#a day in the life of kate

[zenmai--jikake--no--komoriuta]

went on a bacon-hunting expedition into the city for the Gongcha collab and returned with the spoils of war! I didn't get any of the themed drinks, but instead picked some weird fringe-picks bc I had always been meaning to try them ever since my uni days was that really a decade ago... wow when I had to pass by it on my way to the bus home haha :')

reviewing my weird drinks under the cut; we're tasting the Honeydew Smoothie (the most normal), Wintermelon Tea Latte and their side-promo Sweet Corn Milk Tea! :D

Honeydew Smoothie: tbh this is the most normal of the bunch because my usual Chatime order is always the honeydew milk tea so I know I'll love it! this one comes in a smoothie form which has unfortunately (mostly) melted in transit to become....... literally just my usual honeydew milk tea lmao :'D it DOES taste more honeydewy though! like there's more of the powder/syrup/whatever in there ratio-wise which is very nice, overall it was as good as expected :DD

Wintermelon Tea Latte: ok so this one has a very subtle flavour compared to the strong honeydew lol, I can definitely taste the tea part but I'm not so sure where the wintermelon is yet... I think maybe drinking two melony drinks has made it hard to tell apart so I'm gonna sip the last one and come back to this lol EDIT: no ok it's still very subtle, it's there but not by much, so it mostly tastes like tea-infused milk which is a little disappointing! but oh well, it's still tasty and drinkable so that's a win haha

Sweet Corn Milk Tea: now for the strangest of the bunch, I love corn but do I love it in a drink........ the answer is BOY HOWDY... maybe???? oh my god it really does taste like those powdered turtle corn chips in a way that I'm on the fence about; it's a VERY sweet and definitely powder-tasting flavour which I don't think I like in the end! .................after a bit more sipping, yeah this one is definitely a miss-- I think even with the option to add less sugar it would still taste iffy, it's the powder which just doesn't mix well with cold milk (mind you they DID have a hot option available which probably would have blended better, and would maybe remind me more of a nice thin corn soup instead of this weird weird beverage I have here in my hand lmao)... at least we can say we tried a corn-flavoured drink though!

[rainbow-sunshine-unicorn]

I genuinely can’t get over how proud Anthony is of himself, after kissing Kate, EACH AND EVERY TIME

They’ve been married for a while, gone on two separate honeymoons and spend all their time together and still this man puffs up like a balloon, literally swells up with pride and his face looks like his soul is internally doing some jazz hands, each time he kisses his wife

[aenslem]

Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001) || 1.03 "Parallax"

[thresholdbb]

Kate: "You know what else happened in the turbolift? What else happened in the turbolift, Lieutenant Paris?"

Robbie: "So many things, Katie."

Kate: "We copulated... we copulated and I gave birth to 100 little lizards. So sexy."

[beyondthislifetime]

People who truly dislike Edwina Sharma are wild. Heaven forbid an 18 year old be charmed after being almost relentlessly pursued by an older man. Three married women, including her mother, are for the match. THE QUEEN is for the match. The only person saying he isn't right for her is her sister and like I'm sorry but my sister could swear that a man wasn't that into me and I would not listen if he BOUGHT ME A HORSE!???!!?!!

[snailvibes]

Evening chat I give you my list of some of my autistic Max Caulfield related headcanons except a lot ended up being pricefield related oops (does include spoilers)

Remember these are all HEADCANONS and me just being silly and having fun projecting on my fav lol

- that grey jacket she’s always wearing? That’s her comfort clothing item why do you think she’s still got it in double exposure

- even ever since she was really young Max has always been a picky eater bc of dealing with food textures and generally not liking a lot of things. Chloe always tried to make sure her mom bought things that Max liked so she could always have stuff to give her no matter what

- Max doesn’t really know how to like. Enter group discussions, it’s a lot easier for her to talk to people if it’s either one on one and with someone she’s familiar or comfortable with, she knows what she’s gonna say to someone before going in (like “I’m going to go up to Kate and check in on her” or “I’m going to go up to Brooke and ask about her drone”), or it’s someone talking to her and asking her questions, so when it’s people just generally chatting in a group she usually gets left out cus she doesn’t know how to jump in

- loud noises usually overstimulate her (vortex club party was hell) and growing up one of the more common times that occurred was when it stormed outside :) [which still held true throughout the game :))] post sacrifice Arcadia Bay ending she just kinda completely shut down in Chloe’s truck for a long while through a mix of it and the emotions from everything

- aside from Chloe, Kate was the first person Max found who actively listened to and engaged in her infodumping. During their first few tea hangout sessions she’d find herself accidentally going on about photography and stop herself, and every time Kate would encourage her to keep going cus she enjoyed hearing about it (ultimate Loves to yap + loves to listen duo)

- a lot of the time when Max shuts down she ends up going nonverbal for long periods of time and Chloe is the only one who can translate what she’s trying to communicate lmao. Everyone else, while they mean well, tend to just get confused so if she’s like with Kate or Warren when it happens they’ll just be like “shit time to track down Chloe”

- Chloe’s hair is one of her favorite things to mess with and play with cus she loves the sensation of running her hands through it, so when she’s overwhelmed Chloe will just take off her beanie and let Max run her hands through her hair for as long as she needs

- The Captain is her comfort plush which is why she brought him with her to Arcadia Bay. Usually she carries him around with her as much as she can but she didn’t wanna get made fun of for it at Blackwell so she started keeping him in her dorm. Post Sacrifice Arcadia Bay, she drags Chloe back to Blackwell before they leave so she can retrieve him from the rubble and starts carrying him with her everywhere again. Post Sacrifice Chloe she just starts carrying him with her everywhere at School without really worrying about what people will think, and everyone just doesn’t say anything cus they can tell she needs it.

- Max relies on music a LOT to block out the world when everything is too much. Chloe knows this and when she’s not using her earbuds to do it alone, will always offer to sit quietly and listen with her if she wants

- Warren Graham I know what you are /ref him and Max infodump about nerdy movies together almost every chance they get and sometimes they have to be pried apart in the halls to get them to go to class bc they will go on for hours if left alone to

- going back to that “Max struggles with conversation in groups” point, if said convos are happening in the photography classroom whether it’s a “class discuss this” moment or a group project, Kate will always try her best to get Max included in ways that work for her like asking for her thoughts or just pulling herself away from the group to chat with Max one on one

- girlie needs very specific instructions for things because otherwise she will overthink what to do and get confused and this has screwed her over with so many class assignments but I think she’d get help from Kate in that regard because she’s the only one she’s not anxious about asking if she knows what someone meant by something

[after-the-end-times]

Javi and Kate's trauma manifest so differently that it's no wonder Javi gets angry after their failed tornado scan

After their last tornado, Kate squashed everything down and ran away to somewhere "safe". A different career path in a city with an almost zero chance of a tornados

She never really confronted or dealt with any of her ptsd and thought she had everything under control. That is, until she went back to the south and confronted a tornado again

And, of course, she ended up freezing and having a panic attack. With a tornado right there and the wind and dirt blowing up everywhere she, once again, ran away. This time taking Javi with her

And, while Kate had spent years running away from the past and pushing it all down and becoming a shell of herself,

Javi spent those years changing himself entirely. He went into the military and created a tech that would help study tornados. That way he'd never again experience feeling completely useless and helpless standing miles away while his friends all died

He transformed himself from the sleepy stoner guy who hung back collecting data in the van to the one taking the lead and driving straight in front of every tornado he sees

So, of course, when one trauma response (confront the thing that hurt you) was confronted head on with the other's (run away from the thing that hurt you) Javi got angry and Kate closed off

It's a natural, human reaction that Javi would feel like Kate's letting him down and that Kate feels like she's let him down

Sadly, neither's emotional reaction is right or wrong. They both just have so much unresolved trauma

And yes, it's from the same situation, but they experienced it so differently they don't see where the other's not understanding the problem now

They just don't know how to communicate and connect with each other anymore post trauma, so they're at an impasse for moving forward

[a-girl-and-her-quotes]

Kate Quinn - The Alice Network

[fabbyf1]

This week has been… a week, besties. And it's only Monday.

**personal life rant under the cut that has nothing to do with f1 or fanfiction**

I’ve been no-contact with my mother for 2 years, and she randomly and unwelcomely texted me on Sunday. 

And it just… never gets easier. 

It never gets less triggering. 

My mother has a serious mental illness (Munchausen syndrome) and is a pathological liar. On top of that, she’s just… an overall shitty human being. She traumatized me and my brother throughout our childhood, teenage years, and early adulthood before we realized all of her illnesses were fake. She has told lies on lies on lies to get attention and sympathy from everyone around. Everything out of her mouth is a lie, no matter how big or small. If you asked her what color the sky was, she’d tell you it was green, and when you told her that wasn’t true, she’d have a public meltdown about it. 

In the end, for me, it was pretty easy to go no contact with her. I’m a full-grown adult who lives in a different state, has no ties to her, no financial connections to her, and no legal obligations to her. But that’s not always the case for everyone. And even with all these factors, it still wasn’t a decision I made overnight. It took years of heartache to convince myself that enough was enough and that she wasn’t allowed to speak to me anymore. 

(Something that she broke on Sunday.)

The point of me telling you this is that if you also have a toxic relationship with one or both of your parents, you are not alone. It can be a very alienating feeling, especially if everyone else in your life is still in contact with their parents or makes you feel like you're in the wrong for not wanting to have a relationship with yours. 

But I can promise you that you’re not alone. There are tons of people out here (probably in this little community of ours!) who get what you’re going through. And if nobody else gets it, I get it, bestie. And listen to me when I tell you… don’t let it break you. It’s okay to take care of yourself, and put yourself first, and to prioritize your mental health. You do not owe anybody anything. Even if they birthed you. Even if they raised you for all or part of your childhood. Even if they are blood-related to you. Even if they clothed you, and fed you, and housed you for years. (Because that. was. their. job. They chose to have a child or be financially responsible for a child. You did not choose to be born into that family, or adopted into that family, or taken in by that family. You are innocent in this situation.)  

I know a lot of my followers are younger than I am, and as such, I feel responsible for telling you it will be okay. It might never ever get easier, and you might still get triggered about it even when you’re 33 and vibing, but it won’t break you. You are stronger than your toxic fucking parents. You’re stronger than your toxic home life. You can get out. You can be free. No matter how long it takes. 

Be smart. Be safe. Put yourself first when it is safe to do so. 

There are tons of free resources all over the globe if you’re feeling like it’s too much to handle on your own. If you can’t find one, dm me and I will help you find one. 

I promise you it will be okay. 

And, as always, stay hydrated. Water helps everything. 

[vsangles]

Ana Beatriz barros

[sunmoontruth-stiles]

I need a completely rewritten teen wolf series with Derek Hale as the main character. I think it would heal me.

[zenmai--jikake--no--komoriuta]

while I was coming home from the physio an hour ago there was a driver across from me at the lights who was craning out to look at the Digimon stickers on the corner of my car lol.......... I hope they think I have good tastes! I kept slapping the stickers I'd get with ZeninTCG orders on each corner so I could find my car easier in parking lots but I've built up quite a collection at this point, faded as some of them are haha :')

[thychesters]

how incredibly jarring though, the transition for brook as he joins the straw hats. to go from fifty years spent alone to being surrounded by people--by this lively bunch at that. the dissonance to go from the quiet fog and nothing but the sound of waves and his own voice and humming to bright laughter and someone shouting from the galley that lunch is ready, to someone else yelling about spotting an island off the port side. or just the gentle quiet of other life around him, the day to day menial tasks that don't draw much attention from the others, but it's all brook focuses on for a minute. to help wash the dishes and it's something he hasn't done in years, nor has he shared a meal with anyone else. to sit in the sun and doze, to hear the wind in the sails and the waves crest against the hull and know there's a destination in mind instead of drifting. or to just open his eyes (yohoho) and to find someone looking back at him, someone who's tangible and real, and who beams and fixes his hat on his head and asks if brook will play a song, and he'll play again and again and again because for the first time in fifty years he doesn't have an audience of one.

[unproduciblesmackdown]

"...my one year anniversary being on testosterone!!! I had a vision of capturing my total gender euphoria [...] My trans and nonbinary body is divine I honor my body as it is now, and as it will be as I continue to become more and more myself..."

[pricinghamtruther]

so beautiful to see a pricingham fan in the year of our lord 2024…. i was crazy hyperfixated on them for the best part of a year and seeing you lose ur mind over them present day is so wonderful actually… i understand you so much you are gods strongest soldier fr

OH MY GOD YOU RAN KATES MORMON SIDE BLOG YOURE KATES MORMON SIDE BLOG IM YOUR BIGGEST FAN??!?!?!?! I GO BACK TO UR PRICINGHAM STUFF ALL THE TIME AND FREAK OUT ABOUT IT. I CANT BELIEVE THIS.

[crushedsweets]

HELPP ok I just woke up but I had to yap about this

So I had a dream where you made a creepypasta show / movie and there was like a weird mosquito fly infecting them. Some random ass shark guy found out about that when he killed it so ran off to warn the others. We get to a meetup spot in the city and everyones there except Kate. BTW. TOBY IS NAMED SHITTER. Kate runs in and SHE HAS A TORNADO BEHIND HER... cartoon run sounds also play when she runs... thats all I remember..

ANYWAYS I hope you have a good day/night :3

Ok I have like 100 things to say about this but I’m going to begin with TOBYS NAME IS SHITTER???????