#also. almost all of these were gifts

[naomiknight-17]

I can't clean and tidy all of my apartment at once like I wish I could, but at least I can dust some shelves and put all my Pokemon pops together

Also Lion from SU is there. When I finally complete my Eeveelution collection (just need Umbreon!) I will have to relocate him... he is a placeholder

[pbnmj]

i deserve a spider-woman nepal..... miles doesn't have to be the only teen spider with a terrible bisexual mentor (enter my own sketches of the world's most annoying spiderperson, who i fling towards pavitr, complete with a design that's subject to change)

[tin-can-iron-man]

I just. I love my dad so much guys

[mayathescientist]

I don't trust people who are obsessed with cleanliness and personal hygiene and rely on their feelings of disgust to make a moral judgement or form an opinion about a person.

I don't trust people who make conclusions about people very easily and like to claim people with one or two words they use to define this person's place in their eyes.

I don't trust people who are popular, sociable and talk about others a lot. I don't trust people who measure everyone by how that person compares to them.

for no particular reason at all :)

[spaciebabie]

I don’t think I’ll be on this platform anymore, at least for now, due to everything that’s happening. I’d just like to keep away from it and supporting it at all. See you later, maybe.

-heartbeat anon

i understand heartbeat!! safe travels wherever you find yourself!! thank you for sticking around <3333

[tankgotstuckinthecircusgate]

they just didn't have to write him as "a great philanthropist"; "a generous benefactor of the empire bay planetarium"; "frequent officer of the empire bay press guild"; "a frequent target of political slander and false arrest because of generosity towards the press"

and at the same time write him as the first of the others to organize drug trafficking; a man who tried to kill all his competitors; "a shady bastard, even for guys in this business"; "ruthless modernizer"; a man who secretly views his close friend as a liability; "the man who killed his own boss" to take his place

"few will moan moretti's passing" from the lost heaven's newspapers and there's nothing like that in the cut-out news reports about carlo's death

[rohirric-hunter]

Appreciation post for LotRO NOT being a pay to win game. The only thing you have to pay for is access to certain content, after which point everyone is on even footing. And that's great!

[pencilofawesomeness]

Hello!

*Taps fingers together* I come to bug you regarding the Secret Santa exchange!

I saw your character prompts and decided to try and mix all three. I wanted to ask if there was any Laxus + Cobra brotp, or Cobra + Thunder Legion friendship headcanons you'd want to see added?

If not headcanons, then anything in particularly you would like to see regarding the five of them?

Hahahah hello there, mystery person~

Oooo you bring to the table a tantalizingly interesting prospect. I do have waaaaaay too many thoughts, and many of them are admittedly steeped in my own AU because I accidentally sold my soul to it (as authors do) so by all means, do not feel encumbered by my thoughts/ideas. Treat them as a buffet to pick and choose and take inspo from, because unfortunately you just gave me license to ramble :D

(and this is going to be rambley; too tired to make this cohesive beyond bullet points)

(I love these idiots very much)

—Laxus and Erik brotp is so real to me, fam. It's the "hey we got a lacrima bestowed upon us, whoo" bonding, for one, but beyond that, the sort of....quiet mutual understanding of what it is like to have a "father" figure who is just treating them like a weapon, making them *stronger*, with a faux sort of affection. Beyond the trauma, though, they are both deadpan assholes and I love that for them. If Erik (and this is the htryds coloring) spends a good deal of time having the braincell, then with Laxus he can channel the little-shit-little-brother energy and bully him a bit, and Laxus can be grouchy back and know that Erik can parse through the emotions and figure out what's genuine or not without him figuring out how to put in the effort.

—Also, depending on the setting, they both have the tendency to pull the ~too good for you~ bad boy vibes as a defense mechanism, which makes it utterly unusable on each other, which is fun. Mostly, though, Laxus and Erik have the ability to enjoy a mutual quietness, so to speak; not trying to prove anything, but just leaning back and being normal young adults (with a little salt on the side) and doing whatever. That said, Erik is a bit too much of a dark mirror of how things could have been worse for Laxus, if Ivan was more involved, and this leads to Laxus winning the "big brother instinct" award of the two, which is an experience Erik is not used to but....does not necessarily hate.

—This is a fun headcanon that I haven't had the chance to incorporate into my series yet, but they have fun little music debates. Laxus got Erik into the magic of using music to calm the overstimulation, but they have wildly different tastes. Laxus loves rock and roll and metal, and Erik turned to liking types of bluegrass and straight up classical music. They meet in the middle at alt-rock. They are both always trying to win each other over on certain songs or genres. It works surprisingly often but it's part of the fun to swear undying rivalry to the other's favorite.

—For more Cobra-specific vibes (aka the canon edgemaster), I can see them being a bit more competitive with each other. Which quickly doesn't work when they have completely different specialties, but an effort is made.

—Also something I haven't had the chance to capitalize on outside of the scenarios in my head, but Bickslow and Erik definitely have a fun "we perceive you but we don't care" vibe that I love. Your secrets are obvious but not their business. Sometimes they people watch together for the fun of it, because all of the thoughts they *do* have regarding the things they know have got to go somewhere.

—Evergreen, being the queen of gossip, really really wants in on this. They tease her for it though, and purposely dangle that tea on a string. (Though sometimes Ever *does* get in on it, mostly when it comes to roasting anyone who was particularly rude or annoying, or the silly speculation at the expense of friends, like figuring out what job Nab will eventually go on or what animal Bisca will adopt next.)

—On this same note, Bickslow and Evergreen both have insufferable little sibling energy amongst the Thunder Legion squad, nevermind that Bickslow is the second oldest. Mostly it's just really fun to tease the more serious ones.

—Though Ever and Bickslow are also the most keenly aware of what it is like to be feared. Truly feared. Having eye magic that isn't quite controllable (as a kid, especially) will grant that experience. It is their unspoken agreement never ever to speak of this, of course.

—On an individual note, it is worth it now to bring up that I am an avid fan (read: it's canon to me and sometimes I forget it's not real canon) of the theory that Bickslow was one of the kids experimented on by the Bureau of Magical Development. He's got that unhinged flavor that comes from straight-up trauma, and it does add more context to his otherwise creepy magic. I also hc that the babies are all deceased test subjects, and that is why they have stuck with him all this time. (I am very passionate about the babies as characters, unfortunately, and my little mini series I'm doing for them on tumblr is proof. I am soooo normal.)

—Another theory I love, and that I have somewhat brandished into my own spin, is that Freed is half demon. He sees this as an awful thing, raised by his human parent (mother, in my case), without any real context for demon culture other than the fear of it, so that's why he's super edgy and has locked all of his demon traits away into a single form he swear never to uses unless things are ~Dire~ or whatnot. It's really not that bad though lol.

—The fact that Erik will Know Freed's secrets bother him immensely. Freed is, unfortunately, *just* a smidge too dense to realize that Bickslow has also known all along, just because Bickslow is strangely very good at keeping things to himself, whereas Erik's magic is more obvious. In my au, Laxus knows too, and is literally just waiting for Freed to admit it, because it's not that big of a deal, really.

—Laxus is also the only one who (at first) knows about Bickslow's past, among the team. Mostly because of some variant of Laxus having seen/met him when it was all raw. Depending on the au flavor, this either is what gives the chaotic dude and the stoic dude a sort of mutual respect (closer to canon) or makes them the og best friends (htryds style). In the latter case, they are each other's impulse control and/or voice of reason, which is probably unfortunate because they're not great at it. This is why Bickslow has doodled drawings on half of Laxus's furniture and why Laxus gets away with avoiding his problems a little longer than he should.

—Freed is simultaneously the most responsible and the most edgy and ergo reckless of the crew. Everyone agrees he's got to value his safety just a little bit more. He's also the only one who consistently remembers the schedule/to-do-list.

—Erik shares the "living itinerary, doesn't have executive disfunction problems" braincell with Freed, and in the right conditions, they work very well together. Bonding over the experience of herding cats, that is their teammates.

—Not a headcanon but I want to whack all of them with sticks. The Sad Boi Stick, the Whump Stick... All flavors. Getting the ones who never fess up to their trauma a good thwack makes the trauma spill out, and I enjoy the possibilities that entails. Put them in Situations. >:D

—I do also appreciate them being silly-goofy, too, of course. No need to be angry all of the time, in some of their cases. (They all need affection so bad. The hurt/comfort allure of it all. Just sit down and admit they need it, etc etc.) Something that is conveniently done after a good physical and emotional thwacking— *gets dragged away forcefully*

[hella1975]

i have such a reputation that four separate people incorporated pringles into my birthday gifts. be that girl

[maddisandy]

i think the most sentimental gifts we receive are jewelry. it doesn't have to be fancy, it can be some yarn and even a couple beads tied together to fit our wrist. but it's what's most important. it's a show of pride; this was given to me by someone i love. this is a signifier of who i love. i am wearing them with me at all times. bracelets, earings, necklaces, rings. the stories they can hold, the superstitions and folktales in the symbolism of a bracelet, or a ring. it doesn't have to be diamonds and pearls, just to wear something, to show off to the world, something from someone we care about so much. it's our favorite display of love.

[cemetery-baccanal]

It was completely unintentional to add another horse to my “i dont have black butler merch so im filling in the gaps w other hyperfixations” lineup but my friend gave me this unicorno today and you CANNOT tell me she isn’t Elizabeth Midford in the flesh

I’m so obsessed w her

[mayclair]

it’s been like 3 hours since i got home from the field trip and i already miss my friends this is horrible actually

[caterpillarinacave]

top 5 tsc ships, top 5 non-tsc books, top 5 types of fruit

top 5 tsc ships:

Henry and Charlotte of course. I love them to death. They set my romance standard.

Herongraystairs. Cassie let them have eachother.

Thomastair. Iconic ship, can't argue with it.

Gabrily. I'm not even as into them by themselves, they're just so funny together.

Sophideon. Similar to the above. I really like them in TID particulary Gideon is so stupid.

Top Five Non-TSC books;

Aghhhhh this is hard. These are just some I like, I could go on and on.

Breathing Room by Marsha Hayles. Childhood favorite of mine, awoke something within me. Set in just pre-WW2 America, in a tuberculosis sanituriom. Main character is, at the beginning, a 13 year old of german decent, and the book follows her years in the sanitorium. A lot of people die, so in some ways it's quite tragic, but its pretty short, and one of my favorites. It's still a hopeful and beautiful story.

The Book Jumper by Mechthild Gläser. Not sure how to describe it, buts its pretty damn good.

The Love Letter's of Abelard and Lilly by Laura Creedle. Anyone who is neurodivergent should read this now. It's a great story, and its so sweet, I love it.

Alice's Adventure's In Wonderland. One of my all time favorites, I have yet to read another book that replicates the experience I had reading AIW. It has a way of being totally chaotic while making total sense I havent seen any other book sucessfully replicate. Grouping this in together; Unbirthday by Elizabeth J. Braswell. It's a dark AIW spin off and is the best one I've read. It's everything Tim Burton's AIW was trying to be, and I wish it was more popular.

Cinnamon Moon by Tessa Hilmo. Hard to explain briefly but its amazing. It's set in post chicago fire chicago, about an irish american girl and her younger brother, both of whom have just been orphaned by the Peshtigo Wisconsin fire, a fire that happened almost at the exact same time as the chicago fire, and despite being arguably much, much worse in terms of damage and survival rate it is overshadowed by the Chicago fire. It's chock full of interesting, unique history, and is an excellent read.

Top Five Types of Fruit;

All depends on the season, so in no particular order;

Lemons. I love citrus and will eat any citrus fruit raw. Including lemons. Sue me.

Peaches. There is something very primal and comforting about slupring the sweet gold from a knife whilst ambrosia drips down your arms.

Kiwis. I really like them with a little brown sugar sprinkled over the top as a dessert!

Rasberries. I love berries in general. Blueberries, rasberries, and blackberries is my favorite fruit dessert. Just let me eat those three berries for days.

Apples. A good apple does wonders for me whenever my stomach hurts. Love them for that.

More than five but I am feeling like a rebel SO;

Pomegranates, oranges and grapes. If i could have all eight of these fruits I would be happy for love. I love how oranges make my mouth taste, good grapes are like straight candy for me and I love to eat pomegranate seeds by the handful from the empty husk.

[andromedasummer]

hav used my birthday money 2 buy clothig :)

[growling]

on the third trial of v3 (and although i can feeeel the impending shinguuji incest plot breathing down my neck) and man i love kiibo more than life itself. me and kiibo against the world. he got so fucking mad he flashbanged everybody and i 100% approve little guy got mercilessly bullied the whole game and tossed towards a water tank like a garbage bag he should be allowed to kill and maim