#live from the workshop

[triflesandparsnips]

Guess who's doing alchemy in the studio again!

(ME, IT'S ME)

Time for

The Wash-Balls of Neroly

Version 3.1

So anyway, where were we?

Previously on "Trifles and Their Terrible Tribulations": The soap had jellied at an early stage, but adding almond meal led to miracles.

Following all that, I was going to be so careful with the next batch. Which is why, naturally, I started it soaking back on November 29th and... promptly didn't stir or even check on it until tonight, almost an entire month later.

Figure 1. Portrait of soap mix that has decided to show Mercy.

This is, in fact, a really good consistency to end up with! No jelly in sight, and it somehow is the right consistency to tip into the mortar for the next step: a shittload of scents.

Figure 2. Two "drops" of labdanum resin-oil, and thirty-eight drops of Neroli oil, because Simon Barbe did not fuck around.

These get folded in gently (though not with that terminology), and the mix is now back to a bit of a thick, soupy consistency.

Figure 3. That's some good soup.

The directions at this point say to beat "a long time to mix it well", and this has caused me Sadness in the past when even beating for a significant period of time did not yield anything like a stiff "paste" that could be rolled into balls, requiring that I find solace in salt as an additive to get the soap to calm tf down.

Almond meal was the version 3.0 revelation (due to it being a Secret Additive, related to the preparation of "dried" labdanum).

And tonight... I shall add almond flour.

WISH ME LUCK.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

warlock wizard Wally scribbles... Thinkings! oh and a bonus bard-ish Barnabys in the corner for flavor

outfit ramblings:

first of all that is a Terrible rendition of what Home looks like in my head. i just needed to fill empty space </3

the staff was the toughest part honestly. bc it Had to be paintbrush-themed, but then halfway through scribbling i was like "oh shit. there are only so many ways to draw a paintbrush-wizard-staff and Weevmo already hit it out of the park." so if you're seeing similarities! you're right! i tried to make it as different as i could! there is Inspiration from their marvelous design, however accidental or subconscious! Apologies!

he gets a pointed hood instead of a hat because a) it looks great on him! and b) it has less of a chance of messing up his hair! also c) it helps muddle the difference between Wizard and Warlock. typically hoods have evil/duplicitous connotation - blur the lines! i want his long gloves and forearm wraps to have the same vibe. his neckerchief is a big help in hiding Home's seal!

his layered (loosely apple-themed) capelet (which the hood is attached to) has a nice high collar & hides the details of his loose shirt - eye embroidery! and some flowers on the shoulders but yk, mostly eyes. on one side of the shirt buttons has open eyes, the other side they're closed! there's also one big eye on his back!

his belt buckle is two halves of an apple! he wears tall thigh-high boots w/ low heels to feel Taller! he has a book-holster hooked to the back of his belt, which holds his grimoire! and he has a lil thigh-bag that has been magicked to be Bottomless and warps size! he can fit pretty much anything in there! canvases! paint! apples!

his half-skirt thing (idk what the word for it is!) is really plush, like a quilt - his capelet is the same fabric. soft, cozy. sometimes he'll use the skirt thing as a blanket in a pinch, or as a picnic placemat!

is his outfit a little Complicated? is it annoying to replicate? yes and yes. but im a maximalist at heart and Nothing But The Best for the blorbo <3 layers my beloved <3

[edwards-exploit]

it's still april even if its not 4/4, so here's four of them!

(derek being d4 was inspired by @.mean-scarlet-deceiver's fic, which you should totally read if you like gordon having character development but still being fundamentally Gordon and derek existing)

[writeouswriter]

I love how ominous such basic names like "The Organization" or "The Institute" or "The Initiative" or "The Facility" or etc. are when placed in like a shady sci-fi context, like there's no reason for them to sound that suspicious, but without elaboration, it's like here is a place where they are doing things™ and I am like ooohh, because the blank state, the refusal to give you any more detail makes you think they're hiding something on purpose and leaves the darkest corner of the imagination left to fill in the rest.

[seashellronan]

i love you mary oliver, the trees will save me

[dairyfreenugget]

(Going insane boinkinh one AU in my head)

Hey hey hey

May I interest you in

(Slowly slides my FaaF AU towards you but void just Disappears without a trace one day before the accolade)

Teehee

[pikslasrce]

todays recap:

the only true victim of communism and feminism (my phone)

working on posters for the iwd march this week

MY poster for the iwd march this week (žena=/=pička in translation: woman =/= cunt)

venue kitty (she has one eye)

some other posters

[mastcrmarksman]

@overclocks gets this because i am impatient (and have contiuned playing fo4 so don't worry i am getting more the fallout world i fucked up a bos quest via the guy i was suppose to protect died oops he walked in front of my shotgun actually on accident)

He can't actually be certain that he wasn't still asleep in the cryo pod he had woken up in. What scattered parts of the events leading up to the big freeze had informed him that his pod hadn't been in the same place that he had left it. None of it made sense and the world outside? It all made even less and to top off this nightmare? No working hearing aids or anyone in sight besides overgrown bugs and rabid fucked up looking mutts.

The whole word is sad, but that's one of the saddest thing about. Everyone he's tried to talk to has shot him or realized he was fresh, lost, and easily believe any lies they told him. Reading lips wasn't something that came with high accuracy or left any room for understanding tone, infliction, and any other giveways someone might not be telling him the whole story. The issue was a lot of people covered their faces, so communication was strictly trading bullets or fists.

Clint's still alive, it's been roughly a month since he's worken up aand traveled far. He's still has about a much information as he woke up with; he's two hundred years out of time and shit sucked. Friends were probably long dead, still popsicles, or who knows where considering Clint found himself way off from when he went to sleep.

He's made due with living so far, started to understand the lack of law of the land. Everything's shit and caps make people talk (not that he understood a lot of people). There was this really old lady, who was fucked up looking with no nose, who says there's this pesky pest with robot moved into one of her workshops.

Her lack of defined lips made this really had to read along with lack of eyebrows, made it harder for him to make any real judgement. Clint's got not a lot to go off of but she's clocked his deafness and told him if he got rid of this pest (the robot he figures he can disable and scare off the guy) than she'd solve his whole broken hearing aid issue.

Remove the man from her workshop and Clint could start to make some real progress on figuring out everything. That's how he ends up, perched and readying up the bow he's been working on since he woke up. It's taken him a better half of this terrible month to find good wood, a good knife, and get to carving. Arrows were the next part, and now it's time to test that. All he had to do was scare the guy out and not get shot by his robot.... or the scary looking suit he has which Clint's seen a few of those around out here. Tony would've loved those.

He sees the guy exit and that's when the warning shot is nocked then loosened. An arrow flying a great distance to graze past the guy. SCARE HIM OFF, that's all he had to do and then maybe Clint can start making sense of the wasteland.

[glittercleric]

One of the first year apprentices has been trying to get me to play dnd with them for ages now. Mostly we didn't get to make more concrete plans bc one of us was always at front desk or away at school. And now that we've finally managed to exchange Discord info, I'm just sitting here staring at the invite, too shy to join... 🙄 I just really want his partner and friends to like me I guess? And am afraid they might not? Even though you know. He told them about me and it sounds like they'd really like me there. Which is just wild to me. I don't feel like I have much appeal to befriend... but that's just the anxiety I suppose.

I will join the server eventually. After more poking from him, most likely. You always gotta basically force me to have fun.

[triflesandparsnips]

Live from the workshop, trying another batch of soap of neroly, and GUESS WHAT FOLKS

WE GOT

GOO

[space-mist]

should i infodump abt my fanrace for starbound...

[sonknuxadow]

i KNEW sonic prime was wrong about sonic (and everyone else) living in green hill btw. at this point im taking "sonic prime is set in the game universe" as "all sonic media is equally canon and set in the same multiverse but theyre different dimensions so the games and sonic prime are still separate" until proven otherwise. they kind of seemed to be hinting towards this idea at the end anyway

[homesteadguide]

Tips for homestead living

Homesteading is a lifestyle focused on self-sufficiency and self-reliance. Some tips for living a homesteading lifestyle include:

Start small and build gradually. You can only overhaul your entire lifestyle on time. Start by growing vegetables in a small garden or keeping a few chickens for eggs.

Learn new skills. Homesteading requires a wide range of skills, from gardening and animal husbandry to carpentry and cooking. Consider taking classes or workshops to learn new skills to help you on your homestead.

Could you develop a plan? Before you start making any major changes to your lifestyle, it's essential to have a plan in place. This should include a budget, a list of goals, and a timeline for achieving them.

Be self-sufficient. Homesteading is all about being self-sufficient and relying on your own resources. This means growing your own food, generating energy, and producing your own goods and services.

I want you to please be prepared for challenges. Homesteading is not always easy, and there will be challenges. Be ready for these challenges by having a backup plan and being willing to adapt and adjust as needed.

Connect with other homesteaders. Homesteading can be a lonely lifestyle if you try to do it all on your own. Consider joining a homesteading community or association to connect with other like-minded individuals who can provide support, advice, and friendship.

[biteapple]

realized just now that my revealation of "having something to look forward to in the morning makes it easier to get up" i had a month ago further applies to, like, the duration of my life

[tickle-bugs]

This is probably going to be long lol so sorry You outdid yourself with the beetlejuice story! I am the anon who requested it and I am absolutely blown away. Everything about it was just pure perfection (including the way you described the musical compared to the movie and your disclaimer for beetlejuice and Lydia shippers) and I laughed out loud so many times. The vibe was exactly like the musical and it was just perfect. The characters were written so perfectly and so much like how they are in the musical. I loved the little Easter eggs like the spin your own yarn kit and the kombucha. Also, a coin collection is such an Adam thing to have. I love how you wrote Adam and Barbara’s relationship and how you wrote them as characters. The way you wrote Barbara was so flustering and wonderful and I am here for it. It was so cute and so accurate. Also beetlejuice eating the game pieces made cry from laughter it’s such a BJ thing to do. The back and forth between BJ and Lydia was just perfection especially how lydia described the maitlands 😭 and her saying she will bring bj back to life just to kill him. This is my new favorite fanfic I have ever read. Thank you so much for agreeing to write for beetlejuice! It was amazing

*cradles this in my hands* this ask can fit so much serotonin in it

First of all, thank you for swinging by to share this with me!! It always warms my heart when the original prompter comes back ;w; I'm so so so glad you enjoyed the fic. Thank you for requesting it!

This is like BEYOND sweet I'm blown away. This musical has a special little place in my heart and brain so it was a blast actually getting to bring parts of it to life!! I really love the way everyone's personalities shine through in the show ahhh!!

Listen. I wanted them to list more attic things in 'Barbara 2.0'. I know Adam and Barbara have the most USELESS stuff in their attic that they constantly just shuffled around until they died. If you made the kombucha and it tasted like armpit why did you keep it, please--

Also I just really love Barbara and Adam as characters?? They're really endearing to me. My favorite pottery barn and dry white wine duo. Had they lived any longer they would've hung a 'bless this mess' or 'live laugh love' sign above the door. Just a wifeguy and his beautiful wife. They both think mustard is too spicy but they'd go full poltergeist if a teenager called them dude. they're so!! yeah <3

AND YES BEETLEJUICE!! I'm so grateful to have seen the show live a few times because like. alex brightman (who played beetlejuice) always did and improvised the smallest but most random things and his mannerisms really stuck with me. There was a night where both he and Adam's actor (i believe he was a swing? or the adam after the original) kept messing with each other and they both broke character during 'fright of their lives' giggling like children and i was like yes. this is the vibe i need. BJ's the living embodiment of 'never let em know your next move'. He's super super fun to write. my beloved wretched little goblin <3

BJ and Lydia's friendship is truly so special to me they're just both so weird. It's one of the main reasons that I love the musical so much--you know where the show is going if you've seen the movie but you really feel like BJ and Lydia could be friends. It's sweet. She's got ghosts in her attic and they care about her, what more could she need?

Also LMAO I'm glad you thought the disclaimer was funny. I made myself laugh writing it. I've unfortunately always gotta put disclaimers on certain things I write but I figured lets at least have some fun with it hehe

ALSO ANON LOOK AT ME. LOOK. NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR LONG ASKS IT MAKES MY DAY!! seriously like!! the fact that you were moved enough to write this much about my silly little fic means the actual world for me. never ever apologize, there's nothing to apologize for <3

[5-fuxking-unicorns]

ego’s birthday was this week i think… so this was PER!FECT!