#i really hate doing small batch stuff

[densewentz]

First recipe test of some little guys in time for halloween

(the chocolate cake is divine, and the dark sweet cherry filling came out better than I expected. I don't LOVE the overly buttery taste of the vanilla SMBC frosting on its own, but it has such a good mouth feel and lets the chocolate/cherry really shine ngl)

[the-kr8tor]

Cardamom + Epsom Salts with BDAS Hobie ❣️!! where reader is teaching Hobie to cook something in the boat or vice versa !!

have a lovely dayyy <3

AHHHH BDAS HOBIE!! Thank you for requesting! I hope you love it! 💕

Pairing: Pirate! Hobie Brown x fem! Reader

Word count: 1.2k

Tags: No use of Y/N, no specific physical description of the reader, CW food, BDAS! Reader and Hobie, pirate AU, pirate captain! Hobie, set in my series 'Between the Devil and the Sea' (mild spoilers ahead), fluff!

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One year celebration 🎉

You try to remember what Finn taught you before, making hardtack isn't as easy as you thought it would be, especially that you have to keep your station as dry as a bone for the biscuit to turn, well, into a hardtack. It's called that for a reason. You hate the stuff, it's hard against your teeth, and it crumbles like rocks in your mouth. And it barely tastes like anything. But alas, it's necessary to survive the journey. Regular bread gets wet and rotten real quick while out in the open sea. Wet and rotten food invites disease on the ship, and as the ship's medic, and contrary to popular belief— you don't want that.

You'd rather wash a thousand dirty dishes than roll a dozen of the hardtack dough. Your palms are getting starchy and dryer than James’ elbow in the summer as you cut the last of the circular pieces and place them inside the oven. The ship's oven is small and compact, so baking in small batches is necessary. You clearly don't want to burn this ship down just like the last one.

Wiping your brow, you huff while leaning against the flour covered counter as the heat of the oven wafts over your whole form. You'd leave the heat of the kitchen but you really don't want to leave the fire unsupervised. Especially when Yuri has taken a liking to calling you ‘firestarter’ whenever she's not trying to flirt her way into Lyla’s pants.

The kitchen door swings open, hinges squeaking out someone's arrival. You look over your shoulder, seeing no other than the captain of the blood sail pirates himself.

Hobie whistles out a low tune, shamelessly roaming his eyes all over your flour covered form. Even in your starchy apron, and hair covered in a smattering of white powder, he looks at you like you're still wearing the finest gown in the whole country.

“I didn't know it snowed in ‘ere.” He says with a chuckle, leaning casually against the doorframe.

“You're a bit late to the party, captain.” You tilt your head, brow raised.

“I know, lovie, we needed to change course when the wind turned.” He moves, boots thumping against the floorboards as he makes his way over to you. His arms are already open, ready to receive you.

You immediately fall in front of him, arms wrapped around him and face snuggled on the crook of his neck. He pats your damp back, not minding the sweat covered blouse as his palms rest over your back. Whispering apologies, his voice almost lulls you to sleep, add that with the soft rocking of the ship, you're sure you were about to fall into a deep slumber until he kisses the side of your face generously.

“How about we open a window, let the night air in, hm?”

“No, the biscuits need a dry environment.” You yawn against his neck, earning a chuckle from the captain.

“Alright,” he dances you gently to the sound of the crackling fire. “You hungry? ‘m thinkin’ of makin’ somethin’ since we ate hours ago.”

“Please, anything but hardtack.” You lean up, chin resting on his clavicle as you frown at the prospect of eating a sailor's biscuits this late into the night. His hands knead at your dry aching palms.

“Nah, I won't torture you, scuttlebutt.” Chuckling, he cups each of your cheeks lovingly. “I promise, once we get some new crew in ‘ere, you won't be doin' anymore hardtack in the future.”

You sniff the air, it reminds you of the scent from a bakery in a town you used to live in. “Good, but I do like the cooking, just not this part.” Chuckling, you pucker up for a kiss, and he takes the message, kissing you gently but with a hint of hunger in every peck. This man clearly missed you even when you were just below deck.

With a longing sigh, he kisses the corner of your lips for good measure before fully leaning away. “How does a simple soup sound, hm? Some eggs and cream might help with starvation.”

“Sounds like you're trying to get rid of the perishables before it rots.” You smile, running your knuckles all over the scruff on the back of his head.

“That to.” He laughs against your lips before smooching the smile off of your face. “And,” he grabs you suddenly on your waist, lifting you up over the counter as he plants you right on the warm marble. “you get to sit pretty for me, for moral support.”

You immediately shake your head with a soft smile. “No, absolutely not, I'll help you.” Your hands are on his shoulders, trying to slide down whilst he prevents you with a lopsided smile and hands gripping your hips. “Is that a captain's order?”

His brows furrowed, “no—” you hop down, already grabbing the jar of cream from the iced barrel. “I jus’ wanted you to rest, lovie.”

“I know,” you place your palm on his chest, reaching to grab his chin and press a kiss on his lips. “But I want to help, how about you sit and look pretty for once, hm?”

He grins. “You callin’ me pretty, scuttlebutt?”

“The prettiest captain there is.” You coo, shaking his chin gently in between your fingers. He huffs shyly, pouting at your words. “Now, teach me how to make this amazing soup of yours.”

“‘Course, don't want you blowin’ us all up.”

“That was one time!”

With another kiss to your forehead, he grabs an apron and ties it behind his back effortlessly. You would've helped him just to have an excuse to embrace him, but it seems that he was showing off with that one handed move. Rolling your eyes, you pay attention to his clear instruction. Don't cover the pot, stir generously while he cracks the eggs expertly on the counter. The whole recipe is easy enough as he eyeballs all the spices, adding more to taste as the pot bubbles and the scent of savoury soup wafts around the kitchen and replacing the smell of flour.

“Where'd you learn that?”

“There was a cook at one of the orphanages we were at.” Hobie smiles fondly as he chops up a slice of ham. “Taught me all the easy ones, said that it'll come in handy. Gave me all the tips to not starve out there.”

“And it did come in handy, now you're teaching it to me so I don't starve.” You poke his side then half hug him.

“I can't have my favourite medic sleep while hungry, innit? ‘sides, we're lucky, we have ham now.” He drops all the pieces of meat on the pot. It's not a generous amount of course, on the account of the fact that the whole crew needs to eat too. He notices your stare as you stir the soup. “I can add more if you want.”

“Nope, I'm good, Hobie. This is just a snack.”

He can't help but smile with a fond faraway look in his grey eyes. “Our little secret then.”

You turn to him, all smiles and affection rolling off of your body as you gently hold his cheek. “I'll add it to our list of secrets.”

[13en-i]

(06/16/2025)

Vera posting! I fear the last time I spoke about her textually came off as negative? "Manipulative" is the word I used to describe her, which, not sure. But I think a more fitting word would be "Persuasive"? "Confrontational"? "Assertive"?

Hmmm. Anyhow, I linked a whole ton of Vera hc's and lore below. Reblogs are appreciated! :]

She lives with her mom (working nurse) and her maternal grandma

She and Damien are childhood best friends! Their moms are friends too

She works at a Guyanese bakery early before or late after school, perpetually smells like pastries

She also helps a lot with the advertising/marketing of said bakery, it's one of those small cozy family friend owned places

Misses a lot of extracurriculars + hangouts between work, homework, taking care of her grandma, and burnout

She never misses Multi-cultural night at their school though. Trust she carries her booth every time, mind there's barely visits except Curtis (who's already working on his booth) and Damien (who's usually busy with Track & Field that time of year, but tries to stop by)

She stress-bakes entire batches of pine tarts. Doesn't really know what to do with them after

Has seasonal allergies. Pollen allergies. She loves the aesthetic of spring but hates acc stepping out

Her comfort movie is Penguins of Madagascar. Her pfp on almost every social is a terribly cropped Skipper meme

And some more introspective HCs!

She has to make all the decisions because she needs to. Her mom works long hours and is dazed/withdrawn when she's off duty, her grandma's memory is deteriorating and she needs extra care, and Damien and Curtis are both too conflict-adverse and indecisive. Somebody has to take the lead.

Was desensitized to pain/violence because of unregulated internet/TV. She'd soak up those late night Trash TV shows that profited off that sort of stuff

(That's how she found out about Total Drama!)

She was a true crime girl. Something about just wanting to be safe and in control and doing her "due diligence". Even for things that aren't her fault

She still has a very real and very scary fear of death. She has vivid nightmares about death

She sometimes sleeps at Damien's apartment because it's closer to her work than her actual home (+ TTC closures yass)

She's not actually that close to Curtis. They both bond over like, prank videos and Love Island or whatever gimmicky Reality TV thing is trending. But they never even exchanged numbers. lol

She likes flowers, but her allergies make it hard for her to enjoy them

She is literally this song

If she cares so much about the people she loves, Why would she set Damien up for Total Drama?

Well, for starters, it was genuinely a silly dare. Think about it, there are hundreds if not thousands of auditions and Damien's audition was arguably "bad", so she didn't think they would've actually picked him. Even when the news came out and he got accepted, would it not make sense that she thought he could handle himself?

Narrative-wise (in this AU's timeline) it's that point where Vera has been busy with her own stuff but she has a history with Damien, she knows his strengths. She knows that he's charismatic and would easily be a social threat, she knows that he does relay and would be physically fit enough to not cost a challenge, and she knows he's driven, reliable and resourceful. We see the naive and cowardly Damien which I'm sure was still present pre-game, but there's that nuanced side that people closer to him would see that we wouldn't.

Like not letting him know about obvious danger, obviously sucks. I just like sprinkling a bit of nuance bc I dunno. They're all dumb kids and I wanna feel sympathetic towards these two silent BG characters (the gravity of Damien's situation and how it affects him WILL be explored!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[street-smarts00]

Hello, i would like to request a short little spencer reid x reader, since spencer is kind of autistic coded and he is shown to not understand some jokes or takes things literally, can you do one where reader is the same way, and somebody says a joke that neither of them get and everyone else around is like... wow they are perfect for eachother... and they are just so confused

Drabble: Sweet Like Sugar

A/N: I love this idea! Thanks for requesting! The only joke I could come up with is one from an episode of FRIENDS. Here's a lil dabble before I go into finals. I’m so mentally done with school and can’t wait for summer vacay in a week.

~560 wc

It was early in the morning and your coworkers were just showing up for work. You quickly dropped your stuff off at your desk before practically running towards the coffee maker. 

When you approached the counter Morgan was there preparing a fresh batch of coffee. “Hey sweet thing, how’s your morning been?” 

“Ask me after I have caffeine in my system. Maybe then my eyes will stay open,” you answered plainly as you reached for your mug.  

Morgan chuckled at your answer as he grabbed the coffee pot. “Well feel free to take the first cup.” 

The corners of your mouth turned up as you handed him your mug. “Thanks Morgan.” 

The two of you continued to make your coffee as Spencer approached looking for caffeine. When he saw you his eyes brightened. 

You and Spencer had just started dating and were feeling the buzz others might call “the honeymoon phase.” Spencer however would argue that what he was feeling was more than that. What he felt for you he felt long before you started dating. 

“Morning,” he greeted with a small smile reaching for the coffee pot. 

“Morning Spence,” you replied gleefuly. 

Morgan raised an eyebrow with a slight smirk. “How come he gets a warm welcome?” 

You pointed at your cup, “I told you, ask me when I have coffee.” 

He chucked, “That or your boyfriend?” 

Your eyes squinted at him as you tried to hide a smile. 

“Do you guys know if there’s any extra sugar?” Spencer asked. 

You turned back around to face him. “There isn’t any in the cabinet?” 

“No, it’s empty,” he replied as he pushed away things in his search for sugar. That small pout on his face you found to be adorable.

“Hold on, let me look for some.”

“Maybe stick your finger in his coffee, that’ll sweeten it up,” Morgan joked before taking a sip of coffee. 

Both you and Spencer froze to look at him with confusion plastered across your faces. Morgan could practically see the gears turning in your heads. 

“Why would she stick her finger in my coffee?” Spencer asked with a puzzled look. 

“That’s so gross. I wouldn’t do that to him, he hates germs,” you grimaced. 

“I didn’t mean it literally,” Morgan defended.

The joke was still lost on you both. You stood there trying to make sense of what Morgan said.

“It’s because you have such a sweet personality that touching his coffee would sweeten it up. Especially because he likes an ungodly amount of sugar,” he explained. 

A look of realization dawned on you both with quiet “oohs.” 

Morgan couldn’t help but smile at the reaction. He always knew you and Spencer would end up together. You were both so similar; your chemistry undeniable. You two acted like love sick puppies around each other, and it happened more often now that you started dating. Morgan would never complain though, he was pleased to see you both happy and with your person. 

“Wow, you guys really are perfect for eachother,” he remarked before walking away from the kitchen. 

You and Spencer both turned to each other and shrugged, not fully grasping what he was insinuating. 

“Hey Spence?” 

“Yeah?” 

You finished stirring your creamer in your coffee, “Would you say I’m sweet? Like Derek said?” 

He wrapped his arm around you and leaned down to kiss your temple before whispering in your ear. 

“The sweetest.”

[hetalia-club]

Next up for my character cakes it’s Italys cheesecake y’all!

Italy’s Pistachio Latte Cheesecake

It’s has a pistachio cheesecake layer made with crushed pistachios and pistachio cream, and a thin top layer that is an espresso cheese cake, and a very thick pistachio & graham cracker crust, then it’s topped with drizzled chocolate ganache, pistachio stabilized whipped cream and pistachio Dubai chocolate stuff.

In my head I water to go for a vine type feel for the top, idk if I executed it or not. I decided 1/2 way though I kind of hated the design and water to do something else but it was too late.

Im getting really good at baking my cheese cake though didn’t even have to temp this one just eyeballed it. Look at that top layer it came out so glossy.

Italy’s Pistachio Latte Cheesecake recipe below 👇

Okay even if this one looks complicated it was actually the most simple one I've done so far, and also the most expensive.

Pistachio Graham Cracker Crust

2 cups of Graham Cracker crust 1/4 cup Pistachios crushed 1/4 stick butter pinch salt 1/4 cup sugar Melt the butter and ad to the dry ingredients. Push to the bottom of your Spring form pan and bake at 35 for 10-15 minutes or just when the crust starts to turn golden.

Cheesecake 1/4 cup pistachio cream 1/4 cup crushed Pistachios 4 shots espresso (You can use just house coffee but the taste will suffer. You can't add much more coffee as it thins the batter and if it's too thin you'll ruin the science) (You'll have to BYO cheesecake recipe, I don't share mine.)

take 1/4 of the Cheesecake batter and set aside. In the large batch fold in teh Pistachio cream & Chopped pistachios. pour into the cheese cake pan.

in the small batch pour in your espresso and mix it up by hand, don't over mix. Pour over the Pistachio cheese cake.

(Bake for time listed on your cheesecake recipe (may be longer because of the additives)

Chocolate Ganache 1/4 cup heavy cream 1/2 cup dark choc chips heat the heavy cream and pour onto the cholate. Stir until smooth. (It will harden back up slightly but you can warm it in teh microwave and it will be good as new.)

When the Cheesecake is baked and cooled drizzle on your chocolate however you want.

Stabilized Pistachio Whipped cream. 1/2 pack pistachio pudding 1 cup heavy cream

Mix it together on him until its thick.

Add the whipped cream onto however you want I did leaves and then wished that I didn't. My first plan was to do hearts.

Pistachio Knafeh (This recipe could be wrong and you might want to google your own I just guessed) 1 1/2 cup Knafeh 1/2 cup Pistachio cream

Toast your Knafeh on teh stove in a skillet, don't add oil or anything and just wait for it to brown and then push around, don't burn it. Put in your Pistachio cream and while it's still warm place on your cheese cake how you want

...Okay maybe that was a lot more than what I though after I typed it all out lol.

[warsamongthestars]

( image is taken from Wookiepedia; Rancor Battalion page )

Alright, these are three of the four known members of Rancor Battalion, stationed on Kamino. (As a battallion is a 1000 soldiers roughly, that means we've got several hundred implied to exist. These ones in particular are just the Commanders of the battalion )

Commander Havoc, is the far right in the Blue. Far Left? That's Commander Blitz

But the one in the middle is Commander Colt. You'll know him from Early TCWs, where he was the Commander who graded Domino Squad's performance on their graduation test of the Citadel, and as the poor bastard who got skewered and kissed by Asaaj Ventress.

Now the reason I'm bringing them up because they are CF99 related.

( CF99 "Clone Force 99". Unfortunately I cannae separate my views of the Bad Batch without immediately running into "The Bad Batch" TV Show... which I fucking hate. So this is a case of me just, trying [key word] to focus on the thing I love without having to deal with the published fanfiction about it [by too much], and maybe inspire some folks along the way as once again I scream "I FOUND A THING AGAIN" )

TCWshow is the origin show of the Bad Batch, and that's clear from the cut material of their season 6 arc. (Yes, it was meant to be season 6 in production order. What we got from released Season 6 were actually stuff made for Seasons 5 and Seasons 4 respectively )

That means, to find the backstory we need to move forward, we go through TCWs first.

Let's start.

Commander Colt, on the right, has a full one skull painted face and he primarily favors dark gray and deep red trim.

As we know, the jawless skull is a prime symbol of the Bad Batchers, and most of paint used by Colt are also used by CF99.

This suggests that Commander Colt was actually a prime, if not main, influence over the Bad Batcher's lives. Particularly, Hunter, who has clearly painted half a stylized skull on his helmet. While the CF99 skull is more stylized than Colt's--the Skull motif had to be inspired by something.

And since we're provided with no obvious alternative (and could probably fanfic plenty of alternatives instead)--the most clear connection here, in show, is with Commander Colt.

( This also helps the slow developed parallel between Domino Squad and CF99. Both are "bad batches", both were given a helping hand by Maintenance Clone 99, and were influenced by Commander Colt. Though its pretty obvious that Commander Colt had more hand with CF99 than Domino ever received. )

[ Side Tangent: This also means that the Bad Batch's association with Ventress is out of character and out of place. She murdered their favored Commander from cadethood, and assaulted him as he died via her kiss. ]

It should be noted that most of Rancor Battallion Commanders (nearly) all have gray faceplates, which makes the helmet appear to be or have a "skull".

This is Commander Havoc, wearing the Blue that was been adopted as 501st colors.

( Its pretty clear that Rancor Battalion does not, in fact, follow the paint cultures of deployed legions. They are either semi-following the now defuncted paint-rank system from "Attack of the Clones", or they have decided "Fuck it, we do what we want"... Either works, hell, both can work simultaneously )

The reason I bring Commander Havoc up, is that the CF99 ship is (was) known as the "Havoc Marauder". And it can be just as easily inferred that its not just the act of causing havoc and chaos, but that it was named in honor of Commander Havoc.

( This is, of course, mere speculation... But fuck it, its fun speculation.)

Commander Havoc's most significant story contributions, before being killed during the (third) Battle of Kamino, was defending 99; and that small contribution could've been enough to name a ship after him.

So y'know, more fun to be had.

ADDENDUM:

I know I did a whole a thing about Clone Names, and I'm still kinda confused but also find it really fun, about Commander Colt's name. Like, is he named after the horse? Are there horses in Star Wars? Is there an anime call a colt? Is the baby form of a rancor called a colt? Or is it the colt single action army revolver? I mean, star wars having combustible revolver weapons with projectiles and gunpowder wouldn't shock me... But Colt Revolvers are named after American Gun Manufacturer Samuel Colt. So uh, does--does this mean Mr. Colt was in Star Wars at some point? Is there a planet called Connecticut where he comes from. Maybe its the swedish origin of colt, which means "half grown animal" or "young boy". Is... Is Sweden in star wars. Is there a planet called Swedish. Its stuff like this, which both makes it both confusing and so fucking funny. Cos now we gotta ask some serious questions, that may or may not result in a parody. ( Name things what you want in your fantasy, so that it can absolutely result in confusing sets of questions like this. Simple Confusion is the best part. )

[burins]

@mengyao and @bao3bei4 did a 20 questions meme and y'all know I love a meme.

1. How many works on AO3?

72! a wild number. I thought about stopping at 69 but the lure of posting is too great.

2. Total word count on AO3?

334,157. which frankly also feels surreal. at some point I have to recognize that I've been in fandom for almost 15 years and thus have amassed a pretty substantial word count despite almost never writing longfic!

3. Top five fics by kudos?

unfurl

mission parameters

everybody says

flash in the pan 

field research 

shocking no one, these are all DC fics, but they're not all the ones I would assume would be the most popular (field research is straight up sex club idfic porn!) I try very hard not to write with a capital-A audience in the back of my head aside from like, a handful of friends I know will yell at me about certain lines because a) that's a surefire way for writing to not be fun anymore and b) you simply can't know what is gonna get recced on some massive server you've never heard of and what is going to be the sleeper fave of like five really dedicated commenters.

this wasn't asked but it feels important: as of right now 666 people are subscribed to me. great number everyone can pack up and go home!

4. What fandoms do you primarily write for?

DC at this point, aside from my yearly excursion back into Friends at the Table for the Secret Samol exchange. I have to be careful enough with how and when I write that I don't know when I'll be able to answer the call of a new fandom. I'd like to write more HxH stuff, though! 

5. Do you respond to comments?

if it's a substantial comment I really try to! comments bring me a tremendous amount of joy and I love to talk about my own writing (clearly.) I usually do in batches so it takes quite a while.

6. Angstiest ending?

one time I wrote a fic where one half of the pairing asked her wife to murder her, and her wife did <3 

7. Fic with the happiest ending?

god. I feel like I so rarely write a completely uncomplicated happy ending, because all the characters I like to write are kind of miserable people. actually if we're not counting fluff or porn, which don't so much have a happy ending as start there and stay there, the answer to this one in terms of biggest distance from beginning to end is breath hot blood red. this is the fic where Bruce makes a deal with a Creature and reaps the consequences. you might think a fic with these particular tags could not possibly have a happy ending but it does! I think Bruce setting aside the cowl is actually the happiest ending he is ever going to get. I really waffled on whether to give him one tbh. in an alternate universe Dick dies on that rooftop and Batman eats Bruce alive :)

8. Do you get hate?

not particularly! I was worried when I started posting jaydick but tbh I've gotten weirder comments about how I characterize superbat lol. sorry I do not believe that two men with this many neuroses are always nice to each other. I'm including Clark in that too if you think that man escaped growing up an alien in small town Kansas with no psychological damage in how he treats himself and others I don't know what to tell you. yes he's superman yes self sacrifice and caring are at the very core of his being and yes that causes problems! it is difficult to be in love with someone who will always put the world's needs above your own even if you know they're right to do so; it's also difficult, in a very mundane way, to be in love with someone who would rather chew their own arm off than ask for something.

9. Do you write smut?

do I ever! I love writing porn. I think it's a great way to get at the root of how characters relate to each other and a fun writing exercise for me, who at this point has written a lot of porn, to figure out how to make this one feel fresh and new and also still be hot. sometimes when this happens you wind up writing chair kink. I can talk about character relationships all day long but at the end of the day it has to be hot!

10. Do you write crossovers?

aside from my one mdzs locked tomb au, which is more of a sci fi fusion that riffs off of one specific premise in that series, no! it's not usually something I'm super interested in - the reason I write fic for any canon is the juice in the existing character relationships, so I don't generally feel the need to pull in anyone else. 

11. Ever had a fic stolen?

not to my knowledge! I mean I'm sure they've all been scraped but. :(

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes! itsuki_minatsu did a Mandarin translation of take a pic, strike a pose and I only wish I could read it because I bet the translations of the group chat are really funny. 

13. Have you ever co-written a fic?

also yes! not in years though. I cowrote an ungodly amount of porn about ttrpg OCS in the process of getting together with my spouse (and also meeting many beloved friends.) I do often get inspiration from riffing off of things with friends on social media or in group chats, which has some of the same juice to me!

14. All time favorite ship?

truly not a question I can answer. I go back and read for a lot of old fandoms!

15. WiPs you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

this is a bit of a depressing question at this juncture so I am skipping it ✌️

16. Writing strengths?

due to my years in the Twitter mines making my friends sad via 140 characters or less I can create atmosphere quite quickly! I'm proud of my prose in general, and I put a lot of thought into creating meaty characters that bounce off each other in satisfying ways.

17. Writing weaknesses?

plot. oh my god. you want me to keep track of these people's emotions AND make up things to happen? there's a reason I've written a grand total of five fics that broke 10k and it's not just because I have chronic pain in my arms.

18. Thoughts on mixed language dialogue?

I know enough about how being multilingual works to know I won't be attempting it. The exception is I don't tend to translate titles or words that normally wouldn't be translated in an English sentence. I'm not out here making Lan Wangji play the zither.

I did have to go kind of the opposite direction in from the inside of the wound when Clark and Kara are speaking in Kryptonian, though, because a) I wanted their conversation to be entirely in Kryptonian but English for the reader because b) I can't be going into the conlang mines. I have utmost respect for folks like blorb-el who are out here doing the work! but once I cross that Rubicon I never come back and I need to save my language learning juice for languages that will help me out at work. I think I managed it with a minimum of awkwardness!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

warrior cats baybee! I was a proboards forum kid.

20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

impossible question, I answer it differently every time. I think how cleanly how quietly might be one of my faves because Tim has historically been difficult for me to write and I wanted to make Bruce an unreliable narrator who's clearly in the wrong here while still making him not totally unsympathetic. (the comments section to that one kind of bears up my suspicion that your reaction to that fic is a litmus test for how you feel about your dad.) also I got to throw in a ton of Easter eggs which was simply so fun for me, a person who adores coming up with silly little details. 

also tbh I think every year I do a secret Samol it comes out better than the last. some of my absolute best writing has been read by several dozen very dedicated people who are still into hieron six years after it ended. and for that I say thank you!!! friends at the table is your favorite writer's favorite writing. they're starting a new season now you can get in on the ground floor- 

tagging: if you want to do this, you should tag me in it. for real, I mean that, I want to hear how you think about writing! even if we aren't mutuals!!!!

[punchspeedchunk]

*Goes looking for new recipies for batch-cook things so I stop being bored with my home made frozen meal options*

*Start to notice trends in the various recipes I turn down in my search*

Motherfuckers really out here not even having caramelised brown onion as a base for all your dishes? I'm sorry, are we allergic to flavour now?

And excuse me are y'all allergic to vegetables in general??? My ass cooking meals specifically because I need more vegetal in my diet and all these recipes are asking for is like... half a small capsicum... a little bit of carrot maybe... a celery perchance... 3 diced snow peas (and this is in separate recipes, not ever the same one).

like no BITCH I WANT VEGETABLES. I should be seeing you throw a whole onion, a carrot, a capsicum, a zuchinni, handfuls of baby beans and 5 fresh tomatoes in there. Get vegetable maxing bitch! match your protein pound for pound with plant stuff, goddamn.

I never want to hear a motherfucker talk to me about healthy eating ever again, I am a fat tank of a human but my ass understands the value of ACTUALLY attempting to follow the vegetable based food pyramid, and all these 'healthy living' thinkpiece bitches with their 'super healthy' recipes are out here trying to tell me to throw two cans of diced tomato, some thigh meat, and a sprinkle of salt and pepper into a pot and dump it all on some white pasta and calling it healthy. And 'tasty'. Like bitch what am I supposed to be tasting? Tomato juice with a side of plain penne?

And they don't even brown any onion into it! They don't even put HERBS??? The only herb I saw mentioned was rosemary and they said a sprig. A sprig? Motherfucker I am dumping half a bottle of the dried stuff in!

Suffice to say, I cannot do this the easy way it seems, and I will be off-roading this bitch and cobbling together my own damn recipe for a tomato-based chicken and pasta dish within the week.

And I need to stress that I FUCKING HATE COOKING, by the way. But by god, if I have to do it, I'm going to make something fucking delectable because it has to be WORTH the fucking effort, or why do I even have taste buds.

ALSO GET THE FUCKIN CHEESE OUTTA HERE I AIN'T MAKING MACARONI

[flawseer]

WoF Reference guide - #01: Turtle, Squid, Pike

Preamble

I'm rather fond of the way characters are rendered in the Wings of Fire graphic novel adaptation, so whenever I draw WoF stuff, I like to lean into that style.

A problem I often run into there though, is that while the dragons in the comic are very expressive, members of the same tribe are sometimes difficult to tell apart, especially in close-ups. Reading the second one in particular is a bit of an undertaking, with a lot of Seawings that look very similar.

So to help myself out with that, I've started doing a style guide for my own reference that attempts to diversify the designs a bit while hopefully still keeping the basic principles introduced in the comics. Just a collection of my own headcanons really.

I wasn't really intending to publish any of this, but then I showed some of my friends and they said "This is cool", so... I suppose here we are. I've done about 20 of these by now, but I'm going to have to polish them a bit first so I don't just throw my dirty sketches at people.

Okay, that's probably enough talking, let's show something for it.

Flawseer Headcanon Refs

Build is somewhat heavy-set/chubby; hates exercise and tends to get second helpings during meals.

Facial structure very soft, round, and smooth; big nose; upper lip ends in a slight point like a little beak.

Eyes are bright, warm, and friendly.

Forehead fins are round with no sharp angles, average distribution of gaps.

Horns are smooth and curved backwards, with a small upwards barb at the end.

Luminous patches in face are polygonal, orderly. Ventral patches are roughly square and relatively large. Patches on limbs, back, and tail are polygonal and tend to cluster together and interlock, like pattern on a turtle shell.

Neck plates angular, slightly reminiscent of turtle shell.

Very petite and underdeveloped frame; scrawny, light-weight build with barely any fat or defined muscle.

Small head; youthful face; somehow nose is always wet.

Eyes are large; expression usually either guilty-looking or close to bursting into tears.

Horns are nubby and curve upwards, dull ends.

No defined chin barbels whatsoever, but a few nubby points growing out the back of the jaw.

Luminous patches on face, limbs, and back are thick, swirly spirals with splotches dotted around, or small clusters of 2 to 3 splotches by themselves; ventral patches are ring-shaped and look similar to suction cups, tail thus looks like a squid's tentacle.

Ventral fringe is very small and wispy, dorsal fringe made up of small leaf-like shapes that are oddly spaced out.

Build is somewhat runty and small; lean with wiry muscle; overall reminiscent of a draconic chihuahua and about as noisy.

Pointy face with sloped forehead; furrows on nasal ridge from excessive scowling; jaw juts forward with a bit of an underbite.

Eyes somewhat angular but still open; expression serious and dutiful.

Forehead fins angular; frayed with lots of gaps and blemishes.

Horns are bendy and pointed; smooth but covered in numerous small scrapes and blemishes.

Chin barbels are pointy and sharp-looking, but soft to the touch.

Face and body show a few small nicks and scars everywhere; little cut across the side of the mouth; ears are nicked and frayed. All of these accumulated from training accidents and reckless behavior.

Luminous patches on face and ventral side are small, flecky, like shards of broken glass; patches on limbs and back are large and pointy, shaped like spades or arrowheads.

Ventral and dorsal fringe pointy with small nicks and tears.

And that is it for now. Next batch is probably going to be... I don't know. Webs, Nautilus, and Riptide maybe.

[glitteringcrab]

...So, uh...

...You guys remember how the most common fan theory about Evil Morty before S6E01 was that he was Rick C-137's original Morty?

Obviously, after S6E01 that theory went out the window, because it was revealed that Rick C-137's Beth died as a child (so Rick C-137 couldn't have his own Morty). In turn, Evil Morty's familiarity with the Citadel's Morty Market and cloning process and the facts that he was enlisted in a Morty Agency and seemed like he had no home to return to, point towards him being a clone Morty.

HOWEVER.

It's still possible Evil Morty is "Rick C-137's Morty", in a way...

...if he originated from a batch of clones that were created using Morty Prime's DNA and memories, that is.

Given that Rick C-137 created the Citadel, and depending on why exactly Morty DNA was necessary to bring down the Central Finite Curve...

...and why "it's complicated"...

... it's theoretically possible Rick C-137 used Morty Prime's DNA and memories to kickstart the Morty Market.

So there might be a batch of clone Mortys who were identical to Morty Prime in every way up until the time the series starts, that is.

Now, while I absolutely LOVE the possibility of Evil Morty being a literal clone nobody who managed to rise above the ranks through sheer determination, instead of him being "a copy of the protagonist"...

...I also like this theory, because of its implications on Morty Prime's capabilities and Evil Morty's well-masked emotions.

Of course, whether this specific theory is true or not, Evil Morty is still a "Morty", and therefore the above mentioned implications still hold true. However, we've seen various "small" differencies among the Mortys from different dimensions/different clone Mortys (eg a girl Morty, Morty with Glasses, fat/left handed Morty, etc) which open the possibility of Evil Morty really being more cruel or capable than Morty Prime. Therefore, those two having the exact same DNA, memories and personality up to the point the series starts would make the implications hit THAT MUCH HARDER.

However, I would absolutely HATE this theory if it were to really influence any characters' decisions in the show. I mean, I don't mind this revelation triggering Morty Prime's self-reflection or something, but I would hate it if the reason Evil Morty asked Morty Prime to come with was "we're the same person" instead of "he's also sick of Rick and has been kind to other Mortys and I don't want to be alone".

Likewise, I'd hate it if Rick C-137 was ever to help Evil Morty in the future and the reason he decided to help were to be "he's a copy of the specific version of my grandson that I love, the specific version of my grandson that I love could be in his place" instead of "this is a very hurt child and the creation of the Morty Market is partially my fault".

Or if the reason Evil Morty didn't try to kill Rick C-137 when he escaped the Citadel was because "he's my grandpa" instead of "his death will bring me no satisfaction, as I know from experience, and I have better things to do, like escaping".

Or if Morty Prime is forced to confront his own dark tendencies because of a metaphorical ugly mirror placed in front of him in the shape of an evil clone, instead of him pondering over the actual violence he has personally committed.

That being said, them being literal copies of each other would explain the following stuff, which however I want to stress also have other possible explanations:

The strange lingering look Evil Morty gives Morty Prime in this scene (assuming he already knew whose Morty he was a copy of, which admittedly we have no indication is a thing that clone Mortys know) (and his look could also be triggered by the anti-Rick stuff Morty Prime had said up to that point)

"There's our guy" (lol) (also possibly Evil Morty simply being ironic, given that "Rick had two Mortys" in this adventure, and that Evil Morty pretended to be Rick C-137's Morty for part of the fight)

Morty Prime's stats in the attribute slider (also possibly explained if all Mortys are actually smart and charismatic, which, you know what, they probably are)

The CFC universe Evil Morty is latched on could very well be the very Universe Morty Prime currently lives in, because I suspect if a Rick was to ever search for him using his unique genetic/dimensional/whatever signature the presence of Morty Prime might make it seem like a false positive lol. (And it would be HILARIOUS if he's hiding under their very noses).

ANYWAY I wrote this theory but I want Morty Prime and Evil Morty to be ACTUAL FRIENDS, not their relationship to be reduced to "he's a copy of me, so I'll be more understanding". I don't mind if this theory is true, I just don't want it to matter in the plot.

...I still prefer the theory of Evil Morty being a literal clone nobody though.

[parsapuff]

Important Updates!

So everyone kinda knows how I'm struggling to release cc rn so I'll list some reasons why I'm currently struggling.

I'm loosing Interest In posting anything on tumblr rn.

I've been out of energy and extremely tired for a while now. I don't really know what's going on with me but I haven't been really able to do much other then sleep

I never expected to get this big of a following and It's definitely making me nervous to post anything.

I had an art account a few years agon on twt and this same thing happened to me so I just kinda stopped posting. 😥

Don't really want to stop posting here tho since I still love making cc and want to release It for everyone. So I decided to make some changes. First of all I'm no longer keeping the voting poll active. I'll also only be making cc that I'm Interested In. Request poll will stay since many of the requests I've gotten are actually really good Ideas!

REQUESTS

Requesting other series Is fine I'll just be making characters from stuff I'm also Interested In! Sadly to the Honkai Impact 3rd fans I might not be making much of them anymore. I Just don't really care for the game but I do like a lot of the designs so I might be making them In the future still! I might make a big batch of mini sets for the HI3 characters that I haven't done yet so you'll at least have the hairs.

Made my current batch shorter as well. I'm going to pick future characters just based on who I wan't to work on.

Sorry If no one likes the change btw since the other option Is for me to just leave and stop posting </3 Just trying to make everything easier for me. Here's a small list of character's I'll still be working on. Some characters aren't here since I ran out of space or just forgot them. (sorry Sethos </3)

To make It easier to post stuff I'll be getting rid of one of the download sites. Either Google Drive or Mediafire. (leaning on google drive cause I hate putting stuff there) I'll also be asking the last people who took my photos If they could continue taking them In the future too 👉👈Other Idea Is letting someone else post them but Idk anyone here that well and talking to people scares me a bit </3

Also I'll be going through my old sets and adding specular maps to them! I'll retweet each set once I've updated them <3 This Is something I'll be doing slowly btw. But that's pretty much everything I wanted to say (I think) Hopefully this makes sense to people cause Idk what I'm typing here half of the time (plus english Is my second language so I make a lot of mistakes) Feel free to ask questions and I'll answer them the best I can. (sometimes tumblr dosen't notify me that I've gotten a comment btw so If I miss It sorry </3)

[nairanorica]

Ok so a friend asked about my acrylic process - and I thought it might be fun to kinda document this little painting here! Just as a disclaimer, my acrylic process is extremely chaotic and I have no idea what I'm doing, I just throw paint on there until it looks good.

So I hope I won't forget about taking photos down the line, first batch of photos and babbling under the cut!

So let's start with what I'm using, just bc I'm always interested in seeing what others use:

Some cheap (kinda beat up at this point) small brushes, very cheap shitty white (I like to use it to thin my paints a bit without lighting them too much), liquitex heavy body acrylics in quin red, quin magenta and cad yellow medium (only these three bc it's a three colour challenge thing) and threw in some white golden soflat to have a more opaque white (purely bc it was already sitting on my desk from something else and I'm too lazy to get up and grab a different tube)

And this is what we're working on:

Some sort of water lily dragon, which already has a coat of very watered down yellow on it. I do that for multiple reasons: for one I just like how it looks and it feels less intimidating than white paper lol. But it also helps to hide the coloured lines from the initial sketch and I feel it's easier to judge values when starting with a non-white background

I sketched this a couple of weeks ago at this point, and had kind of forgotten what my plan for colouring was. Whoops. So I mixed up some of the yellow and magenta and started blocking in some background shapes -

But wait!

That's when I remembered that I wanted the background to be light, like the light is coming from back there, behind vines and leaves and stuff. So I started building up lighter colours with more yellow and my shitty white

But I wasn't really getting anywhere, so I grabbed my other white and put down some really light areas. That's better - now I can start blocking in the general colours and shapes for the plants and water

These are all different mixes of magenta, yellow and the shitty white, with one of the frayed flat brushes. I'll add details and definition later

But this felt really dark now, so I decided I had to roughly block in all the other colours too to check if it was really that dark or just looked like it next to the bright yellow

That dark colour is a very pink magenta btw, not a dark red, my phone just hates that colour. The dragon is just red + shitty white for now and wow, you can really see how transparent that white is. I'll definitely have to use more of the good white for this if I don't want to lose my mind

And that's where we're at rn! I took a break to let everything dry properly while typing this up, so it should be ready to go now - I'll report back later :D

[elslittlestories]

The Bad Autistic Batch

I've had this in the back of my head for a while and finaly took the time to write it down. It's a mix of observtions and headcanons I guess? On how I feel like the 4 original members of the Bad Batch are all autistic af!

Tech

The obvious one. He said it himself, his brain doesn’t process thoughts and moments the way most people do.

He has a hard time identifying his feelings and therefore tends to push them away and rely on logic and rational thoughts, which always come easy and loud in his mind.

Very gifted, he’s too smart to care about social rules and never bothered to learn cues and small talk. He was created to solve problems, people shouldn’t expect anything else from him. He comes off as cold and obnoxious to most people, always speaks bluntly without thinking of the effect of his words on the person opposite him. Simply because it doesn’t occur naturally to him that some truth might need sugarcoating.

He’s a self-taught everything, with infinite curiosity and thirst for knowledge. He gets bored fast though and will skip from one subject to another as soon as he feels like he’s mastered it. He’ll get REALLY excited if you ask him questions about anything.

He doesn’t care about his looks, as long as it’s practical, he’s good with any outfits. Although, he’ll wear comfy clothes whenever he can. His hair is kept just long enough so that he can slick them back with gel and get them stuck with his goggles’ headband.

To self-sooth, he relies on his sound databank—he can listen to a record on a loop for hours—and mental games such as counting backward from 1 million with only prime numbers. Tapping on his datapad is probably also a sort of stimming.

Outside of his brothers, he has a hard time maintaining a relationship, may they be platonic or not. To start, he doesn’t really understand the concept of different types of relationships. He’s oblivious to most hints of interest and needs someone—Wrecker—to point it out. He’ll panic, be really awkward about it, overshare to hide his fluster…until he figures out what makes you tick and weaponizes it!

Crosshair

In case there were any doubt, he’s a neat freak. He NEEDS his stuff to be in the right place, as much as he needs routine and discipline to control his stress level. Even though his military training has taught him how to deal with the unexpected, he has a hard time dealing with change.

If given the choice, he’d only wear his blacks. The tightness of the fabric is comforting and he doesn’t have to think about assembling an outfit or whatever. He cuts his hair every week, the same exact way, from left to right, then the backside of his head.

He won’t eat new food unless his hunger is life threatening, not because of sensory issues but because his transit is a bigger drama queen than he is!

He’s the most emotionally immature of the squad and used to have the wildest mood swings. He became good at keeping a stern straight face once he realized people would use it as a way to arm him. He’s also the most stubborn: good luck trying to change his mind on anything.

On a general basis, he hates people. Especially the one that wants to touch him! The only person allowed to hug him is Wrecker, because there’s no stopping him anyway. He may go mute when overwhelmed, hence the number of fights he got himself into rather than have a talk. With time and around the right people, he might get better at dealing with his feelings, but for now it’s easier to just avoid people, since they’re the one causing said feelings.

Maintaining any sort of relationship is close to impossible outside of his brothers. It takes a very special person—like Echo—to get his affection and respect. Romantic feeling are out of his bucket list, he finds the concept of flirting ridiculous anyway. If you want to be with him, just say it! He’ll probably reject you, the man has some heavy attachment/abandonment issues to sort out first. Trust Omega to help with that, so maybe one day…

Wrecker

THE emotionally mature one of the squad! Feelings are always intense for him and he wears them on his face. He’ll cry for anything, but since he can break your spine with his bare hands, people usually don’t make fun of him out loud.

He has huge difficulties in learning practical stuff—he was the last to speak clearly and read—and won’t do anything good with verbal instructions if they go longer than 5 to 10 words. He’s good with his hands, though, and once Tech got him into the marvelous world of explosives, he became unstoppable. Even Tech will admit Wrecker is the expert in the matter.

Another thing he was quick to learn, thanks to his emotional awareness and Hunter’s help, was how to read people. If only to stop being played! It might also be the secret to their squad sticking together despite their differences and hot temper.

He’s very open about needing "autistic joy", such as eating his favorite snack, listening to a song on a loop and watching things blow up. It tends to make him look childish. His brothers are very protective over this and make sure nothing prevents Wrecker to enjoying his sweet nothings.

He loves to isolates for an hour or two, to watch his favorite holovids, but is otherwise very touchy feely. Hugs sooth him a lot when he’s stressed out. If he can’t get one, he’ll rely on singing his favorite tune or repeating a word in his head. He used to do it out loud when he was a kid but it drove his brothers mad so he internalized it.

He can handle a flirt, although he has a hard time catching a hint. It’s easier to notice someone’s interest on others than himself, probably because of his lack of self-esteem. He’d most likely be a very clingy partner.

Hunter

AKA the king of masking. He may look as close to normal as a defective clone can be, in control of himself, but take a step into his mind and you’ll be surprised.

First of all, he has HUGE sensory issues, no doubt worsened by his genetic enhancement. He has learned to tough it out and ignore the strong reaction some textures or smell or sounds causes him to experience. But they tend to turn into stress. He’s constantly devoured by anxiety and fear—of anything from touching that one thing that will overstimulate him so much he won’t be able to function, to making a bad call that cause one of his brother’s death—and there’s no amount of spinning his knife that can sooth it.

He relies on rules and discipline to get a sense of control, even though one might argue his sense of both those concepts is not exactly by the book. It tends to help with tuning down his emotions as well. Just like every sensory input is loud to him, his feeling can be deafening and mastering them was mandatory to become the squad leader.

It was with that in mind that he became an expert in social behaviors. Mostly unconsciously, he studied everyone around him to learn how to hold himself and how to read the room. Despite him being naturally introverted, you’ll often find him chatting with the various captains his squad was assigned to work with. Told you, he’s a king of masking.

On the rare occasions he failed to contain his emotions—bursts of anger on the battlefield aside—it came out loud and violent. Took Wrecker to squeeze him in his arms for Hunter to calm down.

One thing he couldn’t learn this way is flirting. He can’t do it for his life, despite being the receiver of numerous attempts from various species. Maybe it’s because of his sensory issues, but the idea of sex is of no appeal to him and he has never felt something strong enough to be called romantic love. That stuff is just not for him, he feels contempt with his brothers and Omega.

Oh, and the bandana is just an excuse for no easy hair routine. Give him one reason to get out of his armor and blacks, and he’ll slip into floppy clothes in a heartbeat.

Last but not least, all four of them have a STRONG sens of justice—although sometime missplaced—and prefers staying home rather than being anywhere else, wherever home may be.

[midnight---hollow]

Top ten “goopie woopies” of all time featuring my waiting room sketch book

So i have my five fav pages and my five fav drawings. Im going to yap about the pages and mainly just have fun. A bit of a long post but oh well most of mine are lmao

August first of last year! I had to put one of the first pages in the book on the list, the waiting room took forcer that i finished two full pages and there was still more waiting. It might not be one of the prettiest pages but its how this all started. The day before i was trying to design twst vee and i was failing so bad. This page i got the design down and while i might have not kept the design i still really like this page. My fav drawings is def the big one on the left

August 22nd, this was my first time drawing dottore and I’ve always loved drawing rose. I remember the nurse seeing my drawing and asking about it and i got nervous but my mom started “advertising” and hyping me up to the nurse and i could just laugh and nod. I like this page alot, i think all the drawings hit pretty well and the background doodle lines are well placed. Fav drawing is prob the big dottore on the left or the small side view dottore on the right

Jan 17th this is just a cute page to me. The eres family are all so fun to draw and sven is literally just a silly guy. Nothing much to say. I dont have a fav in this one i like all the sven ones

March 15th! I drew these all while on the beach after my appointment. I did end up sticky noting the jade drawing cus it was horrendously bad but i think the stickynote doodles at flavor to the page. Had alot of fun that day with my family, fav drawing is prob the her vee at the middle bottom or the floyd on the top right

March 18th an hsr vee day. I had her playlist up and just went ham. I just think its fun and goofy. I like vee and sundays interactions and younger vee to confession of a rotten girl just hits right yknow. Fav is the vee full body up top

Now onto single drawings i really like and or am proud of (or just find funny)

I still think this is the cutest azul i have ever drawn. Idk what i ate this day but i need to eat it again cus i cooked so hard imo and i wont accept criticism on this

This is my dnd character c9 and shroomus(the god in mention and the mushroom on his head) c9 is the host for their god and after years of being the host they have realized just how stupid shroomus is and has grown to hate them. The interactions where so peak i miss this fun-guy. One of the funniest drawing ive done in this book imo

I both love the lillia one and the floyd one. The “this stinks” became a vocal stim for me after drawing them and the one above is just cute. Vee and lilll aswell as vee and floyd interactions are just some of my fav they are all just so goofy

This batch of esfir sketches did something to me. Idk why but the expressions that turn into a full body and also another half body on the side just get me. Esfir is a character i struggle with doing expressions for since she has to pretend so often but this is just like how i did it and need to manifest this energy again

This hsr vee and rose. They are casual sketches from before my surgery but they just feel so yummy. I need to do more with rose and her bird/angle imagery cus i have alot of sketches in this book with the biblical anger rose stuff and obvi thats not gonna happen in twst and her being in a modern au cus of it but still its gonna be fun finding ways to include and hint at it. But yeah i really like both of these

Those are my goopie woopies from this book. Im so sad that this sketch book is over, i love the paper and i think i improved so much thanks to this sketch book will be trying to get another one to continue with the waiting room drawings

[xfriki26]

Ooooo info about Cecil Sypher 💥💥

Warning for a bit of gore btw idk (<- just in case)

Okay so Cecil is a sort of zombie or ghoul, he came back from the dead because of a spell he put on himself! It took uhhhh... 60 years for him to come back tho. He did that on purpose, cuz all the people who were afraid of him/knew a lot about him would all be dead by then, and he'd have a new batch of townsfolk to send into a state of panic and make not trust each other :3

When he was alive, he was a serial killer who would put together puzzles and codes that investigators and officers would have to follow to find the bodies of his victims, and their missing pieces. His favorite way to do this was to carve the hints to solve the puzzles into his victim's limbs and scatter them around town, and people would have to solve the hints to find each of the parts. He'd always leave the first hint/body part right out in the open, in a public space, for everyone to see when the sun came up.

He thought it was really funny to watch everyone turn against each other, and to watch the cops struggle to solve each hint. He worked at a coffee shop, and would often use small talk to manipulate customers into turning against each other. Just because he could.

And now that he's back from the dead, he's back to doing this stuff again LMAO

Also I'm thinking about shipping him with my other OC Helen, it would be really funny. Because 1. Helen would HATE Cecil, and 2. They're both undead soooo yeah. Idk if I will go through with that or not tho.

Cecil was kinda inspired by Max from Nerdy Prudes Must Die, but only because Max is also an undead guy that kills people. There's not really any other parts of him that are similar to Max unless I decide to make their personalities more similar.

That's all :3

AGFAFAHGFAHF I ALREADY LOVE THIS ASSHOLE!!

His methots kinda remind me of the movie seven, were the crimes are a game of clues made by the killer.

The move of reviving himself when nobody could recognice him its also such a smart thing to do, it shows that Cecil knows how to get away with stuff.

[thessalian]

Thess vs More Adulting

Payday is always a happy day, but it's also a little more than that. I mean, it is for me, but I assume that other people do the same thing as I do - that thing being "prep for the month ahead". By which I mean grocery shopping. After all, a person has to eat. Which I have to keep fucking reminding myself because I've fallen back into some significantly disordered eating the last little while. So this month is all about trying to fix or at least mitigate that.

So here's the list and the plan for the month:

So many emergency calories, because I keep forgetting to put food into myself when I'm working and I get hangry and weird. So nuts, crisps, dried fruit, corn thins, cold cuts, some tinned peaches, and clementines.

Fixings for potato salad. Because nothing's easier than just scooping some potato salad out of the bowl in the fridge and stuffing it into one's face.

Things To Roast - a big ol' chunk of pork shoulder, a large chicken, and lamb breast (which was an accident; I wanted shoulder for lamb dopiaza but apparently they were out). That'll be roast dinners plus everything I can do with the leftovers - risotto, stir-fry, stuff like that.

On the subject of stir-fry, I found ho fun noodles when I was out picking up meds and stuff yesterday. I like those way better than the vermicelli rice noodles. I also got tater tots because they're a fairly recent addition to Sainsbury's frozen-food repertoire and I will single-handedly demonstrate that it's a worthwhile thing to keep around if I have to because I HAVE MISSED TATER TOTS SO MUCH.

Further additions for batch cooking, since I've got some meat still in the freezer that just needs little additions to make into multiple meals. Specifically passata and courgette for spaghetti bolognaise, and carrots for chicken stew.

Drinkables and treats. As well as my usual couple of bottles of cherries and berries squash, I treated myself to an eight-pack of Coke. Picked up some marshmallows for hot chocolate and to make Rice Krispie treats, and some chocolate chips for cookies. Also one small bag of gummy sweets and a big bag of prawn crackers, which are thankfully gluten-free.

The standards - eggs, butter, sugar, coffee, etc. I mean, the first three are largely for baking (though the sugar's as much for the coffee as the baking) and I have some plans for French toast, so it's at least partly treat, but never mind.

Of course, this led to a need for more adulting. Not only putting all the stuff away, but apparently my bag of sugar had a leak at the bottom and sugar kind of got all over the kitchen floor. But never mind, I had to hoover anyway. Did the rest of the flat while I was at it. I'd already started a load of laundry at that point (it's on the drying cycle now), and while I do need to clear out the fridge a little more, things are mostly uncer control. Aaaaaaaaaall the adulting.

Of course, at some point in the not too distant, I'm going to have to go and pick up the bits that were missing. Not too many things, but I still want them, so that'll be a thing. I think I'll wait until tomorrow, though. Much as I hate going to the supermarket on a Sunday, Saturdays are worse unless I'm going late, and I really don't want to leave the house today. Still feeling the whole mess of this week, including the idiotic attempt to walk to the corner shop without my cane the other day.

(The shrubbery still has my cane, but I have a new one now - it's actually better than the old one, so that's a good thing.)

One last ... well, silver lining nice thing. My stepfather called yesterday - while I was working, but he apologised for disturbing me. He also apologised that the other flat isn't going to be ready for habitation by the end of this month the way he said it would be. I was honestly fine with that for two reasons: 1) I'd already figured that out because he promised he'd give me a goodly amount of notice so I could book time off, and 2) Scruffman's off in Greece for two weeks as of Monday and I couldn't have taken the time off anyway. It's already going to be an absolute fucking mess at the office without him - however cursory his attempts to ride herd on the lazier of the lazy fuckers in the office have been, it's better than nothing, which is what they'll have for the next two weeks.

Yeah, yesterday was a complete joke because of ... well, the usual. Friday was "New Girl sits on reports from Thursday morning until Friday afternoon, then dumps them back into the queue, and also completely ignores the ten-minute monstrosity by one of The Annoyances (who specifically creates a truly epic word salad every time she speaks) for the entire day". I mean, everyone else ignored the ten-minute word salad too, but I felt I had every right to because I not only took everyone else's long ridiculous reports that day, but also picked up the ones that New Girl had been sitting on all day because she picked them up but refused to actually type them. So I figure the "Leave the long ones for [Thess] to do" is going to be the rule for the next two weeks from these lazy fuckers.

But I have a fridge full of food, plans for glorious dinners, and a weekend of TTRPGs. It can't be all bad if I've got that.