#memey goodness

[not-poignant]

20. Tell us about a memory you hold close to your heart.

A very close friend of mine was moving away from the state, and I was really cut up about it. I'd previously been seeing him and Glen at least weekly for many years. We watched movie premieres together, we went to Japanese festivals together, we went to a regular cafe together, we watched TV together, I cooked us all meals together.

On that final day, we had planned a lot of things but we all knew my energy levels might not be up for it.

In the morning, we all went out for dim sum, and talked about our dreams and hopes, and how much we wanted the best for our friend (this person inspired Kadek, incidentally). We had our favourite dim sum dishes, and laughed together, and lightly made fun of each other (taking the piss in a very Australian way) and then afterwards I realised I'd have to dip and get some sleep to recover some energy for the rest of the day.

I was really scared I wouldn't recover, because I can count on one hand the amount of times I've been able to do three big things in one day, on one hand, in the last ten years.

I slept for many hours, and we rendezvoused at Kings Park, which is gorgeous, and it was a beautiful day. Lightly cloudy, breezy, cool but just enough that you'd warm up nicely in the sun. We all sat down on the grass and stared at the perfect panorama of Perth city and took photos, and made the most of it.

We drove back to our favourite cafe that we'd been haunting for a long time, had our favourite meals. As usual, he took forever to decide on a menu he'd seen over 100 times, and I knew what I was getting before I even got there. We reminisced, we talked about how good our friend was going to do after he moved, we made sure to let him know we loved him and we were proud of him and would always be there for him.

After that, we came back here. I was truly shattered. My body was in pain. My friend knew that I'd spent up all the reserves and all of the "savings" and when he inquired about it, I told him that he was worth a million days like this, and he is.

I sat on the couch, barely verbal, basking in a strange warmth I'd never felt before. It was like being in the sun at Kings Park, but somehow warmer. And as I experienced it for longer, I came to reflect on its newness and how strange and nice it was. It wasn't the feeling of being in love. It wasn't the feeling of just happiness. It was some new thing, completely unfamiliar to me.

It was contentment. Something I'd never felt before. It was a bittersweet contentment, because he was leaving, because I knew what it meant about my entire life up until that point that I'd never felt it, not even in my childhood. Not even for five minutes.

It lasted about 20 minutes, it was some golden thing, and I've only felt it about one more minute since.

I live my life hoping I'll get to feel that again, and yeah, I'd say that's a memory I hold very close to my heart.

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From the soft asks meme

[not-poignant]

All right folks hmu, just let me know which character (and which story) you're thinking of in your asks!!

Edgy/misc OC ask meme ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

Send me a number and an OC, and I'll answer.

What memory would your OC rather just forget?

What's something about your OC that people wouldn't expect just from looking at them?

What is your OC's fatal flaw? Are they aware of this flaw?

When scared, does your OC fight, flee, freeze or fawn?

How far is your OC willing to go to get what they want?

How easily could your OC be convinced to do something that goes against their moral compass?

What's one way your OC has changed since you first came up with them?

Would your OC ostensibly be able to get away with murder?

Do you have a specific lyric or quote which you associate with your OC?

What's an AU that would be interesting to explore with your OC?

What is your OC's weapon of choice? Have they ever actually used it?

Is your OC self-destructive? In what ways?

If you met your OC, would the two of you get along?

How does your OC want to be seen by other characters?

Does your OC have a faceclaim? If so, who?

What is your OC's pain tolerance like?

What is the worst thing you have put your OC through story-wise?

Is your OC more cold and detached or up close and personal?

How does your OC behave when enraged?

Does your OC have a tendency to get jealous? If so, how does this manifest?

Does your OC have any illnesses or disorders? How do they handle it?

What character alignment would you consider your OC to be?

What emotion is the hardest for your OC to process? How about express?

What is an alternative life path your OC might have gone down? How different would their life be if they'd made those decisions?

What is your favorite thing about your OC?

[window-shopper]

[glitchfang]

i don't think shrek 5 having a tiktok joke or referencing memes or whatever is inherently bad (the mirror was already being used for internet/phone/tv jokes in the original movie) but the way they went about it is definitely kind of a red flag to me. like... that's all the sneak peak is in terms of content, besides showing shrek's kid as a teen?? and the memes are sorta treated as like, cringe, or self deprecating humor? idk, i dont think itll be in the final movie and i'll wait til theres an actual trailer, but i dont blame people for raising an eyebrow. Idk, the pop culture was always there, but it was always genuine and it always served a purpose, yknow?

but yeah people calling in for another sonic redesign situation or saying the shrek series is pandering to pop culture "all of a sudden" are being silly.

[vellichorom]

boyfriends ( yes, the webtoon ) wasn't NEARLY as bad as people bitching about it online would make it seem actually

[not-poignant]

I MEAN

[gummishark]

what do we #think of my #opinion

[lunaticpsyker08]

This is...a Belial log

[floorpancakes]

a banshee prima ballerina themed outfit i just freshly cooked for spectra demonica’s outfit contest!! the skirt really draws the eye, doesn’t it? it’s my favourite part.

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

You dropped this king! 👑

[psalacanthea]

WiP Title Game

I was tagged by @vspin. Thank you!

Rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the titles that most intrigue them and then post a little snippet or tell us about them. Tag as many folk as you have WIPs.

I am...not going to post all my WIPs, as there are simply too many of them. I also have more than one WIP folder, lol. But I will post a few that are currently active :)

MM IF

T15prething

HypnagogiaV3

BB6-24A

Skyrim

The May Quee

I am not tagging b/c I do not know who is writing right now, lol. if you want to be tagged for this/in the future, dm me so I know? or leave a commint. <3

[not-poignant]

You don't love Augus & Gwyn anymore :( [assumption meme]

Untrue!

I really love Augus and Gwyn so much, with all my heart. I'll always love them and have a soft spot for them.

I carried them with me for thousands of hours for a decade (and continue to carry them in new ways), so now I just set them down sometimes on a beloved mental shelf, where they get to be happy together and I get to enjoy that with them.

The reality is that I love them so much I got tired of putting them through a lot of pain, even if they did reach many happy endings. In my mind, now they have their "final" happy ending together, and they get to live in that space forever in my mind.

And while others might wish I was still actively writing them as a couple (and I will be, re: The Prince's Son!), that's just because they haven't carried them close in their hearts and minds every day, for thousands / tens of thousands of hours, for ten years.

Maybe if they do that, they'll realise they want to put them on a beloved shelf in their own mind too one day, and let them be happy.

There's always more characters to put through torment and hurt/comfort after all. :D

And otherwise, I love that people aren't mentally there and keep those stories alive and fresh in their minds, and reinvent Gwyn and Augus in their own minds and get pleasure from imagining them and thinking about them in different situations.

I will always love Augus and Gwyn, that's actually a big reason why I'm not actively writing them as much anymore.

~

From the Assumptions meme!

[kaykishi]

this is what i spent the past 5 days on making and i have mixed feelings

was gonna add texts but didn't look good so... *sobs*

[fill-me-with-dirt]

Saw some old postal promotion on tiktok and literally started fucking stimming I love that game so much. Need to play it soon

[julymarte]

DEAR ASKBOX PALS I NEED YOUR HELP

I want to do some warm up, and i'm gonna use The Fish™ (my oc Pravaal pictured below) so i need your help....to submit pretty outfits in my askbox for him to wear (don't feel restricted by style or gender just try to keep this sfw) i already did this in the past on a discord server and it was super fun so i'm gonna try it here too rtyghuio so ye 🥺👉👈 btw sub,mitting pictures would be ideal rather than links but if you want to keep it anonymous i understand

[ionianwanderer]

Would you like to know what the inside of the Morning Star sounds like? Now you do.