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[poicyss]

If I was a gym leader I'd be the very very first one because more than anything I love goofing off with kids and if I could be a child's introduction to the pokemon champion challenge I think that'd be more fulfilling than becoming champion myself. Actually, child or not, if beating me is what kick-starts your journey, then I'd want nothing more than to cheer you on from the very start. Hehe

[neverlearnedtoread]

An Enchantment of Ravens

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: sad love story? dude im about to jump on this sick faerie horse and slay an all-powerful fae king, i dont even remember what a tragic ending is

Oh?? 👌😉😏

cute fluffy love story - we need all the serotonin we can get in this society!!!

non-powered heroine who survives by being consistently level-headed and quick-thinking - isobel really said #galaxybrain rights

aloof but ultimately v loveable male love interest

nature spirit!fae and fun mashup of classic fae lore - you can tell the author really had fun doing her own take on fairytale tropes!

writing style - any style that remotely reminds me of dwj wins in my book

No.. ❌🤢🤮

a travelling story - which is apparently something people don’t like reading about? idk, if you’re not into smelling the roses, this isn’t your book

not enough fluff - even though this book is like eating cotton candy. but tbh there should’ve been more making out (just one more make out scene, margaret rogerson, please........do it for the serotonin)

Summary: A portrait artist who lives in a small town called Whimsy gets commissioned by a faerie prince of the autumn court to paint his likeness. As is inevitable in all stories involving customer service, he gets mad at her for some misunderstanding that wasn’t her fault in the first place, and takes her away to the fairylands to stand trial for her despicable art crimes.

Concept: 💭💭💭💭💭

The cover looked gorgeous, so I was gonna pick it up eventually, but then I heard it was supposed to be pure tooth-rotting fluff so I bumped it up on my ‘to-read’ list. You can never read too much fluff! Plus I’d read the excerpt while browsing books, and the writing style was so atmospheric and beautiful and melodic....not too flowery, until I didn’t know my ass from my elbow, but not blunt either. It’s not often I find a writing style that makes me sit up and take notice. And I’m always game for more takes on fae lore.

Some spoilers under the cut!

Execution: 💥💥💥💥💥

What a good take on fae lore it turned out to be! It felt like reading a cute fanfiction about characters I already knew. Usually romance books aren’t the best time for me, because I’m so picky about the characters and their chemistry together - but this managed to be just the right sort of whimsical and sweet and humanizing to make it work. I also loved how you had to put a lot of things together on your own - the first-person narrative was used to great effect, because what details the protagonist could pick up were left to her - and the reader - to figure out. I like books that don’t hold your hand about worldbuilding - it gives you room to make your own interpretations.

Personal Enjoyment: ❤❤❤❤❤

Ironically, when I love a book, I deliberately take longer to finish. I backtrack from where I stopped last, mutter lines to myself out loud to hear the tonal inflection, stop to walk around the house with a dumb smile on my face - this book only had 300+ pages, and should’ve been easy to finish in a few hours; I dragged it out over two days. I think I restarted a chapter like 5 times because I wanted to read the whole scene again. The story’s not grand, but what it had to say resonated with me. So much of media nowadays is obsessed with ‘bittersweet endings’, with consequences and sacrifice - sometimes it’s okay to have a story where good things happen to good people, because they refuse to settle for anything less.

Fave Moment: So many.....every time Rook was embarrassed, I bookmarked the page 😂😂 we love seeing a hot guy drink his humility juice. The top contender here is probably the scene when he first appears to Isobel after the painting was sent to Autumn Court, furious and scared and determined to make her stand trial for her Emotion Crimes (she made me feel a feeling! I don’t like it make it stop!! I am a prince!!!), up to the part they escape the Winter Hunt - everything Isobel did to escape was so quick and clever, my girl had all the braincells working overtime

Fave Character: Isobel is far-and-away the best character, but because we’re not being objective here, Rook takes the top spot. His utter lack of understanding for a lot some of Isobel’s actions, especially when she shows emotion, didn’t mean he couldn’t still be romantic as hell - like when he took her to the Green Well, she said ‘that’s not going to work for me, i could never give up painting’, and he went ‘oh, okay. i won’t bring it up again’. He clearly didn’t understand her reasoning!! but he honoured her wishes anyway. I also liked that Rook only had one previous brush with romance, and the girl rejected him. Generally male love interests are more #experienced, with girls all over them, but Rook? Rook fell in love once and got his ass cancelled all the way back to the autumn court. His vulnerabilities made sense to me, and that’s rare for a YA male love interest.

[fipindustries]

Lapsarians

my fetish comic about gross lizard people and the inherent social struggles that come with the integrations of different cultures which examine the nature of what is socially acceptable and what it even means to be human is, uh, done and you can go read it right here! (here is a back up) now its time for anotherone of my fable dissections of my work.

so, how did this come about? it all started here

i was bored and decided to aimlessly draw whatever and i guess i was in a particularly horny mood that day and this is what came out.

now, one belief i always had is that fetishes can be a great source of inspiration, you are exploring out there ideas that are not often seen in media due to their impropriety, which makes it feel fresh and new, and it is their shock factor which provides a lot of emotional impact for the reader. 

the trick here is to not make it self in dulgent, to not make it merely exploitative, you have to give it some emotional core so that is not just cheap taboo thrills but so that we actually care about the characters and about the story and it doesnt all just hinge on the money shot.

more than once i would try to come up with a sexual fantasy for my own pleasure and then i would get carried away adding world building and more and more plot and by the end of the night the purose of masturbating had been forgotten and i had an entire story in my head and no idea what to do with it. i used to be reticent to share these stories with the world because they would ultimatly be dismissed as fetish fuel and, gosh, what kind of weirdo tries to pass their fap folder as legitimate art, what kind of insecure pretentious douchebag tries to legitimize their fetishes by unironically sharing them with the world as if they were earnest stories that one is supposed to read with a straight face?

i guess i stopped caring about that, is not like im a famous artist with a reputation to uphold, if people want to read this then so be it, if they think its stupid then so be it as well. i liked it and i think there are enough people who think similarly enough to me that they might like it as well.

one pet peeve i have with vore is when it has a bad end, i have seen plenty of vore comics that love to render flesh melting away from bone by being submerged in gastric juices. there is one specific comic im thinking off, which despite all my best efforts i could not find again, which comes to mind. its about a lizard lady with blonde hair and a pony tail eating a poor kid at a basketball field, it has a sequel about that very same lady convincing a guy not to jump off a bridge and inviting him to her apartment where they had a lovely conversation and she tries her best efforts not to eat him, this also doesnt end well. the point of both comics was to revel on the tragedy of a life being ended to satiate the impulses of another person, on the desperate struggle against someone bigger and stronger than you. i can understand the appeal of that, and i was certainly moved by those stories, but i wanted to take that idea in an entirely different direction.

i think the main impetus behind this comic is that i enjoy it when weird things than in most contexts would be considered disturbing are normalized. as someone who believes in progress and in transhumanism, as someone who believes in the concept of the best of all possible worlds as presented in that video i just linked, i like the removal of undesirable consequences, i like it when things that would otherwise harm us can be done safely. also i like to explore the limits of human adaptability, and not just material adaptabiity but also mental. what things, regardless of how strange or weird or offputting we find them now, can  we eventually be not only ok with but actively enjoy? these are the main themes i was interested in exploring.

but as with always, there are hundreds of other readings that people can get from this, i would like to take the chance to engage with a specific i can see coming off the top of my head.

some people might read this comic as a metaphor for immigration and take it both as if it was in favor (since after all it ends with a lapsarian and a human getting along) or against it (it shows a lot of downsides to the coexistence of lapsarians and humans). personally im not sure if the lapsarians work as a great metaphor for immigrants since the reason they find themselves in our planet are not at all analogous to that of human diasporas in our history, they came here just because a pathway happened to open and they were just curious as to what was on the other side, not motivated by socioeconomic factors at all. likewise i feel lapsarians are too alien and the challenges that come with trying to integrate them into our society are too unique to really stand properly for any other human cuture.

but ultimatly what i say is irrelevant really, you can read this comic however you damn well want, im just sharing this if you are curious about what i think of this interpretation

anyway, that was my latest comic, also my last project of 2020, boy howdy i actually got a lot of things done that year. and what a way to start this one, all i can say is stay tuned and you may see what else i come up with next.

[harelan]

1-10 for Matilda, 11-20 for Rosanna!

owo thank u griff !!!!!!!!!

matilda

1. What does their bedroom look like?

at home, not at skyhold: light wood floors, whitewash walls or very subtly patterned wallpapers. a big-ish bed with a Lot of blankets, quilts, pillows on it, but all mismatched. one wall is all bookshelves, and one wall is mostly window. lace curtains.cluttered to hell.

2. Do they have any daily rituals?

she tries very hard not to, just because circle life was so structured. especially during inquisition, what she’d being doing or when she’d wake up was pretty unpredictable. she makes breakfast every single day though, no matter when she eats it. sometimes she’s up early enough to help skyhold’s servants prepare it. sometimes she saunters into the kitchens at 11pm and makes pancakes for herself. a true enigma. 

3. Do they exercise, and if so, what do they do? How often?

k. kind of? she uses her staff like a quarterstaff or even a spear sometimes, because she figures she needs to know how to fight if she gets purged by a templar. so she trains with that. but she doesn’t go running or anything. just combat drills. 

4. What would they do if they needed to make dinner but the kitchen was busy?

depends on her mood. good mood, she’ll just squeeze in and help. bad mood, she’ll squeeze in and do whatever the fuck she wants. she’s usually considerate though. 

5. Cleanliness habits (personal, workspace, etc.)

she’s clean but not particularly attentive to her looks. like, she takes a bath and then gets distracted and just lets her hair drip dry. she might remember to brush her hair. she makes her own perfume, though! 

she’s organized but not clean. like someone will be like “oh i need a quill” and she’ll be like “oh theres one under my bed just to the right of the bottom post closest to the door” she cleans up every few weeks and puts things back so it doesn’t get too bad, but in her day to day she cannot be arsed. 

6. Eating habits and sample daily menu

OH HOHOHO matilda eats Lavishly but she cooks it herself so it’s ok. she makes a lot of sweets and even if it isn’t supposed to be sweet, she makes it sweet. so she cooks pork a lot, just because it can handle being sweet. 

breakfast: honey amaranth bread with apricot jam, fresh raspberries, one (1) fried egg, and either bacon or beans depending on what’s available 

lunch: potato fish cakes, lemony asparagus, n a cream cheese griddle cake 

tea: lemon-cream tart, or sugar pears, or rosewater tea cakes with tea or juice

dinner: roasted duck, baked brie, idk some kind of veg, and meringue cake (like a pavlova)

i spent way too long in this and now im hungry. 

7. Favorite way to waste time and feelings surrounding wasting time

she usually wastes time by reading or going for a walk/ride. but she doesn’t really have a job so most of the things she does are like...useful in some way. except the kind of stuff she reads is wonderful trash sentimentalist make-you-cry novels. 

she knows the importance of taking care of herself and most of the other stuff she does is for other people, so she gives herself a day in bed with a book every now and then without any guilt. 

8. Favorite indulgence and feelings surrounding indulging

sweets, definitely, or otherwise decadent foods. and she doesn’t give a single shit. she cooks and she shares so people can die mad about it. 

9. Makeup?

naaaah. i mean, she wouldn’t even know where to start. josephine does her makeup for her before halamshiral. but on her own? she’s not at all invested in being pretty. i mean, she’s already just naturally pretty and it hasn’t exactly benefited her so. no. 

10. Neuroses? Do they recognize them as such?

she’s pretty chill and reasonable idk? she keeps her study as she likes it and gets irritated if people move things around. 

rosanna

11. Intellectual pursuits?

she’s very much not an intellectual. she has some theological opinions, but they’re just opinions and she’s not some kind of chantry scholar. 

12. Favorite book genre?

she....can’t really read. she’d read romance novels if she did read, but tabloid magazines are more her thing. 

13. Sexual Orientation? And, regardless of own orientation, thoughts on sexual orientation in general?

all my characters r bisexual, though rosanna definitely has a preference for men. she on that internalized heteronormativity. she’s one of those liberals who wishes everyone would just shut up about their various marginalized identities, so she’s not particularly sympathetic and....maybe a leetle homophobic. 

14. Physical abnormalities? (Both visible and not, including injuries/disabilities, long-term illnesses, food-intolerances, etc.)

she has faded scars on her hands and a tomato allergy. 

15. Biggest and smallest short term goal?

biggest, divorce her husband (oh hi i decided she and her creepy artist amoroso got married)

smallest would be like. humiliate lord so-and-so at this upcoming party. 

16. Biggest and smallest long term goal?

biggest, and i mean big ambitious thing she doesn’t even think about because it’s too big and scary and impossible, is to topple the institution of slavery in tevinter that literally ruined her life. 

smallest, visit antiva. 

17. Preferred mode of dress and rituals surrounding dress

whatever is fashionable. she’s known for personalizing her clothes, usually with intricate embroidery or hand-made lace. she wears lingerie a lot. 

18. Favorite beverage?

she drinks a lot of black tea with honey, but her favorite drink is champagne. 

19. What do they think about before falling asleep at night?

upcoming social events, generally? or like what she has to do tomorrow, what she neglected to get done today. 

20. Childhood illnesses? Any interesting stories behind them?

answered here

[mini-pretzel]

alright dude yea EVERY NUMBER FOR SWEETHEART ASKS

… what have i signed up for?

//cracks knuckles

grab a juice box, grab a snack.

we’ll be here for a while. what have i gotten myself into

1. Talk about your first love. 

oh jesus. i actually recently found my old journal lol

from way back when. 2009 i think? i was 13 or some shit. jesus. ok. so my first love was actually over the internet.

yeah, i know. nowadays we’re spoiled with tinder n shit, but back in 2009, all we had was myspace and msn and i met this fucker on skype.

i was so ahead of my time.

anyway, it was october 25, 2009.

here’s a snippet from my journal entry:

well i met a guy on skype. he’s a month younger cause my b-day is on oct 14 and his is on nov 18. but i don’t mind it.

yoooo i was into younger guys even at 13, jfc hahhaa //kill me jk hmu

and then on the next page hahahhaa omg

december 2, 2009

well me and ___ are no longer together. well we never began. he broke my heart two times already. going in depression. please don’t bother. first love, ha!

omfg damn, two months. yeah, that lasted long. also old me: ur so dramatic lol

also i was a feisty lil fella, jeez.

2. What’s the most beautiful songs you’ve ever heard in your opinion? 

this one

3. How’s your heart feeling right now?

a lil stressed. im like, hoping i can get through all of these questions without my computer crashing. pray 4 me.

4. What kind of self care is your favorite to do? 

ok, first thing to note, i fucking love self care. like, too much if im honest.

baths with bubbles and nice smelling scents, lotions, a face mask, taking my time with washing my face and hair and putting on the cutest clothes after. also snacks, always snacks.

when im feeling like spending money: massage. full body. best thing ever. i treat myself to it at least once a year for my b-day.

5. What’s your skincare routine? 

ok so i just got a new skincare line. it’s from nature republic. i have a cleanser, a toner and a moisturizer. it’s fairly simple (unlike 9 steps in korean ahhahha, but like i’ll probably get there in time) also i have a peel mask that smells like bananas that i put on twice a week to get rid of dead skin cells. oh and sometimes i do korean face masks, too.

6. How did you get to be so beautiful?

answered that q here

7. Do you have any stuffed animals?

NO! //hides them all away

8. Best trip you’ve ever been on?

thailand. my parents took me w/ them on their honeymoon.

lol idek why either. trust me.

i was just there for the swimming, riding elephants, getting food poisoning and downing two banana splits in one afternoon. good times.

9. Favorite thing about your room? 

i live in a jungle. but also in an art gallery cause my mom buys paintings online and resells them, but it’s become such a habit for her they are literally EVERYWHEREE I CANNOT.

also sorry mom i keep forgetting to water the GAZILLION plants THAT YOU HAVE MOVED INTO MY ROOM FOR SOME REASON. they’ll be dead by the time ur home. srry ilyyyyy.

also tae hmu if u want some paintings. i got way too many.

10. Opinion on love? 

dude. idk. i mean. it’s definitely not something one can describe easily or fully grasp.

im still waiting for my big love to come along, so like, we can talk about that when we get there.

otherwise, i’ll say this quote that i heard in a song:

give your heart, but keep your head.

11. Are you affectionate? 

with certain people. im weird.

with some people im like no, don’t touch me pls. i bite and scratch.

and with others you cannot get them out of my death love grip.

12. Who do you look up to? 

i look up to bts a lot. they’re doing a lot of good and they’re very respectable artists.

but i also look up to a lot of writers on here because i want to create worlds and writings like them. i won’t tag them cause rip them trying to find why i tagged them in this long ass post haha.

13. Favorite poet? 

@psycho-slytherin

lol sorry bae

ur gonna have to scroll to find out why i tagged u. and then go red and yell at me. hahah.

i also like silentium! by Fyodor Tyutchev

also everything by pushkin (esp ‘i loved you’ fuck that one gets me every time). seriously. that man isn’t called the golden poet in our country for nothing.

i actually don’t read a lot of poetry nowadays unless its my own or my friends’

but im open to recommendations

14. Song that makes you happy? How about one that calms you down when you’re in a bad place?

answered here!

15. Do you play an instrument?

lol no. i was almost taught the piano (lol rip me, i wanna kill my younger lazy ass self) and i dabbled into learning the violin. but that’s like a whole story and a half hahahaha.

16. Do you do art? Using what (pencil, watercolor, etc)?

i used to pencil draw, nothing special tho. a lot of naked ppl lol. butts n boobs were my fave. also pecks whoo.

17. Do you dance? What style of dance? 

i don’t! but i want to. i’ve been looking into dancing schools. i might do hip hop n stuff. see if i have the rhythm, i can’t tell from just jumping around my room lol

18. What’s your zodiac sign? Do you believe in astrology? 

im a libra yo. diplomatic and indecisive af.

i kinda do? there’s some sense there, but it’s too vague. i think ppl need to look into their charts to really grasp their character.

and for some it may not be true at all, so like. idk. we’re all just doing our best here.

19. Favorite old film? 

a russian film that i always watch over the new year. my mom would always joke that the new year doesn’t start till we watch it lol

the irony of fate

20. What’s your hairstyle? 

idk

u

tell

me

21. What weather is the most beautiful, in your opinion?

cloudy but warm. so there’s not too much sun but u can enjoy a nice walk outside without getting rained on.

22. What upsets you most about the world? 

i only have two hands but there are so many cats and dogs. i cannot pet all of them.

23. Are you in love right now?

answered ;)

24. Do you have a crush? If so, talk about them!

here u go

25. Do you have pets? Talk about something sweet about them! 

i don’t! but i wish i did i would shower them with my love.

but @the-trth-untold dogs are the cutest and @psycho-slytherin cats make my day. pls spam meeeee. also i love @paristae cat too.

26. Do you have a lucky number? 

yup. 22.

27. Have you ever wished on a star? What about on a fallen eyelash? 

i’ve never seen a fallen star, so no.

but i’ve wished on a fallen eyelash, always.

28. Do you believe emoji spells to work? 

emoji spells??

bruh i’ve never even heard of it till this ask wtf is that shit

bruh i mean if it works for ppl all power to them??? idk i never tried it

29. Do you believe in magic in general? 

i believe in magic tricks. but magic died for me when santa stopped existing.

30. What’s the most beautiful thing in life, In your opinion?

here

31. Opinion on the color pink? What about baby blue? 

gorgeous colors. i quite like mauve pink and deep dark blue tho.

but baby blue looks amazing on some folks. oof.

32. What instrumental sound is your favorite? 

piano. always.

33. Do you like the sound of wind? What about the sound of rain? 

answered :)

34. Who makes you happy? 

bts and all of my mutuals

35. What makes you happy? 

sleep, food, music, writing, cuddles. and forehead kisses.

also more listed here

36. Imagine your ideal life, the life you wish to make, what will that look like? 

i live in a nice apartment. doesn’t have to be expensive, just nice and clean with wooden floors and spacious windows.

i have all the necessities that i need and im never lonely.

i have also touched countless hearts by my books and am able to live comfortably just from my works.

haha. you said ideal, right?

also have someone to spend it with. someone i’d write poetry about daily. a bestfriend first and foremost before a lover.

37. Do you wear makeup? If so what’s your favorite type of makeup or specific makeup product? Favorite store to buy makeup?

answered this fella here

38. Do you wear dresses? If so what’s your favorite dress you own? 

i used to have dresses. but not anymore.

i liked the long sleeve sweater black one i had with a low cut. it was gorgeous. i dont have much of boobage but i always felt like i was sexy in it.

39. Ever been heartbroken? How do you deal with it? 

yep. you just kind of take it one day at a time. some days will be better than the last. some days you’ll cry a little harder and some days you move on a little further. it takes time. make sure you have good people around you so you don’t fall into depression.

40. Who’s your closest friend? What do you love about them? 

ah, to be honest i don’t have a closest friend. i’ve always been the kind of person that always had friends around her but never anyone too deep. and i kinda wish i did. i just don’t know who would come to fill that spot. people always leave, so i kind of gave up assigning that spot. i think the people that want to be in that spot will show themselves and tell me. otherwise i will not assume or assign.

41. Introvert or extrovert? 

introvert. but i have my moments. i can be charming and friendly when i want to.

42. Do you like MBTI? What’s your MBTI? 

i had to look it up cause i forgot what it was lol

i took the test a while back: im infp.

there’s not a lot of us, apparently. which is cool. shout out to all infps out there!

43. Would you be a fairy, a mermaid, a vampire, a siren, or an angel? 

hmmm. what kind of fairy tho? lol

maybe vampire? idk i’d be a sexy immortal lady that’d bite innocent boys and girls that just want to have a good time lol

44. What’s the best song a friend has ever introduced to you? 

this oneee

45. Parlez-vous français? 

no~

46. Most beautiful place you’ve been to? 

butchart gardens

47. Where/when do you truly feel at home? 

here

48. Does smiling put you in a better mood? Try it right now, you’re smile is gorgeous! 

kdjfalkfjdlkdsaf //hides

this ask is flirting with me…

well that’s as much action as im going to get this new years eve lol

49. Favorite shoe you own?

my sweet rose gold kicks, yo.

50. Can you walk in stilettos? Do you like them? 

lol no. i cannot. and i do not. im not made for heels. im tall enough as it is.

51. Do you feel loved? 

every time i talk to my mutuals yes //cry

52. How do you express love to those you care about? 

by saying cute words and by clinging to them like a koala.

53. Favorite term(s) of endearment? 

sweetheart, dear, idk im just like anything honestly. love, baby. go crazy.

i also love mean terms like idiot and stuff. or nicknames that hold inside jokes, something between the two of you only.

54. Most romantic thing someone’s ever done for you? 

hasn’t happened yet. so yeah. any takers? lol

55. When is the happiest you’ve ever been? 

reading a good book for the first time. or just experiencing something new that i end up loving for the first time. nothing can replace that first feeling.

56. Are you happy right now? 

happy im almost done hahhahahahaa. ha.

no but srsly i am

57. What makes you smile? 

stupid jokes. puns. someone laughing and showing themselves fully.

58. Do you laugh a lot? 

i mean. i think so? i try. i make jokes a lot and laugh at myself if that counts?

59. What’s your favorite kind of aesthetic? 

ughhhh comfy bf aestheticcc

60. Do you want to marry for love or for some other reason (like money)? 

i have a sour view on marriage. so only if i love someone hard enough. but even then i don’t know if i’ll do it. it hurts too much to think about marriage and wedding rings for me.

61. What would your dream wedding look like? Do you want to get married? 

see above.

62. Favorite flower?

orchid.

63. Favorite artist?

claude monet.

64. Favorite music artist?

bts lol

no surprises there.

65. How kind do you think you are? Is kindness important to you? 

its not something for me to decide. i try to be kind to everyone, but how it is interpreted is different for everyone. i’d like to think i’m kind.

and yes, very important. especially being kind to yourself.

66. Ever made a playlist for someone? 

yes i have. i love making playlists for people. i don’t get asked that enough.

67. Do you have anything you do to physically comfort you when your sad? Such as a favorite blanket? Or a relaxing bath? 

music. music always helps. and tea.

ideally i’d love for someone to massage my scalp, but hahah no one’s been able to do it the right way. when it’s done right i melt and forget about everything.

68. Early bird or night owl? 

night owl.

moonchild, lol

69. Morning routine? 

wake up, look in the mirror, look away from the mirror, go back to bed.

70. Night routine? 

SHOWER N NICE SMELLING LOTIONS. AND SKINCAREEEEEE OOOOF.

also fresh sheets.

71. What is the most lovely quality a person could have in your opinion? 

answered here

72. Do you cry often? Does crying help you get the emotions out? Do you feel better after? 

i only cry when i watch or read something. and it does help. i always feel better after. but i tend to keep my emotions hidden away, the negative ones at least.

73. Do you like hugs? 

i love hugs. come hug me, bro.

u must smell nice tho.

74. When was the last time you kissed someone?

august.

75. Are you small or tall? 

tall. 175cm.

76. Do you like wholesome memes? 

answered

77. Favorite thing about the past? 

cd players. chia pet commercials. flip phones. mom jeans.

78. Do you ever wonder about the future? 

all the time. esp mine. i have no idea what the fuck im doing.

79. Have you ever lived in a different country than you currently live in? 

yep. i’ve lived in america and canada before. and traveled a lot.

80. Do you like plane flights? Airports? 

i don’t mind flying. and depends on the airport. some are better than others.

81. Sunrises or sunsets? 

sunrises. every day is a new day~

82. The beach or a forest? 

bitch- i mean beach. :)

83. What time of day do you tend to be in the best mood? 

any time i am eating. or sleeping. or reading.

im so close to being done omg. this is fun tho.

84. Do you push yourself to act together and in a good mood even when you aren’t? 

always. ain’t nobody gonna deal with that baggage lol

85. Favorite kind of tree? 

japanese maple tree

86. Do you care about the health of the Earth? 

i mean i don’t even care about my health that much tbh, i need to work on that.

87. What did you like most about your childhood, if anything? 

that i got to travel and learned english very young.

88. Do you read a lot? What’s your favorite book? 

answered here

89. What are you most nostalgic for at the moment? 

old school disney

90. What’s your favorite personality trait you have? 

answered this bad boi here

91. List at least ONE thing you love about your appearance. 

eyes. have to work on my ass tho. squats baby.

92. When was the last time you truly felt calm, without much of anything to worry about? 

after a massage.

93. Do you worry a lot? 

eh, i worry enough, i suppose. there’s just some stuff you can’t control.

94. The dazzling lights of the city or the relaxing countryside?

dazzling lights of the city. especially in the evening. and in the winter. ahhhhh. someone hold my hand and walk with meeeeee.

95. Ever changed the shoelaces on one of your shoes? For what reason? 

no i haven’t had that pleasure, lol

maybe next year

96. Favorite pastry? 

BUTTER. CROISSANT.

97. Do you like doing little acts of kindness? 

yes. uwu

98. How’s your day/night going? 

well im finally done with this ask holy shit, and i need to resume writing my namjoon fic so… fantastic. i also have noodles. whoooo.

thank you for reading this whole damn mess of an ask.

ily

[adashofniallandasprinkleoflunacy]

alright listen henRY being a PORN STAR ON THE SIDE BUT STILL BE A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST AS HE IS TODAY ???? i’m going to leave IM CALLING THE COPS ON MYSELF

OKAY LISTEN!!!!! LISTEN TO ME!!!! I was literally thinking about this concept yesterday like him being a pornstar and it being Y/N’s first time ever doing a video. The people put her with Harry because he’s known as the softie of the bunch (even though he’s known for much different things in bed) and can help her integrate easier.

“This is Y/N,” the director says, introducing them and watching with a small, satisfied smile as Harry reaches out and shakes hands with the new girl. “You’ll be shooting with him. He’ll show you the ropes and what not, make you feel right at home.”

“So it’s your first time, huh?” Harry waggles his eyebrows playfully as he and Y/N walk off to the side to have more privacy. “How cute.”

Her cheeks simmer as she forces out a nervous chuckle, glancing down at her sneakers under his naturally cocky grin. He’s extremely good-looking, even more so in person. “It’s, uh, kinda nerve-wracking.”

He gives her a relaxed, reassuring shrug. “It’s really nothing. You get used to it eventually. I’ll make sure to make you feel good— don’t worry about it, darling.”

And so they set up a time for Y/N to come over to Harry’s to practice, basically laying out that it’s better if they have their first experience together be a personal one so that when the time comes, they’re comfortable enough with each other.

Y/N’s all timid and stuttery and clumsy as Harry takes the lead, pushing her jacket off her shoulders and kissing her softly, breathing through his nose as he inhales her scent, which seems strangely familiar— a distant smell from sometime in his childhood that he can’t quite place.

She’s shaking in his arms as she goes to unbuckle his belt, popping the button open with fidgety fingers and apologizing every three seconds. She falls to her knees, tugging his jeans down his thighs and swallowing heavily when she sees the thick bulge in his Calvin Klein’s, eyes flitting up at him with awed apprehension. “I dunno if I can’t take all of that…”

Harry let’s out a soft chuckle, offering her his hand. “How about we just worry about you for now? Gotta get to know your body better in order to make you feel right.”

Y/N hadn’t had much sexual experience, but just enough that she thought she knew what to expect. Fuck, was she wrong.

Every boy she’d ever been with (a whopping 2 in total) had apparently not been eating her out the way it should be done because the way Harry had worked her over left her a trembling, whimpering, dribbling mess as he pushed back from her wet thighs, wiping his mouth down messily with the back of his hand and eyeing her smugly.

“S’good?” He mumbles absentmindedly as he sucks her leftover release from his fingers, loving the unique taste she has. Throughout the years, girls tended to blur together and taste all the same, but Y/N has a certain tangy sweetness that made him raise his eyebrows in surprise and let out a low, curious hum.

Y/N can’t tear her gaze away from him as he sinks his thumb into his rosy, swollen lips, tongue lulling around the digit and clearing her off his skin. He licks across his knuckles, eyebrow shrugging in a mildly impressed manner.

“Y-Yeah…” She sniffles softly, sighing blissfully. “Really good, actually.”

“Hope so, or else I’d be out of a job.” Harry gives her a smile full of so much genuine kindness and easy banter that it’s almost ridiculous to think he could ever be into the dominant videos he’s known for. He reminds her of Bambi, for some reason. He has the same doe eyes and innocent, childlike aura, but he’s truly anything but. “You’re not bad yourself, pet. You taste really fucking good— s’like…kinda sweet but kinda tangy and with a little kick of something extra. Definitely been eating all your fruits and veggies, haven’t you?”

Y/N nods bashfully, sitting up onto her elbows as he kneels onto the edge of the bed, straddling her thighs and unzipping his jeans. “Definitely did before this.”

His bright jade eyes flit up towards her’s with a playful hue in the specks of gold in his irises. “Good girl, then.”

The way the phrase rolls off his tongue, so deep and low and annunciated by his accent, makes her thighs clench.

He tugs his cock out of his briefs, giving it a few quick tugs, glancing up at her again. “Drink cranberry juice a lot?”

She nods again, smiling numbly and watching with hungry eyes as his cock begins to swell bigger, thick and veiny and beading pre-come all over his knuckles.

“Yeah, I figured. Recognized the taste.” Harry reaches forward and taps her knees gently. “Open up for me, will you?”

Y/N abides hesitantly, her entire body tightening as he snuggles himself between her flexing thighs, draping his body over her’s and accidentally bumping noses.

“Sorry,” he murmurs through a sheepish scoff, adjusting himself accordingly against her heat, starting to rock slowly and sliding his shaft against her slick folds, his lips twitching up when he hears her gasp lightly as the head of his prick nudges the bud of her clit. “Lube or no lube?”

“I’m good, I think,” she whispers, hands coasting up his lean arms hesitantly, stationing across his broad shoulders, gripping the taut muscles. “All thanks to the swell job you did. If you put anything else on there, you might just slide right off.”

Harry belts out a spontaneous giggle that makes her stomach flop, his eyes and nose crinkling up in the most adorable fashion as his teeth show completely. His two front ones are bigger than the rest, she notes, and they make him look so fucking cute it should be illegal.

“I like you— you’ve got a shy kinda spunk,” He says through a heap of snickers, shaking his head slightly as he lines up with her puckering entrance. “Now take a deep breath for me and count to three, yeah? Figure it’s the best way to get you ready. It’s my go-to for first-timers.”

“Alright,” Y/N pulls his chest fully against her’s as he cuddles his face into the side of her neck, his warm lips pressing suckling kisses to her pulse and she feels like she’s going to melt. “One…two…thr—“

Harry slams his hips forward before she’s even done, filling her up in one swift thrust.

She let’s out a sound between a gasp and a strangled moan, her nails digging into his hard back. “Oh, God, Harry!”

A shaky exhale puffs against the sweaty skin of her flushed neck as he begins to work his hips against her at a slow, easy-going pace. She’s so fucking tight— tighter than anyone he’s ever been with— and he thinks it likely he’ll pass out from how incredible she feels squeezing him with her soft walls.

“Fuck’s sake, you’re bloody tight…” Harry whimpers, eyes rolling up into his head as he let’s out a quick, rough snap of his hips— just enough to nudge against her tummy and get the last inch or so all inside. “Jesus, I’m not gonna last five minutes if you keep squeezing me like that, sweetheart.”

“S-Sorry,” she whispers, trying to relax herself so that she doesn’t mess everything up.

He picks up on her apologetic tone, reaching a hand up and thumbing over her cheek with amused tenderness, although when he speaks, his voice is tight. “S’okay, babe. This is why we’re doing this. Gotta get used to what a tight little thing you are, just like you gotta get used to me.”

“Okay,” she huffs in a wistful stupor as he picks up his pace, brushing a spot at the pit of her stomach that has her knees quaking and toes curling. “Fuck, you feel so good, Harry.”

“Daddy.” He corrects gently, lips tickling up her jaw and taking her mouth into his, teeth chewing on her lower lip in a minimal outburst of dominance. “S’Daddy to you, love.”

“Yes, Daddy.”

“There’s a good girl.”

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Can you tell me more about Jubilee and DeLune? Jubilee is your character, right? They both sound like great characters!

ANON YOU JUST SAVED MY LIFE

hooo ok. ok so. ok so listen. listen.

we gotta get something out of the way realquick: whenever i talk about DeLune and Jubilee–or really just DeLune–i getso incoherent and flail-y i just. i love DeLune so much, she’s been in mythoughts every day for the past month+ no lie

ok so. @fatalcookies​ createdDeLune as an npc for a campaign she’s going to run, in which I’m going to be aplayer, playing as Jubilee Waters, the gayest tiefling you’ll ever meet (as ofyet, there has not been a single game. I’m obsessing over a character i haventplayed as and her girlfriend. i know. I’m ridiculous)

..let’s introduce Jubilee, then DeLune, theni’ll talk a little about their relationship and maaaaybe go into the au’s I’vecooked up for them. that sounds good, yeah let’s do that

Jubilee Waters. she’s from a small mountaincommunity where tieflings are more accepted than in other places. This mountaincommunity is also known for its arts

Jubilee was abandoned on the church ofPelor’s doorstep at birth, and was taken in by one of the people whoworked in the church, a laborer/cook/whatever they needed her to be named MariaWaters.

Jubilee grew up healthy and strong, and wasquick to pick up the ways of both a cleric and an artist; shaping her own hornsinto works of art and also taking up painting as a hobby, all while training tobe a holy warrior who fought in the name of Pelor, god of the sun. She excelledat the healing arts, and it was only because of her desire to help peopleoutweighing her need for glory that she went down the cleric path instead ofthe paladin path. (that and i reallllly wanted to play a cleric, because ihavent yet)

except her mom didn’t want her to go out andadventure, because it was too dangerous. That was a point of contention for along time between them. Jubilee wanted to go out and help people, and hermother wanted her home and safe.

Eventually, Jubilee’s mother passed. Jubileestayed, mourned, and before too long had passed, she was out on the road,heading to destinations unknown in a quest with a single goal: help peoplewherever help is needed. 

Eventually, she meets the group she’ll betraveling with in-game, and she goes on her merry way, eventually meetingDeLune

(I’ve been informed that DeLune probably won’tshow up until about halfway through the campaign, which on one hand makes me :(but on the other hand has built up the Hype of meeting her so much that i thinkwhen Jennie says “and in walks a half elven businesswoman” or somethingalong those lines I’m literally going to burst into tears of joy)

DeLune Candor…im trying to decide how much ican talk about.

you know what? i don’t think any of the otherplayers follow me, so the chances of them seeing this post are slim to none.I’m going in guns a’ blazin’

Her full name, I’ve found out, is Claire DeLuneCandor (which “Claire DeLune” means moonlight so they’ve already got thisgreat sun and moon dynamic going on which makes me Weak)

DeLune Candor is a ~55 year old (or theequivalent in half-elven terms) inventor turned businesswoman who is currentlythe head of a large family business that specializes in trading. The businessis booming, and it’s exclusively due to DeLune being at the head of thebusiness. She tries her best to run an ethical business, she’s a pointy-earedcapitalist, and i love her with my whole heart oh my god

She’s a workaholic, she is Fancy to the extremeand has quite the refined taste. She doesn’t like mincing words, she’svery direct and to the point, and she’s…i was going to say she’s perfectbut she’s not, she has flaws, but she’s so My Type that it hurts me and as suchi tend to gloss over her flaws.  I love her with my entire heart, flawsand all tho?? I say i would die for a lot of characters but i would live forDeLune.

OH HOW COULD I FORGET!!!!the song that inspired this character is this song and the woman singing? Shirley Bassey?? is the voice andface claim for DeLune so you Know I’m all about this song, i’ve probablylistened to it a hundred times. i love that song

DeLune…..DeLune actually has a daughter namedCeleste who is around Jubilee’s age which makes things sorta awkward sometimesbut shh shh its perfectly fine shh it can be funny sometimes, ill get into that in a minute

she’s a huge lover of the arts and thesciences, having been an inventor at one point. the love of the arts manifestsitself in her giving patronage to many different artists and commissioningworks and stuff like that Its Good

hrrmm what else is there about DeLune that ican rant about. god i just. ok i just love her. i love her so much?? and shehurts me sometimes for reasons I’m not sure i can disclose at this point. to besafe I’m not going to go too much into it but…she gave up a lot for thefamily business. and i just want her to be happy and relaxed and without toomuch stress

Their relationship…hoogh

ok so they meet, right. and DeLune isimmediately interested in Jubilee’s horns, because they’re works of art andshe’s intrigued with how they came to be. And when Jubilee tells her that she’sbeen working on her horns since she was ten, and that they still require upkeepand management….DeLune has this “holy shit” moment. bc?? here let mefind a direct quote:

“–these are the work of a literallifetime and peoples’ /lives/ are the work of a lifetime and they can’tmaintain as much focus as this 90% of the time.”

so yes, DeLune takes notice in Jubilee becauseof her horns. And Jubilee like. she saw DeLune and she just got this momentof “holy moly I’m so gay” so like?? They both were somewhat interestedfrom the start, and it just evolved from there.

i imagine Jubilee tried to beat around the bushand be subtle about trying to get DeLune to date her but DeLune saw rightthrough it and was just like “…do you want to date me? is that whatyou’re getting at?” and jubilee was like “yes. yes yes yes please godyes"

and so?? they date??

and things go well!! they click reallynaturally and they enjoy each other’s company. They go to a variety offancy places and Jubilee is terrified each time because she doesn’t want to sayor do the wrong thing and end up embarrassing DeLune, but DeLune teaches herthe basics of fancy etiquette and that puts her at ease

…jennie and i have had a conversation abouthow DeLune just completely roasts someone who dared to make a comment aboutJubilee being a tiefling and honestly i saved that whole conversation and iread it when i get sad bc DeLune utterly destroying someone is just So Good

They have their arguments and theirdisagreements because Something (I don’t know what it is) happens around thesame time they meet each other that puts DeLune on edge and so there’sdefinitely conflict regarding this thing. I don’t know what it is but I know inmy soul that its going to hurt me whenever i find out

Hrmmm what else is there. I mean. they fuck. alot. like a lot a lot. god i love them. i just. god i love them.

and this is a thing that makes Celeste and Jubilee’s relationship kind of tense like?? Celeste doesn’t blame Jubilee for getting involved with DeLune, but she DOES blame DeLune for getting involved with Jubilee. and so

ok we’ve had this scene thought out where Celeste comes into the kitchen one morning to see Jubilee dressed in just a silk robe, hair a mess and out of it’s usual braid, leaning against the counter and drinking coffee. and they make eye contact and then that’s how Celeste gets confirmation that yes, her friend is banging her mom and I’m just over here like god fucking bless. 

honestly I’ve saved that conversation too and it makes me giggle because Jubilee just. she sees celeste and she’s like “hi!! good morning!! do you want some coffee??” and celeste is just. no nonsense like. “Jubilee. were you sleeping with someone tonight?” and jubilee makes this face and it cracks me up every time. 

and jubilee just makes the smallest “yeah” ever and celeste just. “and it was my mother, wasn’t it.” not even a question. she knows. but jubilee answers anyway, with another tiny “…yeah.” and then she just “please don’t be cross with her”

and then celeste breaks out the whiskey despite it being like. you know. breakfast. and god i love this family theyre so dysfunctional but god i love them

what else is there. they may or may not go to a small house in the countryside after everything is said and done, somewhere DeLune can make things and somewhere Jubilee can have a quiet life again. just the two of them, after DeLune gives up the reigns on the family business and god i love them. if there’s anything about them that has almost made me cry it’s this idea of them living a quiet life together, somewhere with a small workshop for DeLune and space for Jubilee and her god.

like. jennie killed me with this line:

a small little workshop, pen and paper, and a lover in her bed

…beautiful things they made together

artisan rugs are left back at a different home that she visits,sometimes, when she needs to–and besides it’s not half so beautiful as thesmile on Jubilee’s face when DeLune hand-feeds her a grape and catches atrickle of juice from the corner of her mouth with her thumb

AND OH!!!! THE PAINTING!!!!

ok so you know how jubilee paints?? she did a portrait of DeLune that she purposely left unfinished to represent that all things are a work in progress and GOD can you tell how much i love them yet they’re so good

but god, all i want is for them to be happy together. that’s all i want. i love them so much it hurts me

ok let’s get into those AUs

ok so. the aus. i made a list here of those aus but on one of them we’ve gotten real deep man

ok so. we havent gotten too deep into vampire/vampire hunter au but?? there’s some choice symbolism

i initially thought of DeLune as the vampire and Jubilee as theperson sent to kill her but they fall in love and run away together. the symbolism would be pretty choice here, DeLune representing the night (as her name means moonlight) and Jubilee with her divine connection to the sun, right

but I’vethought about it some more and the other way is also pretty choice like.

Jubilee as a prominent religious figure who had a fall from grace when shewas turned into a vampire. she fled, disgraced and outcast by the religion she had known for her whole life. and DeLune is theperson sent to hunt her down because in this au she’s probably like a goodwizard or something who knows. and so she finds this vampire and DeLune isgoing to bring her back alive, but they fall in love and run away together. but the SYMBOLISM

….Jubilee’s still a cleric of pelor, right. but now the sun burnsher and she can’t find solace in her god. but you know what light doesn’t hurt vampires?

MOONLIGHT

DeLune, symbolically the moon, giving her light and hope in a way thatdoesn’t hurt her. god i love the symbolism with these two its Good

and. then. the au we got deep in right.

crime boss au

an au where Jubilee is the new cop investigating this mob family, and falls in love with DeLune in the process.

one problem.

DeLune, unbeknownst to Jubilee, is the mob boss. she’s the leader of this crime family. she’s the head of the syndicate, and she knows that Jubilee is investigating her.

She, to her credit, tries to dissuade jubilee, tries to turn her away from her path because she knows that whatever happens, the outcome will hurt her. but Jubilee is bound and determined to make a difference, and she doesn’t heed DeLune’s advice

and Celeste shows up?? and she wants to tear this business apart to get her mom out, and her and jubilee team up because even tho jubilee doesn’t know that DeLune is the head of the mob or that Celeste is DeLune’s daughter, they have similar goals

and how does celeste find her, you ask? well. Jubilee lives in kind of a rough neighborhood, and has had her fair share of shitty things thrown at her, right. after Jubilee and DeLune started dating, all that stops.

so celeste tracks where things aren’t happening to determine where her mother has influence, and finds out that this cop is a link.

and then one day they’re working on something and Jubilee just like. stands up and starts getting ready and she’s apologizing and saying she’s late, and Celeste is like “?? late to what??” and Jubilee replies “I have a date with my girlfriend DeLune”

…and that’s how Celeste finds out just how Jubilee is linked to her mother. and god its so good bc she’s just. shocked. like. no. no this. what. 

and so eventually, in this au, Jubilee goes into somewhere undercover to try and find out more about the mob, and gets caught. she’s cornered, on the ground, surrounded by people with guns, and then there’s the clicking of heels on linoleum and there’s DeLune. and all these people who were being threatening just stop

and DeLune kind of helps her up, dusts her off, and leads her out, all in silence, with only a biting retort to one of the henchmen who protests about Jubilee knowing too much. 

and then. hoo this kills me. when theyre out of there and in the car, DeLune just says kind of quietly “Idid ask you not to dig too deep, darling.”

hooo boy that hurts me

so then DeLune takes jubilee back to her house and celeste is there so there’s a mother daughter reunion, and they go inside and jubilee almost just completely fucking loses it and she’s like “you know? if you were just a part of the syndicate i think i could’vedealt with that. but the boss?!” and then she gets real quiet for a moment and just. “how much of it was real? how much of it was you trying toget another cop in your pocket?“

and so celeste just nopes out of there and DeLune and jubilee have a long conversation where Jubilee is passive aggressive and petty to the extreme. 

like DeLune basically tells her it’s easier to deal with when Jubilee’s angry in response to Jubilee losing some of her anger and getting kind of soft over the course of the conversation. so Jubilee’s like. “she wants me to be angry? fine. i can do that”

so she kicks her out of her house

and then soon after that she goes and she takes all of her things out of DeLune’s house. and DeLune has this heartbreaking line of “If you wish very much to be so utterly removedfrom me, only say the word. I will make certain you never see me again.”

and jubilee doesn’t respond. she just leaves. because she knows in her heart she wants to mend things, but at the moment she needs to process everything that’s happening. she isn’t processing it well bc she doesn’t deal with negative emotions well but she’s trying bless her

and so Celeste and DeLune and Jubilee tear down this mafia right, and then. god i love them. so DeLune and Jubilee agree to give it another shot after another long conversation, and that they’ll meet for lunch sometime and see where it goes

and. like in canon DeLune and Celeste’s relationship is strained at best, and so this au reflects that. but in this au i get confirmation that they definitely 100% make up and that gives me Life

so yes, that’s DeLune and Jubilee. god i love them. thank you so much for asking about them, you have no idea how hard i was laughing when i got this message bc i was like “I ACTUALLY TRICKED SOMEONE INTO CARING ABOUT THESE TWO OH MY GOD” and honestly? writing this up was a delight, thank you again for asking this anon!!!

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92 Questions

Hey there! So there's this ask game going around and I've been tagged by the lovely and amazing @jakesmckenzies , @pb-boeboe , @hartfeld , @zigisbisexual and @lanapowellblog !! 💕✨ (Sometimes I don't get notifications, so if anyone else also tagged me, feel mentioned ^^ ) So here goes! THE LAST 1.Drink: Coca Cola. Nothing better on a hot summer day ^^ 2. Phone call: My mother 3. Text message: A friend, after weird stuff happened at Uni XD 4. Song you listened to: Im currently listening to the radio, so I don't even know which one it was 😅 The last song that played was Fireflies by Owl City. Really! XD 5. Time you cried: Oh...that must have been quite long ago.... I honestly don't remember HAVE YOU 6. Dated someone twice: No :) 7. Kissed someone and regretted it: Nope 8. Been cheated on: Not in a romantically way. I've been betrayed by 'friends' though. They stole my stuff can you believe it?? 9. Lost someone special: I don't think I have... or I just don't want to remember. 10. Been depressed: from time to time, yes. 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: No, I don't drink alcohol. LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS 12. Royal blue 13. Dark red , vermillion or any shade of red actually 14. Turquoise! IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU 15. Made new friends: Yes! In real life and also on the internets ;D 16. Fallen out of love: No :) 17. Laughed until you cried: A lot, yes XD 18. Found out someone was taking about you: Kind of :) But it was nothing bad. 19. Met someone who changed you: A lot of people actually, not all in big ways, but still. 20. Found out who your friends are: Hm kind of yes , kind of no. Still don't trust some of them .. 21. Kissed someone from your facebook list: No, I don't even have facebook. GENERAL 22.How many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: None, like I said I don't have facebook. I know one of my tumblr friends, though :) 23. Do you have my pets: Sadly no. I wish I had some, though 24. Do you want to change your name: Oh yes... 25. what did you do for your last Birthday: It was the same procedure as every year: I had a dinner with my imaginary friends. Jk, I ate cake and got presents. (Anyone got the reference, though? :D ) 26. what time did you wake up : Today about 11am , usually around six. :) 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: drawing that parody poster😂 28. Name something you can't wait for: Swimming in the sea, when I finally get to go on vacation! 29. when was the last time you saw your mom: five minutes ago? 30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: I wish I could be able to play theatre more, but I don't have any time for it and therefore didn't stand on the stage in two years.. 31. What are you listening to right now: still the radio, but now it's Wishing Girl by.... I didn't understand the artists name 😅 But I really like that song for some reason ^^ 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Hm. No never :) 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: my parents. Sorry but they just want to control my life too much. 34. Most visited Website: Tumblr :) 35. Mole/s : Yes. A few on my left arm, that happen to look exactly like the star constellation Cassiopeia. I have yet to wait for a mysterious old man to show up and tell me that I'm the chosen one in an Ancient prophecy, though. :) (I hope I understood that question right. If it was supposed to mean the animal: I have no pets. No cats and no moles ;) ) 36. Mark/s : Some small scars, because of a wooden plank that fell on me. Don't know how that worked. 37. Childhood dream: Being a famous actress and artist and travel the world! So the same as now, actually XD Also: making big scientific discoveries and .... take over world Leadership to implement an Authoritarian system in which equality , peace and nature would be preserved . Quite specific, I know. 38. Hair color: Brown :) I naturally get blonde strands in summer, though. 39. Long or short hair: Long 40. Do you have a crush on someone: I do, but I hate myself for it. 41. What do you like about yourself: Uhm... being halfway good at art and acting I guess. :) 42. Piercings: Nope 43. Blood type: AB- 44. Nickname: I've got none... :/ 45. Relationship status: Hmmm..... 46. Zodiac: Virgo! (Took me a moment to remember that this means the actual zodiac. ) 47. Pronouns: She/her 48. Favorite TV show/s: Haven't watched TV in a long time, so I don't have one 😅 49. Tattoos: No 50. Right or left hand: Right 51. Surgery: Nope ^^ 52. Hair dyed in different color: Nope :) 53. Sport: Swimming and Football (soccer for Americans) . 54. Vacation: Soon. ( Ocean here I come!) 55. Trainers: if you're asking if I own a pair of little football coaches, no. If you're asking about shoes: yes ^^ MORE GENERAL 56. Eating: A lot. 57. Drinking: Sprite and Coke. And all kinds of juices 58. I'm about to: Draw ;) 59. Waiting for: the end of this questionnaire because it takes so looong...😂 60. Want: Real friends... ;-;... 61. Get married: Someday maybe. 62. Career: We'll see ;) 63. Hugs or kisses: Hugs!! *hugs everyone who still reads this* 64. Lips or eyes: Eyes ^^ 65. Shorter or taller: Taller :) 66. Older or younger: No idea XD 67. Nice arms or nice stomach: Arms :) 68. Sensitive or loud: depends 69. Hook up or relationship: Relationship. I'm a hopeless romantic. Well, sometimes I am. 70. Troublemaker or hesitant: (my autocorrect suggested 'Jedi' instead of hesitant. A sign?) HAVE YOU EVER 71. Kissed a stranger: Dies ( @secretpasswordahead And @mechawolfpup , because I think they haven't don't this yet and everyone else seems to have already ^^ If you want to do this challenge, feel tagged, though!!! ^^

[silkyandsurveys]

July 28 2017

1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk? More milk than cereal 2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day? Yes I love winter 3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books? I just fold the page 4: how do you take your coffee/tea? I don't take it at all 5: are you self-conscious of your smile? Yes I'm super self conscious of my smile I used to not be until people started pointing it out 6: do you keep plants? No cause they die really easily 7: do you name your plants? No 8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings? I write in a journal 9: do you like singing/humming to yourself? I love singing so much I wish I was good at it more than anything lol 10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach? Back and side always 11: what's an inner joke you have with your friends? To many to list or count 12: what's your favorite planet? Neptune and Uranus ;) 13: what's something that made you smile today? I hung out with one of my sisters friends and we always have a good time 14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like? MESS 15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is! No 16: what's your favorite pasta dish? Chicken alfredo always and forever 17: what color do you really want to dye your hair? Purple would be so cool 18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up. Me and my two very close best friends decided to make slime and throw it at my ceiling and pieces of it are forever stuck to my ceiling. Me and my friend were peeing our pants everywhere 19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it? I keep notebooks around that I randomly and rarely write and draw in but I have a notebook app that I frequently write in. Just about my day or my week 20: what's your favorite eye color? brown and hazel like yesss they're so pretty 21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that's been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces. Can't say I have one 22: are you a morning person? Noooooo 23: what's your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations? Lay in my bed and go on my phone 24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets? Yeah kinda 25: what's the weirdest place you've ever broken into? A car at a car dealership lmao 26: what are the shoes you've had for forever and wear with every single outfit? I used to be obsessed with toms but currently my converse 27: what's your favorite bubblegum flavor? Watermelon forever bitch 28: sunrise or sunset? Sunset of course 29: what's something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing? She's really really smiley and I pick at her for it but it's actually really nice 30: think of it: have you ever been truly scared? Yes 31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks. Socks are make or break situation. 32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends. Spent 3 hours making a video star to its everyday bro by Jake Paul. All the words are engraved into my brain 33: what's your fave pastry? Cheese danish bitch 34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it? Lamb pillow pet. Named lamby. Just look up lamb pillow pet but the fur on it is all fucked yo because my mom put it in the dryer. And yes I still have it 35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often? No 36: which band's sound would fit your mood right now? None my brain is literally white noise right now I'm so tired 37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean? Clean 38: tell us about your pet peeves! There's so many I'm not abot to get into that mess 39: what color do you wear the most? Dark colors for sure 40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what's it's story? does it have any meaning to you? I have a necklace with my name on it. Got it from my grandma I wore it a lot in seventh grade aka one of the worst years ever 41: what's the last book you remember really, really loving? Elenor and park 42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it! No because I hate coffee and I'm not a hashtag Tumblr aesthetic girl so I don't go running around trying to find aesthetic coffee shopsn 43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with? I legit don't remember 44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything? Probably at night in a car when I was like 10 45: do you trust your instincts a lot? Yes 46: tell us the worst pun you can think of. Ok found this joke from a vine don't @ me. Anal with her made my day. But it made her hole week. Bitch I die 47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe? Twinkies. Beef sticks. Tomatoes. Mushrooms. 48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today? Car crashes. Thunderstorms/ natural disasters. And yes 100% 49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought? No it's dumb I pay Apple Music 14$ a month for a reason 50: what's an odd thing you collect? I used to collect snow gloves but for some reason and somehow I have a lot of turtles from a bunch of different places. Like little turtle souvenirs 51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them? My crush and it's so dumb but hey Stephen by Taylor swift damn. 52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far? All of them 53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them? No.no.yes.no. Idk I haven't seen like any of them 54: who's the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face? Ummmmm my face in the mirror idk 55: what's the most dramatic thing you've ever done to prove a point? Ummm not sure everything I do is dramatic so 56: what are some things you find endearing in people? It's 1am and I can't remember what endearing means 57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics? It reminds me of glee. And ps I didn't listen to it just in my head I imagine Jessie sprinting around stage whilst Quinn gives birth so that's an image 58: who's the wine mom and who's the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why? My friend abby is the vodka aunt and my friend julia is the wine mom 59: what's your favorite myth? Mermaids 60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves? No 61: what's the stupidest gift you've ever given? the stupidest one you've ever received? Little einsteins singing toy when I was 9 years old from m great grandma. Lol love! 62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind? No 63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be? No I own like 4 books 64: what color is the sky where you are right now? Black 65: is there anyone you haven't seen in a long time who you'd love to hang out with? Yeah some friends from school I miss 66: what would your ideal flower crown look like? Ew shut up (roses) 67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel? Sad and gross 68: what's winter like where you live? Brutal but I <3 it 69: what are your favorite board games? Uno and spoons and don't come at me saying they're not board games because I don't care 70: have you ever used a ouija board? No im not about to release that shit in my home 71: what's your favorite kind of tea? I don't like tea but if I had to choose sweet passion green tea from Panera fucks major shit up 72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you'll forget it? No 73: what are some of your worst habits? Biting my nails. Chewing the inside of my gum and picking at the skin on my thumbs 74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns. Awesomely cool dude 75: tell us about your pets! Annoying but cute sometimes I guess 76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren't? Sleeping 77: pink or yellow lemonade? Pink always 78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub? Hateclub I would say j always have been but I'm gonna be honest and expose myself for wearing a minion shirt to school in fifth grade. Soo. 79: what's one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you? Ummm not sure 80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why? Dark purple. No I did not. I wanted lilac but since I'm the younger sister I don't get to choose 81: describe one of your friend's eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of. Ocean 82: are/were you good in school? Yeah 83: what's some of your favorite album art? Ummm the flower boy album that just came out is really cool 84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones? Eh they seem cool and I like them but I feel like trendy tattoos are the most regretful 85: do you read comics? what are your faves? No 86: do you like concept albums? which ones? Yeah. Not any in specific 87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives? Cuberbully lmao it's kinda cringey but it's so good and hatchi because that shit has made me hyperventilate. Omg and titanic 88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy? ???? Again 1:30 am brain doesn't understand 89: are you close to your parents? Yeah 90: talk about your one of you favorite cities. I love philly don't get mad at me for loving trash 91: where do you plan on traveling this year? My home and my school 92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch? GIVE ME ALL THE CHEESE 93: what's the hairstyle you wear the most? just done or in a ponytail 94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday? The boy I like lol 95: what are your plans for this weekend? Well I hope it's to hang out with my friends but work is a stupid bitch 96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot? Procrastinate 97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house? Idk off the top of my head. Aquarius. I think gryffindor 98: when's the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it? For a school field trip and no becaue I was sweating and dying 99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them. I won't mind by zayn <3 that song because it explains my whole life that literally any body I like will not be mine ever! 100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why? 5 years in the future maybe?

[comicteaparty]

October 19th, 2017 CTP Archive

The archive for the Comic Tea Party chat that occurred on October 19th, 2017, from 5PM - 7PM PDT.  The chat focused on Alethia by Kristina Stipetic.

Featured Comment:

Chat:

RebelVampire

Good day everyone~! This week’s Comic Tea Party is now officially beginning. Today we are discussing Alethia by Kristina Stipetic~! (http://alethia.kstipetic.com/index.html) For those new to CTP, discussions about the comic are freeform, so please feel free to bring up whatever you wish. However, every 30 minutes I will be dropping in a discussion question to help those who would like a prompt. These questions are totally OPTIONAL to answer so pay them no mind if you wish~! Remember, constructive criticism is allowed, but the primary focus here is to have fun and appreciate the amazing comics that the community makes~! Each chat a top comment will be picked and featured on an ad for this chat, so let’s have a great discussion~!

With that said, let us begin with this first question~!

QUESTION 1. What is your favorite scene in the comic so far and why?

Mharz

I'm here too!

RebelVampire

hey Mharz

Mharz

yay!

snuffysam

I am here as well

RebelVampire

welcome again @snuffysam ~!

Mharz

It's actually hard to choose there's so many good scenes here.

sskessa

ok i am here i have coffee

MathTans the Pun Prince

Given my tendency to veer towards humour, in terms of a favorite scene it would be when the weird Tetris block appeared, like whaaat. But speaking as an Educator a lot of the "it needs to make SENSE" from #5 rang true for me.

Also hullo. ^^

Mharz

LOOOOL that was funny!

RebelVampire

hi math and sskessa~!

snuffysam

#5 was probably my favorite chapter, at least

Mharz

like oh you're so good at this here's a nice big block. have fun!

MathTans the Pun Prince

The only way to trip up artificial intelligence.

RebelVampire

yeah i liked the random tetris block appearing. but also sympathized with the frustration cause i went through a tetris obsessed period and if the game rando dropped such a block on me id very much wtf

Mharz

Chapter 4 is my favorite so far

MathTans the Pun Prince

Getting sympathy from readers is good.

Mharz

I would've kicked the game.

but it's purpose is to make robots angry so pretty much the game is doing it's job well

Kabocha

Agreed, chapter 4 is DAMN GOOD. It was interesting to see how everyone moved to "ooph, yep, it's okay to let one robot be angry forever because why do we have to go through stress and frustration"

Mharz

yeaaahh

Kabocha

It felt like it was really a good commentary on how people are going to be lazy if they can feel like someone else is going to do the heavy lifting for them.

MathTans the Pun Prince

Yeah, I need to stick with #5 as a whole being my fave, just because of the education perspective that I took to it. The idea of tests deciding who's good enough to move on and up in the world, and the idea that to be seen as special people just "game" the system, rather than really trying to understand the problems with it.

Mharz

every chapter has a good message.

snuffysam

And then how they moved to "eh, it's easier to just do our jobs than argue"

MathTans the Pun Prince

I have no idea how something that that could even be storyboarded. Impressed.

Mharz

at the same time they don't want to feel they're useless

RebelVampire

i really liked the art in chapter 4 because of how differently the oil was depicted. cause sometimes it could look benign and just kind of normal but then other images are just immensely spook and make it look like this terrible horror substance

Mharz

yeah

MathTans the Pun Prince

Actually, the "cheating the system" bit in #5 when Jun reprogrammed it made me think of James Kirk and the Kobyashi Maru "no win" situation.

Kabocha

only Jun was making the system work logically

MathTans the Pun Prince

Agreed, interesting art on that. Horror vibe but not to the extent that I was put off.

Kabocha

It takes a special kind of programmer to really eff up basic logic problems

MathTans the Pun Prince

Here's the thing though, the programmers must be machines, right? They're all machines there.

Kabocha

there's reference to the creators though

and we have NO idea who the creators are

MathTans the Pun Prince

Well, sure, you'd want to program something like that in.

snuffysam

My interpretation was that the system was designed that way intentionally- for whatever reason, making smart people think they're dumb was the creators' intention.

Mharz

Man seeing those source code in chapter 5 gave me nostalgia in my college days

XD

MathTans the Pun Prince

Snuffy: Interesting. Like a vendetta or something.

RebelVampire

yeah i agree with the system was designed intentionally that way for reasons we cant yet comprehend.

Mharz

yeah

RebelVampire

cause all the cities seem to have a flaw of some sort

like a really big flaw that should not form naturally

Kabocha

could it be that over the course of running, each city ended up getting messed up?

MathTans the Pun Prince

Bad AC/DC conversion made some robots crazy.

Mharz

it was made messed up...

sskessa

i won't say anything unless you ask me directly

snuffysam

Maybe the creators just wanted to make a planet-wide factory (for silicon, oil, etc), so... they built sections with robots that could make those things and left them to it?

MathTans the Pun Prince

jumps 5 feet in the air An author! (and/or artist?)

Kabocha

Ahahahaha

:3

Mharz

XD

RebelVampire

breathe math, breathe

Mharz

She's the author

and the artist

MathTans the Pun Prince

I've been very jumpy lately.(edited)

sskessa

do not be alarmed

Kabocha

sskessa, why do they ship the dumbest robots off after Chapter 6? Mel seems to understand that they get sent out as they progress further along in their ignorance... Or is that spoiler territory?

I'm thinking they're sending them to another facility to do a thing, but what, I wonder

Mharz

oooh good one

sskessa

i have an answer and i don't know if it's spoilers, because i haven't decided how much info i'll put into the comic by the end.

MathTans the Pun Prince

If you send out your stupid people, you retain the smart ones.

snuffysam

How long are you planning on making the comic?

sskessa

maybe 10 years total. so far it's been 2 years

MathTans the Pun Prince

Dedication, woot.

RebelVampire

that is some extreme dedication. very impressive~!

Mharz

XD

sskessa

i think by the end of the whole comic, you'll understand what's happening in chapter 5

MathTans the Pun Prince

Note that when you're shipping robots, you need to be careful they don't become trees.

Mharz

in 10 years

Feather, Duke of Hot Leaf Juice

Chapter 5 is one of my favourites

snuffysam

I meant chapter-wise- but I suppose 10 years is around 30 chapters?

Feather, Duke of Hot Leaf Juice

I have the first 5 books and I have Chapter 2 and 5 in my bag all the time and show them around to people(edited)

Mharz

I like how everyone is being referred to in female pronouns.

MathTans the Pun Prince

I'm also massively impressed that there's a whole opening sequence for the comic.

Mharz

OMG

MathTans the Pun Prince

Mharz: I didn't even totally pick up on that.

Mharz

I LIKE THAT VIDEO

yeah I've noticed it

since chapter 1 everyone refers to everyone as "her" and "she"

MathTans the Pun Prince

Yeah, no, I'm realizing it as you say it in retrospect.

sskessa

it seems like a lot of people have overlooked it, but it's true. everyone is female

Feather, Duke of Hot Leaf Juice

Got to poof out becuase I got to do something but I love sskessa's stuff so much

Literally read and bought the books on the same day

XD

MathTans the Pun Prince

I suppose with them being kind of naked that eliminates the need to draw male bits, uhm.

Mharz

AWESOME

:y

MathTans the Pun Prince

(Do robots have those?)

snuffysam

They're also robots. So... that's not an issue regardless

Feather, Duke of Hot Leaf Juice

Yeah I love the fact they are all robots too

snuffysam

Heh exactly

Mharz

I mean one lays egg so there's a possibility?

Feather, Duke of Hot Leaf Juice

So it makes things really transparent

Superjustin of Time and Space

Hello!

Mharz

in case there are male robots

snuffysam

Were the people in chapter 1 robots? I wasn't quite sure...

MathTans the Pun Prince

Male robot is needed to make queen.

Superjustin of Time and Space

Wait

Mharz

Not in the first chapter tho

Superjustin of Time and Space

Robots can breed in this universe?

MathTans the Pun Prince

Yeah, when the one ripped off the tail there were electronic parts.

Even in Cahpter 1.

sskessa

all the characters in all chapters so far have been robots. the green ones in chapter 1 were just very early designs

Mharz

oooooh

Superjustin of Time and Space

Oh lol

Kabocha

I dunno that I'd call it breeding

snuffysam

Cool cool

Kabocha

synthesizing perhaps

MathTans the Pun Prince

Robots breed by becoming trees.

Mharz

yeah that's the more appropriate term

Superjustin of Time and Space

I agree

MathTans the Pun Prince

They're synthesizers. plays music

Mharz

LOL MATH

Kabocha

not the midi kind

RebelVampire

im curious about the fact that the robots feel pain. like particularly in the first chapter, why would you design it so a robot feels pain when synthesizing?

sskessa

XD

snuffysam

The chapter 2 specific robots reproduced by becoming trees though. Chapter 3's were made on an assembly line.

Mharz

all the robots have emotions tho

Kabocha

I dunno that I'd call it pain too much either; it's just electrical impulses that their systems might not have a great way of processing

snuffysam

That does raise a question of what the creators' intentions were...

Mharz

yeah

MathTans the Pun Prince

Does the protagonist? She's seemed pretty emotionless. (Granted, creepy teeth sometimes which makes her look sort of upset, but she's very logical.)

RebelVampire

well technically all human pain is just electrical impulses processed by the brain

Kabocha

:3

(I'm being pedantic okay)

Mharz

XD

Kabocha

I guess what I'm getting at is the pain is more like an interrupt though, or just an unexpected input from a not-great design

Mharz

it might be possible that Jun hasn't comprehended it yet since she has just been repaired.

Kabocha

Jun, quick, become an electrical engineer!

RebelVampire

thats a fairer way to put it

i think jun has emotions tho to a degree. i mean in the sixth chapter she does say "don't abandon me" which thats kind of reflective of an emotion

Mharz

yeah

Superjustin of Time and Space

Yeah

Oh of course I would yeah to a prior post

MathTans the Pun Prince

I suppose. She also grew a tail, I think. I'm not quite sure where that's going.

Superjustin of Time and Space

Thanks Discord mobile for not scrolling down

snuffysam

Yeah she seemed pretty attached to her friend in Chapter 2 (to the point where she's afraid of someone leaving her again in chapter 6)

Feather, Duke of Hot Leaf Juice

I also love that the name came from the location of where names are extremely important

Mharz

and she was concerned when Mel was crying and that she might turn into a tree like camphor

MathTans the Pun Prince

Snuffy: Good point on that callback.

Mharz

tho I found those lines a bit funny. sorry.

"Don't cry! You might turn into a tree!"

MathTans the Pun Prince

Yeah, it was the reaction to the tree thing that was funny. Like, tree, whatchootalkinbout?

Kabocha

sskessa -- do the names have any actual importance, or are they randomly assigned characters?

(like, does the string eventually indicate that there is a function or assignment for that?)

sskessa

the names from chapter 5 are randomly assigned, alternating between consonant and vowel

RebelVampire

yeah i agree the tree bit was also sort of funny cause of course mel doesnt know wtf that means

Kabocha

Aaaah, okay

MathTans the Pun Prince

Is Y a vowel? ^.^

sskessa

but "jun" has a personal meaning to me and i intended to name her that since the beginning

Mharz

and Jun probably got an assumption that robots turn into trees when they cry because that's what happened to the first robot she saw crying

MathTans the Pun Prince

I feel like I want to put an 'e' on the end of the name. ^.^

snuffysam

I think the story structure is interesting. Chapters 2-5 had basically no callbacks to earlier chapters (except Jun's goal of making the cities more efficient). Suddenly, Chapter 6 has a bunch, with the first character carrying over between chapters, and referencing the turning into a tree.

(besides Jun, who carries over every chapter)

Mharz

I really like how they were all stand-alone

well almost(edited)

MathTans the Pun Prince

Yeah, I'm reminded of some of those old TV shows where you have the central character (like Columbo or Kojak or whatever) and the entire cast around them is different. So it doesn't really matter where you start reading/watching.

Kabocha

I think the callbacks in Chapter 6 were appropriate, though, since Jun had someone to carry that over with. It's also a good reminder of what came before, too.

RebelVampire

QUESTION 2. Alethia features a world where scattered groups of robots all live together functioning in different ways. While it is clear that the robots had creators of some sort, they are nowhere to be found. Why were the robots created in the first place? How did the world get to be the way it is? Why do the robots live so scattered even though some areas seem to have transportation to and from different places? What was the original purpose of each factory city?(edited)

Kabocha

insufficient data

RebelVampire

XD

MathTans the Pun Prince

It's all happening in their minds.

snuffysam

Was it a planet-wide factory? Some sort of social experiment by the creators? Only time will tell, I think...

Mharz

pretty sure whoever the creator is they didn't program the robots to have knowledge of the outside

or they probably have

but they never consider leaving(edited)

MathTans the Pun Prince

What I'm kinda wondering about it who maintains the power station(s). And who built THAT (them).

Mharz

ooor they have limited capabilities

snuffysam

The robots in chapter 5 knew there was a world outside their city

Mharz

cus camphor can only take 800 steps before running out of batteries

MathTans the Pun Prince

Well yes. So different power systems but there seems to be compatability.

RebelVampire

i think all the robots besides the tree ones know. cause i recall there being a few other times jun arrived and the robots were like "oh we dont usually see outsiders"(edited)

snuffysam

The robots in chapter 2 knew there was a vast world, but they couldn't visit it.

MathTans the Pun Prince

(Are there AC and DC robots?)

Mharz

oh yeah that's true

Kabocha

Each city seems to explore an aspect of humanity or society and the contradictions with each theme. You have a group that's expected to rely on one person to continue to carry on the future, even at great personal pain. You have another group that's expected to pair up, but... I mean, not everyone wants to do that! Come on. (Poor Camphor, though.) Another yet is willing to shunt the work on another person -- teamwork and loyalty gone awry. And then another is willing to forgo actual learning in favor of passing a test.

Mharz

poor camphor

RebelVampire

yeah part of me wonders if the creators are doing this as a huge social experiment

Mharz

-_-

snuffysam

(and the robots in chapter 3, which create separate social castes based on something completely arbitrary)

RebelVampire

to see which society functions best

MathTans the Pun Prince

I dunno, camphor didn't seem good at seeing the big picture. Like, upon finding out that everyone was trying to keep her there, she just said she'd leave.

Mharz

bottomline is not all systems are perfect.

snuffysam

Chapter 4 is especially interesting, because the major "flaw" only came up recently.

MathTans the Pun Prince

True. No system is really.

Kabocha

I kinda read the tree city as being a sorta high-level commentary on sexual expectations in society without going there? Camphor strikes me as wanting to do their own thing, and was essentially the only person in the society that was ace, but being pressured into pairing off. ...I dunno, each chapter sticks with you in a different way and the interpretation's gonna be pretty subjective.

Chapter 4 felt like a giant "fuck you" to most workplaces loooool

sskessa

you can use female pronouns for all the characters

MathTans the Pun Prince

Okay, related to the recent question, crazy theory time about "Robots had creators".... Jun is one of the creators. She was cast out and had her memory taken because she didn't agree with the creators any more. Or possibly she volunteered, in order to see if the systems they all put in place were working and didn't want to be biased by knowing them.

Kabocha

(oh crap, it's already 8:30 and we haven't had any crazy conspiracy theories about teh plot yet)

MathTans the Pun Prince

Yeah, definitely subjective interpretations for some of it. That's an interesting one though, Kabocha.

snuffysam

Nothing crazy yet, no. We have had some theories.

MathTans the Pun Prince

(Jun's a SPY I tell you... deep undercover.)

snuffysam

"Jun is one of the creators" makes as much sense as anything else...

What are your thoughts on the tail?

Kabocha

Long live the queen? :3

snuffysam

Yeah, I'm thinking it's a callback to chapter 1 in some capacity...

sskessa

haha, you're the second person to suggest that

RebelVampire

jun is clearly just going through robot puberty

sskessa

should i keep quiet wrt to theories?

snuffysam

yeah probably

MathTans the Pun Prince

Up to you, sskessa.

It'll be on the web later.

sskessa

alright, i'll keep quiet. you'll find out everything eventually

RebelVampire

yeah these chats do get archived and the chat history is always readable

but its largely up to you

weve had chats with spoilers, had some with no spoilers

MathTans the Pun Prince

The tail is to help with swimming, obvs.

Kabocha

Oh no, the next city is a water level

MathTans the Pun Prince

Better call a plumber.

RebelVampire

actually

thatd be interesting if that was the reason somehow

that there was adaption for the city coming up

and somehow a tail was needed

MathTans the Pun Prince

bows

(good spin)

snuffysam

she was pretty broken when the chapter 1 robots found her. maybe this is self-repair?

Kabocha

Jun is slowly changing each chapter, hehe

She's truly an admirable AI

MathTans the Pun Prince

I feel like she had enough power previously to do evolution though. So why trigger it now?

snuffysam

distance from her home?

MathTans the Pun Prince

Oh, sskessa, in case I forget to ask later - Chinese translation, is that you? It's an interesting language choice.

Snuffy: Fair point.

Could be getting close to home with the other creators.

Mharz

What I missed? Our power went out

RebelVampire

you missed the secrets of life being revealed

sorry Mharz

Mharz

Dang

MathTans the Pun Prince

Jun is actually an acquatic goddess.

Kabocha

Don't worry, it was only applicable to robots

Mharz

That's not Jun's final form

sskessa

the chinese translation is done by my friend, but i read over it and give feedback

MathTans the Pun Prince

That's neat.

sskessa

we discuss the subtleties of all the word choices, so everything in the chinese translation is definitely intentional

Kabocha

That's neat though

Mharz

power's back woo!

MathTans the Pun Prince

I would think the "characters in a name" thing would translate differently.

sskessa

haha, well, it was very important to me that her name be "jun" so i had to keep the latin letters

Mharz

interesting

MathTans the Pun Prince

That's fair.

sskessa

this isn't a spoiler, she is named after my favorite singer, jun togawa.

Mharz

ooooh

MathTans the Pun Prince

With synthesizer backup...

Mharz

jun and mel will make a band

snuffysam

@sskessa, in the animated OP- how much direction did you give Ann Mendenhall? With regards to referencing future events, for instance.

thanks discord, that's totally what i wanted after the @ symbol

MathTans the Pun Prince

Spice Girls, Unplugged.

sskessa

hm....i believe it was $1000

i had a sponsor

Mharz

whoa

that's so cool

MathTans the Pun Prince

O.o

Mharz

the she animated everything herself?(edited)

snuffysam

whoa dang

sskessa

i told someone about my project and he gave me the money for it, i gave it to ann. she animated everything single-handedly. i drew the backgrounds

snuffysam

did you give her storyboards or something?

sskessa

sometimes, yes.

Mharz

kudos to her

it's very well made

sskessa

she is very good, you can commission her :3

Mharz

I wish I have the money

I can do it myself but I really just don't have the time and patience

snuffysam

it was certainly worth it. the OP got me hooked

sskessa

for example, i gave her this reference for the tower

snuffysam

oh neat

Mharz

oh wow that's cool

how long did she take to animate everything?

sskessa

a year

Mharz

omg

well it's very well made so it's worth it

:' D

RebelVampire

QUESTION 3. This comic deals with a lot heavy themes concerning collectivism, individuality, guilt, forgiveness, peer pressure, and much more. Which theme and story resonated with you the most and why? What other sorts of storylines and themes do you think are possible? Are there any characters you think it’d be interesting to see again? What do you think the comic’s overall theme and/or message is?

sskessa

haha, it's not like anyone knew we were making it, so no pressure to rush

Mharz

I totally salute her.

sskessa

listens intently to the answers to this question

Mharz

is thinking...

MathTans the Pun Prince

As a teacher, for me it's still got to be #5. With the assuming books are right and not doing proper thinking, or in the one case needing to understand the REASONING, which I always tell students is SO key, like, don't just memorize an algorithm. But there it's taken to the extreme, looking for reason in something that has no system of logic.

Or a continually changing system of logic anyway.

I'm reminded of a Janway quote, "You can use logic to justify almost anything. That is its power, and its flaw."(edited)

Mharz

not all truths can be found in books.

Feather, Duke of Hot Leaf Juice

I love the backwards logic of Chapter 5

Some of it is really funny

sskessa

part of it was inspired by reading someone in a reddit debate say "circular reasoning doesn't bother me"

Mharz

that is some twisted logic

MathTans the Pun Prince

The math teacher in me is screaming.

snuffysam

The comic so far seems to have a theme of "people will let their emotions/biases lead them to make irrational decisions"?

MathTans the Pun Prince

As far as other themes, I could see addressing keeping something for sentimentality reasons even though it has no "practical" purpose. Or maybe even a "hoarder" issue, like someone who just collects a bunch of stuff not really for any reason. Not sure where one might take that though, would need to be careful.

snuffysam

Though that could change as Jun's worldview changes in the coming chapters

Ooh, good one

RebelVampire

snuffysam: i like that as an overall interpretation for the comic

seems pretty accurate

MathTans the Pun Prince

Bias would keep anyone in business forever. There's so many of them.

Feather, Duke of Hot Leaf Juice

Also the best part of that statment

because they are robots

Robots usually are the most logical things when people think about them

MathTans the Pun Prince

ALL the bias, in wheel form. (credit at the bottom)

Mharz

Some knowledge and beliefs we have came from our environment and peers

sskessa

wow beautiful

snuffysam

Question is- in situations like Chapter 3, was it somebody's idea to split up the classes of robots, or was that the creators' design?

RebelVampire

i think for me its also #5 that stuck with me the most because of the themes of peer pressure and blind adherance. like the ending to the chapter hit me really hard. cause i liked all the touch about education and books not being right etc. but what hit me is that mel was right and that for mel it was like watching a train wreck happening and being unable to do that. and i felt thats a good parallel for what life sometimes feels like. where we can see the inevitable outcome of something for a person or a society, and yet there is absolutely nothing we can do because norms prevent others from fully embracing differing perspectives.

Mharz

yeah

I can relate to that too

MathTans the Pun Prince

Good one.

Maybe creators put in contingency plans, Snuffys?

sskessa

@RebelVampire that's definitely what i was thinking about when i wrote it. thinking about friends of mine

Mharz

like I was trying to figure out the logic within a certain book but peers just keep telling to just believe it just like that withoug any concrete proof as to why.

RebelVampire

yeah but to be fair, all knowledge exists only because we agree on the answers. so in a sense education will always have a sense of peer pressure in only believing the most accepted thing

MathTans the Pun Prince

2+2 = 5

Kabocha

in certain cases where you have a float error....

Mharz

no math

MathTans the Pun Prince

Rootbeer float error. "2" is too large.

Kabocha

2 is perfect what are you talking about

Mharz

2 is a company 3 is a crowd

MathTans the Pun Prince

Actually 6 is the first perfect number. Divisors are 1, 2, 3 and 1+2+3 = 6.

It's a real thing. So are friendly numbers.

sskessa

so with that in mind, sometimes the only way to escape peer pressure, which is not always consciously recognized, is to physically leave a group of people

MathTans the Pun Prince

sskessa: Good point. Which is hard when we want to fit in somewhere.

Mharz

oh yes definitely

I mean I agree to you both

sskessa

oh, 2+2=5 is a theme in "notes from underground"

snuffysam

It's also why it's so interesting that Lak chose to stay behind.

sskessa

to answer the question myself, the next story arc is going to be the one that is the most personal to me so far.

MathTans the Pun Prince

There. Are. Four. Lights. (Okay, now I've referenced original series, Voyager and TNG. Can I get the others in?)(edited)

snuffysam

Looking forward to it!

RebelVampire

oh that sounds exciting

Kabocha

What's the general synopsis, sskessa~?

(of the arc)

sskessa

@MathTans the Pun Prince XD

MathTans the Pun Prince

About friendship, maybe? Given there's two of them now.

RebelVampire

i wonder if the robots will know how to "fix" the fix jun used in chapter 5. or if they will actually have to have correct answers now. cause jun's fix was so simple unless you had looked at the code before you might miss that single punctuation that changes everything

Mharz

forgot a semi-colon, got 1000 errors

trust me I can relate

sskessa

mel and jun arrive in the movie factory and meet the most famous actress of robot world (who you've seen before). jun does not understand the function of movies. we meet the "underground robot," the most unpopular robot in the movie factory who writes anti-literature. the character is my personal response to dostoyevsky's "notes from underground"

a book which i have very mixed feelings about

Mharz

weren't mel watching a movie in the transport thing?(edited)

sskessa

yes

snuffysam

and they had movies in chapter 4

Mharz

oooh

snuffysam

very interested to see where that goes!

Kabocha

oooh! :3 So the actress is one they saw in that movie, then?

RebelVampire

QUESTION 4. Jun, as the main character comes to be named, is on a mission to travel from city to city and correct their inefficiencies. However, there remains many questions about Jun in regards to this. Who created Jun and for what purpose? Is Jun’s mission a result of free-will or is it something driven by underlying programming? Should Jun even be fixing the cities, or would it be better if Jun left them the way they are? What do you think will be Jun’s ultimate fate?

sskessa

@Kabocha yes, and she is the main character of the next arc.

snuffysam

So far, it seems Jun's goal is just the result of something someone in chapter 3 suggested.

maybe that was her remembering her true purpose?

Mharz

I think Jun weren't meant to do that but after what happened to camphor, somehow triggered her to go and fix the cities.

snuffysam

for the most part, she seems to just be exploring. the only reason she keeps fixing cities is because they're all broken.

MathTans the Pun Prince

Jun will meet herself. If you travel far enough, you meet yourself, and that's totally possible with robots.

Mharz

and she did get the idea of "evaluating efficiency" on chapter 3

RebelVampire

i feel like that is kind of her purpose tbh, to evaluate efficiency. which makes the next arc very interesting cause from a practical standpoint movies dont really have purpose. i mean they arguably further culture, but from a productive standpoint they dont have a point(edited)

snuffysam

Mel watches movies. perhaps she will (attempt to) convince Jun of their worth...

Mharz

will she understand the sense of it tho

MathTans the Pun Prince

She'll be the new star. Paid in batteries. Much usefulness.

RebelVampire

jun will learn to have fun O_O go to cool robot starlet pool parties

Mharz

maybe at the end, jun will have full human emotions

sorry I'm dumb

snuffysam

thats what the tail is for. pool parties!

Mharz

omg

sskessa

laughs but you know...i already think she does

have full emotions XD because i am also a very dry person

Mharz

she does but she hasn't realized it fully

MathTans the Pun Prince

That doesn't sound dumb.

Like, having something to be building towards in terms of understanding emotions. I have emotions, doens't mean I always understand them, like why am I crying at a certain point.

Mharz

^

sskessa

that's a fair point

Mharz

maybe she'll fall in love with someone

sskessa

she already fell in love, back in chapter 3

MathTans the Pun Prince

She'll meet herself then fall in love with herself.

Mharz

:0

MathTans the Pun Prince

A bit curious about her design, incidentally. Different from the other robots. Wider legs, for one thing. Wonder if that means something.

sskessa

what? isn't it normal to be aroused by beautiful abstract concepts? maybe it's just me

snuffysam

Jun efficiency

sskessa

exactly.

snuffysam

OTP

Mharz

XD

sskessa

seriously though, i want her to have a girlfriend at some point. if i can manage to write it well.

MathTans the Pun Prince

I personify mathematics functions as cute females, so I'm the wrong person to ask.

Kabocha

I think however you write it, it'll be fine RebelVampire

to be fair as someone who also likes to find the most efficient way possible to do things, i cant blame jun for falling in love with efficiency XD

Mharz

yeah

MathTans the Pun Prince

Will they ever meet a non-female robot, I wonder. (Not necessarily male.)

sskessa

no

Mharz

that's interesting

snuffysam

now i'm curious- is there a reason you decided on an all-female world?

Kabocha

They're robots

MathTans the Pun Prince

Females are better, but aside from that.

sskessa

got tired of reading about male characters

snuffysam

fair enough

Mharz

I somehow can relate

not that I have anything against male characters

snuffysam

now that i think about it, pretty much everything i've written or drawn over the past couple years has a female lead...

for basically the same reason

Mharz

I love female leads

MathTans the Pun Prince

I just prefer females. Why would I write about males, I am one, that's not so interesting to me.

Mharz

I love female leads

If you can't tell yet.

MathTans the Pun Prince

The site navigation is interesting too, just to mention it. Having all the strips laid out on one page, scrolling down, rather than page to page to page. Took a while to load, but then could read a lot at once.

I love female lead love.

Mharz

:y

RebelVampire

yeah i like that the scrolldown format for each chapter kind of emphasizes their connected but individual storylines

sskessa

yes, so, the corollary to all characters being female means all characters are lesbians

snuffysam

Navigating between chapters is a bit of a pain. As far as I can tell, the only way to do so is to go back to the chapter list?

sskessa

hm. good point. i will put a "next chapter" button at the bottom of each chapter

Mharz

oh yes please.

snuffysam

Thanks!

Mharz

I did have to scroll back up to get to the next chapter

MathTans the Pun Prince

I just hit my "back" button.

snuffysam

...your browser doesn't have a back button?

lol

sskessa

as for that format, i did my last comic as single-page navigation and it always took so long to load. this way you can leave the comic to load for 5 minutes and then read it all at once

snuffysam

no yeah, that part's great

Mharz

a chapters list and next/previous chapter at the bottom should suffice(edited)

snuffysam

honestly a next button alone would be fine for most purposes. but more is better in this case, i think.

sskessa

will do

Mharz

in case you want to get back at something

MathTans the Pun Prince

The layout's good too on individual pages, works with the scroll down format.

Mharz

I kinda had to go back to chapter 1 to verify if Jun had a tail initially

sskessa

i will try to clear up the tail question in the next arc. i don't intend it to be too mysterious

Mharz

I just like to think that she's evolving into a final form

XD

Respheal

o_o -goes back to chapter 1 to see if there's a tail- (Also hiiiiiiii popping in late)

snuffysam

her head isn't enough of a trash can yet

Mharz

no she doesn't

snuffysam

hi Respheal!

Respheal

Okay xD Was doubting my memory there

Mharz

XD

oh trust me that was me last night too

like "wait, did she have a tail?" O_O

sskessa

hi!

MathTans the Pun Prince

It's not a tail, it's the start of a third leg. ^.^ (Actually, yeah, all the robots look human-ish. Which helps to relate to them, though I wonder if we'll run into a place where they don't.)

"Why do you have two heads?" "Why don't you?"

Mharz

the queen isn't

I mean she looks like an adorable dinosaur

MathTans the Pun Prince

True that.

Mharz

with a badass spiky hair

(edited)

Kabocha

They are probably designed to better imitate their creators

:3

snuffysam

of course, we don't know the creators are human

they could just be more robots

MathTans the Pun Prince

Their creator... V'ger! (Okay, no more Trek references.)

snuffysam

robots all the way down

Mharz

XD

Kabocha

recursive robots

RebelVampire

but somewhere down the line thered be non machine based life. cause machine based life doesnt just pop up from nothing

its called manmade for a reason

Mharz

yeah

MathTans the Pun Prince

Beats cursive robots. Walking around like @(#(@#.

Mharz

LOOOL

Kabocha

Shh, the creators clearly had a design in mind

RebelVampire

Unfortunately, the scheduled Comic Tea Party is now complete~! Thank you everyone so much for joining this week’s chat~! That being said, if you would like to continue discussing the comic, we encourage you to do so~! We want to give a big thank you to Kristina Stipetic, as well, for volunteering Alethia for our reading queue. If you liked the comic, please be sure to support Kristina Stipetic’s efforts. If you have questions, concerns, or suggestions about CTP, please feel free to PM me, or e-mail me at RebelVampire@startfaire.com.

With that said, next week’s Comic Tea Party will focus on Magnetic North by Kat Gemmill. Please use this week to read as much of the comic as you would like. Hope to see you next Thursday (October 26th) from 5PM to 7PM PDT~! Until then~! Comic: http://www.magneticnorthcomic.com/

[spookywinnerpainter]

I appreciate the time I'm in the kitchen to loosen up. I'm winding up noticeably more brave.

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I appreciate the time I'm in the kitchen to loosen up. I'm winding up noticeably more brave.

I appreciate the time I’m in the kitchen to loosen up. I’m winding up noticeably more brave.

Sarah Michelle Gellar says her cooking venture has made her “more brave”

“I’ve generally been sly,” Sarah Michelle Gellar says while blending cubed spread and lemon pizzazz in a bowl to make her lemon poppy seed cupcakes, a formula enlivened by a bread shop she venerated as a tyke.

“There are all these diverse ways you can be innovative now, it’s not simply making a film or TV,” Gellar keeps, blending with the Manhattan horizon gleaming behind her. “My entire life I’ve made stuff, yet it’s sort of theoretical, this is substantial,” she says of the formula she’s showing in Good Housekeeping’s 29th-floor test kitchen in Hearst Tower.

The area brings Gellar full circle: While living in New York City, she depended on takeout everything, except subsequent to moving to Los Angeles, the Buffy The Vampire Slayer star discovered that takeout everything, at whatever time is less a reality of the cool California way of life. Also, after turning into a mother seven years back, Gellar, who is hitched to culinary school graduate Freddie Prinze Jr., understood that she needed to make cooking and being in the kitchen a need in her life.

“Recollections occur around a table... it’s about interfacing,” Gellar said. “I stress that we’re beginning to lose those minutes and associations. Are my children going to have recollections where they was around a table with me?”

Gellar’s children, 7-year-old Charlotte and 4-year-old Rocky are “fixated on cooking appears,” Gellar stated, noticing she energized keeping their young eyes on the Food Network as opposed to trashy children programs. “How would you not urge your kids to watch something that is a long lasting expertise?”

In the same way as other a Barefoot Contessa aficionado, Gellar’s little girl needed to begin heating IRL, not simply watch it on TV. In any case, Gellar discovered online formulas “excessively scary” and didn’t care for that locally acquired blends had high salt substance, colors and different fixings and chemicals that Gellar didn’t perceive.

Still, Gellar was resolved to heat at home.

Cooking with staple fixings

She began examining fixings, organizing staple fixings and dry products that aren’t continually driving good dieting discussions that support natural green squeezes and front-of-the-store create. “You disregard the staples,” Gellar said.

This all drove her to co-dispatch Foodstirs, natural, without gmo preparing blends made with six fixings or less, which hold fast to the “landfill and pour” technique for heating Gellar was alright with. Fixings in Foodstirs blends, which extend from treats to brownies to cakes, incorporate multigenerational treasure wheat and Equal Exchange Cocoa (which Gellar says is “more reasonable than reasonable exchange”) in endeavors to make them eat better, as well as to get Foodstirs dough punchers to begin discussing where their fixings originate from.

“Fixings don’t simply appear on Instacart,” Gellar chuckled. “We discuss where it’s developed. [This is] what we need our children and the following eras to think about.” Though her children are devotees of fancier nourishments like mussels and Brussels grows, Gellar knows preparing together, particularly utilizing her base blends and doctoring them up with new products of the soil, is a decent approach to invest energy in the kitchen together.

Foodstirs Founders Sarah Michelle Gellar and Galit Laibow

Gellar’s new cookbook, Stirring Up Fun With Food, does only that. Her lemon poppyseed cupcakes began with a crate of vanilla cake blend, mixed with poppy seeds, lemon pizzazz, lemon juice and other simple include ins, an Easy-Bake-Oven style of figuring out how to heat that even famous people can ace.

“Disappointment is your first endeavor at learning. The most hazard brings the most rewards.” — Sarah Michelle Gellar

“Five years back, I would have snickered truly hard at being here,” Gellar said of her turn from performing artist to cookbook writer. “However, there are such a variety of aspects to me. When I began [my career], I was doing a cleanser musical drama and individuals said cleanser musical show individuals don’t do TV appears. In a year I got Buffy. At that point, I needed to do motion pictures.” And obviously, Gellar has done it all. “Disappointment is your first endeavor at learning,” she said of her openness to go for broke. “The most hazard brings the most rewards.”

Gellar says she’s realizing “how to do this as I go,” testing more with heating and fixings simply like some other individual, previous vampire slayer or first-time cook. Moving out of her usual range of familiarity. Gellar said Foodstirs and her first cookbook venture are endeavors to test herself. “It would be anything but difficult to venture on to another TV appear,” she said. Finding the ideal salted brownie formula? Not all that straightforward.

“I’m discovering it’s an incredible outlet and inventive,” Gellar said. “I appreciate the time I’m in the kitchen to loosen up. I’m winding up noticeably more brave.”

On making her prepared products Insta-culminate

“The all the more tastefully satisfying something looks, the more probable you are to attempt it,” she said. “Now and then it’s as straightforward as placing it in a biscuit tin, or on a stick or in a container.” See: Gellar’s corn canine cupcakes or latkes on a stick and the numerous, numerous more delightful manifestations she partakes in Stirring Up Fun With Food.

“All you need to do will be accomplish something that individuals recall and at last means something to them,” Gellar said of this top notch move in her vocation. “This trip has been the what tops off an already good thing.”

Mixing Up Fun with Food: Over 115 Simple, Delicious Ways to Be Creative in the Kitchen hits book shops on April 4, 2017.

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[spookywinnerpainter]

I appreciate the time I'm in the kitchen to loosen up. I'm winding up noticeably more brave.

New Post has been published on http://articlesworldbank.com/2017/04/10/i-appreciate-the-time-im-in-the-kitchen-to-loosen-up-im-winding-up-noticeably-more-brave/

I appreciate the time I'm in the kitchen to loosen up. I'm winding up noticeably more brave.

Sarah Michelle Gellar says her cooking venture has made her “more brave”

“I’ve generally been sly,” Sarah Michelle Gellar says while blending cubed spread and lemon pizzazz in a bowl to make her lemon poppy seed cupcakes, a formula enlivened by a bread shop she venerated as a tyke.

“There are all these diverse ways you can be innovative now, it’s not simply making a film or TV,” Gellar keeps, blending with the Manhattan horizon gleaming behind her. “My entire life I’ve made stuff, yet it’s sort of theoretical, this is substantial,” she says of the formula she’s showing in Good Housekeeping’s 29th-floor test kitchen in Hearst Tower.

The area brings Gellar full circle: While living in New York City, she depended on takeout everything, except subsequent to moving to Los Angeles, the Buffy The Vampire Slayer star discovered that takeout everything, at whatever time is less a reality of the cool California way of life. Also, after turning into a mother seven years back, Gellar, who is hitched to culinary school graduate Freddie Prinze Jr., understood that she needed to make cooking and being in the kitchen a need in her life.

“Recollections occur around a table… it’s about interfacing,” Gellar said. “I stress that we’re beginning to lose those minutes and associations. Are my children going to have recollections where they was around a table with me?”

Gellar’s children, 7-year-old Charlotte and 4-year-old Rocky are “fixated on cooking appears,” Gellar stated, noticing she energized keeping their young eyes on the Food Network as opposed to trashy children programs. “How would you not urge your kids to watch something that is a long lasting expertise?”

In the same way as other a Barefoot Contessa aficionado, Gellar’s little girl needed to begin heating IRL, not simply watch it on TV. In any case, Gellar discovered online formulas “excessively scary” and didn’t care for that locally acquired blends had high salt substance, colors and different fixings and chemicals that Gellar didn’t perceive.

Still, Gellar was resolved to heat at home.

Cooking with staple fixings

She began examining fixings, organizing staple fixings and dry products that aren’t continually driving good dieting discussions that support natural green squeezes and front-of-the-store create. “You disregard the staples,” Gellar said.

This all drove her to co-dispatch Foodstirs, natural, without gmo preparing blends made with six fixings or less, which hold fast to the “landfill and pour” technique for heating Gellar was alright with. Fixings in Foodstirs blends, which extend from treats to brownies to cakes, incorporate multigenerational treasure wheat and Equal Exchange Cocoa (which Gellar says is “more reasonable than reasonable exchange”) in endeavors to make them eat better, as well as to get Foodstirs dough punchers to begin discussing where their fixings originate from.

  “Fixings don’t simply appear on Instacart,” Gellar chuckled. “We discuss where it’s developed. [This is] what we need our children and the following eras to think about.” Though her children are devotees of fancier nourishments like mussels and Brussels grows, Gellar knows preparing together, particularly utilizing her base blends and doctoring them up with new products of the soil, is a decent approach to invest energy in the kitchen together.

  Foodstirs Founders Sarah Michelle Gellar and Galit Laibow

Source: Sarah Michelle Gellar/Instagram

Gellar’s new cookbook, Stirring Up Fun With Food, does only that. Her lemon poppyseed cupcakes began with a crate of vanilla cake blend, mixed with poppy seeds, lemon pizzazz, lemon juice and other simple include ins, an Easy-Bake-Oven style of figuring out how to heat that even famous people can ace.

“Disappointment is your first endeavor at learning. The most hazard brings the most rewards.” — Sarah Michelle Gellar

“Five years back, I would have snickered truly hard at being here,” Gellar said of her turn from performing artist to cookbook writer. “However, there are such a variety of aspects to me. When I began [my career], I was doing a cleanser musical drama and individuals said cleanser musical show individuals don’t do TV appears. In a year I got Buffy. At that point, I needed to do motion pictures.” And obviously, Gellar has done it all. “Disappointment is your first endeavor at learning,” she said of her openness to go for broke. “The most hazard brings the most rewards.”

Gellar says she’s realizing “how to do this as I go,” testing more with heating and fixings simply like some other individual, previous vampire slayer or first-time cook. Moving out of her usual range of familiarity. Gellar said Foodstirs and her first cookbook venture are endeavors to test herself. “It would be anything but difficult to venture on to another TV appear,” she said. Finding the ideal salted brownie formula? Not all that straightforward.

“I’m discovering it’s an incredible outlet and inventive,” Gellar said. “I appreciate the time I’m in the kitchen to loosen up. I’m winding up noticeably more brave.”

On making her prepared products Insta-culminate

“The all the more tastefully satisfying something looks, the more probable you are to attempt it,” she said. “Now and then it’s as straightforward as placing it in a biscuit tin, or on a stick or in a container.” See: Gellar’s corn canine cupcakes or latkes on a stick and the numerous, numerous more delightful manifestations she partakes in Stirring Up Fun With Food.

“All you need to do will be accomplish something that individuals recall and at last means something to them,” Gellar said of this top notch move in her vocation. “This trip has been the what tops off an already good thing.”

Mixing Up Fun with Food: Over 115 Simple, Delicious Ways to Be Creative in the Kitchen hits book shops on April 4, 2017.

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I appreciate the time I'm in the kitchen to loosen up. I'm winding up noticeably more brave.

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I appreciate the time I'm in the kitchen to loosen up. I'm winding up noticeably more brave.

I appreciate the time I’m in the kitchen to loosen up. I’m winding up noticeably more brave.

Sarah Michelle Gellar says her cooking venture has made her “more brave”

“I’ve generally been sly,” Sarah Michelle Gellar says while blending cubed spread and lemon pizzazz in a bowl to make her lemon poppy seed cupcakes, a formula enlivened by a bread shop she venerated as a tyke.

“There are all these diverse ways you can be innovative now, it’s not simply making a film or TV,” Gellar keeps, blending with the Manhattan horizon gleaming behind her. “My entire life I’ve made stuff, yet it’s sort of theoretical, this is substantial,” she says of the formula she’s showing in Good Housekeeping’s 29th-floor test kitchen in Hearst Tower.

The area brings Gellar full circle: While living in New York City, she depended on takeout everything, except subsequent to moving to Los Angeles, the Buffy The Vampire Slayer star discovered that takeout everything, at whatever time is less a reality of the cool California way of life. Also, after turning into a mother seven years back, Gellar, who is hitched to culinary school graduate Freddie Prinze Jr., understood that she needed to make cooking and being in the kitchen a need in her life.

“Recollections occur around a table... it’s about interfacing,” Gellar said. “I stress that we’re beginning to lose those minutes and associations. Are my children going to have recollections where they was around a table with me?”

Gellar’s children, 7-year-old Charlotte and 4-year-old Rocky are “fixated on cooking appears,” Gellar stated, noticing she energized keeping their young eyes on the Food Network as opposed to trashy children programs. “How would you not urge your kids to watch something that is a long lasting expertise?”

In the same way as other a Barefoot Contessa aficionado, Gellar’s little girl needed to begin heating IRL, not simply watch it on TV. In any case, Gellar discovered online formulas “excessively scary” and didn’t care for that locally acquired blends had high salt substance, colors and different fixings and chemicals that Gellar didn’t perceive.

Still, Gellar was resolved to heat at home.

Cooking with staple fixings

She began examining fixings, organizing staple fixings and dry products that aren’t continually driving good dieting discussions that support natural green squeezes and front-of-the-store create. “You disregard the staples,” Gellar said.

This all drove her to co-dispatch Foodstirs, natural, without gmo preparing blends made with six fixings or less, which hold fast to the “landfill and pour” technique for heating Gellar was alright with. Fixings in Foodstirs blends, which extend from treats to brownies to cakes, incorporate multigenerational treasure wheat and Equal Exchange Cocoa (which Gellar says is “more reasonable than reasonable exchange”) in endeavors to make them eat better, as well as to get Foodstirs dough punchers to begin discussing where their fixings originate from.

“Fixings don’t simply appear on Instacart,” Gellar chuckled. “We discuss where it’s developed. [This is] what we need our children and the following eras to think about.” Though her children are devotees of fancier nourishments like mussels and Brussels grows, Gellar knows preparing together, particularly utilizing her base blends and doctoring them up with new products of the soil, is a decent approach to invest energy in the kitchen together.

Foodstirs Founders Sarah Michelle Gellar and Galit Laibow

Gellar’s new cookbook, Stirring Up Fun With Food, does only that. Her lemon poppyseed cupcakes began with a crate of vanilla cake blend, mixed with poppy seeds, lemon pizzazz, lemon juice and other simple include ins, an Easy-Bake-Oven style of figuring out how to heat that even famous people can ace.

“Disappointment is your first endeavor at learning. The most hazard brings the most rewards.” — Sarah Michelle Gellar

“Five years back, I would have snickered truly hard at being here,” Gellar said of her turn from performing artist to cookbook writer. “However, there are such a variety of aspects to me. When I began [my career], I was doing a cleanser musical drama and individuals said cleanser musical show individuals don’t do TV appears. In a year I got Buffy. At that point, I needed to do motion pictures.” And obviously, Gellar has done it all. “Disappointment is your first endeavor at learning,” she said of her openness to go for broke. “The most hazard brings the most rewards.”

Gellar says she’s realizing “how to do this as I go,” testing more with heating and fixings simply like some other individual, previous vampire slayer or first-time cook. Moving out of her usual range of familiarity. Gellar said Foodstirs and her first cookbook venture are endeavors to test herself. “It would be anything but difficult to venture on to another TV appear,” she said. Finding the ideal salted brownie formula? Not all that straightforward.

“I’m discovering it’s an incredible outlet and inventive,” Gellar said. “I appreciate the time I’m in the kitchen to loosen up. I’m winding up noticeably more brave.”

On making her prepared products Insta-culminate

“The all the more tastefully satisfying something looks, the more probable you are to attempt it,” she said. “Now and then it’s as straightforward as placing it in a biscuit tin, or on a stick or in a container.” See: Gellar’s corn canine cupcakes or latkes on a stick and the numerous, numerous more delightful manifestations she partakes in Stirring Up Fun With Food.

“All you need to do will be accomplish something that individuals recall and at last means something to them,” Gellar said of this top notch move in her vocation. “This trip has been the what tops off an already good thing.”

Mixing Up Fun with Food: Over 115 Simple, Delicious Ways to Be Creative in the Kitchen hits book shops on April 4, 2017.

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