#also i cropped as much as i could in the photo and tried to keep it very gender neutral i hope that translates lol

[imaginethatsupernatural]

"You look exhausted, (Y/N) -- come over here,"

Requested by: @samwessonsmith Gif by: aborddelimpala

[ja3hwa]

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 | 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐧

【Synopsis】 : After the couple of nights teasing and testing the waters. San finally makes a plan to corrupt your sweet mind once and for all.

『Word count』 : 2.27k

-> Genre: Smut. Fluff. 

Paring: Idol!San x Female!Reader 

[Warnings] : Cursing. Cyberpunk outfit san (yes, this is a warning) some insecure thoughts. Dirty talk. Foreplay. Kinda shy reader. Virgin reader. Corruption kink. Pet names. Fingering (f receiving). Unprotected sex. (Dont do that).

Note : Thank you for the requester from Wattpad for this. They asked for a part two to my bend fic with a cyberpunk outfit twist... So I hope you enjoy it. Also, I'm trying out a knew layout, so ignore me, hehe.

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Frustration and fear would be the only things to describe your emotions right now. After the little sexual activities San and You had performed four nights ago, you couldn’t help but play it in detail over and over in your mind. You wanted, needed, fuck, you craved it. you were going to go insane if you didn’t have another taste of San. And he was not helping, sending you not so safe for work texts or sending photos of his very sexy stage outfits for his performances he and his members have been doing since the comeback happened. What is worse about seeing your boyfriend in such gorgeous outfits is that you are unable to touch him in them. Once he is home, he is already washed up, make up free and outfit gone.

You couldn’t lie when you said you had fantasies of San fucking the living day lights out of you in one of the outfits, especially the Cyberpunk ones. The black crop top, black straps and fake Anarchy symbol tattoo that was displayed on your boyfriends lower tummy. You needed him so badly. But then the shyness comes in, you couldn’t possibly tell him what you wanted. Tell him how much you wanted to feel his cock poun―

“Darling. You awake?” San’s sweet voice echoed through the house, snapping you out of your thoughts.

“In here...” You couldn’t say anything else as you voice cracked. You could feel your heart beat in your ears and your legs wobbled as you tried to walk over to the door of your bedroom. San had turned you on that much, you felt embarrassed that you were that weak for him.

“Hey my baby. Why are you in here?” His voice was drowned out by the fuzziness in your brain suddenly turning up, ten-fold. He was in one of his stage outfits, more specifically, cyberpunk one. Oh no this is not going to end well..

“S-Sannie, w-hy are you wearing that?” You completely disregarded his question, asking one of your own instead. San tilted his head in innocence, looking down at himself before letting out a small chuckle follow by his classic feline smile.

“oh this? Yeah, I have to wear this outfit tomorrow for a photo shoot. So I made a suggestion that I wear it home since I need to tomorrow. It also saves the stylist in trying to find it later.” His ramble did not help the heat growing in your stomach. His voice was so low and raspy from singing all day. You can even see a little form of sweat coating him from the performances. He was a Greek god amongst men. And he was yours.

“Are you okay baby? You keep going quiet?” He took a step forward become only a couple centimeters from your trembling body. Sometimes you think you are living in a dream, how could someone like San be with you? He was sculpted like a porcelain statue and aging like a fine vintage wine. You were plan, normal. Nothing special. How could you end up together.

“Earth to y/n. Come in Darling?” He shook his hands in front of your blushed red face. You finally looked up to him, seeing how close his face was to yours. “Are you okay?” He asked again, rubbing his hand along your frame until it found place against your hip.

“I…Yeah. I’m fine. I’m sorry.” You apologize for acting weird, but San kisses your forehead in protest, saying there was nothing to be sorry for. You hugged him for a moment, taking in his presence, making you feel better.

“So what do you think? I remember you like my outfits. But wasn’t this one like the second or fifth on your list?” His question made you gulp as you sat down on the edge of the bed, fearing you’d fall if you kept standing. He did a little twirl for you, stretching his arms up so he could show off the fit. He knew what he was doing. He knew this was your favourite stage fit, but he wanted to hear it from you directly. He needed to get praise from you. It was like a drug, and he craved it.

“Actually it’s my favourite outfit.” You whispered, biting your nails slightly while you unknowingly checked him out. He pretended as if he didn’t know with a little ‘oh’ slipping off his tongue.

“I have the fake―” He pulled the crop top up slightly so the tattoo could be put on full display. “You want to touch it?” His words came out desperately, making your eyes widen. You nodded like an idiot, watching your boyfriend walk closer to you so he could stand in between your legs. You were eye level with the fake tattoo, letting your fingers graze over it. His abs tensed at the feeling, a tingle in his gut growing.

“It looks so good on you.” You said without thinking.

“Yeah? That’s what you’re thinking?” His teasing nature erupted with the hint of greed. Call him weak, but if he had to, he would get on his knees and beg for you to praise him. Maybe he's got a praise kink, but that was a conversation he didn’t want to have. Not right now, anyway. Even though your brain was fuzzy, you could see the way San’s eyes sparkled when you spoke about him. You weren't as innocent as he thought. You might not know what to do in sexual situations, but to heck, if you didn’t know how to read a person. Especially San.

“I think the whole outfit looks good on you.” You spoke with a little more confidence, gripping the hem of his crop top tugging it, in hopes he got the hint. “You also look good if you have nothing on.”

It was like a switch went off in his mind. You, his innocent―well so he thought―partner basically asking him to take his clothes off. He sent you a devilish smirk, slowly guiding his hands up to the clips of his straps. You gulp feeling instant embarrassment from your statement.

“Is this what you wanted, baby? Wanted to see me naked?” His deep voice made your head dizzy, tucking your face in your hand to hide the blush that surely painted your face the moment he walked into the room. He shook the straps off, watching you intensely at your reaction of shyness. He lived to see the corruption fill your senses, so once he threw his straps somewhere in the room, he pounced. His lips latched to yours, making your head spin. His hand gripped the back of your neck to pull out closer. His knee pushed up against the bed, in between your legs, letting you grind slightly on his thick thigh.

“San…” you moan straight into his mouth, making him groan in response. His free hand that was found perched on your hip glided slowly towards your ache between your legs. His long fingers were quick to wrap around the small flimsy fabric known as you sleep shorts before pulling them off in one motion. You showed no fear, letting him grab your panties straight after so he could pull them off the same way. His lips never left yours through this whole moment, wanting to pamper you before he had his way.

“Pretty.” A word slipped off his tongue, making his mouth leave yours so it could latch on your jaw, then your neck. Sucking and biting at your hot flesh. You never felt such excitement, and you begin to crave it the more you feel your boyfriend’s tongue dancing on you.

As if he understood what your thoughts were saying, his brought on hand to the inner part of your left thigh. Finger tips dangerously close your soaked pussy. You whined, body trashing slightly as if it has a mind of it’s own. Like a primal instinct has taken over. You moan out his name twice, or was it four? You sounded like a broken record and San hadn't even touched you that much.

“My perfect baby. You sound so nice when you beg. But begging isn’t needed tonight. I’ll give you whatever you want…” His lips place kisses on your exposed stomach, sending chills down your spine. “…that’s if you tell me what you want. Come on, tell me, and it's yours. What do you want.”

You choked out another whimper, knowing San was going to pull something like this. He needed you to tell him exactly what you wanted. He needed to hear the filthy words leave your lips. He needed to know every detail that you fantisise in your pretty little head. “San…”

“What’s it baby? What do you need?”

“I want…” He sat completely up, moving back up so he was face to face with you so he could see your eyes flutter with the shyness as they slowly slipped into corruption. “I want you to fuck me. Please, make me feel good.”

“Fuck…” He groans, never seeing something as gorgeous as you asking him to rail you. He had surely died and gone to heaven. “Detail, what exactly do you want?” he needed more…

“I want you to fuck me with your outfit on.”

More…

“I want to feel you deep inside me.”

More…

“Please San if you don’t stick your cock inside me I’m going to scream.”

His brain short circuited, his hands and body moving like they were born to play with you. Stripping you from your pj’s entirely, his mouth latched on your hard nipple while his fingers slipped into your soaking hole with ease. He pumped quickly, bringing his thumb to your sensitive bud, circling it. Your hands fly to grip his shoulders, nails digging into the harsh fabric. Your head flew back, choking out his name over and name. His pace became faster, tilting his hand up so he could sink his fingers deeper inside you, pulling your orgasm closer within the seconds. “San I think I’m gonna…”

“let go for me, baby. I wanna feel you tighten around my fingers.” His dirty words tipped you over the edge, seeing white spots cloud your vision as you convulsed under him. You’ve never felt such an intense orgasm before in your life, feeling like you could walk through fire and not get burned. Once your high came down, he pulled out his soaked fingers slowly before taking them in his mouth, tasting your sweet juices. You panted, letting out a little whine while you watched your boyfriend.

“You ready for more?” His voice was deep, gravelled, but it was laced with love. One side of his brain was screaming, aching to pound you and fuck you into next week until you see stars or pass out, but the other side wanted to make sure your first time was comfortable. He needed to show you how fun sex can be, how loving it can be. And besides, he has all the time in the world to corrupt you.

“Yes…” you whispered, snaking your arms around his neck, pulling him down for a kiss. A smirk crept on his lips while they connected to yours, hand snaking down to grip the base of his cock so he could trail his tip along your folds. You took a large inhale, feeling a sense of excitement and worry. It was finally happening, you were finally going to go all the way. His tip slipped slightly into your enterance, making you wiggle in anticapation.

His dark chuckle that erupted from his chest made you roll you hips without thinking, feeling more of his cock slip inside. He took this as a green light, bottoming you out until you can feel his balls hit againsts your ass. Your nails dig into his shoulders feeling the painful sensation soon fade away into pure blissful pleasure. His thrusts started off slow, his hand snaked around your thigh pulling you closer. His lips felt yours and you tried to chase them―which made him laugh lightly―. He sat up pulling a pillow from beside you so he could place it under your hips. You watched him with curiousity, as he basically fluffed it before placing you onto the said folded pillow.

“Comfy.” His cheeky voice made your heart flutter as you replied with a small yes, following with a giggle. His hand pulled your legs to wrap around his waist, instructing you to lock them against him, which you did gladly. Your eyes gazed over his body from head to toe. Your eyes met the sight where your bodies were connected, and you couldn’t help but clench around him. “Like what you see, Doll?”

You bring your hands up to cover your face, groaning at him just freely being dirty in what seemed like a tender moment. He let out a chuckle at your reaction, leaning down you kiss between your breasts in order to distract you. His hands grip your hips, pulling you closer. His thrusts started to pick up again, making you seemingly forget about your embarrassment. Grunts escaped San’s lips, losing himself for a moment with your velvet walls tightening around him. “Does that feel good?” He smugly asked.

“Y-yes.” You panted, your chest heaving as yours nails dig lightly into his biceps.

“Good...” He suddenly fell to lay on his back, bringing you along with him. His head almost hangs off the bed, as he plants his feet behind you, bringing his knees up behind your back “Then ride me, baby.”

A whimper escaped your mouth as you slid back onto him with ease. You slide your hands down his chest, over his flat abs, feeling how they contracted under your touch. You started moving, finding the right rhythm, completely pushing away the shyness you felt before. You threw back your head, supporting yourself onto his thighs as you lose yourself in the moment of oure bliss. His hands gripped your hips, bucking his hips into you harder.

He sat up, his fingers digging harder in your flesh, bouncing you on his cock faster. He grunts against your throat, enveloping you in his arms, so he could hold you close as you wrap your arms around his neck, twisting your fingers in his hair. He knew he wouldn’t last much longer, so he needed to make sure he could let you cum before him. Few more thrusts and your body shakes in pleasure, your eyes rolling to the back of your head. Your walls flutter around him, triggering his release as he spills inside you with a muffled grunt lightly biting your shoulder.

“Perfect” He smiles, breathing against your heated skin, his fingers lazily running up and down your back. Tangling his fingers in your hair, finding your lips, he kissed you passionatly...

- ♡

[squirting-sub]

Painful paddle

I'm not very sensitive when it comes to pain during impact play, but I am a masochist and love pain. My dom also loves hurting me, so we picked out a new paddle (pictured below). The cutouts have very sharp edges and light hits warm up the skin really fast.

First, my dom warmed me up with a flogger while I was bent over her desk. Then, she started with light taps with the new paddle, eventually telling me to get on all fours on the sofa. She cuffed my legs to a spreader bar and told me I'll be getting my previously earned reward of 92 (hard) spanks. Working her way up with the intensity, she waits for the moment I scream into the sofa before telling me to start counting. She tries different spots on my body, seeing which place makes me scream the most. About twenty hits in, after my skin is already red and swollen, she takes the split leather paddle. I've gotten used to it and it didn't hurt me as much anymore. However, with my skin already raw from the new paddle, it made everything more intense and painful. She didn't start out with a light slap either. She immediately went in with full force, making me scream into the sofa even louder, instinctively moving away from her. She throws a blanket over my head so I won't see the slaps coming and to muffle my screams so her neighbors won't hear. Sometimes, she wouldn't use as much force and those slaps didn't count.

30-40 slaps in, she takes the spreader bar and flips me around so I'm on my back. She tells me to remove the blanket so she can look at me. Pushing the bar back, she hits my inner thighs and right below my ass with the new wood paddle. It hurts really bad. For the first time since we started playing together, she sees actual fear in my eyes. I flinch when she raises the paddle to hit me again and she smirks, not hitting me when I expect it but then going even harder. Even though I'm scared and it hurts like never before, I get incredibly horny. The pain turns me on and I like the fear. I especially like how much she's enjoying it. I haven't seen her get this happy when hitting me in a while.

I'm struggling, but she keeps me from moving by holding onto the spreader bar. With the split leather paddle, she also hits my boobs. She hasn't done that before and it stings. After a couple of slaps, I cover my chest with my arms, trying to soothe the pain but also to prevent further slaps in that area. "Move your arms away this instant, or I'll tie them up for you.". I refuse and she hits my arm with the leather paddle. It hurts less than her hitting my chest, so I keep covering myself. Then she counts down from three. It's been an intense weekend and while I love getting her angry and her being rough with me, I don't want to overdo it. I'm thankful she's even trying the new paddle and not waiting. For the first time, I'm also scared what the punishment for not listening could be. So, at "one", I remove my arms, and of course, she immediately slaps my boobs again.

Eventually, she flips me around again and just has fun using all her tools on me. The wood paddle made me sensitive, so the riding crop hurts more than usual as well. A couple hits with a thin wood cane make it break. We both laugh and she continues using her other toys. At 72 she hits me so hard and fast, I can't count anymore and just struggle. I scream and try to get away but she keeps me in place with the spreader bar. After she stops, she checks on me and I smile. "That was good. I like it.". She takes that as an invitation to hit me more, with the same intensity. I never finished counting the 92 slaps.

Some (not so great) photos she took right after to show me the result. I've never bled like this from impact play before and she had to listen to my whining the rest of the night whenever I moved and changed my position. She did put lotion on me and got me ice packs though.

The next day, most of the swelling is gone, but bruises formed and the imprints from the paddle are still very much visible (pictures below). Sitting hurts, but not unbearably. I love being reminded of our sessions throughout the day like this and I keep looking at the interesting new bruises.

[auorafics]

Perv!SKZ- Part 2 (M)

Warning: Contains mature content. Readers discretion is advised. This is pure fiction and is in no way related to the actual idols. This is just a point of view

Pairings: OT8 x female!reader, perv!skz, perverted thoughts

Note: This is the beginning of 2 new series: The MTL series and the perv!skz series. Requests are open

Word Count: 1K

MTL: Perverts among Stray Kids

Jisung

Felix

Hyunjin

Chan

I.N Lee Know

Changbin

Seungmin

I feel like I.N is the most intrigued by your waist area. He keeps hugging you by your waist, keeping his hands on them and squeezing them slightly. Whenever you wear cropped tops, it would definitely be a feast for his eyes. But he will also be very grateful if the wind happens to lift your flowy crop top up, exposing your bra. He is not much of a photo guy, but how could he resist taking a pic of your boobs cutely tucked away in your bra? He also loves your sweet voice and keeps imagining how good you would sound moaning under him, as he shoves his big dick into your cute pink pussy. He also went as far as to record your voice when you were excited about food, to imagine you talking like that about his dick.

His most memorable incident of his life is when he stumbled across you, masturbating to something on your phone. Your door was poorly closed, so he could hear you very well. He also caught a glimpse of your swollen red core. He badly wanted to be there, touching you, but all he did was palm himself and hope this moment lasted forever.

Lee Know is the possessive perv. He would never let any man come near you. You were all his, without your knowledge. He always keeps an eye out for other guys near you, but half the time, he would catch himself staring at you plump ass. He loves it when you wear tight, skinny jeans around him, as it makes it easier for him to imagine every curve of your ass. So he sometimes insists on taking you out for shopping, always recommending outfits that enhance your body. But when you wear skirts, he goes crazier. His attention will always be on your thighs. He will definitely imagine himself fucking your thighs and coating you with his hot cum. Whenever he sees other men eyeing you, he’ll pull you by your waist and give you a hug out of nowhere, throwing you off track. He makes up a lame excuse and continues hugging you until the guy leaves, and he is satisfied 

Lee Know thinks he was the luckiest when he was at the changing room the other day. He accidentally dropped his phone in front of your stall and as he bent to pick it up, he could see your thong covered ass through the gap. And as you turned around, your naked thighs right at his face, he couldn’t control himself. He swore he could have came, if you hadn’t moved to the side to pick up your shirt. He hastily clicked some pics and shoved his phone away, before anybody passed by

Changbin is also a little possessive of you, and he shows that through his strength. He’s always around you, his hand over you with a tight grip. Sometimes, that grip could slip down to your ass, or squeeze your waist. Changbin believes that spending time with you is far superior than clicking pics of you for later. So he tries to spend most of his time with you. He especially loves the 2 hours of his day when you go to the gym together. It's the only time he can see you in a tight sports bra and leggings. He feels he’s in heaven when he sees your tits and thighs jiggling as you run on the treadmill. He is always helping you out with your stance, even when you are doing it right, so he can touch you. He also loves looking at your sweaty body after you are done. The sweat dampening your sports bra makes his dick go hard in record time. The cherry on top is when your nips are accidentally stimulated and perk up through the fabric

When he recently shifted to your gym, Changbin often got confused between the men’s and women’s changing rooms. Once such time, he happened to see you taking off your clothes for a shower. My man was stuck to the ground, unable to take his eyes off of your body. The way your tits jiggled as you took off your tight bra, your legging-clad ass and sweaty thighs, all made him rock hard instantly. His hand immediately reached for his phone. As he clicked photos of you, he did feel a pang of guilt, but nothing was going to stop him from now on

Though Seungmin is ranked as the least pervy, he is definitely a huge pervert. Like Jisung, he’s also a panty stealer, but it takes it up a level, as he sometimes takes some of your toys. He’s also a meany, so he likes to see you suffer when you can’t find your toys and are needy as fuck. But it also serves him another purpose, as he can smell and suck onto your toys, enjoying the remnants of your release on them. He is also a hoarder, so he will not return any of your clothes. Instead, they go into a secret box hidden in his closet. Whenever you tell him about your clothes going missing, he cracks stupid jokes like the washing machine eating them and so on. He also clicks a lot of pics of you. He prefers printing them on paper so he can soil them with his cum later

One time, you were at Seungmin’s place and wanted to use the shower. Unfortunately for you, and fortunately for him, the door knob lock was broken. That time, Seungmin took so many pictures of your butt and boobs that half of his phone storage was full because of your pics. He didn’t stop there, also stealing your panty, after offering to do your laundry

[messydiabolical]

@dandenbo asked me for the art asks: 🎠What is a typical 'workflow' for a piece from idea to finished? It turns out to be a long answer so here's its own post, under the cut to save your dash! How I go from screenshot to painting: (This is not intended to be a 'this is how you do it!' kind of guide. I absolutely don't do an optimal route, this is just how I go about painting and what works for me! I've done a workflow for a screenshot to painting as I do a few different things but this is one I could explain somewhat coherently. My comics tend to be created pretty chaotically lol)

1) I take an ungodly amount of screenshots while playing. Also pester friends for their screenshots or stalk the group discord for interesting shots.

2) Go through all those screenshots cursing why I took so many, looking for those great moments that I want to paint. I’m particularly looking for nice poses/captivating moments, dynamic lighting or interesting expressions, and they don’t need to have all 3 as we can fix some of that in the next step. Here’s the screenshot I chose for my Keahi x Thane piece:

It was a cute, soft moment between them and I liked the highlight at the edge of their profiles. 3) Refine the screenshot. I don’t use anything fancy for this. I game on windows PC, so I open up the screenshot with windows photo editor. I crop the image, play around with saturation, exposure, contrast, just basic editing until it looks tastier. For this piece I wanted it to be hyper colourful and vibrant, leaning towards warmer tones.

4) Decide what I will change, then gather references for those changes. In this case I was fortunate that not a lot needed changing. I knew I wanted to move Thane’s eye position to looking at Keahi rather than the way he is slightly off focus, do a more realistic ear with earrings for Keahi, make Thane a little more smiley and lower his eyelid and give Keahi nicer eyelashes. I keep a whole bunch of art guides and tutorials on my PC so I grabbed the necessary ones and sent them to my ipad ready to have on hand for the sketch stage. I have Thane’s character model in XNApose, so I can check things like his eyelid specifically in that (this is actually for a different project but shows you what I mean)

If I was going to change up the lighting/shading I would also gather references for that. For example sometimes i’ll take screenshots of lighting schemes I love from films/tv shows (think the strong teal and orange scheme in Mad Max or the neons of Blade Runner). Or for precise shadows, I can again use XNApose. I also have a little 3d printed Thane head I can shine a torch at and take photos of to get shadow ideas. For humans there’s lots of reference to be found with online searches, I find pinterest more useful than google for this. For specific expressions or body parts, i’ll just take photos of myself (hand poses, smiling from the right angle etc.) My camera roll is an interesting place. I have drawn drell frills on my neck and on my chest before to see how the lines would fold at certain angles. 5) Setting up a canvas I work in procreate. For a piece like this I try to go pretty big, say 5000 x 4000 pixels, then i’ll crop down later as needed. 300 DPI. As I work, I’ll make duplicates and continue on the copy each fresh session. When i’m finished I make a backup save of the PNG and .procreate files on an SSD. I immediately turn the background colour down to a more muted colour to not burn my retinas. If i’m using a textured background like an oil board i’ll insert it, and any overlays like canvas effects. Set up my layers from the start basically for easy toggling throughout. I try to be good and label things to make life easier, it doesn’t always happen though. I don't wear a digital glove or use paper effect screens but I do have a bottle of screen cleaner and a microfibre cloth handy at all times. 6) Sketch. I’m still very much learning to draw. I tried for a long time to do the classic ‘ball for a head, draw the planes/lines etc. It was a constant struggle and never clicked for me, the ball especially always made things much worse, turning a circle into a 3d image in my head just does not happen. I find it better to just start drawing and work things out as I go (I use procreates reference window to see my screenshot). So I’ll have my sketch in one canvas, and i’ll also have a second canvas with the photo ref on it at the same size, and if I feel like something is really wonky and off i’ll test my lines over the photo to see what’s gone wrong, then go back to the sketch and correct the areas that revealed. Sometimes I’ll use the grid feature if i’m getting stuck.  Here's a few of the sketch stages:

Here I tried out the lines on the photo and noticed that Thane’s frills were a little too far to the left, and Keahi’s eyebrow needed to arch down towards the nose.In the next pass I correct these:

Also, and I know i’m gonna get side eye from some people for this but I really could not care less to be honest. On some pieces i’ll just trace the screenshot. Sometime I just want to get to painting, am not in the mood or mindspace for a learning experience, and this is a hobby. It’s my screenshot, no one is getting ripped off. My latest Javik piece was done this way 🤷‍♂️ 6) Painting. I’ll start by blocking in the background and the portrait flats, usually on separate layers. I try to have an idea of the background colour from the start as this can effect the whole piece overall, but sometimes you just gotta change it as you go so having it on a different layer makes this much easier.

The painting itself I’ll lay down wider areas of colours, then start going in and refining bit by bit, I tend to work on one area at a time, and sometimes I’ll get pretty well rendered on a small area before moving on, other times work on a wider area. It really depends on my mood and what i’m vibing with that day. Like you can see here I’ve done some general messy colouring all over Keahi, but done a lot of refinement on the eyeball:

7) Finshing the piece, uploading and testing: When I’m sick of rendering the painting and don’t think I can add anything more to it without gnawing my own wrist off, it is time to finish up! I make sure I toggle all the layers I want on, add a top signature layer (lol I lie I forget this all the damn time). Then i’ll upload the piece to my google drive and open it up on my big 4k monitor on my PC, and on my phone, and see how it looks (my ipad is a 9.7inch air). I find that once off my ipad, it often looks a little less saturated and contrasting as it does in procreate. So I might go back and change the levels if it’s too big a difference until it looks decent across devices (it’ll never look perfect on them all though, just gotta find that happy medium).

8) Posting online I really don’t have any strict steps for this. I know some people go for optimal posting times, and will make multiple copies of their pieces in different sizes to fit better on different sites (damn you instagram and your need for everything to be square). I… do not do any of this lol. I post when I’m done whatever time or day that is. I do tend to reblog/retweet etc before I go to bed, as I live in the UK and that will at least be getting into evening time in US. I reblog my own stuff a fair bit.

[deathofpeaceofmiiind]

illicit affairs | sixteen

*Noah’s  POV* “So, where are you taking me?” I looked over at Ellie as we got into her car, she took my breath away like always. She was wearing a cropped brown t-shirt with black ripped jeans and she swapped her signature checkered Vans out with a pair of leopard print sandals. Her eyes were shielded by a pair of sunglasses as we left her parking lot and into the busyness of the city. She let me drive which I was excited about since I was still obsessed with her car, and it also meant I could keep my hand on her thigh the whole time.

“Since it’s so nice out, I thought it would be fun to rent electric scooters and go around Stanley Park.” I replied, stealing another glance at her. “You’re incredible, you know that?” I licked my lips to shield my stupid smile I can’t get rid of, “enlighten me.”

“You just manage to find perfect things for us to do.” She replied, placing her hand over mine. “I missed that.” “I missed it too.” I confessed as brushed my mouth over her hand and kissing it gently. “I’m just glad that I can experience new things with you again.”

She nods gently before leaning over the console and kissing my cheek. My face began to flush pink, making me lose focus on what was in front of me. We pulled up to Stanley Park and I lead Ellie over to where the rental booth was for our scooters. We opted out on getting helmets, despite the worker telling us we should. We just looked at each other and smirked, if she takes me out then so be it. 

The city was taking my breath away as we rode down the seawall, the scent of the ocean prickling my nose. The park wrapped around the shore, giving me a clear view of the mountains. We rode under the bridge and I had to stop to catch my breath. This place was beyond beautiful and gave me a sense of home I never felt before.

“Not bad huh?” Ellie comments as she pulls up beside me, I just nodded on account that I was completely bewildered. I took my phone out and snapped a few photos of the scenery, then turned flipped my camera so I could get a selfie with Ellie. “I think we’re due for a new one.” “Absolutely.” She agrees as she gets closer to me, wrapping her arms around my stomach. We both smiled at my phone, snapping a few so we could pick which one we liked the most. Ellie got on her tallest tip toes and kissed my cheek for a few more photos, then pulling me into a soft kiss, causing me to take even more.

“I’m putting these on my instagram.” “I thought you hated social media?” She chuckled as we got back onto our scooters.

“I made a private one a few months back just to share shit with the band and my close friends. I just didn’t like have so many people following my every move.” “Can I put them on mine? It’s private too, I have maybe 60 followers?” She asked, looking nervous about what I would say. How could I say no? She wanted to show me off as much as I wanted to show her off. I smiled, “of course you can.”

“Oh my god.” Ellie stopped dead in her tracks as we got closer to a playground. It was full of kids laughing and having a good time. She gripped her handle a little tighter as she locked her eyes on a small child with blonde hair. I wondered if it was her son. “What?” “Tyler’s over there with Liam.” She replies, my stomach turning at the sound of Tyler’s name. “I want to ignore them, but I physically can’t ignore my son. On the other hand, I don’t want hide you anymore.”

“Ellie, are you comfortable with me meeting them?” 

“Yes.” There was a tone of anxiousness in her voice. “I don’t know why I’m nervous, I want you to meet them. Let me just call him first.” She pulled her phone out, my heart beating faster the longer she spoke to Tyler. I had to admit I was impressed that they were so civil with each other now and could both be there for Liam. My eyes panned over to a tall blonde guy, his hair was covered by a backwards baseball cap, and he looked like the typical jock. Ellie did say she tried to fit herself into a cookie cutter lifestyle, and he looked like the kind of guy who would give it to her. She got off the phone and peered over to me, I couldn’t read her emotions for once. “Noah…how invested are you in me?” She asked, clutching her phone to her chest. “For the rest of my life.” “Oh wow.” She stammered, not expecting me to say that but it was the truth. “Tyler said he was more than okay with us going over there, but he just wants to make sure we’re serious. Introducing Liam to people random people is something we don’t take lightly.” “Ellie, I love you, you know that right?” I said, taking her shaking hands into mine. I looked right into her bright eyes, not daring to break our contact. “I have to admit I am a little nervous to meet this beautiful child you created, but it’s also something I don’t take lightly. I haven’t been around a lot of kids, so this is a risk I’m willing to take.” “Okay.” She nods, pressing her mouth to mine. “Lucky for you Liam is pretty friendly, so just let him come up to you. If he gets scared just give him a few minutes. Tyler is also cool with this, he’s happy we figured it out.” We walked over towards Tyler, I could feel her hand trembling the closer we got. He took his sunglasses off and shot me a stare with his bright blue eyes. There was some minor tension between us for a moment, I guess me knowing all the terrible things he did to her caused him to be a little reluctant. Much to my surprise, he took a step towards me and extended his hand, which I took immediately and shook. “Nice to meet you finally.” Tyler spoke, looking me up and down as his lip twitched. I felt like he was slightly judging me, considering I looked nothing like him. 

“Likewise.” I replied. “Thanks for letting me meet Liam.” “For sure, I just know how much this means to Ellie.” Before I could reply, Liam ran up to us and grabbed onto Ellie’s leg, but he didn’t dare take his eyes off me. I knelt down to his eye level, taking my sunglasses off so he could see me. My heart was thundering in my chest as I waited for him to make a move. I was as still as I could be, I didn’t want to make any sudden moves. “Liam, this is Noah. He’s my friend.” Liam reluctantly let go of her as I gently waved at him. I half expected him to run away or start crying, which unfortunately happens when kids see the amount of tattoos I have, but he didn’t. He walked right over to me and gave me a hug, catching all of us off guard. I wrapped a hand around his back as the smell of his sunscreen hit my nose. My eyes peered over to Ellie, who had her hand over her mouth as tears glistened in her eyes. 

“That did not take much.” Tyler commented.

“I know.” Ellie replied, sniffing tears back. “I swear this kid has a better judgment of character than we do.” While the two of them talked Liam let go of me and began to trace my tattoos, pointing out the different colours he saw. I couldn’t help but smile every time he got a colour right, it was the cutest thing I’ve ever witnessed. Liam insisted on me coming to the slides with him, which I did with no hesitation. He spent a half an hour going down and getting me to catch him. The fast he went, the louder he laughed.

“Tired?” I asked him when he came down the slide again, a huge yawn escaped his mouth. He nodded, extending his arms for me to pick him up. I scooped him up in my arms, his head fell onto my shoulder as his little eye lids began to flutter. I smirked, his trust in me was enough to make my heart swell. “You gotta tell me your secrets.” Tyler gasped as we made it back over to them. “I can never tucker him out that fast.” “I wish I had an answer.” I whispered as I quickly transferred Liam to Tyler, not daring to wake him up. Ellie came over and wrapping her hand around my arm, she looked so proud of me and it was such rewarding feeling. I was just so relieved that Liam reacted to me like he did, I couldn’t wait to spend more time with him. We said our goodbyes and once Tyler was out of view, Ellie grabbed me and kissed me gently. My hand cupped her cheek as I deepened the kiss even more. 

“Thank you for being perfect and taking the time to be with Liam.” Ellie said as we broke apart, she still had her precious smile on her face she’s had all afternoon. “Anything for you, you know that.” I replied, kissing her again. “I love you, and I know I’m going to love Liam just as much.” We headed back towards our scooters and finished our lap around the seawall. It was so beautiful out and sun was starting to burn my skin, making me realize summer was right around the corner. I was so happy to have the summer off of touring so I could enjoy it for once, especially with Ellie by my side. I wanted our future to hurry up but I was also savouring every single second I could with her. Things were finally falling into place.

[cafalla]

Fruits Basket Sticker Collection (2008) Scans

Fruits Basket (FB) is one of my all time favorite shoujo manga, and I was so excited to get my hands on an unused copy of this sticker book from 2008!

This main trio makes me so nostalgic. And the Tokyopop logo is SO iconic.

I've always been more of a digital consumer of manga, so I initially read Fruits Basket entirely online from fan-made and fan-translated scans.

I have very fond memories of coming home from school every night and logging onto the family computer to binge as many chapters of FB as I could before dinner. One day my dad gave me his old laptop, since I was the one mostly hogging the family computer.

I was SO excited.

I immediately made my background Shigure themed.

I liked Shigure a lot since he was the year of the dog, just like me.

And you bet I spent all my free time on my clunky early 2000s hand-me-down laptop binging the FB manga, watching the FB anime (in three parts on YouTube, of course), and consuming every FB fanfic and fanart I could find online.

All that to say, this manga holds a special place in my heart. I find myself going back every couple of years and re-reading it.

It truly is such a quintessential y2k shoujo experience.

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Even though this book is titled as a sticker book, it contains more than stickers. As seen in the tagline on the front page, this book also includes pin-ups and temporary tattoos.

Not sure why they only have stickers in the title, I guess that's just more of an attention grabber than pin-ups or temporary tattoos would be.

This book has a hard cover and spiral-bound pages. Because of this, it was actually a bit tricky to scan.

I was able to crop out the spiral for most of the pages, as it wouldn't interfere with the overall image of the page, but I did keep it visible on the title page scan.

Every time I tried cropping it for this page, I felt it took too much away from Kyo's portrait.

So I just let it be.

The first part of the book consists of "pin-ups" of Tohru and the Sohma family.

I will say, pin-up is a bit of an odd word to use. I think something like 'mini posters' would've worked as a better descriptor for what is actually inside the book.

I think most Western audiences associate the word "pin-up" with the image of a sexualized or risqué photo.

But in this case, I think it's meant innocently as a picture that can be "pinned up" on a wall...even though that's basically the same reason for the name behind the the sexualized photos...

Either way, it's a bit funny when it's brought up in a PG setting.

Anyways, the pin-up photos in the book are all loose inside clear paper protector sheets. I think it's a neat, thoughtful way to make the pictures safe and accessible.

Ignore the cafalla.com watermark - that was from when I had a .com blog! But it is still me, and this is still my photo lol.

It's a bit hard to tell from the photo, but these pictures are in plastic sheet protectors, and you can slide the paper in and out from the side.

If you wanted to take a specific picture out, you needn't worry about ripping or ruining them while trying to remove them from the book.

So I really appreciate that detail.

Because of this, scanning these pages was an easy experience. The front page of the "pin-up" depicts art of the character from the manga, and the back of the page has a little bio about the character.

Here is Tohru's front and back page.

As for the Sohma family, they are the same, except they also show a little drawing of their animal form on the back.

Here are Yuki and Kyo's pages.

The book continues with pages for each member of the Sohma family, plus Akito.

I'm surprised Tohru's friends Arisa and Saki weren't included, as they are also pretty frequently appearing characters...more so than some of the family members.

I'm looking at you, Ritsu.

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I really adore that the manga art was used for this whole book. The original anime has that early 2000s charm, but I much prefer the manga artwork for this series.

We're going to see a lot of it with the stickers and temporary tattoos, which follow the pin-up photos.

I'm not sure why, but all the sticker and temporary tattoo pages have a similar layout (which you will see), with the exception of this one sticker page.

Not sure why this one page has a cell phone theme and TONS of tiny stickers, but it's cute!

Again, this was a page where it was hard to cut out the spiral without cutting off parts of the stickers located closed to it. So I left it in the scan.

Here are the other sticker sheets!

And here are the temporary tattoo sheets!

So cute!!

And like I said, I love that this is all artwork from the manga.

My favorite is the group sticker on the green sheet, where Tohru is wearing the red plaid skirt.

I vividly remember that chapter spread because I adored her outfit. Black, red, and plaid aren't really colors/patterns Tohru wears, and I think they compliment her so much. I also adored how all the boys' outfits matched the same color scheme and aesthetic.

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There we have it, the Fruits Basket sticker (and pin-up...and temporary tattoo) collection!

The whole book is scanned and available for viewing on my Internet Archive account! So please go check it out if you want to see more.

I've also uploaded just the photo scans on my photoblog: nostalgiahime. So if you like to reblog just the photos, please go check it out!

Thanks for stopping by!

[smallestapplin]

Just had the cutest idea

So what if both Ingo and his wife had Amnesia when they first arrive at hisui. However when they first meet each other both instantly fell in love. Which leads to them both courting each other and little later getting married in hisui.

And whenever they return to modern times and regain their memories. They get all blush and bashful cause they realized that they loved each other so much they ended up getting married a second time in ancient hisui.

Bonus that in A museum exhibit on ancient hisui there is a photo of them on their wedding day surrounded by their friends and Pokémon . 

I hope your month is good, both pillow sides cool, and crops watered.

I kept reader neutral.

3,000 words, OOPS

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You couldn’t remember anything aside from your name. You panicked when you realized that waking up to a man towering over you.

Laventon had comforted you best he could, trying to calm your frantic self, and while it worked he could see you were still afraid, nervous, and confused.

After you helped him with catching his run away starters he took you in. The village wasn’t as welcoming but you had him, Rei, and later Cyllene.

You did everything that was asked if you, what else were you to do? The strange arcphone and the commander’s orders were all you had to go by.

This world is new and terrifying but you managed. Filling up the pokedex came with risks and those nobles were no laughing matter.

Yet at night you still tried to remember anything about yourself, but all you were left with was questions.

Where did you come from?

What was your original home?

Did you have family?

Why is there a ring on your finger?

Why did you feel attached to it?

Why does you bed feel off?

Why do you feel like someone is missing?

You had no answer to any of them, and the lost kept growing.

You kept yourself busy as to distract yourself from your thoughts.

You walked out of your home like you have been for months now only to be stopped by a stranger.

He looks tired all hunched over like that but he seems so…familiar, tattered black and rust colored coat with a hat to match,a pearl clan tunic, and black pants and shoes, his expression looked more stern, frown settled onto his face. You feel like that goatee wasn’t there before, but you can’t place why.

His pale silver eyes locked with yours and you felt that air leave your body.

He looks so rugged and handsome, you felt the urge to run into his arms and confess your love for him.

Your own thoughts scared you, he is a stranger for crying out loud.

You didn’t know he felt that same that moment.

Look at your beautiful eyes, your surprise expression is so cute, sleep having left you, he could just coo at how cute you look half dazed in your survey outfit.

“Good morning, person from the sky! I apologize for almost running into you like that, the commander has informed me he wants you in his office.”

You struggle to keep standing. His voice sounds like home, it fills you with so much joy.

His voice is so lovely, you could listen to him talk for hours.

And deep down you feel like you have.

“Oh! Thank you.” You nod and left for the commanders office.

You can feel your face burning.

Ingo watches you leave, his heart yearning for you to come back. He feels light headed, his heart is beating so quickly.

He made his way to the training grounds per Irida’s orders and waited.

His heart goes right back to pounding against his rib cage when he sees you waking towards him with his clan leader.

“This is Ingo, he is Lady Sneasler’s warden, he is much like you! A stranger without his memory aside him his name.”

Ingo tilts his hat down in a slight bow, but also trying to cover his blushing face.

“Pleased to properly meet you. I apologize for the abrupt how-do-you-do before. I am the warden Ingo. I understand you’ll need a hand from Sneasler in order to meet Electrode Whether she’ll see fit to help you, however, we can only find out by making the journey. Now, let’s have a safe journey to Mount Coronet! All aboard!"

His face burns at the sound of your cute laughter. He is quick to leave to calm his beating heart once more.

“Hm that’s odd, I’ve never seen him act like that before.” The leader ponders before taking her leave.

Seeing him pose like that and say things like that makes you feel a faint memory bubble up but it’s quickly forgotten when Rei comes up to you.

“You got everything for your trip to Coronet Highlands?” The boy hands you a few extra items.

“I should, don’t worry, I’ll be back sometime.”

You knew he worries for you since he and the professor took you in.

At the highlands you met up with Ingo who rambled most of the way.

Some of the things he spoke about sounded familiar to you too! Being with him makes you feel like you’re on the verge of remembering something.

Even battling made you faintly remember being in a moving metal room with him across from you. But that’s all you could remember.

He was the first one to rush up to you after you quelled Lord Electrode. Fretting over you and asking if you were okay several times.

You spent as much time as you could with him.

Both of you loved being around the other. Having been doing this for a few months before you two caved.

That night you two were out by the fabled spring, laying in the grass staring at the stars. You were pressed against his side, an action he didn’t seem to mind.

“You feel like home.”

Ingo was caught off guard by your soft admission, but he couldn’t help but move closer to you.

“As do you, I feel like I found my place with you.”

He sits up and looks at you, grabbing your hand to pull you up to him.

“If I may, I wish to court you, my heart feels complete when I’m with you, I love you so much, I want historians to read the letters I’ve written you and see my undying love for you.”

Ingo cups your hands in his own “if you’d allow me, that is.”

You didn’t respond, only giving him a tender kiss that he melts into. Pulling away you rest your forehead against his.

“I would love nothing more, I’m just so happy you feel the same.”

You two laid back in the grass, whispering your love for each other in between kisses.

After that you two were seen almost everywhere together, especially after your banishment when you moved in with him.

He was approved of by your family, Cyllene was happy you picked the most respectful person she could think of.

Laventon was just happy you were happy.

And your three little siblings gave him the talk before approving.

You spent a year with Ingo. He was your rock and the light of your life, he helped you through Volo’s betrayal and helping you fill the pokedex if you were having trouble.

Ingo was as much as your support system as you were his.

Your loving hold made him long for more.

Ingo had asked Palina for a little guidance and she was more than happy to help.

He proposed to you in the same spot you two confessed with a beautiful black pearl, as custom for the pearl clan.

“I love you, I wish to spend the rest of my life with you by my side, you mean everything to me, please, would you make me the happiest man in Hisui and be my betrothed?”

“Yes! I love you so much! My sweet man!” You both held each other crying so happily.

News was spread and a wedding happened months later.

A traditional Hisuian wedding with hints of Galarian.

It was the greatest day of your life, Cyllene comforting a sobbing Laventon.

Lian, Rei, and Sabi kept everyone in line for the most part, happy to be at your side for this.

After Irida deemed you both married cheers could be heard all across the region.

Laventon was determined to take as many photos as possible, constantly refilling his camera throughout the night.

Between a massive group picture, sectioned off smaller group photos, and so many of just guests having fun.

Laventon truly caught the love you two shared with how many pictures he had of you and Ingo looking at the other so lovingly.

It took you so much longer to complete the pokedex with how often you procrastinated finishing it. You spent so much time with your now husband and family.

When you did and Arceus called upon you to face it Ingo stopped you.

“What if you get hurt?”

“Ingo, I’ve done this plenty of times before, I have packed extra items just for this and everyone is in tip top shape.”

“My dear please, I can’t risk losing you.” He pleaded, but you stood your ground.

He finally relented, with you kissing his tear stained face.

“I’ll be back for dinner, don’t you worry.”

With that same warm smile he fell in love with you were off to the temple ruins.

When you finally beat Arceus it stood there, not having broken a sweat, while you stood panting and covered in bruises, burns and a few cuts.

“Wend to thy betrothed, and th're thee shall findeth home.”

When you came to you were still standing in the temple. Gazing at the sky you realized it was closing in on supper time, Ingo will be relived to see you.

“Honey I’m home!” You jest, only to find yourself wrapped in his arms, the smell of dinner wafting through the air.

“I’m so glad you’re back, I was so worried.” For a loud man he sounded so small right then.

You kiss his cheek “I told you I’d be back, nothing will ever keep me from you.”

With his broken laugh, he pulls away wiping away a few tears “you make it sound so ominous.”

You look at yourself in the mirror from the open doors of the bedroom, all the injuries Arceus gave you were gone, that would explain why he didn’t freak out.

“Everything alright, dear?”

“Oh! Yeah I’m fine, man do I got a story for you! Arceus truly is a pain to fight-“

“My dearest, I would love to hear your tale of battling a deity, but at this very moment I’m sure I will die from a heart attack if you do.”

“Okay that’s fair, but I gotta tell you soon!”

You both ate dinner, surrounded by your respective Pokémon, Ingo lightly scolding you for trying to feed his Gliscor a part of your portion.

It was nice to be home.

You both sat outside your shared cabin watching the sunset.

Until a new rift appeared, you and Ingo held onto each other for dear life, trying to fight the suction of the rift, your Pokémon fighting to help, last you heard was Sneasler’s loud cry.

Before you both found yourself in a tunnel? You’re light headed, you can’t stand.

“Ingo..?” You blindly try to find him but couldn’t.

You hear your name being called a few times when a man’s face blearily comes into view.

Why does he have Ingo’s face? A poor illusion you’d say. He looks frantic and talking to someone else but you black out before you could tell what.

You wake up alone in a white room and weird contraptions beeping.

“Oh good you’re awake, the doctor said you and Ingo were pretty beat up and that it could take a while.”

You look towards the voice and see the same man.

“They let a Zoroark in? Your illusion is poorly made.”

He looks shocked “you think I’m a Zoroark? Those can’t even speak!”

Now it’s your turn to be confused “where do you live where they can’t?”

“Unova! This is Unova! Y/n please you have to tell me what all of this is about, where even were you two? You disappear for years and come back in odd clothes.”

“…what? How do you know my name?”

“No no no not this again, I was hoping you’d at least remember something!”

Now that you look at him, it seems like he has been crying, his appearance is messy and exhausted.

“I’m sorry, I don’t remember much but my own name and Hisui.”

You watched the man, you later came to know and remembered as Emmet, sob before he left the room.

A few days and you and Ingo let back home with Emmet.

A few memories resurfaced when time spent with him but it was a slow process. But Emmet was just happy to have you two back.

You both learned so many walking into that house, it looked untouched. Pictures lining the walls telling a story of love and family. You blushed when you saw photos of a modern wedding between you and Ingo, but kept quiet.

Memories came in short bursts and at random moments, but tears were shed nonetheless. And your old team was happy to have you back.

Though a few months into being back, and begin to you expressed your sorrows of leaving behind your Hisuian team and family there.

“I’m sorry, I just keep thinking back to Hisui, i finished the pokedex there and everything, Laventon was so happy and there was a party….I wonder how they all faired.” You sighed at dinner.

Ingo nods with you “I wish to know their fates as well, I hope they weren’t too hurt about our disappearance.”

You snort sadly “Are you kidding? Cyllene and Lian probably rioted.”

During your take with Ingo neither of you noticed Emmet typing away on his phone.

“I’ll be back you two, I have to make a phone call.” And the younger twin rushes out.

You and Ingo share a look before going back to eating a talking.

Emmet has been nothing but kind and patient with you two, which feels odd to you, you feel like he was never like that. You’re grateful though, he has been paying for everything after your disappearance and now while Ingo and you get use to Unova.

It’s probably the only reason the house was left as it was.

Emmet slide around the corner, happy as ever. “Okay! I got a week off work next week, and I booked tickets and a hotel, we are off to Sinnoh this weekend!”

You and Ingo choke “you WHAT!?”

And that week flew by.

Emmet walked you two through the airport and boarding process and keeping you two calm for the flight.

“Unlike this metal thing I could control Lord Braviary!”

“My fairest in law, I swear to whatever Sinnoh thingy you always swear to I will tape you to that seat if you don’t sit still.”

“Here.” Ingo places his coat over you and holds your hand.

“….was that SERIOUSLY all it took!?”

When you three got to the hotel Emmet laughed at your awed expressions.

Emmet took you both to see landmarks, trails, and ruins of Hisui’s history, happily listening to you and Ingo talk about it all and explaining everything to him.

“Oh! This is where me, Laventon, Rei, and eventually Cyllene would have family night, cook a big dinner so we didn’t have to go to the wallflower.”

“Oh? Why not the wallflower?”

Emmet jumps and hides behind Ingo with how fast you turned to glare.

“Beni isn’t the best, and I refuse…refused to eat anymore of his cooking.”

Next was the museum and seeing all the extinct Pokémon before the rest.

“Lady Sneasler and her kits are deeply missed, they were good company and amazing companions.”

“That’s the one you were the warden of, right?”

“Yes, she would carry me like a kit to her den after she grew to like me.” The stoic twin nods.

“That’s how he developed slight poison resistance!” You boast, holding onto his shoulders.

Emmet sighs contently watching you two walk around and talk about the many Pokémon, a few tearful ‘thank you’s to an extinct Pokémon he could only assume was your starter there.

It’s at times like these the smiling twin is glad it picked the least busiest time and least busiest day.

Especially for the tears that were shed when you three found Laventon’s journal.

The professor spoke highly of you from the beginning till the very end, you and Rei were family to him and he was glad he had gotten to know such a wonderful hero.

Cyllene’s journal was more professional but words wavering between that and casual when writing about her wild child that gave her heart attacks. That wild child being you.

You and Ingo cried seeing pictures, you got to see photos of everyone getting older, some slowly missing from the pictures as they were met by fate.

Emmet was leaving you two alone, he stuck near by but he wanted to give you two space to grieve for friends of old.

But this? He couldn’t help but laugh at this.

He gave it five minutes before calling you two over.

“Can you two explain to me this?”

You and Ingo looked at what he was talking about and instantly went flushed.

“Did you two seriously get married a second time in Hisui?” He teases.

Ingo hides his face behind his hat.

“Hey, we didn’t know! We both didn’t have our memories.” You pout.

But looking back at those photos fills you with such joy, seeing how happy everyone was.

“Man you two are so sickeningly sweet for each other, and that’s coming from me!” The younger twin laughs.

You and Emmet go back and forth until an employee stops you two.

“Oh I see you three like this exhibit, I’m glad! We had the hardest time putting it together, and everyone kept swooning at the couples love, if you see here we found a bunch of their letters and journal entries about their love for the other, and that picture of their wedding solidified it!”

You laugh along with Emmet. But you’re more embarrassed than anything at having other read your things.

“You guys look awfully similar though, that’s so cool! Anyways, if you need anything I’m happy to help!”

The second the employee left Emmet doubled over wheezing.

“Saps! The both of ya!”

You just hide your face in Ingo’s chest.

The rest of the trip is going to be similar to this you can feel it.

[eclipse89]

how i take moon photos, and how you can too using the same method (regular camera version)

long post

ok so this is the first of a 2 part thing, one part (this part) will go over how i shoot moon photos with my regular photography camera and the other part will go over how i make larger mosaics with a telescope.

this is a method i've developed over the past 6 months, mainly for getting the most i can out of just a telephoto lens.

going to start by going over the equipment you need/the equipment i use for this:

a basic dslr/mirrorless camera. i use the nikon Z5, but it doesn’t matter which one really. it helps if it can shoot video at full resolution.

a telephoto lens, on a crop sensor camera it should be at least 200mm (and on a full frame, 300mm is preferable). i use a nikon F/4.5-5.6 70-300mm.

a tripod. this is really basic, any tripod works, it’s pretty much irrelevant as long as you have one.

that’s all the equipment you need, to take shots like this:

yes, you can do this with a regular nikon and telephoto lens. i took this with the gear stated above, using the processes i will now describe below.

alright so the first step is what i call gathering data.

this is when you’re actually outside shooting, all the images you’ll need for later processing. assuming the conditions are ok (meaning the moon is out, not blocked by clouds and isn’t right on the horizon), i go out and set up the gear.

during this period of time i’m trying to get 1 thing, but if the moon is full; 2, possibly 3 things.

the first thing is your main moon data. depending on whether you have a camera that can record in higher resolution, this can take the form of either recording a video or snapping a bunch of single shots (if you do the latter, make sure to use an inbuilt intervalometer if the camera has one. or get a regular one if you don't, it's a big help)

i usually do a 10 minute recording, which is about how long it takes the moon to move across my camera frame. at 30fps, this equates to about 18,000 frames.

the point of recording isn't to have a video, but mainly to 𝘯𝘰𝘵 have 18,000 individual photos. a video is just a concise way of producing and containing a TON of images really easily.

so you took a video, or depending on your camera you took a bunch of images, that's the first part done.

remember how i said, if there's a full moon or closer to it, i'm trying to get 2-3 things here? that's for me personally, because i often shoot composites during a full moon. skip this next part if you don't plan on that.

for reference, here's a composited vs non-composited version

now the second thing i want to get is my composite shot. it's only feasible during a close to full moon, because otherwise the edge in shadow will always look weird with the glow added. the composite shot itself is usually a few overexposed images (all at slightly different settings), to show the moon's glow and/or sometimes a few bright stars.

typically i just change the settings around, and shoot like 5-10 different exposures manually, but exposure bracketing could probably work too here. i haven't tried it.

as long as you can't see any features on the moon, and the sky around it is noticeably brightened, you're good in terms of exposure. just make sure the edge of the moon is still visible, that's necessary for compositing later.

if there are any nice clouds out, i also try to wait and get a few shots with those near the moon.

the third optional thing (still under compositing, keep skipping if you aren't) is taking a shot or two of the blank sky with stars, to composite a shot like this:

this is a very quick thing, just point your camera somewhere away from the moon where you see a few stars, and take a couple second exposure to bring them out. you can zoom out more than whatever you're at for the moon shot to get some more stars, or keep it the same. either way works.

alright now we're back to the main part of the guide.

you've got your moon data at this point, your equipment is brought in, now you just have to do the processing.

with this method most of the work is the processing, i'll try to cover it all quickly here

firstly you need to process the main moon data. all i have is a video at this point, i need to turn that into a real finished image

doing this processing requires a couple programs (most of which are windows-only), but are all 100% free. if you intend on doing moon photography often, i would recommend getting a very cheap windows laptop for this purpose. quality doesn't matter whatsoever.

the first program i use is called PIPP (planetary image preprocesser), and this is mainly used to get your video in a state where it can be processed.

i typically upload the video, set it to crop every frame right around the moon (all that black space is extra processing time!), sort the frames by quality and cut out maybe 50% or 75% but this depends on how many frames i took. in my case of 18k, this cuts me down to 9k or 5k or so.

the resulting, processed video (once again using video as an image holding format because it's easy) is then exported to the next program: Autostakkert.

this one is to stack the images, into one really nice image. stacking is why i took so many images in the first place, i won't explain all the logistics of stacking here, but just know that it works and you should do it. stacking is one huge improvement you can make to your shots that's very easy to do.

so in autostakkert, i cull about 50% more of the frames, and stack the remainder of them.

personally i also drizzle 1.5x (drizzling = image upscaling basically) because on a 300mm telephoto lens and full frame camera, the moon is just not that many pixels. you can do whatever on this, if you're at 600mm or 800mm it's probably not as necessary, but it's really helpful at anything below that.

once it stacks, i take the resulting image into a third program: Registax.

this one i use for one sole purpose, wavelets. it's an optional step, and once again i will not explain in any detail how they work, but the result is basically a good sharpening tool. like REALLY good. i recommend trying it.

it's a simple program, i just upload the image and then change the wavelet sliders until it's sharpened to a nice degree.

and lastly, i export that image over to a regular photo editor. photoshop if you have it, lightroom works too only if you aren't compositing, i personally use photopea which is a very nice photoshop clone website that's free. look it up.

what i do here is just basic photo editing stuff first, expand the crop and add black (remember, in my case the stacked image was cropped all the way in), sharpen it a little more, up the saturation maybe for mineral colors, etc.

in here i also usually upscale the image again, this is optional

if you did not intend on compositing, and don't care how i do it, you're done! you should have a very passable moon shot at the moment, or if you're just reading out of curiousity, a very passable understanding of how i take them.

if you do care, here's the process:

so firstly i bring up the final cropped and finished edit of the main moon in the photo editor, and the composite shot on another layer above it. lower the opacity, then line up/resize the glow moon with the regular moon.

next you basically just get a low opacity/low hardness eraser, and erase the center of the glow moon so the regular surface detail shows through in the middle, but the edges stay glowy- and then i increase opacity back to full again.

it can take a few tries and messing around to get this part to look right, but making sure they're lined up perfectly is half the battle.

now you have a composited full moon, that looks something like this!

whether you're using it as a guide with your own shots (if so, good luck on them!) or just wanted to know how i take them, i hope you enjoyed the guide; i like to be transparent with how i make stuff, especially with something like this where most people have no idea how the photo is created behind the scenes.

- all the photos in this post were taken solely on my nikon Z5 camera, F/4.5-5.6 70-300mm lens and tripod.

- part 2 for the telescope mosaics will be coming in the near future most likely

[just-a-carrot]

Carrot! I’m in existential identity crisis, and have no idea what i want to study in future, considering that i’m supposed to apply for university in a few month. I was thinking a lot about choosing programming study program, and i wanted to ask you, how did you get started coding novels? Can you tell me some advices about where to start, video lessons, how to understand code, some programs to use? Any of that would be really helpful! Thank you!!

Oh, gosh! I'm so sorry that you're going through such a tough and confusing time. I was similar when I was in school and ended up changing majors multiple times and even going back to get a second BA (and also even now the work I do has nothing to do with what I got my degrees in... lol). It feels so impossible trying to figuring out what you want to do in life (and it can change so often...) 💦

Mmmm. I didn't have much coding knowledge at all before I started working on OW. (I also don't think it requires much knowledge just to start doing simple stuff in it—and I still don't think I have much knowledge even now LOL). I remember it felt really overwhelming and confusing at first, so I kinda took it slow and did a lot of my initial attempts in steps?? And from there slowly started to get more familiar with it and learn more and more. Let me try to explain:

The first thing I did before coding anything was write the script. I had about half of Arc 1 finished before I even thought about making it into a game, so I just had it written in my writing software.

I decided to see how it would look in a very simple VN format using Ren'Py. To learn how to start using Ren'Py, I played through the tutorial game included in Ren'Py that teaches you a lot of the basic functions. I remember this was really overwhelming because it teaches you quite a lot of things quite quickly—and when you don't know anything at all, it's so much to take in. So I tried to start simply using ONLY THE VERY BASIC STUFF:

My initial prototype only included text, backgrounds, music, and sound effects. So I only focused on the code required for those things, so basically, the code for displaying an image (defining it using image then showing it using show), for showing text on the screen (I just defined a single "actor" with basic formatting and used that for all the text), and for playing music and sound effects (the play music and play sound commands).

By only focusing on these bits, I was able to simplify it enough that I could understand it. And so then I began copy-pasting my script in line by line while creating basic BGs using royalty free photos, finding royalty free sound effects, and adding the music (I already had a collection of royalty free music I'd found for the game).

As I worked on it, I got more familiar with it and began to understand how different bits of it worked, learning new things such as pauses, screen shakes, etc., that I could also add in. Whenever there was something I didn't know how to do (for instance, zooming/cropping an image, creating variables for keeping track of player choices, etc., I would just look up on Google and could usually find something in the LemmaSoft forums).

Once this initial prototype was made and I was loving how it looked, I decided to go all-in on the game and actually start creating art for it! This was when I started drawing the character sprites, CGs, etc. Because I already was familiar with the basic coding stuff, it wasn't hard for me to then apply what I knew to making the sprites and CGs appear on screen (since it's all just using the image and show commands, and maybe moving them around using stuff like ease).

Only once I had made a lot of progress on art and more writing and scripting did I even think about tackling things like the GUI, since that requires some more advanced coding stuff. I remember the video tutorial I used to start figuring out how to do the title screen for instance was this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zq3V28qp2w&ab_channel=ZeilLearnings

That took me pretty much to the release of Arc 1! Then as I kept working on subsequent arcs, I kept getting even more familiar with things, and would also try out new things I could do to create various scene effects.

Then when Spooktober came around for some reason I decided to try a ton of different things and really go wild. I definitely learned the most during that month LOL However, it was all built on skills I'd slooooooowly been building basically throughout the course of the whole year. Even doing research itself is a skill tbh. Like being able to figure out kind of in your head what you need to do something to locate what it is you don't know, then knowing how to research that thing and parse out the solution so it will work in your version of the code, etc. And I was only comfortable handling that for more advanced stuff because I'd done it so many times before just figuring out more simple stuff.

Tbh tho literally none of what I have in any of my games is very advanced, it's all just a ton of things moving on the screen in different ways and at different times

Hmmm I have no idea if that long rambly thing I just wrote is very helpful LOL Those were all the resources I used tho: the tutorial game in Ren'Py, that video I shared for the title screen, tons and tons of Google searches and the LemmaSoft forums.

But I really feel like the biggest thing that helped and made things manageable for me was breaking it down. Like, I don't know if I would have managed it if I'd tried to start right away with art and sprites and do everything all at once. I needed to start with that very simple prototype with only a few necessary commands so I could get familiar with it first, and only after that, start working on art and add it in. Breaking it down into small simple pieces really helped my brain so much! (And also was more motivating, as I could create the prototype quite quickly and already get really excited by how it looked even with just BGs and music, which inspired and motivated me to keep working. Whereas if I'd had to wait and take all the energy to draw all the art first, too, I might have gotten overwhelmed and demotivated.)

Those are all the things I PERSONALLY did to learn how to code my game. However, since I began, even more resources have become available that will probably help even more and be a lot more accessible. The biggest one I can think of is Vimi's YouTube channel, which has a ton of very basic tutorials for getting started in Ren'Py and just a ton of stuff about making and coding VNs in general. I feel like this could be super helpful for you!! https://www.youtube.com/@vimi

There are also other programs for creating visual novels, for instance, Naninovel allows you to create VNs in Unity, though since Unity uses C#, you will need to learn some of that I think?? Ren'Py uses Python, though for basic scripting it's not really actual Python and more just very basic Ren'Py script or something. You will need Python though to get into some of the more advanced stuff you can do with the GUI and menus and such though (or if you want to do anything much more advanced like add mini games).

I hope this helps you at least a bit! But if you have any questions about anything specific, don't hesitate to ask!!!

[sharky857]

The Palia Experience™ (so far)

Believe it or not, I'm trying it out because a friend of mine ended up despising this (beta) game so much they went and asked the game company to straight up delete their account for good.

Know that I won't dig into some controversial/sus stuff ongoing with some cosmetic bundles, because right now I am not even interested in purchasing a single thing in game.

All this is going to be purely from a(n oblivious) player's pov, who is also still a newb who's just "learned" how to plant & water crops.

For starter, I appreciated same ol' warnings for flashing lights & stuff. I'm not photo-sensitive myself, but I can see how this can be a nice thing for those who have this issue to varied degrees.

What I would also appreciate would be the possibility to have subtitles in the cutscenes (unless this option is already available but dumdum me couldn't spot it).

Customisation has lots of options to choose from right away, and I'm saying so as someone who comes from Warframe, where the only "Operator" free stuff is 4-5 hairstyles and a Zariman suit, with everything else locked behind either plats or a grindfest.

Besides, you can also have a small selection of colours to tweak. This is what I ended up mashing together.

The graphic looks cartoony/simplistic, and it kinda reminds me of another game: "Paladins" (another friend of mine described it as "generic unity style 'cutesy fantasy' aesthetics").

Makes me wonder if this has anything to do with both games running on "Unreal Engine". 🤔

Also, despite my PC would meet the requirements to run the game at "high" settings, I decided to keep them at the default ones the game itself chose: "medium". This resulted in my GPU (GTX 1650) not breaking a sweat, ever and unironically.

(Yes, this means that my screenshots are all taken with the graphics set on "medium".)

Even so, it hasn't been uncommon for me to see the game freeze and/or stutter. What left me puzzled this whole time is that the CPU (of the i7 kind) would at time show spikes of 60% usage. A sign that, maybe, the graphic isn't as "simplistic" as it looks.

Still, I have yet to experience any game implosion, so I guess I am still all good here.

And btw: yes, the game devs themselves know about the latter issues I mentioned. 👇

There is only one thing that keeps on leaving me quite fascinated.

Queue. Queue everywhere.

Apparently, the servers are still so damn tiny that, no matter where you're trying to load into, even though you are already logged in game, you will have a high chance of seeing a message like this in the corner of the loading screen. 👇

Logging into the game? "X Palians ahead of you."

Loading into a cutscene before/after a quest? "X Palians ahead of you."

Going to the village? "X Palians ahead of you."

Coming back to your tent/home? "X Palians ahead of you."

Imagine playing something like Warframe (the only other co-op game with quests I could think of). Imagine if you loaded in your own Orbiter and tried to start absolutely anything, even while in "solo" mode:

Loading a mission: "X Tenno ahead of you."

Starting/Progressing with a quest whatever: "X Tenno ahead of you."

Waiting for the cutscene(s) to said quest to load: "X Tenno ahead of you."

Going to a relay or a free roam (imagine instances didn't exist either): "X Tenno ahead of you."

Moving back to your Orbiter to call it a day: "X Tenno ahead of you."

You got the picture. Not really a fun and also sliiiightly irritating in the long run. 😅

But hey, it's a beta game that has just come out of "closed beta" only 1-2 days ago. So hopefully they will be able to expand their servers soon enough.

As for the gameplay itself, it's nothing really special to me, probably because I am already familiar with some of the mechanics. I've seen this being called "a mix between Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley", and so far I'm mildly getting the latter's vibes (never played any "Animal Crossing" game).

All in all, if I were to rate this game on a scale of 0 to 10, I would give it a generous 7. "Generous" because of the aforementioned controversy with the bundle discounts so-called "scam" (which is still unclear whether or not it's been accidental, haven't kept up with the news in this regards), plus the current, microscopic size of the servers.

[kiriiqt]

Hello! I'm new here, but I must say that I'm having a good time on your blog, and I specially like the Ather theme!! I don't know how to properly request something, but, if you don't mind... I was wondering if you could write modern headcanons for Lumine, please? I hope you have a nice day 🤍

modern au lumine headcanons

- random modern au headcanons for lumine regarding her style, behaviour, hobbies and life overall!

characters: lumine (modern au)

a/n: I'm glad you’re enjoying my blog, and thank you for your request! i’m not entirely sure if you mean modern lumine in general, or the format i used for xiao and aether, but i chose to just write general headcanons (the profile format is coming up though, so if that’s what you meant, no worries). feel free to send another request if i misunderstood anything! also, as something new, i tried to add pictures. links at the bottom of the post.

warnings: none!

Sidenote; my modern au “vision”, if you could call it that, has the twins in highschool, but these can also apply to them in college or overall. I’ll just be referring to school related things. I sorted them into categories bc why not.

General

I view modern au Lumine as someone pretty confident and bold, but also kind of quiet. She’s a bit of a hothead at times, especially when she’s passionate about something, but knows how to pick her battles. Actually, she’s pretty in tune with her own emotions, and knows how to calm herself down and think rationally.

She’s an ambivert, and can work with most people, but prefers to keep a small and close circle of friends. She’s also more outwardly protective of people than her brother is.

Also, the travelers can both be little shits, so Lumine is not above playing small pranks and sassing people. She’s mastered the deadpan expression, and only Aether can beat her in sarcasm.

Closet reveal

Her style is comparable to tech wear, but the more alternative/street fashion inspired one, if that makes sense. So lots of cargo pants, buckles, boots, and those layered two-piece crop tops. It’s mostly black, with some grays and purples.

However, on the other end of the scale, she likes to wear more casual clothes. This is especially for moments where pulling up like you just stepped out of a dystopian sci-fi movie adaption isn’t appropriate. Regular-fit jeans, big sweaters, loose button-ups and t-shirts are staples for her. She mostly wears light tones, like white, gray, blue, green, and occasionally purple. All jewelry suits her, but she prefers silver, only sticking to gold when she needs some contrast in her outfit. She has simple accessories, like pearl hair clips and small necklaces. Flowers are common themes there.

Social

Again, Lumine is an ambivert, she’s a solid 50/50 when it comes to her social life. She can appreciate her own company just as much as she can appreciate others’. She’s really popular in school, but I feel like it’s a case of “a lot of people are friends with Lumine, but Lumine isn’t friends with a lot of people”. What I mean is, she’s naturally nice and when you get past her slightly intimidating appearance, she’s super easy to get along with and eager to help - so a lot of people know her and like her. She prefers to have a few close friends. She’s also busy, so it’s hard for her to maintain contact with most people.

Xiangling is her best friend, and they hang out almost every day. They usually cook together, watch anime (slice of life or horror), go on walks and take photos. They have a scrapbook that they share, and when they haven’t seen each other for a while, they can easily spend a day updating it. The scrapbook is fairly new, but they’ve been doing similar stuff since they met (first week of middle school).

By extension, she’s quite close with Chongyun and Xinqiu as well; all 4 of them hang out once a week minimum, and she works out with Chongyun. Her and Xingqiu like to debate for fun (and they both suffer over homework together)

She’s known Hu Tao since they were kids (they were on the same gymnastics team), and they just stuck together, so they’re almost like siblings. Equally crazy about sports, and they play on the same basketball team.

She’s cool with some of Aethers’ friends as well, namely Xiao and Albedo. Also, she doesn’t actually hate Venti, they just love to bully each other (lovingly).

Hobbies

Lumine is actually pretty athletic and has been on multiple competitive teams; She did competitive boxing for a short while, but stopped due to an injury. She picked it up again casually after recovering. As a child, she did gymnastics and track until the end of middle school, which is how she met Hu Tao and Xiangling. She plays on the school basketball team, and loves running as well.

She got into cooking and photography because of Xiangling.

She’s really into the sciences and learning about how the world works, and she watches a lot of lectures online. She’d like to pursue a career in STEM one day, but it would have to be a flexible one.

She loves to travel, and plans to take a gap year after school to go see the world. She also hopes that whatever she decides to study and work as will allow her to travel around.

Various likes and dislikes

Ironically, her least favorite class is physics, mainly due to the workload (and also, the stuff they do in high school just isn’t all that interesting to her)

She prefers math class, because she works more efficiently, and unlike English, she doesn’t risk getting stuck in a back and forth analytical debate.

She's not a big fan of tea or coffee.

She prefers spicy food.

Her music taste is varied, but I’d say she likes bands like mother mother, paramore, palaye royale and måneskin, among others.

If she had to choose between writing an essay on a book or doing a math exam, she’d choose the math exam.

She strongly dislikes having long hair, which is why she cuts it quite often.

Her favorite season is spring, specifically when the first flowers start to break through.

Her favorite candy is sugar frosted slime.

She prefers rainy weather.

Random facts

While Aether was obsessed with slimes as a child, Lumine was obsessed with geovishaps; she has an old wallet shaped like one from a zoo (I think that in a modern au, certain creatures like geovishaps are extinct, like dinosaurs in real life), and she knows an excessive amount of random facts about them

The main cast are active twitter users, and Lumine mostly uses hers to roast Venti or post photos of her cats. Her header is a photo of her and Xianling holding hands, and her icon is one of her cats who’s named Aria.

Her and Aether have 3 cats; Aria, Sonnet and Canon.

Lumine sometimes helps out in Xiangling’s family’s restaurant and refuses payment for it, but her parents find a way to pay her back anyway.

She has the most cursed camera roll that you’ll ever see - she never cleans it out, which results in an abomination of random photos, awful memes, photos of the classroom board, text screenshots, and too many accidental pics of the ground. Also, she has memes so cursed that none of her friends have managed to locate the side of pinterest she finds them on.

Replying to a text can take her anywhere between 2 hours to 7 business days, but if you call her, she’ll pick up immediately (unless you’re Venti)

She’s definitely the person who just says “get well soon” if you’re crushing on a guy and send her a photo of him.

If you ask her for the assignment answers the day they’re due, she’ll deliberately ignore your text until 5 minutes before the deadline. Otherwise, she’s happy to help. This totally isn’t because she’s doing it last minute, either.

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I hope this was okay! I tried to make it make sense without explaining too many details irrelevant to the post. I’m iffy about the cat names, but for anyone who’s wondering; they’re the names of the 3 moon sisters in genshin.

[floralovebot]

I’M SO GLAD U ASKED and i agree so much with helia & jeonghan! i was thinking the same thing! i also associate helia a lot with ten’s outfits recently with ysl!

the specialists’ closets are just filled with leather jackets and cropped tank tops like.

yuta two baddies is just so riven to me.

AND OH MY GOD NCT 127 PUNCH’S CONCEPT PHOTOS REMIND ME OF THE SPECIALISTS’ ROCK OUTFITS.

as for the winx for groups i think of specifically i would say gidle, twice, & newjeans! i adore kep1er’s outfits for giddy too!!

for stella i associate her with soyeon, especially in her nxde era!

but omg i’ve been thinking of just making boards on pinterest so you could see specific pictures/outfits!! sorry this ask is pretty long i tried to keep it short! <3

omg helia with ten's outfits is SO cause now i'm thinking about birthday like,,, oh my lord... but also ysl is so choice!! and ten's outfit at the one event it's So booby and yknow how much helia loves tit outfits good for him!!

and literally they're SO silly waist out pussy facing the world leather bdsm gear they're so annoying ajdhgajldhg and riven with yuta two baddies is so,, OUGH you're so right actually also thinking about riv with jhope's latest solo like arson and more?? sexy!!

ALSO SAME it's just fucking leather Everywhere they won't get in front of the camera unless one member is decked out in full leather ajhgdlj it reminds me of monsta x actually im crying

i love that !! i have a lot of twice outfits on the winx kpop board too!! gidle and newjeans is also SO good you're so right! stella with soyeon is,, wow,, OUGH that's so good

[futuregws]

Oh my God I just stumbled upon your blog and all the grace drama and I'm so confused?? What is happening? I tried going back through your posts but I keep getting bombed with info and I'm still not quite sure what happened

Would you mind explaining or is it too much trouble? I might just go search your blog deeper and see if I get anywhere

Thank you!!

This is gonna be a long answer and it's also copy and paste from what I sent someone asking me the same question bc I don't feel like actually typing sorry I hope it makes sense tho

Basically I just never really liked the way she was posting about the ship as if that's all she cares about, and also barely even posting stuff of her character alone, which completely destroys the narrative of her being passionate about her character bc clearly not, and then she started involving the actor of Eddie in this by tagging stuff with his name that had nothing to do with him and also posting a photo with him with a caption (that has been changed) that could easily get people going into shipping the actual actors but now onto why I also consider her extremely immature, it was actually something that happened directly to me, so I think it's understandable that it upsets me a little bc I posted an ask where it was talking about how I think the behavior I just described was odd and the ask started with the anon saying how she has every social media but then it went into explaining how they feel weirded out by the behavior it was never mentioned that anyone had anything against her having so many social medias, but Grace decided to take a screenshot of the ask and crop it to where it was only the first part about her and the social media thing and then was acting as if our problem was that specifically and even though my @ was not visible its still easy to find so since then I've been getting absurd amounts of hate comments bc of her, since imo she should have known that her fans would obviously say something since they are all obsessed with her right now

[1dress100days]

Thoughts on the Wool& 100-Day Dress Challenge

First of all, thank you Wool& for offering the challenge! I love challenges and I love clothing and I love getting $100* for completing the challenge.

What I Wore:

I did my 100 days in an extra-small, black Sierra tank dress.** I chose the black because I typically wear a lot of black and figured it would fit in well with my wardrobe. Since I don’t own a lot of colored clothing, however, it got kind of boring. If I did it again (which isn’t possible because the 100-day challenge is a once in a lifetime thing, but there are still annual 30-day challenges) I would choose a different color.

Why I Did It:

Beyond my love of challenges, clothing, and free money, I did this challenge just to see if I could.

Styling:

I went into the challenge with the idea that I would wear a different outfit every day, which I succeeded in doing. Some people doing this challenge commented how they didn’t have much laundry because they wore the same thing day after day.*** They call themselves “team basic.” I was whatever the opposite of team basic is for this challenge, so I still had the same amount of laundry as usual, if not more. I wore a lot of layers especially as the weather got colder – the temperatures were in the 70s when I began the challenge and down to the 10s when I finished.

As for the dress itself, I hung it up at night to air out and ended up washing it seven times just to refresh the fabric. I handwashed it the first two times then threw it into the washer in a lingerie bag with free and clear detergent and cold water the rest of the times. I also put it in the dryer once on medium heat for 15 minutes to tighten up the fibers as Sierra has a tendency to relax.

How the Dress Fit Into My Lifestyle:

I did the challenge between September 12 and December 20, 2022. During that time, I was between jobs and spent most of my time at home. I wore Sierra doing chores around the house, going on a lot of hikes, and running errands. I even had a job interview at which it performed admirably. After driving seven hours I jumped right into several hours of meetings and it looked great. I did get a job offer but ended up declining. One of the benefits of the challenge for me was that getting dressed and getting a daily photo gave me something to do every day when my schedule was otherwise nonexistent.

Purchases for the Challenge:

Many of those doing the challenge use it as a way to minimize or simplify their wardrobes.*** I wanted to utilize as much of my current clothing as I could but also ended up making a couple purchase because of the challenge. The first addition to my wardrobe was an apron. I never wore one cooking but within days of putting on my 100-day dress, I made one from fabric I had left over from other sewing projects. I also bought some leggings and a cropped sweater just because. Static turned out to be a major problem for me when I wore leggings (most often synthetics) so I got a half-slip, which helped some. I also tried other static-busting tips like safety pins on the hem (nope) and lotion on the leggings (okay for a bit). Static cling was one of the biggest problems with the whole challenge for me.

I read that antiperspirant/deodorants could damage wool fibers and leave stains, so I got Crystal lavender scented roll-on deodorant to use for the duration of the challenge. It had no effect on the dress and kept me from smelling bad, but I really missed antiperspirant. I’ll keep the Crystal in my underarm arsenal for when I wear wool, but I’ve switched back to my old stick.

My very best purchase for the challenge was an $8.95 two-pack of remotes from Amazon.com for taking photos. The remotes have two buttons, one for I-Phones and one for Androids, and all the button does is take a picture. Along with a really nice camera tripod my husband gave me as a gift years ago, it was super easy to get decent, full-length selfies each day.

Challenges During the Challenge:

As mentioned above, the biggest practical challenge was static cling. It was perpetually annoying but not a dealbreaker. Another challenge was my desire to just wear jeans every once in a while. I managed to tuck and bunch and tie the dress up enough to wear it with jeans several times, but they were never styles I would have chosen to wear otherwise. These were the only few times I swore at the dress. Sierra is made of a thick fabric, which I adore, but it is too bulky to practically wear as a shirt.

One odd challenge that I was not expecting was that I kind of let myself go for a bit. Wearing a dress and leggings every day is super comfortable. My normal wardrobe, particularly my work clothes, are more fitted so it was easier to notice if I had overindulged in treats and snacks so I could then self-adjust. After noticing a slight weight gain during the challenge, I decided to be more mindful of how I’m treating my body, both to continue to feel comfortable in my civilian clothing and to feel good about myself in general.

The Challenge’s Rewards:

The obvious reward is the $100 credit I have already spent on my next Wool& dress. I chose the new Evelyn dress, which won’t ship for another month. It’s the same fabric as Sierra and has a straighter cut, which fits my style a bit better than the swing dresses. Hopefully it’ll be a keeper when I finally receive it. As for personal, emotional, psychological rewards, I proved that I could do the challenge and that I could creatively use my current wardrobe to make 100 distinct outfits despite getting rid of several bags of clothing over the course of the challenge. I’ll take both as wins.

Final Thoughts:

I’m glad I did this challenge and plan on doing some 30-day challenges in the future. (You can do one every calendar year). While the dresses are expensive compared to anything I would normally buy, they are definitely worth the money. It’s absolutely true that you can wear a Wool& dress for days without it smelling bad in the slightest. Mine also looks nearly as good today as it did when I received it back in September. I can’t image any “fast fashion” dress being anywhere near as durable. I have my eye on several other pieces to round out my wardrobe – leggings, a cardigan, another dress or two. So, yes, I am now hooked on Wool& and I don’t think that’s a bad thing.

* toward my next Wool& purchase ** for reference, I’m 5’6” tall, 135lbs., and measure 33” chest/30” waist/40” hips *** there is a Facebook group where people chat about all aspects of the challenge

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A Preview button in the right toolbar lets you see each kit, as shown below. You could probably lose a day of time just looking through each kit. I looked for a set of animal graphics, but found that most of kits are holiday, season or location themed, again most suitable for scrapbooking, but I didn't open every kit to see the individual graphics. On the double-plus side, you can go to the Chronos Artwork page and download about nine gigabytes of different iScrapkits for free. On the plus side, you can edit most of it for color, size, shape, and more. Most of it was too cartoonish and seemed more appropriate to scrapbooking than card creation. I am not so impressed with the installed artwork available. You can also add color, blur, distortion, lighting, stylization, tiling and half-tone to your image. For each photo you insert there are numerous affects you can apply, including, as shown below, cropping and masking. The longer I worked with Greeting Card Shop, the more amazed I became at the incredible wealth of available affects I could achieve.

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Initially I was frustrated working with the program because I had to constantly refer to the manual to do things that I thought should be simple. Greeting Card Shop Screen Shot Font Dialobg Beneath the graphic elements lies the Layers palette. The element categories include Shapes, Artwork, Photos, Text, Address Fields, and Favorites. As you can see below, templates display on the left, the middle is your card in progress, and on the right are your options for your graphic elements. Your creation area includes three main sections in which to work. Click Design in the tool bar and various editing icon options appear across the top. Unfortunately, the photo card template selections are not very interesting.Īfter you choose your template, a second window opens with your work area in Preview mode. While this may not be much of an issue for you, I found it annoying.Īfter moving photos around on my hard drive, I clicked on the Artwork button and Greeting Card Shop installed the SuperPack templates I downloaded. If you store your iPhoto or Aperture libraries in a different place, you need to move them back to the Picture folder to use them in Greeting Card Shop also. It seems this is not a Chronos limitation, but a built-in Apple restriction for third-party apps. This means I have to move any shots I want to use into my Home folder's Picture folder to use them within Greeting Card Shop.

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A trip to the 100-page PDF manual revealed that I can only use photos stored in the Pictures folder. I wanted to create a photo card, but found I could only search my Pictures folder for a shot to use, but I keep my photos on an external drive. You can save your creation in the Greeting Card Shop format (.gcs) or export it as PDF, TIFF, JPG, or PNG file. My other creations aren't worth showing you though. After abandoning a few attempts, I succeeded in using a Baby Announcement template to create a custom card to give to a friend. I tried to create a New Year's photo card first, which presented stumbling blocks. To change the template size you must choose your card, then use the Format menu to change the size. When you open Greeting Card Shop the Template Chooser appears. Greeting Card Shop includes features that let you print address labels or envelopes using your Apple Contacts application.

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When you install the program it asks for access to your contacts, ostensibly to make it easier for you to address and send cards.

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If you find that the full application is squeezing too much space out of your hard drive, you can manually uninstall Greeting Card Shop's artwork. The art collection is available in 145 iScrapKits organized by artist. The artwork available for Greeting Card Shop can be shared with Chronos' other products, including iScrapbook, Business Card Shop, and PrintLife. There are over 600 greeting card and 93 invitation templates, 94 envelopes and 16 photo card templates available for your use. You can get to this page from the More Templates button in the side bar from within the program also. templates, you can also download metric paper sizes and formats. While the application includes a number of U.S. Optional templates are available as a download from the site. The basic install uses a whopping 500 MB of disk space, but adds another 9 GB when you install all of the available graphics. Greeting Card Shop requires OS X 10.8.4 and later and you can try it for 30 days. If you're not graphically challenged like me, you can create your own card templates too. With few design skills you can use the app's artwork and design templates to whip up a pleasing single-fold, double-fold or tri-fold card in a reasonable amount of time.

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Just yesterday a friend called wanting information on how to create New Year's cards easily. Just because the Christmas season has slipped by does not mean card-sending season has ended.