#chinese doughnuts

[fullcravings]

Chinese Doughnuts

[eugenes-glasses]

˚ · . ♡ until i found you ♡ . · ˚

pt. 1 / pt. 2 (coming soon)

requested: no

sparrow!ben hargreeves x umbrella!fem!reader

summary: you and ben fall for each other, even though their families are sworn enemies

warnings: swearing, mentions of fighting, mentions of murder, mentions of sex

word count: 1,106

a/n: i'm sorry if this is bad! anyways sparrow ben's hot and there's not enough fics about him, also your power in this is like, light gathering or something, you can take the energy from lightbulbs and stuff i'm not good at explaining. anyways, this kinda sucks and im sorry for that, i wrote this at 1 in the morning and i have school in a few hours but i needed to post something, anyways, working on requests next

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"What now?" You asked your brother, Five, who landed you all in a terrible situation. Again. After almost dying while fighting the Handler and a bunch of her minions and jumping to another timeline, all in a limited time span, you were exhausted. Then, to add to that, you had to fight the Sparrows, leaving you bloody and bruised. Your skin was littered with cuts and scrapes.

Now, you were all sitting in the lobby of the Hotel Obsidian with a selection of Chinese food that you didn't want. "Nothing, Y/n. We saved the world. We won." He smiled, raising his glass and cheering with his brothers. You didn't believe it. You had a bad feeling about the whole thing. It was too good to be true. You brushed your feelings away. You were probably just paranoid, as usual. But something just kept screaming in your ear that something was off. So you decided to take a walk. Clear your head and maybe grab some food.

Everything was the same, yet so different. You'd walked this street before, but you'd never seen these shops, or signs, or benches. You wandered the streets of the backward city until you reached a diner. It was the same one you came to when nights at the Umbrella Academy were tough. When dad would scold you for stealing the light from the bulbs. It wasn't Griddy's Doughnuts, but it still held a place in your heart for many reasons. One of these reasons being that you had your first kiss in the booth at the back of the diner when you were 17. You carved your names under the table with a butter knife. You entered and proceeded straight to that exact booth. You slowly felt the wooden bottom, searching for the scratched initials, but you found nothing. Part of you was glad that those memories of him were erased, and you sat down as a waitress came up to the booth.

"Welcome! Can I get you anything?" She asked cheerfully, a wide smile on her face as she flipped to a blank page on her notepad. You used to always have milkshakes here with Klaus to distract him from the spirits and the pain of losing Ben. It was difficult for all of you, but it hit him the hardest. So you would cheer him up with a strawberry milkshake and french fries while you talked about anything and everything. So that's what you got. You grabbed a newspaper from one of the shelves and looked at what was happening in the world. Nothing interesting to say the least. You put it back and waited for your stuff.

When the waitress came back with your food, you smiled contently. Nothing could ruin this moment. Or so you thought. "Hm. What are the odds that we're both here, getting milkshakes?" His irritating voice rang in your ear like nails on a chalkboard. You looked over and he was right next to your face with his shit eating grin. He knew he was wrecking your time and he was enjoying it. He sat down in front of you, much to your dismay. "What's your name? I didn't catch it when we were beating your asses." You rolled your eyes, ignoring him as you took a sip of your drink. "Well?"

"Why should I tell you?"

"Stop being a bitch and just tell me."

"Y/n. Now shut up."

"Too bad we're enemies or whatever. I would've thought you were hot." He shrugged, waiting for your reaction. You knew what he was doing, and you wouldn't fall victim to it. You gave him nothing but the middle finger. He clenched his jaw. "What's your family up to? What's your next move?" His eyes stared into yours.

"Even if I knew, it's not like I'd tell you, dumbass." You scoffed, and he sat with a blank expression. "Look, if you're here to fight, I'm not in the mood." He shook his head, leaning his cheek on his palm.

"Nope. Just wanna get to know you."

"You didn't even know my name a minute ago."

"Exactly."

"Why?" Your eyebrow quirked in suspicion. He didn't seem like the type to care about anybody but himself, which wasn't exactly wrong.

"Maybe there is no why. Maybe I just want to." You didn't trust him. Why should you? He was throwing family members with his tentacles just a few hours ago. But you gave it a shot. What's the worst that could happen?

"What do you want to know?" His lips curled into his signature smirk. That afternoon, you'd shared more with him than you'd shared with anyone else. You found out a lot about him as well, and he wasn't all that bad. He knew your favorite songs and you told him about your favorite memories, and when you left the diner, you walked around the city, talking about everything. The two of you bonded quite a bit, and in the few hours you spent together, he opened up quite a bit. About his childhood and family struggles. You didn't trust him, but you considered him somewhat of a friend. Then you thought about what he's like when he's not being nice.

You would often overthink, which was what you were doing at the moment. What if it was all an act? What if he was just trying to gather information about his enemies? Why would he give a shit about somebody he tried to kill this morning? Your mood shifted and you stopped. He turned to look at you. It was like he was a completely different person. "You okay?" He put his hand on your shoulder.

You shrugged it off, nodding and smiling. "Yeah, everything's fine. It's just late. I should leave."." He agreed and you said your goodbyes and parted ways. Your mind drifted straight to the thought of what would've happened if you kept walking. He might have led you to a dark, lonely alley and killed you. Or maybe he would've taken you somewhere and fucked you, which you probably wouldn't mind too much. Either way, neither would be helpful due to the current situation with your families feuding. You walked back to the hotel, and when you walked into the lobby, Viktor came up to you, "Where have you been? You've been gone all day! Are you okay?" He put his hands on both of your arms, inspecting for any new injuries.

"I'm alright. I just needed to clear my head." You assured him. No way in hell were you going to tell them what had happened. That would only lead to more problems, and you could deal with less right now. But you couldn't stop thinking about him.

[prettyaddict14]

Top Scents that attracts Men

Vanilla

Probably the most universally known scent that is desirable to all. Its scent has been shown to increase arousal by 9 percent in men.

2.Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie scent increases penile blood flow in 40 percent in men. The scent of pumpkin pie mixed with Lavender increased blood flow to the nether regions by 40 percent when sniffed, Also the smell of pumpkin pie mixed with the smell of doughnuts increased blood flow by 31.5 percent.

3. Lavender

Lavender is also known as the 'herb of love' and has been used to entice men for centuries. It would have been rubbed over womens bodies.

Strawberry

In one study, the sweet scent of strawberry increased arousal in people who were told the smell had the same affect.

Jasmine

In Hindu and Muslim Traditions, Jasmine is known as the perfume of love. This scent is claimed to be the one strongest aphrodisiacs out there.

Lily of The Valley

A study found that the scent heightened arousal in men by 11 percent and said to make women more likely to get pregnant when wearing it during intercourse.

Ginger

Ginger has been used throughout history as an aphrodisiac. Ginger essential oil has been found to be energising and uplifting. A recent study of Chinese folk medicines found that ginger acts as a circulatory stimulant and that it can aid in erectile dysfunction.

Black Licorice

The smell of this candy has been shown to increase arousal in men by 13 percent, when combined with the cent of doughnuts that number jumped to 32 percent. The sweet smell. which comes from anise has been rumoured to work on arousing women as well.

Cinnamon

Cleopatra is reputed to have used a special blend of cardamom, cinnamon and rose oil to bewitch Mark Anthony. Cinnamon has been proven to activate arousal in animal studies. Its a scent know to attract both men and women.

Doughnut

The smell of doughnuts on its own increased blood flow to the groin by only 7 percent, but the scent of doughnuts mixed with black licorice increased blood flow by 31 percent. Mixed with lavender, the doughnut smell increased blood flow by 18 percent anf mixed with cola it increased by 12 percent,

Pink Grapefruit

Studies show that women who wear the scent of pink grapefruit are perceived to be 6 years younger on average and therefore more attractive to men.

Roses

Rose scents has been used throughout time for medicinal reasons, and to boost confidence, fertility and libido. Ayurvedic practitioners will also tell you that it helps regulate the nervous system. making people more responsive to touch.

Peppermint

Peppermint has been found it as an aphrodisiac for women increasing alertness, stimulating the brain and dilating the blood vessels in the sexual organs.

Sandalwood

Used in Eastern Indian Ayurvedic medicine, Sandalwood has often been used as an aphrodisiac. Recent studies back up these claims showing that sandalwood elevates the pulse and exhibits the pulse and antidepressant and relaxing qualities.

Orange

Orange is another scent thats proven to increase blood flow to the sexual organs testing at 19 percent. The smell of citrus has been shown to increase alertness.

[morethansalad]

Chinese Doughnut Sticks / Youtiao / 油条 (Vegan & Gluten-Free)

[feedmesqueezeme]

Did you have a fattening birthday?

Yeah I really did! I had McDonald's breakfast wrap and hash browns for breakfast, KFC box meal with extra wings for lunch then ordered a Chinese takeaway for dinner. I had friends over and they made Chocolate brownie which I enjoyed and also some of the giant doughnut cake. So it was very fattening 😊

[bignfatpookies]

this is a story... about you. pt. 1

you were always a thin girl. Weren't you? you grew up with parents who wanted you to stay thin your entire life. so they dictated everything. they made your meals, scheduled your workouts, and dictated your friends. you were already mindless, and dependent on someone else to do things for you, weren't you? and they didn't properly prepare you to do those things alone.

and then you went to college. and lucky you... I was your roommate. Of course, I agreed to help you with meal plans, and your workout routines... so you wouldn't have to worry about anything except for graduating. I thought you needed... a little more meat on your bones.

and so... you didn't know I was feeding you... so much more. sure, your stomach feeling tight after a meal was a new feeling... but you didn't think much of it. in a passing thought, you did wonder if this was a normal amount of food to be eating... but you shrugged it off. you were already exactly how I wanted you to be. letting me do the thinking for you.

so you ate 4 meals a day. and thought nothing of it. one day I tried to push the limits of how much I could get you to eat. so for breakfast, you had scrambled eggs, 3 slices of toast, two doughnuts, and a large serving of biscuits and gravy. and you gobbled it up so fast.. telling me all about how you had never had a doughnut before. and how good my cooking was compared to your parents.

lunch was Chinese food. I ordered chicken fried rice, orange chicken, egg rolls, buttery rolls, and crab rangoons. all of this food was supposed to be shared between me and you. but you got to it before I could get any... and you ate it all, without a thought. I had to excuse myself to the bathroom to relieve myself.

mid-afternoon "snack" as you called it, but was really just a mid-afternoon meal. it was Ramen. Of course, these meals were a bit smaller, to keep you thinking they were just snacks. so you had a small plate of dumplings and some top ramen.

Dinner was Pizza. normally, I would give you around 3 or 4 slices.. but today I pushed it a little. I gave you almost half of the pizza and 4 garlic breadsticks. and watched you scarf it all down. and for dessert, I let you wash it all down with a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. god, you were so stuffed... I watched your already tight-fitting shirt hug your bloated gut, as you burped and groaned, slowly falling into a food coma on the couch.

and this is only the beginning, sweetheart. keep your eye out for Pt. 2 :)

[threadsun]

Anonymous Asks: "What do you think are Jack's, Joseph's, Shaun's, Ian's, Nick's, and Jean's favorite foods and drinks?"

Ooooh I’m gonna do these a lil out of order for Headcanon Reasons~

Content: Food and drink talk

Joseph:

Okay so I know everyone headcanons him as Italian-American, but like… my little Jewish heart likes to think he’s Jewish

Some of his favourite foods are ones he remembers his bubbe making for him before she passed away and he ran away

Her brisket is the thing he misses the most, so soft with just a hint of hot sauce and horseradish. Sandwiched between two slices of freshly baked challah…

The slightly gross bagels and lox she used to buy for him on a Sunday morning

But also he’s a sucker for a greasy burger and slightly soggy fries, a strawberry milkshake on the side

Shitty boxed wine (or manischewitz lmao)

Jack:

So, Sunny Day Jack was meant to be an all-American guy, but this Jack is a weird amalgamation of Jack and Joseph

So, uh, he’s Jewish too now. It’s my house I get to make the rules, and the rules are I project onto characters

Apples may be his favourite snack, but for a meal? Matzo ball soup. It’s got vegetables, protein, carbs… if you make it the day before, you can skim off the schmaltz!

He also loves fruit salads and regular salads, and—no surprise here—blueberry pancakes

Any sort of fruit juice is good for him! He’ll freshly squeeze it himself to make sure there’s not too much sugar

Man loves milk

Shaun:

Shaun is an accomplished man in many respects, but uhhhh… cooking is not one of them

He’s not the worst at it, he can make himself ready meals or boxed mac and cheese or simple dishes

But generally, he kinda prefers to just get food in. Chinese, Thai, and Indian are absolutely his favourites, but he does also like to try new places when he can

He’s a big fan of sandwiches! Any filling, he just loves something he can hold in one hand while he works

As for drinks, he loves a good smoothie. Especially those super healthy green ones full of like kale and spinach and stuff

Shaun’s alcoholic drink of choice is vodka

Ian:

Ian’s a pretty good cook! Not like… professional chef level, but he likes to watch cooking shows

He’s picked up a few things, and he’s learned to cook all of his favourite foods

He makes an absolutely delicious ramen, a very good full English breakfast, and he’s also a decent baker. Pies, cookies, cinnamon rolls of course

Breakfasts are definitely his specialty, especially things that are good for breakfast in bed

He loves strawberry milk, it’s almost silly how excited he gets about it (but also so cute)

He’s a big fan of all types of tea!

Nick:

Now, Ian may be a good cook, but Nick is almost a professional level cook. He’s practiced for years

He’s good enough to make his own new recipes if he knows the basic ingredients needed

He specializes in all types of rice and pasta and bread, all made by hand. Fried rice, coconut rice, carbonara, bolognese, naan, pizza, anything like that

He does love a good pain au chocolat, especially with a hot coffee. It’s his ideal breakfast

When it comes to drinks, he mostly sticks with water and coffee, but sometimes he’ll drink soda

He’s a sucker for lemonade

Jean:

Look, Jean never wanted to be an actor. He wanted to be a baker. It’s why he stuck with the Rory role for so long.

He’s not like… the best at it, just cause he doesn’t have much time to practice

But he definitely loves to eat sweets! Cakes and cookies, macrons and meringues, parfaits and puddings. Anything sweet, he has a major sweet tooth!

Cafe foods and drinks in general are his favourites. Croissants, doughnuts, coffee, tea

He loves a good cup of hot chocolate, with marshmallows and whipped cream

This man loves baileys

[chubbycarebear]

12/02/23

Don’t know what I weigh but I have been off the diet lately and I’ve just spent 4 days straight gorging myself stupid. Tummy aches so bad, she’s forgotten how to handle this much greasy heavy food at once, so she’s heavy and bloated and I’ve felt so sick.

Since Thursday she’s been stuffed with a Chinese takeaway, an entire cheesecake with loads of double cream, yogurts, beer, sandwiches, crisps, milkshakes, energy drinks, enormous bowls of pasta, waffles with ice cream and chocolate, cream cakes, jelly, cookies, doughnuts, McDonald’s, two Pizza Hut pizzas, potato wedges, a full English fry up, muffins, haribo, quiche, full fat sugary lattes, roughly 3 kilos of chocolate and a late night Five Guys after already having a ‘healthy’ dinner of pasta.

My diet is ruined and my whole body is suffering from all this grease, sugar and salt. Not sure if I will get back on track or if this is it and I’m about to balloon again…

[unhonestlymirror]

Rating food of the countries I've been to, from West to East:

Disclaimer: it's veeery subjective

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Spain🇪🇸 : 7/10. It's okay. I expected their fish and seafood to be better, tho. A LOT of relatively cheap fresh juices, 10/10 for health. They also make surprisingly amazing pasta and surprisingly average paella.

France🇫🇷: 9/10. Never visited cafes or restaurants there, but Carrefour has an incredible variety of good meat. I love their pineapple pie, too. There are a lot of products for vegetarians, Muslims, and, in general, different people who have different eating styles. There's a lot to see. And omg, their bazaar days are something worth attending: I still regret that I never tried clams with white wine.

UK🇬🇧 : 6/10. Not impressed. Something tells me that they deliberately make fish-n-chips that terrible. But I absolutely loved the strawberries under hot chocolate, which was sold by two cheerful Polish girls near Madam Tussaud museum.

Switzerland 🇨🇭: 6/10. Migros has nice buns with spinach and those Japanese "sandwiches", overall, your whole salary is gonna be spent on food. (Lithuania core lol😭) McDonald's there SUCKS.

Norway🇳🇴: 4/10. I expected a lot for some reason. Prices gonna cause you a heart attack, the quality is gonna give you a second heart attack. Also!!! THERE WAS NO FISH IN THE SHOPS EXCEPT THE CANNED!!! I was deeply injured. Norwegian salmon is super popular in Ukraine, how can they not have any normal fish in the big supermarkets...

Germany🇩🇪: 1/10. I may be just unlucky, but every time I visit Germany and pick a random cafe with lots of people(!), it has the worst food I've ever tasted in my life. It's like that scene from Desperate Housewives: "Really? A woman who orders Chinese food for Christmas dinner cooked a pineapple pie?" I understand now why Ukrainian women often marry Germans. My heart bleeds when I see what exactly you eat. I want to cover you with a blanket and cook you a normal soup.

Czech Republic 🇨🇿: 7/10. The soup was nice, ставлю вподобайку👍

Poland🇵🇱 : 8/10. Soup in bread, my beloved. Doughnuts were some kind of overcooked in oil, tho.

Montenegro🇲🇪: 10/10. I love you. I love your salads, your seafood, and I LOVE YOUR LEMON ICECREAM!!!!!

Slovakia🇸🇰: 7/10. I don't really remember what I ate, I am sorry. But I was really impressed with your supermarkets for some reason. Gotta visit it again.

Hungary🇭🇺: 6/10. It was my first time I've ever tried street food, and I liked it. You guys know how to cook meat.

Greece🇬🇷: 7/10. One day, I'll find the guy who can cook Karavidopsiha and beg them to cook it once again. Nice fish!!! I remember your arbutus honey as old women remember their best lovers. But. One time, a man served my family with unpeeled shrimps in batter. :/ What the hell was that? Is that some kind of a national dish I'm not aware of? Minus three points for such bullying.

Cyprus 🇨🇾: 7/10. I shouldn't be obsessed with your carob tree pastille that much.

Lithuania🇱🇹: 10/10. I love you. Although, I'd love to spend less money on food too. I love your Maxima and Rimi and Iki. I love your cafes. I love your bakery, I love your cocktails, I looooooove your soups, and I love your Asian food too. It's very easy to become an alcoholic with such delicious wines and tinctures.

Latvia🇱🇻: 11/10. Oh my god. Oh my god. I'm on my knees. Your cream chanterelle soup and Lidl croissants and marinated onion and šašlyk and fish and dairy products🛐🛐🛐. You guys know how to serve. I've never seen such pretty food designs anywhere. And of course, Lido. It brings me in tears of joy and makes me remember Puzata Hata. No, for real, is there any dish you don't know how to cook?

Finland🇫🇮: 7/10. That's okay. Nice street food.

Belarus ⚪️🔴⚪️: 9/10. Oh my dear Belarus, you're gonna be the best chef in Europe once you're free from russia. I wish I ate more machanka and drank your pine tincture when I had the chance. I love your chicory, it's a bit greyish, but it's much more delicious than an average chicory. Delicious meat in the shops. Other food is soviet-like, which makes me nauseous.

Ukraine 🇺🇦: ♾️/10. Вітчизно моя! Ти як здоров'я, наскільки ти цінна, тільки той знає, хто тебе втратив. I don't know if my favourite shops still work. I loved every single cafe I've been to, yes, even that shitty prorussian Mafia and Eurasia. I loved Puzata Hata. I loved Khlibna Kava, and its amazing cherry cupcakes. I loved Moloko Vid Fermera. I loved little kiosks with fresh Makadamia nuts and huge variety of vegetables and fruits. I loved Flagman and Silpo, Lvivśki croissants, and chocolate shops. I loved my seafood store. I loved giant frappes in Shevchenko Park. I loved my Continent with its old classical French background songs. I love my Japanese food stores. There are so many places I love. I used to find my bazaar so ugly and dirty, but I would give everything to buy the sea ​​buckthorn jam from the cheerful old lady. But it's not gonna happen. My bazaar was shelled by russians to the ground.

Turkey🇹🇷: 9/10. Your Katmer, seafood soup and baked shrimps(?) are something 🛐.

Jordan🇯🇴: 7/10. Nice! You cook paella better than Spain, be proud of yourself. Although, I'd love to not be scared for my life as a woman all the time. Your bazaar seemed very interesting, but unfortunately, I don't speak Arabic. And I am a woman, which also sucks, I guess. I was totally covered in black, except for the face and hair, and people still stared at me like on a zoo exponate. McDonald's kinda sucks too, but not as much as in Switzerland.

Egypt🇪🇬: 7/10. It's okay. I've tasted only hotel food.

Sakartvelo🇬🇪 : 10/10. Our guide forgot about our existence, and we had to find any source of food to not die from hunger, so we went to your local bazaar and asked to fry some cheap fish. It had lots of bones, and I hate fish with bones, but I ate it all, and it tasted amazing.

Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦: 6/10. Most of the week, I just cooked some simple spiceless products like pasta and eggs from the small store. You are far from the level of grocery stores in Turkey. Although, your cold orange juice bottle saved my life from dying in the middle of the desert.

Qazaqstan 🇰🇿: 7/10. I don't really remember your supermarkets, I guess they were okay. But your bazaars are definitely something worth attending. Millions of varieties of honey with millions of tastes and very salty hard cheese Kurt.

[inlocusmads]

nora & trystan's esl solidarity

because between having emmigrated to a country that speaks english primarily and being born in a household that speaks one language at home and another one outside, things get wildly confusing,, so here are some esl (english as a second language) headcanons for these goofballs:

not understanding sarcasm: nora, growing up, would take in these direct straightforward english sentences and translate them into chinese and sometimes the sarcasm and the subtext is all lost in translation. and for trystan, he'd have trouble navigating his way in new york, especially with the taxis. ("pfft, as if we're such lackeys go there" "then will you?")

so. much of difficult pronounciation! Especially in English class. Nora can read Caesar, but pronouncing Caesar as "kay-sar" is .. not ideal. ("pronounce it the way you read it is a lie!") and Trystan trying to order a coffee, going "ma-zhh--kiatoh?"

subject-verb-object problems: Nora would just give up and use passive voice instead in school because she has absolutely no idea where to fit in the subject - at the end or in the beginning or somewhere in the middle. Trystan would just struggle a lot with the placement of adjectives ("Did you try this vegan chamomile non-GMO tea?" "I have been impatiently waiting for my tea PLEASE it has been more than an hour!")

such much, such many, this much

"it's this THING - THE THING-- what's it called in English? It is called krpa in Drakovian" or "the English equivalent of Tuōbǎ in Chinese"

no. contractions. ever. Especially Trystan. and he doesn't understand the American ways to contract things, because half the time the baristas or the mechanics or the plumbers would just swallow their words and Trystan would have to go, "I am sorry, please repeat."

Nora's the "I learned English from American TV" girlie while Trystan's the "I learned English from books written by English authors" girlie, which means Nora learned how to swear and she cannot stop saying "fuck" or "shit" and Trystan learned pretentious words like "dreadful" and "flabbergasted". (Bonus-> Nora is not used to swearing but she loves the satisfaction, so she sneaks in the swears wherever she can, so it just comes off as weird and Trystan slowly starts adopting an English accent, which sometimes slips into his Drakovian and it is just a big ol' mess)

Even more pronounciation problems! Trystan largely struggles with his "th-" sounds. ("Take a left and then a nor-szz. A nor-zh- a -- a -- norr--zhzthf-- the thing, just take the thing" and "Can I get a banana smoo-zhie?") and Nora interchanging her Js and Gs and Ps and Bs, in addition to adding a "g" at the end of her "n"s and "m"s ("No, the thing is that the tin-g can with the corn is very --" "A what can?" "Ting! Round metal thing")

Nora repressing her Chinese because it reminds her of her dead parents who were her only gateways to her culture versus Trystan speaking Drakovian any chance he gets because it reminded him of the poetry he wrote that made him find his own gateway to his culture, afar from his toxic family's intervention.

Watching movies and TV shows with subtitles ALWAYS. But also having to keep up with the movie plot on Wikipedia because half the times they don't understand the subtext or the tone.

"Hey I'll meet you in noon?" "No, unfortunately I am busy on 12:00pm." "I'm fine meeting at Saturday"

Trystan adopting a fictional English-speaking character's way of speech and it changing from time to time because he reads wayy too many books.

Nora versus plurals. ("I have to get my tooths extracted" "You mean your teeth?" and "I need two doughnut please." "Is that one or two ma'am?" "Two. Two. I mean two doughnut.")

The parallels between Nora speaking in Chinese from her fellow Hong Kong-ese restaurant owners versus Trystan forging a newfound friendship with the belladi chefs as often as they can.

"be gentle with me, English is not my first language" and Trystan going on to writing poetry that rivals fuckin Edgar Allen Poe *and* Nora going on to narrating an interesting case that rivals a medieval bard's storytelling.

Nora butchering up her idioms versus Trystan making new idioms. ("Time to cop that area." "You want to buy that area?" "No! I meant patrol! Doesn't "cop" mean "the action of cops"?" and "Oh, I have been looking forward to this for ages. I would say crack open the jar and butter up some beef! No? Butter does not come in jars? Beef means argument? I thought it meant gossip!")

never understanding rap, because it warps up their sentence structure and what they've known about the English language forever

+ never learning song lyrics as a whole and just humming parts instead that *sounds* similar to what the singers sing because this was the pre-Spotify days where things came in casette tapes and CDs.

CONJUGATION OR more precisely THE LACK OF IT. ABSOLUTE MADNESS.

not having translations for some unique and specific phrases and when you do translate them into english, they just lose their beauty. So Trystan and Nora just end up using Drakovian and Chinese in place.

Nora using "yeah?" as an Americanised substitute for "lah?" "ah?" and "hah?" at the end of her sentences because that, intrisically, is its own emotion.

code switching code switching code switching

Trystan making errors in capitalising his letters because in Drakovian, you do not capitalise day-names, month-names or designations. ("What do you mean it is supposed to be Foreign Diplomat Trystan Thorne and not foreign diplomat? Am I that important to be deserving a capital letter?")

.. and someday when they're too darn afraid to just spit it out, they'd go "Volim te, Nora" and "Wǒ ài nǐ, Trystan".

[choruscuro]

day 14 drawing rekrap everyday

day 1 of lifestealtober by @/BlueJackals on twitter

the first design for heart count that jumped to mind for me was ancient chinese bagels on a string. so legend says soldiers wore doughnuts around their necks like a necklace. it's easier to eat in battle, on march, etc.

here's hearts on a string.

same time tmr for day 2 btw

[tmarshconnors]

100 questions Q&A about me

Now, I thought it would be a good activity to do 100 questions Q&A about me so I searched on Google "100 Questions For Your Get To Know Me Tag"

Are you a morning or night person? Night. I hate mornings.

Are you afraid of the dark? No. Never have been.

Are you an extrovert or an introvert? Introvert.

Are you double-jointed? No.

Are you left or right-handed? Right-handed.

Are you more of a tidy person or a messy one? Tidy. I am pretty much OCD if something isn't in the right place.

Are you on time or always late? On-time. I am normally early by about 10 mins or so.

Are you ticklish? Ticklish.

Can you curl your tongue? Yes.

Can you ice skate? No.

Can you wiggle your ears? No.

Coffee or tea? Tea.

Cookies, cake or doughnuts? Cake.

Did you ever participate in a talent show? No.

Did you go to prom? No.

Did you like school? No.

Do you believe in ghosts? No.

Do you bite your nails? Yes.

Do you consider yourself a good cook? No.

Do you enjoy dancing? No.

Do you enjoy DIY or crafts? No.

Do you forgive easily? No

Do you have a nickname? Yes. I have two. Apple and Phoenix

Do you have any allergies? No

Do you have any phobias? No

Do you have any piercings or tattoos? No

Do you have children? No

Do you have pets? No

Do you have siblings? No

Do you prefer dogs or cats? Dogs

Do you prefer Mac or a PC? Mac

Do you prefer the beach or the mountains? Mountains

Do you prefer to bathe or shower? Shower

Do you sing in the shower? No

Do you smoke? No

Do you speak any different languages? No

Do you still have your wisdom teeth? Yes

Do you still watch cartoons? No

Do you/have you played any sports? No, I don't play sports anymore but I use to play Golf.

Does your name have a special meaning? No

Have you ever been hospitalized? Yes. I had my appendix out a few years ago.

Have you ever been on a diet? No

Have you ever been to a concert? Yes

Have you ever gone camping? Yes

Have you ever met any celebrities? No

Have you ever skipped class? Yes

Have you ever won something? Yes

Have you had braces? No

How are you feeling right now? Tired

How tall are you? 5.6

If money were no object what would you get for your next birthday? Another custom Xbox controller

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Japan

Were you ever a scout or a brownie? Scout

What city were you born in? Chichester 

What did you last eat? Corn flakes

What did you want to be when you were younger? Fireman

What do you do on a typical Friday night? Gaming

What is one food that you refuse to eat? Squash

What is one item on your bucket list? Visit Japan

What is one item you can’t live without? My glasses

What is your shoe size? 7

What movie have you watched repeatedly? The Great Escape

What phone do you have (Apple or Android)? Apple

What should you be doing right now? Going to bed it's (5.10am)

What’s one goal you would like to accomplish this year? Read a few books.

What’s one of your pet peeves? Gate Lice

What’s the last song you listened to? Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme

What’s the most expensive item of clothing that you own? One of my leather jackets

What’s the thing you can’t leave the house without? My iPhone

What’s your best physical feature? My eyes

What’s your Chinese sign? Roster

What’s your current obsession? Battered Mushrooms

What’s your dream car? 911 GT3 RS - Porsche

What’s your favourite animal? Don't have one

What’s your favourite book? Don't have one

What’s your favourite colour? Blood Red

What’s your favourite dessert? Raspberry Cheesecake

What’s your favourite drink? Lemonade with ice.

What’s your favourite food? Anything spicy

What’s your favourite foreign food? Chilli Chicken

What’s your favourite gadget? Currently, it's my Macbook Pro

What’s your favourite hobby? Gaming

What’s your favourite movie? Lost In Translation

What’s your favourite restaurant? Don't have one

What’s your favourite sandwich? BLT

What’s your favourite season? Winter

What’s your favourite series? House Of Cards (US)

What’s your favourite snack? Chocolate Digestive Biscuits

What’s your favourite sport to watch? Hockey

What’s your favourite thing to have for breakfast? A full English or egg on toast

What’s your full name? TMarsh-Connors

What’s your longest relationship so far? Eight Years and 2 months

What’s your lucky number? 7

What’s your star sign? Pisces

When is your birthday? 4th March 1993

Which city did you grow up in? Arundel

Which city do you live in now? Littlehampton

Who do you miss right now? My girlfriend

Who is your celebrity crush? Don't have one

Who’s your favourite fictional character? Frank Underwood.

[siamesephoenixrandomideatank]

Boiling Isles Cuisines Concept

Influences

Locals/Pre-Covens: 

Varieties of ‘Smaller’ Meat Sources for less risk against larger beasts (Example: Fairies, Jackalope or Slime)

More Relies on fruits, mushrooms, herbs, and numbers of non-starchy plants.

Freshwater from natural sources as the main drink.

Low Carb, Low Fat (Mostly from ‘meat’), and mostly Proteins, Minerals, and Nutrients for magic-based performance.

Prefer to be consumed raw, partly cooked, or boiling as stew/soup. (Nutrition Conserving Values) 

Imperial/Covens: Influences from 18th Century British Cuisine

Starch Carbohydrate for occasions, especially bakery. (Rice, Noodle, and most non-Bakery Flour product are not quite popular)

More refining on food. Examples, jerkies, juice, sugar, or brewed drinks.

Introducing to fermentation/pickling

Covens & Regional Sub-Cuisines

More technique, cooking tools & utensils. 

Liberated/Modernized:

Earth Cuisines Approaching, especially 

American

Caribbeans

East Asian

Italian

South Asian & Southeast Asian

Influences of Nutrition Sciences

De-Covenization & Emerging “Fusion” Cuisines

Earth Technology: Some Embrace, Some Against, and Some Twist

Electricity(Or Magical Equivalent) & Clean Water for All

Examples of the Cuisines

Pre-Coven

Fresh Fairy Herbal Salad: A Heterogeneous Mixed “Salad” of live fairies, sliced acidic juice, and herbs that make fairies weaks(or even passed out without dying before being eaten).

Inspiration: Goong Then “Dancing Shrimp” from Thailand/ Southeast Asian Spicy Salad/ Live Sashimi

Mushroom & Peels Stew: Leftover Fruit Peels sometimes are good to suppress the odor of some foul-smelt mushroom, give some complex flavors, and also less food waste. 

Inspiration: Bowl of Browns from George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones/Worcestershire Sauce/Chinese Herbs

Fire Salamander Molt Rind: Collected Molt of Fire Salamander that fried by reaction between the chemical in it & salt, making it crispy & more edible. However, spicy & coarse, preferred as seasoning. 

Inspiration: Pork Rind, Fire Flake(A:TLA), and “Cruelty-Free Meat”

Golden Snails: The freshwater snail coated & stewed in yolk & herbs/spices-based gravy that made the food look golden. Considered as delicacy for its difficulty from harvesting ingredients to cooking it perfectly

Inspiration: Salted Egg-based Stir Fried/ French Cuisine/ Thick Stew

Coven/Imperial

Fairy Pie

Bard’s Banshee Brew: Drink for the vocal-based bards to have the more enduring, yet, soft & flexible throats. (Alcoholic)

Candied Bile-Apple: Pineapple-like fruit that grew around the right feet of Titan(which have the color & smell of bile somehow, with tastes of complex saltiness, bitterness, and umami). It is candied to be consumed easier, as a health-enhancing food.

Griffon Breasts: Taste like chicken mixed with gamey beef. Usually being cooked as steak for the wealthy, like the Blights. Enjoyed with acidic “gravy”.

Liberated

Boiling Isles’ Curry Stew: Based on Japanese Curry Rice, which is cooked to be eaten by itself. It’s composed of local spices & Earth’s dried spices, protein of choices, and some vegetables (mostly not potatoes).

Nutty O’nut: Doughnut that is made of local nut-based flour & baked instead of fried. Plus, being enjoyed with hot drinks & some fruits.

PB&J (Peanut Blood & Jackalope) Sandwich: Peanut-based version “Apple Blood”, made into jam that enjoyed with Jackalope meat

Smile Dip

[morethansalad]

Chinese 5 Spice Doughnuts / Ham Chim Peng (Vegan & Gluten-Free)

[i-have-dots-in-my-brain]

IT IS FAT THURSDAY IN POLAND in celebration i give people thier well deserved doughnuts

here

this is not to celebrate plus sized people this polish holiday is purely for eating doughnuts and nothing more

AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

ITS ALMOST CHINESE NEW YEAR CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MY 婆婆！！！！

[greyghoulclub]

Harringrove flip it reverse it prompt 3 - NSFW becomes SFW

for @harringrove-flip-reverse-it

ao3 link: The time that Billy and Steve tried to throw a surprise party for Max - greyghoulclub - Stranger Things (TV 2016) [Archive of Our Own]

Billy antis DNI

Steve and Billy had been acting weird. Well, weirder than usual Max thought. They had been sneaking about, always talking in hushed voices when she or Jane was about. Try as she might, Max could not figure out what the hell was going on with those two. They certainly weren’t breaking up because every time Billy went to Steve’s place, he was so grossly in love that Max felt like she would gag. 

“Why are you and Steve sneaking around the house? It’s only you two and me here,” Max rolled her eyes at Steve scrambling to hide a bowl of something underneath the counter while Max went to the fridge to grab a can of soda. 

“It’s none of your business shitbird,” Billy tried to look intimidating but it was kinda hard when he was wearing an apron that was smeared with flour. Max let the fridge door fall closed as she raised an eyebrow at her stepbrother. 

“Ok, whatever you say, Julia Child,” Max walked away cackling at Billy’s blustering, sipping her soda knowing that Billy would absolutely try to get her back for that but the opportunity was too good to waste. She can always ignore them while Freddy Krueger kills people on TV. 

******

The next time Max caught Steve and Billy sneaking around, they were carrying armfuls of VHS tapes. To give them props, they had the side with the titles turned towards them. 

“Did you guys just rob Family Video or what?” Max folded her arms and waited for the latest bullshit on why they were sneaking about. 

“Max I work at Family Video, why would I rob it?” Steve answered with a question. 

“To spite Keith?” Billy nudged Steve in the side with his elbow, and dropped one of the tapes, “Shit!” 

The tape was a copy of Friday the 13th: A new beginning, the exact tape that Max was wanting to order for weeks. Max picked it up and waved in front of the boys. 

“Ok, what’s going on? I’ve been talking about renting out this tape for weeks. As soon as it's available, you have it. Start explaining love birds.” 

Steve immediately started stammering, something about a surprise for Max’s birthday later this week. They had wanted to do it while her parents weren’t here because they would never agree to any horror movies if they were. Max was kind of touched that they wanted to do that for her. Steve Harrington had really dulled down Billy’s sharp edges. 

“We were making a cake for you,” Steve blurted out, “But neither of us are good at baking, so uh, we might’ve just ordered some doughnuts from the shop on Turner street.” The bakery on Turner street did the raspberry jelly doughnuts that Max would always get when she went to stay with Jane. 

“That’s why I smelt burning then,” Max said with a chuckle, snorting when Billy said that not even Betty Crocker could save their abysmal baking skills. 

“Y’know, it’s really nice of you guys to do this all for me,” Max walked over to the VCR and popped in the tape, “you guys wanna order Chinese and we can watch Vorhees hack up some unsuspecting camp counsellors?” 

“You got it Mad Max.”