#Pirates of the Caribbean birthday cake

[frenchublog]

happy birthday!!! i hope the cake is intensely chocolate

i'll be eating an opera cake soon and be seated for pirates of the caribbean because it's his time to shine as always

thank you !!

[headfullof-ideas]

I have decided to also start posting some of my head canons here as well, because I’m already posting drawings of my Incorrect Quotes that I’ve posted to Ao3 here, so might as well throw these ones out here as well

These ones are about the kids. I love thinking about these funky little aquanauts and pirates, and their funky little childhoods

Ant

- He’s afraid of heights(this one’s kinda Canon)

- Ant is ambidextrous, but primarily uses his left hand

- He’s really into parkour and gymnastics

- He has ADHD

- Has terrible social skills when talking to ‘normal’ people

Fontaine

- Fontaine is a terrible cook, she can only bake (I think this one is Canon, based off of Ant and Wills reactions to Fontaine baking him a cake for his birthday)

- She’s bisexual, but prefers boys over girls

- She seems like a cat person, but really wants a dog

- Has a whole drawer of hair dye beyond pink

- Can sprint in heels despite almost never wearing them (sea life balance is a lifesaver)

Finn

- Secretly watches rom-coms at night

- Wants to get a tongue piercing cause he thinks it’d look cool on him

- Likes to paint his nails

- Wants to be a school counselor

- Finn is a huge fan of pirate movies despite hating being a pirate, if only to make fun of how bad they are. The only exception was Pirates of the Caribbean, in which he laughed about Captain Jack Sparrow, and cried over Will, Elizabeth, and the soundtrack

Maddie

- The only thing she takes care of is her hair

- Maddie thinks Ant is the same age as her

- Wants a dress, but won’t admit it

- Has a secret collection of rings and necklaces she stole from her dad

- Gets excited every time she sees the Aronnax, knowing it’s going to be a fun day

Fontaine and Ant

- Fontaine and Ant have a sibling language: a weird combination of their first two languages, which were their parents first languages. They haven’t spoken it in years, but can still speak it at the drop of a hat

- Fontaine has an easier time than Ant convincing people she’s mixed. Ant has to carry a photo of their family everywhere to convince people

- Ant loves pineapple on pizza; Fontaine hates it

Finn and Maddie

- Finn and Maddie have secret plans to put Hammerhead in a pirate nursing home as soon as they can

- Finn and Maddie both have something of their moms to remember her

- They both think Hammerhead needs to upgrade the Dark Orca to be more clean

[ender-of-the-sender]

19. sleeping position?

21. obsession from childhood?

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

55. favorite fairy tale?

64. favorite website from your childhood?

Dude these are such good questions omg-

Sleeping position: I am a fetal position sleeper im not gonna lie, and i sleep on my side. Its just more comfortable for my joints but also OUCH my back.

Obsession from childhood: pirates. Mainly Pirates of the Caribbean and Johnny Depp, but i was obsessed. For my 8th??? 9th??? birthday, i had a pirate themed party and i invited my whole class which was something id never done before. My mother made the cake a chocolate biscuit cake treasure chest and omg it was so cool.

Weirdest thing to happen to me in school: we thought there was a gas leak because we were sitting in the science lab and in the hallway outside there was a really strong smell. They evacuated the building and sent us home during second period or something. Turns out, the pipes were just gross and they had been sitting unused for a while so they just died i guess.

Favourite fairy tale: im not gonna lie, Rumpelstiltskin terrified me as a young child that i was almost certain remembering his name would be a genuine important thing i had to know or else. So maybe Rumpelstiltskin.

Favourite website from my childhood: i wasn't really allowed on the internet till i was like 10 but i spent an ungodly amount of time on my DS

[msookyspooky]

Heyo so I say your severen birthday post and it got me thinking. So I went to Disney world for my birthday and I was thinking what if severen takes his mate and the gang to Disney 😭(at night of course) I can see Jess and sev eating a turkey leg and Caleb and Mae taking a romantic walk and diamond dragging homer to get photos 😭

I srsly love this I definitely don't watch Near Dark and think Disneyworld but it's so perfect bc they've lived so long you can't tell me they haven't been to an amusement park including disneyworld with how huge it is.

I bet ur b day was fun!!! I went to that place ONE time at 8 years old and it quite literally rained on my parade and some of the rides 🥲 It was thundering and cloudy during the wait for the haunted mansion which was my favorite so that was a neat memory tho. So if I'm rusty, srry I have vague memories there 😭

Severen Taking his S/O to Disneyworld

- For one, they definitely did not have money to go in, not even 80's money. They probably couldn't steal enough or didn't care to so they snuck in somehow (Severen is old af and probably knows a secret entrance from when it was first built.)

- Severen found a micky mouse hat with ears and wore it just to be goofy

- Speaking of goofy...Severen and Jesse scare the actors in costume there. Severen definitely took a picture with you but whispered some terrifying shit in Goofy's ear just to watch him try to run in those shoes (He laughed his ass off too.)

- You are so right!! Severen and Jesse are eating the most basic, filling foods. He may sample your dole whip or funnel cake but he rarely eats this type of human food and he's making it worth it by eating a huge turkey leg.

- You all definitely cut in line...Do you think SEVEREN is going to stand for an hour or more for rides??? He is finding a way in probably from killing and drinking a staff member and getting their key cards to use backdoors.

- Jesse and DB venture off to Epcot just to leisurely stroll around sample different foods and listen to music and dance together...They still get odd looks and creep everyone out. A child definitely cried when Jesse stared them down for staring at him first.

- Caleb and Mae are hand in hand in line to go on the haunted mansion (It's just so they can makeout in the cars after Mae gets 'scared'. They rarely get alone time in the group.)

- Homer goes off adventuring by himself (He just doesn't want anyone see him actually enjoy peter pans flight like a kid.)

- You and Sev go on an adventure. He is high energy, playful, adventurous and eager to do things so expect for him to ask you where to go but if you say 'it's up to you'...He is dragging you everywhere 🤣

- Severen's favorite rides are actual Rollercoasters that have his adrenaline pumping (Imagine if he's never been on one? He'd love it!) the crazier the better and that nut job is laughing his ass off while your screaming...This man would love Tower of Terror or Rock n Rollercoaster or even more 'tame' rides like ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter if he got to see it before it closed

- He does enjoy more lowkey rides though like a ferris wheel or haunted mansion if it involves you cuddle up to him but please do not take him on its a small world he will complain the entire time and if he's got that damn song stuck in his head; he's blaming you ☠️

- Homer loves it bc even tho he wants to be perceived as an adult; this is the one place he goes and being a kid actually gets him better treatment than everyone else in the group.

- Mae loves talking to the princesses and Caleb loves the rides he rode as a kid before Sarah was even born like Space Mountain or Pirates of the Caribbean

- DB loves the family time you all rarely get often going your seperate ways to feed everynight

- You all meet back up at least an hour before it closes to spend that 'family time' together.

- Severen or Jesse or both know the most unsettling deaths and secrets about the place and Severen points out "Oh some girl was crushed between those two walls" too casually. Severen acted like he was going to jump in the water on Jungle Cruise claiming there's actual alligators and when you told him "Nuh uh" he was going to prove it. You just about yanked him off his feet to sit back down

- Everyone argues over what the last 'family' attraction should be

- If it involves shooting and competition tho? Every single one of them from Jesse to Caleb is having a blast

- You probably convince them to go on splash mountain just for the picture at the end. Sadly someone had to sit out (Jesse or DB for sure) So in order: Jesse or DB in the back, Homer, You, Guess Who, Mae, Caleb 😭

- You are so right DB is dragging Homer to take photos like the Mom she is 🥰

- You all stay to watch some fireworks but sneak back out halfway through before everyone else starts leaving

- The night is young and you all go get ACTUAL nourishment with blood but it's a fun time and you all have souvenirs from pics to merchandise

- Severen definitely won, stole or even bought you a cute niche character merch you love to keep for ur special day 💞

[korra-is-love]

9 People You Would Like To Get To Know Better

Thank you for the tag @dontbelasagnax! 🩵💕

Three ships: I’ll keep it simple for myself and just stick with my Star Wars ships since it’s the current hyper fixation Codywan, QuinObi, JangObi notice the pattern? Obi-Wan is very shippable lol. Plus an honourable mention of my beloved ot3 QuinCodywan since it’s just a combination of the first two.

First ever ship: I think Pirates of the Caribbean was the first fandom that I’d ever read fanfic of, but I can’t remember if the first ship was Sparrabeth or Sparrington.

Last song: Wasteland, Baby! by Hozier. That song specifically but basically the entire album.

Last movie: Elvira: Mistress of the Dark! Super campy and fun, and I’m now in love with Cassandra Peterson 😍

Currently reading: Aside from fanfic? I got halfway through Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray last year but never finished it someday I’ll get around to finishing an actual physical book

Currently watching: Doctor Sleep! I’ve been on a bit of a horror movie kick recently, and felt like rewatching this for the nth time tonight 😅 I only just now realized that Mike Flanagan is the director (I just finished binging Fall of the House of Usher and Midnight Mass)

Currently consuming: Hot chocolate! With a giant homemade marshmallow from one of my favourite regulars at work 🩵

Currently craving: Some kind of junk food snack, like buttery popcorn or Kinder chocolate bars. Oooh and DQ ice cream cake 🤤 maybe I’ll get myself one for my birthday this year 👀

I’m tagging @deathdovesong @journen @coline7373 @kotekenobii & @theedwardianone (no pressure though!)

[spicykaraage]

Tenipuri Complete Character Profile - Bunta Marui

[PROFILE]

Birthday: April 20th (Aries)

Blood Type: B

Relatives: Father, Mother, Two Younger Brothers

Father’s Occupation: Company Employee (manufacturer)

Elementary School: Kanagawa Third Elementary School

Middle School: Rikkai University Junior High School

Grade & Class: Third Year | Class 3-B | Seat 16

Club: Tennis Club (Regular)

Committee: None

Strong Subjects: Japanese, Music

Weak Subjects: Science, Math

Frequently Visited Spot at School: Home Economics Room

World Cup Team: U-17 World Cup Japanese Representatives

Favorite Motto: “Eat, sleep, play.”

Daily Routines: Playing with his brothers

Hobbies: Going to hotel buffets, rap battling [23.5]

Favorite Color: Red

Favorite Music: ORANGE RANGE

Favorite Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean

Favorite Book: Manga, trending novels ➜ Manga (he reads it off of his phone) [23.5]

Favorite Food: “I like anything!” (his favorite meat is short ribs marinated in tare sauce [23.5])

Favorite Anniversary: February 14th, April 20th

Preferred Type: A person who will give him things (mostly food) ➜ A girl who will give him Valentine’s Day chocolate [23.5]

Ideal Date Spot: An amusement park ➜ An ice-skating rink [23.5]

His Gift for a Special Person: “A cake I made, of course!!”

Where He Wants to Travel: “USJ!!”

Thing He Wants Most Right Now: A cotton candy machine ➜ Sweets from around the world [23.5]

Dislikes: Manual labour, having to draw [23.5]

Skills Outside of Tennis: Baking and decorating cakes, bowling

Spends Allowance On: Mostly sweets

Routine During the World Cup: Contacting his brothers, searching for good food from other countries

[DATA]

Height: 164cm

Weight: 53kg

Shoe Size: 26cm

Dominant Arm: Right

Vision: 2.0 Left & Right

Play Style: Serve & Volleyer

Signature Moves: Tightrope Walking, Iron Pole Strike, Temporal Difference Hell, Wonder Castle

Time He Wakes Up: 5:50am

Time He Goes to Sleep: 11:00pm

Blood Sugar Level: 116 mg/dL

Favorite Brands:

Racquet: WILSON Triad 3 115

Shoes: WILSON CROSS FIRE DST 02 (S1121X)

Overall Rating: Speed: 4 / Power: 2 / Stamina: 3 / Mental: 3 / Technique: 5 / Total: 17

Kurobe Memo: “He exhibits a unique play style that is hard to imagine. Not only does he use a wide range of techniques, but he also dedicated to his position. I recommend cutting down on sweets to work on conditioning his body.” [RB]

[POSSESSIONS]

What’s in His Bag:

Sweets

A candy toy // He plans on giving it to his brothers when he gets home

Bottled tea

A plastic model that’s still being built // His brothers are excited to see it finished

“The Restaurant of Many Orders” by Kenji Miyazawa // He bought it because of the title, but now he’s a bit disappointed

Sanada’s calligraphy: “Be content with what you have.”

What’s in His Locker [C&S]:

Sweets // A large amount are in it, but otherwise his locker is tidy. He intends to eat them all in one day

A wristband Jirou forced him to take

A (signed) photo of him and Kimijima

[rowyngoldeart]

Today is my birthday!

...and I can't have any cake for about another week.

We're also going to have a late Thanksgiving, so that I can eat all my favorite foods in their proper form, rather than some low iodine abomination variation. Haha

Rob and I have been making a list of all the foods I'll want afterwards, and I'm starting to feel like the pirates in Pirates of the Caribbean, "So we'll be ready when the time comes!" and the curse (cancer) is finally lifted.

[caspianthegeek]

Ocean Tides

Crowley fell, the fake wooden sword held under his arm. The Them giggled as Adam rushed forward, hurrying to secure the prize they’d valiantly fought to win. The blond boy tugged the box that had been hurriedly painted to look like a treasure chest to where Aziraphale sat at a nearby picnic table.

“Sir Aziraphale, of the Royal Navy, do you vow to protect these valuables from all enemies?”

Aziraphale offered a small salute. “Why of course.”

Adam lowered his voice, “You’re not working with him are you?”

The angel made a show of placing his hand over his heart and looking insulted. “Who me? Never. Not in six thousand years would I even consider it.”

Crowley barked out a laugh and Adam narrowed his eyes and turned to dive back into the fray.

There was a thunk on the table next to Aziraphale as Anathema set her mug down just a little too hard, jarring him from his thoughts. The angel shook his head to clear it and turned his attention to the young lady at his side.

“Good afternoon, are you enjoying the party?” He asked politely.

Anathema waved to Crowley halfway up an apple tree surrounded by the band of children. “I am, though I’d say not as much as that lot. And your… partner?”

“Partner is as good a word as any,” Aziraphale agreed easily.

Anathema smiled. “He’s glowing with new relationship energy. Really you both are.”

“New?” His brows knit in confusion. “I’m afraid I don’t follow.”

“I thought that after the apocalypse…”

Aziraphale brightened. “Oh, things have changed. Perhaps the best explanation would be that we’ve found our freedom. Crowley’s more relaxed than I think I’ve seen him in ages, and we’re both ecstatic.”

Anathema took a sip of tea as she considered her words. “But your relationship… it’s not… maybe more physical?”

“Would it matter if it was?” Aziraphale took his time scooping up and taking a bite of the birthday cake that sat before him. “And what type of physicality? That move he’s using against Adam, I taught him that.” A simple memory of Crowley, a Caribbean ocean behind him and a ship under their feet. “I held his arms and guided his steps. Is that part of our relationship, or is it limited to only that which happens in a bedroom?” He paused and straightened the cuff of his jacket. “Not that activities need be limited to a single room.”

Their musings were interrupted by a battle cry from the children as they forced Crowley back onto a thin branch.

“I suppose it doesn’t matter, but for most people…”

With a soft pop, Crowley shifted into a snake, and wove his way higher in the tree, hissing at the children below him who started grousing that was cheating.

Aziraphale chuckled lightly. “Crowley and I, well, we’re not human. And we’ve been through so many societies. Even Adam and Eve decided to find a name for what they were. I suppose that’s natural seeing as they were tasked with naming, well, everything. There have been so many ways to describe relationships, and so many customs to dance around.”

Crowley fell to the ground in a heap before shifting back to his human form. There was a moment he stumbled and caught himself as he glanced up at Aziraphale.

“In the end, it’s only he and I. Or whatever pronouns we’re each using at any given time. Those can be a bit complicated as well.”

“But labels, they’re important. They’re how we figure things out, find each other.”

A memory of Crowley, ashen-faced and scared as they sat in the Ark and rain poured down, sprung to Aziraphale’s mind. He had asked the angel then, “But what are we?” Aziraphale didn’t have an answer. There were no others like them and perhaps never would be. Yet they’d tried over the years to explain themselves in human terms. Words were—

“Tools,” Aziraphale said softly. “Labels… are tools. When used appropriately, they bring understanding. But they must be ones we take up on our own, with the realisation that is who we are. Not thrust upon us.”

Newt slipped behind Anathema, haphazardly plonking a party hat on her head before joining the pirate-infused battle before them. She paused a moment, her hand resting on her own cheek as she watched after him. “I suppose some things are easier to put into words. Do you have a word that seems right to you?”

The word ineffable falling from Crowley’s lips. “Right now, ‘partner’ works as well as any. As we have been since we met on a wall in Eden, really.” He smiled softly as he took another bite of the cake. “Maybe one day there’ll be a word that feels perfect.”

Crowley slipped past the children and flopped on the chair next to Aziraphale, stealing a bite of cake with a mischievous grin. Anathema was right: he was happy and more relaxed. The angel hadn’t noticed, what with all the other rapid changes.

But that wasn’t new either, was it?

A gift given for the first time, an Arrangement made in a muddy field, and the gentle touch of Crowley’s hand. Their relationship, like the world around them, shifted to fit who they were becoming. And would that ever stop? How boring it would be to decide that you were at your final stage, with nothing else to experience or learn.

Crowley looked up at him, golden eyes bright. Aziraphale’s heart sped up in his chest, just as it had all those years ago. He hoped that would never change.

*

This story was written for Our Side Zine: Queer Enough, which you can still download here if you'd like.

You can also read it over on Ao3 here (kudos and comments always loved and appreciated).

As one of the production team on this zine, let me unequivocally again state: if you identify as LGBTQIA+ in any way you are enough. There's no litmus test you must reach, nor a specific action you must take. You are enough. And both Aziraphale and Crowley would reassure you of the same.

[beenovel]

So growing up my mom and I didn't really do traditions. I'm talking about turkey on Thanksgiving, red and green for Christmas, candy for Valentine's day, fireworks for the 4th of July, etc. We're both autistic so a tradition that we didn't enjoy was just tossed out the window because neither of us care about making dead people happy. But over the years I've made my own personal traditions and I thought I'd share since "Turkey Day" is coming up.

So here are my personal traditions (my mom doesn't even join me for some of these):

Thanksgiving is the Lamb Holiday in our household. It's our favorite meat and it's one of the few meats my mom can digest (enzyme problems) so we normally make lamb kofta b'siniyah with naan and whatever sides sound good. (we're not doing that this year because we just moved and mom is working on Thanksgiving so we're not celebrating)

For Valentine's day we make each other gift baskets with things like books, face masks, candles, trinkets, and yeah ok there's also a lot of chocolate involved. Sometimes my mom makes her special pudding or I'll make a chocolate cream pie

For Halloween I watch all the scary episodes of one of my favorite TV shows (Psych) and I normally read Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None and watch the Aiden Turner mini series. I still have Halloween candy left over this year.

For Christmas we open one or two presents on Christmas Eve and I bake a LOT of pies the day of (they're my specialty). Every year we get a new ornament at some point during the year. This year I got a white ceramic pomegranate ornament. I spend the whole year compiling gift ideas for my mother. Every time she mentions something she likes but would never get herself I put it on the list.

For my birthday I generally make myself a pineapple upside down cake because it's my favorite. For New Years (my bday is new years eve) I stay up until midnight and watch the Pirates of the Caribbean Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner wedding at midnight to start my year off right.

Fourth of July is the worst holiday IMO. Like yeah, independence is great, but I don't like hotdogs or burgers and fireworks are the bane of my existence. The parades are cool tho. My "tradition" is to just hide in my room and block the noise as much as possible while watching a funny show. Mom does the same thing because like I said we're both autistic and so we don't like fireworks. Anyway, this year I have heavy duty noise cancelling headphones.

August 2nd is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day and we observe this holiday religiously. Ice cream is in multiple flavors and we often have a fire.

I put googly eyes all over my moms possessions on April Fool's. She finds this odd. I find it very funny.

Every so often there is a Friday the 13th. When this happens I bake a pie because of a children's show I watched when I was little (Ruby Gloom).

Mother's Day is a poem or a short story that I write and give to my mom. I also try and get flowers.

[theory-of-art]

5.1 Gender & Art

In general, canons are considered immutable and deified to a certain extent: Oh you have to read these specific books because they are the classics; it doesn’t matter if the authors are all white, middle- to upper-class males; there’s definitely no ulterior motive to making their voice the ultimate authority and any other perspective categorized as the other. This is the wrong way to approach any canon, just like the Pirate Code in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, they’re really more guidelines. Unfortunately, because we cannot conceptualize time outside of a linear narrative format, canon generally sticks to the historical patterns which have been overwhelmingly white, mid- to high-class, and male. In order to understand the Art History Extended Universe we need to stop thinking of history as linear and objective, and we need to look at what the world’s higher-ups retconned or locked in the vault. 

For the first part, history as we currently view it in Western tradition is linear; we sort time with a beginning, middle, and an end because that’s how we view our own individual time on earth and because that is our narrative tradition. This idea is one of the few things we cannot blame on the Ancient Greeks. Their philosophers hotly debated time, with Antiphon believing time didn’t “exist” instead it was a concept to measure the world; Parmenides and Zeno believing time was an illusion because time meant things change and since there were things that didn’t change like mental representations ergo time didn’t exist; Aristotle believing time wasn’t its own independent thing instead it was a relational concept between objects. Plato was the only (recorded) Greek who viewed time as something with a beginning and was created by an unspecified creator. The only thing special about Plato’s view is that the early Christians decided that they could use his idea of linear time to create a narrative of a created beginning with an ultimate ending. This furthered the idea that everything happens for a reason, which was a balm because it gave order to the madness and purpose in the chaos. This idea of “sacred time” still resonates in the “secular” world, our “modern means better” mindset is absolutely tied to this view of time as linear. However, if you strip away all of the ideology tied to linear time, there isn’t much that points to this idea of time being a straight, upward progression toward utopia; there is evidence that time is cyclical though. The sun rises and falls. The seasons progress in a repeating pattern. History repeats itself. Thus, time should be viewed as an infinite circle with highs and lows and new versions of the same problems and solutions, repeating on and on and on. 

For the second part, history is not objective. A goodly portion of the population knows the cliche that “history is recorded by the victors,” which is true for the most part though there have been a couple of notable exceptions (confederate backtracking and the Lost Cause narrative). Because history is recorded by the victors, it can never be objective as it is only their view that is seen as correct. Thus art history, which has been recorded by the “victors” of society, is also not objective. Just as the victors will leave out those they view as inferior or other in their record of historical importance, art history has notably looked over contributions made by women and people of color. Once we can accept that our understanding of history is a narrative specifically designed with a beginning and an end that fallaciously points to progress while leaving out the parts about those the “authors” deem unworthy, the sooner we can destroy that idea like a baby destroying their first birthday cake. 

By destroying the box we had put time in, we can now view art history not as a straight progression from prehistoric and lower forms of art to the pinnacle of modern art to the stratosphere of future art, but rather as cycles of artists finding new ways to portray the same base ideas with the current flavor. This is also where we can see concentric circles of overlapping influence and where we can seek out the voices that have been left out and forgotten. While both women and artists of color have been excluded from the traditional canon of art history, I will focus on women for the time being. 

Over the course of history, there has been no lack of women in art, unfortunately, they were not respected as artists in their time due to misogynistic reasons. Also, the acceptable forms of artistic expression for women have historically been tied to textile production which don’t last as long as the forms acceptable for men. Take for example tapestries, due to their organic makeup very few have survived the centuries, and the few that do are not credited to their actual creators. Take for example the Bayeux Tapestry, more accurately known as the Bayeux Embroidery, an embroidered cloth nearly 230 feet long and 20 inches tall that depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The cloth is thought to date to the 11th century, one of the oldest surviving textile artworks. The cloth was commissioned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux, William the Conquerer’s half-brother; it is thought to have been designed by a range of religious figures from Scolland the abbot of St Augustine’s Abbey in Canterbury to Lanfranc the archbishop of Canterbury. What is certain is that none of them did the actual embroidering, the actual physical work of stitching was most probably completed by female needleworkers who were not recorded or remembered by history. So one of the most famous examples of medieval textile art is known only by the men connected to it and not the women who did the actual work of creating. This is a deliberate erasure of the contributions of female artists because they were considered unimportant to the overall story. 

Thomson, Jonny. “A Brief History of (Linear) Time.” Big Think, 10 Jan. 2024, bigthink.com/thinking/a-brief-history-of-linear-time/.

[fireengineadventures]

As your kid is turning 12, it would be their last birthday before they join the teenage club. So, this is high time to get creative with Kids’ Party ideas in Melbourne and make it an epic celebration.

If you want to create a truly unforgettable experience for your kid on their 12th birthday, choose some innovative ideas considering their personality, preferences, and the types of friends they have.

Check out these 7 creative birthday party ideas that can make your 12-year-old kid’s birthday a massive success –

1.    Fantasy Wonderland

Children love to live with imaginations of fantasies. Let your child’s imagination run wild by creating a Fantasy Wonderland. Choose a story from your child’s favourite fantasy stories, such as Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia, or Alice in Wonderland. You can also incorporate a tea party, themed dinner party, or magical potion station as Kids’ Party Entertainment in Melbourne and request your guests to dress up as their favourite characters.

2.    Laser Tag Party

Do you want to include some energetic entertainment for your large group of bunny guests? Then, arrange a laser tag party where these kids have guaranteed fun. Choose a spacious venue like an outdoor area or park for this theme party where they can have free access to bunkers and other objects to hide behind.

3.    Space Odyssey

Is your kid an astrophile or obsessed with all celestial things? Then, what about creating a Space Odyssey theme to take them on an interstellar journey? Include stars, planets, and other celestial bodies as your decorating items, and set up a telescope for star-gazing. Ask all kids to dress up as astronauts.

4.    Pirate Adventure

For all Pirates of the Caribbean fans, hosting a Pirate Adventure-themed birthday party would be an awesome idea. You can transform your backyard with necessary equipment like a treasure chest, a treasure map, and pirate dress with hats for scavenger hunts. Then, add some relevant activities like walking the plank or treasure chest decoration to make these Kids’ Birthday Parties in Melbourne more exciting.

5.    BTS Themed Party for A.R.M.Y

Everyone deniably loves BTS! If many of your twelve-year-old guests are also counted as the A.R.M.Y of BTS, then you can be creative with a BTS-themed birthday party. From selective soundtracks to balloon decorations and BTS-themed cake – include all their favourite K-pop elements in this theme party.

6.    Carnival Extravaganza

Let your 12-year-old kids feel the excitement of a carnival by setting up a carnival-themed party – Carnival Extravaganza! Include some carnival games, a cotton candy machine, a popcorn machine, and a mini-Ferris wheel in your backyard. Adding colourful decorations and clown artists would also make this Kids’ Party Entertainment in Melbourne more realistic.

7.    Fire Engine Adventures

Jazz up your party fun with an authentic fire truck! Hire a fire engine for your young guests and their parents and let them have the adventure of riding on a real fire truck. This creative theme is also hassle-free as professionals will help your guests ride on the truck and make them feel comfortable. To hire a red flashy fire truck, contact Fire Engine Adventures and create beautiful birthday memories to be cherished later.

Final Considerations

With a little research, preparation, and attention to detail, you can be creative with Kids’ Party ideas in Melbourne and will create unlimited fun and awesome memories for children. So, happy party planning!

[kidcore-nostalgia-cakes]

Pirates of the Caribbean Birthday Cake!

[no-fxn-club]

Usually I like making my own cookies bc homemade ones just taste better than premade and I found some premade Dino sugar cookies the other day and I’m gonna make them bc nostalgia and bc it’s freaking dinos!!!!!!!!!

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Happy birthday, Love. ❤️

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ficlet based on this post by @itsclydebitches about periodic tantrum thrower izzy

Roach burst onto the deck, cleaver in hand and eyes wild.   "He's taken them."

Frenchie looked up from his idle strumming of his lute.  He muzzily tried to muster up this urgency that Roach's situation seemed to demand, but it was locked away on the other side of the wall of golden heat from the late afternoon sun.

"You mean taken off?" Frenchie hazarded.  His voice came out with a bit of a wheeze.

"Would that be news?  No."  No, it would not be.  Ever since the thing with the captains reunion, and then the escape, and then the meeting the real actual seventy-foot long kraken, and the marriage thing, everyone had agreed that it was time to settle down on the excitement on the revenge.  The only interruption to their leisurely pleasure cruise around the Caribbean was Izzy's need for a periodic-- near clockwork in its regularity-- strop, forswearing vengeance against Blackbeard, Stede Fucking Bonnet, and the crew, and taking off in the rowboat.

Usually he spent a day working it off, then circled the ship to sneak aboard at night.  He often had the look, upon his return, of a wet cat, only far less cute.

"I mean that Izzy Hands--" Roach pronounced the name like it was a curse, "--has taken my strawberries which I need to make the birthday cake."

Ah.  The provisions Izzy took for the journey normally were lovingly handpicked by Captain Stede, who would stand next to his co-captain as they both saw Izzy off with the indulgent air of two fathers sending their kindergartner out for a playdate.

Frenchie squinted at the sun above.  It made his already itchy eyes sting.  "Sorry to hear that mate.  Shouldn't you have it in the oven already?  It's getting close to the birthday girl's party time."

The birthday girl in question was nowhere to be seen.  But her partner, the feared Catken nee Edfurred Teach, was being pet and held by Wee John what he had deemed a safe distance away from Frenchie across the deck.  Before that, hehad been stretched out with him, fearsomely enjoying the warmth of the sun, hence Frenchie's current wheezing and eye itching now.  Frenchie hopefully cast about for his partner, maybe Miss Stede Pawnnet, would be willing to sneak in more snuggles.

"The cake is in the oven."  Roach gestured with the cleaver.  It was not a wild gesture, it was in fact a controlled movement, but the fact that is was a cleaver made Frenchie's brain want to exaggerate.  "These were for decorations.  I'm going to make little cats out of strawberries.  And I'm going to make little strips of tanning leather out of First Mate Hands' hide."  

Frenchie tried and failed to imagine how the former would be done or what the final result would be.  While he could easily imagine what a strung up Izzy Hands would look like, and would be it was not the first time this particular fantasy had been imagined, he couldn't see how Roach could do the cats, though he believed it.  At the last crew sharing circle Roach had revealed his cooking training had come from serving under a Chinese chef pirate on another ship, and that he had taken the practice of only using a cleaver.  They had other knives, sent as part of the intrepid new business scam from their Sikh friends.  They hung on a decorative rack giving the kitchen a piratical air, though they were never used.

Frenchie was going have to get up from the deck.  He was going to have to leave his lute and best mate and potential for sneaking in more snotty wheezing pets of the cat in order to make sure Roach didn't murder Izzy Hands, and that the light torture that would necessarily supplant that would take a short enough time that there was still time to make the strawberry cats for the cake.  Frenchie gave a deep sigh.

A slow thunk, of wood upon, wood, hit up against the boat. 

All three crew members shared a wary glance, and then slowly moved towards the edge of the boat.  Roach had his cleaver at the ready, Frenchie reversed his grip on his lute, holding it like a club, he really didn't want to break it, but he also really didn't want to die.  Wee John Feeney moved to protect Edfurred Teach shifting his grip to hold her in one hand while the other was clenched in a ready fist.

They looked over the side to see Izzy Hands.  In his arms was a luxuriously fluffy white cat.  On his face were three suspiciously parallel lacerations.  Izzy looked like a murderous toddler, though his grip on the cat in his arms was careful.  Either out of genuine care or to avoid being scratched.  In a corner of the boat was a pack, the top of which sat a parcel of untouched bright red strawberries.  Izzy was doing his best to not look like someone who had come back to save the birthday part of a cat that hated him.  He did not succeed.

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Percy Being Good To Nico

I love Percy and Nico friendship, but in canon, Percy was such an ass to Nico. So here are some ideas of how that could have been changed in a canon divergent fic

After the Battle of the Labyrinth, when Nico was trying to leave CHB and Percy stopped him, Percy gave Nico his phone number and home address in case of emergency (that’s how he knew where Percy lived)

After Percy’s birthday party that Nico crashed, Sally started getting Nico to come for dinner once a month, which caused Nico and Percy to become a lot closer

This seriously cut back on Percy’s stress because he wasn’t constantly worrying about Nico (like where he was, if he was okay, how many monsters was he fighting now, how much is he eating, where is he sleeping, when was the last time he actually performed any sort of self care, etc)

Pretty quickly once a month dinners became once a week dinners, which usually ended in Nico staying overnight

When Sally and Paul got married, they moved into Paul’s apartment, and Sally gave Nico the address. When he showed up the first Friday for dinner, he almost cried of joy (they had added an extra bed in Percy’s room for Nico to stay in)

Percy throws Nico a surprise party for his birthday every year, and Nico tried baking Percy a cake for his birthday one year. Suffice to say, it didn’t end well, but Percy still ate it with a smile on his face because his little brother made it for him

After that though, Percy and Nico agreed that Percy and Sally would stick to the baking, and Nico could stick to making meals

They had a two hour conversation after the Battle of Manhattan to talk about the Styx thing. It ended with a tearful apology from Nico, and a tearful hug from Percy. Now the two of them have a conversation twice a month about their feelings and bullshit that’s happened

Percy making Nico watch an endless stream of Disney movies (Finding Nemo, Moana, The Little Mermaid, basically anything that goes along with the sea)

When Percy finds out about Nico’s love of pirates, he gets Nico to watch all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies with him

Percy feeds Nico bullshit facts about the modern century (ie. the Soviet Union renamed themselves the Cotton Candy Brigade and then disbanded, but citizens of former soviet countries are still called Munchkins)

Nico feeds Percy bullshit facts about both the 30’s and Italy (ie. Italy is known to its citizens as the Peninsula of Cazzo, and that they didn’t have cutlery or plates in the 30’s)

Sometime between botl and tlo, Nico’s feelings for Percy morphed from romantic to brotherly

When Nico had to lie to Percy about who he was in SoN, it was the hardest thing he ever had to do. Percy knew that he knew Nico, and it crushed Nico that Percy couldn’t remember him, and that he couldn’t tell Percy anything. He hadn’t seen his big brother in almost a year, and now Percy didn’t remember him, and he couldn’t remind him

When they saw each other again on the Argo 2 before Percy and Annabeth fell into Tartarus, you cannot convince me that Percy didn’t give Nico a hug

Nico genuinely didn’t have a crush on Percy by HoO, he thought of Percy as a brother. He was still really ashamed of being gay, and he loved Percy (just in a very different way). That’s why Jason wasn’t sure if Nico still liked Percy or not after the Cupid thing. He could tell that Nico was ashamed and loved Percy, but he didn’t know that Nico just loved Percy in a different way

Nico got super ticked off at Percy when he said ‘are you sure you can do this’ to the shadow travel thing at the end of HoH mostly because Percy has a bad habit of treating Nico like he’s still that ten year old geek from Westover Hall

Like really. Everyone else around Nico sees a terrifying teenager who’s summoned army’s of the undead and destroys his enemies in ten seconds flat, but Percy just sees a kid with big eyes infodumping about his favourite card game wearing armour that’s three sizes too big telling him that he’s scared

It pisses Nico off because he’s not a little kid anymore, Percy! he can take care of himself! he isn’t gonna break the second he goes to fight!

Also, by extension, Nico and Tyson are siblings and Hazel and Percy are siblings (which adds Frank into their family, cause he’s Nico’s age and dating Hazel). So when Reyna, Nico, and Hedge were caught by Leah and Dakota on the boat, Nico was super excited to see his little brother again. He wasn’t even that upset when Tyson pulled him into a hug (even though he hates hugs)

When they see each other again at CHB after the Battle, they give each other a big hug. Percy tells Nico’s that he was so worried he’d never see his baby brother again, and Nico proceeds to make fun of Percy for waking up Gaia with a nosebleed

Also, after Reyna and Nico’s hug, Percy pulls Nico aside and is like ‘what’s the deal with you and Reyna’ and Nico’s like ‘she’s my sister now’ and Percy goes ‘oh, okay, cool. bring her around for family dinner next weekend’

Same with Jason, Rachel, and Meg, too. Percy’s always down for more adoptive family being around

After Nico came out to Percy and Annabeth, and told Percy that he’s gay, Percy went to the infirmary to talk to Nico. He wasn’t allowed in at first, but he waited outside for three hours so he could speak with Nico

Of course, this led to a three hour discussion, which involved a lot of apologies from both of them, and a lot of shared stories, and laughs, and a few tears. Percy told Nico he shouldn’t be ashamed of who he is, and he should’ve told Percy sooner

When Percy went home for the school year, and to see his parents again, Nico joined him. There were lots of tears, hugging and blue cookies. Then Sally grounded them both for staying away for so long and worrying the hell out of her and Paul

When Percy sees Nico and Will interact, he makes it his goal to make them a couple. He and Jason spend hours plotting ways to get them together

Whenever Nico’s away from home for any amount of time, Percy gives Nico a big hug, ruffles his hair, and complains that he stayed away

When Nico first moves to New Rome for university, Will’s living in Massachusetts for Harvard Med School, so he moves in with Jason and Percy for a few years while he gets a degree in linguistics and anthropology

Btw, Annabeth thought Percy would distract her when she was trying to study, so she moved in with Piper and Reyna, and Percy moved in with Jason. It should’ve only taken her 4 years to get her masters in architecture, but the university offers a bunch of history, math, and design classes that she took because they were really interesting (it ended up taking her 6 years)

That’s all for now. I might make another post about this cause I live for Percy and Nico friendship. Btw,, DO NOT tag as P*rcico. This is purely familial and platonic headcanons