#day 1: road trip

[verfound]

FIC: Maps are for Braindeads (MLB, Lukanette)

Characters/Pairings: Anarka Couffaine, Luka Couffaine, Marinette Dupain-Cheng; Luka Couffaine/Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Anarka Couffaine & Marinette Dupain-Cheng

Rating: Teen & Up

Summary: They had planned to run away together once Monarch was defeated.  Plans are fragile things, though – as fragile as a butterfly’s wings.  Or a snake’s.

Author’s Notes/Warnings: For Day 1 (“Road Trip” of @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers’s 2022 Lukanette Week.  I had every intention of doing little doodles for the themes, and then it became “Doodles and a ficlet”, and then life snuck away from me in October and it became “…can I feasibly sprint at least the idea I had for the first theme and get at least one up?”  (Something something angst ahoy, blame Kerouac, Samantha Brown, and Antje Duvekot.)

woops it might help if I actually link it huh? Sorry fixed now 😂

“Maps are for Braindeads”

“What are you doing?”

Her eyebrows furrowed as she straightened out the creases of the map.  If she was going to do this, she was going to do this right.

“Charting my course,” she said, a dismissive note to her voice.  Or…not dismissive, no, because she would never dismiss…but challenging for sure.  Daring him to question her.  She sighed as she scanned the streets, locating the one she would be starting from.

It would be so much easier if she just…used the internet.  Isn’t that what Google Maps was for, anyway?

“What did I always tell you?”

She bit her lip, trying to ignore the teasing lilt of his voice.  He was distracting her, and it was already so late…if she didn’t leave soon, she never would.

If she could just find the damn road…

[tangerine-dream-machine]

do you wanna see the west with me?

Notes below!

This is not a realistic road trip at all, but here are the places/activities shown:

Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia: the site where General Cornwallis surrendered in 1781, bringing the end of the Revolutionary War

Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: the famous bell with the message "Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants thereof", and later a symbol of liberty for abolitionists and suffragists

Drive-in theater: outdoor cinemas that reached their peak in popularity in the 1950s to 60s; the film is The Searchers (1956)

Kayaking: a fun lake/ocean activity

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail: this trail crosses nine states and follows the forced displacement of Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Muscogees, and Seminoles due to the Indian Removal Act in 1830

Traffic (and billboards): a bane to many and common in car-dependent cities

Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi: one of the oldest cemeteries in the US still being used; predates the Civil War and includes a Confederate burial site

Devil's Tower, Wyoming: a majestic (and sacred) butte and the first US national monument

Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah: a flat, empty salt pan estimated to hold 147 million tons of salt and a popular racing site

Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: a geyser in the world's first national park known for its reliable eruptions

Gas station, Nowhere, USA

Horseback riding, Montana: no comment, just a fun time

Las Vegas, Nevada: the world renowned Sin City, a place that caters to many vices

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, North Dakota: group of missile defense facilities including missile silos and the pyramid-shaped radar system; built in 1975 and decommissioned after one day of operation, a "monument to man's fear and ignorance"

Hoover Dam, Nevada and Arizona: hydroelectric power plant on the Colorado River; the highest dam in the world at the time of its completion in 1935

Space Needle, Seattle, Washington: an observation tower with a revolving restaurant built for the 1962 World Fair "Living in the Space Age", a theme chosen to show the US was not lagging behind the USSR in the Space Race

Sequoia National Park, California: home of the world's largest tree by volume (General Sherman) and the highest point in the contiguous US (Mount Whitney)

Muir Beach Overlook, California: a former base station overlook with dugouts that gained importance immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 as a means to watch for attacks on nearby San Francisco

@usukweek

[undeadwestcoast]

Taking a drive across the country

Day 1: Road Trips

@usukweek

[queenoftheimps]

I am just now realizing that the first episode of Interview with the Vampire Season 2 drops on Mother's Day in the US, which:

1) is hilarious

2) makes me imagine a bunch of goths all across the nation, me included, twitching their way through nice dinners with their families as they await the moment they can bolt for their AMC Plus account

[trans-estinien]

see the thing about me is that ive never been to the mainland us (ive been to alaska and its normal over there) but like. the concept of it is terrifying to me. i need to see it. i need to see your huge highways and weird drink sizes and ginormous cities. also the insane amount of weird gimmick-y themed stores/museums. those are wild and im a little obsessed with them. buckees is like my white whale

[blissfali]

hey guys. wasnt able to be on tumblr because ivr been busy building this he-man castle grayskull mega construct (knock off lego) set for the past 36 hours. doesnt it look awesome

[zaggyzoo]

hope you guys will have a good monday !!!

[cipherhunter]

adventures in serbia: cityscapes and monuments (+ a fortress) edition

[maxwell-mtv]

I just came back from a day round-trip road trip with a friend sooo... take my headcanons about going to Zuzu City with the ✨️businessmen✨️ for a day trip!

[DISCLAIMER: These are romantic leaning headcanons for the two rival businessmen in Pelican Town. As with all my headcanons, they're based off my modded version of the game which in includes Stardew Expanded and the Marry Morris mod. These also being under the pretenses that Caroline eventually leaves Pierre (thus making him a bachelor again) because she deserves better... With that being said, please enjoy!]

🌃 Morris:

● He will make sure you know you won't need to pay for anything

○ He'll even let you ride in his purple panther

● No food or drinks inside though, that car is his baby, dude

○ The trip will consist of casual chit chat and him venting about Joja Mart and his employees and even give you the juicy gossip of what some of the customers are up to

● "Oh! Dear, you'll never guess who stopped in to buy some makeup Pierre doesn't carry for her daughter..." (He'll give you a hint, it wasn't Pam or Robin...)

○ He'll ramble on and on about his days in the city when he was still in college, just starting off at Joja Mart, or when he lived there (that is, if you two were married and he was living with you on the farm at this point)

● He will tell you all his favorite places in the city, most of the restaurants and shops are rather upper-middle or high class though

○ Once in the city he'll make sure you're always at his side and help to ease any anxiety with his confidence in having lived in the city for a while

● "Ah yes, this is the café I used to frequent when I was still merely a grunt for Joja Mart. Heh, did you know they sell spiked drinks here after 6?" He'll lean in and pull his glasses down as he asks this, giving you his sly smile that only a fat cat like him could pull off

○ He'll take you through the shopping centers and insist you pick something you like. Oh you want that shirt? He'll make sure to buy you pants that'll go well with it. And while he's at it, why not get a tie or some other accessories to make it complete? And don't forget the shoes as well! Oh, that's made from the finest silk? Perfect, nothing less for his dearest companion.

• At the end of the day in this city he'll ask what you're feeling like food-wise

○ No matter what you say, he'll have the perfect place

● "No need for worrying about the price" He'll assure you as you're looking over the menu

○ And when the night starts closing in? He'll take you on a walk in the most gorgeous part of the city

● Before you leave he may even rizz you up a little by throwing some cunning lines your way

○ "You know it's funny, in all my years of living here I'd never thought I'd have someone so gorgeous to share it with." Or whatever else he may have the opportunity to say

● While getting back into his car, he'll open your door for you. Both because he's a gentleman but also because he doesn't trust anyone to open and close the doors of his fancy car

○ He'll make sure your comfortable, have everything you want or need, and drive you both back to your farm

● "This was the best day I've had in a while, thank you (Y/N)." He'll say after arriving back at your place, leaning in to leave a soft kiss upon your lips.

🌇 Pierre:

● This man leaves the trust-box (as I call it) for any passive shoppers and GETS GOING

○ "You got everything you need? Phone, keys, wallet?" He'll go down the checklist with you like he's taking you on a vacation for a week or something.

● He has every possibility budgeted for

○ Once the tickets are paid for, you two will hop on the bus to ✨️Zuzu City✨️

● On the bus ride there, you two will talk a little, he'll discuss his plans for his store, sales, etc- just make small talk with you

○ Eventually you two will reach the city and from there it's go time

● "So I was thinking we could start the day off strong with coffee from this café I read about in the paper a few weeks ago. Then we should be able to take a cab to the museum and then-" He'll go on and on about the plans he made to a T.

○ You'll only manage to actually do like... three of the 6 or 7 things he'd planned. But the important things were tackled!

● He'd insist on avoiding shopping and rather go more for sight seeing and memorable experiences instead

○ He'll take you to a café first, as promised (that poor man desperately needs his coffee), then the museum, and then after that he'll take you on a walk through the park

● Between the museum and the park, time will pass rather quickly for you two

○ Without a doubt, he'll always at one point or another manage to either wrap his arm around your shoulders or (depending on your height) use your shoulder as an arm rest

● As your walk in the park turns more into just sitting and talking in the park, his eyes are ever-tired yet surprisingly attentive as he listens to your every word

○ He'll look down sadly as the conversation comes to a lull. "Hey, (Y/N)... I know I haven't gotten the chance to say so yet but... I just wanted to say thank you for helping me through my divorce with Caroline."

• This would lead to a more intimate moment between the two of you before you two realize how hungry you are

○ He'll suggest convenience food from a fast food place or pizza. But if he knows you also enjoy seafood he'll try to not-so-subtly suggest a few different restaurants in the area

● "I've heard great things about this place. ... Hm? No, I'm sure it'll be fine. For you, I don't mind paying extra for a nice meal. You have to treat yourself once in a while, right?" He'll assure you with a soft smile.

○ At dinner, you'll order as if you were paying for yourself, since he usually insists on separate checks due to financial reasons, not to mention he's too proud to ever let you pay for him... even if you are more financially stable than he is

● But when he gets up and asks if you're ready to leave when you've finished your meals and had a delightful time together, you can't help but ask "what about the checks???"

○ ...That scumbag secretly paid for the both of you when you weren't around. (And yes, he also left a nice tip for the waitstaff)

● He'll hold your hand as he guides you back to the busstop

○ "So, how did you like our day together?" He'll glance at you with cunning eyes and give your hand a gentle, loving squeeze

● The bus ride home ends with your head on his shoulder as you drift off to sleep on the way back to Pelican Town

○ This man will bring that day up for years to come, always reminiscing on it like it was one of the best days of his life

[thorsenmark]

Ready for That Peace by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the west-northwest while taking in views across meadow present at Bruhel Point. This was at a parking area pullout at along the Pacific Coast Highway. What I wanted to capture with this image was a look across the meadow to the waves coming into the shore along the Pacific coastline. By angling my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward, I felt I was able to create more of a sweeping view leading up to the horizon. That in turn would bring the horizon a little higher into the image and minimize what I felt was more of a negative space with the blue skies above.

[oflgtfol]

im happy to announce that my back does not hurt like it used to anymore. dare i say it even doesnt hurt at all anymore

[doefrost]

Part timers will say "this is the longest week ever" and it's four consecutive days

[rowanhoney]

Tagged by @ameliepoulain to post the first 10 songs after shuffling my On Repeat playlist 💞

Pitou - Be Delicate

iLe - Triángulo

The Moldy Peaches - Secret Tongues

Aziya - Atomic

Pixies - Monkey gone to heaven

Tricky - You Don’t

FKA Twigs - Home with you

Kim Gordon - Murdered Out

Azadi.MP3 - bloodletting

Miss Tiny - the sound

Tagging for their lists 🫶🫶🫶 @mothermass @larlarmojo @wildspringday @h--cinth @waltzingbi @misswitchh @glowcowboy

[southislandwren]

ohohoho boy update. today at work it was just us doing cheese while everyone else pulled an ice cream order, and i was like hey if youre not busy saturday would you want to roadtrip with me? and i fully expected him to say no, but we are roadtripping to nebraska on saturday <3 <3 anyway what playlist do i put on in the car. do we trust him enough for get loose get looser

[anachronistic-falsehood]

beating back all these trigun fic ideas with a comically large stick

[pansypossum]

I don’t use Spotify I used it twice this year I’m waiting eagerly for you tube music to tell me what songs I’ve been insane about. As if I don’t already know…