#feb 19 2024

[abybweisse]

Ch209 (p3), Offers and lies

The remaining circus members are just as clueless as he is -- actually more clueless -- so he sets off to find answers. Somehow, he figures out that Smile must be "Ciel Phantomhive", who sometimes works with Scotland Yard. I consider this an interesting hole in the story, and fans might be tempted to fill that in....

Anyway, it's too soon to think the rest of the first tier are dead, so he's holding out for getting to the bottom of this, finding them again, and finally being accepted as a true member of their family.

Snake doesn't want to believe they are kidnappers, but he knows they are up to no good. These conflicting thoughts and feelings are like snakes, as they "writhed and tangled" inside his mind.

Even after our earl tells him what the circus is secretly up to, Snake hopes to be reunited with the ones he was closest to. He wants them to atone for their mistakes but then live in peace and happiness.

He sees joining the Phantomhive household as his best bet for finding them, especially since our earl lies about their whereabouts/fates. They are dead, but our earl claims he's still searching for them.

Life with the Phantomhives definitely has its perks, in the meantime. Gaining a basic education, not being gawked at by spectators, great food, and so on.

Of course, there's the incident on the ship, with the rude ladies, but our earl and Sebastian both work to build up his self confidence and self esteem.

He enjoys being with the Phantomhive household, and he might see them becoming his family. Despite this, Snake still misses the circus troupe and longs to be with them again.

Thanks to Doll being reanimated as a Bizarre Doll, Snake's hopes have come true, just not as expected.

Last part coming up.

[shimomcdragon]

waow he's emo colored now

[spotlightstory]

Trooper Rick Johnson of the Washington State Patrol said the shooting, which occurred around 11 p.m. on Feb. 19, appears to be a random ambush.

It left bullet holes in a Mustang (3 different calibers) and paralyzed the driver, 35-year-old Evan Hershey.

Evan Hershey, a Pierce County man who is also a U.S. Navy veteran, was in his Mustang driving home from work when he came under fire. "The witness said the two vehicles were just driving along," Johnson said. "There was no aggression." The shooting occurred on southbound Interstate 5 near 405 in Tukwila. Detectives said the involved vehicle is likely a gray KIA Optima.

[suicide-kitty-cat]

🩷🩵💛 Listened to 4lung all day! 💛🩵🩷

[msbarrows]

Feb 19 - Didn't get much done today, apart from a little gaming (more No Man's Sky). Mostly trying to track down and fix whatever is causing it to crash frequently, argh. So many black screens.

For supper I did pasta with sliced hot Italian sausages and tomato sauce - just canned sauce, doctored up with some sauteed onions and sweet pepper strips.

Feb 20 - Still trying to fix the crashing issue. Got to a point where if anything the game was more crash-y plus laggy than before I started trying to fix things. Restored my settings files from my monthly backup since I'd lost my key bindings due to one of the suggested attempted fixes (which involves clearing out the settings directory and letting the game regenerate it from scratch). Suddenly the lag is gone. Dunno about whether or not it's still crashing, didn't play very long beyond that point. Guessing one of the changes I'd made to possibly the graphics setting was maybe a cause of the lag? No way to know, really.

Supper tonight was a beef stew with potatoes, carrots, onions, and green peas. Seasoned with marjoram and savoury because I so rarely use either. Also bay leaf, salt, pepper, beef oxo cube.

[violottie]

"Bisan flying a kite today ♥️ The Palestinian smile is resistance to the colonizers and their inhumane occupation. Palestine will be free."

from Wear The Peace, 19/Feb/2024:

[getitoncamera]

i am so excited for all of the beautiful things 2024 will have in store for me.

[abybweisse]

Ch209 (p1), Cover and title page

Yeah, there's a lot of deception going on....

"A sinister smile that spells trouble" oddly refers to both of them here. "Smile" (our earl) isn't smiling, but that was the name he was given, but "Black" is smiling, and we know his sinister nature.

More to come soon, but I'm still reading.

[innertravelerdreamer]

Plims TV show / NWO, Cash, Illuminati Federal Reserve bank / Dr. Penny ...

[joshseoh]

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[dearly-somber]

hyunga’s sleeping | l.mh

-> pairing. idol!minho x non-idol!reader (f)

-> genre. Established relationship, domestic fluff.

-> rating. 13+

-> w/c. 1101

-> warnings. None!

-> a/n. This was fueled by pure, unadulterated Minho & Soon-Doong-Dori (SDD) brainrot.

-> skz drabble, oneshot & series m.list

-> started. Feb. 23rd, 2024 @ 16:51

-> fin. Fri., Mar. 1st, 2024 @ 19:40

-> edited. Sat. Mar. 2nd, 2024 @ 15:40

-> divider credit. @plum98

“Eomoni!”

“Y/N, darling, come in!”

Minho’s mom wraps her arms around your shoulders, pulling you inside with a big smile on her face. She waves you off as you slip out of your shoes and into a pair of bright pink Hello Kitty slippers Minho bought for you as a joke years ago, forcefully prying the bag of goodies you bought on your way here from your fingers.

“I hope I’m not intruding—?”

“Hush!” Mrs. Lee chides with a smile, “Stop worrying so much.” Her hand hovers by the small of your back, guiding you up the last step into the living room.

“Is Minho here? He said he was coming home today…”

“Yes, he’s here. He’s in his room.” Minho’s mom sets the plastic bag on the counter, and you naturally go to help her unpack what you bought, shelving things like you live here.

“I—hello, abeonim.” You bow at Mr. Lee, closing your eyes contentedly when he comes around the counter to give you a fatherly side-hug that squishes you against him.

“What are you doing here?” he asks, ruffling your hair as he lets you go in favor of helping his wife unpack.

You shrug, walking around to the other side of the counter. “Thought I’d pop in to say hi. I missed the kittens very much.”

Mr. Lee laughs, shaking his head at you. “Of course, the kittens.” He wiggles his eyebrows teasingly.

You can’t help the grin tugging at your mouth, clearing your throat to speak. “Speaking of, where are the babies? I haven’t seen any of them since I got here.”

“Last time I checked they were all with Minho in his room,” his mom says, putting away the bottle of red wine you bought for dinner later tonight.

“Great! I can kill two birds with one stone.” You wiggle your eyebrows.

She snickers at you, shooing you away with a fond smile. “Go say hi and then come sit with us—we found a documentary we thought you’d like.”

“Okay, eomoni.” You smile at her and hope your pure love and adoration for her isn’t written too clearly on your face, afraid she might tease you. You walk with light steps in the direction of Minho’s room, unable to wipe the smile off your face.

“Minho-ssi,” you sing-song, rounding the corner with a light and airy step-a-step you’re pretty sure you saw somewhere in Thunderous’s choreography.

Mreow?

“Doong-Doong-ah?” Your lips jut out in a surprised pout, looking down at the talkative orange tabby with a tiny furrow in your brow. Following the lump of white sheets behind him, you finally make out Minho’s all-black clad body hidden under all the fluff.

You smile.

“Is hyunga sleeping?” you whisper, walking over on the tips of your toes before crouching in front of Doongie, scratching behind his ears with a soft smile. He mrews, his eyes fluttering closed as he leans his head into your hand. To your right, Dori hugs what you think is a bottle of lotion between his white socked-paws, his tail flicking with each nibble he delivers to the hard plastic.

You let your hand wander over Dori’s side and chide him with a half-hearted hiss when he clamps his teeth around your knuckles, shaking it off with a smile when he pauses a second before giving your hand a couple of licks.

You give his side one last pat before walking around Minho’s feet, only noticing Soonie as he’s cuddling into your boyfriend’s duveted stomach.

You can’t stop the smile tugging at your lips, crouching next to the sleeping cats to card your fingers through Soonie’s fur, feeling a familiar sense of pride swell in your chest at his appreciative purr.

And then you’re looking up at Lee Minho, your body tingling all over at the serenity on your sleeping beauty’s face, unable to help but reach out and let your hand run over his hair; a little frizzy at the ends but otherwise straight; he must not have been sleeping for very long.

You drag your hand over Minho’s head with an inexplicable softness constricting your throat, wishing you could lean down and kiss him without running the risk of waking him up.

You jump a little when Minho lets out an adorable grunt as he slowly pries his eyes open.

“Jagi?” he mumbles.

“Did I wake you?” you coo, combing your fingers through his fringe.

“Mmm.”

You chuckle, letting the pads of your fingers brush over his forehead, over his eyelids. “Ever the truthman.”

“Truthman?” he grumbles, bringing a hand up to loosely hold your wrist between his fingers.

“When did you get home?” You let your hand wander over his cheek.

“A few hours ago…”

“From practice?”

He guides the palm of your hand against his lips. “Mmm...”

He kisses your hand, turning onto his back (much to Soonie’s dismay) and throwing the duvet around his hips before tugging on your arm with surprising strength.

You yelp, practically falling on top of him. He lets out a back-of-the-throat kind of giggle that sends tingles down your arms, using his hands on your hips to shift you higher up his abdomen.

Minho lets out a satisfied hum-sigh against the top of your head, his fingers massaging the skin at your waist before hooking his fingers under the waistband of your trousers, letting the elastic keep his hands in place.

“Baby,” you say, softly—knowing his parents are waiting for you downstairs but feeling so tempted to sink into his warmth and stay there until the end of days.

“No,” he huffs, nuzzling your temple. “Lay with me for a bit.”

You can’t help but laugh, subtly shaking your head. Of course he knows. “Okay, but only for a minute. Your mom invited me downstairs to watch a—“

“Shh, jagi, I’m trying to sleep.”

———

“Y/N, sweetheart, we’re—“

Mrs. Lee stops in her tracks, right outside Minho’s room. The sight she comes across brings an immediate smile to her face, and she can’t help but take her phone out and snap a picture to give to her son later:

Minho, his arms wrapped around you as you lay on top of him, legs intertwined. And surrounding you, Soonie, Doongie and Dori; the youngest of the trio laying by his hyung’s head. Doongie lays by your feet, and Soonie sleeps just off to the side, his legs stretched out in front of him.

As she sits back down with her husband, Mrs. Lee can’t help but think: she can’t wait for the day Minho asks for her mother’s ring.

[princessleechan]

choi seungcheol must die masterlist

📌synopsis: Mingyu wasn't the one with his heart broken. It was his little sister. And Seokmin's older sister. And Chan's best friend. Choi Seungcheol is a menace to society and needs to be put down. Immediately. The sure fire way to do it is to give him a taste of his own medicine: break his heart. 📌pairing: fem!reader x ??? (seungcheol, mingyu, seokmin, chan) 📌genre: slight angst, romance, humor, eventual smut 📌series tags: 18+ only, SMAU, inspired by “John tucker must die”, John tucker!seungcheol, college au, revenge fic, tags will vary from chapter 📌status: COMPLETED WITH BONUSES TO COME 📌started: oct 6th, 2023 - feb 18, 2024 📌Tag list: please reply to this post, send an ask, or dm to get updated

Profiles #1, #2, #3

Act I :

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Act II :

11 | 12 | 13+bonus written scene | 14+bonus written scene | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25

Act III

26 | 27 | 28 | 29 written scene | 30+bonus written scene(18+) | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37

Epilogue

Bonus:

[tilbugs]

nuthatch goes in for suet

feb 19, 2024

nebraska, US

[violottie]

🇵🇸 IMPORTANT ICJ UPDATE🇵🇸

This starts today, 19th February 2024 and continues until Next Monday 26th February 2024. See times below, they will all be streamed everyday live here or here on Al Jazeera Live

"The International Court of Justice in The Hague will hear from 52 countries and three organisations on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem since 1967.⁠" from Al Jazeera English, 19/Feb/2024: