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k-u-m-a-c-h-a-n · 2 years

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Drippy shoes

Hawks x reader one-shot (crossposted)

Now, before reading this, keep in mind that:

I am by NO MEANS a (good) writer, writing is not my passion, I simply enjoy doing it for fun, sometimes (rarely)

I wrote this story a few months ago, I just wanted to post it on my Tumblr account too

If you find any grammatical mistakes, tell me!

Crappy fanfic or not, please do not repost this anywhere

I literally just copy and pasted it + the A/N (a.k.a. I didn't re-read it)

It's very...cringy

Reader is female! (this is why)

" Can't wait to see his face, pff.. " you chuckle. What are you doing, you ask? Well, you see… It's nothing too scandalous, just a little prank between boyfriend and girlfriend… Best friends… Boyfriend and girlfriend who are best friends…like… Let's say, pouring sweet chilli into Hawks' shoes… Really, no big deal.

" Oh my fucking God, he's going to be SO pissed, holy shit-.. " you say to yourself, wheezing, while pouring the rest of the sauce in his 'Yoyogi Park Pack' adidas x atmos forum shoes.

Oho… Now THOSE were some expensive shoes (they aren't THAT expensive, I think they cost the average adidas price? Idk, but let's just pretend they're super duper expensive). Actually, YOU got HIM these shoes for Christmas, you know, a special occasion. It's not like you had a choice, he had to beg on his knees just to get you to buy those damn shoes. You asked him why couldn't he buy them on his own, but he never really gave you a proper answer, something like " Ehh… You know me, always broke, haha-" or " I don't like wasting money on something that someone else can buy me. " and even " I'm saving up a bit for something special. ". That 'something special' turned out to be some video games that you hadn't gotten yet, AND an expensive short trench coat that you'd always wanted. And hey, you WERE grateful, I mean, why wouldn't you be? Video games and a trench coat? Score!

My God, you still remember his stupid little face when he used to beg nonstop, "But baaabe… They look so COOL??? Do you NOT like them? They're so fashionable AND they're inspired by the Yoyogi Park! THE Yoyogi Park! Do you have any idea how many times I went there? Like… TWICE. ". So… With a little bit of more bickering, you ended up buying his oh-so-' fashionable' shoes. And boy, was Hawks happy when he got a glimpse of the somewhat heavy adidas box.

But AAAAAAAANYWAY… What you did last Christmas doesn't concern you right now, BACK TO YOU.

After filling his lovely shoes with your sweet chilli sauce, you decided to hide the half-empty bottle in your purse/bag/backpack, and wait for Hawky-baby to arrive. (You guys do NOT live together, yet, at least. You were just hanging around his place). " Note to self, buy more of the godly sauce. " You know… Now that you think about it, Hawks shouldn't even be that mad, you took your TIME to fill up his shoes with such an appetizing CONDIMENT, that, by the way, did NOT come in CHEAP.

Half an hour later, while watching YouTube videos on his Smart TV, you heard the door being unlocked (YES, he locked you inside, ok?? FOR SAFETY REASONS). "Hawks?" You asked, even though you knew it was him. " No, it's Dabi. " Hawks chuckled. "Haha. Very funny, Hawks. How was work? How come you're home early?", " Why? Did you want to spend more time in MY house? You know, the place where I live? Did I interrupt something? " You rolled your eyes, a small smile on your face " No, of course not." "Well, it doesn't matter anyway. I need to go somewhere else, but I want to take a quick shower and change clothes first. " he said, while taking off his jacket, and heading to the bathroom. " Go on, am I stopping you? " you answered, sitting back down on his sofa.

The sound of clothes being scattered on the floor could be heard, as well as the shower curtain being shoved away, and the water hitting the ground.

As your excitement grew, you unpause the video you were previously watching and wait for Hawks to come back, trying to calm down a bit, not wanting Hawks to hear your giggles from the living room.

When your dear boyfriend came out of the bathroom, in nothing but a towel around his waist, you don't spare him a glance, and neither does he, heading directly to his room to get some new clothes, muttering something about ''getting new shoes because the pair he was wearing had become dirty from all that fighting and he doesn't have enough time to clean them up right now.'' You ask him what was he going to put on then, and he says that he would like to wear the shoes you had bought for Christmas.

Mentally smirking, you tell him that it'd be a great idea to wear some clothes with earthy colours, to match with his shoes. He agrees, and in no time, he comes out of his room looking good as new, and very stylish.

'' How do I look, (y/n)?'' '' With your eyes, Hawks.'' '' You are no longer welcome in my house.'' '' You can't do anything about it now though, can you?'' Hawks hummed in amusement, not really trying to find a comeback because he was running late.

'' Where are you going, anyway?'' you asked, realising that he never told you where he was going. '' Somewhere important.'' he replied. '' Somewhere important… where? Elaborate.'' '' Wouldn't you like to know, weather girl?'' '' Alright then, keep your secrets.''

The moment you were waiting for was so close…just a little bit more… '' Phew… keep it down, (y/n). Don't wanna blow your cover now, do you?'' you quietly tell yourself, sighing.

'' Well, I'll be off now, take care and try not to damage my stuff too much.'' '' Who, me? I would NEVER.'' you dramatically gasp. '' Pff…yeah, sure you won't.''

Finally! The moment has come! In 3… 2… 1…

'' WHAT THE FUCK?!''

Not being able to contain your excitement anymore, you burst out laughing, tears of hilarity rolling down your burning cheeks.

'' WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?? (Y/N), DID YOU DO THIS?? ANSWER ME, DAMMIT!!'' After you settled down a bit, you answer: '' Hawks, I already told you, I would never do such thing! I'm a Saint!'' you chuckle, the image of Hawks putting on his juicy shoes playing in your head.

'' This is DISGUSTING. Seriously, (y/n)? It's just downright NASTY, it feels HORRIBLE. Especially after you took a goddamn SHOWER.'' '' Oh well, it is what is is.'' '' Eugh… God give me strength…''

Your partner, clearly in a bad mood, decided to go inside the bathroom once again to clean up his feet, socks and…shoes.

'' Ah fuck, I can't believe you've done this. I don't even understand the reason behind this stupid prank. Was it something I had done again? I told you, you can call me out whenever you feel like I did something to upset you.'' Hawks grumbled from the bathroom, easy to hear since he didn't close the door.

'' Oh, it's nothing like that, I just wanted to see your reaction. What's the problem? I thought you liked that sweet chilli sauce.'' you say in a relaxed tone. '' Yeah, I like it on CHICKEN, a.k.a. FOOD.-'' he yelled. '' Very poor choice of words, chicken wings. I see no difference.'' you smile at his suffering. ''-AND the problem is that: a) I'm late for dinner, AND b) my precious shoes are RUINED. What am I supposed to do now?'' Hawks sulked.

You were about to answer regarding his 'precious shoes' problem, how he could always just throw them away and get a new pair since he DOES have the money, or just find someone that would be able to thoroughly clean his shoes…even though you think that buying a new pair would be better since there are extremely slim chances of finding someone experienced enough for such a job…ahem…you filled those shoes up pretty good. (Props to you)

'' Hold up…dinner?'' you asked, curious, ''I though you were going somewhere important?'' '' Is dinner not important? People need to eat, (y/n). Jeez.'' the angry birdman answered. '' Where, exactly, were you planning to go?'' '' Isn't it obvious?''

'' KFC…'' he muttered. '' Oh my God.'' you facepalmed. '' What? What's wrong with KFC? It's not like I was going to bring you with me.'' '' Hawks, I thought you were going to an important meeting or something like that, not KFC! How are you even late? Were you going to meet up with someone?'' you said, confused. '' No…I was planning to go by myself, as I always do.'' '' Hawks…'' '' Me and the boys were gonna eat until we passed out.'' You sighed, but after thinking for a second, why were you sighing exactly? because you wanted him to be late to an important meeting that turned out to be a dinner date with his homies? To be honest, you can't be upset right now, I mean…You don't have a reason to be, YOU'RE the one who ruined HIS shoes, and it's not like he hasn't gone to KFC with his friends before. '' Ok ok, I get it, but why didn't you just tell me what you were going to do? It's not like you weren't allowed to go, you know.'' Zoning out for a second, he looked at you and shrugged, not knowing either. '' You're an idiot.'' You said softly. '' Hey! Sometimes I just do things…that make no sense, ok? It doesn't matter, important meeting or not, my shoes would've been filled with chilli sauce anyway.'' '' Yeaaaah, that's true…'' you replied, not knowing what to say next.

Now that everything has been cleared out, you didn't know what to do, and neither did Hawks. Hm… I guess that prank wasn't as funny as you thought it'd be. For some reason, after these events, everything felt kind of awkward, and you had no idea why (and neither did the author).

Sighing once again, you snicker and tell Hawks that he should hurry up, not wanting him to be any more late than he already is. He couldn't help but let out a stifled laugh, agreeing with what you said. Grabbing another pair of sneakers, he kisses your cheek and leaves through the window, but not before yelling "I love you, chickadee! Even though you poured sauce in my shoes!". "Oh, shut it! I bet you did something to deserve it anyway! And don't forget to bring me something!" you also yelled. '' No promises!'' he replied one last time, before receding from your view.

After making sure that he won't be home any time soon, you go into his living room, where you originally were, to lie down on his couch and wait for your winged doofus.

BONUS: An hour or so later, you felt your phone/tablet vibrate, a signal for you to pick it up and see who has sent you message, or, a notification from a youtuber. Turning on your device, you see a message from your so-called 'beloved': '' Oh, btw, you owe new shoes, boo.'' You groan and turn it off, pretending you didn't see his demand.

A/N: Now....idk if you have noticed, but I have kind of lost motivation halfway through the fan fic, and I also didn't know what to write because...it didn't really make sense, ya dig? Oh yeah, this fan fic was supposed to be about Hawks trying to get revenge on you, but I guess it didn't work out. I was thinking about making a part 2 about it, where he actually gets revenge lol. Umm...it didn't come out very great...as I thought it would...it looked better in my mind, but oh well...it is what is is.

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xamaxenta · 2 years

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Like two hot minutes away from another mental breakdown sorry i like the void that is tumblr to scream into

But consider Ace going to several crew members for comfort because boy is touch starved and needs kind interaction, which he got from his brothers but both of them aren’t with him currently

With Izou he sits near him, tending to a pot of tea - keeping it warm with his fire whilst Izou reads aloud or shows him a new book, tbh Ace’s education picks up again with him and this is where Izou finds out Ace has pure talent for maths

Fossa loves to find all things combustible with Ace, they spend a lot of time together burning shit and finding the best reactions, it’s all for Fossa’s katana, but everyone knows they just like blowing stuff up - there’s permament scorch scars within the workshop on the moby

Speed Jiru dishes out the best dad hair ruffle and always executes it on Ace whenever they’re passing by, he also has the second most groan worthy puns and jokes after Pops himself

As big as Atmos is he’s just a giant bear who just likes to sit and chill, often seen napping with Ace out on deck

Haruta, Ace’s mischief maker in arms on the level that Sabo used to be, these two should never under any circumstances be left alone together because they are most definitely plotting their next big prank

Kingdew is sort of a role model for Ace, Ace thinks this dude is cool as hell from his hair to his gauntlest, to him he’s the bees knees and Kingdew loves that Ace is his number one fan and honestly goes easy on him because of this - he can’t say no the Ace puppy eyes and receives the title Kingpushover, they’re always seen brawling and roughhousing for fun

Curiel whilst more reclusive and introverted than most of the moby crew, is also not immune to Ace and when it’s his shift to reel in the nets and sort out the catch of the day, he always requests Ace to help him who sings when he catches fish

Blenheim a man not much smaller than pops is often requested by the crew to help them reach high places, or to ride on his shoulders lol - Ace and Blenheim have a combo attack that involves Ace riding on his shoulders

Namur loves Ace, it’s super wholesome and he never minds fishing him out when the logia gets thrown overboard, Ace is appealing to coldblooded creatures and Namur is no exception often leaning against Ace during times of rest, usually he and Ace sit together at dinner times

Rakuyo also sees Ace as a son rather than a brother figure and always tries to give him life advice, even though its kinda bad, Ace appreciates it all the same and respects this weird second or third father figure, Rakuyo just has to holler SON at Ace and Ace runs over to him like YO second pops

Blamenco after Haruta a second partner in crime, often stealing stuff from the kitchens using his pocket abilities to share with Ace because they both have tremendous and obnoxious appetites

Vista always viewed Ace as too big for his britches but like a stubborn wart Ace grew on him like everyone else, he tries and fails dismally to teach the ways of chivalry and romance to Ace

Thatch is the first friend to Ace in the crew, the older brother Ace never had and the guy Ace spills all his insecurities, worries and thoughts to - Thatch is the self proclaimed Luffy specialist thanks to this, people say he spoils Ace which is totally not true, Theyre soulmates in the bromance sense (sorry deuce)

Jozu has always been self conscious of his looks, he’s pretty intimidating and his smile is kind of wonky, Ace unlike most new recruits does not quake in his boots at the mere sight of Diamond Jozu and instead calls him an old man and that his devil fruit power is awesome, they have a special handshake for each other thats very complex

Marco tries not to favour Ace but its hard not to, Ace proves to be unyieldingly loyal, sweet natured and most surprisingly polite - its no small wonder that this would check many boxes for the phoenix - and at first stayed away to deal with the strange uneeded feelings but Ace has a habit of squirming into the iciest of hearts and literally hunts Marco down until he says he loves him back - after all this they snuggle everywhere its fucking disgusting

#long text #long post sorry guys #if any of you wanna read #whitebeard pirates #this is my serotonin for the day #whitebeard commanders #sorry i hotta sneak in the marcoace #i have to talk about marcoace #ace pursues marco ok marco never wants for himself so Ace has to chase him its so cute

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space-blue · 3 years

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Dune, the mostly spoiler free review.

Spoilers will be under breaks.

Having slept on it (and since I got to bed at 4am I needed that), and having eaten enough sugar to kickstart my brain again, I can now confirm, wholeheartedly, that Dune is a masterpiece.

Hardly a hot take on the internet right now, I know. I'll say this, to start on a low note : Dune's greatest flaw is that the side characters (anyone outside of Jessica and Paul) can be left wanting development. Some non-book readers might struggle to get attached.

The film simply doesn't have time to deliver narrative, mood and emotional characters the way Fellowship of the Rings did, as I often see the film compared to LOTR. Unlike LOTR, Dune has not shot part 2, and it doesn't have enough action beats/plot beats to give you engaging character interactions for 1/3 of the story.

As a result some characters seem to be "seen in passing". Which... Bothered me a little at 3am, but has since faded. My memories turn to Jessica and how incredible Fergusson was. Absolutely show stealing. And Skarsgard!! Yeesh, the Baron Harkonnen does not need more screen time to be intimidating...

All the cast delivers. The visuals, design, costume, photography... It's clear to me everyone involved in this was at the top of their craft and giving it their all for a career turning point of a production. I even struggle to believe book 2 could land such a punch again, I mean, I've rarely been punched in the face this hard by a movie...

I mean, I'm not the type to be into spaceships or anything. I even struggle with models in the Star Wars universe and I published 58 fan fics for that fandom so... And yet in this film, hah... When the Atreides ships are introduced (you see these big transports in the trailer) I was like "No. He didn't... OMG the madlad, he did." — the music, the visuals, the scale... And then there's the thopters, and I was having moments of prescience myself, seeing actual ship/spaceship nerds rise up, foam frothing at the mouth. Modeling thopters and making videos about them for years to come.

The audio was loud, bold. The music alien. The sound mixing done so well I had a snappy thought 2min in, along the lines of "I hope Nolan sits to this film and learns something about sound mixing from this" (don't @ me, I'm still spicy about my viewing of Tenet).

In short, Dune is spectacular. It oozes with mythos and charm, feels lived in, intimidating yet beguiling. The plot is as sound as the book's the visuals are a cinema/SFF fan's wet dream, the acting and production value are stupid crazy, and the only drawback IMO — for non book readers — will be the "in passing" characters (like Raban, Piter, Gurney, Hawat... Who simply don't have the space and time to shine yet) and the ending, which is 100% "INSERT CD 2"

It feels jarring and leaves you begging for more. But book readers probably won't feel the same pang, since we can now close our eyes and image how bonkers part two can be in such visuals.

I've over-heard old french people saying it was super boring and slow and... lol I can't disagree more, but then again the trailer does market an action movie, and the film is not any more action packed than BR2049 was. When the action comes calling it's big, fast... When it isn't, the movie is moody, deliberate, and meticulous.

It won't be for everyone, but if you've so much as "enjoyed" the books, you'll be having the experience of a lifetime.

Before I delve into some mild spoilers I'd like to make a disclaimer: Denis has begged people to see Dune in cinema, and I was thinking "of course, what film maker wouldn't want people in cinema?" but also suspected he might want the numbers in order to get part 2 started.

I owe him an apology for these impure thoughts. You MUST watch Dune in cinema, not for Denis or part 2 (though, come on...), but for YOURSELF. There is not a single home cinema set up that can do justice to this film. It's the definition of why you go to the cinema for. It's epic in scale, it makes you jump at startling moments, it punches and screams at you, and makes you squint at others, and you walk out of there with a sense of having witnessed something like... To me, like Interstellar. Remember seeing that docking sequence scene in the theater and walking out being like "holy shit" ? Well Dune is very much like that. It was made for the big screen, and anything short of IMAX or Dolby ATMOS would be a disservice to both the film and yourself.

I will be seeing it in France the instant it comes out in September. It begs rewatching.

Now for some spoilery thoughts (mild spoilers, and a warning for further spoilers below).

The film takes surprisingly little time to delve on certain topics. Like the spice. Sure you're told it's important, and the economics that drive the story make it feel important, but not nearly as much as I suspected it would be. There is no clunky exposition on the topic (lol no fucking time for that!) no scene where someone shoves spice in your face and goes “oh but blah blah spice must flow”. It’s said in passing and newcomers better hold on to their seat and pay attention.

Sadly though a fair bit of the dialogue was expositional imo, and too little of it over all felt like that heart warming moment between Paul and Leto. It's not a big drawback, but since I enjoy more character driven stories, I regretted the lack of general emotional investment.

On the point of emotions though, I was taken aback by Jamis! The scene of him in the trailers "I'll show you"... creates a sort of very subtle and implied dynamic that was probably one of the biggest heart punch for me, and started driving home how dire Paul's visions can be. I suspect some viewers won't interpret it the way I did though.

THE VOICE WAS SO WELL MADE YOU GUYS!! The thopter escape scene was always a "meh, sure, they get away" moment for me in the books. Good teamwork between Paul and Jessica... But *hearing it* was a completely different business. I was at the edge of my seat, I LOVED IT.

There's also a lot of actual signing in the film! And the Sardaukar don't speak english but a super guthural language. Kind of like making a conlang merging German and the Black Speech of Mordor and giving it to a Danish to speak. Felt very cool.

The shields were just as badass as you think they'll be. The slow impact weapons are just... *chef kiss*

Finally some heavy spoilers on book story details (jihad, Muad'dib, some characters) :

There is no mentions of Jihad, but not because it's avoided. The visions of a fight Paul has are rare, and he mentions them once. At that time he says war or massacre but not Jihad. I didn't notice until I was asked.

He also doesn't chose the name Muad'Dib. If I recall that's right after killing Jamis, but doesn't happen here, even if we see the literal muad'dib in the desert. It's also fine. Those scenes were at the very end, and I felt like slamming newcomers with such a significant moment with alien language at the very end might be a mistake. I'm curious to see how it's handled in part 2 though.

I was looking forward to Piter... His role is uber minor. As much as Hawat's. Like, the Bull that killed Leto's father gets more screen time, funnily enough. There's a heavy imagery around it that's going to fuel many video essays.

#Dune #biennale di venezia #venezia 78 #Denis Villeneuve #paul atreides #lady jessica #duke leto #baron harkonnen #muad'dib #film review #spoilers hidden #mild story spoilers #Dune review

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stormhawksplanb · 5 years

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Storm Hawks Fanfiction: Plan “B”

It was a fine day when I was racing some guy from Terra Neon. The kid thought he could beat me to Terra Rex, going around Terra Atmosia, but on the way the FLX Skimmer started sputtering sparks from it's engine. Forcing me to crash land. Last I remember was being separated from my skimmer and my back flat on the ground. I was about to just let myself black out until I heard a single voice pulling out from the crowd. Once my eyes had adjusted from the darkness of my lids I saw who was standing over me. A young red head. The faint distant buildings let me know I was on Terra Atmosia.

"Hey, can you hear me-" His voice was all together but kept breaking up to the point I couldn't respond.

My eyes slowly closed again and I could hear him saying something else, but I could only hear the demanding panic in his voice. I felt my body slowly rise up. It felt as if someone was picking me up, only to set me back down on a near by bench. Raising my head up I met eyes with the same green eyed kid as before, and a blonde with spiked hair who had a bit more concern showing in his blue eyes then the first.

"Where am I? And what happened to my skimmer?"

The two continued to stare at me, as I looked around for the vehicle. It crashed landed into some poor person's roof. The crowd from before had gotten bigger, and a Wallop, A young dark skinned girl, and some kind of blue rabbit thing rushed toward me. Harassing me with questions. The girl being first to try and aid me up off the bench.

"What happened? You're way to pale to be out here! Aerrow, we need to get her medical attention."

I shook my head a little, and pulled away from her lightly. Managing to stand on my own I look at the group in shock. It wasn't just the icon painted on their outfits that gave it away. I knew all the squadrons by heart. These were in no doubt the storm hawks.

"Wh-I… You're the storm hawks." I felt so enthralled by their appearance.

As soon as those words left my mouth the blonde stepped forward in front of the others and over straightened his posture. Like he was the best thing I'd ever see.

"Yea, it's a pretty big deal. I mean, we're great. I'm Finn, by the way" I chuckled a bit at him and rolled my eyes.

The red head placed a hand on his shoulder and shook his head at him, and walked over to me.

"It's good to see you're okay, or at least better. Mind telling us what had happened?"

By then the crowd had slowly dispersed. They seemed more interested in the actual damage instead of what had actually happened.

"Yea, sure. I was racing a guy from Terra neon, we both had a velocity stone, and I was going fast, but not fast enough to cause my engine to spark and cause me to crash. Right?"

He scratched the back of his head, as I explained. I don't think it was enough information for them to understand. I had no choice but to sigh in defeat.

"Well, the least we could do is have our mechanic look at it, and see what he thinks. That okay with you?"

Everyone's eyes followed to my wrecked skimmer sitting on the roof. All of us cringing as the handlebars fell off.

"If you're able to get it down, I have no problem with it."

A small smirk appearing on my face as they all look at each other either giggling or sighing.

A short while later they had actually managed to retrieve my bike. The wallop that hung around with us had scaled the building and jumped down with it, the impact causing the back tire to fall off. Even as we climbed aboard the condor I could tell that the skimmer was in no condition to ever fly again. You can't even get the wings to spanned back in without it falling apart.

We were standing in the skimmer bay, off the landing strip and bridge, while we waited for their mechanic. I got slightly bored, and they did say to make myself comfortable so I walked on over to everyone's skimmers, catching the blonde's attention, who earlier I found out was Finn. He seemed to hang around the wallop the most out of everyone else, to the point it was safe to assume they were close friends.

"Hey, how's it going? Did you come over to check out my skimmer, it's a pretty sweet ride." I smiled a bit at Finn, and shook my head no.

"Nah, just looking around that's all."

A sudden thrashing sound came from behind me, and as I turned around I saw my skimmer almost completely taken apart, like every single piece of my ride was picked clean and sprawled out.

"DUDE! What the heck- why did you take it apart?!"

I was so furious about someone dismantling my skimmer that I didn't realize the man who was flipping around and inspecting the pieces had been right next to me the whole time.

"Uhm, you do realize you're on my ship?" I jumped a bit and turned toward him, as he shifted into a more sassier pose, with his arms across his chest.

"But if you don't want my help, you could always go somewhere else."

His voice went from a sassy strain, to a more serious threat. Me being the more passive type, I submitted to his tone and uttered a quick apology, to which he gave me a face of disbelief and continued to examine what was once my skimmer. A sigh passes my lips rather loudly.

"Do I even wanna ask about the damage done?" No answer.

The red head then stepped in between us and started a conversation with him.

"C'mon stork, don't start, she fell from the sky after her engine sparked up. Her skimmer crashed into the roof, and she had didn't have anytime to pull out a parachute. It was a rather rough landing for her. Cut her some slack, please? She's probably just a little jumpy."

The silence grew heavy on me, and I introduced another sigh to the quiet and sat next to, stork, but not too close.

"I'm not gonna lie. You took this thing apart rather quickly." His ears stood up slightly more then usual. He didn't turn toward me but he did seem to perk up.

"It's a basic FLX Skimmer." I didn't really know much about skimmers, and I didn't want him to hold back any information, which it felt like he was, so I asked him a question.

"A FLX Skimmer?" My ride was given to me by the guy who wanted to race me. I don't know too much about skimmers so I kind of trusted him…"

He dropped a wrench he had recently picked up and face palmed, then he began to rub his right temple.

"You don't race with a FLX Skimmer. Do you know what the FLX stands for" I was only able to sound out an 'uh' before he continued.

"It stands for Fledgling, Learning, Extra Safety. As in 'I've never driven a skimmer before, and I can barely keep balance'." He picked up the velocity crystal that was hidden under the engine hood and extended it in front of me, handing it over.

"They aren’t designed for racing, especially with a velocity crystal."

I frowned, feeling my rage rise up again. I stood up quickly, letting a frustrated groan out, startling the green Merb beside me.

"I can't believe it! That punk and I made a bet! 250 silver coins, and a crystal of our choice! I Bet in my only Nova Crystal!"

The girl with the dark skin quickly walked up to me at the mention of the Nova crystal.

"You have a Nova Crystal?" The green Merb known as stork popped into our conversation.

"Had."

"Fine. Had, a nova crystal. There's only 3 in existence. Why would you risk losing a Nova crystal?"

She had a point. The Nova crystal did nothing but make clouds of sparkly dark blues, and purples, but combined with other crystals it can go from useless to a force to be reckoned with. Hopefully not everyone knew this by now.

"I didn't think I would loose! The guy who raced me seemed like the clumsiest person in all of Atmos." Stork placed a hand on my shoulder, his touch a bit more firmer then what I had expected.

"You mean, that title isn't yours yet?" The sinister smirk under his innocent tone caused me to smirk back, more or less challenging him.

The red head of the group came over with the other two, the Merb automatically backing away, and placed his hand out to shake mine.

"If you want we can get your stuff back for you. What's your name anyway?"

I shook his hand and stood there with my hands on my hips.

"I go by the name Nova. Isn't it fitting? And I've only caught a handful of your team's names as well."

"I'm Aerrow, leader of the storm hawks, and this is Piper, Finn; Who you've already met, Junko, stork, and my co-pilot Radar."

I chuckled at the little grayish blue creature as it waved to me once it sat itself on Aerrow's shoulder. Then panic set in completely.

"Oh no! I told Gear to stay behind with those thugs-" Aerrow placed his hand on my shoulder, me having to look up at him since I'm relatively short.

"Don't worry Nova. We got this-" Almost as soon as it left his mouth Finn had easily appeared.

"After all, we are the storm hawks, Chika-cha~" His fingers were pointing out like a couple guns.

With that we were all off of Terra Atmosia, and heading course towards Terra Neon. A fun little Terra with a bunch of family friendly games, and super cool and fast rides! And one idiot who was about to get smacked upside the head.

#stom hawks #aerrow #finn #junko #stork #radarr #stormhawks #planb

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lightning-claw · 6 years

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I thought this through waaaaaay too much, but hear me out while I ramble about my dumb idea.

A Storm Hawks open world game where you fly around in the Condor answering distress calls and exploring Atmos. You start with Aerrow, but as you level up, you gradually unlock characters to join you on your missions and can switch to them at any time (say, the main team and Starling as a secret unlockable).

Each character has different abilities that allow them to gain acess to areas that the others can’t. Here’s a few lines they could spout as you switch between them! Aerrow would be all; “I’m taking over!”, “Someone call for a Sky Knight?”. “Follow my lead!” and “Switching stuff up.” Finn would be all; “Move over, let the Finnster handle this.”, “Leave this to the master.”, “I got this.” and “Good choice.” Then you’ve got Piper who’s all, “I’ll lead.”, “Guys! Focus!” and “My turn!” And you switch to Junko and he’s like “Follow me!”, “ Need something fixed... or... broken? Eheheh...” and “Let me help you with that.” Let’s not forget Stork who is just like, “This is a terrible idea.”, “We’re doomed.” and “You rang?”

You’ll have to keep an eye on the scanner to keep tabs on the storms raging around the quadrants, because it uses up your crystal fuel much faster if you travel through the storms. You don’t want to crash the Condor in the wastelands, but if you do, you’ll need to scavenge around for parts to repair it. The wastelands is dangerous and home to the higher level monsters. You’ll start with a safety net, as you’re patrolling the skies near the terras and the other squadrons will be able to help you out, but if you start to go exploring uncharted areas, you’ll have to be careful.

If you start flying through uncharted areas Piper will start drawing up a map and you can use it when you return. Unfortunately, your map will not forewarn you of the dangers that may have manifested there while you were away. Perhaps there was a small terra there and since you’ve been gone, it’s been taken over by sky pirates, you know, other than the Murk Raiders. If you take out their base, you’ll get your hands on some stolen stuff. You can either return it for gold, or keep it. Your call. Better think about what you’re doing if it happens to be a super cool looking old skimmer, though. Who knows who’s looking for it.

The story itself branches off, depending where you’d like to go. You might find yourself allied with a certain terra and as a result, there’s another that hates your guts. Or maybe there’s one that just hates the Storm Hawks no matter what you do.

Another cool thing is you can competely overhaul the team’s rides with upgrades and spray paint. They don’t show you this much in the show, but the Hawks are a big fan of spray paint. Perhaps they even have the ability to tag Cyclonian supplies with their insignia, just to mess with them. There’s special rewards if you can find all the secret places to do this. And when you find one, you get to listen to this hilarious intercom conversation of one of the commanders sacking whoever was on patrol, or whatever.

Perhaps all of the Storm Hawks have their own secret ways to mess with the Cyclonians and you get neat collectables out of it. Great, now I’m picturing Aerrow spray painting ‘Cyclonia stinks’ on the side of a carrier mid-flight. What is this, Jet Set Radio, or Storm Hawks?

Whatever this is, I want to see it.

#storm hawks #light's log

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hirokiyuu · 6 years

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oh ya i forgot i wanted 2 talk abt my octo expansion Feelings (many and numerous) so here they are

under the cut for spoilers!

it was so good it was just so good guys. level design was so good and the atmo was so good and the story really hooked me even tho i havent played s1??? it was so good. i had probs w/the original s2 storyline bc it felt like it was building on the s1 stuff but this one wasn’t at all so i was super invested wwwwww

pearl/marina is good and canon. god the stuff where marina’s backstory came out and pearl is like Cool She’s Still My GF Tho was so good. theyre good lesbians theyre so GOOD

i cried over the ending? 3/8 is good despite the fact that they literally dont even speak to each other theyre really good. does agent 8 know i would die for them. I WOULD ALSO DIE FOR ISO PADRE?

anyways the second we started assembling the blender i started shouting at alm wildly in disc and they were like “haha you’ll have to see” and i just Knew. it was a lot of fun tho i really loevd it

tl;dr octo expansion is good n octolings are gay culture

#apparently theres postgame stuff but i havent done it yet #personal #octo expansion spoilers #are ppl tagging for that w/e its fine

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yami268 · 7 years

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Finn from Storm Hawks sing You're welcome

(I’m not sure if this what the original asker intented, but I went this route anyway)

Fic Meme: Give me a Disney song and a pairing or character, and I’ll write you a drabble or ficlet based on either the title or part of the song itself.

“Man! Can you believe that?!” Finn huffed with his arms crossed, “We saved the day, again, and we don’t get anything for it!”

Piper turned to him, rolling her eyes at his temper tantrum. “Come on, Finn. It’s not like we should expect something for protecting Atmos.”

“Yea, but do you know how many times we save it yet no one even knows that we did that stuff?! I swear, it’s getting annoying.”

Aerrow patted his back, showing a small smile to his moody friend. “Don’t worry about it so much. It’s not like we need the fame anyway. We’re okay just protecting Atmos without being popular.” He then gave him a slight nudge in the ribs. “Besides, think about the hassle that comes along with it.”

Finn only lowered his head, grumbling. He still like the idea of Atmos knowing the Storm Hawks, but mostly him, were the ones saving it. And by extension, he would’ve like to have fans hanging around and gawking at him. Alas, he could only dream of such things.

“Ex-excuse me,” a small voice spoke up, and soon he and the others turned to its source. In front of them was a pretty cute girl, her hands fidgeting. “Are you the… Storm Hawks?”

Without missing a beat, Finn immediately dashed up to her. “Yea, we’re the Storm Hawks. Guessing your heard of our heroic exploits, huh?”

The girl nodded. “Y-yes. I wanted to see if you could-”

“Save your terra from some Cyclonians?” Finn said, doing his signature hand guns. “Yea, we got you covered on that.”

“Actually, it’s not that serious… It’s more like-.”

“Oh, you want to see our cool aerial moves? Okay, sure.”

“No, no, I just-”

“Wanna see my sharpshooting skills then? I’ll be happy to show them off for a cute babe like yourself.”

Piper placed a hand to her forehead, tired of seeing her friend acting like a complete jerk. “Finn, just let her speak. She clearly wants something else than you showing off.”

“Oh come on, Piper. She’s just dazzled by having one of us talk to her.” Finn said as he waved over at the stammering girl. “See? She’s speechless.”

As Piper groaned at Finn’s ignorance, Aerrow took a glance over at the girl who was fidgeting with her clothes. “Actually, Finn, Piper may have a point. We should at least hear what she actually wants from us.”

Finn stared at his friends, ignoring what they had said. “Okay, okay. But I can see what’s happening here. She’s face-to-face with greatness and it’s strange. She doesn’t even know how to feel. It’s cool. It’s nice to know that the fans have hardly change.”

He then moved in close to the girl with a huge smile on his face. “Okay, so, let’s try this again. Yea, it’s me, Sharpshooter Finn: Breathe it in. I know it’s a lot; the hair, the shock when you’re staring at a Storm Hawk.

“So, what can I say except you’re welcome for blasting Talons out of the sky. Hey, it’s okay, it’s okay. You’re welcome. I’m just a super cool kind of guy. You’re welcome! You’re welcome!”

Both Aerrow and Piper stared stupefy at Finn. Piper shaking her head out of sheer embarrassment for her teammate. As for the shy girl, she only murmured, “I only wanted to ask them for a ride….”

#Ask Yami #Storm Hawks #... Now let's see how many ignore this #*BRICKED*

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maccrunch01 · 5 years

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Onkyo THX Certified 7.1-Channel Surround Sound Speaker System Black (HT-S9800THX) Review

This is a review for you on my Onkyo Home Theater in a Box System. The specific model on this one is HT-S9800THX. I should mention too that I found a pretty good deal on this, and I’ll throw a link in the description below, so you guys can check that out. I hadn’t seen too many reviews on this, and I thought I’d give my two cents from my own experience. I had spent much time researching home theater speakers, and I just wanted a pure home theater in a box that sounded good too. Many people were pointing me toward this Onkyo system. I’ll tell you right off the get go I love this thing. In my opinion, for the money, you couldn’t piece together a better audio system than this.

For one, all the speakers are tuned to complement each other perfectly. It comes with an excellent receiver, which is essential because of a lot of the home theater box type systems. Moreover, I feel weird calling it a home theater in the box because it implies that it’s not a very good system like it’s a cheap one. Don’t think of it that way. Think of it as just a pre-configured system, I guess. However, anyway, the amp that it comes with is an Onkyo amp, and it’s perfect. It has the THX certification. It has Dolby Atmos and DTS, and it has Chrome Cast built right into it as well, which is cool. It supports pretty much all the latest codecs that you would worry about, and it does support 4K video as well. However, I think the most important thing is the speakers.

These things sound great. I had in the past pieced together a pretty decent home theater system. I used ADS speakers with a pretty good Yamaha amp, one of their higher end ones. It wasn’t cheap at all to do that.Moreover, this, in my opinion, sounds better than my older system just because it’s important to get speakers that complement each other and believe it or not that’s hard to do. However, Onkyo’s done an excellent job with that, and the system sounds great. There’s tons of bass.

The included sub is good. Explosions are super loud. It’s also a nice downward ported one too, which usually at this price point you don’t get something like a downward ported sub.However, this is ready to go. You can Chrome Cast right to it. You can hook up a Blu-ray player. Whatever you want to do it’s ready to go right out of the box moreover, like I said, for the money I was blown away. Anyway, if you guys have any more questions about it or anything like that leaves them in the comments below. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.

from https://maccrunch.com/onkyo-thx-ht-s9800thx-review/

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sirfrogsworth · 3 years

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Many video files have a lot of extraneous tracks on them. This can bloat the file size but also when you want to turn on English subtitles or a specific audio track, the choices can be overwhelming. I don’t have much use for Japanese audio or Russian subs. But the commentary track might be of interest and I’d also like to know who is speaking.

So I found this amazing software called MKVToolNix GUI (not the best name, I admit) that lets me organize and select only the tracks I want and I can give them all better descriptions. And it can create new files without re-encoding them from scratch. So instead of a few hours it only takes a minute or two to make these changes.

Like above, I named the video track HEVC/x265 4K HDR. This lets me know I can’t play the file on the non-HDR TVs in the house. AC-3 is the technical name for Dolby Digital, so I changed that to DD 5.1 because that is how my audio receiver displays it. SRT subtitles are plain text based so they are more compatible in general. Also, they take up less space than PGS, which are image based subs. So I try to use SRT when available.

And by giving these tracks standard nicknames, I can more easily play back the files however I prefer depending on the player I am using and it’s much easier to interpret the descriptions compared to the techno-jargon.

Sometimes files will have forced subtitles. These are when the show has non-English parts but the subs are not burnt in to the video. A lot of times forced subs are not tagged properly and do not play automatically by default. So I always make sure to fix those tags so video players know to display forced subs without manually enabling them. One less hassle, especially since my parents can’t always remember how to enable subtitles. They usually just end up confused and hope there is enough context in the scenes to get the gist.

I can also attach a movie poster to the video, so instead of Windows showing a generic randomly selected thumbnail...

I can do this...

There are also some more advanced functions that allow me to create the truly perfect file.

For instance, I found some nice 4K HDR copies of Game of Thrones. However, they only had a basic surround sound track on them. But I was able to find 1080p files that had the lossless Atmos track. In an act of super nerdy digital Frankenstein-ing I was able to add the Atmos tracks to the 4K files. However, my parents can’t play Atmos on their TV, so I made the generic track secondary, so they can select it and still have working audio.

One other cool thing I can do is find subtitles on the internet and add those to files. I’m creating a little hard drive full of Delling’s favorite shows because they moved Parks & Rec and The Good Place to that new Peacock thing. Delling can’t watch things without subtitles. I got them King of the Hill and Xena, but my files didn’t have any subs at all. So I went to opensubtitles.org and downloaded them.

It might seem like a lot of work, but I actually really enjoy the process. It’s like going on a scavenger hunt and then building the perfect video file from the parts I’ve found. There is problem-solving... like when the audio doesn’t line up and I have to figure out the proper delay to add. There is an artistic aspect in altering the movie posters to look neat and still be legible as small thumbnails. And there is the reward in the end when I get to stream a 4K HDR movie with Atmos on my humble home theater setup that I’ve spent 10 years building up.

I don’t know if many people keep digital media collections. I feel like streaming services are a lot more convenient for most. But if there is interest in learning how to do this I might consider trying to make a tutorial.

#long post

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clearcolordaze · 6 years

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Backpacking Gear List: Everything We Brought Hiking

Teton Crest Trail Backpacking Gear List: Everything We Brought Hiking

By Kyle Nossaman on September 14, 2018, 12:25 pm SHARE THIS

Gear, food, and apparel are essential to every backpacking trip, though the specific items vary depending on the individual and their destination. On a recent backpacking trip in Grand Teton National Park, our editor took detailed notes on each item he and his wife chose to bring along.

On August 15, my wife and I set out to backpack 40 miles along the Teton Crest Trail. The trail is one-of-a-kind, paralleling the west side of the Teton mountain range via breathtaking mountain passes and basins. We took four days and three nights to complete the trek, soaking in the views and sleeping in epic locations along the way.

Here’s our comprehensive packing list, categorized by gear, food, and apparel. Hopefully, it will help you when you’re packing for your next backpacking trip. It’s worth noting that my wife and I aren’t ultralight hikers and opted for extra comforts this time around to help us enjoy our trip.

The Gear We Brought on the Teton Crest Trail backpacking gear to pack

Backpacks: Osprey Atmos 65 and Jansport Katahdin 70 I’ve owned my Atmos 65 pack since 2011. It’s comfortable, has plenty of features, and has enough capacity for me to carry most of the bigger gear items. I always keep the pack cover (sold separately) in the outer stretch pocket.

After struggling to fit one of the bear canisters in my wife’s 34-liter Deuter backpack (pictured above), we quickly switched her to our only other pack, Jansport’s Katahdin 70. It’s large and heavy but performed well on our trek.

backpacking among wildflowers Trekking through wildflowers with my Osprey Atmos 65 pack Water Bladders: Osprey 3-Liter Reservoirs Osprey recently rebuilt its 3-liter water bladder, and we love the new design. The bladder at the top of the gear picture is the older model with a screw-on cap. The cap is very finicky and, when not screwed on just right, tends to leak water.

The bladder below it is Osprey’s new Hydraulics Reservoir, with a larger top opening that closes with a sliding clamp and a detachable drinking hose that allows for easier removal of the bladder when it’s time to fill up. Our backpacks are both bladder compatible, and we’re fans of the 3-liter reservoir and the hands-free drinking.

Water Bottle: Camelbak Podium Big Chill 21oz Insulated Bottle We bring a powder Gatorade mix on most backpacking trips to fuel us with electrolytes and give us something besides water to drink. This insulated bottle is reserved for the drink mix and kept handy in our backpack’s side pocket.

Tent: Big Agnes Tiger Wall UL2 This ultralight two-person, two-vestibule tent is incredible. It weighs a mere 2 pounds 3 ounces, and the small package slides effortlessly into my pack. Read our full review here for more details.

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Sleeping Pad: Big Agnes Q-Core SLX Insulated Double Easily inflated with the extra Pumphouse Ultra bag, this 3.5-inch-thick double sleeping pad makes for a plush backcountry bed. For a double pad, it’s small and lightweight enough to justify bringing on longer treks. Plus, it pairs well with our double sleeping bag (below).

Sleeping Bag: Big Agnes Sentinel 30 Double This double sleeping bag weighs less than our two individual sleeping bags combined, so why not go with the cuddle-friendly option? It’s filled with 600-fill DownTek water-repellent down and keeps us warm on near-freezing nights.

Blanket: Blue Ridge Home Fashions Packable Oversized Down Throw We bring along this cheap down blanket when the nighttime temps might dip into the 30s. It stuffs into small crevices in my backpack and adds some extra warmth when cooking dinner or sleeping.

Pillows: Sea to Summit Aeros Pillow Premium (Large) These pillows are clutch! They pack up small and are super lightweight. Once inflated, they’re big enough to roll around on and way more comfortable than a wadded up jacket.

sea to summit backpacking pillows Sea to Summit Aeros Pillow Premium (Large) Camp Chairs: Helinox Chair Zero and REI Co-op Trail Chair Helinox’s Chair Zero weighs 1 pound and fits easily into our backpack’s side water bottle pocket. It assembles quickly and provides a solid backrest after a long day on the trail.

REI’s Trail Chair is a classic camp chair, though a bit bulky and heavy. We roll it up and strap it to the bottom of a pack when hiking. Again, the back support is lovely once at camp.

Rain Tarp: ENO ProFly Rain Tarp Though our tent has two vestibules, we sometimes bring this separate rain tarp for a more comfortable place to cook, chill at camp, and cover our gear in the event of a rainstorm. Our Teton Crest Trail forecast was indecisive on rain, so we erred on the safe side of having it if we needed it. We didn’t this time, but we’ve used it before. It provides great coverage, and the easy-adjust guy lines make it extremely easy to pull taut.

rain fly and camp chair My wife hanging out in the Helinox Chair Zero under ENO’s ProFly Rain Tarp Bear Canisters: Sabre Frontiersman Bear Safe Container Bear canisters are required on all backcountry trips in Grand Teton National Park. Though bulky and cumbersome, our container worked like it was supposed to, securing our food and scented items from bears. We each stuffed one canister at the very bottom of our backpacks and accessed them from our bottom zippers when on the trail.

Bear Spray: Counter Assault Bear Deterrent Spray Bear spray is also required on all backcountry trips in Grand Teton National Park. Our spray cost $45 and kept us less paranoid while in bear country. It’s like life insurance: You buy it hoping you’ll never need to use it.

Water Filter: Katadyn Gravity BeFree Water Filtration System – 3 liters The Katadyn Gravity BeFree 3-liter water filter lets gravity do its thing — no pumping required. The 3-liter reservoir filters water at a rate of 2 liters per minute. The best part, though, is its compatibility with new water bladders. The filter’s hose snaps into the housing on our new Osprey 3-liter bladder and fills it up with no chance of spills. Check out our full review on the filter here.

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Stove: MSR PocketRocket Stove I’ve owned this stove for over seven years now, and it’s still kicking. It’s compact and can easily boil a pot of water in a few minutes.

Propane: MSR IsoPro Canister Fuel MSR makes small, medium, and large fuel canisters. We buy the medium-size ones, as they tend to last for three to five backpacking trips.

Lighters: BIC Classic Lighter Cheap and effective, we bring two of these just in case one gets damaged or runs out of fuel.

Pot: GSI Outdoors Halulite 1.8-liter Ultralight Boiler Pot This 1.8-liter pot weighs 11 ounces and is made of hard anodized aluminum. Its handle stays cool and flips up to lock the lid into place when stored. We typically just use it to boil water for backpacking meals, instant oatmeal, or instant coffee.

sipping coffee Using our GSI Outdoors Halulite boiler pot, MSR PocketRocket Stove, and MSR fuel on a different backpacking trip in Black Canyon of the Gunnison Sporks: Humangear GoBites Uno Spork Unfortunately, we forgot to bring our two sporks on this trip. So we had to clean off two of our extra tent stakes and use them as our utensils. Though a little sharp, they did the trick!

Coffee Mug: REI Co-op Recycled Camp Mug (20 fl. oz.) This mug doesn’t get scalding hot like enamelware mugs tend to. The lid is also a nice plus.

Towel: Next Adventure Microfiber Camp Towel We use this towel for everything: drying off after a swim, wiping down a wet tent, drying dishes, etc. It folds down small and actually soaks up moisture, while some other towels we’ve used just move water around.

Multitool: Leatherman Crater C33SX Though we mostly use the knife on this multitool, a few of its other tools have come in handy on various trips. We use the flat screwdriver, for example, to open and close our bear canisters.

Trekking Poles: Leki Makalu Carbon Ultralight My wife generally uses these poles and has found that they help relieve some back and knee pain on long uphills and downhills. They expand and contract to stow away on the outside of her backpack. Unfortunately, they’ve started contracting randomly when hiking, even with the mechanisms locked tight.

Headlamps: Ledlenser SEO 7R and UCO Air Rechargeable lithium batteries power both headlamps, though the Ledlenser SEO 7R can also accommodate three AAA batteries as a backup. Each has a red light, which we use to preserve our night vision and keep bugs away. The Ledlenser’s beam can be adjusted from narrow to wide to properly light up things in the distance or up close.

Binoculars: Meade 10×25 Binoculars These binoculars are a hand-me-down. Though not the best, they do come in handy for watching wildlife at a distance.

Portable Charger: myCharge RAZOR PLUS USB Portable Power Bank We mostly bring along this portable charger to keep my iPhone from dying while on the trail. We use my phone for videos and pictures, and it’s nice to have some backup juice for it (or for our rechargeable headlamps). From our experience, this particular device can charge an iPhone from empty to full about 1.5 times.

Extra Tent Stakes: Wildish Aluminum Tent Stakes If we’re caught in some rain and need to set up our rain tarp, we have a few extra stakes to secure its guy lines to the ground. On the Teton Crest Trail, we had to use these as our eating utensils since we had accidentally left our sporks behind.

Rope: Miscellaneous You never know when some extra rope might be needed on a backpacking trip.

Compass: Suunto M-5 SK It’s always good to have a compass as a backup if we happen to lose our way.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i We don’t always bring along our DSLR camera, but we couldn’t resist having it with us on this particularly scenic trail. Its images are super sharp, and we use it to capture vistas in a way our iPhones can’t.

scenery shot in the grand tetons We took this photo with our Canon EOS Rebel T3i camera First-Aid Kit: Miscellaneous We assembled our own first-aid kit, complete with a few alcohol wipes, Band-Aids, gauze wrap, wound cleaning solution, bandage wrapping tape, and Dermabond skin adhesive.

Blister Treatment: Body Glide Foot Anti Blister Balm This compact foot “stick” is easy to apply to hot spots, intended to lubricate areas that are being rubbed uncomfortably. Though it doesn’t completely prevent blisters, it tends to slow the process a bit.

Toilet Paper: Scott 1000 Septic Safe Toilet Paper Because we have a composting toilet in our RV, we use biodegradable toilet paper regularly. Usually, we toss a roll or a fistful of sheets into a ziplock baggie for use in the backcountry. Even though it’s biodegradable, we always pack it out.

Body Wipes: Huggies Natural Care Fragrance-Free Wipes We like having a sanitation option. These we use to clean our hands or feet and for a more satisfying “number two” cleanup.

Trash Bag: Gallon Ziplock Freezer Bags Standard trash bags kept ripping on us, so we recently converted to much tougher and more compact ziplock gallon freezer bags for trash. The zip closure also helps keep odors down. We bring one for food and miscellaneous trash and one for toilet paper trash.

Chapstick: Burt’s Bees Beeswax Lip Balm No one wants chapped or sunburned lips in the backcountry (or anywhere).

Medicine: Ibuprofen and Equate Headache Relief These are nice to have to prevent migraines, relieve altitude sickness, or combat inflammation/soreness.

S-Biners: Nite Ize S-Biner #4 Another miscellaneous item, these S-Biners have a number of uses. Generally, we use these to attach sandals to our packs.

Sandals: Chaco Z/2 Cloud It’s nice to let your feet air out after a long day on the trail. Though Chacos are relatively heavy, we brought ours on this trip to let our feet breathe once at camp.

Books: “The Emerald Mile” and Amazon Kindle E-Reader Sure, books are extra weight. But it’s just so nice to sit down with a great read and enjoy a quiet evening in the backcountry. We try to make camp around 3 or 4 p.m., so we like having the entertainment. “The Emerald Mile” is an excellent adventure book that we highly recommend. And, as we’re living full-time on the road, our Amazon Kindle e-reader has been really nice to have. We can rent e-books from our home library for free and avoid accumulating books on our RV.

The Food We Brought food packing list for backpacking

Breakfast: Quaker Instant Oatmeal Protein and Alpine Start Original Blend Instant Coffee The Quaker Instant Oatmeal Protein packets are larger and more filling than standard instant oatmeal packets. Simply boil water, pour it straight into the packet, and voila!

Every good backpacking trip starts with coffee. Delicious and caffeinated, Alpine Start Original Blend Instant Coffee is our brew of choice.

Snacks: CLIF Bars, Peanut Butter Crackers, Sunbelt Bakery Oats & Honey Bars, Trail Mix, Gatorade Mix, Fruit Food is fuel on long treks. We brought a mix of salty and sweet snacks on this particular trip, plus some caffeinated ones. One of CLIF’s newer flavors is Peanut Toffee Buzz, which contains caffeine. The Gatorade Mix kept us from getting tired of plain old water, and the fruit was a healthy pick-me-up.

Lunch: Peanut Butter and Honey Pita Sandwiches, Dill Pickle Chips, Fruit, Snickers Though the pita bread wasn’t the best choice (it didn’t contain the honey very well), peanut butter and honey sandwiches tend to keep well and are packed with protein. Dill pickle chips are delicious and a great source of salt. For fruit, we often bring tougher ones like clementines and apples. Snickers serve as our backcountry dessert of choice.

Dinner: Omeals and Tea Omeals are backpacking meals that don’t require a stove. You simply pour any liquid (hot or cold, filtered or unfiltered) into the package. An included “heating element” reacts with the liquid, heating it up and forcing steam out of the top “steam vent.” The heated liquid heats up the precooked food pouch inside, which you remove after five minutes. Just like that, you have a hot meal for one. We’ve brought them along on a number of backpacking trips and always enjoy the easy prep.

If it’s chilly out, after dinner we’ll sometimes make a few cups of tea. We like it because it helps us drink more water and is a great way to relax before bed.

Omeals backpacking food Self-heating Omeals My Trail Apparel apparel for backpacking

Shirt: MtnLogic The MtnLogic (since rebranded as Bight Gear) shirt is pilling where my backpack straps rest, but otherwise it’s a great breathable Polartec Delta shirt.

Shorts: Lululemon Surge 7-Inch Shorts These Lululemon Surge shorts are lightweight, quick drying, and have yet to cause chafing. Plus, because there’s a liner, no underwear is needed.

Socks: Smartwool PhD Outdoor Light Crew Socks, Darn Tough Dashes Crew Light Socks, Stance Warm Socks The Smartwool and Darn Tough socks are both made of merino wool, so they’re antimicrobial and stink-free. The Stance socks are a warmer pair that I wear at night or early in the morning.

Shoes: Merrell MQM Flex Mid Waterproof Boots We didn’t know whether or not there would be stream or snow crossings on our trail, so I chose to wear my waterproof Merrell MQM Flex Mid boots. They’re plenty breathable, but the narrow foot box gave my pinky toes a few blisters.

Warm Jacket: The North Face Ventrix Hoodie The Ventrix hoodie is warm, comfortable, and lightweight. It breathes really well, so I can hike in it late into the morning without breaking a sweat.

jacket and sweatpants for backpacking The North Face Ventrix jacket and Showers Pass Track Pants Sweatpants: Showers Pass Track Pants These sweatpants are slim fitting and plenty warm for cold temps.

Rain Jacket: Marmot Eclipse Jacket Though we didn’t need our rain gear on this particular trip, my Marmot Eclipse EVODry rain jacket is extremely waterproof without the crinkly, stuffy feel.

Miscellaneous Apparel: Mountain Hardwear Gloves, Flowfold Beanie, BUFF, Gap Long-Sleeved Shirt, ExOfficio Boxer Briefs, Columbia Running Hat, Wiley X Hudson Sunglasses The gloves, beanie, and BUFF are great for keeping the extremities warm and the wind at bay. The long-sleeved Gap shirt is simply an extra comfortable layer to don if needed. At night, I usually change out of my hiking shorts and into my ExOfficio boxer briefs for extra comfort and cleanliness when sleeping. Even after repeated uses, they never smell. The Columbia running hat is cool and effective, and the Wiley X Hudson polarized sunglasses keep the squinting to a minimum.

My Wife’s Trail Apparel girls apparel for backpacking

Shirts: Black Diamond S/S Block Tee and Under Armour Athletic T-Shirt Both shirts are breathable, sweat-wicking, and long enough to not ride up my wife’s back when she’s wearing her backpack. She did regret bringing her white UA shirt because it got dirty very fast. So it’s now designated as a backpacking-only shirt.

Sports Bra: Under Armour Seamless Plunge My wife’s Under Armour sports bra is her all-time favorite. It’s comfortable and supportive without being constricting. Plus, it’s cheap and sold at UA outlet stores.

Shorts & Leggings: Reebok Athletic Shorts and Leggings The Reebok shorts and leggings are flattering and comfortable with a waistband like yoga pants.

Socks: Smartwool Socks, Cotton Ankle-High Socks From Target The Smartwool hiking socks help keep odors down so they can be worn multiple days in a row.

hiking on a bridge Black Diamond T-shirt, Reebok leggings, Merrell hiking boots Shoes: Merrell Eventyr Bluff Waterproof Boots These hiking boots are cute, waterproof, and durable. My wife wears them on short hikes, long backcountry outings, and even around town. The only downside is that the heel cup is beginning to stick out and cause blisters.

Warm Jacket: The North Face Ventrix jacket She uses the Ventrix jacket for the same reasons I listed above. She likes that it has a hood so when her ears get cold hiking she can pull it on or off.

Sweatpants: Under Armour sweatpants Her UA sweatpants provide a warm layer on top of shorts or leggings and repel wind and water.

Rain Jacket: Marmot Minimalist Waterproof Jacket My wife has had this jacket since 2011, and it’s stood the test of time. She bought one size up for more rain coverage in the sleeves and body.

marmot rain jacket Women’s Marmot Minimalist rain jacket Miscellaneous Apparel: BUFF, Burton Long-Sleeved Baselayer, Qikpac Rain Pants The Burton long-sleeved baselayer is flattering, comfortable, and functional. It’s thin enough to go under any coat without feeling bulky and has thumb holes in the sleeves to keep them from riding up.

As for the rain pants, she uses them so infrequently that she honestly just wanted to find the cheapest pair. We scored when we found this pair in her size at Sierra Trading Post for $19. They serve their purpose, keep her dry, and have buttons to adjust the size around the ankles.

And that’s our packing list for our Teton Crest Trail backpacking adventure. Did we leave anything out? What are some of your favorite backpacking gear, food, or apparel items? What do you do for meals in the backcountry?

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Backpacking Gear List: Everything We Brought Hiking

Teton Crest Trail Backpacking Gear List: Everything We Brought Hiking

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