Julian Resso used to have a guitar.
He was playing it when his father broke it, a song he'd just started learning, but had the rhythm down. Storming in and snapping the neck of it, saying nothing to his objections, but telling him he would never amount to anything nevertheless. Didn't you want to be a scientist? Then what's with the damn guitar. You're not cut out for either.
He never fixed it, couldn't bear it.
Hasn't played since.
Years have passed since then. He's proved the old man wrong, in every line, every chemical formula. And.. in other ways, too.
He has a new guitar, shiny and fresh. The most thoughtful thing anyone's done; there have been a lot of those. New chance, new start. Never thought he'd pick up another one, but here he is, through no choice of his own. Nosy bastard. But the lines of the frets remind him- guitars can only differ so much- and he has old, unfinished business.
And, when he has a quiet moment to himself, after the confusion and the thank you, after wondering how in the hell the other had put the pieces together and found out, he picks her up and begins to play.
It's been years, but he's pretty sure this is the note he left off on; he wouldn't forget.
One finished song, before the start of many others.
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What kind of pin machine are you using, and where did you get it? My brother likes doing the same thing with Pokemon cards but he got a garbo pin maker from Joann Fabrics. The machine arm snapped on him and it only successfully crimped the pin plastic to the metal back like one out of every five attempts...
I got my pin machine from Vevor website! It's Vevor brand and it's better to get it off the website, however they sold out of it at the moment because it's just tooooo good. They're like heavy duty industrial machinery. I got mine for a hundred bucks and it came with 1000 sets of button supplies. So like 3000 pieces to make buttons. It's a sexy deal.
It's a lot of elbow grease tho, so it's a strain on my tendinitis-y arms. I had to put my whole weight on top of the lever to get the images and metal to crimp completely over the plastic backing. (I thought my machine was broke but their customer service said, "Put more force into it, go as hard as you can. You won't break it.") When my family was here the kids couldn't get the thing completely crimped, even their mom couldn't do it. They made like 100+ buttons when they were here because it's so fun. A nice family activity...and a workout.
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been think a lot about a post-canon au where yuuji takes on sukuna’s title of king of curses. of course, he is an entirely benevolent figure, but that name carries a lot of weight. everyone expects so much from him, since he’s the strongest sorcerer left alive from the war, and he feels too guilty to object.
he spends years after years helping fix what sukuna broke. training new jujutsu recruits, even if he has no idea how to teach. leading a council of people who either take him too seriously because of his title or not seriously at all because of his age. it’s years of gruelling hard work and watching the few people he had left die, one after the other.
a generation or two down the line, he’s tired. he’s over a hundred years old but he’s still stuck in the body of a sixteen year old. anyone who knew ‘itadori yuuji’ is long gone and all that’s left is a reputation he never asked for, where he’s no longer human enough to be seen as person anymore. despite the begging of the few council members who still respected him, rather than fearing him, he’s had enough. he’s built the structure, a kinder foundation than the one that came before. it’s up to everyone else to build upon it.
so he travels. wanders. never stays in one place for very long, never speaks to anyone past minor pleasantries. there’s no point in building friendships with people you’ll easily outlive. there’s no point in anything, really. he just lives because he has to, even if the reason why escapes him.
eventually, he comes back to have a look around at what’s changed. it’s not really a visit, considering he has no intention of introducing himself to a whole new group of teachers and leaders. that is until he sees yaga again.
jujutsu high has a lot of new students and a lot of familiar faces. it’s like everyone he’d ever known had been reincarnated within a couple of years of each other and it stings, a lot more than he thought it would after the years that should have dulled the pain.
isolation let resentment grow and fester. he’s had decades to look back at the friendships he formed and the bonds he created. some memories he’s fond of, even if they are bittersweet to reminisce over. but he can’t help being jealous and spiteful about it all. these people will get to live happily together and die happily together, a luxury yuuji has never been allowed to experience.
he hates them. it’s a selfish, self-indulgent feeling. it only makes him feel worse, but he can’t help it. he loves them too, in the end. that doesn’t make things better either.
yuuji sticks around. he takes down special grade curses and leaves before anyone can catch a trace of his cursed energy. tries to, anyways. sometimes he’s not fast enough, despite his supernatural speed, because he’s a little too sentimental to drag himself away in time. he lets the people he once knew, now reborn younger and treated kinder, catch a glimpse of him before he leaves once again to wallow in his own misery.
of course, they’ll recognise the king of curses. theres a portrait of him, still kept in the council’s meeting room with copies having been distributed for educational purposes, where he looks uncomfortable and stiff in front of the artist’s gaze. everything matches, from the pink hair to the set of scars on his face to the state of his cursed arms. but they all experience a strange sense of longing when they see him. like they are looking for something more in the brief glimpses of his face, something that is missing, even if he’s a picture perfect copy of that artwork.
the first time he sees junpei, they realise what was missing. it’s not even a necessarily uplifting expression. it’s barely even a smile. but there’s a hint of pleasure in his gaze. that’s what is missing. for whatever reason, they all remember that the king of curses should be happy, even if they’ve never met him before, even if their only knowledge of him before was that he was a quiet, solitary individual who was too kind for his own good but never seemed to expect gratitude in return.
they keep trying to see him smile. they do not realise it was them who took his smile away in the first place.
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tagged by @theresacrackinhischassis to name 5 things that make me happy :D
lord huron
my sister/family (this includes my dog and cats)
my mutuals
nature
coming home on an autumn afternoon and opening the windows to let the cool fall breeze in while i listen to music and cook dinner and eat dinner and watch my favorite show and later at night i curl up with a blanket and a hot beverage and the air is cold and i’m getting sleepy and content
tagging (no pressure !!) @heartshapedcas @loaded-heron @goodbyetommyyy @gaywerewolftransgender and @hardcoremp3
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literally this BITCH walks in and wants gold coins ON CREDIT and then GETS MAD AT ME and calls me a "cheat" and accuses me of "tricking" him when im like SIR THE COINS ARE CHOCOLATE
AND THEN
THIS BITCH HAS THE AUDACITY TO DEMAND FREE COFFEE AND A FULL MEAL AS COMPENSATION.
and i was like
but my character was nicer to him than i personally would have been cause they're like "i'm sorry we only have tea"
AND HE THREATENS. MY FUCKING LIFE. literally he says "i'm going to get back at you for tricking me"
BITCH
THIS IS A GIFT SHOP AND IM JUST A CASHIER GET YOUR ENTITLED ASS OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!
and reader. he left. a bad review.
bitchhhhhhhhh im
and my sister. who has been listening to my outrage at this exchange. my own flesh and blood. puts her mic really close to her mouth. and says,
"enemies to lovers arc"
MY OWN. SISTER.
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