#Stamps from a to z

[roxyandelsewhere]

Started doing "Stamps from A to Z" on twitter with my silly liddol stamps collection and you know what? Gonna do it here too because why not. Let's see if I can do the whole alphabet

A

Angola/Amblygonocarpus obtusangulus (1983)

Apocalypse of Lorvão (1975)

(it's one of the illustrations done for Commentary on the Apocalypse in the 12th century illuminated manuscript Apocalypse of Lorvão, made by a monk in the monastery of Lorvão in Portugal, pretty cool actually)

[zeb-z]

see ok I don’t think it’s bad who stole the furniture because he didn’t go to f5 and zoom in on himself a billion times

[lundenloves]

@bringinsexybackk69: can i please request dad simon with a boy? like yeah he has all his girls and then there's either the youngest or the oldest and it's his only son? i can just picture like the girls are jealous cause he gets new clothes not hand-me-downs, he gets to do his own sports with out his siblings, he gets to go shooting with the 141- just like totally sibling rivalry and fighting over who is dads favorite?!

youngest.

simon is over the fucking moon when he finds out it's a boy - he's one of them dads in american gender reveals who says “i think you're a girl but i need you to be a boy" 💀

instant attention all goes to this kid, because A) he actually knows how to do it now and B that's his boy. that's his fuckin lad.

the kid looks like you. boys look like their mums, girls look like their dads n all that but christ does he have simon's quietness.

a complete observer like his dad. will be in silence while the girls argue, quietly exchanging glances with simon who internally feels like fucking high-fiving himself for creating a kid who finally understands him.

however the clothes are admittedly down to you, you love buying shit. any excuse. and having a son instead of another girl gave you great reason. though you did go too far sometimes. credit card bills rocketed.

he gets his own room too. straight off the bat, fresh into this fucking world and he's got it all. or that's how your daughters seen it.

“how does he get everything."

“give him a fucking chance." mumbling something about how he's only a week old. the dad sigh strikes again.

him and simon fuck off together a lot. they'll be away camping somewhere, simon teaching this (probably half uninterested) kid how to do all the survival stuff since his girls were never interested.

and when he gets older, maybe around seventeen to eighteen he's so game for that stuff. realistically, was probably in the school cadets n all 💀

when he's able enough, he'll maybe tag along on a run with 141 or summat. this is an incredibly humbling experience to say the least, though uncle soap is there to make everything a laugh n slow the run. "boys, boys, give the lad a chance eh?"

gets into his dads routine of the gym in mornings too, simon watching his workout from a distance before giving him pointers - hands on hips before stepping back to see if he's doing it right or not.

although, simon does not let him apply to the army. all fun n games till it wants to happen isn't it padre?

probably applies behind simon's back ngl. resulting in a huge fuck off argument once a letter comes in stamped under british army branding under the kids name instead of his own. yikes.

classic son x father shouting match.

i’m probably going to get asked to write that now aren’t i? happily, gladly, don’t get me wrong. sorry i haven’t been writing much but i do enjoy talking to you lot in the inbox.

simon 'ghost' riley taglist: @vamppxncess @crowbird @tallrock35 @fluffmonster @islanderr @blueoorchid @lea3773 @coldflapjack @rayhawk05 @han11dh @liishook @melovetitties @fallonx @rvjaa @fuckmelifesucks @bhayatsara @takeomisbitch @local-spidey @konigsblog @penutjuice @babychoi03 @sheluvzeren @sparklingtragedy @maviee @wiserebelpartypie @daddylorianisastateofmind @bhayatsara @mistydeyes @writingmysanity @johfaam0 @idkbbyx3 @gressseyy @fwibblefwobble @shibble @maladaptivedaydreamingbum @airghostlyfox @hotgirlsshareaccounts @simpxinnie @cliosunshine @bloobewy @lazybutsmexy @maki-z @yyiikes @tieflingteatime @cosmoscoffee @lilvampirina @cinnabeanz @bubbyblob @spencerreidisbae123 @ellies-girll @paperbag-prncs @cookiecutta @sluttyforsimon

[littleeyesofpallas]

So, with the new legends there's a neat way we can take a guess at some of the time frame. Although it's largely aesthetic and hard to gauge the intended historical parallels of, the not-Eiffel Tower at the center of the city could presumably have been completed in the late 1880s like the real thing. Interestingly that places it pretty concurrent to the construction of the Hokkaido Government building in the 1870s that served as the basis of the Galaxy Team HQ in the first Legends game.

But with the keywords being "urban redevelopment" the setting could only possibly be Haussman's renovation of Paris that took place from the 1850s-1920s. So given that the tower is already standing, that places Legends Z-A between 1889 and 1927.

And I doubt it would play into the setting of a Pokemon game but I think it's neat that it would mean taking place firmly in the 3rd French Republic, as that's not typically the most romanticized period of French history. (Kind of shocking given just how much Japanese pop culture loves to fixate on the Ancien Regime and Rococco architecture.) It's right at the height of the French Colonial empire and their rivalry with the British... Even if they don't address the history directly, certainly not the darker bits, I wonder if we'll see an ancestor of Rose* and some mention of Kalos and Galar's relation as a hint at the Pokemon world's equivalent of India. (Elephant, what elephant...)

*put a pin in that... Well come back to Rose later...

Also I know a lot of the stupid "leaks" that were just running with any/every rumor they could find had been talking about Celebi, despite there being no signs of it in the direct, but it's possible that the Z-A title and the fadethru of the sort of sci-fi looking city diagram into a pencil and parchment one is indicating going back in time --backwards, from Z to A, end to start.

and just so long as I'm just picking at edges of things...

The unknown are an anagram of, "POKEMON PRESENTS"(oh and the SOEYUE one at the end is just "SEE YOU") and the ""confidential"" stamp on the documents likely reads "Gokuhi" as in gokuhi[極秘]: "Top Secret," but the rest of the text doesn't seem to match either Japanese, French, or English,

Hito to POKEMON no kyouzon o yumemite[人と ポケモンの共存を夢見て]: "Dreaming of people and Pokemon's coexistence" Toshisaikaibatsu hassou MIARE CITY[都市再開発発想ミアレシティ]: "Urban Redevelopment Concept Miare City"

The obvious exception being that redacted text is clearly the romanized MIARE from the Japanese MIARE[ミアレ] and the English CITY, which is the Japanese name for what was localized as "Lumiose."

Curiously the word "Pokemon" is very clearly missing from the passage, and also in both cases there are too few "Galarian" characters for how long the phrases are in any actual language.

and finally, given some of the existing examples of handwritten Galarian in SwSh, I'm guessing the text on the big logo is as i've transcribed into the more standard Galar font, although I'm really uncertain about that second one, and a bit iffy about the big "X"s, but the little cyclone O, the V with the underbar, and the E seem certain enough.

Also there's a logo I know I remember seeing that looks like this one but I can't remember where it is or what it's associated with.... It's the logo on the Macro Cosmos power plant. Not Rose's personal logo with the stylized rose, and not the Cosmos business logo with the big star system orbital ring Cs, but the power plant in Hammerlock where you go to fight Eternatus specifically.

It would be really neat if whatever this organization is was tied back to an ancestor of Rose and Peony and the origins of Macro Cosmos somehow.

[essentiallyleaf]

day 24. car sex. with. ningning.

1286 words.

tags.

kinktober ‘23, idol x male reader, car sex, Z O O M I N, deepthroating, semi-public sex, a bit of classic existential dread.

notes.

it is so fucking late i gotta go. speedily, leaf.

It’s at times like these that you want to treasure the most precious resource you have. The sun just sank down the horizon of Alpha-Earth, giving the sky this vibrant, electric aura, from the golden and pastel blue West to the indigo East. Hundreds of headlights leave long trails of yellowish white and rusty red all along the highway, almost as if the lines were already there, and the cars just following their predetermined paths. Your right foot pushes down, getting closer and closer to the asphalt. They can call you old-fashioned, but you love the growl of the rear combustion engine, the sound of rubber on tarmac. Time. They say it gets slower as you approach light speed, you’re far from it, but it’s almost like the clock’s hands move slower as the speedometer needle reaches new peaks. Nothing feels as close to God as this. The car takes a life of its own, and you wish you could simply close your eyes and, feel. The thrill you get when you’re on top of a tall building, and part of you wants to take a step. Those are also just passing moments, you think as you lift and return to cruise speed.

Ningning is beside you like she, sometimes is. Her hand falls on your pants-clad dick and starts rubbing like it does almost every single one of those times; the other times you’re already naked. Not the first time this happens in the car, even at high speed, so you simply turn auto-pilot on (they forced everyone to install it even on cars built before 2035) and let your head fall back in pleasure as she reaches inside your underwear to caress your bare length. Your right hand naturally goes to her almost naked back, needing to feel her skin under your finger pads.

She doesn’t dress to impress; sometimes she doesn’t dress at all. And the navy skintight rags she’s wearing today, well, those almost qualify as the latter. You’re in your usual attire, combat boots, cargo pants, the ones that tighten at the ankle, a close-fitting long sleeve shirt and a windbreaker. She needs your help to lower your pants and underwear, then goes back to stroking your cock, spitting on it for lubrication and reaching down to fondle your scrotum from time to time, causing you to moan up towards the roof of the car.

“Mmmh- Ning?”

“Huh?”

“Mind speeding the process up a little?”

Ningning likes to take her time, you learned that long ago. To make you look at her as she pulls the little lever on the side of your seat to move it backwards, positions herself between your legs, and stamps one long wet kiss on your tip. Or to observe people strolling at the night market, mothers buying their sons balloons, couples eating tanghulu (“You can tell if they’re good kissers just by looking at that” “Want to try with me?” “There’s a more hands-on way”; that was your first shared kiss, and it was more than just hands, on one another’s bodies after that). Right now her blue-tinted eyes are on yours, as her mouth surrounds more and more of your cock and she starts to feel her eyes watering and her lungs lacking air. She resists for almost fifty seconds this time - a good one, though not in her top five - drawing more than a groan from you before she has to back out and seek for oxygen.

“Are you okay?” She nods quickly, her hands cleaning up some of the drool that has accumulated on the sides of her mouth. “I need you right now, Ning.”

Ningning smiles and snorts lightly like she has you in the palm of her hand, and at the same time she has to concede this one to you. You stare at her open-mouthed as she somehow rids herself of her clothes, revealing her supple breasts and thick outer lips to you, and only thanks to your tinted windows not to any car around yours. She straddles your lap and wraps her arms around your neck to kiss you deeply while you grab onto one of her plump thighs with one hand and align your shaft with her already wet slit with the other. Her eyes are finally closed as she focuses on the feeling of your tip swiping up and down her vulva, brushing on her clit at every passage.

She’d been looking outside for almost all the trip, scrutinizing every detail of the gray and neon skyline of Nu-Seoul. Ningning has always had her own, unique wide-angle lens on the world. She has a little plant shelf right below her window in her apartment. It’s in one of those old, gray, samey buildings they were plopping one next to the other back when a growing world population wasn’t just a myth; the place is small and the plaster falling apart. One day she was sitting in front of the window, staring at the new little blossoms on the orchid, or at the bland, shiny neons on the skyscraper behind it, you couldn't really tell.

“Do you ever feel like the world is moving too fast for you?” She asked, sounding dispirited.

“I try to stay on pace”

“I feel… impotent. Like there’s nothing I can do, to change it”

“Do you think it’s on you to change it?”

“I think it’s on me to try.” She turns her gaze towards you, you let out a little sigh.

“When it’s just the two of us,” You sit beside her and wrap your arm around her back. “We can make what we want of our time. Make it speed up, slow down… It’s just ours. No one will ever take that away from us”

What you’re making of it now is pumping your dick in and out of her pussy while gripping onto her full asscheeks while she whimpers in your mouth at the sensation of her hole being stretched. She loves that feeling like she loves the feeling of wet grass on her feet when it’s raining, though meadows are but a distant memory in a city eaten by cement and desolation. Her soft, tight walls squeezing you in a humid embrace. You were wrong; this is what makes you feel like you’re touching the Infinite, reaching Eternity. Ningning moaning in bliss on your lips, on the crook of your neck, on the headrest of the driver’s seat. Her hands not finding rest, switching between your pecs, your jaw, your hips, and her own heat, digits circling at frenzied pace on her clit. You speed your thrusts up, time slows down. It’s a race ending in a photo finish; you can see the end, it’s close for both parties, but you never seem to reach it. Take a look at her pleasured state, savor the moment. Savor her tits as well, feast on them, then slap her ass once, twice. She wasn’t expecting it, her instinctive reaction is to drag her pelvis forwards towards you, giving you a different angle to attack. Exploit that to hit every crevice, every little patch you weren’t able to before, and as she contracts around you in one long, then multiple short and rhythmic flexes of her lower abdomen, each accompanied by a scream that fills the entire cockpit, you have your own release. Spill cups and cups of milky substance into her womb, every spurt coinciding with an upwards thrust and a small bite on her shoulder, as you continuously groan in complete bliss. Then it’s silence, a second, or an eternity, it doesn’t matter anymore, before she talks again.

“Back seat for round two? I want it from behind”

-

footnotes.

now i can’t unsee the asthma periods. you cursed me @erospandemos. gaspingly, leaf.

[digital-chance]

Neocities Websites for Decor (& Other Resources)

9/4 2:10pm

i've been working on my neocities website and wanted to compile a bunch of places where one can find decor. this is not an extensive list, but rather a bunch of places where you can start finding resources.

please note that various pages could strain the eyes, including flashing lights or colors. pages called 'blinkies' usually have flashing colors throughout. [* = prominent flashing lights]

all websites, resources, and thoughts are beneath the cut

decor

effects for mouse cursors, text, and sites - https://www.mf2fm.com/rv/

assorted decor, images, and more - https://shishka.neocities.org/shishka/toybox

* random gifs from the internet archive - https://gifcities.org

https://pinkukingdom.neocities.org/toybox

http://whimsical.heartette.net/material [has tos you need to follow]

https://cinni.net/?z=/toybox/ [love this website so much]

* assorted early internet graphics - https://www.glitter-graphics.com

https://graphic.neocities.org

https://strawberry-gashes.gensoukai.net/v2/

archived images - https://web.archive.org/web/20100211160439/http://neskaya.net/pixels.php

* https://kawaiiness.net/home.php [potential eye strain]

https://www.asterism-m.com/item/ [japanese site]

https://pixelsafari.neocities.org

https://foollovers.com/mat/index.html [japanese site. has tos]

* https://gothiclolita.neocities.org/materials

https://sozai.pooftie.me [pastels. very low contrast, hard to read warning]

https://scripted.neocities.org

https://arunyi.art/#goodies

https://nonkiru.art/resources

* https://animatedglittergraphics-n-more.tumblr.com / @animatedglittergraphics-n-more

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eQx_UiPvEvI4ZZECoPOuRrLhIE_6XbBy [content guide here... 4k+ gifs and graphics by @topadie]

* https://cutewebgraphics.tumblr.com/directory / @cutewebgraphics

https://pngfarm.tumblr.com / @pngfarm

https://lostsozai.tumblr.com / @lostsozai

decor directories

https://directory.cinni.net/sozai/

https://pixelsafari.neocities.org/links/directory/

https://www.tumblr.com/gender444/680981849679511552/favorite-sozaiblog-materials-sites-fool-lovers

definitions

(for those who don't know and/or are just getting into website creation)

webmaster: person who coded/created the website

favicons: small icons or graphics, usually 16x16 pixels.

pixels: graphics either custom-made or found. i've seen this term used for favicons, adoptables, and other graphics.

emoticons: old term for emojis. typically custom emoji expressions

* blinkies: thin flashing or sparkling banners, usually with text, an image, and flashing lights. collectible.

toybox: collections of favicons, stamps, blinkies, buttons, and more. all up to the webmaster's discretion and preferences

* glitters: glittering or shimmering text or images

stamps: collectible rectangular images, usually 99x56px

buttons: images that are hyperlinked to other websites. often custom-made for one particular webmaster or site.

avatars: typically 100x100 pixel images

other websites

beginner's guide to html and css - https://webguide.neocities.org

dnd style character generator - https://harlekine.neocities.org

templates/themes - https://neothemes.neocities.org

photo editor - https://photomosh.com

rainbow text maker - https://www.glitter-graphics.com/generators/rainbow.php

various other resources - https://scripted.neocities.org

learn more about websites & neocities - https://sadgrl.online

assorted resources - https://www.tumblr.com/punkwasp/725206601551773696/neocitiesindie-webmastery-resources

get started with website creation - https://www.tumblr.com/oddmerit/685644129978499072/note-cause-im-getting-sick-and-tired-of-terfs

all types of resources - https://punkwasp.leprd.space/resources/

* = prominent flashing lights/colors

i suggest not linking back (aka hotlinking) to the resources on the website. instead upload it yourself onto either neocities or an image hosting site and include credit. this way, if the person hosting the image deletes their page or loses the image somehow, your website will still be fine. (i didn't do this and had to find everything all over again... )

i have found that the best websites to use as companions to neocities are w3schools, pinterest, tumblr, and any image hosting site. w3schools for coding tutorials. pinterest for inspiration or for graphics. tumblr for any type of decor and advice. to edit my code and have a live preview, i use codepen.io.

since you read through all this, maybe take a look at my neocities site and follow me! <3

[delayed-affection]

can you do a jealous hughes brother (any of them) where trader is really getting along with the other brothers and he gets kind of possessive

You’re mine

Navigation Oneshots

Luke Hughes x fem!reader

A/n: I was in Luke mood😊

Warnings: possessiveness, Jack being the devil he is, I don’t think there’s any cursing, isolation tactic?

Word Count: 2.3k

Luke’s biggest fear was his family not liking you, more so his brothers. You’ve talked to his parents over the phone and met them at his games countless times.

However when it came to his brothers it was just little hi’s shared here and there when he’s on FaceTime.

He likes to think that you’d get along with them, just like you did with his father. Who scared you at first but welcomed you with open arms.

So when he invited you to stay with him over the summer it made him worry. He gave them a stern talking to about how to act around you. The two of them not seeing what he’s so worried about.

When you sent him the text saying you were outside he basically burst out the door, his brothers following him at a slower speed.

He pulls into a hug, “Don’t let them scare you.”

You laugh hugging him back.

Pulling away you are met with Quinn and Jack.

“I’ll get your bags.” Luke tells you

Jack watches as his little brother walks to the trunk.

Quinn sticks his hand out to you, “It’s nice to finally meet you.”

You shake his hand, “Likewise.”

Jack looks at you then to Luke, “Hey why don’t we show you around while Luke gets the rest of your stuff.”

You look over to Luke, silently asking if it was okay.

He gives his brothers a weird look but answers, “It’s okay you can go, I got this.”

Jack puts an arm around your shoulders, “Great, maybe we should start by showing you Luke’s famous hockey fails.”

Quinn shakes his head but follows.

~

It was honestly going better than Luke expected, he didn’t think they’d get along with you so fast.

But as the week went on the less time he got with you and the more irritated he got with his brothers. It’s like they were taking you away from him.

Everything they did they wanted you to do with them. From wake surfing to just setting the table for dinner.

Luke wanted to talk to you about it but he didn’t know how to bring it up, it looked like you were having fun and he didn’t want to ruin that.

~

When Luke got up this morning he was expecting you to be right by his side, except you were no where to be seen.

Slipping on some random shirt that he found, he goes to find you. Down the hall and into the kitchen he finds you… and his brothers.

The three of you were sat at the table, you’re leaning in close to Quinn to watch something off his phone.

Luke grumbles to himself before making his presence known.

The three of your heads snap in his direction and as he clears his throat.

“Morning.” He says walking over to the fridge.

“Morning.” You three reply

Jack picks up his phone, “Hey, Z’s coming over later.”

Great another person Luke has to worry about stealing you away.

Making himself a bowl of cereal he sits across from you at the table.

“Who’s Z?” You question

“Oh it’s Trevor, remember the guy I was telling you about.” Jack answers

You nod, “Oh, yeah, okay.”

Jack stands up to put his bowl away, “We’ll probably go boarding when he gets here. You guys wanna come?”

“I’m down, Luke?” You ask looking at him.

He shrugs, “Yeah, sure.”

His voice carries a slight attitude, one that everyone notices.

Quinn looks at you then to Luke, “Well I’m going to get ready.”

He picks his things up and leaves you two alone.

You scrunch your brows, “Are you okay?”

He dismissively waves his spoon, “Yeah, I’m fine.”

~

Trevor spots you outside talking to Ellen, “Is that your little girlfriend Lukey?”

Felt like you were more his brothers girlfriend than his lately.

However he nods, “Yeah.”

“I honestly don’t know how he bagged her.” Jack jokes but to Luke it’s not that funny.

“She’s honestly cooler than you, Luke.” Quinn chimes with a chuckle.

“So she’s got the stamp of approval from you two?” Trevor asks

“Oh, yeah.” Quinn answers

“For sure.” Jack says

Hearing that his brothers liked you that much wasn’t as comforting as he thought it would.

~

Now being on the boat made him feel even worse. The first couple of times you were on you had been been in your clothes but now you’re in bathing suit.

He was counting the seconds that went by every time one of them looked at you.

The jealousy was eating at him, whether it be you laughing at one of their jokes or them helping you on and off the board instead of him. Everything they did and said just bothered him.

When you sat down he was quick to sit next to you, pulling you close to him. He leans back into the seat, letting you lay on him.

You shields your eyes from the sun as you look up and smile at him.

Looking down at you he feelings of jealousy are subsided. Until he hears Quinn call your name.

“You wanna another go before Jack takes over?” Quinn asks pulling the line back in.

You go to sit up but are pulled back down by Luke.

“She’s good.” Luke answers

You and the boys all give him a weird look that he brushes off.

“I’m fine, go at it.” You tell them

~

Dinner rolls around and when everyone goes to sit down. Luke goes out of his way to make sure you sit down at the end of the table with him next to you.

He wouldn’t even let his mom sit next to you.

After dinner he sat on the couch with you letting his arm rest around your shoulders.

When everyone else comes into the living he basically pulls you on top of him. Wanting you to be closer to him than anyone else.

You honestly don’t mind it, you’ve always liked being close to him.

~

Waking up the next morning you could barely move. Luke’s body acting like a blanket, fully covering yours.

You try to push him off to no avail, but you know he’s awake. You can feel and hear him as he tries not to laugh.

You brush his hair out of his face, “Can you get off of me?”

He groans flips the two of you over, so that you’re now on top of him.

“Better?” He asks smiling to himself.

You roll your eyes at him and try to sit up.

He tightens his grip on you, “No, don’t leave, not yet.”

You reach over to his nightstand checking your phone.

“It’s nine o’clock.” You inform him

He kisses your cheek, “Okay, and your point is?”

~

An hour and a half later he finally lets you go.

However an idea pops into his head to keep you away from the boys, letting him spend more time with you.

He grabs your hand pulling you to stand in front on him.

“You wanna go on a walk?” He asks playing with your hands, “We could go get donuts or something.”

You give him a confused look, “You never wanted to go on walks.”

“Because I was always tired.” He claims

You laugh softly placing your hands on his face, “Oh so you’re no longer tired?”

He sets his hands on your waist, “Nope, so what do you say? You wanna go?”

You kiss him softly making him smile.

“Sure pretty boy.”

~

Luke hands you one of his AirPods, placing the other in his ear.

He throws his arm around you, shaking you with word he sings.

“Cause when I hear your name I can not stop cheesing. I love you so much that my heart stops beating when you're leaving. And I'm grieving and my heart starts bleeding. Life without you has no goddamn meaning.”

“Please stop shaking me.” You plead trying to steady yourself.

~

Your short walk to get donuts turned into a two hour walk around town. By the time you got back no one was home besides his parents.

Ellen’s voice greets you as you walk through the door, “Hey guys! Where have you been?”

Luke takes your hand, pulling you over to the couch with him.

“We went for a walk and got donuts.” He answers plopping down on the couch gently pulling you down with him.

“And you didn’t bring me one?” She jokingly asks

The both of you let out small laughs telling her that you’ll bring her one the next time you go.

Jim walks in from the back door and gives you two a confused look, “I thought you two went with the boys?”

You two share the same look of confusion.

“Where did they go?” You question

He rubs his forehead trying to think, “Um… To get stuff for the bonfire tonight.”

~

As the day went on Luke was still attached to you, everywhere you went he was not far behind. It was only a matter of time before he had to actually leave alone for longer than a minute.

And that time has come.

Jim asked him to come inside and help him something. He was reluctant to leave you outside with them but couldn’t say no to his dad.

So now you sit outside with his brothers and their friends.

His brothers take notice in his absence and move to sit next to you.

Jack nudges your shoulder with his, “What’s up Luke?”

You shrug, not too sure yourself, “I don’t know.”

“It’s like he’s afraid to leave you alone.” Quinn comments

“Maybe he sees us as competition.” Jack snickers making you and Quinn laugh.

“Competition?” You ask

You hear the door open and close making you all turn your heads to see Luke walking over with a not so happy look on his face.

Jack and Quinn share a quick look and nod.

Quinn leans into you and whispers, “Watch.”

Watch what, you ask yourself.

Jack looks up to Luke from where he’s sitting and smiles, “Hey man, hope you don’t mind that I took your spot.”

Luke gives him a tight lipped smile, “It’s fine.”

He looks over to you, giving you a more relaxed smile, “Can you help me get the stuff for s’mores?”

“I’ll help you moose.” Quinn says getting up from his seat.

Luke snaps his head over to him, “Huh?”

He pats his shoulder, “Come on.”

Luke looks between you and Jack before slowly following Quinn.

You turn in your seat, “What are you doing?”

“Being a big brother.” He answers with a smile.

“Well please keep me out of your big brother activities.” You tell him

“Where’s the fun in that?” He asks with a light chuckle.

He takes a quick look around before scooting closer to you and asks, “Do you like my brother?”

“No, I hate him.” You answer sarcastically

“Because of that I’m committing to the bit.” He tells you

“What bit?” You question

He quickly shakes his head, “Nevermind.”

He stands up and offers you his hand, unsure of what is happening you take his hand.

He pulls you to your feet, “Come on.”

“Where you two going?” Trevor calls out seeing you two part from the group.

He waves him off, “To talk.”

Trevor furrows his brows then gets up to go inside.

The two of you only move a couple yards away.

“What are you doing?” You ask coming to a stop.

He shrugs, “Waiting.”

“Waiting for what?”

He looks over your shoulder, “Him.”

Turning around you see Luke stomping over.

“What are you doing with my girlfriend?” Luke asks putting emphasis on ‘my’.

“We’re just talking bro, calm down.” Jack tells him, “You’ve been with her all day.”

“Yeah because she’s my girlfriend.” He argues, “I should be able to spend time with her.”

Jack continues to push his buttons, “And I can’t?”

“You’ve spent more time with her this past week than I have, so sorry if I wanted to spend the day with her.” He barks

“Are you jealous or something?” Jack snarks

Coming to the realization that this is the bit Jack was talking about you decide to put an end to it, not liking the way Luke looked.

Grabbing Luke’s hand and you start tugging him away from his brother.

Luke doesn’t give in right away but lets you pull him away, “Where are we going?”

His bad attitude still there, not going away anytime soon.

“Inside.” You state

You’re basically dragging him through the house and into his room.

Closing the door you turn to look at him, “Okay, talk to me. What’s wrong?”

He throws his hands up, “Ever since you got here it’s been Jack this, Quinn that. The entire time you’ve been here you’ve been with them. And it’s driving me insane.”

He continues on, "I've gotten no time with you whatsoever. You're always off doing something with them. It's like you like them more than me, that you would much rather be with them than me."

Now everything is starting to make sense to you, especially with how he's been acting with you three.

He huffs moving closer to you, “You’re dating me. No?”

“What?”

He crosses his arms, “You’re mine, aren’t you?”

“I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t.”

“So, tell me.” He says, “Tell me that you’re mine, that you’re not Jack's or Quinn’s or anybody else’s.”

“I’m yours, Luke.” You assure grabbing his face, “I’m not interested in anyone else but you. And I'm sorry that I made you feel like that.”

He uncrosses his arms and wraps them around you, pulling you closer to him.

"Look if you ever feel that way just tell me, don't keep it to yourself." You tell him.

He sighs, "Okay."

“Good.” You say giving him a quick kiss.

[filmnoirsbian]

Things read in May

Essays & Articles:

Ursula K. Le Guin on Being A Man

Investigating parents of transgender youth has agency on ‘brink of collapse,’ staff warns

Five Indigenous Speculative Fiction Authors You Should Be Reading

DECOLONIZING SCIENCE FICTION AND IMAGINING FUTURES: AN INDIGENOUS FUTURISMS ROUNDTABLE

Using Dogs As A Tool of Racial Oppression

Rings of Power: The new hobbits are filthy, hungry simpletons with stage-Irish accents. That’s $1bn well spent

First case of HIV cure in a woman after stem cell transplantation reported at CROI-2022

The Trees That Miss The Mammoths

NOPE’S SCIENCE CONSULTANT REVEALS THE NAME AND INSPIRATION FOR THE MOVIE’S ALIEN

Reflections on the Poetry of Eavan Boland

The dire state of trans healthcare in Ireland

How Letterkenny Got Indigenous Representation So Right

Einstein's Parable of Quantum Insanity

Surgical amputation of a limb 31,000 years ago in Borneo

Most Transgender Children Stick With Gender Identity 5 Years Later: Study

Were you a ‘parentified child’? What happens when children have to behave like adults

Fear of a Black Hobbit

It’s a ‘Full-Contact’ Haunted House. What Could Go Wrong?

The Craft: How a Teenage Weirdo Based on a Real Person Became an Icon

Remember When Multiplayer Gaming Needed Envelopes and Stamps?

‘We’ll Never Make That Kind of Movie Again’ An oral history of The Emperor’s New Groove, a raucous Disney animated film that almost never happened.

5 Incredible Sagas of Fandom Scams and Deception

I Used to Love British Period Dramas. Now I See Them as Colonial Propaganda

Why gender essentialism is a white supremacist ideology

Liberating Our Homes From the Real Estate–Industrial Complex

You Don’t Have To Be Pretty – On YA Fiction And Beauty As A Priority

Ten Years Later, There’s Still Nothing Like Tarsem Singh’s The Fall

Tolerance is not a moral precept

Scottish Poet and Publisher Derick Thomson 'Transformed' Gaelic Poetry

Poetry:

The Universe, as in One Last Song for the Lonely Hearts by Michelle Hulan

An Ordinary Evening in New Haven by Wallace Stevens

Heaven by George Herbert

Return from Death by Derick Thomson

Coffins by Derick Thomson

Chemin De Fer by Elizabeth Bishop

Yes, It Was The Mountain Echo by William Wordsworth

The Man and the Echo by William Butler Yeats

The Most of It by Robert Frost

Eros Turannos by Edwin Arlington Robinson

Books:

The Dark Yule by R. M. Callahan

The Invasion by K. A. Applegate

The Whisper by Aaron Starmer

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

[winged-self-indulgence]

You swallow back another pained moan, barely able to relax even as Z unlatches his teeth from your flesh. There's no need to look down, you can already feel the marks carving over your skin. They've stamped you all over, crescent moons that bleed sticky and red and delicious judging by the way Z laps against your thigh.

"Z, I c-can't-! S'too much-!"

"Aw, you tapping out already, Dove?" He cooes, licking a fiery trail of half pain and half pleasure down your skin. "Come on, you can do one more for me, can't you?"

A whine escapes you, loud and high pitched. You didn't even know you could make a sound like that, but then again you've never had a demon devour you like you're his last meal in existence.

"Poor little human," his voice is a condescending singsong. "All this noise and I've barely done a thing to you! Would you like me to help you stay quiet?"

You barely have time to nod before his tail brushes between your legs, up your back, and finally over your lips. It had been in the background previously, flicking from side to side with only the occasionally twitch to indicate that Z was in anyway affected by this attempt to feast on you.

"Open up, Dove~"

Despite it's slender appearance, the tip is thick when it slides into your throat, and you choke - throat constricting right around the dark appendage. Z lets out a groan, hunching over you with fiery eyes, his teeth bared in a lascivious grin.

"Oh we are going to have so much fun~"

[tarotchariotpickyourcard]

PAC: What are you right about?

What are you right about?

Giving you your “I knew it” moment. You’re welcome.

Please choose a number between 1 to 4. You can use your intuition, or pick one of these charms from left to right.

1 is the letter z, 2 is the plant, 3 is the Christmas stamp, 4 is the cup

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GROUP 1

Five of wands, King of wands, Queen of chalices

If you’ve been thinking someone is competitive with you, you’re right. This could be a male in your life, or someone who gives familial/sibling rivalry vibes. Could literally be someone's brother here (which can be common).. 

I’m seeing different settings, for some it’s school, for some, it’s in the online community you hang around. Not exclusively, but those are what I’m seeing especially.

Those 2 court cards are such different characters, this person might be so different to you and maybe you’ve never gelled. You might have the perspective that this person is a bit full of themselves. Someone in this situation may have a birthday during winter time. Someone here could be a water sign or fire sign particularly. I feel like from the 5 of wands, you may have always bumped heads and other people tend to notice that too. Even if you agree on something, anything - even that isn’t the most harmonious interaction.

I feel the need to let you know that actually, deep down this person can be very loving and warm. Maybe not to you lol, but they’re capable of it. Maybe you’re the more empathetic, social or kind character here and you wonder why they can’t be tactful or more humble.

I’m seeing traits of organization and creativity that there may be a bit of jealousy over. I would say in this competitive situation, take care not to take too much to heart because I think the other person is just competitive in nature anyway. So to them, I don’t think it’s super deep. They can just be a bit smug. I think there may be some jealousy or competitiveness over the way you are able to present yourself too. Whether that’s the way you talk to people or the way you look. They are probably not able to carry that off themselves.

That’s what I see, hope it made sense.

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GROUP 2 

The greenman in reverse, 2 of wands, 7 of swords

So a project or new start maybe didn’t give you a good feeling that it would hit off, and you’re right, the 2 of wands talks about a new career/business venture.7 of swords shows a need to adapt and change the scheme. There is just something that is unfeasible in the current plan, or about the current idea/product.

If there is a business partnership then one of the 2 doesn’t share the same intentions, whether that’s through miscommunication or taking advantage. If you are in a partnership like that, then please ensure you get full truthful communication out of the other person and ensure you have a clear business plan. If this is a new potential job or placement, this is an employer who may be looking to get more out of the agreement than the employee. This could even be practical issues making a situation unfeasible, such as being unable to travel to a workplace each day.

I see frustration about this situation and a real need to have a new start. Maybe currently there is a situation of unemployment or really needing another kind of income. This isn’t to say it isn’t possible, just that you’re right that the current idea, venture or opportunity isn’t going to really take off like someone would of course hope. This may not be yours, it may be a loved one and you’re thinking hmm, maybe not.

Whoever this is, there’s a level of idealism and a new plan needs to be made. I also feel like maybe there were a couple of people who encouraged this person and told them to go for it even though they had no experience in the subject themselves. 

Hope that made sense for ya, if it’s you wanting to take on something new I wish you luck with any revised plans

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GROUP 3

Four of wands, five of wands, Nature

There are a few meanings for this one.

If you’ve been thinking you have some kind of pest in your house but you’ve not been 100% this might be confirmation.

If you have been thinking a family member or roommate has been doing something not entirely moral or kind, you’re right. Something is definitely going on. I’m seeing specifically as well if you think someone is playing around with more than one person.

If someone you live with has been really strange or angry or different lately, you’re right that there is more going on for them in their inner lives. They may need help.

Something that was once harmonious is no longer. It seems to have turned argumentative and then even more negative. I’m sorry to see this. You’re right that this isn’t normal. Someone isn’t themselves.

If you have been feeling like something is off at work, it is because people are having more disagreements and issues with one another.

I’m seeing someone here who is creative. No matter how competitive it seems out there, please do continue with your art or creative projects - you have talent. I think deep down you know you have something.

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GROUP 4

Nine of wands, The horned God, Seven of swords

You’re right to be wary or on defense right now. Someone might have warned you or you might have overheard something. You might have just simply had an intuitive whisper.

If you have a suspicion what’s wrong with an item as well, you’re on the right track. (for anyone trying to fix furniture or tech).

If you have been on the defense or feel off about someone who is a leader, employer, boss, teacher, father figure etc you’re right. Even your perspective of a local politician - if you feel something isn’t going to help you as a resident, that’s valid.

There is someone who might be trying to appear like they’re on your side, or if you vote/help them or stand with them that they will help you or you will get some kind of benefit. They are only thinking about themselves.

For a few, this could be a love interest that might be acting like they are more mature, paternal or protective than they actually are and you have been right to hold off and wait to see who they are. 

You have definitely been skeptical of someone here and you are completely right. I really strongly get the idea they act like they can offer you so much, but you’re remembering you’re good. You’re independent and you have things that you have earned for yourself. Never let someone trick you into thinking you need them. I’m sorry, this person stinks lol.

For a small number, this person you’re skeptical of can honestly be leading a double life, they are going off to someone/something else behind the scenes. They are so vague as well, you can never be sure what they’ve been doing. I don’t like this person. I'm sorry.

You seem wise to it anyway so I’m not worried, you’ve got this.

Hope it made sense to you see yaaaa

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[sanctus-ingenium]

I was wondering how achieve such a wonderful textured finish on your pieces? They are wonderful and I love their resemblance to aged photographs and the speckles of colors in the backgrounds. Your art is mesmerizing :)

you can see some of the texture brush sets i use in my #info_asks tag but i have some more (procreate) tips aside from just brushes

also hi i made this whole thing and then stupidly hit ctrl z to erase ONE word and i lost the entire bottom half of the post and all my image descriptions so fuck you tumblr i had to make this twice

to get a faded photo or old digital screen look, consider duplicating the canvas (once all the layers are merged) and using a gaussian blur tool on the new duplicated layer. then set that to low opacity to add a misty sort of look. looks nice in combination with some chromatic abberation and a small bloom effect. then a subtle noise filter on top:

for faded print effects, it's really worthwhile to learn how to use layer masks. you can use a layer mask to non-destructively 'weather' blocks of colour or lineart, without erasing the layer itself. the weathered ink/block print effect here was made using layer masks which means that if i just hide the mask, the lineart becomes solid black again and easy to alter or colour in:

for old paper effects you can just set a paper texture on multiply over the art sure, but you can also combine it with the blur & bloom thing, a really subtle drop shadow and canvas tilt, and highlights to make it look like an aged photograph of a card. this originally had a transparent bg but i'll post it here with a white bg so that the drop shadow is more obvious. the scuffed edges of the card (left) were hand drawn, simple white stucco brush. the bigger patch of scuffed ink (top right) was a texture stamp.

for block print looks you can move the colour layer out of alignment by a few pixels - but only after you're absolutely sure you're done with it, otherwise you'll get something like this -

i forgot to erase out her eye before i moved the red layer so now her eye defeats the 'look' of a misaligned print. the black lineart and red layer were also given the same layer mask treatment as described above to make them look faded or like the ink didn't stick down right to the paper

you can do this with multiple colour layers too. if the colour layers are separated and set to multiply (as in this cmyk example), it'll leave halos and edges around each shape which mimic old comic book print

just to show what you can do WITHOUT any special brushes, here's a piece of one of my mez tarot cards from before i got any extra brushsets at all. for this one, i added a green tint over everything to mimic a sun-bleached or faded print (my actual goal wasn't 'medieval illustration' but actually 'trading card from the 60s that got left on someone's windowsill for decades'). the background texture is the procreate noise brush. the texture under the green lion drawing is the procreate concrete brush (to make it look painted onto a wall). the lettering and lineart is procreate's 6B pencil. but to properly aim for The Look of it being a printed physical object, i also used a perspective blur so that the edges are out of focus, and metallic gold highlights which don't match the lighting of the actual illustration and appear to be catching some other external light. that texture was made from the procreate noise brush

it's pretty simple compared to my later stuff but i still really like the effect

in terms of colours, you need to keep them unified so that they all appear to be acting under the same external light source, like if someone is holding up a torch to a painting then the painting colours will be glazed with firelight even if there's no painted fire. a really easy way to do this is to slap a multiply layer over everything in one shade - grey-yellow for a weathered paper look, or greenish blue for sunbleached photos. this unifies all the colours of the drawing. or you can apply a gradient map at a low opacity so that there's only a subtle change. or just do it by hand - if you want everything to be slightly tinted yellow, just pick the colours you normally would, but move the colour wheel towards yellow to get a yellowfied version of the base colour. easy

it's really important to consider how fading and weathering can affect printed colour. white paper yellows, black fades. you will rarely see pure black or pure white. which means you can use pure black or pure white to add external effects like the white scuff marks on the hierophant card. if the whole drawing is yellowed from age but there's some white somewhere, it's an easy shorthand to show that the scuff mark or whatever was not originally part of the drawing (great way to add some nasty stains lol)

[richardsletters]

"Sam, I like your stationery. Kix ass. Send me a few sheets. You know Jim + Mark eh? Ask Mark if he got some chicks letter that I wrote. You live far from where Versace got killed? You right - I cant get cds or stickers here. So to travel the world you must be on a budget. How can you afford it? By royalties from your your your cds? I like snakes myself. Wow - you have alot of chicks eh? Id be in your debt if you could send me some naked pictures of chicks. Being in a band you must be popular with the ladies. After 12 years in the shithole I sure miss pussy. ha Yep I like AC/DC I hear they're singer lives in FL. I listen to the radio have a few cassettes. I draw demons or if theres something you want drawn send a pic. I dont do people. I charge 25 to 100 bucks. The more $ the better the drawing. I can get stamps pictures money orders. I can call if you want. Collect though. Take it E/Z. Richard"

[jellybeanium124]

my parents (gen x) have custom return address stickers. actually, my mom has stickers and my dad has a custom STAMP. I've also seen these custom stickers from other older relatives on physical mail, so I became curious. I have my guess as to what the results are gonna look like lol but it can't hurt to run a poll and see!

[nicohischierz]

lesson learned: trevor zegras & hughes brothers

when your first season with the sabres finished, you had been approached by the anaheim ducks. trevor had sung your praises to the team and the trainers looked into the work you did with the sabres. 

you didn’t have to think much about what choice you were going to make. things had been awkward for you in buffalo and knowing that your brothers were still close and didn’t pay you much attention. 

you needed to move. 

so you did. 

when you were there, the trainer revealed that trevor had told them how much you used to help him during his time in the ntdp and when he was over during the summer. 

it was then that the two of you formed a relationship together. trevor provided you with comfort and he always protected you, something you hadn’t felt in a while. 

but the thing was, you never told your brothers about your relationship. it didn’t matter when you posted seeing as they never asked who you were seeing but the problem arised one night when the devils were in town. 

“so z, who’s the mystery girl on your instagram?” jack asked. the ducks were playing the devils in anaheim and the two friends decided to meet for dinner.

you were working with jamie on some light exercises for his shoulder. the ducks had won their game against the devils and you had a home cooked meal planned for your boyfriend and your best friend.

jack was about to get the answer to his question when you opened the door and yelled “hi z, we’re back!”

you didn’t notice your brother sitting across your boyfriend when you walked over and kissed him. jamie did and he tried stopping you but it was too late. 

“what the fuck?!” jack exclaimed. 

your brother got up from his seat and stalked over to where you and trevor were. “what is going on here?” he asked again, his hands on trevors shirt. 

trevor removed jack’s hands from him and looked down at his best friend “this is my girlfriend,” he expalined annunciating each word for jack to hear. the middle hughes brother scoffed. 

"why do you care?” you asked quietly. jack had never cared about your past relationships so why did he care so much about this one. but as soon as the question left your mouth you knew the answer. 

“it’s because he’s dating me right. you don’t care who i date but you do care who he dates,” you answered. jack didn’t say anything so you just shook your head and headed up to your room. 

trevor looked like he was about to punch jack, so jamie stepped in and shoved jack out of the house. their top concern was you. 

when jack got back to his hotel room he called his brothers. “she’s dating z,” he started. luke tilted his head to the side and quinn furrowed his eyebrows. 

“y/n. she’s dating z,” he explained briefly. 

“oh shit really? i mean i knew she was working for the ducks but i didn’t know she was dating z,” quinn rambled. 

“what?” jack asked. he didn’t even know you were in california. 

“yeah. there was this big post on the nhl account when they announced she was going to be a trainer there. petey and brock showed me, that’s kinda the last time i spoke to her. when did you guys last talk to her?” quinn asked. 

both of the younger brothers pulled their phones out and checked their last message to their sister. the time stamp read 2023. it had been three years since they spoke to their own sister. 

“we’re horrible brothers,” luke muttered. 

whilst the three brothers spent the next two months trying to find a way to repair their relationship, ellen payed a visit to her daughter. 

“trevor, i thought you’d want quinn, luke and jack here?” she asked. the two of them were out shopping whilst you were at work and jim took a nap. trevor shrugged. 

“i mean last time jack was with us, he kinda blew up at y/n because he didn’t know and i want this to be special,” he answered. elllen turned to the taller boy and gave him a questioning look. 

“oh shit. i mean sorry, you weren’t supposed to know,” he whispered. 

“you mean, they haven’t spoken to her recently?” 

“y/n told me the last time she got a text from quinn was before she moved here and then from the other two was before she moved to buffalo,” 

ellen was furious. her sons had promised to reach out to their sister after they forgot to come drop her off at the airport. so as soon as she got home, ellen called her sons and yelled at them. 

it was now the end of the season and you were back in michigan after three years. trevor had to do a lot of begging to get you here but it was worth it. 

the two of you ended up taking the boat out to watch the sunset. it was a nice night of just the two of you. halfway through, trevor complained of a stomachache and turned the boat back around. 

when the two of you docked you turned back to your boyfriend to make sure he was okay. only to find him down on one knee. 

“y/n hughes. i know we’ve only been together for two years but we’ve known each other for seven and i’d like to make that forever. so will you make me the happiest duck around and marry me?” he asked. 

you were stunned for words, but when you heard a faint shout of ‘say yes’ you nodded. when you turned around you were met with all the people in your life.  

your parents, your friends from uni and work, some of trevors ntdp friends and standing in front with tears in their eyes were your brothers. 

all three of them. 

and just like those days when you were younger you waved at them. but instead of ignoring you they waved back and embraced you in a hug. 

all four of you knew it would take time to rebuild your relationship but with the help of your now fiancé it seemed more likely than it would’ve a day ago. 

[destinyc1020]

Dom still insists he wants a normal British girl for Tom.

listen to this podcast at 16.43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfYIQLeKNSk

he's just worried about his romantic life and that he wants what his mom and dad had. A normal life.

Bit of a diss towards Z doing nothing but loving his child. Has moved to the other side of the world and constantly showered him with love (vice versa of course) and still he worries?????

Ummmm....I think you're projecting Anon. Nowhere in that interview time stamp did Dom mention anything about wanting Tom with a "normal British girl". 🙄

He just said that his wants for Tom are more familial and not even commercial. He wants Tom to be able to have a fairly normal life, get married, raise kids, have a family, etc.

Tom is so famous though, that Dom wonders about him having these things, and even being able to go from one restaurant to the car.

Nowhere did he mention that Tom needs a "normal British girl". 🙄 That's putting words in his mouth.

Look, you may not like Dom, but don't put words in his mouth.

He just wants his son to be able to have SOME semblance of normalcy.... no matter WHO he marries. That will be challenging of course, simply due to his work in Hollywood, and his level of fame, but even Dom himself mentioned that these aren't things that keep him up at night.

Like most parents, Dom is less worried about Tom's career, and more worried about his overall happiness. He just wants Tom to be able to have the things that he and Nikki have had.... which is a family, kids, marriage, a fairly quiet life, etc. He also wants to make sure that Tom can handle the stresses that come with his level of fame.

Tom may not ever be able to have EXACTLY what his parents have had simply due to his level of fame, but he can def have some semblance of normalcy.... which is what he's been having now imo. 🤷🏾‍♀️