#it’s the way all of my top posts are me talking to Rowan-

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#and they’re like ‘oh yeah we think he used to live here and we don’t know much about him and we’re not entirely sure he’s not a ghost’

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I just realized the critical oversight I made when I asked you about all those ships:

Villefort and Edmond!! I just think that would be an interesting plot point 👀

It's one of my favourite rarepairs, so I can't believe I forgot to include it 😩

Thoughts?

I think it’s a really interesting ship, definitely up in my favorites as well! It’s interesting to see the two interact both in the initial chapters and during the Count of Monte Cristo segment (especially since Villefort’s my favorite of the three antagonists), the two definitely have a dynamic not present in Edmond’s dynamics with the other two since Villefort was the only one that didn’t hate Edmond in the beginning and how Count is so disturbed and even regretful when he sees both how he’d assisted in the only poisonings he hadn’t expected or wanted for his plan and that he’d driven Villefort to madness

I feel like the two could’ve gotten along well pre-Chateau d’If if the circumstances were different, and I think it’s interesting to consider after the events of the Count’s revenge, since it poses two largely different and both interesting dynamics with the same characters

It would be a really interesting plot point, that’s for sure

3 notes - Posted February 18, 2022

#4

GREETING.

You introduced me to the ship of Edmond and Caderousse, and I have to admit that this ship has not left my head since. Therefore, I have chosen to show you this song I found that makes me think of Them. Please enjoy and consider it a 'thank you' :]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KOZl5CLbU

YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IT’S THEM

I am VERY excited because I love this ship so much but no one ever talks about it-

4 notes - Posted May 25, 2022

#3

Okay I'm sorry to keep sending you so many asks but

Edmond when he finds out that both of his adopted children are in love with the same Villefort

Edmond: “I sure am glad my revenge against the Villeforts is going smoothly. There’s nothing that could ruin this.”

Haydèe and Maximilian standing outside the room:

5 notes - Posted February 17, 2022

#2

Okay, I'm going to list some more TCoMC rarepairs to get your opinion, because I'm excited about this now :D

Albert/Benedetto

Valentine/Haydèe

Albert/Beauchamp

Villefort/Danglars (maybe not AS rare but y'know)

Villefort/Hermine (technically canon but I haven't seen anybody talking about it and I find their few interactions to actually be quite sweet, despite Villefort being the way he is)

These are all positive since I have never been able to decide on a ship in my life but here we go:

Albert/Benedetto: This ship and Villefort/Danglars are the two on the list I’ve written for before, I really enjoy this one! It’s probably tied with Franz/Albert for my favorite Albert ship

I think the two would have an interesting dynamic both before and after Benedetto’s reveal, also that Albert would probably grow into the only one that really got to see Benedetto’s personality before his identity was revealed

Valentine/Haydèe: I really like this one too (it is. Vastly superior. To a certain canon ship involving Haydèe)

I do wish we got to see these two interacting with each other (or more Valentine in general because I love her dearly) but I think they’d have a nice dynamic, probably one of the less chaotic ships for the two

Also very funny to imagine Haydèe revealing she’s in love with a Villefort to Count

Albert/Beauchamp: I’d actually never considered this one, but I’m absolutely thinking about it now

One of my favorite chapters in the book is the one where Beauchamp tells Albert about Fernand’s treason and then comforts Albert and does his best to erase the knowledge of the article or the Janina plot from the public eye

Because it was a chapter where you could tell just how much he cared about Albert, especially since he could’ve just fought in a duel with Albert, but instead took weeks out of his life to go on a trip to Janina specifically so he would know to tell Albert or take back what he said

Like he very clearly cares for Albert, especially from that chapter to the duel with Count chapter and it’s really nice to see

A good ship, a good character dynamic, 11/10

Villefort/Danglars: I mentioned it at the top, but I have written for this pairing before and it’s probably my favorite Villefort pairing (my favorite Danglars ship is probably tied between this one and Danglars/Caderousse)

I think these two have a dynamic that’s really unique to them, one you can’t really find much in other ships

I do think one of the things that make ships from TCoMC so good is the strong characterization a lot of the characters have, and these two are a really good example of that

Definitely one of my favorite ships

Villefort/Hermine: I like this ship, their interactions in the book were really interesting, and with Benedetto, it was a really interesting plot point

I definitely think the two loved each other, even if they weren’t able to really be a proper couple, and I feel like their relationship wouldn’t have ended the way it did without the supposed death of their child

I do think it would’ve been interesting to see more of the immediate aftermath of the whole Bertuccio stabbing Villefort incident, especially how Hermine reacted and how the two grew apart slightly after everything

But yeah, despite it being in the book, I’ve not seen much content for it

Other than Renee/Villefort (and sort of Danglars/Villefort), I don’t see much of Villefort being shipped with anyone in the fandom, honestly (I might be managing to miss it entirely, but overall I can’t think of many times I’ve seen him shipped with other characters)

Overall, there aren’t many ships in the book I don’t like, I have favorites, but I’m definitely a multishipper 😅

6 notes - Posted February 17, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I've been meaning to draw something about this but haven't been able to get it right yet so I'm just sending it rn but... Scenario where Edmond takes Caderousse along to that party and Danglars is just internally screaming bc he's the only one who recognizes him but he can't say anything about it bc he'd look insane, and Caderousse purposely avoids talking to him the whole time so he's just trying to figure out what in the world is going on like

Absolutely hilarious idea that I couldn’t not draw something for-

What is the proper response to seeing your ex with the Count of Monte Cristo

How do you recover from that

8 notes - Posted May 31, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[crowleyholmes]

hi there chris! since the new year is approaching rapidly, i wanted to ask my favorite creators (that includes you! i love your art!) how they look back on their 2023 tumblr year and which blogs made them happy to be here. i am very happy to follow you and hope you'll have a great 2024! 💘

Hiiii omg this is so sweet and means a lot to me, thank you! 🥺💕

I've been meaning to do a little end-of-the-year shoutout/love post for some of my favorite blogs, so I hope you don't mind if I use your ask as the perfect excuse!

I've had many fun years on tumblr, but this one has been extra special. Falling into the Good Omens fandom and meeting all of you amazing people has made this year so so SO much better than it otherwise would have been, so here are some special shoutouts (apologies, I'm sure this will get long, things like this tend to get away from me, so I'll put it under a read-more)

@majortomyourcurcuitsdead SASHA can you believe I was going to just send you an anon telling you that I think you're cool and leave it at that. Can you believe it. WELL thank Somebody you had your anon turned off and I had to expose myself in your dms because it feels like we just instantly connected about like 20 different things and haven't stopped talking since sskjdfhs anyway I'm so happy I met you you're so fun and so clever and so talented and so enthusiastic and I've only known you for like. What 2 months?? Ish? But I already love you so much <3

@lineffability !!! Line you are so *struggles to find words* you're just great is what you are okay. I feel like you are what happens when somebody takes a big cup and puts six shots of love, chaos, sunshine, talent, fun, and enthusiasm into it, generously sprinkles intelligence on top and gives it a good stir. I don't even remember how or when or why we started talking tbh? But your creativity is so inspiring, and some of my favorite tumblr-moments of this year have been 'yes-and'ing with you about one thing or another in a very >:3 manner hahah so! my point is! i love you lots <3

@dontbotheraziraphale Teeeedddd you're wonderful, I vented at you one time and then we talked for like 2 hours and at the end of that 1 conversation I already considered you a friend - and not just in that "tumblr mutuals who talk 1 time are my friends" kind of way but like. Genuinely. You're so kind and so fun and every time we talk it's such a good time ily a lot my bro my buddy my man <3

@crikey01 Tallulah HI I also completely forgot how we started talking but I remember connecting the dots that you were the one who painted those INSANE black and white and gold oil paintings and the way my jaw dropped like?? BRO you're so talented I admire you so much! And I love that we bonded over stopping each other from masochistically checking certain peoples' blogs... 😂 Anyway you're so sweet and fun and ily lots <3

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The list could probably go on but you four are the people I've talked to most on here and you're the tumblr chat boxes I never close but always just minimize and y'all better see this as the ultimate internet declaration of affection that it Clearly is >:D 💕

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And here are some more shout-outs because I just HAVE to.

Apologies, I know I've already tagged a bunch of you recently in a mutuals appreciation post but. This is my official thank-you-for-2023 post and I just have a lot of love for you all okay sorry feel free to ignore this <3

@rowan-ashtree (i'll text you back soon I promise I'm sorry I just haven't had the brain-space recently ssjkdfh) @crawley-fell (we've never talked but i love you from afar :')) @ineffabildaddy @llokilaufeyson @actual-changeling @saryasy @hyperfocusthusly @beccibarnes @rainbowcrowley @thesherrinfordfacility @goodoldfashionednightingale @wibbly-wobbly-blog @highlyillogicalandroid (i see your data obsession and i agree <3) @tortugay @foolishlovers @stargazing-crowley @gingiekittycat @weasleywrinkles @bildads-shoes @finleycannotdraw @bowtiepastabitch @heytherefluffy @samwwise @nocturnal-birb @athousandyearstime @angelsdiningattheritz @most-normal-eccles-cake-ignorer @jedthesecretdreamer @wraithee @hydrangeadangea @southfarthing @frodo-baggins @mobius-m-mobius

[rowavolo]

"Sorry, I have a boyfriend." "I am your boyfriend, idiot." (A silly RowItto drabble)

hehe i finally felt like writing a little silly something simply because i love Itto, he's so silly. Please be niceys to me im insecure about posting my self insert stuff <3

Content includes mentions of alcohol and Itto being a little too drunk, but in like a silly way.

"Come on, big guy." Rowan tugged his boyfriend's arm gently, trying to lead him away from the tavern table they'd been sitting at all evening. The smooth wood was littered with empty glasses and little bowls once full of snacks. The Angel's Share was about to close for the evening, and Rowan had been ready to go home for several hours now.

"Wait, wait, hang on." Itto stumbled momentarily, causing Rowan to brace himself in case the large oni were to crumple to the floor (as if he could stop Itto from taking him down as well). "I can't go home with you." Itto's voice lilted awkwardly.

Rowan sighed inwardly, pinching the bridge of his nose between his forefinger and thumb as his ruffled tail twitched back and forth underneath his cloak. "Why not?" He tried to keep his tone even and passive, but it was somewhat difficult when Itto had been so scatterbrained for the past few hours.

"You're pretty." Itto drawled, punctuating the statement with a long, low groan that garnered them a few strange looks from the few patrons who had yet to vacate the bar for the night. "And small. And a little bit squishy."

Rowan leaned back and bared fanged teeth for a moment as Itto roughly pinched his freckled cheek, displacing his wire-rimmed glasses. "...Thank you?" Rowan scrunched his face up and gently swiped Itto's hand away from him. "But that doesn't tell me why-"

"But I already have a pretty-small-squishy-cute boyfriend. I don't wanna go home with anyone else." Itto pouted.

Rowan let out a soft chuckle and shook his head. "Itto, come on, quit messing around. Let's get home, alright?" He gave the oni's burly arm another tug, trying to guide him towards the door once again.

"Hey, hey! Hands off, little guy! I'm not goin' home with you! I'm super duper flattered and all, but my boyfriend's gonna be back real soon, we're gonna walk home together!"

"I am your boyfriend, Itto." Rowan furrowed his brow and dug his nails into his partner's warm skin.

"Nuh-uh." Itto pointedly tugged his arm away from the boy and crossed his arms, puffing his chest out and looking away with a pointed 'hmph'

"Dude. You're insane. Come on, or I'm gonna leave without you." Rowan stomped one foot, ears flattened against his head beneath his oversized hat. "Then Diluc is gonna throw you in Cider Lake. Again. Do you want that?"

"Yes." Itto announced, as if that's what he'd wanted all along. "I'm waiting to leave with my boyfriend. And you are not my boyfriend. I'd rather get dumped in the lake than betray my boy that way!"

"Are too." Rowan insisted petulantly, bouncing up and down on his tiptoes as he struggled to wrap his head around this elaborate 'bit' his boyfriend was pulling today.

"Are not!" Itto retorted, with an equal amount of petty childishness in his tone.

"Are too!" Rowan squared himself up and faced up to the oni, though it seemed as if he didn't even notice, since Rowan barely reached his chest at his full height.

"No!" Itto blew a raspberry. "My boyfriend is a little kitty-cat guy." He held up his hands to mimic a set of animal ears on top of his head, and wriggled his behind to simulate a tail. "He's small and red and I love him very much, but he's very shy, and if he comes back and you're standing here talking away to me, he's probably gonna go hide! Now shoo!" He explained himself with a slow, deliberate tone.

Rowan tilted his head to the side as he processed this newfound information, then finally realised what must have happened, and why Itto was acting the way he was. "Itto." He said slowly. "My light. My love." He struggled not to burst into laughter. "There is nary a thought at the base of those pretty horns."

Itto looked vaguely confused for a few moments as he tried to decipher what the boy was telling him. "Huh?" He brushed his fingers over his left horn

Rowan shook his head and pulled his hat off to free his ears, then hiked up his cloak to reveal his tail, which waved back and forth in amusement.

"Oh man, Rowan!" Itto exclaimed, his whole face brightening. "There you are! I thought you were never coming back!" Without hesitation, he scooped Rowan up and gave him a bone-crushing hug.

"I didn't go anywhere, you doofus." Rowan leaned away from Itto, wrapping a shaky hand around one of his horns as he tried to lean in and rub his stubbly face up against Rowan's.

"You would not believe the audacity of this guy I just met." Itto adjusted Rowan in his arms as easily as if he were nothing but a sack of flour. "He would not take no for an answer, it was crazy!"

"Itto..." Rowan sighed and shook his head slowly. "I know, right?" Itto hefted Rowan into a bridal-style position. "But I told him, I have the cutest, prettiest, squishiest boyfriend in all of Teyvat, and I wasn't having any of his sneaky charms!"

Rowan couldn't help but giggle at Itto's chicanery. "Yeah. Right."

"C'mon, don't say it like that. You're the only one for me, babe." Itto announced, loudly enough for the dwindling handful of people in the tavern to hear clearly. He pressed a few scattered kisses against Rowan's face and head. "Now let's get out of here, before mister pushy comes back."

Please don't repost, steal, copy or otherwise plagiarise my writing! This includes posting translations to other sites and using it to teach bots!

[liesonthefloordramatically]

A wild 2023 recap post appears!

Stuff I made this year:

Fiction: Nope. Work continues to consume me.  I DID write like 33k that maybe will be publicly accessible in the future, but who can say.

Playlists: I think the only two I remembered to share were Oleander (a playlist for my Wickedness character) and the vast and the void (what it says on the tin).

RPGs: Also a nope.

Knitting: Made a shawl!  And a hat, technically, that I forgot to take pictures of.

Other stuff: Taught 5 classes, 4 of which were new preps!  Did fieldwork in Japan for the first time since 2019! Gave an hour-long talk in Japanese!  Presented on two conference panels!  Finished two academic book reviews! Survived somehow!  The period between August and December sort of doesn’t exist in my memory?  I was doing things but almost all of those things were work, so. The isolation has been wearing on me, but with the combination of A. not having any time to do anything other than work and B. for Various Reasons questioning whether I want to stay at this job, it's been really hard to build local community. I'm going to try to work on that next year, but also I'm going to have two new preps again in the fall and one of my spring classes is already overenrolled, so who knows how effective that'll be.

Media I enjoyed this year:

Books: I read 46 books this year apparently!  Top picks in no particular order: The Singing Hills Cycle (embarrassingly my jam), The Southern Reach Trilogy (shocking that it took me this long to read this), My Own Devices (even MORE shocking that it took me this long to read this), Imperial Radch (so AGGRESSIVELY my jam), She Who Became the Sun (this was a hilarious accompaniment to one of my fall classes), Camp Damascus (read this on a plane back from Japan which was An Experience), The Tale That Twines (loved the first book; the second book is even better), System Collapse (yeah, no one is surprised that I loved this).

TTRPG: Wickedness!  This was the only new TTRPG I played this year, but it was really good.

Video games: Mask of the Rose and Saltsea Chronicles, both of which I want to/should poke at more. Special nod to 13 Sentinels which we enjoyed 90% of a lot.

Manga/comics: I think the only thing I read was The JOJOLands?

Fanfic: I didn’t actually wind up reading that much fanfic this year again, in part because I was reading so many books.  A few picks, in no particular order: The Gardener (CR C2), Keys to the Castle (CR C2), Whistle Song (CR C2), pieces of (you) me (CR C2), Descriptions of a River Flowing (CR C2), Slip the Blindfold (CR C2), Heart to Heart (JJBA: JJL--PLEASE read this if you care about JJL at all), riverside beatitudes (JJBA: SDC), Fully formed, ready to run (ExU: Calamity).  Honorable mention to Asking for More (Stranger of Paradise), which is a WIP but made me laugh so hard I hit myself in the face with my phone.

Films: I actually watched like eight movies this year!  All but two of the new ones on a plane, to be fair, but.  Top picks: Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse and Shoplifters (『万引き家族』).  Honorary mention to Suzume.

TV: Finally finished Stone Ocean!  It was good!  Rowan and I are also like halfway through catching up on TGCF and it is also very good.

Podcasts:  Continued to listen to way too many of these.  Top picks: The Silt Verses, Trice Forgotten, Within the Wires (hey can we talk about the newest season? truly wild), and Re: Dracula.  Honorable mentions to The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods, 『なんかIWAKAN！』 (WHICH IS TRAGICALLY ENDING???? where am I supposed to get my chaotic Japanese gender and sexuality discussion now :(((((), Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later, Critical Role, and Worlds Beyond Number.

Music: Dessa's Bury the Lede was excellent, of course.  I also apparently listened to Maisie Peters' The Good Witch a lot (it was in my grading rotation in October). And then this past month there's been a lot of Hozier's Unreal Unearth. But a lot of my listening this year was either albums on the bus (rotating mainly between Quiet Company’s We Are All Where We Belong, Bury the Lede, yorushika’s entire discography that I can purchase, Wednesday Campanella, and various soundtracks) or putting something on loop and falling into a fugue state.  Apparently my top song of the year on Spotify was “Square One,” which I think I put on looping while grading in the spring.  My Spotify top songs list was even more inexplicable than usual this year.

Anyway, あけおめ！！！ 良いお年を！！！ (or else!!!!)

[4law]

ok!! i didn’t include everybody cuz this took longer than expected oopsie so lemme know if u wanna be added too! i’m not shipping u with ur selfship cuz that is no fun at all

@sauza : usopp (op), kuguri (hq)

every time you’re on my dash i’m laughing at the thoughts u share with us, and i think these characters can match ur energy so well. ur humor is unmatched i love u!!

@lawscorazon : law ENERU (op) & sakusa (hq)

ares radiates pretty energy and eneru radiates let me bother pretty people like ares until they fall for me energy.

@satotokii : bokuto (hq) & aran (hq!)

bokuto is self explanatory he is a ray of sunshine!! & aran i just feel like he gives good hugs and that’s what someone like u deserves— the best hugs :’)

@yourtamaki : killer (op) & shanks (op)

hear me out— killer will obviously treat you well, but why do i see shanks looking at you with heart eyes ??

@tofutobios : coby (op), zoro (op)

if u haven’t seen op then im referring to post time skip coby!! he has a heart of gold and u are so friendly so omg. and zoro needs your help with directions he needs u to hold his hand whenever he goes outside (NO I SHOUKD HAVE ADDED HIMEKAWA FROM HQ TOO) (omg and tanjiro from kny)

@strawhatsoraya : osamu (hq) & edgeshot (mha)

osamu cooks for you, and edgeshot i just feel like it fits. sora also radiates pretty person energy and edgeshot is so elegant!!

@killsaki : sabo (op) & hirugami (hq)

omg 🥹 i gasped when i thought of sabo that was the person i was looking for!! i was struggling hard fr kisaki & sanji fit so well

@euphofic2 : ace (op), matsukawa (hq)

i feel like after the smelly debate on your page, these two would add their own thoughts to it without hesitation. that’s why. LMFAOO IF UR SCARED OF BUGS, I CAN IMAGINE ONE OF THEM KILLING THEM AND THEN HE SETS THEM ON TOP OF THE TRASH SO U CAN STILL SEE THE CORPSE CLEARLY. laughs very loudly when u notice!!

@icy-spicy : kita (hq) & smoker (one piece)

kita picks flowers for you and smoker holds your shopping bags that’s all ima say!!

@eustassslut : bakugo (mha) & sanemi (kny)

i feel like these fit so well!! i wanted to ship u with kid so bad but here we are

@tenkomi : ace (op) & kenma (hq)

ok i haven’t talked to u all that much but i doooo feel like u and ace would have so much fun together that is what my mind thinks !! he would wake u up at 4 am to get pizza with him and then fall asleep on the way there

@ransluvrboy : oikawa with glasses (hq) & also law but since i ship everyone with law then also king (op! very pretty face reveal) AND OMG LOWKEY AIZAWA (MHA)

it fits the vibe i get from u! BUT ONLY WITH THE GLASSES. i associate u with that pretty green on ur blog and these men match that 🥹 hottest couple for real tell me ghost + king doesn’t sound cool as fuck

and robin

@creompie : shindo yo (mha) & kuroo (hq)

kuroo pats your head when he walks by or leans to rest on your head yeah! & then he does the jaw thing— where u quickly clench and unclench your jaw and u can feel it against your head 🙂

@ / kiiguru : luffy (op) & itadori (jjk)

in case dilly comes back!!

@vlyxen : kirishima (mha), & corazon (op)

no kirishima would love & adore u so good & corazon is so sweet please!! this would be so cute :’)

@rowan-rites : akaashi (hq) & megumi (jjk)

no cuz i just finished ur matchup & picked new ones but!! these characters here will go everywhere with you, and they’d let u fall asleep on their shoulder <33

@sanomnjiro : hawks (mha), tengen (kny)

from op i would put luffy bartolomeo! would be ur biggest fan pleaseee 😭 hawks covers ur eyes with a feather before asking “guess who,” then realizes the feather gives it away! u and tengen are hot that’s all

@dark-mnjiro : crocodile (op), & toji (jjk)

okay i’m getting this vibe … you know that night city / lux theme all over pinterest ?? no this is what u and these two remind me of !!!

@httphaitani : hina (op) & alisa (hq) or zoro (op)

omg and also iwaizumi if that’s okay!! alisa wants to bring you everywhere she goes & hina likes to hug your waist while laying on top of you to tell you about her day…

@sanjithesimp : penguin (op) & zoro (op)

okay penguin maybe not a super popular character but have u seen the fanart!!! ZORO MEANWHILE yes zoro fits so well

@ / benkeibear : twice (mha), (hq)

when i talked to u i literally felt like i was being hugged so yeah these characters would love you so dearly!!

@scabsaint : luffy (op) & sugawara (hq)

luffy would make it his mission to put a smile on your face every day! sugawara likes to see u melt into his hugs (: i already said ace for other people but i would add ace!!

@zorokinniemoment : eustass kid & law (op)

i chose characters that definitely know how to get under ur skin cuz i feel like that trope is so cute 😭 oh and tsukishima (hq!)

@momodwriter : shinso (mha) & akaza (kny)

i just see it. i can’t put my finger on it, but i see it. and yes i did want to put crocodile ):

[mythicaldemigoddess-of-deltarune]

The Imp-Acolytes & Angel's Ex-Wife With Isabella (2023)

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Credit for Helluva Boss & Hazbin Hotel goes to Vivziepop

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first I want to point out, that even though I don't want these two drawings to be reblog without my permission...

I am going to use them as covers for the fan fics over at Quotev.

but it's okay that not everyone reads them, cause I know the stories that has to do with Spinel ending up working with I.M.P. and even the story that I had decided have a 23 year old Sari be a main character, might not be perfect but I'm trying my best and well the story that Sari is a main character, wasn't originally going to have Transformers or even Transformers Animated added to it, and the main character was going to be slightly different before I decided to change the idea and had decided to add Sari and change the summary a bit...

anyway, the Isabella in the drawing below the one with the three Imps...

is based off of the Original Isabella/Cherry-Bomb.

so if the two ended up as separate characters, even if only in the Fanon...

Isabella in this, wouldn't go by "Cherry-Bomb" but Cherri, Angel's best girl buddy would still go by that name.

so the Isabella in this drawing, is like a Fanon Timeline & AU version...

who I may add to the crossover story that has to do with 23 year old Sari, who in Cybertronian years is 23 hundred stellar cycles old.

so yeah, I plan to use both of these two drawings as Covers for chapters.

Rowan is 100% a OC, and if she ended up in the fan series that is called Arackniss by AxelGear.

(and the fan series has the same name as Angel's older brother.)

I think Rowan would be way taller than Monty and Sir Pentious.

Rowan is suppose to be Isabella's Mom.

even though Rowan is not canon and is fanon only, she could be like Angel's ex-wife in the fanon timeline, and they both could of been understanding about each other's feelings so in other words they divorced on good terms.

Rowan is suppose to be a muscular woman.

as for the three Imps holding the signs, well I don't think I gave them names even in the chapter they are suppose to appear in.

and yes the whole Spankageddon was a weird idea and is mentioned in the chapter in one of my stories...

it might be the Spinelluva Boss AU type story......I think I forgot...

I will have to check both "Spinelluva Boss: Home Is Where The Spinel Is" and "Falling For The Angel In Disguise." to see which one of them I put that Spankageddon and some Imps worshiping the Goddess ideas in.

others who are like those three Imps in the drawing on top, aren't taken seriously by the rest of the Hellborns or even the Sinners.

even if they talk about there being a Goddess and how she will send her angels to spank their butts, not many will believe them.

maybe Ozzie will get off the hook, along with Fizz...

so they both wont be punished by the Angels of The Goddess.

is it weird to view Ozzie and Fizz being adorkable sweet potatoes...?

even though I had felt not really happy before and I guess I still feel a bit not happy, because of certain reasons that I had talked about in the post before this one.

at least those two adorkable sweet potatoes make me feel a bit more happy, along with the art I'm checking out on here.

and in theory while in the Fanon Timeline, Ozzie has met King Solomon before.....it is very likely that in the canon timeline of Helluva Boss, Ozzie has never met King Solomon...

so the possibility of Ozzie mentioning King Solomon is very unlikely.

but in a Fanon Timeline where they have met...

King Solomon could be all like "stop seducing my granddaughter!"

to Ozzie, and Ozzie could be confused on what he is talking about.

I only have small crushes on Ozzie & Fizz.....

I mean some people can have more than one crush, but some can be small crushes and not really big crushes.

and yeah I'm technically King Solomon's Granddaughter....

well descendant granddaughter...

and who doesn't work at 100% like other Earth Angels.

cause once again, I know I'm a Defective Earth Angel.

but I'm still Human too and I can be weird, like my wanting to give Lucifer the cold hands to face punishment because he did that rebellion thing at the worse time...

he could of still waited until the balance between the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine was fixed and healed properly...

anyway when I can I will add these two drawings as Covers for Chapters for either "Spinelluva Boss: Home Is Where The Spinel Is"

or "Falling For The Angel In Disguise"...

I can either have Rowan and Isabella appear in just the Spinelluva Boss AU story or the other story that is called "Falling For The Angel Disguise", or maybe both.

like have them have small cameos...

anyway I hope some like these two drawings, plus no one has to take the idea of three Imps trying to tell others about Spankageddon, seriously....I mean some can view it as a bit funny.

I know I was being weird when that idea pop into my head...

later or maybe tomorrow, I will check which one of those two stories I had put that idea about those three Imps and Spankageddon...

I'm going to grab something to eat in a little bit, I need the energy...

so anyway don't have much else to say, other than if you look closely at the three Imps, you will see they have buttons.

and yes I know it is weird to ship the 23 year old Sari with Swindle...

but I think I can still have it be a semi-ship for now.

also I can't be the only one who figured out that Soundwave (the TFA version who I'm still gonna view as a Soundwave Jr. and being separate from the Other Soundwave...) and Sari, are not only technically siblings, they also share a birthday.

let's see, Sari is 23 years old in Human Years in the story I'm writing, but she is also 23 hundred stellar cycles in Cybertronian Years.

and I think I will have Soundwave Jr. be 15 years old in Earthling Years, but 15 Stellar Cycles in Cybertronian Years.

like the idea can be that Soundwave that appears in TFA, is based off of another Soundwave and could look like a Transformers Animated version of Soundwave from Transformers Prime.

and to not confuse the two, Soundwave Sr. will go by his other name which is Soundblaster. anyway hope some of you like these two drawings, which once again is for Fanon only.

even though the Isabella in the drawing with Rowan, is like alternate version and based off of the original Isabella.

so in the Fanon Timeline, Isabella and Cherri are two different people and Isabella is a anthropomorphic spider, either being a sinner demon or angel...so yeah in the Fanon Timeline, Angel still has a daughter named Isabella but it has been a very long time since he last saw her. and I guess in the Fanon Timeline, some could view Angel and Rowan having a Lavender Marriage, maybe...?

I need to look up more info about the Lavender Wedding.

not sure if they had those back during the time when Angel, Arackniss and Molly were still humans and alive on Earth.

I don't know when a Lavender Wedding first started, so I will need to look up more info about it when I find the time to do so.

anyway in the next post maybe I will either make a post about FNAF or Deltarune...or maybe even Transformers and talk about some fan theories about one of them. and maybe in a future post, I can talk about how Ozzie and Fizz are two adorkable sweet potatoes.

[hellodanny-hphm]

Guys, merry Christmas! May everyone have been well on that date, with whom they love! ❤️🎄

Hope everyone is alive or surviving by machines after this week's datamine (bensmelda 🤢)

It took me a while to make this post, but it's because life is so busy and it takes a bit of work to cut the gifs. And I also couldn't do this year's Christmas SQ yet 😬.

Anyway, finally after a couple of years of waiting I got to do the Christmas SQ at Hogwarts 😍 I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO IT and what a WONDERFUL SQ.

SQ from the first years, I missed Rowan, I also knew that he is present in this new SQ.

Everyone is still a baby, I even put the hair I put on my MC back in the beginning hahaha

And of course, I FINALLY GAVE THE CUTE MUSIC BOOK TO MERULA. So sweet 🥺 there's no cuter scene than this (here's a merula stan profile, my condolences, it turns into a lot from now on)

She calling him an idiot when he went to give the present 🤣, I laughed a lot, tsundere attacks.

The MC ignores the curse and asks her to open it soon, with a beautiful smile. She opens it and says thank you with another pretty little smile.

(me internally 🥺😍😭)

MC (from Jam City) sometimes doesn't mind Merula's prickly ways, just because he's used to it and knows that's her way. No wonder, in the current chapters, she feels more comfortable opening up to him, because she knows that he will possibly understand her.

Then she teaches him snow spell.

And we have one more episode of dramatic scenes with Merula and MC ❤️ this "camera" going up 🤣

A very beautiful scene, but also a very sad one. We know how lonely Merula feels, even to this day, and that sometimes she herself chooses solitude. But we also know that loneliness doesn't like it. I always remember her telling the MC at SQ Natal with the Weasleys that she panicked when she saw that he would spend Christmas away from her (the shippers died that day) 🤣

I also find it interesting when she tells that the snow making spell was the only spell her parents taught her that "didn't hurt anyone". We all know that Merula had a golden education 😅

I freaked out over the MC talking to her that he WANTED her to be at the Christmas feast WITH HIM. MC, our good idiot for Merula always. I love it (but sometimes I hate it too)

Our dear Merula says that she is not going to the banquet, making a dramatic speech.

But look, she appears, contradicting her speech. I wonder why? 😏 And on top of that she says "don't embarrass me" when will he cast the spell she taught him (love this)

When these things happen, I always remember the story Dumbledore tells to explain Merula's behavior to the MC at SQ Natal with the Weasleys, after she stole a part from Arthur's car. He says at the end of the story:

Our words and actions sometimes contradict our true desires.

I don't think there's anything that explains Merula so well. And I think that being aware of this condition in the next chapters of the story is essential.

Some may think this is Merula's stupidity, but the point is, IT IS REALLY STUPID 🤣 precisely because this behavior is typical of someone emotionally stupid. And Merula is emotionally dumb. I imagine very clearly that Merula must have received an upbringing that influenced her to ignore her feelings as they bring "weakness" 🤡. Not to mention that she herself is very proud, even because of her choleric temperament.

Anyway guys, I hate JC as much as you do, but I love how she works on Merula's more sensitive side in this Christmas SQ. And also at SQ Natal with the Weasleys. And sorry, this turned a super post 🤣

Merry Christmas, stay with Merula savoring Molly's Yorkshire pudding, who, by the way, was always very cute and welcoming with Merula, even in this Christmas SQ at Hogwarts, Molly takes care of feeding her at the feast 🤣

love you molly

[bisexualnathanyoung]

Just an idea of a WIP. Idk if it’s better to give context or not. Feel free to ask questions or tell me how you feel. Louise and Mel were having a longer conversation, but I didn’t write it yet.

Mel & Nathan, 928 words, tw for homelessness, babies, prison, strained relationships

Unedited & posting from mobile

“I don’t know,” I said, “I guess I already loved him too much to let him keep sleeping in that community centre.”

“What?” She responded, quieter than before. She was already upset, but that type of upset seemed like it came from a place of anger. A place of disappointment. A shield of slight aggression that wouldn’t show how worried she really was. Her face shifted when I said that though.

“I don’t want to talk about this right now,” I responded, trying to stay as neutral sounding as possible, but maybe my voice shook just a little. The last month was so hard and so scary, and it felt like there wasn’t a single day I could get through without crying.

“He was sleeping in the community centre?” She asked, her voice concerned.

What I wanted to say was Yeah, you dumb bitch, why are you acting like you give a fuck now? Maybe if you’d cared enough then, he wouldn’t be in fucking prison right now. He wouldn’t have needed to live with me. Fall in love with me. Get me pregnant… I bit the inside of my lip as I watched my happy little baby scoot around on the floor next to me. I was holding back tears. I was always holding back tears. It’s worth it. It’s all worth it. Nothing else matters.

I ignored Louise’s question and asked, “Can you watch Ro while I take a shower?” I hadn’t taken a shower in three days, and I was constantly covered in spit and sweat and tears and whatever the fuck else.

“Yeah, of course, love, anything,” she responded. She’d warmed up to me a lot more than I’d warmed up to her. I didn’t know if she ever forgave me for the way I talked to her, and I never apologized for it either. I didn’t forgive her for how she acted when she found out I was pregnant. I didn’t forgive her for anything she’d ever done to hurt Nathan, but maybe, it wasn’t mine to forgive. Regardless of how I felt about her, I think she saw some of herself in me. Our relationship was… strained, even after she finally met Rowan.

But once Nathan got in trouble… Once it was just me and Roey and a flat I could no longer afford… she took me in. She treated me well. My relationship with my own mother was so damn complicated, and now I just had one more to throw on top of it.

I tried not to think about it as I carefully stood up from the floor. Ro looked up at me, and I stood up against the wall and let Louise distract her with one of the toys on the floor.

I slipped out of the room. I didn’t even shut the door. And my daughter started wailing. There was probably something developmentally that I should’ve just kept going towards the bathroom. Maybe it would helpful to teach her little brain that Louise could calm her down and that she’d be okay when Mummy isn’t around. But I couldn’t just leave her with Louise.

I walked right back into the room, probably faster than I meant to.

“I can handle her,” Louise said sweetly while she gently bounced my baby, “go take care of yourself. It’s okay.”

“Please just give her back to me,” I said, sounding more like a whine than a request. She didn’t protest.

I held my baby in my arms and rubbed her back, “it’s okay,” I said, “it’s okay. Mummy’s here. You’re okay.” She calmed down as I held her. I sat down in a chair next to the wardrobe, close enough for me to open. Her books were stacked on a box at the bottom of it. I’d gotten her a small bookshelf, but it was in storage now. In storage with my old bed. With my sofa. With my table and chairs. With my desk. With years of artwork. With most of Nathan’s clothes, and most of mine too for that matter.

I didn’t want to think about how we’d had a little home out of that two bedroom flat for a few months. If I knew we’d (I’d) lose the flat, I would have just stayed in the old one. My little one-bedroom council flat that I made my own, my refuge from my mother, the one thing I’d saved up for. Where I fell in love. Where I gave birth to my daughter.

But it belonged to someone else now, and in a few short weeks, I’d have a new one bedroom flat with a surprisingly large bedroom. Big enough that I almost didn’t feel bad that Roey didn’t have a nursery because there would be enough room for all of her things and all of mine. Ours. It’d be somewhere nice for Nathan to come home to. Only two more months, then three months community service. We were going to be okay. Everything was going to be okay.

“Let’s look at a book!” I said, taking a cheerful tone, doing anything to distract myself.

I stretched over to the wardrobe, holding Roey in my lap, and grabbed a board book.

“Book!” I repeated, setting it in front of us. She had gotten pretty good at her bu’s and her mu’s and her oos and aas.

I read the title, then paused as Louise stood up and gave me a smile. It felt like she pitied me.

“I’ll be in the kitchen if you need anything,” she said.

“Okay!” I responded with a smile, trying to lift my own spirits.

It was okay. Everything was okay. It had to be.

[punkpillywiggin]

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#5

bro that fucking concert

the dress. the matching mikey fuckin way shirts. the fact that they played world is ugly live for the first time EVER…… they really said let’s give the gays everything

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#4

the whole thing with rats, live laugh launch, embrace the plague, “will you welcome your extinction in the morning rays”

i really think this new album (cause we all know it’s coming) is gonna be centered around the apocalypse/different stories of apocalypse

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jk rowling hates them! this person is both trans and chronically ill!

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trans man named adam tearing out his extra rib and giving it to his trans woman friend named eve send post

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My #1 post of 2022

i love being friends with bitches who won’t shut up. i never know what to talk about. please tell me your whole life story and then infodump to me about warrior cats or greek history

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[maeshelix]

How do you think the martial arts styles for Sunny, Aubrey, Mincy, and Rowan would fit them?

Thank you for this opportunity to overanalyze Omiri characters. I owe you my life

[IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ME AND HAVEN'T PLAYED OMORI PLEASE LOOK AWAY I WILL NOT BE THE ONE TO SPOIL MY FAVORITE GAME FOR YOU]

[Have to do this cause spoilers can't be put on an ask fml]

I feel like Sunny's chosen style fits more with his Omori side then anyone. Or, to be specific, it emphasize his ruthlessness in battle.

There was a fairly famous post on here I swear I had saved in a draft somewhere that pointed out how ruthless Omori is in most things he does, mostly in his actions near the end of the story. His skills, when they dont involve swinging a knife about, focus on manipulating the emotions of enemies in battle to lower their stats and deal damage ala Mock, Trick, Shun, and Exploit. His only spoken dialogue is him verbally cutting Sunny to shreds (on top of the literal way he cuts Sunny to shreds lmao) in a desperate attempt to take over and repress the Truth again and the only actions he has, outside of player control, are spent making sure that any and all threats to Sunny are completely incapable of hurting him.

Though something I don't think gets as much play in Omori fanworks is that Sunny can be just as ruthless, which makes sense since theyre born from the same psyche. His battle against Aubrey when you have pepper spray in your inventory showcase this fairly well though I'm sure I could find more examples if I looked.

Point being, if something can give this traumatized fool an advantage in an engagement, he'll take it. And from the description you gave of Bak Mei that seems like a style that fits his mo, mainly in how it focuses on attacking weak points in the body. Whether in hitting points in the body that deal the most damage (groin) or in attacking points that would affect the structural integrity of the lower body (knees and shins).

Aubrey's connection to her fighting style comes mostly in her propensity towards use of her upper body, both in real life and Headspace fights, as she punches, headbutts, or baseball bats (/mailbox/body pillow/Mr. Plantegg/etc) whatever is giving her grief at the moment. And that propensity seems like it lends itself well to a style literally known as Thai Boxing, even if knees and shins are used in the style aswell.

Rowan doesn't exist in vanilla Omori, at least not as the bitter flower boy he was planned to be, so it's hard to say how well this style fits with his personality outside of talking about a specific fanfic or AU, and I don't really have a mental picture of his character in my mind more complex then "Basil except he angy" and you already gave Basil Drunken Style.

Though a close second who is in the game does come in Stranger, who I also think fits this fighting style. Krav Maga is a fighting style that doesn't care for rules and the opponents well-being, which fits pretty well with how Stranger doesn't care for the rules of Headspace (boy just. Appears places. And is never targeted by enemies) nor for Sunny’s comfort and short term mental well-being, in regards to his need to show Sunny the Truth. It's also a ruthless fighting style focused on disarming opponents and ending a fight as quickly as possible, something that showcases Strangers (possible) roots as a part of Sunny's psyche and also just seems like a practical style to learn when your main opponent in life is Omori, who has a knife on him at all times and who only grows stronger as he accumulates energy in a fight.

Finally, Mincy isn't really developed much in baseline Omori so it's hard to say how well Taiho-Jutsu fits her personality but it does kind of fit her vibes, in a way that I can't completely explain. Her main driving force being to attend a good school fits well with the styles roots in feudal police officer work, since school and the police are both controlled by the state, and her status as an artist probably helps her to better restrain ones wrists and to maintain a hold, since paintings and art tend to require alot of wrist and hand control. Probably. Idk I don't pay much attention to Mincy tbh I apologize to writeranon in advance lmao

[ellie-e-marcovitz]

End of year

A/N: Well, somehow, we’ve arrived at this point: the end of Year 1! It’s been almost two years since I started this. Enjoy!

The rest of the year passed with us continuing to try and figure out what the runes meant. It was the Friday after exams that the grades appeared, posted in the middle of the common room notice boards.

The entire house gathered around the notice board, eager to see how well everyone did. Rowan took top marks for the first years in the house, except for in Astronomy, where we tied. I didn’t do too badly in the other classes as well, managing to even scrape a passing score in potions.

I suspected some outside influence, possibly McGonagall insisting that Snape not fail all the Gryffindors. That, or he had gritted his teeth while giving me the ‘Exceeds Expectations.’ Either way, I wasn’t complaining.

When we weren’t puzzling over the rune code, we were out on the grounds, enjoying the sunshine and the chance to relax. Evenings were spent socialising in the common room or starting to pack our trunks, leading up to the end of year feast.

It was during the afternoon the day of the end of year feast that Angelica knocked at our dorm room door, and asked to see me.

I wiggled out from underneath my bed, where I had been extracting my book collection. “Yeah?” I asked, coming to the door.

She looked serious. “Professor Dumbledore has requested to see you this evening. In the courtyard.”

I gulped. “Why?”

She gave me a shrewd look, almost calculating. “I assume to talk about what did or didn’t happen in that corridor.” A pause. “Good luck, Ellie. You’re going to need it.”

So this was going to be the inevitable punishment.

Rowan and I spent the rest of the afternoon in the common room, Rowan doing most of the talking. I didn’t really pay attention, especially after Angelica flicked her head towards the portrait hole, as if to say, “Go.”

I got up, and headed out, pulling my robes around me. I got a little ways down the corridor, before I heard footsteps running after me.

“Ellie!” Rowan called, hurrying up to me. “I wanted to catch you before you meet with Professor Dumbledore again!”

I sighed. “I’m sorry Rowan, but I’m pretty sure I’m on my way to be punished for our attempt. I can’t ask the Headmaster if he’ll hire you to be a professor someday.”

“It’s not about that.” She shook her head, before turning contemplative. “Although, if the opportunity presented itself… That would be really cool…” She shrugged, before glancing around. “No, it’s about the rune code we found.”

I gestured her to continue.

“I managed to find an obscure book about ciphers this morning, when I was returning a stack of books. I think I managed to figure out what it says.”

My eyebrows jumped. “That’s amazing, Rowan. What does it say?”

“The Ice Knight stands guard past the Vanished Stairs.”

A dawning realisation. “I do remember Seeing stairs and a suit of armour in my vision…”

“It’s definitely ominous,” Rowan agreed. “And since we found it in the cursed ice, it must be connected to the cursed vaults.”

“Ssh…!” I hissed. “Not so loud!”

Rowan nodded, remembering. “I’ll spend the summer holidays searching for any references to Ice Knights and Vanished Stairs at Hogwarts.” I nodded in agreement. I’d be doing something similar. “Hopefully, I’ll have it figured out by the time we return for our second year.”

I was less optimistic. “If we return…” I muttered, and Rowan joined me as I headed down. “I’m half-expecting to be expelled.”

“I hope not,” Rowan fervently countered. “I want to solve this mystery with my best friend.”

I grinned in response. We made our way downstairs, and Rowan paused in the entrance hall, near where the class rankings were posted next to the point hourglasses. I continued on to the courtyard.

It was quieter, the first stars starting to emerge as the sky darkened. I thought I even might’ve spotted Venus, but figured it was the wrong time of year. Professor Dumbledore stood near the fountain, gazing upwards as well.

“Ah, Miss Marcovitz, you have arrived.”

“Hello professor.” A moment passed, each of us watching the stars appear. I took a seat on the fountain, finding it easier than standing.

“Beautiful, isn’t it?” he asked, as we watched. I nodded, before feeling my nerves grow. “The quiet night, the crisp air — it truly puts your troubles into perspective, doesn’t it?”

“In some ways, yes.”

“I oftentimes come here when I need to make an important decision. Such as what might happen with you, Miss Marcovitz.”

“Am I going to be expelled, Professor?” I asked, nervously, bluntly, turning to face him. Professor Dumbledore gave a short shake of his head.

“You have made many, many mistakes this year, Eleanor,” he stared down at me, and I cringed at the use of my full name. “But you have also demonstrated bravery, compassion, and resourcefulness. You’ve shown great promise for the years to come. So I and the other heads have decided not to expel you.”

I heaved a sigh of relief.

“All things considered, I believe you have earned one hundred points for Gryffindor.” He gave another enigmatic smile, as my eyebrows shot up.

“One hundred house points?!” I exclaimed, shocked by the number. The most I’d managed during the year had been twenty. “Um, wow. Thank you, Professor Dumbledore.”

His expression turned stern. “But, a thought. In the years to come, you must also be mindful of how your decisions impact the others around you. Remember, Eleanor, it is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.”

I felt distinctly uncomfortable, and took a glance at the stars. “Can we talk more about the cursed ice? And my brother? And the cursed vaults?” I asked quietly, not wanting to think about his words for now, even if it would stick in my mind.

“We can.” He replied. “And we will. Next year.” He pulled out an elaborate pocket watch, one not unlike the one my dad carried to parties. “Now, the end of year feast is about to start, and I imagine Miss Khanna is anxiously awaiting your arrival in the Great Hall.”

I nodded, before hurrying off, anxious to tell Rowan.

I slipped into the Great Hall moments before Dumbledore himself entered. Thankfully, my entrance was largely covered by everyone cheerfully talking and not being the last one to enter. Though even Charlie was there before I was. I took the seat across from Rowan, next to Charlie, and she silently handed me my hat. I slipped it on just as Dumbledore entered from one of the side rooms off the Great Hall.

The chatter quieted some as he approached his podium, though not completely. “Another year, gone, and yet there is still so much to learn…” he started, and a wave of silence rippled across the Great Hall.

“Another year has come to end,” he started again, now more clearly heard. “And I hope you all have learned much this year, because I certainly feel like I have learned from you.” An enigmatic smile, his eyes twinkling in the candlelight. “But enough of my blathering. There is a House Cup to award, and a fest to enjoy.”

The last of the murmurs stopped, as everyone turned their focus to who might win the cup. “In fourth place, Slytherin, with 650 points.” A chorus of ‘Boo’s came from the green clad table, along with groans. Snape looked displeased.

“In third place, Ravenclaw, 780 points.” Scattered clapping came from behind us, though also coupled with groans.

“In second, Hufflepuff, with 890 points.” Again, scattered clapping, but this time coupled with bewildered murmurs at the change of position.

“And with 970 points, Gryffindor!”

The table erupted in cheers, and more groans could be heard from the Slytherin table. Penny tossed a double thumbs up in our direction briefly.

“Congratulations, Gryffindor, for winning the House Cup!” Dumbledore congratulated, leading the applause.

“We did it, Ellie!” Rowan cheered, arms flailing cheerfully above her. The clapping eased, though the atmosphere stayed euphoric, as Dumbledore started talking again.

“Now, please, enjoy the feast, and enjoy your summer holidays.” He finished, and the tables erupted in applause again, as the tables filled with food.

The feast passed in a riot of chatter that left my head spinning by the end of it. I managed to pack a couple more items, before crashing.

The next morning was chaos.

The last items were packed away, the final search of the dormitory undertaken, pets coaxed into the appropriate travelling carriers. Hoots had been reluctant to go back in his cage, after a year (give or take a few days) of not inhabiting it.

I pulled apart an old Daily Prophet, lined the bottom with several of Rita Skeeter’s columns, and tossed a few owl treats in for good measure. He was less reluctant after doing so.

“Crazy owl,” I muttered, tossing his cover over the cage, and heaving the cage and my trunk down to the common room. Together, me and Rowan dragged our trunks down to the entrance hall, where they were being gathered to go down to Hogsmeade Station.

The first years would be going back across the lake, and I was looking forward to doing it without crutches. Notices about not using magic over the summer holidays were being handed out, as we filtered out of the entrance hall. Mine came with another note:

Enjoy your summer holidays, Eleanor. And remember.

The note was as enigmatic as the person who wrote it. I shoved the note in my pocket, along with the notice. It probably wouldn’t mean much to mum and dad, other than potentially incite a fight. Mum would probably set me extra work, and dad would probably confiscate my wand for the summer, to keep me from using it unnecessarily.

We gathered with the rest of the first years, Charlie joining not long after.

“Ever’one here?” Hagrid asked cheerfully, to a chorus of nods. I also noticed Jae skulking over, after having attempted to skip the boat ride back. We headed down to the boathouse, and I shuddered a little as we entered. Something felt… Off. In a way I couldn’t really explain.

“No more’n four to a boat!” Hagrid restated, as everyone clambered in. Ben joined me and Rowan, looking a little less afraid of the boats this time around, as did Penny. Jae was with Charlie and Corey, who looked a little green.

The trip back across the lake was smooth, even if the Giant Squid popped a couple of tentacles up, as if waving goodbye. There had been some shrieks of shock, but also several others, including Charlie and Liz, who waved back.

Arriving on the other side of the lake, the platform was bustling with activity. We found our trunks and owls, and found the compartment we sat in on the ride up. Loading our trunks into the racks above was easier in some ways (no crutches), but also harder without the strength of adults.

Trunks and owls safely stowed, we wandered the corridor some, looking for people. Walking the length of the train, I recognised Tonks and her shock of bright pink hair. She waved cheerfully at me, which I returned. A little further on, I noticed Tulip, and she gave a tiny, almost unnoticeable nod, before ignoring us.

We continued on, and I started looking for the remaining two members of our dorm.

I had already traded addresses with Jasmine and Annika, not long after finals. Rowan promised to give me hers on the train ride home, which left Iðunn and Rose.

We happened to run into each other halfway down the train, and quickly traded addresses, just before the final whistle sounded. Shouts from the platform conductors set us scurrying back to our compartments. Arriving back, we found Ben waiting, trunk on the ground.

“D’you mind if I sit with you?” he asked. “Merula and her group kinda took over the one I used last time.” Me and Rowan shared a look.

I shook my head. “We don’t mind, Ben.” Rowan nodded in agreement.

Ben looked relieved, and we helped him hoist his trunk onto the rack, as the train slowly moved off. Soon, we were hurtling through the Scottish countryside.

We chatted happily for awhile, before we each delved into a book. Ben got a head start on his Charms homework, I wanted to finish off the book I’d begun just before the ice room, and Rowan started a mystery I hadn’t seen before now.

I tried to get comfortable in my uniform skirt, even taking off my shoes, but I still felt awkward with Ben sitting across from me. Eventually, as we crossed into England, I insisted on changing into our muggle clothes.

It ultimately came down to Ben changing in the loo, and me and Rowan trading off the compartment. I had planned ahead – I’d dressed with my favourite soccer jersey under my uniform button up, which meant it didn’t take me very long.

I spotted Charlie a little ways down the train as I waited for Rowan, and I waved. It was hard to tell if he noticed, which left me feeling a little disappointed, before Ben returned and we quietly chatted. I also watched the English countryside zip by, enjoying the varied landscapes and the clattering of the train.

Rowan slid the compartment door open with almost impeccable timing, as I thought I spotted Merula out and about. Me and Ben ducked in, hoping she hadn’t seen us, before pulling the curtains across the doors, and turning the compartments lights on.

It was far more comfortable, even if Ben raised a brief eyebrow at my jersey. I briefly stuck my tongue out, but said nothing else.

There was a knock a little while later, which turned out to be Penny. She ended up the compartment with us, looking both nervous and excited at returning to London. She had also changed out of her uniform, opting for a patterned sundress.

We quietly chatted the rest of the way back into London, and I spied various buildings as the train made its way closer to Kings Cross. I even managed to pick out Wembley, through that wasn’t very difficult.

The train pulled up to the platform with a hiss, as me and Rowan were putting our books back in our trunks. Ben seemed nervous, so I scribbled down my home phone and handed it to him.

“If you want someone to talk to,” I noted, and he gave a shaky grin in response. I also traded numbers with Penny, and Rowan gave me a slip of parchment with her address on it, which I added to the other pieces in my pocket.

“Let me know if you find something that might help with next year.” She said, and I nodded.

Trunks down from the racks, hugs and “Have a good summer!” said, we split up. Penny going to get her trunk, Ben hurrying to the platform as if being chased by an Imp, and Rowan wandering the corridor, looking for her parents.

Exiting onto the platform myself, I searched for mum, dad, and the twins. I noticed Charlie, along with his brother Bill, greeting their parents and younger siblings.

There were also goodbyes from other students. “Later, Ellie!

“Yeah, have a nice summer Marcovitz!” I gave a tight grin at that one, not entirely sure if it was complementary.

I even got a tight smile from Allison Green, as she headed for the barrier. Scanning the platform, and tuning out the chatter, I found mum and the twins not far from the barrier as well, standing just to the less crowded side of it.

Mum had thought ahead, finding a luggage cart, which I happily placed my trunk on. “Ready to go?” she asked. I patted my pockets.

“I think so.”

THE END (for now)

[Summer]

[jubbolini]

An MTG player's way too early thoughts on Chien-Pao ex and Pokemon tcg

omg no way its the first post on my blog, holy crap lois! I should mention that pretty much all my blogs are just a stream of consciousness and nothing is really edited to be pretty or concise or well-written. This blog is a place for me to finally write as terribly as I want. This blog really is just for me to go back to and see what I was thinking or into at the time. With that being said I wanna talk about Pokemon tcg cause I really like this game and I think it's everything I want in a card game like MTG.

Playing Pokemon is like playing Storm Queen Rowan

When I play mtg I usually play commander and modern. But my favorite deck of all time in any format is easily my Rowan edh storm deck. That deck has two goals: Go through the deck in pretty much one turn and exodia obliterate all my opponents. This deck accomplishes that by turn 3. However, like all storm decks, every game is a puzzle with a million different moving parts and no clear path to victory. And that's what gets me going when I play tcg games, drawing cards, generating mana, tutoring, and playing a million gajillion cards in a turn.

Pokemon tcg is basically that but the catch is that EVERY deck does this. When I realized this I knew I had to get a meta deck and play pokemon. I can tutor multiple times a turn, draw 80% of my deck in like 3 turns, build a board presence on turn one, ramp AND (this is really important) my oppponent can't do anything on my turn? To me that sounds like the greatest game of all time

When I looked at justinbasil.com I was so happy to learn that not only are cool pokemon used in meta decks, but all the top meta decks are super fucking cheap. Like holy wigginoli I can easily buy all the top 8 decks on Justinbasil.com for the cost of ONE modern deck in MTG. I actually did this, but I'll talk about those decks later as I play them.

Rain Dance Incarnated: Chien-Pao!

Plot-twist: This isn't my first time playing the pokemon tcg. I played 13-14 years ago when I was a 4th grader with no critical thinking abilities and idiot dumb brain. I also didn't have the best card in the game: the credit card. Anyways, when I saw chien-pao ex's deck description I was like, "wait this is keldeo ex blastoise deck that I couldn't play cause I was 11 years old with no money". So I decided to role with Chien-Pao.

The deck is hella easy to understand. You do 4 things: 1. Fetch lands with Chien pao, 2. get baxcalibur on the field, 3. ramp 4. NUKE. Of couse there's other shit you have to do, but those are always the four goals I think. I utilized the Grant Shen list, but I also looked at video guide on the deck, and I also picked up some cards that were used in previous lists that were cut along the way.

Once the all the cards came in I went to where I usually play mtg and I joined the pokemon league for the first time in a long time, with literally zero practice with the deck.

Pokemon Leagues are Fun!

The league I went to was 3 best of three rounds. I warned all my opponents that I had literally zero experience with the deck and I just watched a video on it but I got the gameplan down. All my opponents were super nice and chill with me, which I liked! Anyways I'll start talking about my thoughts on the matches and what I learned.

Round 1: Chien-Pao Mirror

I played a guy who'd gone to regionals and so I was like, "bro knows what he's doing, i'm so finished". Uhh, the mirror match is pretty simple actually: get the first two prize knockout. I think if you kill their chien-pao first you're pretty much golden. I actually played game 1 hella passively, idk why but I wanted to get a cute greninja kill. Btw radiant greninja is the genuine mvp of this deck. As long as you have him and a chien-pao you're drawing two cards automatically every time. I think you also always need to bench two frigibax's and a doof, and manaphy.

Quick aside, I think I learned sequencing pretty quickly from this MU. I think you tutor first, then draw, then, if pokestop is in play, spin the wheel. Essentially, you want to see the most amount of cards as possible.

Back to the MU, I think whoever gets a bax and a frigibax out first will pretty much win, if you get two baxcaliburs out you're golden can't lose. This is why I think greninja is so important, if they don't bench manaphy and you have the ability to hit one or both frigibax on your turn, DO IT SO FUCKING FAST. This deck stinks without the ramp from bax. Also I thought that holding pokestop would be fine until your opponent plays it, but then I read the stadium rule and now I know, just play pokestop and spin that shit last.

Anyways I lost game one since I didn't read bidoof's ability and I thought I could snipe a frigibax and bidoof, when I should've sniped both frigibax. Easily could've won. Game two I just won since I took the first two prizes and he couldn't win the prize trade, he also got baxcalibur out way too late. Game three was interesting, he had a sizeable lead when we went to time. I acutally thought that if you go to time whoever has the most prize cards wins, but no, pokemon has TIES! BUT I HATE TIES! So instead of retreating my Chien pao and forcing him to cross switcher it out to win, I fucking nuked his little sabertooth with my sabertooth for 540 damage. It was basically me doing hollow purple.

Anyways I lost that game like a little idiot baby, but it was fun.

Round 2: Mew-vmax

Wtf mew-vmax is the coolest fucking deck I've ever seen. My opponent also had god-tier luck which I think helped him out. Basically, mew-ex goes brr, but like brrrrrrrrrrrrrr unlike Chien-pao which goes brrrr. Before I played a card, bro had a full bench of genesct v had drawn I wanna say at least 15 cards, and had two mew v. Like I had a pretty decent turn one, I had the rare candy baxcalibur ready to go. Then bro said. "lol thoughtseize, goodbye baxcalibur". I GOT FUCKING THOUGHTSEIZED IN POKEMON WTF. Then after thoughtseizing me, and basically playing niv-mizzet,parun edh deck and drawing all his cards. He play path to the peak, then judge so now my chien-pao can't fetch and I only have four cards in hand. That's okay cause I got greninja, then he was like, "hey bro, greninja has a rule box". Then I looked and was like, "holy crap lois, greninja has a rule box! jesus christ." I lost that game cause he always had what he needed.

Game two went basically the same way as game one. I lost, but it was fun watching mew-vmax go off! I played him a third time actually for practice and I learned something very important about Chien-pao and prize trades: Don't play pao unless you know you can take the first KO or if he's just the starting pokemon. Like I feel you use Chien-pao as a fucking creature with haste like in modern burn. If you play it, you better fucking nuke something with it, or you have to be 95% sure they can't kill it next turn. Once I realized that the mew-vmax matchup became much easier to navigate. Getting around judge-path to the peak combo requires bibarel, the secret weapon of the deck. Like if I didn't have biebs I would've lost so fast. Anyways I barely lost this time since I needed 6 energies for the final ko and I could only get 5 of my little sabertooth. I love mew-vmax, and I think I spent 3 minutes gushing over their deck since it was so cool and fast

Round 3: Miraidon Ex

MIRAIDON IS SO FUCKING COOL! LOOK AT IT! ITS A YUGIOH 5DS MOTORCYCLE DRAGON AAAAAAAAAAAAA! This match was two games, and my opponent was also kind of new to the game. BUT, I put all of my lessons from the first two rounds together and I think I played like a real pokemon trainer.

Game 1 I had a god-awful start, my one lone bidoof and two frigibax. My opponent got unlucky with their electric generator after literally getting a full bench on one turn, so I had some breathing room. I eventually got going after they killed my bidoof, I got to avenge my bidoof by nuking their raikou v with my chien pao, that I had played that turn by the way, hooray for critical thinking. Then they couldn't kill my chien-pao cause they had no ramp, or not enough ramp I think, idk, so I was chilling! So I got a big brain idea, I dug through my deck and got the cross switch combo, I then cross switched up the flaafy and I switch my first chien pao with ANOTHER CHIEN-PAO. Don't worry I fetched with the first chien-pao before switching. Then i fetched for two more energies. At this point I had four energies in hand, and I had my energy retrieval so I was cooking. I nuked their flaafy, then they killed my first chien-pao, and then I swung back for the next ko. They ran out of gas so I won.

Game 2 went pretty much the same as game 1, but I won much faster thanks to a really amazing starting hand. Forgot the hand since this happened 2 days ago, but yea. Oh I also pulled off my second hollow purple and nuked something for 540 again.

In general Pokemon is hella fun! I thought their wouldn't be much interaction since instants and flash aren't a thing in this game, but I was so wrong. There's hand disruption, pokemon catchering something up, and like a billion other little things. The prize trade is what I think makes this game so fun, it's truly a puzzle to figure out how to make sure that the prize trade works in your favor. I probably should've went 1-1-1 but 1-2-0 I think it pretty good for a first time back. Now for my way too early thoughts on Chien pao and the list I ran.

Chien-Pao is Pretty Amazing If...

you get setup on turn two, or when you know your opponent can't attack or has to still setup. In this game there seems to be a 1-3 turn window that you need to get setup in and if you don't, you're screwed. For chien-pao, I actually think this is a 1-2 turn window, especially if you go second. This deck can't really bounce back from losing a baxcalibur, unless you've ramped already onto two Chien-paos. This deck hinges on your ability to ramp each turn or just ramp one turn and be prepped to nuke things each turn. If you whiff on a kill you're cooked. This deck truly needs a lot of things to go right to get going, but once it does, it's actually insane how good it is. You have to play this deck aggresively, those first two turn you have to see as many cards as humanly possible. Anyways, it's an absolute blast to play once you get the sequencing down. Remember, tutor, draw, pokestop in that order I think. Anyways on to the edits I made:

-4 Cross Switcher, +4 Trekking Shoes

Boss' Orders is a card, so instead of wasting 4 slots on something that is used to kill Manaphy, why not use that to be more aggressive and see more cards? I understand why cross switcher is good, you can Irida and Boss' Order on one turn instead of having to do that on two turns. However, I really think seeing more cards for those first one to two turns is crucial. Plus, you need two copies of it to go off, so you're only really gonna pull that combo off once per game on average. You also need another card in cancelling cologne, so that's a 3 card combo to kill, ideally 2 pokemon, sometimes just 1 tho. Idk if it weakens Irida, but it helps find her! Shoutouts to consider, it's my favorite cantrip. Now the deck can go super brrrrrrrr.

-1 Cancelling Cologne, -1 Hisuian Heavy Ball, + 2 Boss' Orders

Since I still wanna kill Manaphy with greninja, I decided that 2 boss' orders would be needed. I took out a cancelling cologne since I only need one per game, and I took out hisuian heavy ball since I don't think prizing 3 Chien-Paos is common. I did prize two in one game during the mirror match, but that was fine honestly. And tbh it probably doesn't happen much. I also get the flexibility of dancing around any single prize pokemon my opponent my throw at me as a sacrifice for the prize trade. The drawback is I can't Irida and boss on one turn, but I'm okay with that I think, idk yet.

Closing Thoughts I Think

And that's all the edits for now! Paradox rift came out yesterday and introduced some new cards that are really good for Chien-pao. Iron-hands ex is the big one, and guess what? I pulled a full-art iron-hands in an etb! Also btw etbs (elite trainer box) are really fucking cheap compared to mtg. Like 9 packs, sleeves, and dice for 35 dollars? Omg, pokemon is so fucking based, I love it. Wotc needs to take notes. Earthen vessel is also really good for this deck I think! In essence I would be able to fetch for FOUR lands on ONE TURN without switching out. That's like 240 damage at least which kos a lot of stuff I think. Idk what I'm going to cut though, since this list is really tight and every spot matters. I think my inital cut would be an ultra ball and a pokestop, and I would just accept that I get hosed by judge/path. Although cutting the trekking shoes line down to 3 or even two would probably be best.

Next time I talk about my league challenge, I'll probably talk about chien-pao again, or one of the other decks I got if they come in the mail before Thursday. Next blog will probably be about one of my other hobbies tho since I do quite a few things in my free time. tldr: Pokemon tcg is fun, Chien-pao ex is fun, I really like Miraidon.

credit for the chien-pao fanart goes to u/cccstelli on Reddit!

edit: btw im calling iron-hands/chien-pao pao-hands since that sounds funny. probably not first person to think of that name but just so you know

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I posted 40 times in 2022

That's 40 more posts than 2021!

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#this has been me and literally everyone i know as we've moved into our 30s and come to the realization we're full fledged adults.

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#5

And we're back to gryphon. Seriously, it's the most surreal thing to have that full body phantom shift going on at work. Hi, yes, I'm your friendly call center gryphon here to help you with your meds. Feels so weird talking without my beak, too. It does not feel like my mouth should be able to make the necessary shapes. But I'm actually more focused like this. For some reason. The weirdness of my body not being like it should be is a little distracting, but overall I'm more focused.

5 notes - Posted December 9, 2022

#4

A howl on the wind

Welcome, welcome! I'm Rowan, just your average thirty-something wolf here on Tumblr. Check out the info under the cut if you'd like to know more about me. And don't be afraid to come say hi. I promise I don't bite, but I might sniff a little.

Name: Rowan Age: 30s Gender: Genderqueer Pronouns: Xe/xir preferred, but they/them is fine too Kintypes: Canadian timber wolf, African golden wolf, coastal gryphon, kiko kawa kitsune Kithtypes: Crow, raven, red-tailed hawk Interests: Lore, balladry, writing Additional: I am a suntherian. This means I'm always somewhere in flux between kintypes and humanity. What you're going to get with me varies day to day, but I'm always some level of shifted.

I don't have much in the way of rules for this blog, aside from the commonplace and common sense.

Be respectful of both me and others

No homophobia, no transphobia, no racism, no TERFS, no MAPs, no bestiality... Basically see rule 1 on this and also don't be vile.

This is a therian/otherkin-centered blog. If you have a problem with that, please see yourself out. My muzzle is too grey to put up with that BS.

I am willing to answer questions. That's how people learn and I've been around long enough in enough marginalized communities to be fine with questions. Just ask them respectfully.

If you're a minor, I don't mind you coming to this blog with questions. But please understand that I will not be willing to accept DMs from minors. I'm in my 30s. I'm happy to talk to you on the dash (which is basically the Tumblr equivalent of "in public"), though, and everyone is welcome to ask questions and reply to posts.

None of the images on this blog were photographed/drawn by me. I can words, but I cannot art. I have made no effort to remove creator's marks if present. If any of these belong to you and you'd like them taken down, please message me and I'll do that.

That's basically me. I'd love for you to come introduce yourself. Say hi, hang around a while. I would really like to meet more alterhumans!

5 notes - Posted November 27, 2022

#3

I have phantom limbs. I have phantom limbs virtually 100% of the time. It's very rare for them to go away. But I rarely have full-body phantom shifts. Especially of a single kintype. Usually it's a weird mishmash of all of them. This is day four of just gryphon. I can feel clearly my wings my ears my beak my tail.... I can feel my hind paws and it makes walking feel weird. I can feel my talons and it makes typing an experience. But it's just... My brain right now is so convinced that this is what I look like right now in this life that I keep forgetting I don't. And I alternately worry about being a gryphon and somebody potentially noticing and being sad no one can tell.

6 notes - Posted November 29, 2022

#2

This has been me the past couple of weeks... Being the office gryphon is sometimes super awkward.

(You can find this page here and Theri There in its entirety here. Still one of my favorite ways to explain therianthropy to humans. Go check it out!)

12 notes - Posted December 9, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

A friend of mine who's a furry harrangued me into making a fursona. After five years of him trying to get me to do it. It ended up just being... me. How I look most days. Wolf's head and forepaws, feline back paws, wings, tail with both a feline tail and an eagle tail... I hate to call it a "kinsona" because that sounds very KFF-y, but he kinda is. Really the big differences between and him (the fursona) are that I usually have a canine tail and that he's green and blue. I almost had him be natural colors, but that hit too close to home. Hence the green and blue. I may have to see if I can draw him.

It does kinda bother me when Clint calls me a furry. There's nothing wrong with being a furry, that design just doesn't feel like a fursona. It just feel like me. As I am most of the time. A suit of that design wouldn't really be a costume. I don't know. It's weird. I'm weird. I'm also not "out," so to speak, as a therian. But I think the thing is that this doesn't feel like a fursona, hence I don't actually have a fursona, and therefore I am not a furry. Also, these are two of my kintypes. They are me. And I'm not a furry, I'm a therian. Perhaps I'll make a fursona that isn't me-but-green.

50 notes - Posted December 1, 2022

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I posted 26,998 times in 2022

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#also am i the only bench trio person who became a bench trio person cause no one liked clingy duo any more so i had to learn to like ranboo

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#5

@wilburians is being a misogynist! on INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY!!!!

8 notes - Posted March 8, 2022

#4

Hello hello hello and welcome to:

Nep’s Downloading Homestuck Walk through!!!

im on desktop and i dont know how to make colored text on desktop so just pretend thats a rainbow!

also going to at @ @ghostdragoncookie  because they needed help but feel free to use this whoever u are!

(also dropping the typing quirk for clarity cause maybe people want to download homestuck but dont have nepeta puns dictionary bookmarked for easy access)

OKAY SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO: the ramblings of a teenage boy who just woke up from a three hour nap and also knows like 4 things about computers but just used brute force to get his way through it

Step one:

go here https://bambosh.github.io/unofficial-homestuck-collection/

Step two:

press Download and then download the file that corresponds to your operating system, i have windows so screenshots that will be included will be for windows. but i will learn how to use linux or mac if needed i am a servant to the people! and the people must read homestuck!

also make sure to put it in a place you can find easy that will be important later

Step three:

Downlaod the asset pack. Now this is the hard part, imo, because they say all asset packs are the same but not all work with all the computers. “but nep, that doesnt make any sense! why dont they just tell you what asset packs work for what computers?” and to that i say: thats the joy of homestuck! nothing works, about three things make sense, and we all just guess until it works out. so if your asking what asset pack to download, just start at the top and work your way down ig i dunno man thats what i did.

Step four:

Assuming you magically picked the right asset pack (and if you didnt dw there will be a trouble shooting thing at the bottom of this) you will go into your files and find homestuck!

Step five:

Unzip your files. How I understand for macs if you click on a file it automatically unzips itself. (why does it do that apple? whats the fuckin purpose?) I dont know for linux but once again if asked i will learn. and for windows theres a nifty button to press pictured below.

Step six:

OPENING HOMESTUCK!!!!!

so now you will go into actual homestuck and open it! process pictured below!!

first you want to make sure ur asset pack and hs are in the same place, that is just for ease of finding things later

See the full post

9 notes - Posted August 4, 2022

#3

https://at.tumblr.com/menalez/menalez-menalez-menalez-menalez-menalez/qmznj0qeio26

who tf r u and whyd u send me a random post abt a terf?

10 notes - Posted October 28, 2022

#2

Rowan/Toby/Nepeta | he/him | minor

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My #1 post of 2022

what r ur opinions on this photo

when i was young i used to go into a room that was as empty i could find and then i would spin around in circles for up to 45 minutes.

i think that carpet would be too damp and it would smell too bad for me to be able to do that.

16 notes - Posted March 8, 2022

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Story Time - Part 2

Hello everyone! It's been a long time since I've posted anything to my blog, but I finally managed to finish this little bit of writing that I have been pouring over for three months. Writer's block is a bitch, ya know?

Anyways, hope you enjoy Part 2 to my Library AU. Part 1 can be found here.

Rating: T, warnings: some language

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“Alright, class, settle down!” Aelin smiled, waving her hands to the group of tiny humans in front of her. They mostly obeyed her, but she had to contend with a few giggles and flailing limbs before they were all seated.

“Thank you so much for joining me in Story Time today! I had so much fun with all of you, and I can’t wait for you to come back next time. But right now, it’s time for us to say goodbye to all of our friends with our goodbye song.”

To signify the end of Story Time, Aelin led the group through a short song. Their high energy merely paused during the tune, resuming with silly giggles as soon as it came to an end. With a slight smile on her lips, she began pulling out coloring books and toys, barely laying the supplies out when she heard a high-pitched, “Aelin!”

She lifted her head, expecting to see an accident of some sort, but registered that the pronunciation of her name was warped, sounding more like “Ae-win.” Knowing what was next, Aelin braced herself but still staggered a bit as a certain toddler crashed into her legs.

Reaching down, Aelin scooped Millie into her arms, reveling in the giggles that escaped her mouth as she held her above her head. It was amazing to see how far Millie had come from that very first class, so afraid of everything that she needed Aelin to guide her. But now, she fit right in, playing and talking with other children, learning songs, dances, and rhymes. Today she even saw her trying to sing along with the ABCs. Aelin knew that it was only a matter of time before Millie could recite all the letters by heart.

Aelin couldn’t deny just how attached she was to Millie. She was an amazing kid, and the affection that Aelin received from her was enough to sustain her through the rest of the week. If she played favorites, which she totally didn’t, Millie Whitethorn would be at the top of her list.

Aelin twirled around with her still in her arms, the frightened squeals giving way to laughter, much to Aelin’s delight. After a handful of more giggles and squeals, she set Millie back down on the ground and watched as she skipped happily back to her father. Her eyes landed on the man at the back of the room who welcomed the toddler back with open arms. Then his gaze locked with hers, and she realized she had been staring. Heat began to creep across her face as he smiled and waved.

Over the last few weeks, Aelin had stepped into a seamless sort of friendship with Rowan. Before and during class, Millie would give her hugs and toothy grins that made Aelin’s heart melt. At the end, Aelin would scoop her up and carry her back to her father, who often stayed late to speak with her. While some of his questions were geared toward Millie or her class, more often than not, he would inquire about Aelin and her life. On more than one occasion, she could have sworn he was flirting with her.

Aelin couldn’t fault herself for swooning a bit. Rowan was handsome, to say the least, and seeing how good he was with Millie only increased the attraction ten-fold. But she didn’t get crushes on her patrons, especially those who came to her Story Time class with the most adorable daughter, who was a tiny doll of a human with gorgeous chocolate curls. Not only was it unprofessional, but she also didn’t want to make things awkward and cause Rowan and Millie to avoid coming to the library.

Plus, he had to be married, right? Guys that good-looking with daughters like Millie had to have a bombshell of a wife at home. She’d hadn’t seen him wear a ring to class, but that didn’t mean anything - Rowan Whitethorn was entirely off-limits.

She didn’t know when it happened, but she started looking for them every Wednesday morning. Her heart would pound in her chest until they arrived, Rowan smiling and waving at her after setting Millie on the floor. She tried not to think about the way she felt her face flush when she caught his eye or the way that her heart skipped when he smiled at her. Going down that road only led to frustration and heartache.

For someone who didn’t get crushes, she knew she had it bad.

Turning away, she redirected her focus to the children playing on the floor, joining them in their coloring and games. Though she didn’t look to see if Rowan was looking, she was almost positive she felt his gaze on her the entire time. She was supposed to do her job, attend to the children in her class, and handle their parents. Pining after unavailable men was not in the job description.

After interacting with anyone but Rowan, parents and children started filing out of the room, waving goodbye to her and their friends. Aelin had just started cleaning up the toys when a set of tiny hands helped her put the items into her bucket.

“Aww, thank you, Millie! You’re such a great helper!” Aelin spoke fondly to the child, who beamed back up at her. Before she knew it, the toys and activities were cleared and put away, and Aelin was standing alone in the room with Rowan and Millie. They cleaned in peaceful silence, the only noises coming from the occasional toy hitting the bucket and the snick of the door as another family left.

Her stomach flipped when he smiled at her. It was times like this when she felt like perhaps they had something that might be worth exploring outside of this haven of hers, that maybe he was thinking the same thing she was when it came to lingering after class. But Aelin tamped down on that feeling, not wanting to delve into it any further lest she end up looking foolish.

Feeling a slight tug on her fingers, Aelin allowed Millie to pull her toward her father. She had no choice but to follow, especially when Millie yelled out “Dada, Aelin!” at the top of her lungs, and Rowan chuckled, amused. His laugh was her downfall, especially when it spilled out due to Millie’s antics. It was warm and inviting, and Aelin loved how his eyes crinkled with joy, and those dimples in his cheek made a rare appearance.

Millie held on tightly to her hand, dragging her along until they stood in front of Rowan, a shy smile playing about her lips as he grinned at her. Millie grasped onto her father as soon as possible, her small hand swallowed by his large ones. She giggled happily in between them, unaware that her father and her new teacher had been caught in an intense staring contest.

Fuck, she was so screwed.

Regaining her composure and drawing her eyes away from Rowan reluctantly, Aelin bent down on the floor, smoothing Millie’s soft curls back behind her ears. “You were extra good today; I’m so proud of you, sweetheart.”

Millie smiled brightly at her. “Aelin pretty.”

“Aww, thank you, little love.” Her grin widened at the small compliment.

“Dada says so, too.”

Aelin felt her face heat, whipping her head up to Rowan. He had a matching red stain across his cheeks as he looked down at his daughter with wide eyes. Millie only giggled at their comical expressions, not understanding the enormity of the knowledge she just dropped into the open space between them.

Aelin rose from the floor and stared hard at Rowan, who, she noted, looked a bit sheepish. Dragging his hand across the back of his neck, he frowned down at his daughter. “Thanks for that, Mills.”

His daughter beamed back at him, proud of herself for doing a good job, and went back to swinging their joined hands back and forth. Aelin cocked one eyebrow up at him, and he sighed deeply, casting an exasperated look to the ceiling. “I should have known better than to talk around her. She’s at the age where she repeats everything I say.”

Aelin chuckled softly, enjoying Rowan’s obvious discomfort. “Yes, kids tend to mirror their parents at this age.”

There was a beat of silence as Rowan’s eyes slid back to hers, and she felt her heart skip in her chest. His cheeks were flushed, his forest eyes wide as he looked at her. He was so adorably embarrassed that she couldn’t help but tease him a little.

“So…you think I’m pretty then?” Aelin asked coyly.

“Very pretty!” Millie chimed in before her father could say anything else. “Dada says so to Uncle Fen.”

“Amelia…” Rowan’s voice was rough with embarrassment as he frowned down at his child. Millie, who happily spilled her father’s secrets to her teacher without regard, was oblivious to the awkward silence that now stretched between the two of them.

Aelin chuckled a bit. “Don’t worry about it. I’ve heard way worse than that here. Out of the mouths of babes, right?”

Rowan chuckled indulgently, and the room fell into silence once again.

Aelin chewed her lip nervously. “So…”

Rowan smiled. “So…”

Aelin sighed, her face falling. “So I need to get going. I have another program to run this afternoon, and I haven’t finished prepping for it.” She leaned over Millie, brushing her hands through her soft curls. “You did such a good job today, Millie. I can’t wait to see you next week.”

Aelin’s heart clenched as Millie’s eyes welled with tears, her bottom lip quivering. “It’s okay to leave, little love. I’ll be here when you come back.” Aelin gave her a soft smile, and Millie sniffled a bit before wrapping her arms tightly around her legs.

“She really does love you,” Rowan said softly. “I’m not the only one that talks about you at home.”

Aelin’s eyes lifted to his, those magnificent forest green eyes churning with an unnamed feeling and intent. It left her breathless, the way he was looking at her. Lightning zipped up her back, and goosebumps pebbled across her skin. She felt her muscles tense, and then she took a step back.

“I’m sorry…this is incredibly inappropriate of me.” Aelin stared wide-eyed at both Rowan and Millie. “I shouldn’t be doing this.”

“Doing what?” Rowan asked.

“This is a library. I am a librarian. You both are patrons. I should not be acting this familiar with you. It’s unprofessional.”

Rowan frowned at her. “It’s unprofessional to show affection to children?”

“I should be unbiased and objective when it comes to them. I should be treating them equally.”

Rowan took a step closer to her. “But what if they become attached to you? What if they look forward to coming to the library every week just to see you? What if they can’t stop thinking about you in the time they aren’t here?”

Aelin had a distinct feeling that they were no longer talking about children or even just Millie. Rowan looked at her earnestly, imploring her to understand something that she didn’t want to face. She knew that cultivating this relationship was dangerous, and now she faced the repercussions of her actions.

“My job becomes infinitely more complicated when I indulge in those feelings here. I am a recognizable face in our community. There is no separation of work and personal life for me. Everything I do here is known, and people will let you know if they disagree with what you’re doing, including building relationships with parents and their children. So I don’t do anything that would disappoint anyone.”

Before she could let Rowan say another word, she turned and fled the room.

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It had been a few weeks since Aelin last saw Rowan. He and Millie did not show up for Story Time that morning, not that she could blame them. She had done exactly what she told herself she wouldn’t do. She made it awkward, and now they were no longer coming to her library. She wondered if she would ever see them again.

She knew she was being dramatic, but in just the short time since they started coming, Millie was the part of her week that she looked forward to the most. She always treated each child in her classes like they were her own, but there was something else about Millie that made her want to love her and protect her forever.

She supposed that had more to do with her father.

After that last class, Aelin knew that her feelings for the man were not as one-sided as she thought. But all she could think of was everyone knowing that she found a date in their child’s Story Time class. Aelin had a reputation for being great with children and parents alike, so much that people drove from out of the state to attend her classes. All of that could come crashing down the moment people found out about her and Rowan. Her parents would wonder if she was using Story Time to pick up men, and the trust they placed in her to teach their children would diminish.

Aelin would never allow that to happen. She loved this library and those kids way too much.

That didn’t change the fact that she missed Rowan and Millie terribly.

Another day ended, and Aelin wrapped herself in her coat before walking out to her car. It was the middle of November, and the temperature had dropped significantly over the past few weeks. A crisp arctic air blew off the Staghorns in the distance, and Aelin knew that it was only a matter of time before snow was on the ground.

Her little sedan was parked on the street next to the building, so she turned the corner next to the front door. Pulling her coat tighter to keep the cold from leeching any warmth from her skin, a sardonic laugh tumbled from her lips. She supposed it was fitting, given that her mood had been slipping so low the last few weeks.

Aelin searched her purse for her keys as she walked. Her bag was a cavern, full of anything and everything she could need at any given moment. Unfortunately, she could never find those things due to its oversized nature. She dug around, shoving pens and a mini first aid kit to the side until she finally located her car’s remote triumphantly. As she looked up from her bag, her heart stopped, and her face fell as she saw none other than Rowan Whitethorn leaning against the side of her car.

Aelin stopped a few feet away, and Rowan looked up at the scuffling of her shoes against the concrete. The air between them went taut as a bowstring ready to snap, and she found it difficult to suck enough air into her lungs.

Rowan leaned away from the car, standing up to his full height. Aelin noted for what felt like the thousandth time that he was tall, so much taller than her. She could slot herself right under his chin, like she belonged there, and he would wrap her up in his strong, tattooed arms. She hadn’t quite indulged in a fantasy like that before now, but the last few weeks had left her feeling desperate to cling to the little bit that she got of him.

“Hey.” He dropped the word in between them like a pebble in a still pond, and Aelin felt the ripples right into her heart.

“Hey,” she breathed, her voice soft, unsure.

Rowan moved towards her, and Aelin froze in place. He crossed the short distance between them in only a few steps until he stood right in front of her.

Aelin licked her lips, wetting them in the cold night air, and watched as Rowan’s gaze flicked to her mouth. Her body felt warm and tingly, and she knew without a doubt that what she considered a harmless crush on this man was so much more.

They stood in silence; the only noises were passing cars in the distance, people talking as they entered and exited the library, and the sounds of their breathing in this bubble they shared. Rowan looked like he had something to say, but she beat him to the punch.

“We missed Millie at Story Time these past few weeks.”

Rowan frowned. “Yeah, she’s at her mom’s this month. I suspect she’s going to the library in Wendlyn.”

Confusion must have shown on her face because Rowan sighed. “Her mother and I are divorced, Aelin. That’s why I moved here.”

Aelin frowned. “Why are you telling me this?”

“Because I like you. And because I wanted you to know, so you didn’t think I was cheating on Millie’s mom when I asked you out.”

She exhaled roughly. “You were going to ask me out?”

“Yes, but you cut me off with your rant about being objective and not indulging in any feelings during work. Which is why I am here now, asking you out when you’re officially not at work. You’re just Aelin, and I’m just Rowan. ”

He stepped impossibly closer to her, and she felt the heat radiating off him. It would only take a step for her to be enveloped in him, but she remained frozen in her spot. He asked her out. He wanted to date her. She felt her heart soar, but reason tamped down on her excitement. “Just so you know, I won’t be able to be as friendly as I have been with you or Millie while I’m here.”

“Aelin, I literally don’t care.”

She frowned. “But what about Millie?”

“Millie asks when you’re going to come over to give her a special Story Time just for her, so I bet she can be persuaded to tone it down a bit.”

A laugh tore out from her, and Aelin couldn’t stop her smile. “I suppose I can make a guest appearance.”

Rowan’s smile grew impossibly wide. “Does that mean you’re saying yes?”

Aelin nodded, her face splitting into an impossible grin. “It means that you’ll have something else to discuss at home, Mr. Whitethorn.

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Some thoughts about Legends Arceus!

Okay okay okay I’m REALLY enjoying this game so far holy shit. I did not expect it to be so fun especially the Pokemon catching mechanic but that’s turning out to be a total blast.

-The music is so so so pretty and I love how there’s multiple tracks that take direct inspiration/are subtle remixes from DPP (looking at you Eterna Forest)

-THE INTRO??? It’s really a lot like a classic Pokemon game intro with a professor but instead it’s just Arceus going. Hey. Sup fam. Need your help with smth ;) Also Arceus talking in like fancy old speech like using thee and thou cndnfnnd

-Love how it’s confirmed from the start that you’re a time traveler. My question tho is is this the same Dawn/Lucas from Sinnoh as we know it now?? Is this pre-DPP before they became a trainer or post after they become Champion…real questions

-REI REI REI MY BELOVED. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. This has made me ship Dawn/Lucas even harder. I love that they have a bigger role in this game since they’re barely around in DPP. We lost Barry but we gained a rival and friend in Rei/Akari 🥺 But Nintendo WHY did you make their partner Pokemon Pikachu I’m going to fucking throat punch you you could have picked literally ANY OTHER Pokemon and it would have been better. Please.

-I LOVE THAT WE GOT A CONFIRMED AGE AND WE’RE ACTUALLY A TEENAGER IN THIS GAME. That feels WAY more appropriate than going out on a Pokemon journey as a baby 10 year old. This is the age I headcanon most of the Pokemon protags at so I was thrilled to see we’re actually getting it canonically confirmed this time 😤

-The fact that they literally tell you multiple times “Oh yeah you’ll most likely get attacked and die from a wild Pokemon” LIKE XNANGMSNSN BRO??? THIS SHIT GOT SO DARK ALL OF A SUDDEN. “A lot of people are too scared to even leave the village” “Some of our members got MAULED by a wild Pokemon and had to be taken to the medic” “Your chances of survival are super low” WHAT KIND OF BATSHIT INSANE WORLD IS THIS LMAO. How did the world change so drastically from “Pokemon are awful and evil and want to hunt you for sport” to “Pokemon are wonderful and amazing and are our friends! 😘” I need to see this transition in this game I expect it

-THE AMOUNT OF ANCESTORS I’VE RUN INTO HOLY SHIT. I’m absolutely loving it tbh. So far I’ve found Marley, Cynthia, Mira, Flint, Karen, Darach, Cyrus, Rowan, and Saturn’s ancestors, and those are just the ones off the top of my head, I am SURE there are more and I can’t wait to find them all

-WYRDEER 😭

-I’m so used to playing Genshin that I keep accidentally trying to do Genshin things since the open world mechanics are so similar and then I get sad when I realize I can’t jump lmao

-AAA THE OUTFITSSSSS I unlocked the Oshawott kimono and almost cried it’s so CUTE. I hope we get more options tho bc what you start with is p limited? I want to wear leggings with my other tops and not baggy pants please 🙏

-Idk if it’s just me but while the battle system in itself is fine WHY do your Pokemon take so much fucking damage holy shit. The amount of potions I’ve had to use is ridiculous. My level 12 Oshawott should not have lost over half its HP against a level 7 Buizel get out

Aaaaa I can’t wait to play more this game is ADDICTING and I mean that in the best way. It’s absolutely fantastic so far!! And while I’ve been spoiled to open world games with way higher quality graphics (coughGenshincough) the environments in this game are pretty decent and it’s not enough to detract from the overall experience.

Also again Rei I’d die for you