#cause the pastabilities are endless

[yearningaces]

Heyyy, 🪩 Anon speaking, just doing my daily rounds, checking to see that your eating, drinking and sleeping the correct amount?

Lots of love!💕

... Eating and drinking.... Is a thing I should probably do

Lots of love 🪩 Anon! Missed ya, hope you're well and the world is kind to you!

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (14-20 Apr 2024)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

nothing long! not really a lot of reading at all this week tbh

💖💖 +163K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Appetite (the_deep_magic) - The Eagle of the Ninth: Marcus/Esca, 13K - very satisfying incubus fic

Too many men on the ice (imperfectcircle) - Original Work, Hockey: Himbo Bisexual/Neurotic Gay, Himbo Bisexual/Grumpy Bisexual, endgame Himbo Bisexual/Neurotic Gay/Grumpy Bisexual, 18K - just DELIGHTFUL! Sunshine himbo hockey player meets stressed doctor - they make it work but himbo's grumpy teammate might cause some friction? Luckily polyamory is there to save them all!

The Chase (saltandbyrne) - TW: Sterek, 10K - reread, fave - fun, deliciously filthy & wonderful omegaverse chase/claim

Think I'm Finally Clean (fuck_me_barnes) - MCU: Stucky, 4.6K - reread, fave - "In which sub Bucky wishes for rougher handling by normally gentle dom Steve, and gets probably more than he bargained for."

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Beyond Paradise - s1, e1-6; s2, e0-3

Ghosts (US) - s3, e6-8

Murdoch Mysteries - s16, e8-13

QI - series S, e14; series U, e1-3

D20: Fantasy High: Junior Year - "The Last Stand" (s21, e15)

D20: Adventuring Party - "Nighttime Ecstasy" (s16, e15)

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

⭐ Worlds Beyond Number - A County Affair ep1 "CRIME-a-doodle-doo!"

⭐ Worlds Beyond Number - A County Affair ep2 "FAIRmageddon!"

Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for A County Affair ep1: "CRIME-a-doodle-doo!"

Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for A County Affair ep2: "FAIRmageddon!"

The Sporkful - Alyse Whitney Brings Big Dip Energy

Throughline - The Union Strike That Changed The History of Flight

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Reppin our Weird Hometown Traditions

⭐ Hit Parade - We Want It That Way Edition

WikiHole - March Madness (with Rory Scovel, Natasha Leggero and Sabrina Jalees)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Showgirl Magic Museum

Welcome to Night Vale #246 - A Story about Him

⭐ Switched on Pop - Berlin's Hottest Club is Rico Nasty & Boys Noize

99% Invisible #578 - Anything's Pastable: Eat Sauté Love

Vibe Check - Death and Taxes

Better Offline - How A Chinese Glycine Manufacturer Went Viral ft. Louise Matsakis and Tianyu Fang

It's Been a Minute - An argument for the art of whistling

Ologies with Alie Ward - Columbidology (PIGEONS? YES) Part 1 with Rosemary Mosco

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Hot Ones And Conan O'Brien

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - How to make the best show about New York with John Wilson

Wiser Than Me - Julia Gets Wise with Ina Garten

Throughline - Ralph Nader, Consumer Crusader

Today, Explained - The great American squatter panic

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Late Night

⭐ Song Exploder - War "Low Rider"

Endless Thread - Green Memes

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Fallout And What's Making Us Happy

Short Wave - An 11-Year-old Unearthed Fossils Of The Largest Known Marine Reptile

Dear Prudence - My Wife’s Bipolar Diagnosis Is Creating A Rift in Our Marriage. Help!

⭐ Strong Songs - "Heart of Glass" by Blondie

Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - Judith Butler

Worlds Beyond Number - WWW #12: Prisoner's Dilemma

Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for WWW ep12 "Prisoner's Dilemma"

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

The Monkees 50 [The Monkees] {2016}

Exzavion Powells

HARDC0RE DR3AMZ [Boys Noize & Rico Nasty] {2024}

Boys Noize

"Low Rider" [War] radio

[turnaboutimagines]

LAST ONE FOR NOW I PROMISE how abouttt a scenario w nahyuta (i love him now) where reader is tryin to investigate the situation around him n ga'ran n what dirt she's got on him, and he catches em n tries to stop em like "what are you doing?! if you get caught digging around like this you could be in danger!!" and in the heat of the moment reader angrily confesses "it's bc i love you!!" and just,,, the Pastabilities,,, near endless,,, hurt/comfort, un/requited love, pure angst, ur choice babe -❤

See, if you give me a choice… I will go with raw angst bc I’m the Worst, pal.  Live for that Drama…  This is honestly such a delicious prompt, though, and I hope you enjoy it!  ^^Looks like we’re having a bit of an SoJ day, hehe.

You thought you were being sneaky, finally getting to eavesdrop on a conversation between Nahyuta and Ga’ran in the palace.  Unfortunately, it had no substance  You’re halfway through sneaking back out what you believe to be a hidden passageway that only you know about when an all too familiar voice calls out from behind you.

“And what, pray tell, do you believe you are doing?”

Well.  You’d certainly thought wrong.

Nahyuta’s gaze is as cold as his tone as he stares you down in the narrow passageway, one hand tucked behind his back as he waited patiently for your answer.  The look on his face is inscrutable, but you have the impression that he already knows the answer.  That he already knows how this interaction is going to go.

That he’s resigned himself to his situation, serving as Ga’ran’s puppet prosecutor.

You cross your arms over your chest, not backing down from his challenge.  “I’m trying to help you!  I-I know Ga’ran blackmailed you into joining her regime.”  She must be.  There’s no other explanation for why the Nahyuta you knew and adore so much would betray his father’s cause.

“Ah.  You are attempting to assist me by eavesdropping?  You shame the Holy Mother herself with such putrid actions.  You know just as well as I do that I left of my own accord after careful consideration and seeing the light of the matter.”  He tilts his head to the side slightly, the placid smile on his lips utterly devoid of mirth.  “Did your insolent behavior today reward you with any insights to support your claim?”

It didn’t.  You stay silent, biting down on your lip as you endure it.

“…As I thought.  Then, surely, you must recognize that I am simply working for Her Eminence.  That is the truth of the matter.  Will you take the honorable course and admit as much, now?”

Still, the steel of his bladed words is rippled with concern—the very same that forged them to begin with.  You know him too well, but they still bury themselves deep into your heart.

This isn’t fair.

“N-No, because a dragon never yields!  Once you’re a dragon, you’re always a dragon.  Maybe you didn’t talk about it this time, but I know Ga’ran’s got you put up to this somehow!”  

He stares at you for a moment before letting out a soft sigh and shaking his head.  “I am afraid that I am living evidence to the contrary.”  You see the subtle flickering of a wince as his composure breaks, giving you a peak of the storm raging underneath his calm veneer.  “And, if you are as intelligent as I recall, then I would recommend you listen to me and let go of this delusion you are clinging to… unless you have a deathwish.”

His final word hangs in the air and you know it’s true.  You knew it the moment you began digging into it and it only became more real when you began sneaking around the palace after learning about this special entrance.  Balling your hands into fists at your side you only feel more determined now.

“I’m not going to let go of it, no matter the risks.  Deny it all you want, but I know you, Nahyuta.  I know you’re still a dragon under that lapdog act.”

The atmosphere in the corridor palpably shifts as he stretches out his necklace, finally starting to lose his cool.  “Why must you insist with such nonsense?  Even when you have no evidence to the contrary and the costs are so high?  And please, do not spout any further platitudes from the rebels.”

“I can’t stand seeing you like this because I love you, you idiot!!!”  You didn’t mean to say that and you quickly slap a hand over your mouth, horrified.

His necklace snaps at that moment, beads flying everywhere as they connect with his face with a force that looks like it has to hurt.  He stumbles back, panicked, but he doesn’t fall.  Not this time.  Quickly, he straightens himself back out and his expression is placid once more, but there is something sharp in his eyes as he readies his tongue to deal the final blow to this miserable conversation.

“…You have nothing to worry about there, as I have no wishes to ever see you again after this.”  A slow inhale before he gives you an earnestly frigid smile, the kind that you’ve only ever seen him give when he’s facing down someone grossly incompetent.  “You truly are more delusional than I thought, to pursue such outlandish claims in the name of one-sided love… a love that is founded on a misunderstanding because you do not know me at all.  You are risking everything for a lie that does not even further your supposedly noble cause… how pathetic.”

He turns on his heel before beginning to walk away from you, not even bothering to wait for your reaction.  The conversation is over, yet you can’t help but reach out after him, even after his words had effectively shredded your heart to a bloody pulp.

“N-Nahyuta—”

He doesn’t even look back at you as he walks away, shrouding himself more tightly in his faith.  It was far kinder to deal this harsh blow himself, rather than have an executioner do it in his stead on Ga’ran’s orders.

He loves you too much for that, he just hopes that you can forgive him for this someday… he doubts that the Holy Mother will.

[anna-milton]

Oh my god I had typed out an entire long post about vfd as a Starbucks union and Tumblr reloaded as I tried to post it I haaaaate being alive. So here's the short version: Starbucks is like kind of notoriously anti-union and will just up and fire any people trying to organize if there aren't too many of them, so people trying to organize have to keep it very quiet until they have enough power to do something about it. It would probably benefit people trying to do so to come up with some sort of secret codes so that they could talk to each other about it publicly. Starbucks employees are also called "partners" which is only like a half step away from "associates" and working there WILL make a coffee/tea snob out of anyone. Anyways. Esmé is a horrible evil regular who shows up Right At open every morning and orders some new absurd drink almost every day and either does not tip and Causes Problems or just like throws cash into the tip jar bc she doesn't know how money works. Ellington works at a local small coffee shop and has nothing but disdain for The Corporation. Her rivalry/forbidden romance/? with Kit offers endless pastabilities. Fellow partners please chime in

[angstyzebra]

Can you do an imagine of Lance and his s/o cooking all cute and stuff and Lance gets his hand slightly burnt and his s/o trying to help him out?

Here ya go! This was fun to write, I hope you like it!

(Read below or on AO3 here!)

You and Lance have been living together in your shared apartment for a year now, and have been in a relationship with him for even longer than that. Lance came to you earlier that day saying the two of you should try cooking dinner together. He said something along the lines of it being “important for couple bonding”. You don’t know where he got that idea, but you thought it would be fun anyway and agreed.

The problem was, neither of you had much background in cooking. It surprised you that Lance had little experience despite the fact that he grew up in a large family. When you brought this up, he sheepishly grinned and explained that he had always been clumsy in the kitchen, and that his mother only ever let him help with small things like fetching ingredients.

You thought it couldn’t be that bad, and that he would probably be much better now considering he had grown up since then.

You both agreed on trying a simple recipe today, finding one online for spaghetti. You didn’t have everything needed for it, but Lance waved it off and said shopping for ingredients together was yet another important couple bonding activity. The trip didn’t take long and the only mishap being when Lance couldn’t decide what type of noodles to get. “There’s so many! The pastabilities are endless!” he had said, causing you to roll your eyes at his silly behavior.

He began taking everything out of the shopping bags while you dug out a pot and saucepan from the cupboards. “Alright, what do we need to do first, chef?” Lance asked, once all of the ingredients were out on the counter.

You read through the recipe on your phone for a moment before responding. “Let’s start with the sauce first. Can you turn the stove on?”

Lance complied while you began gathering the sauce, diced tomatoes, and spices. You then went to get the measuring spoons from a drawer, pausing when you heard Lance cry out in pain. You turned around and rushed towards him, noticing he was doubled over and clutching his hand to his chest. “What happened?”

“I just wanted to check if the stove was on.”

You guided him to the sink and turned the water on,testing it with your own hand until it was cool. “Okay, give me your hand.” He reluctantly pulled it away from his body and held it out to you. You grasped his wrist as you brought it to the water, earning a hiss of pain from your boyfriend. He flinched away at first but you held on tight.

“Lance, you’re supposed to keep your hand above the stove to test it, not on it.” you explained.

“I’m sorry.” he mumbled.

You smiled softly at him. “It’s okay, just don’t ever do that again. You really scared me.” He smiled back and you continued. “Besides… helping with your burn is like another couple bonding activity, don’t you think?”

That drew out a loud laugh from him. “You’re right!”

You left his side to get the first aid kit and some pain medicine from the bathroom. “How does it feel now?” you asked as you returned to the kitchen.

“Better, but it still stings a little.”

You turned off the water and brought a clean cloth to his hand to pat it dry. You then took bandages from the first aid kit and started wrapping them around the burn. “We should go see a doctor if the pain gets worse. I’ll check it again tomorrow to see if it looks infected.”

You filled up a glass of water and handed him some medicine for the pain. “Thank you, y/n.”

“Of course.” You give him a kiss on the cheek. “Now, do you think you can cook one-handed?”

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