#also buy a loop plush !!!! NOW

[haisfan]

art from a few days ago

[aria0fgold]

My biggest obstacle right now though is Myself cuz now that I'm in the last stretch of getting that Loop plush, I'm having Many Doubts cuz of how rarely I buy anything for myself that my instinct to save the money kicks in as strong as my desire to obtain that star.

[maplesyrupsainz]

Congratulations on the 1k 🤩

Could you please do [driver] is overly protective of you after someone flirts with you with Charlie

pairing: charles leclerc x fem y/n reader (she/her)

genre: blurb

warnings: none just fluff

prompt: six [driver] is overly protective of you after someone flirts with you

a/n: omg hope this doesnt suck i didnt rly know how to do it helppp im running out of ideas i fear 😛

my masterlist | my 1k celebration

you felt bad dragging charles shopping with you, but he insisted that he wants to come for some reason. you let him sit on the plush seats outside the fitting rooms as you gather up all of the items you want to buy, hauling them to the checkouts. you decided that morning you needed a whole new summer wardrobe, so that is what you now have.

“cash or card?” the man at the checkouts asks you, a smile on his face as you feel his eyes on you kind of intensely.

you hold up your bank card perched between your two pointer fingers, smiling back. “card, please.”

“your boyfriend isn't paying?” he gestures towards charles, who's slumped on the seats after a long day of shopping, probably playing something on his phone. you let out a nervous laugh, hating the direction of the conversation.

“i can pay for my own things,” you shrug, smiling sweetly. you are naturally not very argumentative and want to avoid this becoming more than it needs to.

“but you shouldn't have to.” he replies, turning the card machine to face you so you can insert it. you do, shrugging once again, this time with no response as you carefully type in your pin number. “here,” he states, picking up a pen and scrawling something onto the receipt before slipping it into your bag.

“thanks,” you say, taking the bag and turning away from the strange cashier, scurrying back to your boyfriend.

˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

outside the store, you fish the receipt out of your bag, opening it up and reading with a frown. scrawled on the receipt is what is obviously a phone number. you snort.

“what's up?” charles turns to you, frowning when he catches sight of the receipt, snatching it from your hands gently. his eyebrows raise when he reads the handwriting on it, stopping in his tracks. “wow. show me who wrote this.” he states, turning you around with him and marching back to the store.

“it's him,” you point subtly to the person still manning the checkouts. “just leave it charles, it's fine. obviously i'm not going to call him.” your words are in vain as you watch charles go over to him, with you hovering back towards the exit.

“hey,” you can hear the exchange, having to strain your ears slightly. “this is yours?” you see charles hold up the receipt so it's in view for the cashier.

“it might be. why?” he replies, casually leaning against the counter. you cringe a bit, thinking he looks way too chill about all of this.

“oh, she won't be calling you.” he rips the receipt in half in front of him, dropping it onto the countertop. “also, i'd consider getting better pick up lines if a girl is ever going to call you back. oh, and shoes too probably.”

you giggle to yourself, shaking your head; you somewhat doubt that charles comes across as intimidating to anyone, but the effort is admirable. when he returns to you, you loop your arm in his and skip out of the store, giggling to yourself. “you did not have to do all that.”

“i can't have men thinking you're available to them, ma belle. this is why i insist on coming shopping with you!” he pulls you closer to him as you walk down the streets towards the car. you smile to yourself, thinking how lucky you are.

[vashti-lives]

The making of a woolfellow

Last weekend I decided I would loose my mind if I didn’t make a quick easy project I could hug when I was done. I realized a pattern I was already comfortable with had a very familiar silhouette and couldn’t resist taking some inspiration from @sleepnoises clayfellows!

The base of this guy is literally just Purl SoHo’s Big Snowy Owl as written. As long as you are comfortable knitting small tubes either via magic loop or with double pointer needles this is a super super easy project. I used magic loop for the base, ears, and eye plate because when I young poor beginning knitter I absolutely could not justify buying a bunch of double pointed needles when my interchangeable circular set could also make small tubes, and now I’m very proficient at magic loop and and cannot be bothered to get good at DPNs. But either will work.

I knit as directed until I hit the point in the pattern directions where it tells you to stuff the body at which point I started making minor adjustments for the eventual wool fellow. I added a poly batting liner at the same time the instructions tell you to stuff the body. I always do this in plush toys knit with big yarn because there’s not really a way of knitting big yarn tight enough that stuffing won’t fall out, but in this case it’s also extremely necessary because it gives an extra anchor when you’re sewing in the buttons.

Once I had lined it and mostly stuffed it I took a break from the main project and knit and embroidered one half of the faceplate, for measurement reasons. I’ll put the directions for how I made the faceplate below, for now it just matters that you know that I did this because I wanted to know how big it was so I would be able to place the buttons. For the record my plate was… roughly 8 inches. I cared enough to check but tbh by this point in the project the election was over and my willingness to be precise was basically zero. As you will see. This was also when I rummaged through my button collection and found buttons small enough to be pressed through the plate fabric but big enough they wouldn’t immediately fall back through. Probably 7/8 of an inch??? Idk. Might have been better off with slightly bigger buttons. More on that later.

I didn’t do a great job sewing the buttons on symmetrically because I figured it didn’t really matter and technically this is true but also it would be easier to put the plate on nicely if the buttons were symmetrical.

A naked woolfellow!! Avert your eyes!!!!!

To work out where to put the buttons count ten stitches, put a removable marker, count 8, removable marker, count ten and put a removable marker. Basically you want the buttons (and eventually the face) to be in between one of the 8 stitch sections because the ten stitch sections become the ears/horns.

I pulled random cheap buttons from my stash and sewed them on with a thread shank, but using buttons that have an existing shank would be easier.

As a completionist and because when I finished knitting the body I wanted to be basically done I also knit and embroidered the second plate here and sewed them together using a lazy faux mattress stitch/ladder stitch. Once that was done I went back to the directions and finished the head/ears as written!!

The faceplate is knit almost identically to the bottom of the body save for the fact that there’s no need to purl. I also swapped out kfb for m1L (save the first row) for texture reasons but you could kfb the whole time if you wanted.

This is what I did but depending on your gage and how big your guy is you may want to adjust.

Faceplate: make two

Cast on 8 stitches and join in the round

Kbf across (16 stitches)

Knit

K2 m1L across (24 stitches

Knit

K3 m1L across (32 stitches)

Knit

K4 m1L across (40 stitches)

Knit

K5 m1L across (48 stitches)

Knit

Cast off

Close up hole in middle and embroider the eyes.

As far as embroidering the eyes goes my only advice is to take these three phrases and accept them into your heart:

It's ~rustic~

It's organic

It's a design choice

Some final thoughts:

On the base pattern:

I will note for the record if I was going to redo this— and I will almost certainly be making a second one— I would skip the diamond texture, particularly on this multi colored yarn. It looks fine on the finished guy but for the amount of extra work and wrist strain I don’t think it’s really worth the effort, at this in this context. YMMV and if you’re knitting in a solid color you might weigh things differently but it’s worth noting Purl SoHo’s own variations on this pattern— a bunny and pig— do not include any kind of texture or pattern.

On the button mechanism:

About the buttons and the double sided eye plate-- I do not know that this is the best way to accomplish this. It's the best I could manage while having an nervous breakdown but I suspect someone clever could think of something better. They are frankly fiddly and even with the batting they are not the most stable. I definitely wouldn't give it to a child like this, even if they're too old for the buttons to be a choking hazard, the whole thing is too delicate.

It would definitely be more functional for hardcore cuddling and squishing if you just sewed it on and didn't worry about it being reversible. I may eventually do this. The buttons might also be more stable if you lined it in a knit fabric instead of (or perhaps in addition to) the batting. I think it would be a good use for a worn out t-shirt.

On yarn and yardage:

Yardage first-- the pattern says the main body uses 180ish yards, but I definitely used at least 200, and maybe a little more. The eye plates also probably took 40 yards total? I'm not sure I didn't pay that close of attention. It was about one ball of Valley Yarns Valley Superwash Bulky. This also doesn't include the Hometown USA I embroidered the eye with. I have absolutely no clue there. 10 yard? 15?

For the curious I knit this out of Malabrigo Rasta which is. An insane choice for this project. BUT a few years ago I splurged and bought 5 skeins in two colors from my local yarn shop because it was shutting down and I wanted to help the owner recoup what she could. Also it was my birthday. I then very promptly ruined all this yarn by trying to wind it with my yarn cake winder and over spinning it. It didn't take me long to realize the gage was not going to be fully consistent with this yarn AND parts of it had way too much energy now and were going to create fabric that never really laid right. I cried. This was like, $140+ worth of yarn. It got stuck in a bag and shoved in the back of my closet in the hopes that I would forget my crimes.

When I was pondering what to knit last week the yarn psychically contacted me and told me it was ready to be a woolfellow. Or maybe I just saw the pattern and remembered it. Who can say. In theory the pattern should take 180 yards of wool, which is just shy of how much I had in this color, out of caution and in the hopes that I would have enough leftover to attempt arms I knit the bottom in scraps of gray yarn leftover from a previous project. I kind of thought the gray wouldn't show but TBH I'm not mad it does, it ends up looking like the bottom is unglazed which is cute. I like it so much that I embroidered my eye on the purl side to match it. Anyway-- as turned out knitting the bottom out of gray was a good choice because I used up almost all the Rasta as it is, I have maybe 1-2 grams left. It's probably because I didn't gage swatch, but it might also be because over-spinning the yarn did weird things to it.

It it is sad the original cropped jacket was not to be but I would absolutely never have bought this yarn to make a stuffed animal and it is so nice. I love it so much. I am absolutely turning the second color I bought into a second guy. It's all got a very pollyana life lesson feel. Sigh.

If you're wondering this guy's colorway is Solis (the other yarn I have is in Azul Profundo, which will also be very nice.) To me the nearly 60 dollars I spent on this yarn is so so much money but I will say that if you want yarn that is a) a natural fiber b) very very very soft and c) hand dyed Malabrigo Rasta is about as cheap as you'll find and it is absolutely beautiful in finished products. You miiight want to get 3 skeins just to be safe.

That said I have absolutely knit this pattern in much cheaper yarns and also gotten nice results. If you're ok working with acrylic yarns I knit it in Hometown USA to make a Totoro-- with some minor alterations-- and it was very cute. I also used K+C Luxe Alpaca Solid from Joann (technically it was under the buttercream line at the time, but it's the same yarn) to knit the bunny version of this pattern. There's also plenty of cheaper wool yarns online that are very nice.

If anyone other than me ever makes a woolfellow PLEASE tag me!!!

[ririright]

“Freakout at the Fair”

Son! Sam Monroe x Mother Reader

You had one goal that Saturday: to give Sam a real day off.

No school. No grounding. No lectures. Just something fun, something normal—something that didn’t involve him holed up in his room, blasting music and pretending he wasn’t lonely.

So you bribed him. With sour candy. And the promise of “absolutely no stupid matching pictures, I swear.”

Now here you were—two wristbands in, surrounded by screaming kids, greasy air, and flashing lights. Sam looked like he’d rather crawl into a sewer and die.

“This is a war crime,” he muttered, pulling his hoodie strings over his mouth like a mask. “There are screaming clowns, Mom. Literal. Screaming. Clowns.”

“They’re just actors, baby.”

“No. They’re agents of chaos. That one just offered me a churro with eye contact. I’m filing a restraining order.”

You rolled your eyes and handed him a cold soda. “You’re being dramatic.”

“I was born dramatic.”

Even with his miserable expression, it was hard not to laugh. He looked completely out of place—six-foot-two in beat-up Chucks, black eyeliner smudging in the heat, silver jewelry catching every neon light. Kids were running around in balloon hats and face paint, and here was Sam, glaring at a cotton candy stand like it had personally wronged him.

The final straw was the porta-potties.

You only glanced at them, but Sam caught it. “No. No way. I’m not peeing in a plastic coffin. I’d rather explode. I will explode.”

“Okay, okay,” you said, gently steering him back toward the games. “Noted. No porta-potties. No clowns. What do you want to do?”

He sulked.

You gave him a moment. Watched him fidget with the studded bracelet on his wrist. Hoodie sleeves tugged over his palms. He was still wound up—shoulders tight, breathing shallow, twitchy the way he got when the world felt too loud.

So you tried a different tactic.

“Wanna play that dumb ring toss game you always complain about?”

He looked at you suspiciously. “The one that’s a scam?”

You shrugged. “You can talk crap about it while I lose.”

“…You’ll buy me something if I win?”

“Depends. How bad are you gonna pout if you don’t?”

He didn’t answer, just dragged you toward the stand with a muttered “Don’t touch anything. It’s all probably sticky.”

The game was a mess—plastic rings bouncing off glass bottles, everything rigged just enough to be impossible. Sam missed twice, got frustrated, swore under his breath. The carny gave him a side-eye. You pretended not to hear when he hissed “Scam-ass bottle pyramid,” and handed him another ring.

Then—somehow—he made one.

It landed with a rattle, perfectly looped around the neck of a bottle. The carny raised an eyebrow. “Well, damn. Pick your prize, Dracula.”

Sam froze. “What.”

“You won. Grab a toy.”

Sam looked like he didn’t trust it.

You nudged him. “Come on, before he changes his mind.”

He slowly stepped forward, eyes scanning the wall of stuffed animals. Everything was obnoxious—bright, glittery, pink, or googly-eyed. Until he spotted something on the bottom row.

A black plush bat. Soft velvet. Tiny wings. A little silver hoop in one felt ear.

Sam pointed. “That one.”

The carny shrugged and tossed it to him. Sam caught it. Didn’t say anything. Just stared at it for a second too long, then stuffed it under his arm like he didn’t care at all.

“It’s dumb,” he said quickly. “I’m giving it to Corey. Or setting it on fire.”

“Of course,” you said, smiling. “I’m sure you’ll hate it.”

“I do.” He clutched it tighter.

You walked through the fair a little longer, letting him lead this time. He didn’t talk much. Just kept holding that bat and muttering insults at everything around him.

“This funnel cake smells like it’s been deep-fried in someone’s dreams and also their armpit.”

“Why is that kid yelling? What’s he got to scream about? He’s, like, seven.”

“That balloon animal looks like it’s dying.”

But he wasn’t twitching anymore.

He wasn’t gagging at smells or darting glances over his shoulder. He was just—Sam. Whiny. Bratty. Comfortably pissed off.

And at some point, without realizing, he grabbed your hand.

Didn’t say a word about it. Just latched on like he used to when he was little. Like it grounded him. Like he needed it.

You didn’t say anything either.

When you got back to the car, he slumped into the passenger seat and tossed the plush bat into his lap. He stared at it a second. Ran his thumb over the ear piercing.

“…What do you think I should name it?” he mumbled.

You smiled, pulling out of the parking lot. “Something edgy, obviously.”

“Yeah. Like… ‘Rot.’ Or ‘Bat Bastard.’”

“How about ‘Churro’? In memory of the clown.”

“Go to hell.”

But he was laughing when he said it.

And that night—hours later, long after you thought he was asleep—you passed by his door and peeked in.

Sam was curled up under his hoodie, one arm around his pillow.

The bat was nestled in the crook of his chest, tucked under the covers with him.

You didn’t say a word. Just closed the door quietly, heart soft.

He’d deny it forever, but the fair had been exactly what he needed.

Even if he’d spent the entire day screaming about it.

[mxrcusflint]

getting to know mutuals!

tagged by the lovely @halestrom 💕 perfect timing bc have some new friends I wanna get to know better so!

what's the origin of your blog title? was deep into flintwood, marcusflint was taken and the x felt ~aesthetic~ enough as a replacement

otp(s) + shipname(s): jake/bradley, hangster. marcus/oliver, flintwood. steve/bucky, stucky. and a bunch of other ships but those are my main ones

favourite colour: emerald green; i had a gorgeous velvet emerald green couch but it wouldn't fit in my current place

song stuck in your head: Old Recliners by Role Model (listened on loop for recent soulmate au!)

weirdest habit/trait: if i'm eating a sandwich, at some point i'll eat it layer by layer i.e. bread -> filling -> bread

hobbies: writing, making edits, some baking, trying out new workout classes, trying out new cafes!

if you work, what's your profession? i'm a creative in tech LOL

if you could have any job you wish, what would it be? i really like my profession, but like – i do not dream of labor. I like projects tho! also think i'd be good at event organizing but not a dream.

something you're good at: writing an itinerary + scoping out food i think my friends would like

something you hate: ppl who listen to music out loud on public transit! cooked carrots!!

something you collect: stuffed plushies - gimme a cute plush thing and i'm eager to buy it

something you forget: to take my meds at night time oops

what's your love language: all...of..them... but I think gifts tbh

favourite movie/show: derry girls, arcane, ocean's eleven

favourite food: as a whole cuisine, thai food. an item? hash-browns.

favourite animal: sea otters!!!

what were you like as a child: very shy, loved reading, very unathletic lol

favourite subject at school: history + english!

least favourite subject: chemistry :( i ALMOST failed it

what's your best character trait? i think i'm pretty resilient as a person! and pretty good at holding my friend's emotions!

what's your worst character trait? I can be stubborn as shit

if you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be? give myself 20/20 vision so i could stop needing to spend money to see

if you could travel in time, who would you like to meet? frida kahlo, her art haunts me

no pressure tag for @intrepidjourneys @ghostlykiss @rcgersromanoff @tornadeoqueen @magdarko @paulmezcal @urmomsonfire @pissmotif and anyone else!!

[beaters-plushies]

The link for Dick is no longer working :( I really wanted to buy him but it's now like 2000 dollars

I had to ask Plush Wonderland about it because sadly I'm not getting kept in loop

I apologize, I didn’t realize he would be taken down so soon after the initial approval, especially since Jason also had (or still has) a second patch. It looks like Dick will be the limited edition.

I don’t think I’ll be able to change their decision, but I’ll try. I can’t promise they’ll bring him back. If I manage to get him back online I'll make a update.

[victorluvsalice]

Valicer Multiamory Month, Day Eleven: Home (Multiplayer Wonderland AU)

The inexorable march of Multiamory March (har har) (by @polyamships) continues onward today -- this time with another one of the alternative prompts subbed in for the regular one! Because I couldn't really think of anything I wanted to do with the given Day 11 prompt, "pining" --

But when I took another look at the alternative prompts, my brain immediately latched onto "home" and went "what about a story about the Multiplayer Wonderland group exploring their newly-built house together?" :D And so here we are, with the fivesome of Alice, Smiler, Victor, Victoria, and Emily doing just that. Shout-out to Chapter 5 of PlayerPiano's "Love Stories" Corpse Bride fanfic for what I'm sure was the subconscious inspiration for this idea! Hope you all enjoy!

--

“So – what do you think?”

“It’s wonderful,” Alice said, running her fingers along the ivy pattern in the parlor wallpaper. “I know we all had a hand in designing the place, but – there’s seeing your house on paper, and then seeing it in real life.”

“I know,” Smiler agreed, patting a plush couch. “This is amazing.” They glanced over at Victor with a little smirk. “Dare I ask how much it cost?”

“No more than my parents could afford,” Victor replied, smirking back. “Trust me, they barely felt us dipping into their wallet. In fact, Mother hinted that she could have done with us spending more.”

“Really? This place is already pretty damn big.”

“You’ve seen my family’s mansion – Mother wanted us to go even bigger.” He rolled his eyes. “Probably hoping to show off just how much canned fish could buy to the Everglots.”

“To be fair, it buys a lot – certainly more than we could, before my marriage to you,” Victoria remarked, looking around. “Though, actually, I’m pretty sure my mother is also pleased we live somewhere so big as well. Perhaps it softens the blow of me taking such a step down in status.”

“Well, bully for them,” Alice said, folding her arms. “If it stops them giving us grief about Smiler, Emily, and myself living with you, I’m all for them thinking you’re into conspicuous consumption.”

“Perhaps they just think we’ll be better hidden away from society in all these rooms,” Emily joked, bouncing in place. “Oh, but it is so nice for all of us to have a bit of space to ourselves! I really didn’t expect you to actually give me a room just for dancing!”

“We know how much you love it,” Victoria said, smiling as she looped her arm through Emily’s. “And if I got a room for sewing, and Victor for his piano, and Alice for her drawing, and Smiler for their chemistry…”

“Which, I love how you put that up in the turret,” Smiler said, grinning. “Makes me feel like a wizard in a tower.”

“Which is ironic, given that was always Victor’s favorite game to play back when we were small,” Alice chuckled. “But yes, it really is lovely to have a space that’s all mine. And a house that’s all – ours.” She blinked some sudden wetness out of her eyes, then laughed. “Certainly blows my initial sketches out of the water.”

“To be fair, Alice, you drew those when we were eight,” Smiler reminded her, ruffling her hair. “And when there was only three of us to worry about.”

“And it was still a very nice house,” Victor agreed. “Though...I wouldn’t be opposed to this one making its way into Wonderland now.”

Alice grinned as the vines on the wall sprouted rainbow-colored flowers. “I’ll see what I can do.”

[thisismeracing]

https://www.tumblr.com/thisismeracing/737177411791257600/httpswwwtumblrcomthisismeracing7364627668739?source=share

bono!reader head-canons (pt. 4) (glad yall like this insanity)

constantly falls asleep w/out taking her earrings out. whether it be when taking a nap or falling asleep while working in bed those earrings are staying in. so mick has taken up the mantle of taking them out and putting them back in her jewelry box

had those glow in the dark stick on stars on her childhood bedroom ceiling and maybe she still does in her grown up bedroom that she shares with mick

gets a cartilage piercing on the ear that doesn't have her piercings dedicated to working for merc. and the jewelry that she puts in it is a small “47” stud that she got custom made. her piercings represent her biggest achievements in life and her being able to let herself be loved and be in love took a lot of work to get to, so it absolutely gets acknowledged in what she considers to be an achievement

calls james allison “allie” because when she says james she means vowles, and when james a. came to merc in 2017 she needed a way to differentiate the james’.

has an orange cat [purely based of this tt: https://www.tiktok.com/@mildwestsami/video/7136290369683131690] im leaning towards either diesel or luna for the name, but i can be persuaded into considering other ones. those are just the two that seem the most fitting atm

carries her cat like a baby and buys mini furniture for said baby

i think it would be funny if this cat was a stray that was roaming around a gp and she decided to adopt them after checking if they had a microchip and owners

steals micks hoodies/sweaters and they have a bartering system where if she wants one of mick’s newly purchased article of clothing she has to give him one of his old ones back to secure the new one. great economically for her, not so much for this boy

pulls mick in by his belt loops when she wants him close to her

loves being close enough to her lover that she can feel and hear the rhythms of his breathes

having her head resting on top of her papa’s chest where his heart is, listening to the beats of his heart will, without fail, soothe her. it started when she was a smol babe but just because she’s a grown up now doesn’t mean that it wont work

her team headset is covered in small stickers around the merc logo

ok so the jewelry she has in her first cartilage piercing she got for being hired at merc is this [https://www.etsy.com/listing/729980335/arrow-earringscartilage-earring-16g?click_key=198d47f7f1895e88c7eef3638427353c6eef89af%3A729980335&click_sum=65e3a9a5&ref=user_profile&pro=1&frs=1]

has a guest room just for her in certain team members houses [lew, the wolffs, james v,]

i could also see drivers having a room for her (seb, kimi, jense, nando)

constantly tries to persuade (poach) hannah schmitz from working at rb to merc

i could see her meshing well with oscar

her first australian gp she got gifted a small koala plush from one of the drivers (im leaning towards michael) and for the years following it’s been a tradition for all of the drivers who wanted to participate to nominate and vote who would get her a new plush to add to the collection. the only rules being it has to be a koala and it cant be one she has already gotten in years past. best believe there have been fights for the privilege of being the koala giver

[and with that i will end this segment of head-canons, yes i breached the second google doc page again i dont want to talk about it]

happy new year and i can't wait for the 2024 season to start so i will grace the inbox with more bon

(also yes i know this isnt in the usual bulleted list format that i usually do for these hcs but i dont have the patience to re-format this ask on my phone cause tumblr decided to delete my bullet points)

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omg yes to everything sagksjgksdjg I won't even add, just appreciate this whole ass headcanon <3

tiktok link (it says unavailable for me :/)

i think it would be funny if this cat was a stray that was roaming around a gp and she decided to adopt them after checking if they had a microchip and owners // like corinna did w a dog during the Brazilian gp *crying into my hands*

piercing link

*virtual hug* its perfect

[amethysia]

So I'm not completely done with the update, but wanted to give some thoughts (mostly me gushing on lol) on the general stuff~

Putting it under a cut, in case some folks still haven't had the chance to see the update.

So!

I had started with the storybooks and they are always my favorite. The writing, the voice acting, the voice direction, everything! Frank script reading/having an unenthusiastic tone for his lines as the prince was hilarious and fantastically symbolic. Howdy as the Good Fairy stole the show. And Julie <3 I'm so glad to get a better peek into her whole personality.

And the joyful siblings!! They're so cool and I love that they have such fun and unique personalities!

No one was ready for Jonesy's Liverpool accent xD

Bea being the peace keeping, groovy, sunshine character was 'not on my bingo card' lol. Honestly, I had it in my mind that Franny and Bea would have swapped personalities, but it's refreshing that Bea is the chill one. And omg their interview xD "where did the poppy go?" "Did it die?" "Oh no!" Had me cackling. I love that they're a band and it reminds me of a lot of cartoons from that era had a band aspect (Josie and the Pussycats, Archie, sometimes scooby doo and Jabber Jaw had band scenes. Most mystery solving shows had a band segment).

speaking of the interview, the radio spot was fascinating! People were pointing out that Wally was talking faster and a little more expressive than usual and I mostly noticed the faster talking lol. I'm not sure if he was doing it for the bit, OR this is heavily implied that this is not a usual occurrence, but it does make me wonder, were there times that Wally preferred one medium over the other? Wally wants to be a news anchor? Maybe we're looking into too much? Who knows!

Moving on to the Crispy Sweets audio, I'm most curious about what was said about rainbow monsters. "One color that represents us" or something like that. Franny, Jonesy, and Bea all have monochromatic color schemes, with shades of their main color with either a neutral or accent color. Julie does not. So I'm curious if this is significant in some way.

Oh, and Julie being a drummer is amazing and I love that. (I wanted to learn drums, still do, but never had the opportunity)

Plus loving your family, but not wanting to live close or hang out a lot with them is a mood xD

The lamb monster cakes are adorable.

Front page Julie also threw me for a loop xD love it and her flowers, and the pink spring theme~

Ms. Nelson Wally is missing and that is interesting! And the secret audio makes me wonder...is W (away from prying eyes person) becoming Wally? Because the voice valleys and wording make me wonder, are the dudes merging? XD OR is it that W was once Wally's puppeteer? No idea, but we'll find out! Lol

But gosh what an update. I'll watch the secret video eventually just haven't found the time yet. But from what little I know sounds like Julie is super relatable lol

And now I need to save up to buy all the plushes and pins xD

[cherriebbyyyy]

My dear Snoopy the only merch of him I got / other than the plush found 💀

Anyways below is my debrief of my LVGP experience 💖💖💖

Anyways this was my first LVGP and I know for a fact I will be returning to LVGP next year so worth it and hopping I can get more girlies to come and split it so hotel is a bit cheaper

First love how F1-ified everything is like I was in Vegas earlier this year and saw like a few things here and there I loved the Extra promo they had around.

Now to the weather idk if I’m like used to this specific kind of chill ? Or since we were legging it the entire day we just stayed warm but all the vids complaining about the cold had me a little peeved because I cancelled my pool club plans the day b4 when I actually probably would have enjoyed lounging and day drinking, (also to note I had a spirit personal item aka basically a jansport) so space was v limited and didn’t want to waste space in a swim suit + cover up)

Anyways went to the Free Fan Experience that I had gotten b4 I even got my GP ticket manifesting hard being in Vegas. And for a free event it was pretty cool based like the f1 academy was a cool demo, I did the pit stop challenge which was really fun and tiring, while it was just one lug nut I have a new found respect for it, but lowkey alpine should hire me I would have been ready for Estie and had a 6.27 time change.

Looped around the hub a few times and line was LONGGGGGGGG and had a feeling snoopy was also no longer in stock so we didn’t get in line and stopped for food at the restaurant that was basically at the end of the hub line, Had 3/5 chicken wings before I felt like I was getting sick was also drinking like blue lemonade daiquiri not sure what it was but I did vomit it up before even leaving the restaurant so …. Yeah and it was the only thing I had eaten since breakfast but I felt better after because I am queen of Rallying and at this point I am wearing kitten heals so feet are hurtinggggg but we continue and stop at Walgreens where I say Hi to the redbull boys as Max and Checo cutouts great us I buy the foot pain / freeze thing, a sugar free Red Bull, and a buzz ball as we head back to our hotel and I Take the L and buy $20 slides and the gift shop and finally also check in.

All this took btwn when we landed at 11am -4pm on foot and I wish I wore an Apple Watch to get my steps but I know I got a few miles in

Obvi freshen up take note that I have 2 blisters one on each foot and one was already popped !!! Yay.

Relax for a bit after showing put the foot stuff on and get the kitten heals back on because the show goes on. (I pregame my drinks the Red Bull is giving me wings)

We do a few loops and get extra steps in because we are just girls who can’t get instructions correctly 🤗😓 I can carry a pretty good speed walk tho and my friend wore docs she’s also slightly handicapped as we enter the Venetian once again and stop by the hub to see no line and it’s about 7:30 pm we go in and no snoops of course we we just buy malbon crew necks and grab our Amex radios as we get lost in the Venetian trying to go to the sphere zone 💀💀💀 and just barley as we scan out tickets in see the end of the drivers parade.

Food Review that was included w/ ticket

1. All food was Luke warm

2. Had a slice of the cheese pizza it was a 6/10 felt like a frozen pizza that was reheated

3. ‘Savory Pie’ it a chicken pot pie 7/10 this one actually had potential I think would have 10/10 if it was actually hot/warm

4. S’more brownie thing 8/10 very good and decadent

None of the food made me sick so that was a win!

Now drinks in my opinion the should have had a separate line for ppl who didn’t want alcohol anyways the cocktail bar area personally need to be ran better my bartender was like low on supplies and I orders a vodka Red Bull and he had to go look for one and then like told be if I wanted to try it w/ a splash of Jarrito which I said yes but then he also had to look for it so it was like ???? If it wasn’t ready why offer it to me like just taking too long to make a vodka redbull imo. Came back later during the race and wanted a cocktail but even tho the lines were shorter they were takinggggg forever so I just I just got a Heineken from their bar instead way faster.

Now since I got my ticket very last minute, I didn’t really see the vents they were going to be holding before the race so when Ludacris came on best believe I was having a good time! Like his set really hyped up the crowd! He was playing for the ladies which I always appreciate. When baby came on the three other girls in our section, also screamed and we all sang along. Low-key some people gave us a little looks when we sang/ vibing out the songs but also what else are we supposed to do be miserable waiting for the race to start no. Like Move Bitch GET OUT THE WAYYYY was playing during the warm-up laps like having Luda play in the background as the cars went was amazing!! Also I stayed in the same area the entire time next time if I go for all three days my Explorer better options in the zone to see because it was pretty full when the race started, but as it kept going, people dispersed, and some came back and some just left but it was good enough and so crazy to see the actual gaps btwn the cars like 3-5 seconds is actually really long when you watch them zoom also for me it helped knowing who had what color camera on there car like Carlos having the neon yellow and Charlie having black one so when I wasn’t paying attention to the commentary I knew who was passing in front of me. And then on that note the transmission on the radios was a few minutes behind the live race and the audio in the zone also I wish there was a screen so we could keep up with the race and not have to be constantly checking my phone / watching a live stream eating up my phone battery.

Loved the section of ppl we were with because Ferrari based but also pro spanish speaker like I think when Carlos overtook Charles I cheered when they passed us again and quite a few ppl joined in and I was like “Checo common bud we need to do better” and ppl started talking about yeah Checo let’s go! And the next few laps we all cheered for them and colapinto as well that someone else in the section was rallying for and it was just fun cheeeing as they passed like even though they can’t hear us just good vibes in the GA stands

My friend is a Lewis Hamilton stan so we were very happy with the finish and around the last 3 laps we were just singing Viva Las Vegas because Carlos was also on Podi and Max was wdc x4 and the end was great and for those moments my feet didn’t hurt but then we began the trek back and caught the fire work show outside of the Venetian which was also super cool

Skipped out on clubbing because we didn’t want to go in w/ our crew necks and even did have club clothes on the feet were starting to give but I have never been barefoot in Vegas and it was still a touch early for me to start. Got back to hotel about 12:30 ish and scrolled til like 2 and saw all the radio drama lmao and had kinda a bad sleep because I’m like princess and the pee when it comes to pillows and both the ones on my bed didn’t do it for me. Got back up at 5:30 am to get ready to checkout as we had a 7:30am flight, lemme just say Las Vegas at 6am is a very fun people watch experience as we saw other like us getting ready to leave, people bare foot coming back in, a lot of dude bros drunk still looking for the next thing, drunk ppl falling out of the uber as we got on out uber and saw the sunrise over the strip.

The flight back was nice because lots of familiar faces from the flight b4 and so manyyyy ppl in their merch, everyone in my row and I’m assuming most of the place was slumped! Like I had a moment where I woke back up and looks over to my right and the guy next to me asleep and the guy next to him not even on the tray table just fully folded over himself knocked out and closed my eyes and nodded off once again for a few before we landed and I got back home and layed down for the rest of the day as my body was so sore and I had to drain my blister yum yum.

[humorisstoredinthetits]

The Heathers + Veronica go to the Arcade

They're gaymers, get it, gay-mers

Being a small town, there isn't really that much to do in Sherwood

Besides the mall and the movie theater, the main place that people go for recreational activities is the local arcade

Yes, there somehow is still a honest-to-god arcade operating in the year 20XX

And being the incredibly irresponsible and immature people that they are, the Heathers and Veronica spend a lot of time there

It's not the biggest or best arcade out there, but it's what they have

When they arrive they head straight for the prize counter

It's the same junk you would expect at any arcade, you got your plushes, candy, Nerf guns, animal toys, etc.

They each figure out what they are aiming for and head to the token machine

Chandler used to say that they shouldn't spend that much and that they can just buy what they want on Amazon right before her gfs got 500 bucks worth of tokens each

Now she just internally sighs before also getting an absurd amount of tokens

They get so many that they bring one of those giant plastic tubs to carry all of them

They get so many, in fact, that the arcade simply does not have enough tokens to give all of them at once, and once they are done with the first batch the employees have to go and get the tokens from the machines to give back to them

They'll give out some of their tokens to the kids who are there, they really don't need all of them

Same thing with prizes, if they see that some kid is upset because they didn't get enough tickets to get what they wanted, they'll get it for them

They each have a particular style of game they gravitate towards

Veronica goes to the coin pushers

The arcade has a Spongebob, Willy Wonka and Marvel machine

She tends to go to the Willy Wonka one because even though each card individually is worth less, the complete set is worth more compared to the other two

She'll just stand in place for hours, hitting the button over and over again

She enters an almost catatonic state, hypnotized by the coins

One time Chandler came by just to check in on her and see how she was feeling, and when she tapped her on the shoulder she jumped and almost punched her

She plays it over and over and doesn't stop to play something else bc then someone might jump on and win all the cards she pushed forward

Onetime she won all of the cards out of it and when she tried to ask the employee to put more in they told her that she won all of them and that they didn't have any more to put in the machine

Then she moved on to the other two and cleaned them out as well

Duke plays games of chance

Stuff like Big Bass or that Pirate Spin Wheel one, she lives for the thrill of landing on that Big Bass Bonus

She plays them so much that she knows when the machines are about to pay out and so she'll wait, watching all of them, until she sees the signs of a pay out and rush over and get it

While she waits she'll go over to the classic cabinents, stuff like Pac-man or Galaga

Her and Chandler have a 'friendly' competition going and by friendly I mean downright vicious

If she sees that Chandler has beaten one of her high scores she will abandon all ticket-making endeavors to secure her rightful place as Queen of the Arcade

Her name on the machines is HDK and Chandler's is HCN

Speaking of Chandler, she focuses on games of skill

Stuff like Quik Drop, where you have to get all of the balls into moving cups, things where skill plays a major part in how many tickets you get

With these she can rack up a lot of tickets very quickly, her output far surpassing that of her gfs

Bc of that she feels like she can spend her time on games that don't give out tickets, like the classic arcade games

Mac isn't as ticket hungry as the others, she knows that they'll have more than enough for whatever they want to buy, so she does a little bit of everything

She is godly at Skee Ball, always landing in the 100 loop

She spends a lot of time at the claw machines, but she isn't very good at them so she usually ends up getting frustrated and walking away, before getting Chandler to come over and win whatever she was trying to get

DDR is probably her favorite, and she always drags her gfs to play with her

None of them can stand up to her might, and they usually step down breathing heavy and covered in sweat

She also holds the highest score on Pac-man, a record which Chandler and Duke have tried to beat for years but never have been able to

They usually stop around lunch time and order some food

They get two large pizzas, one for Veronica, the other for Mac and Duke to split

Chandler gets a salad bc she thinks their pizza is too greasy

Once they've spent all their tokens they put all of their tickets into the ticket eater, a process which takes close to 45 minutes to complete, and they go help the poor employee at the counter count out all of Veronica's coin pusher sets

They get an average of 200,000 tickets

They split the amount up 4 ways and each get what they want

Duke usually goes for the big expensive prizes, for example one time she was able to get a PS5

If there aren't any bigger prizes, she'll get all the nerf guns and insist upon having a nerf war when they get home

Chandler shudders at the thought of picking up nerf darts in random areas for months

One time she decided to just see how many of the 10 ticket mini army men she could get, just for fun

She ended up leaving with 5,000 of them, and they now sit in a box somewhere in her closet, just waiting for the day Duke comes up with some scheme

Mac likes going for the big stuffed animals

She has a whole collection, her room is just covered in them

Chandler tells her that she has enough and Mac says 'preposterous, you can never have too many'

She also gets the tiny animal toys

Veronica, like Duke, goes for the bigger prizes, but if they have any pokemon cards she'll get those, open them, and regret getting them because she pulled nothing

Chandler usually gives her tickets to her gfs because theres nothing she's interested in, but she occasionally gets something

One time she found this Mickey Mouse toaster that burned his face into the bread, which she thought was just fucking hilarious for some reason

She got it, expecting it to last a few weeks at most

It ended up lasting them 3 years, and they all got kinda upset when it finally stopped working

Before they leave they head into the photo booth

Chandler insists on having one normal picture and they can have two silly ones, but her gfs don't listen and always do something silly

She keeps each and every one of the photo slips

She pins them to a board in her room, and whenever she gets stressed out or angry or upset with her gfs, she goes to the board and looks at the photos and just thinks about how much she loves them, even if they can be infuriating and immature at times

[cb-writes-stuff]

I happen to be home right now, since I need to get a recert for my Adderall. But while I’m home, I’d like to get at least three things done:

Get the issues with my card sorted out;

Order a Loop plush; and,

Finish the Mal Du Pays sprite edits.

If I’m not gonna be at my place on campus, I’d like to make the most of my time at home. And I can only buy things when I’m at home, since, again, my card doesn’t work and I need to use someone else’s. I also don’t have my drawing pad when I’m not at home.

[littlepetshopplushiearchiver]

Now this is interesting! Probably the only raccoon littlest pet shop plush! Based on LPS #196

When i saw this I immediately assumed Nanco. Everything from the eyes to the orange loop on it's nape. but nay. Its a Hunter Leisure! This is the first time I've heard of them making LPS stuffed toys. and frankly the first time I've heard of them at ALL. and there's a reason for that!

They produce plushes for carnival games. IN AUSTRALIA. they are exclusive to Australia! Isn't that so cool? This led me to this photo by CheerBearsFan on DA

with the description stating the Ladybug and Cat were from Hunter Leisure. And thus began my search. Say hello to the Hunter Leisure Littlest Pet Shop 20 CM stuffed toys

It consists of four plushes all based off of existing LPS and produced in 2012. I don't know if they were sold in carnivals but given the packages and design of the packaging implies they were sold in stores. If you happen to own one of these guys and remember buying them, please let me know! LPS #1864

LPS #1846

Something to note about this cat is that there is a 18cm version of them which happens to have a tagged ear unlike all the others and was produced in 2013 rather than 2012. However, I do have to note that some of the 20cm pets do measure to 18cm so they very well could be 20cm in theory.

dude they are LITERALLY them Not sure what this guy is based on!

LPS #221? different eye color but I swear I've seen box art of this dude with blue eyes and black-tipped antenna

Unfortunately, due to being locational in Australia, the likelihood of getting my hands on that cute raccoon kitty is low. Not only that but actually finding listings and information on these guys was harder than normal. There's a specific website called PicClick AU that has pictures of littlest pet shop plushes which I cant access in the USA. This also applies to the Hunter Leisure website is accessible but certain pages are member-locked (ie the LPS page). If you can access any of these pages please let me know!

[littlewalken]

jan 29

Someone is coming sometime today to change filters and check for leaks, yay. So not only can I only get in to things I can quickly put down and have people in my home I also have to be ready to handle all of it incase mom has to be on the phone taking care of the Life Ruiner's shit.

So basically how a better part of my adult life went.

I might work on crocheting a dino nugget as I found a diagram that could work better than the previous one I had been trying. Joann Big Twist plush/velvet (I don't have it infront of me) but the color is called Baby Bear and it is the perfect color and texture for a fried breaded food. But I'd go a bit lighter or slightly red-orange for tempura. Unless there's a sort of flecked or mottled or even loop yarn that makes you think of tempura. But the slightly fuzzy texture of the Baby Bear is ideal.

Did watch a whole movie yesterday, kind of meh, don't know if I'll watch it again but it's the kind of thing that if I did get rid of it then it would bother me that I didn't have it, if you know what I mean.

The Miraculous Ladybug ideas I posted were an almost stream of consciousness that I put in my tornado of thoughts book first.

Also made a list of small ideas for a bigger idea for a story that is trying to get off the ground but half of it is some rules building. It's not quite world building but it's more if you get this particular Plot Complication then this is how it has to go.

Went out for some walking around yesterday, which the lower half of my body wasn't entirely happy with, but it's what I need to do to keep my mobility.

Still don't know if we have to go to Fuck Me If I Ever Go Back There to deal with the Life Ruiner one last time. If we do we'll be on a time frame to get out but can take it a bit slower coming home. Not only are there places along the way I'd like to see longer than it takes to get gas and have a comfort stop I'd take Tamzyn the T-Rex with me.

Wave to the world famous attraction we can't stop at for one reason or another. Or when we do stop you can't spend anything because we need every fucking penny we can scrape together right now.

But I did buy a meteorite to remind me if it could survive billions of years I could make it thru that summer. Which I did.

And if I have to go back that way I'm going to buy myself an even bigger one.

[rubymurray102]

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