#also that idea that when a person photographs another that’s how they view them and I appreciate how caring the pictures come out

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feeling much love for friends tonight 🤎🤎🤎

[adventuresinobx]

A Trip to the Alps

Drew Starkey x fem!reader

Summary: Your boyfriend Drew invites you to join him for some golfing weekend in the Swiss Alps. Your only interest is sharing the hot tub with him to help relieve his aching muscles in more ways than one.

A/N: OK I really am back this time around, I’m sorry it’s taken so long to get this up, but here’s some hot tub sex with Drew because let’s be honest who wouldn’t want to have sex with this man in a hot tub... Shout out to my bestie @starkeyobx​ for giving me the details of the idea!

Warnings: All the smut - sex in a hot tub, the usual x

Drew had to head to some event in Switzerland and was offered a plus one. Frankly, if he hadn’t been offered a plus one, he’d still find a way to get you there. You two had been together for several months now, but work kept you apart enough as it was, so when you found out he was heading abroad for some special golf event, you wanted to come too. He was grateful to have you there. In his career, he’d seen so many places in the world but it was obviously different when he had someone special by his side - and you were that person to him.

“How was golf today baby? Did you win?” you asked as you heard Drew let himself into the alpine style lodge you were staying in with him. It was beautiful; there was so much wood everywhere, views of the mountains for days, and a big balcony with a hot tub on it. Perfect for the pair of you to relax in after a long day. Even at this time of year, the snow was still falling over the Alps and it made quite the beautiful scene. You’d spent the days on the balcony wrapped in (Drew’s) warm clothes and painting the scenes in front of you. Work had been hectic for you recently, so you definitely needed all this time to enjoy yourself and do something a little different.

He came behind you, arms wrapping around your body tightly as he crouched down and looked over your shoulder at what you were painting. He loved how you managed to capture the scenes in front of you so perfectly and how you just had an eye for drawing. He could sit and admire your paintings every single day.

“Exhausted. My muscles are aching. I think I’ve walked seven kilometres today,” he murmured, his arms still wrapped tight around you as you put your paintbrush down and gave him your full focus. He glanced to the side, his eyes landing on the hot tub nearby. "Think it might finally be time to get that going, don't you think?"

It only took 10 minutes for Drew to fire it up and he was already waiting for you in it when you returned to the balcony in your favourite bikini and a big fluffy hotel dressing gown draped around you.

"There's my girl," he mumbled, scooting over in the hot tub to make more space for you. You would have rathered him stay where he was mind, so you could be sat even closer together. Ignoring his plan to give you more space, you just settled yourself on his lap and took his hands, wrapping them around your waist. His camera was perched nearby and you grabbed it, turning it so you could snap a picture of the two of you together. It was a digital camera, housed in an old fashioned styled one, and a gift from his mom. He never went anywhere without it. It was the third person in your relationship,  but you loved it and the way he captured your memories. There was nothing better than seeing life from his eyes.

"Smile baby," you said, leaning back into him as you took a few photos. In true photographer fashion, Drew had always encouraged you to take more than one photo. He kissed you softly on the head for another photo, his eyes trailing the path your hands made as you placed the camera on the table.

"I love you," he whispered, kissing your head softly as he took in the view of you and also the surroundings. It was truly beautiful, the way the sky was almost dark blue as day turned to night. There were hardly any lights,so the stars and moon lit up the clear sky. It was beautiful. Light pollution in Los Angeles, which you both called your home, was insane but out here in the middle of the Swiss Alps, you could see the sparkling of the stars stretching right out in the distance.

"I love you too." You turned around to cuddle into him, adjusting comfily in your seat (his lap). You felt your bikini top, a little tight, almost painfully tug at your body. You shifted uncomfortably, stretching around to tug at the strap. "Do you mind -" you asked, already knowing the answer. He reached around to help untie it for you, carefully and delicately undoing the strings as you held it onto your body and sunk under the water to keep away from prying eyes from nearby rooms whilst it was still a little bit light. Once under the water, you tossed it onto a nearby chair and resumed your position on his lap.

"So much better," you sighed, leaning your back on his shoulder and Drew's hands moved to your tummy. He rested them on your bare skin, smiling at you as he gently dragged his arms around your body. You sighed, mumbling into his skin as you turned your head and buried yourself in his neck. You pressed a kiss to his neck, grinning into the kiss as you heard a little moan escape from his lips. He had told you once, whilst drunk, that he didn’t really moan in bed - but it wasn’t that he wasn’t enjoying it, it was just one of those things he didn’t realise he had been missing until he met you.

“Baby, gotta stop that,” he mumbled, his hands moving eagerly all over you as he explored your body like it was the first time again. “Making me feel too good.”

“That’s the aim,” you teased back, only sucking harder on his neck now and leaving a little purple shaped bruise there to tell everyone he was yours. Hopefully someone could cover that when he had to have his interview for the event he was at the next day.

“Fuck,” he groaned out, pulling you around so you were now facing him and straddling his lap. You made a point to push your hips down on his, letting him feel you against him. The water almost escaped from between the two of you as you wiggled yourself and your hips down on him. He was desperate for more, pulling and clutching at your body to feel more of you. He tugged you onto him and let his hands explore your body, moving up and down your bare sides and gently massaging your wet skin and making your mind race.

He needed more of you and rushed to tug at the little strings on your bikini bottoms. “You’re beautiful,” he murmured letting his kisses trail down your chest to your breasts. He used his body to hold yours up, exposing you to the cool air surrounding you. He attached his lips to your nipple, running his tongue over the hard nub. He swirled his tongue in slow circles, moving his hand up to play with the other one. It felt so good; his tongue moving across your hot burning skin. He flicked his tongue furiously over your nipple, only spurred on by your desperate moans and your hands clawing at his body.

“I love you, I love you,” you said, your words being punctuated by moans as you grinded yourself down on his lap. “Need you inside me, need to feel you stretching me out, please,” you said, your lips against his ear.

He couldn’t even reply, furiously pulling your bikini bottoms off as he pulled his own swimming shorts down too. He held himself in his hand, stroking himself a few times as he lined himself up with you. “Sure you’re wrt enough for me?” he said with a grin on his face, biting his lip. He scanned down your body too, looking at your beautiful skin through the ripples of the water. “Hips up baby,” he mumbled, his lips against your skin as he ran the tip of his dick over your soaking wet core a few times.  You bit your lip, bracing yourself for it as he pushed inside you. Your hands were desperately gripping at his shoulders as he did. Immediately there was the feeling of stretch and warmth and a fire ignited inside you.

He helped you ease down on him, you still gasping and moaning about his size like every time before. “Cmon be a good girl and bounce for me,” he groaned, his hands moving to rest under your bum to help you with your movements. Once you were ready and could cope with the stretch, he helped to lift you up and then you sunk down on him again, matching each other’s movements in perfect harmony as you enjoyed him making you feel so incredible. You were squeezing around him, tightening with every movement and your whole body was electric with whatever he did. He grabbed at your waist, pulling himself closer to you as you rocked your hips with his. The speed and positioning matched so perfectly.

You rolled your hips in circles, his hands on your hips as he helped you control the movements the perfect amount as you felt that familiar build up in your stomach. You started tensing around him, him feeling you squeeze his cock and sending him hurtling over the edge too. “That’s it baby, keep pulsing around my cock.” His filthy words were sending you crazy and you could barely contain yourself with all feelings. Love, passion, and complete euphoria. He moved his hand down between your bodies, brushing his fingers against your clit as you rocked your hips slowly as your orgasm approached. You rode out your high, him thrusting up into you at a blinding pace as he chased his own high, it moments away too.

He felt you tense around him and that final squeeze sent him into orgasm too. A few more thrusts in as you orgasmed yourself had him coming hard. As he came, his head fell on your shoulder, his breathing so heavy and desperate. “I love you,” he mumbled, his lips hot against your shoulder as he placed fever kisses on your skin.

“I love you too.”

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[cookies-and-chill]

• INNOCENT KITTEN •

[part 1] [part 2] [final part]

[cat noir/adrian agreste x fem innocent reader]

[Also kinda plagg x reader]

Fandom: miraculous ladybug

° mild-heavy nsfw °

Warnings : scandalous outfit, profanities, guided masturbation, unrealistic etc. Characters are aged up.

♤: In which adrian agreste makes his innocent girlfriend tryout his hero costume but in the moment, forgot about an crucial information.

Note: This is part one :). you can view part two on the link i have provided by the text "part 2"

"Love, do you want to try my costume?".

The blonde asked, his head resting on your lap as you combed through his soft locks. You looked at him with an head tilt.

"Hmm? Why so sudden?". You asked.

"No reason. Just want to see how you will look in my costume". He replied with an cheeky smile

Adrien had taken a few weeks off his hero job due to plagg's heat. He had already informed ladybug with an convincing lie and told her to protect the city with rena rouge.

The thing about plagg's heat is that, if you transform while the kwami is in his heat, you will also feel its needs. You simply become an libido supply truck. And apparently adrien had fallen an victim once.

So one day, after his transformation, adrian had the sudden urge to take his dick out of his suit and milk himself dry. The urge was so strong that he almost turned into an cum tap.

He jerked himself so many times, but his balls still felt heavy with his cum, as if he hadn't drained an whole liter few seconds ago.

He even pumped himself with an pillow in the dirtiest positions. But the one that gave him the most euphoric orgasms were when he was thinking about you. He even cumed untouched a few times by just thinking about you

His hips jerking in pillow as he imagined your face, staring at him with the most innocent look. His mind resurfacing the memory in which you were liking an vanilla ice cream. Your tongue swirling around the sweet treat.

Oh how he wished you swirled and licked his dick like that ice cream. You smiling at him as some of the ice cream melted from your lips, trailing down your chin. He wished you could get the hint and help him with his boner.

But you were so innocent, which made it difficult to ask you such favors. The last thing he wanted was to explain what an blowjob is and embarrass himself. That day was surely hetic for his dick. The only thing that left his mouth were his whimpers and moans of your name.

He swore to himself that whenever plagg was in his heat, he will never transform into cat noir.

Thankfully when the incident happed he was in his room and nobody was in the mansion except his cook and himself. Other then that he just got an scolding from ladybug when another akuma attack happened.

And one more thing about plagg's heat is that he can control the actions of the person that he had helped transform.

Because of his wave of hormones going berserk, he is more powerful and can control the actions instead of them controling his powers. And the kwami's heat were intense.

So it was kind of his fault that adrian turned into an cum machine because he was partly controlling the males actions.

So yeah, thats the reason he is off duty now and was lazying around in your room. You lived alone and he wanted to give you as much company.

Because off his photoshoots and stuff you both couldn't get time that easily. Today was his lucky day since his photographers were sick and his father was out of country form some conference meeting.

After staying with you for 2 hours. He was starting to get bored. Not of you ofcourse! He just wanted to do something fun. Thats when the costume idea struck his head. He always wanted to see you in his cat noir costume.

Plagg who was flyin around your room, heard what adrian said and came zooming towards you. touching your cheek with his tiny paws.

"Yeah! We can do that!!" Plagg said excitedly. "even i want to see. What you would look like in his hero costume!".

Unknown to the two of them, plagg had another motive. He is in his heat cycle currently and had already told adrian, so it was odd when adrian bought up the request now despite becoming a victim of his heat. Well not that he cares, he was itching for control. So he got more excited at the thought of controlling you.

Controlling your sweet innocent self, wanting to see what kind of reaction would you have to his heat. Ofcourse with your consent which will be granted if you said yes.

Plagg knew that you were an sweet kind girl. You would also give him cheek hugs and extra cheese. But the destruction power in himself wanted to destroy and corroupt your pure soul.

Maybe it was his heat making him think like an lovesick pyscho.

You giggled and and patted plagg's head with your fingertip. "Fine then, but is it really okay?". You asked concerned.

Don't get me wrong. Even you was excited about trying her boyfriend's costume but she couldn't help but to wary of it ancient power but mostly you were excited.

Adrien sat up from your lap and held your hands. "Dont worry (name). Nothing will go wrong. And even if it did. Plagg will handle it and besides even he is excited!". Adrien pointed to the floating kwami who was vigorously nodding his head.

"Yeah i will take care of it". Plagg thought while gulping down an a small portion of his favorite cheese.

You nodded once you were convinced. Adrien flashed an sweet smile towards you and handed his ring to you. He can finally see his beloved wearing his costume.

You wore the ring. It looked pretty on your fingers. "So how do i activate it?". You asked them.

"Just say 'claws out' and you will turn into cat noir like adrien and if you want detransform say 'claws in' and you will be back to normal.

"No you wont.." the kwami thought getting even more excited.

You nodded in understanding "ok then. Im gonna do it now". You took a deep breath. "C-Claws out".

Plagg zoomed into the the ring as an white and green glow surrounded your figure.

Adrien and plagg couldn't wait to see their wishes come true.

[brickcentral]

🤩 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: zekezachzoom Hello everyone! It's time to direct the spotlight toward our community members, and today we will get to know better zekezachzoom!

"My name is Sunny but you might know me better as zekezachzoom on social media. I am a freelance graphic designer and have been a toy photographer for 10 years.

I came up with this profile name after my sons’. Zeke is my second son and Zach my first. I imagined them running away after calling their names, hence Zoom. I live in Singapore where we have two seasons, Rain and Shine. It’s a tiny island and getting around is pretty fast and easy. I have a few favourite spots around the island for toy photography. I will be more than happy to explore these places with any of my overseas friends if they pop by this part of the world! Though sometimes I wish we have mountains, rivers and maybe desert for more outdoor choices. On the plus side, being a small island makes organizing an outing with fellow toy photographers very easy, even if it is a last minute thing.

I started toy photography after posting an image of Spiderman squatting on the window ledge overlooking the neighborhood on Instagram…and then discovering the community. Everyone was and still is very encouraging and I think this helped in me trying to better myself with each photograph. Though Instagram is not what is used to be, but that is a discussion for another day.


Talking about process, if there is a brief for the photo (commissioned work, photo contest), I will usually follow up with some research work on the topic. At the same time, I will park the topic for the photo at the back on my mind and let it simmer unconsciously.

However, for personal work, I usually do not actively chase for ideas, forcing them out. I find that most ideas come to me randomly. This usually happens in a variety of ways, like watching videos on any subject, going about my daily life, observing and listening to things around me. I think being curious about everything and anything certainly helps in generating ideas.

Once I have a photo idea, I then let it sit and simmer further in my mind’s eye. This can help take the concept to more interesting directions in terms of story, setup, composition, lighting, etc. More ideas can be built upon this initial concept base on even more things you see and observe. It also allows time to think about how to setup the shot.

I will always sketch my ideas on my notebook, which is always by my side. At present time, I have more ideas than time to shoot!

When it comes to the shoot itself, I usually start with the mobile phone, quickly checking the angles and then locking my camera to a tripod. I always use a tripod to gather multiple shots of the same angle with different lighting, atmospheric effect so that I can then composite them in post if need be. Then I will shoot couple of shots for final composition without the lighting and atmospheric effect. I enjoy the post production work, especially the color grading part. Sometimes, the word PHOTOSHOP give rise to arguments within the photographic community. To me, it’s just a tool to bring the picture to its maximum potential.

I think people I know in the community know me for my punny, silly and light-hearted stuff. So much so that friends recommend me toys they think that might fit this style. However, recently I find myself going all over the place in terms of themes. I just enjoy the process of experimenting different approaches, be it the storytelling or the technical bits of photography. When I am shooting indoor, I usually set up for low key images. It gives me a chance to experiment with indoor lighting. If there is one thing I would tell my younger self when I started, it’s to pay attention to lighting. It can elevate a nice photo to a great photo. Also, I like to build simple sets with everyday object that end up looking like something else when viewed through the camera. I do this mostly because I am lazy and don’t have the patience to build dioramas. I am usually with a group of friends when I shoot outdoors, because we have a monthly gathering among us. During these outings, I am constantly looking out for areas with awesome lighting. I try to reserve my action shots (ie scenes with flying debris) outdoors, mostly because there is no need to clean up after the mess! Also, outdoor light is beautiful…but fast changing lighting condition is another story all together.

When I first started, it was all about the Star Wars figures. I had stopped collecting figures since the 1980s , but it was the Star Wars Black Series that got me collecting again with all its glorious articulation. Once I discovered the community, I realized that there were other characters to be bought! I sometimes wonder if that is a good thing, from my wallet’s point of view.

I find myself gravitating towards nostalgia when it comes to the figures I buy. So, my collection and images usually reflect that, with movie/TV characters from the 80s. Stuff like Aliens, Indiana Jones, Predator and Back to the Future, etc. However, whether they are LEGO minifigures, statues, 6 inch figures, I will shoot any figures as long as they serve the stories. Each type of figures has its own pros and cons and challenges. But I would not have it any other way.

This is my basic equipment list: • Nikon Zfc with kit lens (16mm to 50mm) • Lensbaby Sweet 35 lens • Helios 44-2 58mm lens • Extension tubes for close ups • 2 speed lights • Couple of LED cube lights • Manfrotto tripod

Why toy photography? I love pop culture and telling quirky weird stories with characters I love. I can never produce awesome looking illustration of these images I have in mind and photography seems like the next best thing. Hence toy photography! When I first started, I was always coming up with ideas in the middle of the night and sketching them down and made it my mission to spread this hobby. I recall vividly telling a friend how much I enjoy this hobby and was going to just keep throwing out toy photos into the internet and see what comes back. And a lot has indeed happen since then: • I started a local Facebook group to organize more toy photography outings and share photos. • Managed to get featured on national newspaper and television, because they came across my work online. • Made friends on social media and participated in podcast by some of these friends. • Conducted workshops. • Shot for some toy companies. • Collaboration with toy designers and model/diorama makers. • Nikon Ambassador.

I have enjoyed the journey so far and look forward to improving myself. Something I always remind myself: your best photo is the one you have not taken yet."

Thank you for accepting our invitation and let the community knows you better!

If you want some insights on the exclusive picture and for a better view of the others, head to our blog at https://brickentral.net/.

- @theaphol, Community Outreach Manager

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＃ MYSTIC MESSENGER !! ♡ — WHAT KIND OF PERSON THEY WOULD FALL FOR.

#. synopsis! — who the boys would fall for the hardest .

#. characters! — jumin , yoosung , jihyun (v) , saeran (ray) , saeyoung (707) , hyun (zen) .

#. warnings! — none .

#. alt accounts! — @ddollipop (nsfw) @yyolkchi (reblog/spam) .

#. others! — navigation & masterlist .

𖦹. ━ JUMIN !!

Jumin needs both loyalty and compassion in a relationship. As someone who has been greatly impacted by disloyalty throughout his life, —Jumin seeks the love of someone who can be true to him at all times, even when things get rough. Just as well, he needs someone who can look at him and truly believe that he deserves all of the compassion he's denied himself (and subsequently others) for innumerous years. Honesty would be another key factor in the mix, as Jumin adamantly requests candid answers from those around him, not wanting their opinions to be sullied by worries that he may retaliate emotionally or out of spite. He would also be likely to give his heart to someone leaning to the introverted side due to his more reserved nature. Someone good with both problem solving and emotional regulation would be the cherry on top. Affection wise, Jumin would fall fairly quickly for someone who bounces between cuddly and needing personal space, as he's a bit like that himself, and it would likely be easier to manage expectations if his lover could relate to him in that way. When it comes to loving someone, Jumin is devoted and sincere, and would feel most comfortable in a relationship where that devotion and sincerity could be reflected back to him. Honesty is also crucial to Jumin's communication style, especially since he isn't always the best at understanding or empathizing with the emotions of others. 

𖦹. ━ YOOSUNG !!

Yoosung is by no means picky. He doesn't have many requirements or needs and is the type of person to simply be happy that he's desired, making almost anything enough for him. Still, he wouldn't do well with a partner who was overly secretive, hiding things away from him, only giving vague answers to his questions. . . That kind of situation would turn him away quickly. Yoosung likes to be in the know, whether it's passive knowledge or active understanding. He also appreciates people who seek to understand the actions, motives, and points of view of others. As someone who tends to fluctuate between masking his feelings by being cheerful and kind and expressing his emotions perhaps too bluntly from time to time when the setting may prove to be inappropriate for such actions, Yoosung is thankful for those that don't judge him rashly and instead seek to understand his feelings. Instead of shaming him for his poor emotional regulation, Yoosung would prefer to have those around him acknowledge his mistake while also understanding his perspective. Communication is a big part of his needs, helping him to better understand what to do in the future when similar feelings bubble up inside him. Patience would likely be a good quality for Yoosung's lover as well.

𖦹. ━ JIHYUN !!

Jihyun, who loves photography and life itself, would be best suited to an artistic/creative partner, —someone who could share in his ideas about the world. He'd love to be able to show his partner a set of photographs and explain the emotion behind them, explain what he was feeling in the moments which he took them, and have that be fully internalized for all it's truly worth. Moreover, Jihyun holds a lot of guilt, both for things he had little to no control over and things he could have done differently if he'd chosen another path. Someone compassionate and forgiving would likely be better for Jihyun in the long run, especially on the days when he feels like he's drowning in his mistakes. To the same effect, a loving person would likely prove to make Jihyun feel more secure, no matter how that love were to be expressed. He sees the value in every love language and could adapt fairly easily to any of them. Someone willing to ask what he needs at any given time is a real selling point for Jihyun as well, —even when he doesn't have the answer, just being asked means so much to him. Despite seeing the value in each love language, however, Jihyun does prefer quality time more often than not, and would be suited for a partner who could actively be sure to make time for him.

𖦹. ━ SAERAN !!

Saeran needs a partner who is patient and willing to give him the time and space he needs to blossom. With everything that's happened in his life, Saeran has been left with many scars; —some physical, others metaphorical. Because of that, he may tend to push people away or act coldly towards those he loves, as he doesn't have another way to express his feelings. When he becomes overwhelmed, it's easier for him to put up a wall and make sure there is distance between himself and whatever is setting his heart on fire. Being patient and understanding of him is a must. Saeran wouldn't suit a pushy or overly physical partner. He much prefers someone who could either read his body language and get the hint or ask him what is suitable for certain circumstances. Just as well, Saeran would likely value a sense of wit in a lover, to make it easier to banter back and forth and not be hurt by his playful jabs that might not always come across perfectly. Moreover, Saeran can be incredibly sarcastic at times, so an overly sensitive partner may not be the best option of the bunch. Lastly, someone in it for the long haul is the preferable type for Saeran, because when he loves, he loves hard, —even if his affection tends to lean to silence.

𖦹. ━ SAEYOUNG !!

Saeyoung is best suited to a lover with a sense of humor, —someone he can banter back and forth and be silly with at times. However, because Saeyoung often uses humor to mask his more complicated feelings, someone perceptive who could see through him sometimes would go a long way for him. He has trouble expressing himself in any deep, complicated manner because he doesn't want to burden anyone else with his feelings. For that reason, a reassuring person would be a wonderful fit for Saeyoung's overall personality. Because he is no stranger to feeling both alone and isolated, a certain level of affection would be perfect for him, especially if his lover were to ask first, just to let him know that his feelings are being taken into account at all times. Being trustworthy would also greatly help Saeyoung in bringing his walls down and allowing himself the liberty of being vulnerable. If he learns that he can trust someone with both the troubles he faces due to his line of work, as well as the issues that arise from his hard to regulate emotions, Saeyoung will naturally gravitate toward that individual for both advice and comfort. Perhaps the most important trait his partner could have is empathy. It means a lot to Saeyoung when someone looks at him as a real, genuine person with his own feelings. Sometimes, between the genius level intelligence and the mask of constant clowning, it can be easy to forget that he has feelings and troubles too. Please keep that in mind for him.

𖦹. ━ HYUN !!

Hyun desires someone more overtly affectionate, —someone who will be happy to reciprocate his physical expressions of love. He values those that are less judgemental and more open-minded, as he's done and been involved with things in the past that he is not proud of, but wouldn't want his partner's current image of him to be sullied by who he was when he was much younger. When it comes to emotions, Hyun tends to stuff his down for a while before being honest about them, and he has a bad habit of drinking when he feels the pressure weighing on him. It would be great if his lover could encourage him to have healthier habits and even join him in doing so. Moreover, Hyun can easily match the vibe of an introverted or extroverted partner, making him the perfect candidate for an ambivert's significant other. Another crucial aspect would be actively supporting his work as an actor, —going to shows when you can, helping him run through his lines, offering criticism and praise when he asks for feedback, etc. His work is very important to him, it's an extension of himself in many ways, and his partner being sure to show him support when it's obvious he's been working incredibly hard would surely make Hyun feel genuinely loved and appreciated.

[historical-fashion-polls]

Just curious, but do you have a reason for preferring fashion plates to photos of extant garments or paintings of people wearing the clothes? I saw your explanation for preferring not to use medieval illustrations of clothes since they don't likely provide an accurate representation of the clothes or enough detail, but I would think most portraiture (so long as enough of the clothing is in view, at least) from sort of the 1500s and on (minus the impressionists and cubists or whatever else) wouldn't have those issues. And then extant clothes are a really great way to see a lot of (especially 1700s) stuff. I get how fashion plates serve a different purpose of highlighting the styles and the clothing in a way that portraits often aren't aiming to do and extants are generally That Thing That One Person Wore That Time(s) rather than a representation of something stylish but they still show something that was a fashion at the time and we can still judge which of two options we'd rather wear and I think for most people voting that's the fun. But it's your blog, run things however you would prefer ofc!!!

hi dear anon!

thanks so much for this great question! you bring up a lot of good points, and I'm absolutely not completely opposed to expanding to other depictions of fashion, but here (below the cut) I've highlighted some of my main thoughts on why I haven't done so quite yet ☺️ I hope this makes sense, and if you have other thoughts or work-arounds to these issues, please do let me know - I truly am open to ideas and feedback! 🥰 and of course, feel free to send in another ask if you have other questions, comments, etc.! 💕💕

part of my hesitation with using photos of extant garments is simply the difficulty of representing a three dimensional object in the 2-d format of a photograph. while I completely understand that that's what fashion plates are doing already, they are drawn in a way to emphasize the garment in a 2-d form, since that's how viewers are expected to see them. however, extant garments (when displayed in museum collections or similar environments) tend to assume an in-person audience, and therefore gear the presentation of the garment to someone who is physically moving through the space of that exhibit. as a result, I find that photographs of extant garments, while they can be helpful resources, aren't great at truly capturing the full impact of the object. in addition, the photographs are of such varying quality, and - especially if taken through glass vitrines or another form of display apparatus - tend to distort details, particularly patterns or other smaller decorative elements

as to portraiture, I actually had played around with the idea of including some paintings in order to do polls for older garments, and I actually still might at some point. I guess my thoughts on that essentially come back to the idea that for the most part, depicting the sitter was more important than creating an accurate representation of period styles. and here too we run into the issue of highly variable quality in the depiction of textiles and garments in general. again though, I may still include portraiture at some point depending on what the demand is for seeing styles that might be more well-represented in portrait painting

I also should note that on a more practical front, it's just a bit overwhelming 😅. as I mentioned briefly in another post, I'm the sole person running this blog, and limiting myself to fashion plates and other mass-produced fashion illustrations sets clear boundaries and allows me to have a more manageable number of search terms to use. if I expanded outward to any depiction of fashion/garments, the sheer volume of media I would need to wade through to pull a poll together would honestly get a little debilitating to me. whether it's the academic in me or whether its the autism (or honestly probably both lmao) I would feel the need to research everything absolutely to death to make sure that the representation I'm using is an accurate depiction of that period's style. at least by starting with fashion plates, I understand the "rules" of how they work and can be fairly certain that they are relatively accurate depictions of period fashion, since they were intended to sell those styles to consumers

whew! if you made it this far, thanks so much for reading until the end! ☺️

again, thank you for this lovely question, and I do hope this made at least a little sense 😅 I'm always open to hearing your ideas and feedback, so feel free to reach out again if you feel inclined! 🥰

I hope you have a fantastic day!! 💕💖

[wildelydawn]

You had final thoughts for I’ll Ignite for You. Do you have any for Your Look Through this Lens?

Hi there; you asked this in August, and now it’s October. I waited so long because I didn't have an answer for you. And I still don’t know if I have an answer for you, but I think I’ll try anyway.

I want to first say that having final thoughts on II4Y was infinitely easier because of the nature of the story. Nothing happens in II4Y besides a conversation over the span of three days; and it’s a story that brings Kim and Porchay together and makes them part and then brings them back together when Kim is ready. (Even though II4Y is technically canon divergence, it could very well still take place after canon because I don’t believe Porchay needs to respond to the video. They just need to see each other, and that same spark/intensity from episode 4 would reignite, and that’s still up to Kim to do, in my opinion.)

Thoughts on YLTTL are different. One, I wrote from Porchay’s point of view, and while he’s not innocent or oblivious, he chooses to remain blissfully passive about the many inconsistencies with WIK. Porchay knows there’s something more to WIK, but he never asks because he knows that he’s not going to be WIK’s photographer forever. He knows he’s on a time limit. He has always known that; he’s ready to leave from the beginning of the story. @emberfaye asked me what the first part of Chapter 1 means and when it takes place. In that section, Porchay thinks about how unlucky he is to have the perfect subject because there's nothing to perfect. There is an ending; Porchay assumes the ending to all of this is WIK gets famous and moves on from him. So he's prepared (and maybe, in a meta way, this was my warning to readers to also prepare for the ending of YLTTL.)

The person who’s unprepared is Kim, and that’s borrowed from canon when Kim is looking at the polaroids of KimChay. And in YLTTL, I capitalized on that. He’s wildly unprepared for the fact that even the nicest feelings or moments don’t last forever. He's also unprepared in regards to the lies he tells, both in canon and in YLTTL. But he should be. He’s in the mafia. He knows nothing is permanent. But in YLTTL, he’s not ready for his music career to take off or even to leave the mafia. Chay is ready for the ending, though; he counts down the days every chapter. So, I guess the first thought is this idea of time: how much do you have of it? When will you be ready? When is the right time for whatever is it that you want to do?

Two, even if they were ready, circumstance isn’t on their side. This is just a fact of life. Kim asks Chay if things would have been different if they met at a grocery store. YLTTL was based on the idea that even in an AU, Kim and Chay don’t end up together. But that doesn’t mean they don’t love each other. I personally don’t think the canon ending of KimChay means they don’t love each other, and I think I wrote YLTTL to explore that idea a bit more deeply.

Three: And like I said in this post about Amelia, there’s a (potentially harmful) narrative that you should stop loving someone once you’re not with them. Oddly, I think I love Amelia more than ever; I can safely say she still cares about me too! But we know it’s better to move forward and to accept that there’s no love lost. She’s not this ghost in my life. I talk about her with my current partner. I dedicate IRL works and fandom works to her. This surprises people, but she’s not just a muse. Similarly, Chay is not just a muse for Kim. They are always going to be tangled with one another. Their story doesn’t end just because things like marriage, distance, time, circumstance, exist. Kim is going to find Chay in every crowd, every hotel room, he’s going to hope that every person behind every camera is Chay, and Chay will take everything he learned about photography and apply it to every subject that comes after WIK, he’ll admit to people that he wishes he could photograph WIK some more, he’s going to hold his breath every time he opens his camera bag and then sigh in relief when he doesn’t see anything from Kim there because that means Kim is doing what Chay asked him to do. And even when they can’t see each other, they don’t have to go very far to see each other. The photographs will always be there. You don’t have to see love to feel love, in my opinion. Just because you feel lonely doesn’t mean you’re alone.

Anyways. I don’t think this answered your question at all tbh because YLTTL is a KimChay story and also, in a very twisted way, a story about time and loneliness. But I’ve left you sitting in my inbox for too long, and I hope this was somewhat satisfactory for you. Thank you for reading YLTTL! And thank you for being interested in my thoughts beyond the story! 🖤

[shythalia]

{I'm posting this early draft I made of an SCP idea I've had for a few years here. I'll say more at the end.}

Camera Trap - an SCP-inspired concept

This anomaly is a multitude of cameras of any model that can 'capture' any living being (excluding plants & fungi). The captured being(s) disappear(s) from reality then reappear(s) in the photos & footage taken by the camera. When the photos or footage are viewed for the first time by a person, they will see when the victim(s) was/were first captured. When viewed again, the background stays but instead the victim(s) will change positions.

In the photos, the victim(s) will be seen in different still positions, like what you expect to see in photographs. In the videos, the victim(s) will be seen moving independently & normally. It has been noticed that victims cannot leave the area they were captured in, and time does not seem to pass for them. For example: If a victim was captured in daytime, it will always be daytime for them; and if they were captured at night, then it will always be nighttime for them.

Human victims are aware of their situation, as they are mostly seen facing at where the camera was placed during their capture. However, animal victims are not aware of their predicament. All they know is that they are somehow trapped.

As for when another person views the photos & footage after someone else has viewed them already, basically, seeing them for the first time will show you the day the victims were captured and then seeing them again will show you what they are doing currently at the time you are viewing them regardless if another first-time viewer is seeing the day the victims were captured even when that's not what you are seeing because you have already seen it. These rules also apply to when two or more people view them.

As of today, there are no known ways to rescue the victims nor even ways to communicate with them.

There can be any number of cameras in one place and they are found all over the world. No one knows whether someone or something has been placing these cameras there or if they just showed up there out of nowhere.

{Incredibly early draft of an article:}

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Taken instances of SCP-XXXX are to be kept at Storage Room XXX at Site-XX. The instances' hard drives separated from them on another table. Level 3 access only.

Description: SCP-XXXX is the designation for multiple types of anomalous security cameras & trailcams that are found at random locations across the world. The instances themselves are non-anomalous and have no distinguishable differences from regular security cameras & trailcams. Because of this, people normally pay no attention to them.

SCP-XXXX's anomalous properties manifest when an instance is on. When a living being appears in its field of view, the being stays in the camera's view and can never leave. The victims are then reported missing. There are no traces of the victims when visiting the areas where this had occur. Reviewing the contained SCP's footages reveal this. [See (insert Addendum something something here)]

It is still currently unknown who or what is putting these SCPs all over the world, or if they merely appear out of nowhere.

[Hypothesis: This SCP might be responsible for the creation of (the basketball game recording SCP).] -> this is just me wanting to connect my scp w another scp so pay no mind to this

{I definitely need to learn how to write a proper SCP article. They have all these different sites & rooms & stuff. I can't just make up my own, not especially now that there is so much lore in it. I don't know what proper shit to use for the Special Containment Procedures.

Idk if this would be Euclid or Keter. Probably Keter with how they just pop up anywhere in the world?

I also need to come up with the addenda stuff.

Man, I thought writing a technical paper would be easy. lmao I guess I'm more fit for creative writing, but I'm not writing a tale because that's too intimidating. haha And what if someone already wrote an SCP like this?

I'll figure this out eventually (maybe) some time in the future. I'll look up tutorials or how-to guides on this. If you have experience writing an SCP or two, maybe you can give me some tips?}

[cyraniadebergerac]

Robin OC

I know the joke is that there's so many Robins. Few of us would say it's really that bad of a thing though. And if there was another Robin, I have an idea for what direction could be taken.

Another common thing is that none of the Robin's like being in galas, hate the fakeness of the people and the discomfort and all that. What if we had a Robin who actually liked that setting though? Liked being in the fancy setting and being able to play the game of upper crust internal politics? It is a side of how to change Gotham for the better that often gets neglected, getting the rich to donate in ways to actually help the city then slowly fostering actual care of the city and it's people so that the very culture of the upper class will make them all the more likely to do what's good for Gotham such as to keep offering jobs within Gotham and don't cheat your workers out of their money if only because it hurts their public face to do so. Through playing the politics, people can he convinced to do things that you want them to for your goals. An understanding of how it works is necessary along with a willingness to get in the thick of it and blur some lines, things perfectly reasonable for one of the Batfam to do but is never really touched on much because none of the current ones have quite the right personality to pull it off. And what sort of personality could?

There was a show in the 1950's called Hogan's Heroes, where Colonel Robert Hogan led his crew of international espionage agents in over the top hijinks as they disrupted the Nazi war effort while being in the 'toughest pow camp in all of Germany', Stalag 13. It's a madcap sitcom that is genuinely humorous while also making sure it's somber moments were kept somber. And is honestly all around great. I would highly recommend. Anyway, the reason I bring it up is for the main character, Hogan. Personality wise, he is utterly charismatic and knows how to use it, loves nothing more than to snark a little and pull pranks since he enjoys being mischievous. However, that's only one side of him, a side he emphasizes when he's trying to be underestimated. The other side is very much a serious planner, more of a Indy Ploy planner that leaps on opportunities as they come than a Batman planner, but a planner nonetheless. He knows his goals and he's near ruthless in achieving them. However, he does have limits. He won't abandon his men, no matter what. He won't abandon innocents or allies counting on him either. He also often seeks to minimize how many are killed by his actions, finding ways to complete missions without anyone dying if at all possible. Of course, he is in a war, he is up against some genuinely evil men at times instead of just those scared and sacrificing everything to survive, and this was a 50's sitcom with some character inconsistencies across episodes. Deaths do happen, some of the non-deaths might be worse, and there are sometimes where he directly causes a person's death without being at all guilty about it and you can't really blame him. But in a different setting, I could see him as someone willing to not kill anyone. At the very least, it helps show that he does have a moral code even with all his lies, thieving, and manipulations. On top of that, their barracks is secretly outfitted with a lot of very outlandish makeshift gadgets, such as a pipe periscope that looks out from a water barrel that's viewed through sink handles and a coffee pot connected to a bug in Klink's office that's hidden in a photograph of Hitler where he's speaking into a microphone. And the peice de resistance

Dark Brown/Black hair. :)

All in all, a teenage form of Hogan would be a perfect Robin candidate with His Heroes also making good candidates for his future team. There would be a lot of natural tension with his time with Batman as their personalities are similar but conflicting. But it could resolve and we would have Rob both as someone that can take on the playboy schmoozing aspect of Bruce's Batman role and so take on the public spotlight to better hide any family secrets while also playing the politics game with the elites and also be their go-to infiltrator as sometimes, having someone that is just good at infiltrating places and acting like they belong there is the best way to get into places and find out secrets. Dick can act and Jason's a drama kid, but neither of them really (as far as I know) make infiltration a core skill of their's, nor do any of the others except Batman with his Match Malone persona. So having someone who can fit that role would be good, especially as the rest cover other aspects of being Batman such as Straight-Forward Crime Fighting (Dick), Seeking Ways to Change the Status Quo for the Better/Seeking to Help Those Trapped in the Cycles of Desperation(Jason, even with the disagreements about how he's doing it), Detective Work/Gadgetry (Tim), etc. [It's late, and I'm really going off of other tumblr posts and fanfic for what seems to be the core thing].

How do we get Rob into Gotham and adopted by Bruce though? For my take, there's a bit of referential humor. The actor who played Hogan was named Bob Crane. And the DC universe happens to have Scarecrow, aka Jonathan Crane. Now, I'm not absolutely sure how this part would work. But my idea was that Rob was sent to live with his uncle Jonathan after the death of his mother. Jonathan isn't sure about having a kid living with him and is considering throwing him out to foster care. But Rob convinces him to give him a chance and he could help pay his keep (Rob being unaware of Jonathan being Scarecrow). Jonathan's intrigued and so allows it. Rob then hears about a gala going on, steals himself a nice suit, strides in like he's just another idle rich kid, then manages to talk and conjole several people to give him money for some academic research his father's brother is doing. He then heads back to Jonathan with little over a thousand dollars. Jon, needless to say, is impressed, and so allows him to stay if he'd gather more funds, which Rob agrees with.

Bruce gets on the case after hearing about several people suddenly giving money to Scarecrow. As the money and checks aren't falsified and the donators do recall giving money, Batman's left wondering if this is a sign of Scarecrow having made a new form of fear toxin that makes people do what's commanded of them. There's no evidence for that though and he gets no real leads until he's at a gala and sees Rob for the first time, laying out his usual charm and getting people donating to him. Bruce then makes his way over and tries to covertly find out what's Rob's angle in all this, but Rob is evasive and manages to slip away. He does leave the glass he drank from though, so Bruce is able to get that for DNA sampling.

From that, he figures out how Rob's tied up in all this then tries to encourage him to get away from Jon before there's trouble, but Rob brushes it off, sure he can handle anything Jon can do before Rob's finally 18. It's after this talk that Rob returns and finds out what experiments Jonathan is doing and who he is. Before he can try to escape though, Jon gets him and forces him into a box to be kepted until Rob would be willing to keep getting him the money or Rob became a living test subject. Rob's locked away then for some time to contemplate the choice.

Batman then comes and gets him out of there. He then gets him fostered under his roof and the rest is history.

[sironuriipapaya]

Mentalist (Mobivill)

To survive in the realities of honkai you need to be smart and strong. Either doubly smart or doubly strong. No other way. From birth, Mobius realized that strength was not her forte. She had to be very smart and also cunning. From early childhood, she observed people, studied behavioral reactions, drew conclusions and honed her skills, which had already been given a name, but which Mobius did not even know about. On her own, she became a mentalist—a master at controlling thoughts and behavior. That's why she survived without her parents or anyone else.

Having started working in Mantis, Mobius not only did not forget her skill, which had helped her more than once in difficult situations, but also began to improve it. Due to the experiments on her body, she became even weaker physically, but the smaller her body was, the greater her manipulation skills. Although the Flame Followers were smarter than the people Mobius had met before, many of them were much more trusting in life.

Mobius was still proud of how, even during her student days, she pitted two arrogant fellow students against each other who stole her course project and set about implementing it, without indicating her as the author of the theory. All that had to be done was to play on the complexes of one, substituting the other. Elizabeth was very worried about being overweight and tried her best to disguise it. Beauty standards, fuck them! In the end, the university does not like students whose photographs would be embarrassing to print on wall newspapers and honor boards. Therefore, Elizabeth was angry at anyone who was prettier or smarter than her (or both at once). But she endured her friend Rika: nevertheless, they worked together on a stolen project. Mobius played their quarrel like clockwork. I only spoke to each one a couple of times. Then she reassured Elisabeth that Rika wasn't putting any subtext into the phrases "you've got a THICK folder again", "which one of us will get all the HARD work", "our invention will be WIDE distributed". And the final chord, on Elizabeth's birthday, she sent two cakes to the laboratory of fellow students, with the signature that one was for the birthday girl personally, and the other for the guests. Mobius was not present in person, but there were rumors that Elizabeth got so mad at Rika that she beat her partner and pushed her down the stairs.

Mobius has always been the winner, to one degree or another. It was a little difficult for her to influence MEI, due to the peculiarities of her psyche: either because of different views, or because of different fates, but even she was able to fool her, convincing her that it was her idea to take Mobius into Mantis ...

And when Mobius started working with Vill-V, she did not hesitate to use her tricks to get what she wanted from her partner. Vill-V, despite not knowing any of its members before Praying Mantis, also proved to be suggestible and easily manipulated. The perfect guinea pig.

Mobius had two favorite and spectacular ways to convince Vee to do what she wanted: a coin and rock-paper-scissors. And if everything was clear with the game - Mobius had a lot of practice, and she never lost - then with a coin it was much more interesting.

- If the eagle, then do it my way! - Mobius once said for the first time after another long argument, taking out her lucky gear.

She threw it up. And, of course, an eagle fell out. And next time. And again, and again. So it was in every conflict, when neither wanted to yield to the other.

- Yes, you are always lucky! Not fair! Vill-V pouted. - Let's do it the other way around? If it's tails, then I'll have to go talk to MEI about funding, and if it's heads, will you go?

“No problem,” Mobius agreed without haggling, putting her hand in her pocket and pulling out her other special coin: already with two tails, and not with two heads.

Well, when, after some time, Vill-V nevertheless suspected that Mobius was somehow cheating, she, without a twinge of conscience, gave her partner a completely ordinary coin for verification. Vee never revealed the secret...

Unbeknownst to herself, Vil-V was a constant test subject for Mobius training, especially when they lived on a laboratory-home-lab schedule for weeks, and there was no time to go, for example, to the cafeteria nearby. There, Mobius usually only played pranks. She pulled out reports from the folders of some inventors and put them in others. She changed food on a tray in front of the checkout, and sometimes she managed to draw obscenities on someone else's mashed potatoes with ketchup and enjoyed the embarrassment and ridiculous mumbling of the one she was playing a joke on. She “borrowed” wallets to put in notes with some cipher without a code: let the scientists break their brains - and returned the wallet to its place ... But in recent weeks, all the energy of Mobius fell on Vill-V alone.

In addition, breeding Vee was a kind of “reset” for Mobius, otherwise her brain would simply stop generating ideas and making calculations correctly. There were proven techniques that worked flawlessly, there were experimental techniques during which Mobius had to focus on the focus completely.

*

- Come on, I figured it out, you can no longer pretend!

- What are you talking about? Mobius turned around and rolled her eyes.

It can't be that Vill-V revealed her multi-move. And I wouldn't want to interrupt the show: she still has a few tricks up her sleeve.

- I'm talking about the fact that you are a magician, an illusionist, a swindler. Or what do you call yourself? You're kind of fooling me with that coin. You flip it the right way until I notice. Or do you throw something in a special way, right? Vill-V went up to Mobius and held out her hand. Show me what else you can do? I am sure that your skills are not limited to heads and tails.

- Aren't you afraid of becoming a victim of a scammer? Mobius asked a little offended.

She did not like this term, because she never robbed anyone. Even in childhood. She derived other benefits from her tricks, but never material ones. Although she could. So she is not a scammer, but rather a genius of illusion, a master of mind control, a juggler of someone else's attention ...

- Not. I trust you,” Vill-V's voice cut into Mobius’s thoughts. Naive. Stupid.

- Even too much. That’s why it’s so easy with you,” Mobius breathed, pulled out a coin about two eagles and placed it in Vill-V’s palm. And difficult at the same time. The point of the trick is not to toss a coin somehow, but to what coin to toss.

Vill-V took the coin and twirled it in her hand. Understanding slowly dawned on his face. Well, Mobius will have to invent a new trick to force Vill-V to act in her interests. But for now... You can create some magic for your partner.

Mobius again placed the coin on V's open palm and asked her to focus on it. Meanwhile, she herself stood a little behind her back, patting her on the shoulder. She began to speak to Vill-V with her teeth, as if explaining how her tricks work, and she herself “played” with a coin: either it disappeared from Vill-V’s palm and ended up on her shoulder, then it fell from somewhere above, then it hid behind her ear or behind the lapel of a jacket. While Vee was enjoying the primitive tricks done exclusively for her, Mobius managed to take off her watch.

- Well, how are you? - having finished the main block of tricks, Mobius put a coin on the back of her hand and, hitting it with her other hand, launched the coin into flight.

And she disappeared (although in fact she didn’t even take off, but almost immediately returned to the pocket of Mobius’s robe).

Vill-V looked up in admiration, and then at her partner.

- It's gorgeous! And how often do you do this?

- With you? - Mobius clarified, and V nodded. - Well, from time to time.

Mobius raised her wrist to her eyes in a dramatic way and looked at the dial of the other person's watch on her hand. It took Will-Wee a few seconds before she realized that something was wrong.

- My watch! When did you take them off? I didn't even notice!

“That's what skill is all about. If you noticed, what would be the magic then? Mobius smiled enigmatically.

According to the plan, she also wanted to lead Vill-V by the nose, taking her tools right out of her hands, which would end up in the most unpredictable places. Play with her words so that she gives out a couple of her shameful secrets. But by and large, these tricks could be postponed until another day, when the research again “freezes”.

[papercoffeandher]

Hi! :)

I buy stationery. In a common person's view - a lot, in a designer/artist/stationery lover's view - a decent amount. So I don't buy diaries and sketchbooks (only) when I need them. I buy when I spot something beautiful.

Now obviously it's always a question, what content should I start putting in it? Do we already have an idea or intention or do we wait? It takes me 3 days to 2 years to come up with what any sketchbook is made for. Every time I need a new one, I visit my stock and see if any of them make sense for the work I want to do. I imagine the text or the illustrations or the photographs (elegantly describing scribbles) in that bundle of paper. I think of the size, texture, and color of the paper, the paper's width, and the binding, would I need to tear pages? would I like the diary spiraled then? would I like a hardcover or soft, with pages more closely bonded or looser? would I like an envelope in the back? Answer: ALWAYS. If the pages are ruled, grided, or page-numbered, everything changes. And the page corners being rounded or sharp makes a difference. The shape of the diary (I do have more than quadrilaterals) is obviously very important! Hmmm... Whether or not it has an elastic holding all the pages together is a question. If you're putting and sticking things inside, you'd want an elastic for sure. It also kind of feels safer and private and just closer, if it has an elastic.

Most of my diaries, journals, and sketchbooks are A-5 or A-6 sized, have plain colored soft covers, and are perfect-bounded with off-white plain (100 and above gsm) pages inside.

The ribbon bookmarks that come along are mostly left unused on the last page, I already have a set of bookmarks ready to be paired or yet to be made.

Theenn there are associations, where did I buy the diary, what was I feeling then (if I remember), and did someone gift it to me if so that becomes another long story.

Many times (most) I think of the content and look at my shelf and none of the options make sense. So, with some guilt in my heart, I go and buy one. At times I feel the need to make one myself, a diary I mean, so I take paper, cut, arrange, stitch, and cover, yeah, you get the point.

But that diary has to make sense to my mind. Even if the only content I can imagine is the first page or just the topic, or if I know the space I want it to take in my bag or who was the predecessor of the new diary.

EVEN IF I change my mind later.

It has to make sense (then and for real).

I can go on and on about this (as you should be able to guess by now).

Anyway. So I am going out for some time, to another state and city on the 10th of May and I'm really looking forward to it. So for my trip, I have chosen the perfect diary. :) And it's this. :) For the trip. :) Yeah.. a lot of smiling, I have been so excited to use it, for so long. A year-ish. So yay! Ok bye. :)

Paper: Kraft Sketchbook Toned paper, 100gsm (feels thinner), 6*6inches (yes square and tasty archival paper! :D), not suitable for watercolors :/ (but challenge accepted!) new diarrryyyyy!

Coffee: Hazelnut (hehe) country bean again (but not a great idea to have 2nd cup of coffee today when my head is hurting like this). I WANT MOREEEEE.

Ok, thanks for reading till here if you did! I'm so tired.

How do you start a new diary? Tell me what you think of? Or what you don't?

Drink water before coffee today!

[jackwolfes]

hello if you wanted to could you make a lost of your wips? and like, their current state or anything!! just want to enable you to talk about them as much as you want

Hi nonnie! I have a lot to say, so this was a treat! Ty for asking 🥰

Lately I’ve been having little brain worms for either really short ideas that I write up entirely and then leave, or start writing and decide it doesn’t have legs, so I’m writing but I’m not like… finishing any projects 😅 a lot of these haven’t been touched in a while but they’re the things I intend to continue writing to finish - I’ve just been struggling to wrap up the details because 1) severe adhd and 2) a lot of them are BIG instead of the horny PWPs I used to write a lot of. It’s also non comprehensive bc I do just have other old WIPs that come out of nowhere and catch my eye that are saved elsewhere

Under the cut for a VERY long list

Interview with the vampire:

- I like men called daddy (I’d you didn’t know that I like [redacted], now you know)

- Other misc drabbles (all horny)

Check please:

- superhero au (like half written??)

- Focus (adhd bitty fic) (not written at all bc, in peak irony, I start a lot of projects abt my adhd blorbos having adhd, and then don’t write them, bc I am one of my own adhd blorbos)

Watchmaker of filigree street:

- Misc drabbles (all fluff)

Trc (all of these are just plot bunnies atm ie nowhere near getting fully written any time soon)

- BLLB coda (based on ch41 bc I like making Adam sad)

- Genderqueer Adam (exploring his view of gender and otherness, etc)

- Misc drabbles (incl, confusingly, a bridgerton au)

SOC

- Arranged marriage au (I have set a date to start posting this!!! By god ch1 will be up the week after i finish sharing mermaidlan ie two weeks!!!)

- Wylan centric orgy fic (fully written! Just needs editing)

- Royal kylan to wesper to kawesper (fully written! Being edited! 6 chapters of overly symbolic porn! It’s great!)

- Sugar baby au (did SO MUCH on this & am still so!! Jazzed!! Have slowed a bit but will likely be my next Big thing)

- Cowboy au (v sadly I’ve lost momentum on this bc I fuckin! Adore it! I love it so much but words won’t come 😅 ngl might rewatch westworld & get inspired)

- Enby wylan (so fun 👀 just taking time to do it justice/figure what I want to do with it)

- Wylan abuse study (ghost analogies but too personal to do huge amounts with consistently lol)

- Halloween fluff ft baby (i have a deadline for this so it should hopefully be shared soon!!)

- Dead Jesper (too sad to work on consistently)

- West stave jordie (yeah 😅 this is the fic that keeps making me super squicked for obvious reasons so it’s slow going)

- Jesper can’t read: the fic (shitpost, slowly being chipped away at w annnesbonny)

- Cabin slow burn (just chipping away as & when bc it’s cute and easy)

- Seaside au (have not touched this in Fuck knows how long lol)

- Domx wylan (same as above tragically bc I know folks are excited 🥲)

- Ballet dancer/bodyguard au (not a priority)

- Royal/musician au (not a priority)

- General post canon Jesper character study (really want to finish this as a gift for the person who req’d it but it’s a bit slow)

- El dorado kazpernej (I have some hiccups on this but still rly want to finish it!)

- Mini strictly come dancing au (on god this is just what i write while strictly is on)

- Stripper Jesper (this has LEGS man, I just dont want to start yet another long ass au)

- Supermodel/photographer au (I had a really specific few scenes I wanted to write, which I’ve now written, and eventually I’d like to finish this but I (surprise surprise) I didn’t want to add to my list of long half finished things so it’s just chilling for now)

- Remote control buttplug kazper (mostly finished but I’m a bit eh about it)

- Skeet shooting aka wylan deals with the merchant council, and also shoots a gun (cannae complain it’s wylan and a gun, and also lake sex)

- Winglan (have not touched this in weeks but it’s a monsterfucker au bc why the fuck not)

- Rock band au PWP (horny as hell, but I don’t have the time to devote to it rn, still love it)

- “Face sitting” (which is a draft i has of a few hrs ago because an anon had a Very specific request that I am here for)

I also have loads of fics that are just finished that I haven’t shared or done anything with yet! But these are all fully written ? I might drop them in at weekends between AM AU chapters bc those are going to be biweekly? Idk man I have no plans or else I wouldn’t have such a fuck off massive list of written fics

- Pynch hand kink

- Helnik wedding (Jes pov)

- Random kanej pwp aka pretty boy kaz

- Horatio POV pt2 from “flavour of the month”

- Dentist au blowjobs (partially shared on tumblr)

- A shit ton of ficlets from piercing au (like, 5-6? One of them is about squirting 😌)

- Horny kylan

- Wynej fluff

- Jesper shows wylan his dick piercings

- Drunk Jesper post canon fluff

- T4t wesper discover the joys of strapons

- Mini smut sequel to spin cycle

- Horse riding fluff & general horny wesper

I’m also doing nano which is a contemporary romance but I’m still early days on that, it’s lots of planning!

[coccyodynia]

things:

four years and a few days ago, i entered treatment for dual diagnosis care to treat my mental health and drug use

for about 4 straight years before that, i’m not sure i was sober for more than an hour at a time

i was really heavily using benzos and always mixing them with an extreme amount of alcohol

frequently confused as to who i was then, how people perceived me, and how i’m still alive

i’m extremely grateful i went to treatment, because if i hadn’t had some kind of intervention, i dont think i would have survived another year like that

i still really really struggle with relapses

and in the last two years i’m not sure i’ve managed to have a clean streak longer than 3 months

but i am trying

my drug abuse ended up being the last straw for some important people in my life, who would eventually leave my life bc of it

anyway moving on to other topics

i finally saw justin this week, for the first time in three months

it’s been a pretty weird 3 month period of not really knowing where we stood bc i couldn’t keep my feelings to myself, and he needed a break from that i guess

i understand it will never again be like it was when we first started talking

and tbh that really kills me, but i’m very grateful he’s a part of my life still, in some way

the connection was immediately really strong from the start and i really credit him with helping me a lot

he was probably the first person to verbalize “i’m here for you”, and actually follow through with that sentiment

meeting him almost exactly one year after reid left my life is probably worth mentioning here but whatever

ive finally been able to start seeing my therapist again, and i meet with her monday

right now she can only schedule me every other week, which is a really hard adjustment for me to make tbh

since october of 2019 i probably have had therapy at least once a week

im really struggling with staying sane bc my job has become an incredibly stressful place for me, which didn’t used to be the case

like work has always had some level of stress, sure, but this last month or so, i have been getting physically sick from the stress, crying at my desk every day, etc

but on the other hand, i’m also having these really meaningful yet overwhelming moments of gratitude for being where i’m at

like yeah nothing is perfect or even close, but i have created a life for myself that works most of the time

im finally experiencing a level of safety and security that i have honest to god never felt before, and i did not even know that it could improve this much

growing up i didnt have any sense of safety or security at all, which i didn’t realize until very recently

in the last year or so working with nicole (my therapist), i have finally learned that the things i was subjected to as a child were not normal, and that it was traumatic

about 6 months or so ago (possibly less), i learned i have complex post traumatic stress disorder

i had pretty much known for over a decade that i was borderline, before i was officially diagnosed

but i didn’t even have an inkling of an idea that i could be experiencing CPTSD, so when my therapist gently told me i was, my world view realllyyyyy started to shatter and shift

it has been very very difficult to come to terms with tbh

anyways i really miss writing and photographing and making art so i hope to return to that soon

i’m at work rn and i should probably start doing my job before the bosses get here so ta-ta for now thanks for reading this insane post

[twdmusicboxmystery]

1x05: Davon - Analysis, Part 1

Okay, Everyone! How did you like ToTWD 1x05? There are SO many plot and template clues in this episode. It’s been super fun to dissect. I’m going to give you about 3 days’ worth of notes from me and my fellow theorists.

The first big, red-letter thing I noticed was the PPP card. If you need a refresher, Tara found an identical card when Heath was taken. 

And AK confirmed that Jadis sold Heath to the CRM. So, this is a CRM clue. We also talked about how much Davon LOOKS like Heath. We think that was intentional. They picked an actor reminiscent of Heath to remind us of him and of this now somewhat forgotten storyline. So, let’s get into the discussion:

@wdway:

Yes! The PPP card like what we saw in s7e6 Swear. The second shot is earlier in the episode when he checks to see if it was there, or may he needed to see the photograph for reassurance because I got the impression how he used it. This is the best shot of the photograph though and the double V on his graduation gown just screams at me. [Chevron Theory] In that particular shot he appears to be holding two or more pieces and the one behind seems to have some type of logo or emblem but we only get a tiny corner.

I just jumped on Netflix to check out the ppp card in the episode Swear. And then I remembered this.

Hard to distinguish what it is but we have what appears to be a child or living child, small young person escaping through the curtain.

@TWDMusicBoxMystery:

Yeah, for sure! I’d totally forgotten about this! Given that there were children involved here, I think that's super important. And given that Tara found this when Heath disappeared, I do think Davon is meant to remind us of Heath. Maybe it's a future template for Heath. Or maybe if this is, indeed, years into the future, this could be Heath's son or something. IDK. They don't tell us in detail. But I was also thinking while watching that, this proves they want children for something. We saw the PPP card after Heath disappeared, and AK confirmed that Jadis sold him to the CRM. So, the CRM left the PPP card. Now we have yet another story where bad things are happening to kids, and someone is trying to save them.

@wdway:

Yes, that why I remembered the child in Swear. We know from film spoilers that something happen to Judith to cause Dary to do the Beth carry. And the storyline with Madison in Fear. I think we're have been right for a while about the spinoffs have something to do with children being taken, used for some reason. And I believe this episode of Tales just builds on that theory.

@twdmusicboxmystery:

Definitely. Also reminds me of the dark, icky baby nursery near Denise. There have been hints toward this for a very long time. And even Rick finding Gracie. True, there was nothing super bad or dark that was going on with her, but he still found a baby amongst enemies where he wouldn't have expected to find one.

@wdway:

I thought of the Denise episode also. The Pharmacy with the back room and sink with a single baby shoe, the one that she ended up dying at the end. That episode and Swear, but I also kept thinking of the signs around the Commonwealth about a lottery. We've talked about the well-known short story of a towns yearly lottery. I thought about that a few times while watching.

Hopefully one of you speaks French because there are a few times that thing are said and it simply reads speaking French, what the heck is that about! I have the feeling those words would be very helpful to know. Can't wait to start discussing e5. It's going to be one of those that we keep going back to and I think it will be a good discussion one. That will we will feed off of each other with ideas. Oh, yeah, and I found my spoon haha. 2nd time viewing is the key.

@twdmusicboxmystery:

I assume the phrase you mean is when he says, "je verrais"? (I'm probably not spelling that right. I took French a LONG time ago in junior high, and I'd be surprised if I remember even 50 words anymore.) But it means, "I see." It's the last thing he says as he walks away at the end, but it's said several times throughout the episode. Obviously, it's a major sight/eye theme.

It's episodes like this that make me wonder if we're taking the whole Beth-might-have-vision-problems thing too literally. I mean, she totally could. They might use her to do a physical representation of the theme. But here, it's used more in the sense of "I see or understand the truth." It's about whether the people in the community discern the truth effectively. Without that, they cannot dispense justice or mercy with any efficacy either. By the end, Davon understands who these people are, and makes a judgement about whether he can remain in their community or not. Anyway, I hope that helps!

@wdway:

Merci du fon du coeur Liesel, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love Google. Yes, the word that was said a few times in the episode and they just said, speaking France. I think they probably wanted us to make friends with Google, haha. I really loved this episode. I totally agree about Beth. Yes, she might have some eye issues especially when she first woke up but I have for a long time thought it might be about taking the red pill in other words being insightful, see clearly what is really going on.

I'm going to throw out this weird thought I had with a word from the dialogue in e5. We hear this line a lot, "murder can be Mercy." My strange mind went to how the word mercy sounds a lot like the French word Merci, which means, thank you. It's one of those words that I think everybody knows. Lord knows I don't speak any foreign languages but a couple of words in different languages is quite common for most people. I believe Daryl would even know what the word Merci means. 

As this thought occurred to me my mind went straight to s6e3 Thank You. Thank you is what Nicholas says to Glenn just before he kills himself by shooting himself in the head. Was he showing mercy for himself by killing himself rather than being eaten alive? Was Nicholas's thank you then falling on Glenn a mercy killing because it gave Glenn the opportunity to crawl under the dumpster which saved his life while the Walkers ate Nicholas? Who knows? 

I also thought of s8e1 Mercy, where Carl shows mercy on Saddiq. Mercy was a theme for s8. Rick showed mercy on Negan at the end of AOW and we saw Daryl show mercy for Dwight. I'm sure in response each of these characters would have said Merci, thank you. In showing Mercy it was the person giving it that actually benefited the most from it. Some a glimpse into my strange mind.

@frangipanilove:

I love this Ann, it’s imo the exact kind of tongue-in-cheek play on words tptb likes to do.

@wdway:

I'm going to start our e5 discussion on something that occur to me in the middle of the night. This episode seems somewhat familiar or something around the edges of it did. Just something about the way the community dressed felt to me to be important but why? What clue to the plot could be had by the costume choice? There was a hint shown relatively early on in the episode that was the spark of what I would realize later on.

I had no idea about what this poster referred to so to Google I went. The Hanlon's razor is a saying that reads: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Well that just explains everything doesn't it. Not. With this explanation as a clue, I kept it in the back of my mind. In the middle of the night I woke up with the thought, Arthur Miller's, The Crucible.

To be perfectly honest my thought was, ‘what is the name of the author that Marilyn Monroe was married to that had a famous award-winning play?’ Then it came to me. Arthur Miller. Then it was like McCarthyism and the Salem witch trials! Of course I was wondering if I was just being crazy about this.

This morning I decided to go back to my best friend Google and just read some descriptions of the play. I came across one that fit very well with how I was interpreting the episode. The practice of making accusations without proper regard for evidence. The main idea of the play is to encourage people to remind calm during crisis situations and not jump to the worst conclusions. That really did seem imo the episode. This also explains the Puritan type costumes worn by the community members. I don't know if this speaks to any of you guys but I thought I would just share the thought with you.

I also thought there was an awful lot of reflections imagery in the episode, seeing things in a mirror and also during the piano scene. The reflection on the piano made me think that even though it looks the same it is not reality, one is true the other is not. Not to be fooled by something that simply reflects truth.

@frangipanilove, I thought of you when in the beginning of the episode Davon was saved by going into the tree trunk. I was so excited that the episode started out with a huge symbol of yours.

@twdmusicboxmystery, we were talking just yesterday about how many sight references in the episodes especially this one. And how it might refer to insight rather than eyesight.

Try and convince me that this is not a symbol of an eye. I thought of the Egyptian, all seeing eye. The one I keep harping on that is on the back of the one dollar bill. This is when Davon and walker hallucination climb out of the tree trunk hole. Even the roots from the tree gives the impression of eyelashes.

A spring for a leg. Is this supposed to show that he'll spring back from what's happening, haha. I didn't understand until rewatch 3 that it was his leg.

PPP. A graduation photograph. Clues to???

The scene where Amanda hits the large fish lying on a stone, there is a cloth next to it. I thought it was a odd choice for a picnic ground cover but there is nothing shown in TWD that is an accident and 9 out of 10 times it means something. It's either a clue for the future or one from the past. The cloth is a hard to see the pattern because of how it's haphazardly on the ground. I believe that's very purposeful. It looked familiar to me, what little I could see. This afternoon it hit me that I might know where I have seen it before except the color combinations are different. We're seeing a lot more oranges, browns, earth tones in the episodes. But here's what it might be. What do you guys think?

@twdmusicboxmystery

Yeah, it definitely looks similar. I wanted to re-examine the whole fish thing anyway bc it’s a symbol we’ve seen so often.

@frangipanilove:

First and foremost, I need to talk about the three/tree/trunk, “red controls the gate” stuff. He initially knocked out the Amanda walker with his prosthetic leg. I interpret the dismembered legs/shoes as “boot” symbolism, referring to the trunk of a car (bc boot = trunk in Commonwealth English). Then we see him hide underneath the tree trunk, a “safe” place.

Then later we see a red car, which was meant to be his final “tomb” as in his grave after he was killed. When I saw the red car, I thought it was likely that he would get out of that situation safe, and sure enough. Red controls the gate. The situation was a serious one, he would have died but he was one of those who controls the gate, he was able to have one foot in the grave/death realm and still make it back to the realm of the living.

Then the ppp card, which I already knew about because of the discussion above, but holy cow what an intriguing Easter egg! Then, there were all the Beth/Daryl parallels. The piano scene. Lol. Is there a person alive who hasn’t had a headcanon of Beth teaching Daryl to play piano like that, hands touching…? That seemed like direct messaging from tptb to TD if you ask me.

The strawberries. A bit of a love fruit, isn’t it? We already knew that of course…

It felt like a genre of films idk if I necessarily know the name of, but you touched on it, @wdway, with the clothes style, the teasing of supernatural elements, French Canadians that I for some reason think of as kind of spooky. Or, not really but I mean in popular culture there a bunch of these representations of isolated communities deep in the woods.

There was this sort of timeless feel to this episode, like it almost could have taken place 300 years ago or 30 something years into the future. I mean, not literally 300 years ago, but it just had that timeless feel to it if that makes sense at all.

@wdway:

They showed a spoon in two scenes. Imo the second one screams that it is more important them the average veiwer would notice. Just like you with the tree/trunk the spoon (and something else) is my obsession.

@frangipanilove:

Also, the name Nora. I’ve researched it before, although I don’t remember the exact context. We’ve had at least one Norah before, a friend of Michonne’s in ASZ.

That’s one heart-shaped strawberry, just saying

@wdway​:

Just saying, we've never seen Carol or Connie or Leah with strawberries.

@frangipanilove​:

Oh, and the glasses that were a weird continuation of the situation when Heath lost his glasses that you discussed above! Loved that, and idk what it means but along with the ppp card that’s (at least in a symbolical sense) a direct tie between Heath and Devon. Super intriguing!

And about the piano scene, you obviously got the black and white dynamic happening because of the tangents. But interestingly you also have the color of their skin, his black and her white hand touching while playing the piano…very thoughtful attention to detail there…

@wdway:

What did you think of the fact that in this episode in the garage we see the front car hood up? That's where the engine is, so maybe a restart?

@twdmusicboxmystery:

I thought about this a little more, too. I wonder if it could be synonymous with the car with the open door. Just, an open hood. Showing that this is where the person left in the car wakes up and gets out. Just a thought.

@wdway:

Anybody have a guess as to the book he was reading?

Did you notice the teddy bear with a soccer ? In most countries call it foot ball.

@frangipanilove:

I did notice some writing on the obelisk, but I’m having a hard time figuring out what it says. Is that a 22 on the last year I see there? Anyone see what more it says? How about the name? Christine Chech?

@wdway:

1841-1927. I think it's Christine Schen. Not totally sure. I try to Google the name and didn't come up with anything so I may be wrong on the spelling.

@frangipanilove:

I just came across this pic of Amanda on Twitter, and noticed her necklace, is this the second spoon you were talking about? It’s still a little blurry, but that sure looks like a spoon to me, am I crazy?

@wdway:

You’re not crazy. I knew Amanda had a necklace but could not get a good shot of it. I does look like it could be a spoon but I looked at it upside-down and to me it looks like an Easter lily. To be honest I don't think we can see it well enough to really determine if it's either.

That’s it for today. More tomorrow. Thoughts so far?

[zorkaya-moved]

considering the consequences  of  his actions was something that sebek did  at all times,    the only issue being that  in many cases,   his  idea  of what they  may be  and what they actually ended up being varied greatly.   that was exactly the situation that he was  put  into right now.   staring at the ice queen in  disscontempt,   he was of course irritated to hear the name of his master so  casually  slipped from her lips.   she truly did have no shame for herself.   arms folded over his chest,   he left out a huff of disapproval,   not hiding how  bothered  he was to hear his name.    “ do  humans  have no sense of respect?  “  he asks,   not bothering to cast so much as a sidelong glance at her.  

@jaxxmulti

Was this disappointment truly one of Malleus Draconia’s people? A saddening example of current generation’s arrogance. The separate between human and fae seemed to affect the view point of his, but she would not hold it fully against him. Possibly, if she is in a good. Which she was not. Boredom was eating her away, she had to deal with yet another offer for a photoshoot where exposure would be required to excite the readers and the photographers. Her mind was already searching for a way to find some chaotic entertainment, logic and rationale speaking that she should choose someone who would give her the genuine satisfaction of crushing a bug under her foot. Sebek wasn’t who she expected, but his words made her wonder: maybe I should remind him what this place is. It wasn’t his precious Briar Valley. He is an outsider to this land, isn’t he? Does he not know how the rules of this place work? How pitiful. Wouldn’t it be so nice of her to teach him as someone who studies below her? 

“ Manners? To speak the name of my classmate is nothing but a friendly gesture, Sebek. Ah, wait... I see. ”

Endlessly, she’s heard Sebek refer to humans with insults in his voice. For being half-human, he spoke a lot of shit but was he prepared to get hit? Zarina always was prepared for that, but his stance didn’t seem to show it. Instead of fists, of course, Morozova would put on one of her best calming yet mysterious smiles. Her voice will not waver even for a moment, always holding onto elegance. If he holds Malleus in such high place, she should hit where it hurts, right? There is no fairness on the battlefield. Chivalry is dead. This isn’t early middle ages anymore. Respect? Respect should be earned, this is the path of life. This boy knows nothing of the life anyone leads. Not only that, but putting another student so high? He must’ve never heard her speak to any other royalties at NRC. How funny, she wants to push him around.

“ You truly do not understand your master, do you? As someone who speaks such high praises of Malleus, you understand him the least, don’t you? ” She chuckles softly, stepping closer to him. The tone of voice she speaks with is elegant yet there is steel and sharpness to it, she commands the space and the click of her heel against the floor would be all too loud the first time. The air around them grows colder, but what was causing it? Her words are meant to poke, to taunt, to tease, to cut. They may not be fully right, but she speaks from personal experience. “ A servant represents the master before people. Not only you portray your master as someone who cannot control his people, but you are also ruin his elegant image by acting like this. What is the base line this land stands on? ”

Everyone was on the same line when it came to Night Raven College. Many came here: royalty, celebrity, common folk. It was a place of neutrality. 

“ You deny the very concept of this college, its rules and its students. Is he not here to enjoy his life as someone ‘normal’? Is he not here to be a ‘student’? You are destroying the very reason he is here in this school by guarding him as if he is a toddler. Is he one to you, Sebek? Is that how it is? ” Her steps are slow as she walks around him, watching his every move and every expression. Her presence is overwhelming, the look she gives would take away the words from those who have never glanced into the abyss. He is so easy to read, so easy to play with, so easy to taunt and pinch with words. “ You have insulted humans over and over again. You are insulting me and half of your family, aren’t you? All while forgetting that to be a good assistance to the very one you admire so much... you must learn how to show respect to others, how to make them wish to be your master’s friends or worthy allies. This is the time for connections, networking, alliances that will carry him in the future as a king. The words you say will reflect on his reputation, not just yours. ” 

The moment she steps in front of him, another click of her heel is heard. She is a Snow Queen, she is a queen that will not bow and will not others to speak without thinking. If he wishes to try and give her attitude, he better watch it later on. She doesn’t like to waste her time, but he just caught her at the worst time when she wanted to play around and ruin someone’s self-esteem. Like a snake, Zarina’s next actions are quicker than one would expect. She would grasp his chin between her thumb and index finger bent beneath his chin. So he will not dare to look away no matter how much he might want to. It also served to shut him up. 

“ From what I’ve seen you do, you have tarnished the name of Malleus Draconia far more than anyone in this school. Are you not feeling ashamed of yourself? ” Her elegant smile then would turn to a cold smirk, an eyebrow raised as she delivered those words, pressing then her thumb to his lips to keep him quiet for a moment. “ Hmph. What arrogance. ” There is a frown as she lets him go, stepping back. The air returns to normal as she smiles once again while placing her hand atop of her heart.

“ Instead of creating more enemies or those who dislike your master through your mockery of his presence here as a student of Night Raven College, ” She makes it clear that he is a student just like she was here, in the same grade as she was as well. This isn’t the royal court. “ Thus, my equal who I may refer to by his first name, you should learn how to respect others first and make connections to assist him in the future. Instead of creating more troubles for Draconia himself. Think about it. Are humans the only ones who have no respect? ” Zarina ends with a light bow before turning around and walking away. Does she need to hear him say anything? No. She has said enough, it wasn’t up to discussion. Until a pup learns that he cannot try to bite others, she will continue to scold him and to lower his confidence. 

After all, was what she said truly wrong? 

[yennys11]

Title: Manifesto for Deeper Meanings 

Everything in our surroundings contains a specific meaning that could be interpreted in various ways. As the viewers, we can analyze every piece of work in our own way and give it a deeper meaning based on our own comprehension of the piece. It is very important to find a deeper meaning and explore within the work to find something more. It is crucial to dive beneath the surface, embracing any complexity and seeking out the deeper meanings that give our lives depth and purpose. Through the journey of embracing and discovering these deeper meanings, we can learn and understand a lot about ourselves and the way we perceive life amongst other things. Finding deeper meaning can communicate significant messages about certain art works and what the artist is trying to tell the viewer. This Manifesto conveys the concept of deeper meanings when it comes to art and that there is always a deeper meaning behind all pieces of work. 

A connection I made with all of my blog posts is that I explored and tried to find deeper meanings in all of the works I utilized. This helped me establish new ideas I had not seen before when first observing each piece. I gave my own personal insights and meanings I found within each piece I used. For instance, in my “Tragedy Scripted and Staged” posting I stated, “This literary work is brought to life by the characters and their experiences throughout the play as well as the emotions they convey with the challenges they are presented with.” I analyzed the work along with its characters and came up with the idea that their emotions are truly depicting what they have endured throughout the play. I believe that to completely understand a piece of work it is important to look at it from different perspectives. For this posting, I examined the actions of each character and correlated their actions with what they felt. This helped me better understand each side of the story and look at it from the view of each character. Another connection I made in my blog posts is in the post “Photographer’s Eye” , I was analyzing photos I had taken in the past with my theme being the beauty of nature and the ocean. In this post, I gave a deeper meaning to each photo I selected. I examined each photo and what it transmitted to me in order to name these deeper meanings. For example, I stated, “These photos have the unifying idea of the peace that surges from nature and how we can connect with it and have a sense of freedom.” I connected the photo to other meanings like peace and freedom based on what I understood and the emotions I obtained while observing it. 

I also found to have explored the theme of deeper meanings in my “Playlist” post, I gave the lyrics of each song my own interpretation and meaning based on how each song spoke to me. Songs have the ability to transmit all kinds of emotions. For instance, I connected the song “Story of My Life” by One Direction with different experiences at different points in one's life. The song has an emotional meaning and it conveys the meaning of stages in life. 

To conclude, I found a common theme of deeper meanings within all of my blog posts. Connecting each work I used to a meaning above what it is trying to convey helped me thoroughly understand each work and topic covered in my posts. I believe that it also helped me expand and progress my creativity and it advanced my skills of interpretation of arts. Without trying to find meanings within works we would not obtain a clear understanding of them. It is crucial to interpret them with our very own meanings and even connect them to ourselves and our lives. Making more personal connections and finding deep meanings will enhance the viewer's experience with each piece of work.