#i am free

[darkwingsnark]

SAME MAN I WAS BEFORE: Chapter 9

The final showdown. Click the link to see everything come to a head.

[candycatstuffs]

i hav returned to offer an amy in these trying times

[frodohaven]

It’s the way Boy is between them. And they could’ve named the pizza shop any other name lol

Almost like Mikes feelings for a certain boy get in between everything. Almost like the answer is right under his nose.

Also Mike looking to Will instead of his girlfriend who was horrifically bullied and more upset with the fight he had with him 💀

I don’t know. I just think this is super interesting

[fouryearsofshades]

hi! do you have any information on how hanfu were traditionally washed and stored? thank you :)

First, sorry that it has been so long. Then, sorry that it is a short answer. Hope it is alright.

Expensive clothes were not washed. In the old days they used a lot of plant dyes and those things discoloured when they came in contact with water. Modern plant dyes are slightly better due to the fixative used in dying but the colour still faded with every wash. Hence, people in the old days used to wear layers to avoid dirtied their fancy clothes with sweat.

Clothes can be scented with something called 熏笼/Xūnlóng (lit. "smoke cage").

It is usually made from bamboo, but rich people could have them made from porcelain, like this one from the Three Kingdoms period.

A book on incense from the Song dynasty, 洪氏香谱/Hóng shì xiāngpǔ (Hong's Book of Fragrance), recorded the method of scenting clothes: first placed a bowl of hot water to moisturize the clothes, then smoke the clothes with incense.

Sometimes clothes could be washed separately.

护领/Hùlǐng (lit. "Collar protector". They are usually white in colour) were often detachable so people only needed to wash that instead of the whole clothes. It could also be made from paper.

Those type of embroidered/painted collars from Song dynasty were attached separately, so it was possible that they were removed while the body of the clothes were washed separately.

People usually washed clothes in water with the aid of a 捣衣杵/dǎoyī chǔ or 洗衣杵/xǐyī chǔ 搓衣板/cuō yī bǎn wash stick and/or a washboard.

The earliest type of of soap recorded being used was 草木灰/cǎomù huī (wood ash). Other plant based soaps were also used, such as 皂荚/zàojiá (Gleditsia sinensis, black locust), 无患子/wúhuànzi (Sapindus saponaria, soapberries), 茶箍/chágū（the dregs from pressing oil from camellia seeds plus hay) etc.

There were also records of potassium soap. Those soaps however were usually in liquid form and often used in fabric manufacture [我国古代的洗涤剂].

猪胰子/Zhū yízi Pig pancreas was also used. 白国斌/Bái Guóbīn (in 2021) wrote how they made pig pancreas soap when he was young - pasted the pig pancreas, then dried and powdered it. Later mix with alkaline water and made into ball to air dry.

澡豆/Zǎodòu was made from the combination of powdered pig pancreas, bean powder and other herbs. There are many recipes, such as a recipe by 孙思邈/Sūn Sīmiǎo from Tang dynasty includes 16 materials. They were also known as 胰子/Yízi.

Aromatic herbs and other xiang (fragrant things) could also be added into the water in the end to add pleasant fragrance to the clothes, such as a book in Ming dynasty《多能鄙事》/Duō néng bǐ shì ("I can do a lot of humble things") by 刘基/Liú jī recorded: Tree Peony Bark 31.25g and Spikenard 3.125g, powdered.

[rubikor]

hold my hand

[thickribs4life]

Me blogging on the Tumblr at midnight:

[sketchy-pebbles]

Day 31 😎 happy Halloween :D

[little-shit-soph]

here is my advice to writers. never listen to anything any writing advice post on this website tells you.

[haverdoodles]

Joy

— (Varric & Hawke)

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My post-finals victory sketch! This has been some of the hardest and most exhausting three weeks in recent memory, but I’m so happy it’s all over. I gave it my all! Now I have another three weeks to draw to my heart’s content! 😚☀️🍂✨

[candlecoo]

Can you please do a drawing of Izuku Midoriya performing the Naruto Run? (Internet Meme)

[artbyfuji]

[biteinsane]

Finally! Its been a year but I finally finished a small fancomic of the Magnus Archive of my (2nd) favorite part of the podcast!

the art is a little all over but enjoy the small comic!

[beeceit]

[fiomeras]

Repurposes them

[rumwriter]

Cringe is dead let fictional cars fall in love

[frodohaven]

Wills going to have powers and is going to try and close the gate at Lovers Lake. Mike dives in to save Will as he passes out,coma, and sinks. He’ll pull him out and cry over his body, paralleling Hopper pounding on Wills chest and que the uncut bike scene from 1x03 of Mike crying-