll her eyes into her next life. Darby Sabini had always been around. He probably would be, or at the very least his legacy, until the end of time. He was an insufferable little man. He was definitely a thorn in a lot of people’s sides.

The one rise to power that did not surprise her one bit, was one Captain Alfred Solomons. Or Alfie as he liked to be addressed. Alfie ran a tight ship. He always had. She was excited to see him again. In his element, but in a different manner.

Jo walked around taking in the things that had changed, and things that stayed the same. In this day and age, businesses came and went. Especially with the people who actually ran the city versus the elected officials.

The bakery she was looking for wasn’t far. She had noticed a tail on her a while ago in little Italy. Sabini most likely already knew she was back. She was surprised he didn’t know the moment her feet touched London soil.

Josephine was livid at the audacity of Sabini’s men following her into Alfie’s territory. These were newer faces, so they probably only had the shadow of a story about her. So she let them tailing her slide. They appeared to have been employed long enough that they should have known their boundary lines better.

Coming up on the bakeshop she could see that there was a side alley. It was perfect for making her point. She made a quick duck into the side street and placed her back up against the bakery wall. She reached into the waist belt on her dress for her knife while she patiently waited.

One of them jogged by. She let him pass. They were panicking that they had lost her. ‘Good. Let those fucks flounder.’ She moved to the other wall of the alley. If they circled back around, which she was sure they would, she wanted to get the jump on them.

Hearing one set of dress shoes slapping against the walkway she counted the seconds as he got closer. ‘Three, two,’ she struck out onto the walkway and gripped his collar tight. She pulled him violently into the side street and pushed him against the wall with her knife at his throat.

“Why the fuck does Darby Sabini have a shitty tail on my heels? Huh?!” The edge of her knife pushed into his neck harder the more she jumped toward him. He pleaded in Italian. He honestly seemed like he was about seventeen.

“Oh, are you the one they sent without a gun? You haven’t even lost your training wheels yet, boy.” Jo leaned backward with a light laugh as his eyes widened.

“They really didn’t tell you a damn thing about who you were following, did they?” She heard a door open and close behind her. It must have been the big side door to the bakery. Alfie would most certainly be out here in two minutes flat.

“Hey! Let him go! I’ll shoot you and not think twice!” A quivering voice shouted from the mouth of the alley.

“Oh, will you? Did Darby tell you to do so on another man’s land? Stupid move boy.” Jo backed up, allowing the other boy to move to safety.

She watched as the one with the gun assessed his partner to make sure he was okay. They had to have been brothers. The slightly older one was worried sick. He didn’t hide it well. His worry told her he could very well have pulled that trigger. She felt sympathy for the boys. That was until the older one opened his mouth.

“Sabini will hear of this! Your head will be on a pike in front of Alfie Solomons’s business by tomorrow morning.”

“Oh plea…,” she didn’t get the chance to finish. The doors behind her opened up with a cacophony of sliding and slamming. There was a fury behind the motion.

“Gentlemen! Right, you know you’re not supposed to be over this way, right? I have a meeting with this lovely lady here, and I don’t think Sabini would like hearing that his… boys got caught would he?!” Josephine smiled darkly pleased at the voice booming through the lane. It sounded like a god had descended upon the passageway ready to pass judgment.

“Boys, if I were you? I would toddle along. You can say I went out for a walk, and then went home to my flat. Darby doesn’t have to know any different.” Ollie came up beside her to gently usher her backward toward the side door. Normally this would aggravate her, but she let him lead her to Alfie’s office. She hadn’t even been back for 24 hours and she had already caused a stir. She calmly took a seat on the couch in his office.

“Thanks, Ollie. Good to see you again, mate.” Jo smiled and Ollie looked helpless. He knew she was in for it. The thundering footsteps that climbed the stairs confirmed just as much.

“Fuck off Ollie! Right fucking now.” Alfie commanded. Josephine gave Ollie a wink to let him know she would indeed be okay through the storm she had created.

“You know, yeah. When I told you last to get my attention when you got back to the city, right, I did not mean almost START A FUCKING WAR.” Alfie roared. His eyebrows came down over the bridge of his nose and his lips curled inward in a snarl. She sat there determining her next move. A small huff of a laugh escaped her.

“You think this is funny?” The roar continued.

“No, Alfie. I don’t. If Darby didn’t have children doin’ his grunt work, maybe he wouldn’t have to worry about someone noticing and potentially causing a problem. Especially someone he knows can, will, and has caused issues before when slighted.”

“Look if you wanna get shot so bad, I'll shoot you, right?!” His hand landed on his gun. If she didn’t know any better, she would have thought he would shoot her right where she sat.

“Look, Alfie. I wasn’t actually going to hurt them. I was just getting a point across that I don’t appreciate being followed.” Jo stood and made her way over to Alfie. She gently placed her hand over the top of his on his gun. She ran her fingers across the back of his tattooed hand hoping to reign in the beast.

“You and I both know that I’ve suffered worse than a gunshot.”

“Yeah, well I’ll be damned if you have to ever again under my rule. Right outside of my bakery, yeah.” He sighed heavily through his nose. Josephine would be the death of him one of these days. He called it back in the war, and it still stood to this day.

She grinned at his grumpy face. The dimples in her cheeks peeking out, melting his irate nature the smallest bit.

“If there’s anywhere I know I’m safe, it’s here.” She raised her right hand, “I, Josephine the magnet for trouble, solemnly swear that I’ll behave to the hardest degree of my ability.” She paused and took in his cantankerous visage. “Now hug me, you grouchy man.” She pulled him in, gripping him tightly. She hadn’t realized how much she missed him.

The door opened behind them, Ollie peeking through. “Sorry to interrupt, but Thomas Shelby is here to see you, Alfie.”

••

I hope you all enjoyed this as well!! 🧡🐝

Taglist: @boogiewrites @ugly-crying-over-bucky-barnes @deanscroissant @justanothershelby @parochialism @hazelnmae @reyloshipper-starwars @smallheathgangsters

[littledarlinwrites]

Dream a Little Dream Of Me

1940s!Bucky Barnes x Reader

This is for @teamcap4bucky Summer Sun and Fun Game! Thank you so much for hosting and for being so patient with me when I screwed up the due date. This was specifically written for @majesticavenger, I'm so sorry for the wait, but I hope it was worth it! Anywho, this is the first time I've wrote 40s!Bucky and I'm hella needy at the moment 'cause life, so leave me some love y'all! (Also, as soon as I can jump on my laptop I'll add a keep reading link, I'm not savvy enough to do it on mobile).

You trudged up to your Brooklyn apartment, your cat howling on the fire escape outside your bedroom window to be let in. A tired smile graves your face after a long day of work. A job you were grateful for, but bittersweet under the circumstances, patients sick or dying, and men going off to war only to never return either physically or mentally. You couldn't wait to hide away in your apartment for the rest of the night, draw a hot bath, listen to a radio program before nodding off to sleep. And, if you were lucky, maybe your apartment pen pal had sent you another note attached to your cats threaded collar. The thought of it made you pick up your pace as you climbed your apartment buildings staircase.

You practically ran into your apartment and to your bedroom window, flipping the latch and looking for the paper that was typically wrapped around your cats collar and tied with a baby blue string.

You found the paper, tying the baby blue string to an embroidery hoop with the others you collected. Today the note was short, just a song suggestion, something he would do on a rough day. You drew your bath water while turning up the radio station to catch the song. It wasn't until you were crawling into bed that the song played. Moonlight Serenade. You just hoped Lucky, the nickname he had told you to call him, was somewhere listening to it too.

The following morning you rushed around to get ready for the day and out the door in time. You scribbled your note to Lucky and wrapped it around the cat's collar before shooing it out the window.

----

Bucky laid on his bed, window open, waiting for the furry creature to make its way to him like it always did. Nox, she had said was the cat's name. Usually Bucky appreciated cats from a distance considering they would make him sneezy and itchy, but he couldn't help but enjoy the conversations with his pen pal. Luna, she had said to call her. A nickname her mother gave her due to her infatuation with the giant orb in the sky. He won every single match after he started talking with her, and he didn't consider that a coincidence. 

Bucky heard the mewling from the black cat before he felt it curl up on his chest. He scratched the cat behind its ears causing the cat to purr contentedly before he began unfurling the note attached to its knitted collar. 

“Silently if, out of not knowable

night’s utmost nothing, wanders a little guess

(only which is this world) more of my life does

not leap than with the mystery your smile

sings or if (spiraling as luminous

they climb oblivion) voices who are dreams,

less into heaven certainly earth swims

than each my deeper death becomes your kiss

losing through you what seemed myself, I find

selves unimaginably mine; beyond

sorrow’s own joys and hoping’s very fears

yours is the light by which my spirit’s born:

yours is the darkness of my soul’s return

–you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars”

-E. E. Cummings

Bucky read the poem three times before reaching for a piece of paper and jotting down some words. He wrapped the piece of paper around the cats collar, tying it with a frayed blue string from his work shirt and turned over to get a couple hours of sleep, if only his heart would stop fluttering like a hummingbird in his chest.

----

Walking through your door was a complete relief, even more so after stripping your nurses outfit and stockings. The hot shower relaxing your stiff and sore muscles. You donned your nightgown before opening your window for your cat to come home while running a brush through your wet strands. Eventually you heard the telltale meowing of your hungry cat before you heard its soft padding jumps to your floor from your window. You manage to scoop the black cat into your arms before you have to chase him through your apartment. You pull the thread holding the note onto his collar and unfurl the note to read it.

My lucky star

You shine so brightly

My lucky star 

You guide me through the night

My lucky star

You give me hope

My lucky star

You guide me home

My lucky star

You help me more than you know

My lucky star

Oh how you glow

My lucky star

Please never let me go

The words set fire to your face as your stomach erupted with a swarm of butterflies. You pulled out your journal, pressing the note between the next set of empty pages. You turn your radio on humming along to the song as you lay in your bed fighting sleep just to think about Lucky just a moment more.

When you wake in the morning you grab a paper and something to write with as you write down a couple lines to a song, one of your favorites, before you got ready for the day, humming the tune on your way to work and all through your day. Except, you forgot to leave the window open for your cat to get out to pass on the waiting note.

----

Bucky was fighting sleep waiting for the cat to prance his way through the window before making a home on his bed. Sleep clawed at his mind, his eye lids weighed heavy and sore with a need for rest. And just like that, Bucky fell asleep for the first time without the sound of a cat purring on his bed.

He woke up and walked to the shipyard, loading and unloading pallets until the sun hung low in the sky. He felt off kilter all day. Like he was just a hair off with his footing and could never get it quite right. He was a bit more clumsy than usual. All signs that he should cancel his match tonight and back out while he still could, but he trudged on, assuring himself that he could use the money so maybe he could take his lucky star out on a proper date. He made his way to the Y for his match pumping himself up, he just couldn't help this nagging feeling though that he was missing something.

----

When you got home from work your humming abruptly stopped when you saw your cat staring at you in the middle of the room, tail twitching every so often. Your shoulder slumped when you realized you never let your cat out with your note. You moved slowly to refill the food bowl before making yourself a small dinner. Your gut sinking by the minute that something was wrong. You went to bed that night hoping the feeling would pass by morning.

When you woke you realized you were running late. You dressed quickly before running out the door and to the hospital before checking your patient list, a relatively short one, but you had patients to attend to nonetheless. You made your way through your rounds before stopping at the last bed. A mess of bruises, a boxers fracture, sprained wrist, 2 broken ribs and the rest bruised, a black eye and a concussion. However, one look into the man's eye that wasn't swollen shut took your breath away. You decided then that blue was your all time favorite color. You checked his pulse, administered his medication which involved rousing him from his slumber, and making sure his bandages were fresh and in place. You turned to leave but stopped short at the site of a baby blue work shirt with frayed edges. You thumbed over the loose threads and noticed it was missing a few as if they had been pulled and cut for a purpose. The faintest whisper escaped you.

"Lucky?" A few beats passed before you heard the man you were just attending to clear his throat.

"Luna?" He asked confused. Your hand flew to your mouth as you gasped. You couldn't believe the man that made you blush on more than one occasion, that had worked his way into your dreams even though you had never seen his face, was now your patient.

"You okay there, doll?" He asked. When you barely nodded telling him yes he began to move as if to get out of bed sending you into a flurry of motion. 

"Lucky, you're hurt-"

"Bucky. I mean, my real name is James Buchanan Barnes, but most people call me Bucky." He grits out as pain shoots through his ribcage.

"Well, Bucky, you're hurt, you shouldn't move much quite yet." He nods as he waits for the wave of pain to pass.

"What happened to you?" You can't help but ask.

"I, uh, work at the shipyard during the afternoon, but at night I box. Damn good at it too. Guess luck just wasn't on my side last night, doll."

"Uh, Y/N. My name that is. My name is Y/N." A smile made its way onto Bucky's face.

"Why didn't you write back, doll? Didn't think my on the spot poem was that terrible." The giggle that managed to escape you at his humor about his poetry was like music to his ears, and he decided that he wanted to hear that sound forever.

"Sorry, that was my fault. I wrote you a note, I really did, but I forgot to open the window for my cat to deliver it. I loved your poem actually." A blush crawled upon Bucky's face at your words. 

"What was the note?" He asked curiously. 

"Oh, just some lines from a song, nothing special."

"It's always special coming from you, doll. What was the song?" This time it was your turn to blush.

"Dream a Little Dream of Me." You replied bashfully.

"What lines?"

"Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you

Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you

But in your dreams whatever they be

Dream a little dream of me."

"That's one of my favorites, doll."

The rest of your shift you spent at Bucky's bedside talking music, poetry, family, pets, friends, where your apartment was and everything else under the sun. You told Bucky you would come by tomorrow to spend the day with him since it was your day off. You couldn't wait to come back, although it was bittersweet realizing there would be no note to come home to. 

When you woke the next morning you heard a tapping at your door. You opened it to reveal Bucky standing there with a bouquet of flowers with a note.

I dreamt a little dream of you.

[ratsalad]

would you mind doing 1-60? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

oh wow sure, thanks! i'm on mobile so i can't add a read more, sowwy to everyone whose dash this shows up on :/

1. selfie: no :(

2. what would you name your future kids? i don't think i'd have kids, but i have some names picked out for any cats i raise in the future: achilles, circe, pan and andromache

3. do you miss anyone? pretty much all my friends! they're all away for college or work and i don't get to see them that often anymore

4. what are you looking forward to? tomorrow, when i get to see @kthemarsian!!!!!

5. is it hard for you to get over someone? i've only had to do this once and it wasn't that hard, so i'm guessing no.

6. is there anyone who can always make you smile? yes - i was great friends with this person a few years ago, but we drifted apart and don't talk much anymore, but whenever i got to see her or speak to her i wouldn't be able to stop smiling lmao. it'll probably be like this any time i get to see her in the future as well

7. what was your life like last year? a hot bubbling cauldron of a mess... last year went away in a blur of 'i did nothing of import so 2018 feels like a void year' but i think it was emotionally my most stable year

8. have your ever cried because you were so annoyed? annoyed no, but frustrated yes. usually when i get into arguments with my dad lol

9. who did you last see in person? my grandma...? i live with my family lol this question is so funny

10. are you good at hiding your feelings? i think so yeah

11. are you listening to music right now? no, but i was listening to abba a few minutes ago

12. what is something you want right now? self discipline :(

13. how do you feel right now? like i have all the time in the world (procrastination stage 1)

14. when was the last time someone of the opposite sex hugged you? my dad hugged me like 10 minutes ago

15. personality description? bsnfnsjs these kinda questions always trip me up... i've been described as cheerful and friendly, i'd say i'm an optimist, and i'd like to think i'm quite down to earth

16. have you ever wanted to tell someone something but didn't? lots of times. i'm not great at confrontation but i'm working on it

17. opinion on insecurities? i don't really have an opinion...? i'll just say that universal acceptance is unachievable, so go forth knowing that personal acceptance is sufficient and the rest is unnecessary

18. do you miss how things were a year ago? not at all lmao i'm considerably more inspired now to be productive

19. have you ever been to new york? i wish ;;;;

20. what is your favorite song at the moment? a moment of clarity by death!

21. age & birthday? 20; 2nd may

22. description of crush: i don't have one right now

23. fears: OH BOY. i'm very afraid of unsecured heights (like open terraces with no walls or railings, open clifftops, etc). i think i'm just afraid of falling from a height, no matter how small - i remember walking on a bridge made of planks and being scared shitless because the planks were wobbly; one wrong step and i could fall through (but the fall would've only been like 5 feet lmao). even like... floating rocks that you have to jump onto in video games scare me lol

24. height: 153cm (5 feet)

25. role model: i don't really have one

26. idols: lol right now probably chuck schuldiner. it changes a lot depending on what band i'm obsessed with at the moment

27. things i hate: institutionalized education, tomatoes, discrimination, beauty standards, soup most of the time, unkind people, a lack of humility, the color turquoise, the concept of being born into a religion, coke/pepsi/anything that's supposed to taste like it

28. i'll love you if...: you take an interest in the stuff i like and allow me to do the same for you. literally that's all it takes lol

29. favorite films: (exhales) boyyyyyyyyyyyy... brokeback mountain, no country for old men, west side story, donnie darko, ferris bueller's day off

30. favorite tv shows: already answered!

31. 3 random facts: already answered

32. are you friends mainly girls or guys: girls

33. something you want to learn: GUITAR. kickboxing. math. to sing properly. electronics and mechanics.  i want to learn lots about wildlife biology (mainly herpetology), geology, agriculture, forestry and safe+ethical animal husbandry practices. i really need to learn how to drive better lmao and i'd love to learn to ride a motorcycle. a bunch of languages: tamil (i can speak but can't read/write well), hindi, swedish (and then norwegian and icelandic), french, spanish, japanese, malayalam. i want to learn to draw better, and then animate. i just want to learn a lot dude lol

34. most embarrassing moment: i was playing keyboards at this talent show in school (i think i was 13) but i got so nervous i couldn't remember how the song went and i started crying and then left the stage like a drama queen lmao

35. favorite subject: from school, probably geography

36. 3 dreams you want to fulfill? write a sick fantasy novel, make music, get swole af

37. favorite actors: jake gyllenhaal, kristen stewart, jeff goldblum, laura dern, anne hathaway

38. favorite comedians: honestly i don't watch a lot of stand-up

39. favorite sports: i like watching volleyball, i want to play someday

40. favorite memory: probably the sheer awe i felt the first time i watched the hobbit (i know now it wasn't that great a movie but that was the first time tolkien had touched my life)

41. relationship status: single

42. favorite books: the hobbit/lotr, lord of the flies, the song of achilles, and a lot of the books i ended up having to read for college: cry the beloved country, things fall apart, train to pakistan. and of course the pjo series will always be in my heart

43. favorite song ever: i don't have such a song but i guess you could say miklagard overture holds this title

44. age you get mistaken for: 15-17 :///// i'm short

45. how you found out of about your idol: it's kind of impossible to be a part of the metal scene and not know about chuck schuldiner because of his near-legend status, so i've kind of always known about him since 2014, used to listen to just the symbolic album and a few other songs here and there but only Really got into death this year

46. what my last text message says: "why"

47. turn ons: already answered!

48. turn offs: when people raise their voices to prove a point/when they get angry it IMMEDIATELY turns me off, no joke. rudeness (especially to other people), zero humility, entitlement, pessimism/cynicism, self pity, being overly critical of everything - ugh just people who don't know how to be happy or have fun, you know? don't like that. poor hygiene is ofc another big turn off

49. where i want to be right now: tucson ://///

50. favorite picture of your idol: i have THREE:

51. star sign: taurus sun, sagittarius moon!

52. something i'm talented at: i like to think i write well

53. 5 things that make me happy: band t-shirts, when my hair behaves, strawberry ice cream, when a clutch of garden lizard eggs have hatched somewhere and there are little baby lizards jumping all over my plants, aaaaand i guess little beetles and when they walk over your hands

54. something that's worrying me at the moment: my posture lol my shoulders are killing me

55. tumblr friends: @tozier-the-trashmouth, @little-murmaider, @spaceviking, @yuhlanyeter - you guys are Rad TM - and others i haven't talked to in a while since i'm not here much

56. favorite foods: chili fries, bbq nachos and super greasy, really spicy cheeseburgers

57. favorite animals: i! love! reptiles!!!!!!!!!! crocodilians especially. i also love cats

59. why i joined tumblr: for the metallica gifs!

60. ask me anything you want: ?????

@firebonbon thank you you're lovely and i hope you have a superb day 💗

[rank-minus-seven]

I didn't get the chance to do my daily pixel art prompt (which was Mech Suit btw) so I'll try to catch up and do that and the following prompt tomorrow when I'm done with streaming and handling some work stuff.

I think I have an idea for mech suit that'll at least work in 16x16, 8x8 is going to be the bigger challenge for sure.

I did get to do some chores I've been putting off today though, and got to go on a really nice walk by the river too. That was nice. Even got some Javascript practice in (albeit just a little) and the concepts I learned over the week I didn't forget (and felt a little clearer) after taking yesterday off from studying since I has having bad brain fog yesterday.

I get to play more Klonoa on stream tomorrow, and I'll be starting the no-damage challenge, which will be pretty fun! I've been struggling a lot to find the motivation to keep my streaming schedule up, but at least I'm enjoying the things I've been playing, even if it's tanked my numbers over the last few months. It is what it is.

I don't really have a place on the internet other than this blog where I can just ramble into the void and nobody will read it. And even if people do read it (btw thank you for taking the time out of your day to care about a random stranger's mundane ramblings about their day-to-day life for even a few minutes), it's not a big deal. I'm much more interested in having a space to chronicle my stuff I do in a more casual way than my twitter or my stream. Everyone kinda needs a space to just exist without any pressure. A longer-form blog is that space for me. It's also a lot easier to curate my tumblr feed than it is my twitter.

I just like looking at nice pictures and reading about the successes of others, no matter how small. It makes me feel like there's still good things in the very noisy and stressful world we live in.

Mobile isn't letting me add tags, so I'll remember to edit this post when I'm on my PC tomorrow. Hopefully I remember at least!

Edit: I did eventually remember.

[amberviernes]

The Web Building Process: Rebuilding the Further Reading Page

Hello everyone! No timelapse this time- as this page is rather boring design-wise (it's just a bunch of links to different articles I read related to authenticity). I decided to expand upon the original links that were listed in the mockup, so more works (including ones from my paper) were added to the fray!

I may end up adding more depending on the written content that I add to the sub-pages. But I'm pretty happy with this page (though it does suffer from some left/right padding issues). It'll be pretty easy to add some padding onto this page once I work towards making it more responsive on mobile devices.

And that's my three pages of the day complete! I'll also try and work on the survey results page or the conclusion page before I close up shop, but no promises 😂.

What I can say is that, I would like to see all of the main pages done by the end of tomorrow. And if I have time, I would also like to make a template for the sub-analysis pages.

In the meantime, if you're interested in seeing the other pages in website form, consider checking out these posts: Home | Research | About