#i am not one to change icons lightly

[forestofsprites]

thinking about making my latest cas art my icon . having considerations !

[sweetheartsaku]

—ot5 txt ; txt as a liitle more than friends

a/n : [fem!reader] AHH MY VERY FIRST REQ BY @bxckkdoor 😞💞💞 thank u sm u have no idea how grateful i am jskdeds <33 im so sorry this took so long... theres been some things happening irl rn </3

lupine !

yeonjun ; espresso - sabrina carpenter

ALWAYS HYPING YOU UP whether that be on your latest insta post, most recent snap, on call as your studying or even when you’re getting up to order something 😭💗

the best friend who hyung card activates when he sees you slightly uncomfortable from pricks on public transport or anyone, he finds a slight threat. on trams, one hand is on the handle, and one is wrapped around your torso (not waist cuz yall are ‘friends’ and doesn’t wanna make you uncomfortable!) BOUNDARIES PPL

JEWELLERY MAKING!! mentioned in another ot5 post, he loves making little bracelets or picking some cute ones up from stalls. gets cute and silly charms that remind him of you

prefers to take you out to night markets and restaurants, preferably cold dessert or ramen at home. loveloveloves both!!!

soobin ; must be love - laufey

loves to take pictures of sunsets, but ever since you guys became friends its always you taking a picture of the sunset too 🥹 2 of his favourite sights <3

has absolutely no hesitation in sending things over to your house. whether you’re sick and need food, falling behind and need books, hungry and want takeout, mention it once and the uber is at the door

CUTEST photo booth results. when you pass one, yall are bound to snap a couple pictures. you both have quite a collection of photo booth pics, and obviously some polaroids too!! always a couple on your wall and the back of your laptop and the back of his phone.

offers to carry you when your heels get too painful. thats it. thank you for coming to my ted talk.

beomgyu ; you get me so high - the neighborhood

mentions you in vids on tiktok that say iconic duos and it’s your initials with his, or sends you videos that are like 2 friends doing the candy bowls trend with MHA paper wigs on LOL

waits for you to tie your laces if he doesn’t get to them first. most of the time he’ll crouch in front of you and watch you tie them. sometimes you just need to wag your foot and he’s already there subconsciously but it's never in a slave way?? just a habit 😭 “can u tie my laces” “you’re so LAZY smh.” proceeds to tie them

weirdly knows when you’re not sleeping. he’ll text you on a day where you’ve never implied you were going to stay up, so when you get a text from beomgyu its like he knows you so well “GO TO SLEEP???” “EHY DO U HSVE CAMERAS ON ME”

writes your initials on everything!!!!!!! sometimes yeah he'll sneaky a heart over your paired letters, and loves to doodle over your arm or something <3 quite the artîst i say

taehyun ; don't wanna fall in love - KYLE

as much as i don't like saying grabby hands he does it sometimes. when you cross the road, his hands expect to be around yours when you cross. very endearing 10/10 would steal my heart in an instant

very playful sometimes 🥹 (THE VOICESS I CAN'T HOLD IT IN ANYMORE TAEHYUN I LOVE YOUU) bumps his waist onto yours, lightly hits you with whatever's light, just likes to be fun and cozy with you. is very comforting and easy to open up with!!

he gives super nice massages. i dunno. like out of the blue, you or him will be talking to someone and his hands are on your shoulders. he's very gentle with it, and the tension in your body slips away so quickly.

lots of mirror selfies (kinda wants u to compliment him hehe)!! whether it's a new fit, in the changing room, at the gym! he's so pretty i cannot do this anymore.

kai ; forever out of time - tokyo tea room

the most FUN (friend?) dates EVERRRR!!! whether it be visiting the animal shelter, going on picnics, ice-skating, but last but not least (and also his favourite) is simply staying at his or your house and play cozy games on the switch :)) don't forget the noodles, blankets and movies!

his hands brush over yours way more than a normal friend should. maybe it's from being so used to clinging onto his arm or something, it's like magnetised. his arm is like... ALUUUUUURRING.

SO MANY 0.5S AND TIKTOKS. always filming something cute and trendy, a dance, sentimental trend. like yeonjun is always hyping you up in posts or stories, commenting liking favouriting EVERYTHING!!!

wrote the date you guys met on his controller. very small, on the right corner of his switch, in white paint pen with a smiley face next to it (he's so sweet i will cry on you)

[jophiel-shakes]

maybe glam Bonnie nsfw w/ fem reader please 🙏🙏🙏🙏 my beloved asshole bunny deserves more content

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note :: pov asshole rabbit gets laid (old, short and unfinished)

warning :: bj, sub reader, short smut

reader pronouns :: none mentioned

relationship :: romantic, fwb

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You had recently been called in by management to hear out Bonnie who had some complaints. You were not sure why you- a messy apprentice- was sent. You assumed it was to get you more used to the animatronics and help you understand the robotics, but the really only did it because one, they didn’t care what Bonnie had to say and two, you were easy to boss around.

Still, you could probably put private consultation with a highly technical robot in your resume… even though this wasn’t your first meet with the purple bunny.

You step into his green room, notes app open on your work iPad.

“Good afternoon little bunny.” He beckons you over to his couch, “I was hoping they’d send you.”

You smile knowingly, but still decide to lead him on. “Why’s that?”

“So I wouldn’t have to make up some bull story about experiencing problems.” He pushed up his iconic sunglasses and stared at you with half lidded glowing eyes. He was hungry, you could tell, thankfully it wasn’t for food.

“And you’re not experiencing problems?” You asked, pretending to write on your tablet.

“Well of course I am, come here and I’ll show you.” He curves his index finger as a sign for you to come closer, you abide and stand between his spread legs.

“And what seems to be the problem?” You look down at him.

“We’ll, you see, I’ve got this itch and I figured you’re the only one who can scratch it.” He looks at you up through his glasses.

“And where’s that scratch?” You couldn’t hold a straight face, a smile kept etching onto your lips.

“Get on your knees and I’ll show you.”

You have never followed a command so quickly, practically dropping to the floor in utter excitement.

“Good girl,” he praises, brining his chin up to meet your eyes, “you’re gonna do what I want, aren’t you?” He wasn’t asking, he was demanding.

“Yes.” You respond weakly. Your eyes wander to his crotch, you’re fixated on the square compartment that reserved his silicone dick.

“Close your eyes. I’ve got a surprise for you.” He jests, you comply and lightly shut your lids. The sound of mechanical changing was like music to your ears. You don’t wait for his permission to open your eyes.

[coleskingdom]

Man in the Mirror

Matt Jackson x female reader

Genre Smut Minors DNI NSFW

GIF @ bloodycowboyclub

@madhatterbri @midwestmade29

“He’s playing fucking head games, with us.” Matt said pacing in the hotel room, “He couldn’t just take the nice retirement package and leave no, he had to bring a goth boy and a geriatric with him. “ his voice agitated, “ I now have to end one of the icons of this business and his friends as well.”

I had been lying in bed watching this soliloquy, slightly amused and slightly annoyed by this sudden crisis of conscience. “ Really? One of the icons of the sport, you’re doing what has to be done. The sport is ready for new icons, new greats. The geriatric in question should’ve been ended long ago.” I said an impatient tone in my voice.

“ I don’t recognize myself some days, when I look in the mirror.” his eyes showing a sadness that broke my heart. “ How have I become the villain ? No one understands why I have to do the things I have to do.” his hand reaching for the glass of wine on the table.

“Matt, listen they forced your hand, they forced you to have to make the hard decisions. Changing the world was never going to be easy. You’re doing this for everyone, the ones who don’t have spots because of this old guard who refuses to move on. Besides you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.. You’ve just always had someone else to get their hands dirty for you, or you did it because someone told you to. You’ve stabbed everyone you’ve ever loved in the back at one point or another, you’ll forgive yourself in time, as they have forgiven you. I don’t know why this upsets you when you played into Kenny’s psychotic vendetta against Cole and Page.” I sipped my own wine . “Is it because Kenny isn’t calling the shots this time? Is it because you’re having to lead? Is it because …” my words cut off as Matt straddled me on the bed, his hands tracing lines of my throat. “ I wouldn’t finish that thought” ,he kissed me, his mouth fighting for dominance, as I relented. Our hands grabbing at each other’s clothes in a frenzy, pulling and removing them as they were thrown on the floor.

His hands moved down my body, only lightly teasing the places , he knew I loved. “Are you going to be a good girl or am I going to have to fuck that attitude out of you?” his voice cool and controlled, his touch soft,as his calloused hands dipped lower. “ I’ll be whatever you want me to be, just please touch me Matt” the pathetic desperation in my tone made him smile. “ There’s my good girl, not so mouthy now” his mouth claiming mine as his hand teased my folds. He swallowed my groan as his practiced fingers went to work, his mouth moved down my body to my breasts. “Is this what you needed?”before he took my nipple in his mouth. “ Yes”, I said my mind barely coherent “Yes what?” he said stopping all movement “Yes sir” I was immediately rewarded as his thumb moved over my clit and his teeth grazed my nipple. A moan fell from my lips, I felt my body giving itself over to him. “ princess it’d be so easy to let you cum right now, and nothing would make me happier than to take care of you right now.” His fingers moving inside me, teasing strokes inching deeper. “However, you said some hurtful truths earlier, now you’re gonna have to wait till I say to cum.” his hands spreading my thighs , as he aligned himself with my aching core. “So desperate for me, for someone you thought was afraid to lead I’m leading you pretty well aren’t I ?” his tone slightly menacing, “I didn’t mean it, I’m sorry sir” I said . His mouth back on mine as he entered me, his body worked mine, the angle he chose was meant to drive both of us quickly to our own release. My fingers scratched his back as he hit that spot deep inside, he hissed . He picked up his speed his controlled thrusts becoming erratic , “ Princess come for me, milk my cock , show me how much you need me.” I clenched pulling him in and holding him there, as I shattered around him, his thrusts and little groans and whimpers as he released inside of me in my ear. My hands running through his hair as his face laid in the crook of my neck. “ Matt, I do understand. “ my words soft and soothing allowing him to stay there as long as he needed. “I know you’re doing this for us.” My hands running softly up his back. When he finally moved, he was Matt again, the softness in his features returned. He laid his head on my chest,he was quiet for a longtime, the war inside him quieted for the first time.

[carlos-in-glasses]

Hi Cig! 🌼

🚨Emergency most likely to make you sob

🫂 Favorite platonic pairing and why?

✨If you could change any detail of any storyline, what would it be?

👀👀.

Hello! Thank you for these questions and sorry it's taken me a while to answer!

🚨Emergency most likely to make you sob

I answered this one here but I'm going to double-down on the Buttercup thing, because I'm really in my feels about Buttercup today. I think if there was an emergency that involved Buttercup dying I would lose it.

🫂 Favorite platonic pairing and why?

It ws Owen and Gabriel 😭😭😭 They had such a fun dynamic. Ron and Benito had great chemistry. I really loved them as a lightly competitive but clearly loving duo of bros and unless Gabriel comes back as a ghost in season five WHICH HE SHOULD I really am going to be sore over these two being split up forever.

✨If you could change any detail of any storyline, what would it be?

I would have the hoodie TK was wearing in 2x12 be the yellow hoodie so that he put it back on when the fire broke out. I love that we know Carlos' sexy green henley was saved, but we have to assume that iconic one-time yellow hoodie went up in smoke and I'm sad about it!

[onboardsorasora]

Updated Dewis Fic Rec List

Here is my current incomplete Dewis faves list. Still wild to me that Dewis is a rare pair and I am doing my part to try and change that 🫡

In the interim, here are the Dewis fics I regularly go back to lol. They are in no particular order. I just went with the easiest way to put this together.

I will add on as I read more fic :)) also, I'll always shamelessly recommend my own Dewis fics lmao

Mainly doing this for myself so I can like put it in my pinned so I can reference later.

Valentine by dr3writings Words:828 “Are you asking me to be your Valentine?”

Aloha - The Art of Saying Hello and Goodbye by WaitingtoBloom Words: 16,210 Daniel travels to Hawaii in an attempt to shut out the world and find his bearings after a tumultuous start to the season, but Formula 1 ends up finding him anyway in the form of one Sir Lewis Hamilton.

Active Love by f1errari Words: 1,638 Daniel grins, one eye closes, he forgot how sharp the sun is at home but he looks at Lewis anyways who smiles softly and tips Daniel’s cap down just a little, Daniel scrunches his nose up in response but opens his eyes ‘well, let’s hope it goes better then last time huh’ (aka Daniel thinks about Lewis a lot and how good they are together before the 2022 Australian gp)

Lewis x Daniel Extended universe by Bones_2_be Words: 18,533 Works: 3 It starts with Lewis and Daniel seeing each other at Coachella

A Kiss for Good Luck by dr3writings Words:1,222 Daniel takes a deep breath and looks at his own reflection in the mirror, the number three glaring at him from the edge of the red bull cap for just a moment before he forces himself to take it off. Not yet.

Don’t need nothing by the_orange_one

Words:9,493 Lewis Hamilton is a seven-time Grammy winner. He’s a fashion icon, a hugely successful R&B artist, adored all around the world. The pandemic brings his 2020 world tour screeching to a halt, leaving him stranded in Brisbane.

Enter struggling ex-band member, newly-solo, Daniel Ricciardo. He’s taking a creative break (read: having breakdowns about his stalling career), living on his farm in Western Australia, and he’s exactly the type of friend to invite someone to live with him during a global shutdown. Especially if it’s Lewis.

or, Lewis and Daniel write a song together, take care of one another, and reconnect while riding out the global shutdown on Daniel’s farm in Perth. Not necessarily in that order.

wrapped in gold by Anonymous Words: 1,162 Daniel had gotten the address from the photographer he’d messaged on Instagram. She’d said it’s beautiful and Lewis trusts her judgment, he’s not all that familiar with the area in the summer anyway.

Love not given lightly by Anonymous Words:2,937 Lewis is all soft, soft skin on luxury Italian leather, limbs ringed in ink and sturdy cuffs. It almost feels criminal to handle him roughly. But Lewis had asked him specifically, and well, they were always accusing Daniel of being too nice for his own good.

Love, In All the Hard Places to Reach by IICarpeDiemII Words: 15,270 Daniel’s been living on his own for almost a decade. He’s forgotten how it is to live with other people. He’s forgotten how hard it is to hide things from someone you’re sharing the same bed with.

Walk ahead and don't wait for me, I'll follow your footsteps anyway .by soulhead

Words:3,033 He can't allow this annoying, emotional and demanding part of him to distract him as it seeks a kind of companionship his racing lifestyle cannot provide. This force of his own that moves for and against his own wellness at time, that bites and scratches when he swallow yet another suppressant : it needs to be muzzled and he's never second-guessed his decision on the topic until very recently.

Or, Daniel is an Alpha on suppressants, but Lewis just wishes he would be himself for once.

Golden days by its_a_yoke Words:2,257 Lewis is happy to have Daniel on the podium with him again and they have a nostalgic one night stand just like in the old days.

it's not a crime to steal from a thief by Anonymous Words: 1,228 Max is still celebrating when Lewis posts the photo with the caption: You win some, you lose some. Today, I won.

one bright moment by pronoe for Gertika Words: 1,345 Daniel wins the race, Lewis wins the championship, they kiss in parc fermé.

loved you for years by Anonymous Words: 1,665 “Now that you’re back at Red Bull, will we see a mating announcement between you and Max? You two have always been so close.”

And in that moment Daniel knows, his mate at home isn't going to be thrilled with that question.

I've had the time of my life (and I owe it all to you) by Danubius Words: 2,147 Daniel realized he shared his bathroom's wall with his negihbor after a long shift at work, when he heard the singing from the other side, and singing back seemed like a good idea.

He didn't think things would escalade so quickly from there.

let's just dance by dr3writings Words: 1,374 “You done with your work?” he mumbles, leaning further into the solid body behind himself and feels a light exhale on his neck that makes him shiver pleasantly.

“Yep, just in time too I saw,” Daniel whispers, the song still playing on repeat in the background and his fingers have started tapping out the beat lightly against Lewis’ stomach without a conscious thought.

can't stand the heat by @toastandvegemite Words: 2,839  Lewis is most irresistible Alpha on the grid. Daniel is the most untameable Omega.

It should be a match made in heaven, but for some reason Lewis is determined to resist Daniel’s charms.

rocking, raftered by leafmeal0ne Words:33,428 Daniel knew it would be generous to call himself an up-and-comer in the music industry. Probably a little generous to call himself anything other than a farm hand.

It seemed that Lewis Hamilton, actual country music legend, disagreed.

the MET by dr3writings Words:969 Daniel feels his phone vibrate in his pocket and hurries to make an excuse to the people he’s in direct vicinity of as he walks down a slightly hidden hallway to answer, no one really pays any attention too caught up in each other so he sneaks off pretty easily. He feels Blake’s eyes on him but just gives him a thumbs up and shows the phone display quickly where it’s still ringing earning a fond eye roll as the other goes back to talking to some of the other guests.

tbc...

[isabelldrabbles]

Natasha Romanoff x Reader

Imagine: the couple watches Titanic and Natasha gets upset.

warnings: kinda sad at the end

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You huffed and rolled your eyes at the scene that was currently playing on tv. Somehow, your girlfriend Natasha made you watch ‘Titanic’ on your movie night - she has never seen it before and insisted on learning about the popular film. You have regretted it since minute one, but you kept silent to not ruin the experience for her.

At least you kept silent until now. But the ship just sank and Rose was laying on the door, Jack drifting beside her in the cold water, and you couldn’t hold back your annoyed comments anymore.

‘I love you, Jack.’ Rose confesses on screen.

‘Really?! They know each other for like two days and-’ you sigh, ’she just could move on the door and make space for him. What the-’

Natasha slapped you lightly on the back of your head and urged you to be quit with calling out your name determinedly. ‘Fine.’ You mumbled and snuggled into the redhead’s embrace.

Only a couple minutes later the iconic promise scene played and you were fighting your tiredness to not fall asleep when you noticed Nat’s irregular breathing and heard a sniffle. You moved your head and searched Natasha’s eyes.

‘Awww, Tasha…’ You put your hands on her cheeks and tenderly wiped her tears away. She turned her head embarrassed and tried to hide her crying, but you couldn’t stay away when you heard her sobs. ‘Come here, Nat,’ you held your arms wide open, ‘please.’

Natasha rushed into the embrace and clutched onto you. She hid her face in her neck and started crying hard, covering your shoulder in warm tears. After you rubbed her back and prepped kisses on her hair, your girlfriend finally seemed to calm down. You sat through the end of the movie and later you were getting ready for bed.

‘Leonardo Di Caprio made the Black Widow cry. You surprise me over and over.’ You teased her while putting on your pajamas. Natasha just watched you through the mirror and rolled her eyes.

‘Listen, Rose, you're gonna get outta here, you're gonna go on and you're gonna make lots of babies and you're gonna watch 'em grow.’ You quoted the movie exaggerated and made mocking moves while speaking your words. You changed your voice to imitate the other character. ‘I love you, Jack, but my body is co-’

‘Stop.’ You smiled at Natasha’s comment and motioned to get to her and hug her from behind - it was just then when you noticed Nat’s sad expression. ‘Please stop it.’

‘Oh Nat come on, i didn‘t mean to upset you, i was just joking.’

The redhead toweled her face down and scurried to the bed, not even looking at you. You sighed and turned around defeated. Natasha finished lotioning her hands and had already turned off her bedside lamp by the time you slipped under the covers.

You faced her in the dark and barely could make out her side profile before you searched for her hand on the blanket. When she didn’t pull away, you sighed in relief.

‘I’m sorry.’ You absently drew little circles on the back of her hand with your thumb, but she still stared at the ceiling. ‘What’s the matter with my girl?’

Finally, Nat turned to you and you could see her watery eyes.

‘Promise m-’

‘Nat, you can’t be serious.’ You laughed incredulously, but when Natasha stayed serious, your expression faltered. ‘Nat…’

‘Promise me that if something happens to me, you’ll survive. You won’t give up, no matter what happens, no matter how hopeless. Promise me now, and never let go of that promise.’

‘Natasha I-.. that’s a joke, right?.’

She just whispered your name and looked at you with pleading eyes.

You cursed yourself for the words you were about to say, but you knew Natasha wouldn’t let go if you didn’t do it. ‘I promise.’ You sighed and kissed her hand.

‘Thank you.’

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‘Am I supposed to say ‘Never let go’ now?’ You laughed ironically while stepping forward.

You laid her favorite flowers on the ground and raised your hand to run it over the letters that were engraved in the cold stone.

‘I love you, Nat.’

Hot tears streamed down your face, and you wished nothing more than to be able to hold her again.

That was the day you swore to yourself to never give a promise again.

[arbitrarygreay]

Audacity for Debian-based Linux

So, some time around 2020/2021, Audacity for Linux from the repositories of Debian-based distros (including Ubuntu, Mint, etc.) no longer had access to high quality stretch (change tempo, change pitch, shifting slider). This appears to be due to a combination of Debian no longer updating Audacity at all past 2.4.2 (as Audacity's new owners from 3.0.0 on have had...issues, to put it lightly), but also the fact that 2.4.2 specifically was requiring a version of the SBSMS library past what Debian had. It's still the case that the apt version of Audacity on Linux Mint still lacks the high quality stretch functions.

The workaround for this is to compile from source. HOWEVER. Be apprised that if you specifically go for version 2.4.2, there is still a bug around SBSMS, which causes Audacity to crash when attempting high quality stretching. Apparently, if you go for versions afterwards (3.0+, new Audacity owners), or the version before (2.3.3), you will not run into this issue.

I am stubborn, so I have verified that I can now open Audacity 2.4.2 and do a high quality pitch change without crashing. Here are the solution options. Know that both are still compiling from source.

Option 1: Do it manually command by command on the terminal

You will, however, notice that the important download link for the patch is broken. You must get it from here.

Note that you should preface all of the commands listed in that post with "sudo", or they will likely throw an error. (Or do whatever you need to for terminal to continuously recognize root access.) In addition, note that the "pre-installation test" section is not optional. Audacity will not run if the "Portable Settings" folder is not created, and furthermore, the "Portable Settings" folder and all containing files need to have write permissions enabled to the relevant non-root group/owner.

Whether you installed manually or used the script, you will need to go to "/usr/local/share/audacity/audacity-minsrc-2.4.2/build/bin/Release" to launch Audacity. In the file explorer window, you can click the button to the left of the magnifying glass to switch to text input where you can copy and paste the above path. Or, from /home, go up one level, and then navigate through manually.

Change the launcher's icon and add it to the start menu/desktop, per your specific distro and desktop environment.

Option 2: Modify and run a bash script

I found a helpful Youtube video stepping through the process, before they link to a bash script automating the whole thing. However, the script does not include the 2.4.2 patch. There are also a few modifications that need to be done to the script.

Modifications to make (right click the .sh file, open with, pick some text editor):

Line 35: change the dl_directory to match your own system. (Specifically, you probably need to replace "piuser" with your own account name.)

This change also needs be done on lines 115, 116, and 120 (or replace the hard coded parts with "${DL_DIRECTORY}").

Line 77 (optional): add "patch" as a dependent package to check. Like Python, it's mostly likely already installed, so you could leave this commented out.

Lines 139-142: Not a modification, but a note that I didn't end up using this (left it commented out), so I did have to download the 2.4.2 source code from fosshub manually and put it in the location specified by dl_directory. I also put the patch there. If you do want to try to automate the download, you'll not only have to add another line to also download the patch file, but both the source code for 2.4.2 and the patch have hyphens in their urls, so you need to either add backslashes to escape them, or enclose the entire url in quotation marks. But I also can't guarantee that either of those things will work, since I ended up doing the downloads manually.

Line 150: Per the manual installation above, the patch needs to be applied before the build. Add this code block at line 150 (after the script checks to see if the "Build" folder exists):

#SBSMS patch required for 2.4.2 if [ -f "${DL_DIRECTORY}/changepitch.patch" ]; then sudo cp "${DL_DIRECTORY}/changepitch.patch" "${DIRECTORY}/${VERSION}" fi sudo patch -p 1 < changepitch.patch

That's it for changing the script. Save it, close out of the text editor. (If you decided not to try letting the script do the downloads, then make sure you download the source code and the patch and put them in the dl_directory location at this point.)

Enable the script to be executable. (Right click the .sh file, Properties. On the Permissions tab, check that "Allow executing file as a program" is checked.)

Double click the .sh file. I suggest doing the "Run In Terminal" option so you can see the progress. (And if it's really short, probably something went wrong. The build section takes 20 minutes.)

This script does not include installing the offline manual for Audacity. That is covered in the guide posted in Option 1. Sorry, you'll have to do some terminal typing after all.

Whether you installed manually or used the script, you will need to go to "/usr/local/share/audacity/audacity-minsrc-2.4.2/build/bin/Release" to launch Audacity. In the file explorer window, you can click the button to the left of the magnifying glass to switch to text input where you can copy and paste the above path. Or, from /home, go up one level, and then navigate through manually.

Change the launcher's icon and add it to the start menu/desktop, per your specific distro and desktop environment.

[whinlatter]

Hi, You mentioned you liked the Tent scene in the DH movie which is very rare for Romione fans and book fans… and so I’m curious if there’s other things you like from the films? I would love to know

me fighting for my life in hinny/romione jail after saying i really like the tent scene

Ok just in defence of the tent scene, which I love for so many reasons in a film series I broadly feel ambivalent about... I love that how plays with the idea of the characters just being kids getting a moment to piss about in a tent with the radio on, while the war rages around them (the song is O Children for a reason, and the fact that the train imagery runs throughout the lyrics... chef's kiss). I think it's a thoughtful twist on that line from DH about them being "three teenagers in a tent whose only achievement was not, yet, to be dead", playing with the teenageness of it all. I also really like how it steps out of being a HP film and plays both with a change of pace but also different forms of media - like, if you're converting something from one form to another (in this case, from a book to a film), you can and should think about what you can do in movies that you can't do in books, and music is so important in that. And I actually really love at the end where movie!Harry and Hermione look at each other and something seems to hang in the balance - I think it works as a bit of a wink and a nod to the audience expectations, but I love that they both turn away from it, because to the two characters there’s nothing of that between them, just deep love and ease with another person that they treasure and are grateful for. And then the song ends, and it’s back to the worry, three minutes of forgetting and back to the hours and hours of waiting and worrying. And although I don't really think of the movie characters as the characters, I do think it works as a way to render a dynamic in book!Harry and Hermione’s relationship by DH, which does have this intimacy, tenderness, and these gorgeous little twinge moments of physical affection:

She hesitated, but recognised the dismissal. She picked up the book and then walked back past him into the tent, but as she did so, she brushed the top of his head lightly with her hand. He closed his eyes at her touch, and hated himself for wishing that what she said was true: that Dumbledore had really cared.

Overall, though, I really don't love the films. I absolutely enjoy rewatching them with friends as a nostalgic relic of my childhood, yes I will re-enact the PS/SS chess scene on request, but I don't think as a series they're very strong, either as an adaptation or as a standalone body of work. My favourite film is probably GoF, because I think it just gets the vibe right: it nails the series shift that happens in book four, in that it delivers boarding school caper vibes immaculately, but then also really nails the political/courtroom scenes (the Barty Crouch Jr trial scene holds up as iconic, oh my god!) and the truly terrifying graveyard scene and the tragedy/agony of the aftermath. But in general I don't think the films are hugely well done, and I think giving David Yates films five through eight was a huge mistake (the man just turns the lights down to show that everything is getting dark and miserable, and directs weak, mannered performances from his actors in scenes that are poorly cut and edited. I will die on this hill). If JKR weren't set to make bank that she's going to pump into toxic TERF lobbying in Scottish/UK politics I'd be excited for the HBO series. Since the films were made we've seen how long-form series television can really be a wonderful medium for delivering quality adaptations and is where some of the most exciting new IP has been coming out of for the past few years, so there's such rich creative energy in that space that could deliver a really quality adaptation. But she is... so I am not!

Other things I like from the films that aren't in the books, after a lot of thought lol:

Burning the Burrow scene — it happened in the wrong film (the Burrow probably was attacked during DH, after Ron is revealed to be travelling with Harry at Malfoy Manor), but I think it’s extremely atmospheric, really chilling and beautiful (the reeds! the water! obsessed) Also it’s basically the best/most bearable Hinny moment in the wasteland of film Hinny........ but I digress

The crackling radio scenes from DH 1 (borrowed these heavily for inspo for Beasts, I love them so much)

[sol-draws-sometimes]

Disc World bookclub thoughts- Monstrous Regiment

Pages 12-20

Okay @anna-neko … and all the other people that found me(tho I’ll be writing to Anna here)

Buckle up cause I actually read more, so there’s A LOT more text!

Before I start, I'm fully aware that the book's premise is that the whole regiment turns out to be women in disguised(except one being trans??? That happens at the end so I won't bring that up till I get there). But for ease of talking, I will he/him everyone until they've been she/her-ed. Plus, there are other characters, so I could accidentally she/her a man thinking they would be one of the undercover women. So yah, following the pronouns corresponding to where I am in the book.

I wrote everything on a notes app while listening/reading, and then organized it. So my "knowledge" will flip flop since different parts were written at different points of reading. Also I’m playing around with the best way to show quotes. Okay here are my thoughts loosely organized:

—Critiques—

Some critiques. I want to start of with them so that we can end on a high note. At first it was hard for me to get that there were scene changes happening. Most books usually leave large space b/w the paragraphs, but at least in this digital book, it just looks like a normal paragraph spacing. And the audio book doesn't indicate that there's a scene shift, so there were a couple of times that I got lost because I didn't realize there was a new scene. Though I think I finally got it down how he switches from scenes, so I should be fine.

Also while I do like that he just says stuff, for example, him introducing Polly’s guy name by writing, "At least, Polly climbed out of the window, but it was Oliver’s feet that landed lightly on the ground," instead of saying, "she decided to call herself Oliver Perks.” At times I do need a bit more guidance. I can pick up stuff with context, but, sometimes it threw me off. For example, with the igor, while I would've gotten it eventually, I just decided to google it, because I was too distracted being confused to actually pay attention to the dialogue if that makes sense???? So I mostly like how he seamlessly intergrates new info, but sometimes I do feel like I'm going in blind, or suffering for not knowing about the previous books. Tho I will say the vampire lore was intergrated well. It's nothing so bad that it ruins the book for me since it's mostly executed well.

Side tangent, but I actually started the book by listening to it, so I actually didn’t catch the Olly name until I got to this line, “…but Polly was known to all the ferrymen by sight and the guard would want to see her permit to travel, which Oliver Perks certainly didn’t have.” I like this line! I mostly like when he does it, but yah, I get confused sometimes.

Okay on to stuff my other thoughts!

Short quippy stuff

Hee hee foreshadowing!

There was no question of anyone getting undressed.

I love that her nickname is Ozzer

Don't cry challenge(impossible)

AAAAH SHE GOT CAUGHT.

Nothing quippy, just a funny line:

Ugh. I hate strappi I hate Strappi I hate Strappi. Me and the boys hate Strappi.

You said these books are very pop-cultury. I'll say these aged well because I don't think I've caught any pop culture reference(or maybe I have without realizing) and I still find the book funny and it makes sense to me. So uh yah, go Terry Pratchett I guess.

—Longer thoughts—

Am I viewing everything as an American, or is this a reference to don't ask, don't tell??? I don't think so cause nothing else about it is queer coded and also Terry Pratchett is British, so there would be no reason for him to talk about that. My brain just short-circuited because it's a military book and I'm American 🙃

Thoughts on Maladict—

Maladict carries around silver-gilt coffee engine (which icon behavior) so idk how allergic he is to silver. Is he lying about the silver allergy or does he just suck it up for some coffee (cause if he does, again King behavior). I think my fav soldier rn is Maladict (can you tell???). Polly think's she's cool, but he's the actually cool one. Love his whole "even though I'm sobre from humans, it doesn't mean I can't/won't seriously fuck you up." I love when writers explore ethical vampires/vampires blending in with humans (I really should read vampire books).

I think the whole black ribbon thing is cool! I think there's a book that follows a vampire??? If you're down(and it makes sense), I'd love to read one of the vampire books since I'm already so intrigued by vampire society! Obviously after I'm done with this book

Thoughts I wrote about Jackrum—

Damn Jackrum has to keep telling Strappi to ease on the racism.

I like how Sargent Jackrum asked Polly if she was fine with fighting Strappi. I knew that his whole "stop being racist" is more of a "WE NEED MEN" than him actually caring about fantasy racism™️, or that's how I saw it at first at least. But now, I think there's a genuine side of kindness to him. So I'm excited to see more of that (be it, seeing more of his softer side or being proven wrong).

ALSO WHILE WRITING IN POLLY’S SECTION, I REALIZED THAT JACKRUM PROBABLY KNOW SHE'S A WOMEN!!!! Oh shit, maybe corpol too???? Definitely Jackrum I think!

"What's that?" said the corporal. "My signature," said Polly… "You can read and write, too?" said the sergeant, glancing up at them and then back to her.

THEY GOT SURPRISED THAT SHE KNEW HOW TO READ AND WRITE (an abomination for women). Also... I might have gotten slightly spoiled trying to draw Jackrum. I didn't read anything but I saw girl fanart of him???? I mean, I guess he's also part of the troop, I thought it was just the soldiers. HE MIGHT BE MYSTERY PERSON!!!! Anyways, this is for future me to figure out… So that's probably why he's nice to her. NOW I'M EXCITED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HIM. Before I got to the scene where Polly fights, I drew this cause I thought it was funny, while being slightly out of character. But now, I think this not that out of character (I'll have to see). Anyways have this shitty little doodle.

Thoughts on Polly—

I was very slow to realize that Polly's from Borogravia. As for why Polly joined, Polly definitely doesn't believe the propaganda, so my best guess is that she's going to try and find Paul. Reading about her missing Paul absolutely broke my heart. Though it's very interesting how also she was raised.

Also I got so scared when she got caught even tho I knew it would happen eventually, just didn't think it would happen THIS early in the book! I knew the moment mysterious person gave Polly the sock. I find it funny how Polly was like, “damn I thought I was cool mysterious kid". Her inner monologue is pretty funny.

I didn't ask you for one, Polly thought, quite annoyed at being taken for being a frightened young lad when she was sure she'd come over as quite a cool, non-ruffled young lad.

Also I'm pretty sure mystery person is a girl, cause I know the permis of the book so it makes this line funny

"Why, is this the escutcheon of Her Grace the Duchess I see in front of me?" said the whisperer. "Well, it won't be in front of me for long. Beat it ... boy."

Wrote this section on mystery person before the realization 🧍🧍🧍. Now I don't know. AAAAAAAAH.

Also, I'm glad that Polly gave Strappi a taste of his own medicine. Tho Private Parts is kinda funny 🏃🏃🏃. Insert: "that's a good joke, a great joke even, but I'm gonna have to ask you to stop,” audio. Seriously tho, it's pretty cool how Polly's experiences from her childhood with her dad and the other soldiers has helped her to blend in at this point. She was funny when she was like:

"I'll try not to hurt him either, Sarge," said Polly, and then cursed herself for the idiot bravado. It must have been the socks talking.

I read it twice and listened to it a 3rd time, since I had to write this and I laughed each time. I can't believe I find this dick joke so funny, I'm truly an immature child. Also fuck man. The way Polly saw people die, or just the discussions of how wars fucks people up. I have nothing insightful to say. Just, man, war's rough (<- biggest understatement of the century).

Other Book thoughts—

One thing I wasn't expecting, was for the crew to be made up of so many fantasy™️ creatures. But that one is fully on me since the book is called monstrous regiment. I guess I was so focused on what I've heard about the book, that I just completely glazed pass that. I see that there is some fantasy racism™️, so hopefully that's done well. I'm not saying it's always bad, but a lot of time people try to do metaphors, but it falls apart (ex: monster=racism allegory, when one of the characters is literally Mexican (and is brown). I'm not naming the name of the show on purpose). I do think it can be done well when you take the more, "prejudice is a thing, this is how it would play out with these creatures," and you don't make it a one-to-one with any particular minority. I feel like that's a more productive criticism of bigotry that can be applied to minority groups. I mean, I think there can be some one-to-one allegories that make sense, but it needs to be done carefully. I hope I'm making sense. But so far, I don’t see anything that bothers me. Just have my guard up a bit.

—✨Deeper✨ Thoughts on the book—

I kinda alluded to this in the previous review but yah, it's very interesting how Terry Prachet writes about war. I mean, I'm only 18, so I won't pretend to know much about the world, but I think this book has very strong themes about the dangers of nationalism and what not. And obviously he exaggerates it in the book, but it can be applied to a lot of modern situations. Side tangent, but I'm not really a patriotic person. I'm glad that my country has provided me better opportunities than my parent’s country, but I've always seen being so patriotic to a fault very weird. Also, this is clearly a criticism of the monarchy. "God save the duchess" like, come on. Down to this religious fervor they treat the duchess with, that they pray to it. I feel weird commenting too much, since I'm not as connected/involved/know too much about the politics of the monarchy (I mean technically the US is an ex-British colony, but rn relationship b/w the US and the UK is way better than other countries with the UK). All I'll say is that I don't care how nice she was, she was a colonizer and the monarchy has and continues to harm people to this day. Also back to nationalism, I've always hated the whole "people from this country suck". Like maybe the government sucks but you can never ascribe what the country does to the people of said place.

Honestly I feel weird commenting on this book in general, because I have barely any religious experience, haven't been too exposed to war, nor am I British (I mean this more in respect of the whole monarchy thing). Also, even though I'm a woman, I haven't felt much sexism. Like no cat-calling, most of the people respect me. Besides, "normal sexism," aka unconscious bias stuff like, "strong men help me pick the heavy stuff,” I don't think I have had any notable experiences of sexism or have seriously felt it in my life. So I feel like I can't give any deep observation about sexism or religion besides, yup that sounds right! Same with any the politics about war than, yup nationalism bad! I'm really aware that I'm just an 18 yr old who doesn't know much cause young people think they know everything (I mean that gets thrown a lot to invalidate young activists but there is a kernel of truth of: less experience=less knowledge of the world). Basically, I am noticing deeper themes in the book, but don’t expect me to talk about these parts if the book too much, because I don’t think I have anything productive to add. I just feel super unqualified to comment on much of this, and like I could be wrong about 100 different things I just said.

Umm… with that being said,

—Some quotes that I thought were interesting but I can't articulate why rn—

"At Paul's insistence, she'd read the whole of 'From the Mothers of Borogravia!!' to him, including the bits about heroes and there being no greater good than to die for your country. She wished, now, she hadn't done that. Paul did what he was told. Unfortunately, he believed what he was told, too."

"Several copies of the pamphlet seemed to have reached every home, even so. It was very patriotic. That is, it talked about killing"

"She'd learned to read and write after a fashion because the inn was big and it was a business and things had to be tallied and recorded. Her mother had taught her to read, which was acceptable to Nuggan, and her father made sure that she learned how to write, which was not. A woman who could write was an Abomination Unto Nuggan, according to Father Jupe; anything she wrote would by definition be a lie."

"She'd be funny just as long as she was useless, and safe as long as she was funny." Ugh yah, some men get really threaten by women being better than them

Misc—

Thank goodness for the audio book. I love when authors write in the accents, I think it creates character and it's very creative... but I'm terrible at trying to understand what they're saying. I've been doing a mixture of audio book only, audio book plus text, and just reading text. Anyways, I was reading a line Strappi said where he was mocking Maladict and I literally couldn't understand it until I listened to that part later when I could use my headphones again.

"Private Bloodfnucker hnas a fnord, Fnargeant," he said accusingly.

This was the line btw. All hail audiobooks everyone 🧎🧎🧎

Also damn digital books and audio books help me actually pick up the book and it makes it a lot less intimidating. I like reading but, sometimes my brain views it as a chore. Like I used to start books, LIKE THEM, and then proceed to NOT finish them. I have been using audiobooks in the past but it was while reading the book, and almost never just the audiobook (unless I had didn't finish a chapter in time for class). But man, actually leaning into how my brain works makes it easier. Who would've thought! (Like I always forget how useful hearing the text it, even though I have been using this tip for years). So yah, even though I think I prefer the experience of physical books, I need to just let myself read the easiest ways to me. Audiobook only, has been nice since it takes the least amount energy, but it is the hardest for me to understand, especially if it gets too flowery/lore-y. So warning, I’ll miss small details because of this. I usually go back and skim the parts I did audio only, but I’ll still miss stuff.

Also, I'm using hoopla(and when the 21 days are up, my libby ver of the text should be available), but tip! If you like to annotate, download books on PDFs and annotate using the comments. Honestly, great with research papers too! I love to highlight with different colors and then you filter the annotations, amazing really. Obviously you can do this in irl books but I like that I can write more in the comment section thingy than in the margin of books.

But yah! I'm liking the book so far. I like how Terry Pratchett writes and I like Polly as a mc.

I will add alt text some other date cause I don't have the mental energy rn. If someone besides Anna find it and wants them, just @ me in the comment and I'll @ you when I finish this Also gonna add links to the previous and next review for better organization.

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[ye-xiu]

Hi i think i'm falling in love with HONGJOONG please help me. please. what are some of your favorite videos of him / all of ateez even? 🤲🏻 i am going crazy

kjuhzgtzhujik i am HAPPILY of help anon u have no idea how much this thrills me. tho there are many people who have been fans of ateez much longer, the hongjoong bias is still rare around here so i am happy about everyone joining ranks !!! hello hi !!! have fun !!!

so mandatory viewing of my ateez (hongjoong centric) experience:

deja vu mv (he serves so much raw cunt here it's insane. it changed me as a person like i was a mere casual listener but this one. sealed the deal over a year ago. i have yet to come up for air)

don't stop mv (second most insane moment in the hongjoong-fication of me. he's actually an actor it's crazy he didn't get a baeksang for best music video acting while trying to maintain 20 safety regulations. that category doesn't exist but it Should)

answer mv (this song was the only one to make me cry at my concert and i wasn't even a big fan yet .... song of ALL time tho !!! she is too good)

hongjoong's lemon tree cover (if you are in your mid-20s or older and european you will know this song. if you aren't, open your heart! he also wrote his own verse for it bc he's a bad bitch a virtuous icon)

ateez's wonderland on kingdom (i only watched one other video from kingdom but this is the most famous one anyway. took the house down as the kids would say. no survivors, i fear.)

ateez's it's live session: promise (first video i have ever seen of them perform and one of my fave ateez songs still. every session they did for this is great tho)

say my name comeback stage (kq's block b money was running out. ateez debuted with the most asinine space oddity meets metropol meets matrix group concept meant to span most of their career and releases. no one was tuning in. it was dire. they had one shot. and they delivered like the dorm was flooded and lights were all shut off the day prior. kq has to kiss their feet for this performance alone actually. ALSO. mullet hongjoong <3)

horizon comeback stage (sister release to answer. LIVES were once more on the line. this is to me their best song ever. the choreo is a feat of art and i do not say this lightly. spot some sweet and respective yeosang and yunho actions for the key parts of this song.)

hongjoong's log 1day (all of his vlogs or any ateez vlogs are easy background watching. i am not too deep into variety but whenever groups i like drop short vlogs, they're very fun ways to share non-music stuff in a way they feel comfortable with. also a man who is in such dire need of a dye job <3 he's just like me <3)

ateez wanted special 2022 (for their debut anniversary trip last year. the entire series is hilarious and shows a lot of their variety / on camera personas. hongjoong, seonghwa, and jongho were my faves here)

ateez's logbook #72 (their own behind the scenes series! i usually just watch these randomly when i have to kill time. the one during eternal sunshine promo has lots of hongjoong with mingi and jongho <3)

wanteez home appliance quiz (styled like a 90's/00 quiz show, they are fighting to win home appliances for their parents. the 98z' team chant is the meme sound of a t-rex. it's great)

wanteez friendship test (what it says on the tin!)

ateez @ sunmi's showterview (everyone was roasting mingi left centre and right but it is soooo fun overall. sunmi's showterview is hilarious)

that's it for now! i am terrible at watching mv's and big variety content, i am much more of a listener than a watcher jhgzhujik but with hongjoong i find any of his vlogs / covers / live stages are great content. ateez has also been on weekly idol and naver now usually livestreams hongjoong and yunho's season of idol radio, so these are fun to check out as well <3

[wonder-galixy]

~~~First Day~~~

New jobs are scary. Supposedly.

Walking up to the Pizza-Plex filled me with childish glee more than anything. Fazbear Entertainment was the leader in the tech industry. From coding miracles to unique machinery, it was the place I’ve been dreaming of working for. Applying and interviewing was completely digital, all zoom calls and online testing. That includes tons of PDF files about qualifications, education, and previous work experiences.

I walk through the Pizza-Plex, towards  one of the employee break rooms. Today’s the first day, the test day, and I made sure to be early. However, changing into the proper uniform ate up any extra time I had planned. I ultimately left the locker room with my uniform slightly disheveled, and without wearing the uniform’s hat. But I did remember the Fazwatch, a small detail I’m proud about.

I made my way to the atrium when the speaker system blared out, “The Pizza-Plex will be closing in 5 minutes, please gather any children or belongings and make your way to the main entrance. We hope to see you again, have a faz-tastic day.”

The crowds fizzled out quickly after that. I watch the families crowd the gift-shop one last time before filing out the giant double doors. (Or would they be quadruple doors? I mean, it’s 4 pairs of doors-) The shutters lower after the last child leaves. I double-check them to make sure they’re locked. Mom always said to double-check, even triple-check, (just about) everything.

The shutters were, indeed, locked. So I switched my attention back to my Fazwatch and the email for all my tasks for tonight. I start to wander while reading through the email, my excitement slowly building with each step I took down Rockstar Row. Eventually, I just had to stop and-

“YYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!” My voice echoed through this small section of hallway, “I DID IT!!! I’M EMPLOYED BY FREAKIN’ FAZBEAR ENTERTAINMENT!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!”

I collapse to my knees and continue yelling, eventually devolving into flailing around on the floor. Eventually, my lungs ran out of air and my arms tired out. I take a few deep breaths before getting back on my feet. Bringing my head back up, my eyes land on some iconic Glam Rock robots. Lo and behold, all four band members are standing in the hall with me, they probably left their rooms upon hearing me scream and fall to the floor. If they were capable of judgment, they’d be judging me.

“You’re Freddy Fazbear!!!” The words leave my mouth before thinking. 

The resident bear smiles lightly with a small wave, “Indeed I am. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Rockstar. You’re the new mechanic, correct?”

“Indeed I am!”

“How did a child end up working here?” Roxy pipes up from behind Freddy.

“Hey! I’m an adult! I’m in college!!” I scoff in a fake sense of insulted.

“Oh! I love the enthusiasm!” Chica chirps up next to Roxy.

“Oh, you’re gonna get on my nerves fast.” Monty says (probably under his breath) before walking back into his room.

“I’ll apologize in advance for Monty’s behavior-”

I brush off the offense and attempt at an apology before Freddy is even finished, “Nah, it’s fine. Honestly, it wouldn’t be Monty without some trouble.”

I resume my walk and skim over the email one last time, “Anyway, I need to… check the photo-booths, un-jam a claw machine, and… stuff!” 

“Ah! Of course, I didn’t mean to bother you. But! If you need any help, you can call one of us with your FazWatch. Good luck!” Freddy waves me off. What a start to an adventure! 

There’s a bounce in my step as I make my way to the atrium. Most of the tasks are simple repairs that take 2-3 minutes. With my education, a beginner’s mechanics class was required. I could get these done sooner, but I forgot to bring my toolbox. I always forget something, how foolish. The photo-booths needed more photo film, which was always in a supply closet nearby. Very convenient. 

The photobooths took the longest, followed by taking out the trash, followed by finding the trash compactor. This landed me in the arcade, unjamming a claw machine. Something is stuck in the trapdoor, making it unable to close, but also blocking any prizes from getting out. I’ve been toying with it for a few minutes, but I can’t make any serious progress without a screwdriver. The lights haven’t gone out yet, I think it’s because it’s Sunday. The Pizza-Plex closes earlier on Sunday (if only by a few hours), but the lights are still on their regular schedule. 

I resort to using my employee card as a make-shift wedge to get the screws loose. Thus, removing the prize hatch from the claw machine. A button eye from a plush falls out from the hatch. Do I need to be concerned there’s a plush without an eye? Should I dig through the machine to check?

My alarm is the one thing that snaps me out of my thoughts. My shift is officially over and I need to clock out. It’s better to get out on time, Fazbear Entertainment doesn’t do overtime pay. I hastily screw the metal sheet back onto the machine and (just as hastily) organize my belongings. On my walk back to the employee break room, I decided to finally use the call feature on my Fazwatch to page everyone.

“Ok guys! It’s 12 a.m and my shift is over. I’ll see you guys tomorrow from 7 to 12 for routine maintenance. Have a good night!”

Freddy and Chica are the only ones to fully respond, Roxy gives a non-commital grunt through the watch, and Monty is completely silent. The same goes for the Daycare Attendant and the ‘S.T.A.F.F’ channel. Just fine. I double-check my belongings before raising the automatic shutters on the front door. I have all the key items and some miscellaneous things, button eye included, and finally walk out of the Pizza-Plex.

[pxppinmolly-archived]

I’ve done some thinking since this morning (last night?) and I decided to make a post.

This is by no means really a ‘call out post’ in the sense of like... Me wanting to start drama, or wanting a witch hunt or ‘cancelling’ someone. But more of the fact of me making something aware to the public that I tried to settle civilly but it’s come to my attention that my respect, privacy, and wishes are being violated still.

Now I reiterate, I do not want anyone sending them hate or any sort of harassment for me or in my name. I do not condone it and I am not trying to condone it. I am merely making my followers aware of an issue I have with someone, and if they choose to want to block/stop interacting, fine. If they still choose to interact regardless ... I don’t really care. I just want accountability and I don’t wanna sit on this and be forced to stay quiet, you know?

Do with this information what you will, because in the end I don’t care what your choice is and it doesn’t affect me personally very much. I just, again, want this to be made aware at the least and hoping with it out in the open that it may finally stop.

@/pinkpizza///pasta//spider//princess22 has in the past, and has continued, to steal content from me. She has been following me before she made her blog, and I even helped her in the creation of her RP blog and offered her help with certain RPC things, even. I know she has been following me for quite a while beforehand because she used to like all my content in my activity feed.

On her blog she has made HC posts that were similar to mine, but at one point she straight up just copy and pasted what I wrote and posted it as if she wrote it. I originally forgave her for it, because I am too kind for my own good and I felt for her since she seemed genuine and she was a long time follower and supporter of my content.

However, I was soon made aware that she has continued to steal my content, both via reblogging my queued posts (The aesthetics and musings) AND, more egregiously, copying my headcanons YET AGAIN but merely changing the wording/wording them herself. Not ONLY that, but even my OOC POSTS and some of my IC POSTS they would end up regurgitating the SAME THING but worded differently not too long after I posted them.

I decided and went and blocked both the sideblog and main account, and told them to stay off my blog and to stop taking my content. They sent me an anon apologizing to me, because Tumblr’s block system is a joke, and I once again told them to respect my wishes and stay off my blog.

However, it seems that they are still on my blog, as they have recently reblogged 95 percent of my queued posts from yesterday in the same order I posted them, on TOP of having the same ‘pride icon’ as me with the Italian flag. Which is also something I did last year. And, I forgot to mention, that they did also use the same theme I was using since the start of my blog that I only finally changed sometime last year.  Which, I didn’t mind at the time, but on top of EVERYTHING ELSE... It just makes me a lil’ :’/ yk?

But yes, it seems to me they are STILL lurking on my blog. Which, if you are reading this, mun, I am telling you once again to stay off my blog and stop taking my content.

On another note that isn’t related to me, however. I do want to say and point out the racism on their account with the ‘Italianese’, the mixing of Japanese and Italian. It’s possible to be mixed, certainly, but the way they portray and go about Molly being both of these is ... Insensitive, to put it lightly. It very well comes from a place of ignorance and, forgive me for saying, a ‘weaboo sense of Japanese culture’. Between the random mixing of Italian and Japanese words together to make ‘Italianese language’ and also just mixing both languages together, both even written improperly, the obvious ‘westernized view of japanese culture’ with the art and way they write it all, it’s just very ... Ignorant, in my opinion.

However, I will also state I am a white woman so I really can’t speak too much and say it’s racist, but I will say from my perspective and the perspective of others who I shared with seem to agree it DOES seem like it’s all coming from a place of ignorance. Again, if you ARE reading this, Mun, please reflect and take this information and work better.

I do not wish ill will on anyone involved. I don’t. This is just me taking a personal issue and making it public after trying to settle things as privately as I can prior without publicly name dropping, but since my wishes as I said are still being disrespected, I wanted to make it public so people were just made aware and also to hold some accountability.

Again, if you still want to interact that’s FINE. I don’t care. I just wanted this to be known instead of sitting on it and feeling like I can’t speak up about the mistreatment and unfairness I have been faced after being nothing but kind and respectful.

[bearbait-adventures]

Perfect For Me Chapter 2

Mike-208 isn’t sure where he is right now. All he knows is it is very hard to see, everything is unfocused, blurry. He was doing something important at one point, ‘What was it’, he thinks as he wakes it feels like his brain is rebooting slowly like he’s running Windows 95, just painfully slow. While he’s thinking his feeling starts to come back he begins to take in the world around him. ‘He’s hot why, why is it so hot, it feels gross like a sticky hot.’ After the feeling, comes the voices but they are droning voices, echoing and unfocused he can’t understand what they’re saying. He moves his hand intending to touch his face, cover his eyes try to focus, but his hand hits something before it makes it. Curiously he spreads his fingers out, to feel the obstruction then it clicks, ‘It’s my helmet. He’s still in his armor, then why is it so hot the suits have climate control he shouldn’t be feeling like this.’ He focuses on his vision again blinking the world into clarity once more. It looks like he’s in a med bay, a few people are standing around him wearing medical uniforms. Mike goes to sit up, but one of the people puts a hand on his armored chest and stops him.

“Stay down, 208 it’s too dangerous for you to stand right now,” the man states. Mike turns his helmet towards his voice.

“Why is it so hot, is my suit broken?,” he asks his voice sounds a little whiny, further expressing his discomfort. The undisclosed man chuckled lightly at 208’s question.

“No, your suits not broken, thankfully. You manifested during a mission and crashed your Pelican.”

“Manifested!,” Mike interrupted. “Am I as alpha, like my sisters? I don’t remember them saying anything about it felling so...horrible though.”

The assumed doctor shook his head, “No, 208 you manifested as an omega a very...dominate omega, your pheromones are so strong we have to keep you in your suit or they’ll cause some...major issues,” he said as a matter of factually. Mike went still even his breathing stopped, his helmet still turned towards the doctor. His thoughts start to run wild,‘An omega...no way he’s too old, omegas usually manifest when they’re around 14 years old he’s over 20 that’s way too late,...no wonder he feels so sick. Oh, wait if he’s an omega that means he’ll be separated from all his sisters. They are all alphas it would be to risky for him to go back now.’

“208, are you okay?,” the doctor said as he witnessed the change in the Spartan’s posture.“Don’t worry we’re going to get you though your manifestation safely, your pheromones won’t spread if we keep your suit sealed,” he said as he patted the Spartans chest a few times, like a car salesmen thumping on the roof of a car. Mike relaxed again taking a deep breath to calm himself down, he tried to take a drink from the suits on board water supply. The suit beeped at him a little icon showed up on the HUD informing him there was no water canister equipped. Mike turned to the doctor again, “My suits out of water,” he simply stated with disappointment rolling off the words. The doctor motioned to one of the others in the room who picked up a new reservoir, ‘Seems like they already had one prepared.,’ Mike thought. The man placed the reservoir into the suits compartment, Mike took a few gulps as soon as it was available. Not very long after he started drifting back to sleep, ‘They drugged my water,’ he thought as the darkness took him.

A/N: I need a better title I think I'll have to think about it I guess. Also if your wondering why Caboose doesn't sound for lack of a better word right now, 'dumb'. If because the major change hasn't happened yet he has some from the pheromone blockage he experienced but nothing major right now. Plus in my AU I'm not going to make him 'dumb' especially not in his head when he's in his head he's more or less fine, it's when he tries to talk things get jumbled.

[pashterlengkap]

From high fashion to advocacy work, Myles Sexton is an icon to model

Myles Sexton is often compared to Jonathan van Ness, but unlike the problematic Queer Eye hair expert, Sexton is Canadian. They’re a nice person. It’s in their bones. A former fashion model, Sexton has occasionally branched out to highlighting brands online, but advocacy has become the goal for their popular TikTok and Instagram accounts. Sexton, who is nonbinary, rocked an androgynous look throughout their fashion career and now educated others about the nonbinary experience, the importance of inclusive language, sobriety, and HIV information. LGBTQ Nation sat down with Sexton for a few quick questions about their new calling, how it started, and their plans for the future. The interview has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Myles Sexton (@mylessexton) LGBTQ NATION: You got your start in fashion. So tell me about that. MYLES SEXTON: I grew up in a tiny little farming town on the east coast of Canada, where, you know, there are under 2000 people. In high school, I was getting ready to become an archaeologist or a geologist. My uncle was a geologist, and I just was so fascinated by his work. I got a job at a grocery store. One of the things that they would get me to do was the magazines, and I would have to put out the new ones and take down the old ones, but we just had to tear the cover off of the old ones. And then they were thrown out, so I would keep them. But it was the first time I had access; I was getting them for free. I remember looking at them and was captivated by the creativity. I think of the editorial work that was being shown in it and the androgyny that existed at that time for a lot of female models. I don’t know; something just changed inside of me, and I thought, I want to be a model. I want to try to have someone like me represented in this creative space because I was seeing fragments of it, but no one looked exactly like me. So, I sent some of my photos to a local modeling agency, and they signed me within a few weeks. It just took off from there. I was finishing up high school and was already starting to do fashion shows and TV commercials. It kind of blew up from there. Are you still walking the runway? My relationship with modeling has changed a lot, and I do it when I can be who I am. I don’t take jobs anymore where I can’t be myself. I still do some stuff, but I think I’m just more picky about it, what I’m involved in, and the company that it is. @mylessexton #inclusivefashion #fashion #style @Aille Design (pronounced: EYE) ♬ original sound – Myles Sexton I’ve seen on some of your videos that you said you didn’t know anything at all about HIV until you tested positive. Now, you’re working with a charity, helping raise millions of dollars. What spawned that rapid transition? I think there’s a lot of naive and uneducated baby Myles out there. I think a lot of people’s reference points to HIV is the 80s when we lost over 40 million people. So, I think the education system fails us because they show us this sort of fear-mongering tactic when it comes to HIV and sexual health. Once I got diagnosed, as a part of my journey to reclaim my power over my stigma, shame, and misinformation, it was just like, “Okay, how do I use my voice to talk about this and show that I can be a successful, healthy person living with HIV and that the disease doesn’t stop me from living my life? My only reference point was sort of death and illness and people with sores, and you know, well, I’m not having sex with people that look like that. So, obviously, I can’t get HIV. But I was wrong. @mylessexton #queer #lgbt #nonbinary #socialmedia #fashion #stylingtips #stdawareness #hivpositive #healing ♬ original sound – xxtristanxo When you tested positive, it was serious. It had been in my body for quite a long time. That was the scary part because I was so sick for so long. And we couldn’t figure out what it was. I was in a monogamous… http://dlvr.it/T63DRf