#Lost and found qr code

[foundmee]

Lost and Found Tags- https://foundme.com/

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Local library looking absolutely abysmal in terms of their philosophy section

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[natalie668]

Hey i was wondering if maybe you could do something with the poly lost boys finding there mate right after they said that they can't find love? It can be for the boys or the reader. You don't have to ofcourse if you don't want to.

Here you go love, hope you enjoy this, I know I enjoyed writing it. I’ve been a bit stuck writers block wise and this helped pull me out of it ❤️ This is ModernAU! Hope that’s ok. 🥰

You sat on the edge of your best friends bed, you felt miserable; you had just finished college for the summer, and your supposed boyfriend had been cheating on you with your room mate, a girl you had to share dorms with.

“Just forget about it love, you told me his dick was small anyway.” She says laughing, pushing your shoulder after doing the finishing touches to your face.

You can’t help the laugh that escapes you, she sure knows how to cheer you up, which was why she was dragging you out 2 towns over to Santa Carla for a music fest on the beach, she’d gotten the two of you tickets weeks ago. You used to live in Santa Carla so you were happy to go back, if not to get away from your hoe of a dorm mate and the cheating prick of an ex. You guessed Love just wasn’t in the cards for you, and you believed that was okay.

“Right, get your sexy arse up, get your dress on, we’ll go downstairs order an Uber and we’ll get there in time to scout for hotties.” She says as she pulls her phone out, in minutes the Uber is on the way, and you’re both off.

It takes around 30 minutes in the car before the driver is dropping you at the board walk, the sounds and smells make you nostalgic for times of the past where you’d spend the days here with high school friends, and a lot of the times on your own.

Holding hands with your bestie, you both head towards the loud music, pulling her phone out she pulls up the QR code for your tickets and you’re let in and you’re making your ways through the crowd.

Bodies are grinding against one another, you try to avoid being stood on as much as you can, finding an open space you pull your friend into the spot, you dance together to the song playing. “Pacify her, by Melanie Martinez” is playing and you love the song so you’re singing along, your hands, a live band will be playing soon so you take advantage of the songs between acts.

You sing along to the song, dancing as if not a single person is their looking, you feel free, which is saying a lot as you haven’t felt free since you had began dating your ex.

As the two of you are so engrossed in dancing you don’t notice the four guys leaning against the nearest fenced off area. There eyes have found you amongst the hundreds of bodies in here and something clicks. Like they’ve been in the dark for the past centuries and seeing you has turned the light on.

You’re perfect as you stand their dancing, they eye you from head to toe, you’re like heaven and they have to stop themselves from running over to you throwing you over their shoulder and running. (Or flying) away with you.

David looks to the others and they turn towards you and all four of them stand their watching their angel, their soulmate. They couldn’t believe they’d found you, they had began to believe you didn’t exist.

As one, they approached you; your bestie spotted them heading towards you both, their eyes on you. With a smile she pushes you to check them out, with a grin she says she’s going to get you both a drink.

The lightest blond guy, settles a hand against my side, the moment he touched me it felt like my heart had a string attached to him, it was like when you read books on soulmates, I could tell this was it. I guess with the amount of books I read this was the closest thing to experiencing the real thing.

“I’m David, this is Marko, Paul & Dwayne,” he says as he points the other guys out who haven’t taken their eyes off me. Something pulls me into wanting their touch.

“Why do you all feel like mine,” i say unable to stop myself. They probably think I’m nuts, great job love.

“That’s because we are yours, and you my Love, are ours.” Bringing his lips to your own, you swallow your moan as you feel several pairs of hands stroke down your back, across your arms and your hand.

“You’re our soulmate, my sweet.” The dark haired one says his eyes seem to glow after saying that, you have no idea what they are or why you’re believing soulmates are true but you’re so glad you decided to come with your bestie.

Note: hope this was okay Anonymous ❤️ I know no smut but I can always try for a part 2 if need be :-)

[souryam]

The way you color is so warm and full of life! It makes your art look so comfy. Can I ask what kind of brushes you use?

thank you sm 🥺 i use ibis paint x, and the app lets you import brushes via qr code... there's a bunch of those on pinterest and that's where i found these forever ago, unfortunately i lost the codes for them :( the first one is my lineart/sketching brush, second is a watercolor brush (?) that i use for rendering everything bc i like how it kinda mixes the colors.. the last one is just a plain square brush that i use for base colors!

[lokislady17]

After scouring the vendor’s hall all day, this is what I came away with. I admit to being very sad that I did not find anything in the way of prints or posters. If they were there, I didn’t see them. I did come across one guy who did official work for Lucasfilm and he said he hoped to do some Qimir art, but did not have time in his foreseeable schedule. I was almost mad that I actually found more in the way of Skeleton Crew art. Anyway, I had just about lost hope when I found these lovely keychains and even happier there was one for Osha. I love Qimir but it is Osha and Qimir. Qimir does not want to be alone, so of course I bought the pair, and, the card next to them contains the artist info so you too can obtain these lovely keychains chains. The last image is the sticker version of the enamel pin I got yesterday. I took an up close shot of the vendor’s name on the sticker. And, I even passed out a few more QR codes. Tomorrow is the Acolyte panel. I hope it’s a good one. And, of course, my phot op with Manny. Good night everyone.

[akehoshimystar]

Chapter 3

Negotiation Dept.

By Misora (@alcmisoyou on X)

“Negotiation!”

Secret to Becoming Adult Man

Roka: (Huh!? What about the countless desktop PCs……!? ……Woah, since when I’m in front of the station?)

<TL Notes: This line is only found if you get the order of Watchdog Dept. -> Negotiation Dept.>

Roka: (Ah, Kiho, Riku, and Kyon-kyon! Why are they walking so fast?)

Riku: Y’know, there’s something I want to talk with Shido about~

Kyoya: My name is “✝Abyss Sympathizer✝”—

Riku: Right~ My bad, my bad~ Anyway, Abyss whatever you are.

What do you think an “adult man” is?

Kyoya: ……That’s a difficult question. What does Riku-dono think?

Riku: *kiss*

Guys who do that, I guess?

Kyoya: Ugh, so sha–……

If it wasn’t me, someone could’ve died—

Kiho: Heeey, you guys are so annoying, is that really important to talk about right noow?

Kihorin gotta catch the next train tho?

Kyoya: Fuh, I’m still moving my legs even when I talk.

\ (^w^)/== 

    (ヘ)三三

     <三三 Look at these jet black wings (fast legs)!

Kiho: Is that so. Then here’s some advice from Kihorin for the little lost lamb bastard.

Adult men are “composed men”. Keep that in mind.

— Station —

Riku: Kuh……!

Kyoya: What, is it a surprise attack from Lucifer!?

Riku: Yeah……

Kihorin, how many minutes before the train departs!?

Kiho: One.

Riku: Let me go to the toilet!

My “pe—” is!!

Kiho: Ew.

Kyoya: ＿人人人人人人人人人人＿

            ＞ 　Leave it to me!　 ＜

             ￣Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y￣

15 seconds to the nearest toilet, 8 seconds to enter the cubicle and pull down your pants.

12 seconds to hold and let it out, then wipe your butt……

Approximately 42 seconds. You will make it.

Riku: Heh, as expected from my comrade!

I will be going for a bit, you guys better not get on first!

Kyoya & Kiho: ……

Kiho: Composure— is totes important.

“The door will be closing. Please be careful as the door closes.”

“Negotiation!”

A Coffee Please

Riku: —What are you guys ordering?

Kyoya: I’ve decided……

Kiho: Uh!? Woah, pri–

Riku: You shouldn’t say that it’s expensive out loud!

Kiho: So loud~

Kyoya: To think that a cup of coffee in the store we happened to enter is 1,000 yen. Is this a trial from god?

Riku: We messed up. I only have one Hideyo right now.

Kiho: Oh no, what about Shibasaburo?

Riku: Two.

Kyoya: I have one Soseki ^^

Kiho: Three generations is so feels~

Like, anyway, enough of this, I’m calling the waiter, ‘kay?

Kyoya: Wait!

……Um, why don’t we practice first?

How to say café au lait……

Is it simply “café au lait” or “café” “au” “lait”?

Kiho: Separated sounds totes cooler~

Kyoya: One café-au-lait.

Kiho: Nice~

Kyoya: ( -`ω-)☆ﾄﾞﾔｯ

Riku: You guys are so childish. What you need to order here is coffee.

Kyoya: Absolutely.

……However!!

Which coffee will make us sound cool……? There are too many kinds……

Kiho: Like how about the most pricey one~?

Riku: Right. Saying “the most expensive menu in this store” sounds cool.

Kyoya: Oh!

Kiho: Even more so by adding finger snap~

Kyoya: Oh!!

Sounds good, let’s do so. ……Alright.

Excuse me.

Waitress: Yes.

Kyoya: Give me the most—

—Expensive coffee in the store. *finger snap*

Kiho & Riku: Oooh!!! He did it!

Waitress: ……

Please order through the QR code.

Kyoya & Kiho & Riku: …………

kwawsedrftgybujsklp

What’s coming to the next “Negotiation!”?

Two episodes of “Wanting to be a Cat Day” and “Kihorin Cooking with Hammer”. Look forward to it ☆

TL Notes: The people featured in 1,000 bank notes in order were Natsume Soseki (1984~), Hideyo Noguchi (2004~), and the latest one Kitasato Shibasaburo (2024~)

Chapter 4

[ivogfan]

Carousel: A Theatre Show By Ivo Graham (Rounds 6 & 7! AKA The Final Two) @ Soho Theatre, London

Well, here we are. Ivo’s “final dances” for Carousel in Soho. I’m not ready and I bet he isn’t either… WE GO AGAIN.

I’m still trying to process EVERYTHING which happened yesterday, so bear with!

I arrived two hours early to the Soho as the bar opened, thought I’d write up yesterday’s bits while waiting to go back up to “Ivo’s room” (as I’d dubbed the Main House to the venue staff).

You won’t believe it, despite arriving ahead of time he still started late. Ivo had brought some adorable company with him too, his daughter! Saw them from the window sharing a hug and OMG they’re adorable. He smiled, waved and said hello to me on his way in through the bar. His sister showed up not long after, for auntie duty! Another Graham I was too awkward/shy to say hello to.

About an hour before, I received a lovely surprise. A DM off a longtime, dear chum who told me he was coming this afternoon - he waved down from the balcony to me in the front row (3/4 shows in the same seat ain’t bad!). We chatted briefly afterwards, so glad we finally met!

After the afternoon show, Ivo was down in the bar signing Yardsticks (using his Pilot V5 pens!) and doing photos with anyone who came to say hello. Of course, I joined the line towards the end and his sister in front of me (all the Grahams are TALL!). I finally got my cuddles, photos, catch-up and Yardsticks signed - not just by Ivo, but his daughter too! We had a lovely little chat. Oh my word, they’re the best team!! 🥹❤️

I asked him how he was feeling about Carousel ending and we both agreed on “very sad”. Bless him.

When I came back to the venue not long after grabbing food, Ivo was still there with his sister and daughter. I noticed a Taskmaster bottle left on the table where he’d been signing - I shouted quickly at him from the window asking if he’d left it, of course he had. Imagine if Little Alex Horne & Greg found out he’d nearly lost it?! I nearly lost my phone for a second helping him out!

Oh boy… I wasn’t expecting to see a VERY familiar face at the bar waiting for Ivo’s final Carousel! Someone I’d only seen on Monday in Crewe. A specific head I’d recognise anywhere - ONLY BLOODY WIDDICOMBE!!!! Matthew Crosby was there, and yes, Ivo gave him his glasses back later.

So, there I was getting teary about Ivo’s final show heading in and hoping I’d manage the unthinkable; a Graham & Widders photo… the impossible dream?! Those two together means an unspeakable amount to this eejit. I first came across Ivo on Josh’s old XFM (RIP) show back in 2012 and he’s been a fave ever since.

Alas, as we all bid a fond farewell to Carousel, I didn’t get that photo (Ivo was getting ready to dash. Again.) - managed Josh and he remembered me from all the years I’ve been going to see him!

We had a lovely chat about Carousel and he noticed the Blur badge on my jacket - I became a fan of them 10 years ago while I was at uni, because of him! I also told him about some of the lovely chats I’ve had with Ivo, always asked him if he was about in Ivo’s support days… he seemed made up we’d finally met! Eeeeeeee!

Oh my goodness.

I didn’t get a last goodbye with Ivo, like I said, he’d dashed (ARGH!) out of the venue. Even Josh was looking for him!

When I got back to my hotel, I decided to put my dreaded QR codes I’d laminated a week ago and the train tickets in my notebook for gig things. One of them went in my phone case alongside the Manchester one and Ivo’s confetti from Leicester - just a little nod and piece of my fave to always carry around.

Ivo though, I’ve had such a lovely time seeing Carousel’s last few shows. He’s done an amazing job with it. I’m so proud of him and I’m sad it’s over too. I hope it’s not too long before I see my fave again. Gutted he’s not doing Laughterama or the Christmas shows this year.

And yes, TM fangirls/boys/etc… I spotted your beloved Mr. Key at the bar afterwards too with some chums. Didn’t go and say hello though, sorry!

[thedollydiaries]

more random cod headcanons

tw: mentions of self harm, references to OG ghost backstory, angst :)

141 tried to do group therapy together

but they ended up making the therapist cry and the four of them had to awkwardly comfort the therapist

ghost hates therapy with a passion but goes anyway

soap did the tide pod challenge

price lost it at him in the med bay when he found out

"johnny it's a plastic capsule of LAUNDRY DETERGENT!"

"yummy colours🥰"

ghost used to sh on his face

love how i just give yall a bunch of sweet stuff and then BOOM ANGST HEADCANON outta nowhere :)

i feel like he suffers from severe facial dysmorphia, especially after covering his face for so long

sweet pie gang: soap, könig, price

savoury pie gang: ghost and gaz

couldnt care less, just likes pie: horangi

ghost hates coffee but pretends to like it to seem cool (he's actually drinking coffee crisp hot chocolate)

horangi listens to ayesha erotica

he is also a RAGING bisexual (strong lean towards men)

laswell refers to the 141 as her boys, she loves to embarrass them like a mom would

soap and ghost are ATTROCIOUS at cooking

price is pretty good at it, can make quite a lot but struggles with a few harder recipes (and also somehow cannot make instant noodles)

gaz is a GOD in the kitchen but he hates cooking

soap is not allowed in the kitchen alone, once set the kitchen in fire trying to get a glass of water

awkward day on base when that happened

"sorry, can't go into the kitchen, the explosions specialist set it on fire trying to get a drink"

soap listens to classic rock and metal only (and katy perry but he will never admit it)

gaz listens to (shocking literally everyone on the team) music from the 40's, 50's and 60's. he listens to some modern music but he just ADORES the vintage music, especially jazz.

gaz and soap also like therapy

like genuinely enjoy it

gaz has to hype himself up before his appointments though

soap hypes the therapist up

price is neutral, he'd prefer to just smoke and drink to deal with his problems but understands that talking about them with a professional is the best option

ghost, as mentioned before, hates therapy with a burning passion but goes anyway

mostly because he knows he will be put on probation if he doesn't

but also because he knows that he needs the help even if he doesn't want to admit it

also after one of his first month of going to all his appointments that month without skipping one at all, price told simon he was proud of him and now he uses that as motiva to go to his appointments

price knows how to use technology in the weirdest ways

can operate a drone but cannot for the life of him figure out QR codes

a pretty decent hacker but do NOT ask him what any text slang aside from "lol" and "lmao" is. he does not know.

doesn't know that emojis have different meanings depending on context

once said "simon's in the hospital😭" i the TF141 group chat, gaz and soap thought that he was laughing at simon

soap got arrested in croatia on a mission once because he committed arson

kate had to bail him out and he got an earful on being a pyromaniac and arsonist

price just told him to restrict his fire setting to the battlefield

valeria has a medusa tattoo, it's under her chest on her sternum (iykyk)

ghost was tempted to get a medusa tattoo but decided against it because he views it more as a symbol of strength for women (really afab/fem aligned in general) who have suffered through that kind of assault and that it would be wrong to take that from them

he got a tattoo inspired by medusa instead

ghost has his on his hip

he was orginally going to get it on his left ribcage but when the artist was placing the stencil he almost had a panic attack and they both decided a different placement would be better

könig has tattoos for his siblings and his mother (mama's booooyyyyy🗣️)

ghost also has tattoos for his mother, tommy, joseph and even one for beth

is there a male version of a barracks bunny?

because that's horangi, that man is fucking EVERYONE or getting fucked, depends on his mood that night

idk i feel like sometimes they all watch like family guy or bob's burgers together sometimes during their downtime

soap's fav bob's burgers character is gene

price's is teddy

gaz's is tina

ghost's is both louise and bob

könig's is linda

horangi's is mort and kuchi kopi

[greenhorn-art]

to catch a sunbeam with white moonlight

Author: orphan_account [this work has been orphaned and is no longer associated with it's author]

Fandom: 全职高手 | The King's Avatar

Rating: General Audiences

Category: F/M, Gen, M/M

Words: 55,720

At a Glory convention, Dai Yanqi meets Ye Xiu who is helping Su Mucheng buy her favorite doujinshi. They surprisingly hit it off as they browse through all the doujinshi about their peers and talk about Glory.

About the book

FONTS: EB Garamond (body text, title), Roboto (body text - electronic), Bebas Neue (title, headings), Alfie (title), Segoe UI Symbol (scene breaks - 'gear without hub')

IMAGES: Sunflower (Rawpixel, ID: 2687359), lightning (Rawpixel, ID:10200699)

MATERIALS: Domtar Earthchoice (textblock - 20lb, cream, 11x17 cut down to 8.5x11), Recollections paper pad (endpapers - Dark Watercolor Florals), Iris bookcloth (covers - Eggplant), Verona bookcloth (covers - Hot Toffee), Ribbon (covers - 1/4", shell grey), embroidery floss (endbands - 209 Very Dark Lavender), leather cording (endbands - 1.4mm), Ceramcoat acrylic paint (painted edges - metallic silver), Anita's acrylic paint (painted edges - 11038 Purple), Reeves acrylic paint (painted edges - Violet & Crimson & Blue Lake, Payne's Gray), waxed linen thread (sewing textblock - 30/3, white), Books by Hand (glue - pH neutral PVA)

PROGRAMS USED: Affinity Publisher (typesetting), Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo, LibreOffice Writer (QR codes), Bookbinder-JS (PDF imposer)

BINDING STYLE: Split-board binding, French double-core endbands

(Belated) Binderary Book 2024

My first year participating in Binderary and I'm 2/2 with my goals, albeit slightly late (even with the added leap day).

Goal No. 1: Bind a book!

This fic is an orphaned work, with no author available for me to reach out to. Convenient, since it was a last-minute decision.

Goal No. 2: Finish typesetting the fic that got me into this whole bookbinding/fanbinding hobby!

Bad Boys JEDI Style is a 217 chapter, 908k word "comedy of errors: in which our heroes are recruited to film a reality holo-drama". Much to my despair, the fic I loved had been deleted from every site it was uploaded to, and I was left kicking myself for not having downloaded a copy from AO3.

Shout out to Kam and Lofe, whose wonderful Binderary demos were put to use in the making of this book! Kam's French Double-Core endbands demo was super helpful, sizing up the 'textblock' and components made it easy to actually see what's happening with the sewing. Loffe's demo introduced me to the split-board binding technique and, sleep-deprived hiccup notwithstanding, I think I might find it easier then bradel style binding! Need to bind more books to know for sure (such a hardship 😔).

In other new-s, I took my dad's recent workshop baby for a spin. The bookbinding plough works like a dream! I tried a hidden fore-edge painting for the first time (just a solid colour), but the purple is lost under the Payne's Gray basecoat I applied to the silver painted edges. Adding ribbon to the cover was also new (mostly due to the fact that I never remember until the endpapers are already pasted down).

On the Design

Cover

This is a Team Thunderclap!Ye Xiu AU, so the cover was based on Team Thunderclap's uniforms from the donghua (from the one screencap of the team I found, see below): purple across the shoulders and forearms of their jackets with a yellow stripe down the centre. I added silver ribbon as a nod to the white of the jackets as well as the grey gear of the team's logo. Also in reference to the title: yellow=sunlight, silver=moonlight.

Title Page

The title page stumped me for a while. While brainstorming title page design ideas, I thought about what the title means. In English it's poetic but nonsensical, so I wondered if maybe it held some meaning in Chinese?

As it turns out, it does. Kind of. Maybe. (If I stretch and reach for it, it makes sense). According to a quick search of one webpage for each query, "'White Moonlight' usually refers to a person or thing that is elusive in the heart, has always been loved, but cannot be touched" or "an 'unforgettable first love'." The sunbeam itself might be Ye Xiu, the figurative ray of light, the hero, the gaming idol. Or 'catching a sunbeam' could refer to how "sunflowers turn their heads to catch every sunbeam."

The potential meaning I have cobbled together is how Dai Yanqi turns Ye Xiu's head and captures his heart by sharing the (SanXiu-ified) story of Su Muqiu, the aforementioned white moonlight. Is this what the author intended? Who knows. But it does seem plausible enough to inspire me.

I ended up using both the idea of sunflowers and Thunderclap's uniforms (again). Lightning referencing the team's logo, and also the white colour of a flash of lightning which is kind of like moonlight. The logo's background is blue, as is the uniform as seen on the cover of the manhua featuring the captain Xiao Shiqin (see below), so I made the background blue-purple.

Endpapers

The (not-actually-)sunflowers carried over to the endpapers, as well as the grey colour from the gear in Thunderclap's logo.

Endbands

Kept these simple. A solid purple, as close as I could get to the bookcloth. I didn't want to draw attention away from the stripes on the covers or the silver edges.

Probably could've gone for thicker cores.

The text

For the scene breaks I used a special character of a gear. The cog also looks like a sun. Which is fun because it can reference Thunderclap, the title (sunbeam), and my design choice of sunflowers.

I reused the lightning image at 50% opacity as a background to set apart the backmatter.

Misc.

Recently, I've begun to increase my efforts of preseving fanfiction and safeguarding the stories I love from purges and takedowns. (Sparked by the December 2023 scandal about Sony announcing an upcoming removal of content including the movies and TV shows that people have purchased).

This fic has been archived via the Wayback Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20240215155152/https://archiveofourown.org/works/37414021?view_full_work=true.

Also, curses be upon Rawpixel. Since the time that I had downloaded the images, they have now be placed behind the premium user paywall (along with a number of other graphics and elements that used to be free).

[britt-kageryuu]

Donnie is streaming. His model is seated in a purple inflatable chair, dressed in a purple unbuttoned Hawaiian Shirt, black swim trunks with purple circuitry detailing, his mask with science charms, and purple crocs. Shelldon is perched on the arm of the chair.

Donnie is playing a new game he just bought before the stream. "Oh yes, we're looking for our Father who we don't recognize. And this random Adult Man appears and claims to be the Father we are looking for. Yes, hello long lost parent! He says with much sarcasm," Donnie pauses for a second for effect, "Like I'm going to believe this for one second!"

Chat is in agreement with various emoji spam, and 'yes, don't believe/trust him!', though multiple people are attempting to spoil things only to be knocked out quickly by Shelldon with a quickly appearing and disappearing light gun.

"Not to mention he doesn't seem to know about how the device he made works!" Shelldon adds on. "And leading us to believe he's not the assistant."

Donnie nods in agreement with his eyes closed, "It's a pretty standard trope, and doesn't take much thought to see this. But we must not put to much stock, just incase they aren't pulling this." He continues the dialogue and get more of the story.

Shelldon jolts a bit, "Wait, when to inspected the lighter you found with those cigarettes earlier it said B.E.," He seems to vibrate while connecting clues, "so going with this clue, this guy is definitely Bill... unless we learn something else. Right?" Shelldon calms down so he doesn't fall over. Donnie pats him on the head.

"Amused chuckle, let's just continue the story, and get the answers we need. And find those odd QR code origami cranes. Not to forget he was a little dodgy about how our 'Aunt' dissapeared." Donnie says, as he continues the game. Trying to find the random puzzles around the games mansion.

Chat is kinda ignored because Donnie and Shelldon want to focus on important details, and not important details that just add story elements.

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Masterpost, Part Two

I had a bit of inspiration from my new game. It's a remake, and I kind of remember the story, but this is my thoughts on an early part (beginning of chapter 2).

I don't know if I like writing this way, or in the 'chat' style. Opinions are welcome.

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[ruinreigns]

so ... i sent this to @0blivion earlier to kind of explain why this wyatt sicks story means so much to me and i just want to share it here because it makes it clear why bo dallas has kind of taken over -

so bray wyatt is the whole reason i got into wwe. i stumbled on him at a time when everything felt like it was falling apart. i had already lost david bowie who had been my inspiration since i was a kid. bowie was the first time i realized that i didn't have to change who i was for anyone and that i was allowed to be weird af. and when bowie died while i was working a dead end corporate job, it was like my excitement and will to be weird died with him.

and then i found bray wyatt and fell in love with his cult leader gimmick and how creepy and cool he was. and how he didn't care that he didn't look like the other wrestlers and how he spoke in a way that showed his intelligence and just how geeked out about literature he was and i latched onto that and started to build myself back up. i started to finally find myself again.

and then the fiend came along and i was blown away. me, the horror obsessed lesbian who everyone thought was weird and creepy and no one understood but he got it. he understood exactly what it meant to find beauty and calm in the dark and morbid and i felt so fucking seen. and then he was released and it broke my heart. because it felt like someone stomped on who i was. like maybe being too creative or too out there or too weird meant you didn't belong. but then i watched as the whole fucking world rallied around him. and i swore that i would keep up no matter where he went or what he did because his vision meant so much to me.

and then he was resigned. and all of the qr codes and the riddles and the rabbit holes. i found a community that i'd been craving. an entire community who understood me and who understood the dark and twisted and terrifying. a community i never would have found without him because there was no one like him. and when he came out at extreme rules and gave that speech, all i could do was cry because he saved me too. him coming back showed me that leaving doesn't mean you've lost and that you can come back to yourself on your own terms without compromising a goddamn thing about you and that's the biggest fucking victory you could ever have.

because of bray wyatt, i found the confidence to be me again.

and now… with bo… i've gone through a lot of death in the last 4-5 years, including my best friend dying. and seeing bo come back and take hold of something so precious and putting everything he has into it and loving his craft and keeping bray's vision and memory alive… it's been a reminder that grief doesn't have to be ugly. that you can grieve and find the beauty in the loss because you were lucky to exist in the tiny miniscule moment, that blip in time, with someone who meant so much to you and changed your world.

Wrestling is not a love story, it's much more. It's hope.

[jaytalking]

Hi, I found your account recently and adored your art. It's the good stuff ✨🤌and is just nice seeing Danny and the gang in general (how you draw them all is amazing)

Uhhh… Sorry to bother you but I have a question, please feel free to ignore it. Do you use cloud storage or something similar? If yes, what one do you use (or recommend)?

I started drawing digitally for about a year only, I'm very confused (it's fun tho :D). Using Ibis paint too. For some time I'm having some issues when saving my finished pieces and keeping their quality. When I upload them to my Google Drive (I dont know other good alternatives yet) some of the pieces look less detailed :/

If it's okay, could you share some artist wisdom? I'm unsure how I should save my art, the cloud storage is because I don't want my stuff if my tablet breaks or the app stops working/glitches.

English is not my first language, sorry if anything is confusing. Have a great day! (Gender is absolutely shit, you're right)

I don't use cloud storage unfortunately, I usually save my pieces on my device and then upload them to Google Photos... Speaking of Google Photos, I think it's better than Drive for images. The storage is limited but if you're just saving your art it should be fine. Remember that by saving on cloud storage you're saving the entire artwork, if you just want to save the finished result download it as a PNG and upload it to Photos.

You don't seem to be the first person having trouble with cloud storage unfortunately, and as someone who's changed phones a lot and has lost a large amount of art, it sucks and it's basically inevitable. But what sucked more was losing my brushes, so remember to save the Qr codes of your custom brushes if anything because I don't think Cloud Storage saves those at all.

I recommend looking more into Image Resolution as a concept, it took me a bit to get it. I'm not explaining it here because I don't feel qualified to, instead I recommend looking it up yourself- ON THAT NOTE if you don't understand a concept in English always remember to look it up in your first original language. It seems obvious but it's very easy to forget. I know I do, constantly.

[dreamiedelight]

Day 2 Genderbend and unconventional

O!Dre and O!Sap meet cute.

Well this is short but I guess good enough for me xD

It was a bright day and Dream didn’t want anything more than to eat something. She hadn’t had breakfast and had a small break that she was counting on to buy something from the coffee shop next street.

“A sandwich. They will hopefully have something other than coffee to drink.” She didn’t like coffee, neither the taste or smell. That was how dire her situation was, she was so hungry that she would willingly smell coffee.

The shop didn’t look too shabby, it looked kinda boring, without much decoration but she guessed it would do.

Dream entered and found an empty table, on the table there was a QR code.

“That must be for the menu.” More restaurants had started to use QR codes to show their menu. She had yet to know whether she liked this change.

The QR code didn’t work. Dream didn’t like this.

-

“Hello, are you ready to order?” A waitress approached her with a notepad on her hand and a pen on the other, wearing the shop’s uniform.

“The QR code didn’t work so…” She answered.

“I’ll get a physical one.” The waitress said before she disappeared.

She got back, handed her the menu and then she was gone. That was when Dream realized that the coffee shop was starting to get more full.

She lost herself a little as she wondered whether or not it was good to risk it and see if their apple juice was good or just asking for some tap water.

“Good morning, can I take your order?”

In front of her was a different waitress, her appearance completely different than the last one. She wore a cap and had her nails painted black. On her uniform her name tag read ‘Nicky’.

“Oh, yes. Um- The mixed sandwich and… the apple juice?”

“The apple juice is good. Alright, will that be all?”

“Yeah, thanks.” As she said that Nicky took the menu from her, leaning towards her slightly, enough for Dream to smell her omega scent.

“Cinnamon.” Sweet and spicy.

It was not long before Nicky brought out her order. It didn’t look half bad and she made a content sound once she bit into the sandwich.

“I’m glad you are enjoying it.” Her voice sounded satisfied.

Dream almost had a heart attack as she realized that Nicky hadn’t actually left.

“Ye-Yeah. It’s good.”

“Your scent smells more like apples than the juice.” She smiled at her before finally leaving.

“My scent?!” Dream internally panicked as she realized that she had let out some of her scent by accident so much so that even Nicky could smell it without her being that close, that was a mistake she hasn’t done for a long time.

“Could I have the bill please?”

“No prob! I’ll bring it in a second.” Nicky cheerily answered.

It wasn’t long before she was back, quickly putting the bill on the table before leaving, since a customer called for her.

“She’s a hard worker.” And she had been really nice to her, she will make sure to leave a good tip.

Dream took the bill, not being able to believe that there was the waitress number in there.

[mariacallous]

Promise Edwards, a single mother of three living in Laurens, South Carolina, spends her spare time passing QR codes out to schools, churches and members of her local community. Scan one, and you'll be led to an online document full of LGBTQ+ resources across the state — which Edwards hopes to expand to a nationwide list by 2024. 

The heart-shaped codes — on stickers, embedded in keychains, printed on T-shirts and more — are sometimes adorned with sparkles or owls because, according to Edwards, they were "Jacob's favorite thing."

Edwards, known as Aunt Lulu to 18-year-old Jacob Williamson, welcomed the newly out teen into her home after he was kicked out of his own. 

"The day after he moved in with me, he said, 'I'm trans, and I go by he/him and I want to be called Jacob,'" said Edwards, whose mother had been Edwards' childhood best friend. "I said, 'OK. I love you,'"

"He was only allowed to be himself for 28 days."

Four weeks after Williamson went to live with Edwards in June, he went missing after going to meet up with online friends for the first time. 

Edwards had begged him not to go, even asking her boss to change his shift at the Waffle House where they both worked to make scheduling harder — but Jacob was unconvinced. He shared his location with Edwards through an app, got in the car and left.

It was the last time Edwards would see him alive. 

After she could neither get in touch with him nor see his updated location, Edwards reported him missing and spent the next four days talking to law enforcement, hanging posters, and frantically searching for Williamson. She knocked on doors, passed out flyers and posted online — but to no avail. 

His body was discovered by police on the side of a South Carolina road — just three days before Edwards' 37th birthday.

Williamson was at least the 14th trans person murdered in the U.S. in 2023, against a worrying backdrop of statistics that show trans people are more at risk than ever, despite only making up an estimated 0.5% of the U.S. population.

Data compiled shows 320 trans and gender-diverse people were reported murdered between October 2022 and September 2023, according to nonprofit Transgender Europe, though actual numbers could be even higher. 

Ninety-four percent of the victims were trans feminine people or transgender women — meaning they were not assigned female at birth — and three-quarters were younger adults, between the ages of 19 and 40.

"Most victims were Black and trans women of colour, and trans sex workers," stated the report, its Nov. 13 publication intentionally coinciding with the start of Trans Awareness Week. 

The week culminates each year in Trans Day of Remembrance, which was founded on Nov. 20, 1999, by trans advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith, to honor Rita Hester, a trans woman who had been killed the year before. The vigil honored Hester and the deaths of all the other trans people who had been lost to violence that year, according to GLAAD.

"It's a day to honor and remember the folks that have died, but it's also a chance for us to reckon with, where do we go from here?" said Arielle Rebekah, communications consultant at the Transgender Law Center. 

"Every day is the day to think of a way forward," they said.

Mariah Moore, the co-director of policy and programs at the Transgender Law Center, agreed and reflected on how imperative it is for allies to show up for trans people. 

"A lot of folks are very vulnerable and feel alone and isolated," she says. "You could change the trajectory of someone's life by simply saying something — letting them know that they have someone ... that is also standing beside them, willing to fight for them." 

In addition to her work at the Transgender Law Center, Moore is also one of the co-founders of an organization called House of Tulip, which was born during the COVID-19 pandemic and works to find long-term housing solutions for trans and gender non-conforming people in Louisiana, where she is based.

"The goal is to help folks build a stable foundation so that they can have access to the futures that come so easily to others," she says, adding that the organization is a shining reflection of successful "coalition work;" identifying a cycle and working to fill a need by collaborating with others and sharing knowledge and resources. 

In the U.S., 586 anti-trans bills have been introduced in state legislatures this year alone, and aim to restrict or completely ban access to gender-affirming care, rid trans youth of the ability to participate in sports, arts and clubs — and in more extreme cases, even threaten parents with child abuse charges for affirming their kids' gender identities.

In the current tenuous political climate, the mental health of LGBTQ+ youth is worsening, according to the results of a national survey by The Trevor Project, which found that 41% of LGBTQ+ young people had seriously considered suicide in the past year. Additionally, youth who are transgender, nonbinary and/or people of color reported higher rates of suicidal ideation than their cisgender and White peers.

"I feel that Jacob was not targeted because he was trans, but yet, he was targeted because he was trans," says Edwards. "These people preyed on the fact that Jacob was partially out; that Jacob was ostracized from his family; that he had nobody but me and my family."

Since Williamson's murder, Edwards says that while many in her life — including close friends and family — have turned their backs on her, the trans community has embraced her with open arms as she continues to fight for justice for Jacob.

"I really just wish we could have had this support when Jacob was alive," she said. "And we probably wouldn't even be talking right now." 

But further data from The Trevor Project provides a glimmer of hope for others within the trans and gender non-conforming community: youth who reported gender-affirming school and home environments reported significantly decreased rates of suicidal ideation — with actions as small as being addressed by their correct pronouns, having access to gender-neutral bathrooms or being able to wear gender-affirming clothing making a noticeable difference.

As Rebekah puts it, "Even in the face of this violence, we are thriving."

"Yes, we might be under attack," adds Moore. "But guess what? We've also fought back. And we're winning." 

Each year, though violence against the community soars, young people are increasingly identifying as trans and seeing themselves reflected in culture, including in film, television and literature. Transgender Day of Visibility is even now recognized by the White House.

"My life is great," says YouTube star Eden Estrada, also known by her online alias, Eden the Doll. "I had a hiccup, but my life is good."

In August 2020, video depicting a violent attack on Estrada and two of her friends was posted online, where it quickly went viral and became national news overnight.

While waiting for an Uber in Los Angeles, Estrada alleges that the trio was beaten and robbed, with one of Estrada's friends knocked unconscious in the fray. The LAPD later investigated the incident as a hate crime.

"I'm grateful to be alive," says Estrada. "I've been through something traumatic, but I came out of it really, really, strongly."

Estrada is now happily engaged, has a flourishing career and in her own words, is "over" what happened to her. But reflecting on Trans Day of Remembrance, she recognizes this could have been a different story.

"This day, it could be about me," says Estrada. "Something worse could have happened to me that day."

Estrada said that she uses this day not only to reflect on loss, but to reflect on the LGBTQ+ figures who paved the way for trans people today — people like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and Erica Andrews, she said, adding that she also uses this day to reflect on past versions of herself as well.

"I think it's remembering where you started, where you're at and where you're going," she said.

Rebekah feels similarly about Trans Day of Remembrance, which they say is an opportunity to elevate stories of trans joy and triumph.

"People need to see that trans folks are also changemakers; are also leaders; are also successful across all fields, across all industries, across all areas of life."

When asked how she will be spending Trans Day of Remembrance, Moore says, "I need to take time to really mourn some of the folks that I've lost recently, and just take time for myself as a Black trans woman... honor myself and the work that I'm doing."

"I think this year, I need some time for me."

It has been nearly five months since Williamson's body was recovered. 

The two people he went to meet that day were both arrested and charged in his death, but that's not enough for Edwards. "These people still get to talk to their families on Christmas," she said.

"And we don't."

She says she will be keeping Williamson's memory alive on Trans Day of Remembrance by hanging Christmas decorations at the site where his body was found and attending an event in honor of the day at the University of South Carolina Upstate, where she has been invited to speak.

While Williamson and at least 319 others who have been lost to violence this year will be in hearts and minds on Trans Day of Remembrance, Moore points out that countless trans people have also been lost to lack of basic resources like housing, healthcare and food.

"It's important that we uplift those stories and use Trans Day of Remembrance...to let folks know that trans people are loved and have people fighting for them," she adds. "Don't be silent when you see injustice is happening."

Edwards believes Trans Day of Remembrance is an opportunity to provide support in death for trans loved ones that they may not have had in life, and bring attention to the fact that nobody is above experiencing loss.

"It means awareness that this actually happens to people that we know and we love," she says.

But more than anything, Edwards hopes wherever Williamson is now, on this day and all days, that he is at peace.

"He had a life full of conditions," she says. "I hope that where he is, he feels love. Unconditional love."