#flashback friday

[huffledor-able541]

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Daryl watched as you downed the rest of the clear liquid in your glass. You winced at the burn and the pungent aftertaste of the moonshine on your tongue. You set down the jar with a clack. “Truth or dare?” you suddenly asked him.

His eyes narrowed. “What?”

“I said, ‘truth or dare?’” you repeated, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

“What, are we 12?” Daryl drawled, simply swirling the liquid in his glass jar.

“Come on. It’ll help pass the time and distract me from the creeping existential dread,” you said dryly.

Daryl couldn’t help letting out an amused exhale and shaking his head. “I dunno…”

“Please?” you begged, reaching for the bottle again. Daryl’s hand landed on the skinny neck of it first and he pulled it away while your fingers were still outstretched.

“I’ll play if ya quit drinking so much,” he drawled.

You smirked at him, your eyes crinkled in a smile. “Fine. Deal. So, truth or dare?”

Daryl gulped a little nervously. “Truth, I guess.”

You paused for a long moment, all of the restless energy of a moment before draining out of you in an instant. You considered him, your head tilting slightly. “Last night, at the fire,” you started.

Daryl gulped. His heart started hammering.

You bit your bottom lip for a moment, the whiteness of your teeth dimpling into the soft pillow of pink. “Did you want to kiss me?”

Daryl felt his chest flushing with heat. It spilled up into his face. He shook his hair down into his eyes like a curtain, hoping it would hide his blush. “Uhh… Can I change to—to dare?” he said, as if that didn’t answer your question.

You smiled subtly, feeling heat in the apples of your cheeks. “Sure… Kiss me,” you said matter-of-factly. Daryl’s blue eyes shot up to meet yours.

“What?”

You laughed lightly. “That’s the dare. Kiss me,” you repeated.

Daryl’s heart skipped a beat. “Yer drunk,” he said softly, his eyes flickering over your face. His voice was so quiet he almost sounded unlike himself.

“Only a little,” you said. “Just enough to ask you to…”

Daryl ducked his eyes again. “I dun—I dun think… for a first kiss—” he broke off abruptly.

“So, you’re choosing truth then,” you smiled.

His strikingly blue eyes met yours again. “Yeah. Guess I am.” He hesitated just another moment. “I did wanna kiss ya last night. And I wanna kiss ya right now. Pretty much every moment of every damn day ’m thinkin’ ‘bout it.”

“Then why haven’t you?” you asked. It was your turn to blush and barely get the words out.

Daryl gulped again and shook his head. “I didn’t think ya would want me too… I didn’t think ya felt—felt like that 'bout me.”

Your brow furrowed. “Daryl… I think about it all the time too. I wish you would. I’ve had feelings for you practically from the moment we met.”

Daryl swirled the moonshine in glass again, staring into the shimmer as it spun around the edges. He couldn’t believe his luck. He nodded. “Alrigh’. Then I will. But when the time’s right…”

“You mean when I’m 100% sober?” you laughed.

He nodded. “Somethin’ like that.”

Prompt: “Truth or Dare?”

[autiebiographical]

Flashback Friday: Originally posted April 29th, 2020

This was a comic I made at a fan's request.

Autistic POC are severely under-diagnosed and underrepresented in autistic spaces. I can't speak for them, but there are plenty of Autistic POC creators out there who you can learn from!

I suggest Fidget and Fries on Facebook and Instagram.

[mrsoulstice]

Evelyn "Champagne" King

Love Come Down-1982

Flashback Friday

[flightrising]

Don't be suspicious!

Video Description: A video set in a spooky forest. In the background appears a Painted Marionette & Living Luminance. As the "don't be suspicious" meme dialogue progresses, the familiars approach the foreground & center of the video where they jam out to the rhythm of their own now-very loud song and unintelligible mouth noises. They suddenly stop and flee the scene, as if they've just been perceived. For being suspicious.

[amnhnyc]

Heads up… it's Fossil Friday! In this archival image, Museum preparators work on a trio of Tyrannosaur skulls. With 4-ft- (1.2-m-) long jaws and powerful bone-crushing teeth, T. rex was one of the largest and most fearsome carnivores of all time. In fact, this dinosaur could bite with about 7,800 pounds of force (34,500 N)—the equivalent to the weight of three cars! No living animal, and few extinct ones, could rival its bite. 

Although Tyrannosaurus rex is one of the most renowned dinosaurs, few of the fossil specimens recovered by paleontologists are complete. The first partial T. rex skeleton was discovered by a curator from the Museum—the legendary Barnum Brown—and we have one of the few specimens of T. rex on public display! Fun fact: The Museum’s T. rex specimen, AMNH 5027, inspired the cover of Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. 

Photo: Image no. 129039 © AMNH Library

[gothiccharmschool]

Because I've been thinking of my younger self: Flashback Friday, 1993-ish.

[actuallybrini]

“𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑦, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝐵𝑢𝑐𝑘’𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 - 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘, 𝑂𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼, 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒. 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐.”

- ʟᴏᴜ ғᴇʀʀɪɢɴᴏ ᴊʀ. -

[via Cameo; published on decider.com; May 14, 2024]

Today, one year ago, this happened. This sweet, chaste yet memorable kiss between Buck and Tommy, and they have lived rent-free in my head ever since. I don't know where the journey will take them, but I'm happy and grateful for the sweet and bittersweet moments Lou and Oliver gave us so far. I'm definitely ready for more 🤍

[plumb-bob-keep]

Here's a look back at a sampling of our content over the years, between Mar. 22-Apr. 4!

2011

Castle Ellesmere by Darkraven

2012

Grocer's Delivery Cart by Sunni

2013

Silmarillion Sigils: heget's Heraldry Sets by heget

2014

A Small Middle Eastern Village by Red Sonja

2015

"You, O Queen..." A OUAT-inspired Regina/Evil Queen Set by Amelie Montmartre

2016

Vikings Be Raiding, Aprons Be Separate by Fire_flower

2017

Game of thrones theme: Queen Cersei wardrobe by maya40

2018

Water Required For Baths/Showers - Semiglobal Mod by Laura

2019

ACME Starter Kit - Maxis size by The ACME Catalog

2020

Tartan on Tiggerypum's layered dress by Meduza

2021

Default Community Lot Phone - TSM Sign by VampireKiss6661

2022

Two Basegame Double Door Defaults by ES_Sims

2023

4 Women's Hairs in Pooklet Io and Digitalangels Colors by NathanialRoyale

2024

"A Rose by any other Name" Flower Arranging Station by Sonikku3

[autiebiographical]

Flashback Friday: Originally posted June 28, 2020

For some reason parents seem to think that posting videos of their autistic children having meltdowns is okay. It's not. It's cruel. You're sharing a video of a very vulnerable moment with the world. Your child deserves their privacy. You should respect that.

[mrsoulstice]

Shanice

I love your smile-1991

Flashback Friday

[myobsessionsspace]

[amnhnyc]

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… a dinosaur? Nope to all of the above. This Fossil Friday, let’s talk about pterosaurs—the first animals with bones to evolve powered flight. Though they were related to dinosaurs, pterosaurs evolved on a separate branch of the reptile family tree. They ruled the skies for more than 150 million years, evolving into dozens of different species. Some were as small as a paper airplane while others, like Pteranodon pictured here in the Museum's Hall of Late Dinosaurs circa 1940-1960, had a wingspan of more than 20 ft (6 m).

Along with other large pterosaurs, Pteranodon longiceps was first discovered in western Kansas, near a chalk formation called Monument Rocks. Today the region is dry, but at the time this species lived, about 85 million years ago, central North America was covered by a seaway. This large pterosaur likely spent its days flying over the sea. Unlike early species of pterosaurs, Pteranodon and many other Cretaceous-era species didn’t have any teeth. In fact, its genus name means “winged and toothless,” while the second name, longiceps, means “long-headed.”

Today, you can find Pteranodon in the Hall of Vertebrate Origins. We're open daily from 10 am-5:30 pm! Plan your visit.

Photo: Image no. ptc-217 © AMNH Library

[gothiccharmschool]

Flashback Friday! On the dancefloor at a gathering of dear online friends. (I still have that entire outfit.)

[austinslounge]

💫 Throwback - Austin arriving on the set of "The Carrie Diaries" | March 28, 2012

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[actuallybrini]

“𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑡. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑏 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑏 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑠, 𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙, 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑦𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑎. 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠. 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜…𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼’𝑚 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝑆𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑑’𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑠, 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 - 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.”

- ʟᴏᴜ ғᴇʀʀɪɢɴᴏ ᴊʀ. -

[Lou on working with the Paradigm Treatment Center Malibu; on Great Day Houston - January 24, 2022]

[ 👆🏼 ]

I can only imagine how much joy and what new perspective on life Lou gave those kids. It's a great and honorable thing he did there. He's truly a good guy ❤️

[goldenwolfen]

Flashback to 2014 when I created this lovely, fiery fellow. Such a good boi!

"Cinnabar Dragon" Watercolor and colored pencil. Prints available here!