#nixie hits 100!

[nixie-deangel]

What’s your favorite part about writing?

Coming up with ideas! It's by far the most fun and easiest part for me. And the hardest part of writing for me, especially right now, is the actually sitting down to write part. I just can't seem to get myself going. Which sort of is a problem because I can come up with ideas no problem! lol

I hope one I can get this question again and the answer be something like plotting/flushing something out or writing the ending (something I used to really love to do before the burnout got real) or maybe one day it'll be the beginning or the middle. Idk, I just have high hopes one day the answer will actually involve the writing process and not the ideas factor of it.

[aurelim]

Poll

Hello everyone! I figured that since we have hit more than 200 followers and 2,000 browser plays on itch.io, I should write a snippet for one of the ROs or about MC's family.

Also, I am almost at 100 followers (30 more to go though!) here on Tumblr, so I thank you all who have come to follow this game's development! Despite me saying this is a side project lol

also can I just say that I see IF writers who make incredible games I have played before and they're following me like WHAT. THANK YOU! I love your games and I'm proud to say I've played all of them. I won't call you out but it's really nice seeing IF writers supporting each other! sorry I'm just fangirling; back to the poll!

Again, thanks for all of your support!

[snoozeagustd]

100 FOLLOWERS MILESTONE CELEBRATION!?

HI, OKAY WHAT THE FUCK??!! I just woke up and what do I see?

THIS:

I am literally in shock right now! 

thank you so much for all of the love that you have given me and honestly thank you so so much for all the support you all have given this blog! I never expected this blog to have 100 followers, let alone more than 100, but you all proved me wrong.

THANK YOU MY LOVELIES I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU <33

To celebrate (because i like to find excuses to celebrate anything and everything), I wanted to do something fun! Thank you so much Freya darling (@sugarwithtea) for helping me come up with a few ideas for this event and for keeping up with my rambling! This literally would not have been possible without you my jaan!

I will be taking requests for this event over 2 weeks (!!!) and I'll try my best to answer them as soon as possible. Please read the rules for each game (whether you can be on anon, whether you are a mutual, ect)

all posts related to this event will be tagged as #nixie hits 100!

I hope you guys enjoy~~

(please ignore how messy this banner is. i’m doing some semblance of editing after literal years and i have definitely gotten worse-)

💫 vibe check : i’ll tell you what vibes i get from you/your blog in a moodboard (ive never done this before so please don’t mind that it’s not great) (off anon please)

💕 shipping game : send me a description of yourself/a fun fact + a fandom (Marvel, Obey Me, BTS or TXT) and i’ll ship you with a character! (anon is allowed)

🕹️ games: any of your typical tumblr event games! (fmk, would you rather, top 5 or anything else you can think of!) (anon is allowed)

🔖 recommendations (from you) : send me any recommendations you have for tv shows, movies, books, songs, tumblr blogs, etc! (anon is allowed)

📑 recommendations (from me) : i’ll put my ‘on repeat’ playlist on shuffle and recommend you a song! (off anon please)

🫂shout outs:  recommend some of your own fics or just some fics you love so we can show appreciation for all these amazing writers here on tumblr! (anon is allowed)

❤ first love: share some crush stories with me! (anon is allowed)

Since it’s also my birthday today, I've decided to add a few more personal asks so that you can get to know me better!

🔮 then and now: tell me your first impression of me and I'll tell you mine! (off anon please) (mutuals only)

🏹  exchange ship: tell me who you ship me with, and I'll tell you yours with a why (off anon please) (mutuals only)

💌 questions: send me any questions that you have for me! NSFW questions are allowed! (for NSFW asks, you need to be off anon so that i can verify your age) for general questions, you can ask me on anon! (gain inspiration here or here )

✨ advice: ask me for some advice on questions about life or just whatever you want! (please don’t take my answers seriously) (anon is allowed)

Below this, I'm just going to tag some of my friends here on tumblr who have made my time here super super fun and memorable! I am truly grateful and appreciative to all of you!

to some of my closest friends here:

@mochakat @eternallydaydreaming2015 @tea-is-vibing @adoveamongdemons @poetic-dumbass @buckyinluv @kaitioo @sugarwithtea @jjkeverlast @yoongukie-ff

firstly, thank you for taking time out of your day to talk to my pathetic ass :’) i really do hope that we can continue to be friends for a long time because i don’t know what i would do without all of you. You guys don’t know it, but you have become a big part of my life! I truly treasure and appreciate all of you <3

i love and treasure yall sm, you have no idea 💖💗💝❤️‍🔥❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🤍💕

to the rest of my moots:

@istanfluffycontent @yourlocaltimetraveler @chiimiie @namkook @hawtymin @hobipost @kookiecrumb @parkdatjimin @bebejungkook @smasmashie @thetaeprint @xpeachesncream @liyacreate @glamrocklevi @angeladore @just-another-fangirl-69 @henry-and-the-seven-lords @obeythebutler @adoveamongdemons @this-bitch-needs-therapy @incorrectlyavenged @somniprobe @satandrankmy-coffee @a-hoe-in-human-form-2 @kimtaesss @underratedbitch-number13 @pjiminbloomx @yoongukie-ff @skyfull0fstories @lvoekook @wrote-my-own-deliverance @youlightmeupfinn @gimmethatagustd @bangtanintotheroom

I know that we don’t really interact much outside of reblogs and/or likes but I hope you know that whenever I see you in my notifs, I literally smile like an idiot. no joke. anyways, please feel free to approach me because due to my anxiety, I will never be able to although i really want to talk to all of you. I hope that we can get closer eventually <3

to the rest of my followers,

thank you so so much for allowing me to reach this milestone when I never ever thought that I would. I really appreciate you and I adore seeing you in my notifs! I do recognize you, you know? I hope that as time goes on, we can have more of such events and celebrate together!!

💖💖✨✨

[kazuwhora]

Ship your moots with characters you think would hit on them and who they could pull.

😈😈😈

I have like 100+ moots so I'm gonna do the ones that I've interacted with the most lately!!

@wakaslut I think kisaki would hit on nixie because he obvs seems to like the sweet surefooted ones but she would not give him the time of day in any universe and rindou would come to the rescue and save the day.

@nanaminshousewife I think chifuyu would try to get his way at first but draken and his overwhelming sense of charm and kindness would swoop in and chifuyu would no longer exist. rip chifuyu

@cumfuyu so heres the deal. every single tr character (specifically kaz and mitsuya) would try to hit on them but I would come show up and it would be game over for all of them bc nobody can give better head than me and they're all ugly compared to me and sar deserves the best. so anyways kaz is our pretty girl tho so we'd have a poly relationship with kaz where he bows down at our feet on the daily and he's our toy.

@xjland baji will always be duckies but you know who is gonna swoop in and try to steal the pube grooming skills duckie so graciously gives to baji? tora. but baji's bush is too good to pass up and kaz is a pretty well groomed girl.

@dreamingofsappho I think baji tries to come in with the smooth talking and the charm, but then shin is there in the back watching and laughing bc he doesn't need to be loud like his co-murderer so he takes the win and baji gets left in jail

@mseishu listen ik that the thing here is takemitchi and I think he tries he really does but at the end of the day, im not even gonna say izana either because tbh I really think hanma might end up stealing their heart. he's all goofy and shit like

@r-indou mikey would try to hit but ran would take the win. ran would be too charming and stupid for january to be able to refuse like hello?? emo boy mikey doesn't stand a chance against our resident giraffe ran

@w-akasa wakasa would try to hit it and lets be honest he might get somewhere? but then senju would show up like hey baby and that's what would end up happening. fucking in the changerooms at wakasas gym behind his back

@blueparadis I'm gonna say that takemitchi would DEFINITELY try but he would absolutely not be anywhere near successful with izana in the picture who rly just has to look at takemitchi for him to know his place.

@ssanzuu I personally think that mikey (again hes rly losing out here) would try to get it but he's too fucking emo for anyone to handle and inui who is slightly less emo but still a little edgy would take the win

@hoeruchiyo this is a best friends situation where kisaki is like "omg look watch this I'm gonna pull this bitch" and then he completely flops and hanma is there to clean up the mess and scoop you up.

@6sens ok ok ok. im so sorry to mikey. I really am. but. mikey is taking another defeat. he is once again just a tad bit too much of a emo boy who is a little self indulgent and how can you do anything when hes next to draken who is like emo boy but 10x less emo

@feralforran hear me out kai. I cant give mikey any more losses. so in this case, its a tie between mikey and senju. I think benkei hits on u and senju is like "HAHHAH no." and takes the win, but then theres mikey who is like excuse me??? ur shit. kai is mine. and thats the end of the story.

@chuufuyu kazutora would try to hit up first and absolutely fail (its bc hes hopelessly in love w me) then chifuyu would take the win with his sweetness

@01-20-1992 forgive me han. kisaki would try but you can do so much better I honestly think ran would end up winning your heart truthfully

[thehalfbloodedwitch]

Nixie! Glad to be with u on your 100 celebration!!! Congratulations, luv!! more hundreds to come! <33

May I ask for: 🌟 Ursa- Send me this emoji and tell me your favorite spots at hogwarts + a few facts about you and I will tell you which hp character would stargaze with you!! You can specify gender too!!

I personally love the spot by the black lake!! Seems so quiet and relaxing! I'm an Advocate INFJ-T, I love pineapples on pizza, coffee, and the cold!

Congrats, once again!

Awhhh thank you sooooo much Kylie <33333 😘❤💕 and I am soo glad you are a part of my 100 follower celebration!!! <3333

This is 100% without a doubt Draco Malfoy!! I think the stargazing would go like this-

You would he peacefully sitting by the black lake and reading let's say a book?

He comes behind you and hugs you tightly and whispers "wanna stargaze here darling?"

Obviously you say yes and when it turns night time both of you would sit by the lake and looking up, bit for some reason Draco isn't looking at the stars.

You turn to him to see where he is looking at and your guy's eyes meets as you ask "What are you looking at?"

"Was looking at the star of my world" as he smiled at you sweetly.

You blushed and just looked away "Oh my! My girlfriend blushing? " to which you hit his chest lightly and laugh.

The whole night goes by laughing and talking about light and chill topics.

You finish the night by kissing him on the cheek but he makes it land on his lips, what can I say, it's Draco we are talking about.

Join the celebration!! 🥳

[ukumi-chan]

So myyyyy Giftee for the @3490fest was the sweetie @nixie-deangel ! SURPRIIISE and happy 3490-Fest!! ^v^ When I saw your prompt; 'Steve and Natasha trying to prep for the birth of their first child' i had a ton of -maybe too many- ideas in my head and too little time! I wasn't 100% sure what the preparations of their first-born would be centered around, so I went ahead and created a center-piece/fully-detailed drawing ((Of the lovely bbys building a home-made crib/decorating a childrens room)) and 3 smaller sketches for fun because one surely wasn't enough! Clint being the fun-loving uncle he is would definitely buy weird/cute shirts for the kid, and i could totally imagine Steve bein' a super dad n' playing w/ his kid or painting cute doodle on his expecting wife's belly w/ paint!  ((That idea suddenly hit and i thought it would be sweet but do tell me whatcha' think!))

I hope the drawings go along with what you had in mind for the prompt dearie!! -The 3 sketches are a lil' less Preparing and more like everyday cute family things, but i still hope you like em' as much as i enjoyed making them <3

[queenlnss-a]

madison clark :')

- ̗̀   NIXIE  GUESSES  F/TWD  CHARACTERS  BECAUSE  SHE’S  NEVER  SEEN  THE  SHOWS  BEFORE.      /      @tophct​​​​​​​​      /      accepting  !

a  mama  bear  who  loves  her  kids  so  much.

doesn’t  get  on  with  her  mother.

was  a  counsellor  at  a  school  ????

killed  her  dad  bc  he’s  a  big  mean.

also  hit  troy  with  a  hammer  bc  she’s  an  aNGEL  and  we  don’t  deserve  her.

haha  lol  the  writers  definitely  don’t  deserve  her.

FIYAH  EXTINGUISHEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sleeps  weirdly    which  is  where  quinn  gets  it  from.

drinks  with  her  bud,    yeeeee.

100%  didn’t  die.    canon  whomst  ???

(  it  does  make  sense  as  to  why  she  is  an  angel  tho  )

also  helped  to  make  the  stadium  their  Home  and  is  a  great  leader.

[raheltade]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Equipment Femme off white 100% Silk Cold Shoulder Button Up Down Blouse Size med.

[noblecrumpet-dorkvision]

Warlock Week: New Invocations

image credit: J R Coffron

A hoary host of homebrew invocations for your D&D 5e warlock! Many of these require specific patrons, but these are homebrew so many of them could be interchangeable as long as the other prerequisites remain. A lot of these would also make great spells, but I decided these ones had more of a once-per-day feel so they were confined here rather than the spell list to be released later this week.

Abyssal Rebuke: (prereq: Hellish Rebuke) The flames summoned by your Hellish Rebuke spell are tainted by fumes from the Abyss. When you cast Hellish Rebuke, the creature must also make a CON saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the creature becomes poisoned for 1 minute.

Betrayal of Hollow's Heart: (prereq: 5th level, Fiend Patron, Counterspell) Your Counterspell causes a cruel feedback of hellfire against the caster. When you successfully counter a spell with Counterspell, the caster of the countered spell takes 1d6 fire damage per level of the spell countered.

Clutch of Orcus: (prereq: 9th level, Fiend Patron) Once each day using a warlock spell slot, you can target a creature with your demonic clutch. The creature must make a CON saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, you telekinetically grab hold of either their heart or lungs (A creature that does not need to breath or pump blood through its body is unaffected). You can use your action and concentration each round to maintain your grip. The creature starts to convulse and must make a CON saving throw again to be able to act normally during their turn. After a number of rounds equal to 3+the creature's CON modifier, the creature is reduced to 0 hit points and begins dying.

Curse of Baphomet: (prereq: Fiend Patron) Once per day, you can curse a creature to lose all memory of its surroundings, causing it to become hopelessly lost. The creature must make a WIS saving throw against your spell save DC to resist this effect. A cursed creature must make an INT save DC 20 to find their way to a desired location, even if they normally know the place very well.

Eyes of the Beholder: (prereq: 7th level, Eldritch Blast) Your Eldritch Blast gains an additional beam. Each beam deals a different type of damage from the following: acid, cold, fire, force, necrotic, or lightning. No two beams can deal the same type of damage.

Embrace of Auril: (prereq: 11th level, Archfey Patron) Your skin is freezing cold, coating objects and creatures in frost. As long as you still have a warlock spell slot available, you gain resistance to cold and fire damage. You can make a melee spell attack to deal 3d8 cold damage at will.

Extended Power: When you take this invocation, choose another one of your invocations that has a limited number of uses. You gain an additional use of that invocation each day. This invocation can be taken multiple times, each time affecting a new invocation.

Eyes of the Great Mother: (prereq: 5th level, Great Old One Patron) Whenever you cast a spell that causes a creature to become blinded, you gain blindsight out to 60 ft. for 1 minute.

Ghaunadaur’s Oozing Darkness: (prereq: 3rd level, Darkness) When you cast Darkness, you can form it into any shape with up to 24 5-foot spaces, as long as the area forms one interconnected shape.

Ghost Writer: (prereq: Pact of the Tome) Once per day, you can use your Book of Shadows to spy on a creature. You must have an object on hand that relates to the intended target, such as a strand of their hair, some of their blood, or any object of importance to them. You can concentrate for up to 1 hour using this object as a focus and an open page of your Book of Shadows. Everything that the target creature says during this time is magically transcribed into the book. Distance is of no consequence but if the creature is on another plane of existence the ability only has a 25% chance of success.

Grace of Sarula Iliene: (prereq: Archfey Patron) You have the nimble grace of a Nixie while submerged in water. You have a swim speed equal to your movement speed and can breathe underwater. You add your CHA modifier to Stealth skill checks while submerged in water or while in the rain.

Greater Chain Pact: (prereq: 5th level, Pact of the Chain) Your familiar's maximum hit points are equal to half of your hit point maximum. In addition, your familiar is allowed to take the attack action during its turn. (Normally, you must spend your action to cause the creature to attack using its reaction)

Graz’zt’s Realm: (prereq: Fiend Patron) Once per day, you can use your action to cause the area in a 100 ft. radius of you to become reflective and mirrorlike. Creatures have disadvantage on Stealth checks made in the area unless they are invisible.

Imbue Familiar: (prereq: Pact of the Chain) You can spend a warlock spell slot once per short rest to grant your familiar a bonus to their attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throws equal to your CHA modifier for 1 hour.

Kiss of Juiblex: (prereq: 3rd level, Fiend Patron) You can cast Grease using a warlock spell slot once per day except that the ground is coated in Green Slime instead of grease. The spell's effect remains the same except that creatures that slip into it suffer effects as if coated in Green Slime. The slime disappears when the duration of the spell ends.

Limbs of Relkath: (prereq: 7th level, Archfey Patron) Once per day, you can turn into a 60 ft. tall oak tree over the course of 3 rounds using your concentration. You can stay in this form for up to 8 hours but cannot speak, cast spells, move, or do anything that a tree couldn't normally do. You can dismiss this form as a bonus action. As a tree, you have 60 hit points and immunity to piercing and bludgeoning damage unless 20 or more such damage is dealt from a single attack. You revert to your normal form and original hit points when the tree is reduced to 0 hit points.

Lurue's Call: (prereq: 5th level, Archfey Patron) You can cast Phantom Steed once per day. The steed takes the appearance of a unicorn. You can make a charging attack with the steed if you move at least 20 ft. before the attack. The attack is a melee spell attack and deals 3d8 piercing damage on hit. After you make this attack, the Phantom Steed spell ends, disappearing with a rush of wind as your feet touch ground softly before your target.

Mindworm of Mak Thuum Ngatha: (prereq: 5th level, Great Old One Patron, Suggestion) When you cast the Suggestion spell, the spell can be contagious. When the duration of the spell ends, a random creature within 60 ft. of the original creature at that moment must make a saving throw as if the Suggestion spell was cast upon them. On a failed save, the creature is affected by the same parameters of the original spell. You need not concentrate on any iterations of the spell other than the first, and each Suggestion spell thereafter lasts for the full duration of 8 hours.

Neifon's Vampiric Swarm: (prereq: 3rd level, Archfey Patron, Cloud of Daggers) When you cast Cloud of Daggers, you instead summon a cloud of spectral bats in the spell's area. The spell deals necrotic damage instead of slashing and you gain an amount of life equal to half the damage it deals whenever it deals damage. The spell's area increases by another adjacent 5 ft. cube for each spell slot above 2nd. 

Paranoia of the Patient One: (prereq: 7th level, Great Old One Patron) You can expend a warlock spell slot and your action once per day to target two creatures you can see within 120 ft. Each creature can make a WIS saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the creature becomes frightened of each other targeted creature for 1 minute. Creatures can make a new save at the end of each of their turns, ending the effect on a successful save. If you spent a spell slot of 3rd or higher, you can choose an additional creature for each spell slot above 2nd.

Prison of Tharizdun: (prereq: 7th level, Great Old One Patron) Once per day, you can use your action to force a creature within 120 ft. to make a WIS saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the creature becomes blinded and is affected as if by a Confusion spell. You can use your concentration to maintain these effects for up to 1 hour.

Rennbuu's Whims: A number of times each day equal to your CHA modifier, you can change the colors of a creature or an object of Huge size or less. The color change lasts for 24 hours.

Servants of Vanity: (prereq: Unseen Servant) When you cast Unseen Servant, you summon an additional number of servants equal to your CHA modifier.

Sign of Demogorgon: (prereq: Fiend Patron) You inscribe a symbol that you charge with magic by using a warlock spell slot once per day. The symbol persists for 4 hours. When a creature looks at the symbol, they must make a WIS saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed saving throw, the creature begins to suffer from one of the following forms of indefinite madness. Only a Greater Restoration spell or a Dispel Evil spell will remove the madness. On a successful saving throw, the creature is unaffected.

01-20: Someone is plotting to kill me. I need to strike first to stop them.

21-40: There is only one solution to my problems: kill them all.

41-60: There is more than one mind inside my head.

61-80: If you don’t agree with me, I’ll beat you into submission to get my way.

81-00: I can’t allow anyone to touch anything that belongs to me. They might try to take it.

Spore Cloud of Zuggtmoy: (prereq: Fiend Patron) You can cast Fog Cloud once per day using a warlock spell slot. When you do, creatures within the spell's area when it was cast or who pass through the area must make a CON saving throw against you spell save DC. Creatures that fail become poisoned for 1 minute after leaving the cloud.

Vitriolic Dispelling: (prereq: Dispel Magic) Your abjuration magic converts magical energy into a potent acid. When you cast Dispel Magic on a creature, the creature takes 1d8 acid damage for each spell level of each spell dispelled. For instance, if you dispel an Enlarge (2nd) spell and a Crusader's Mantle (3rd) spell, you deal 5d8 acid damage to the creature.

Winter's Hex: Your curses envelop creatures like a blizzard. A creature cursed by you (either through the Hex or Bestow Curse spell or other such effect) has their movement speed reduced by 10 while cursed.

[eandthezs-blog]

Voluntary Vocabulary #1

All the words I didn’t know but wanted to learn while reading: Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff.

1. “The baby was exigent.” p.7 - (adjective, formal)

     pressing, demanding.

2. “So skinny, she was more eel than nixie.” p.9 - (noun)

     (in Germanic mythology) a water sprite.

3. “Antoinette sent away for proselytizing tapes and listened to them with huge earphones and an 8-track beside the pool.” p.13  - proselytize (verb)

     convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.

4. “He loved the uselessness of all the effort, the ephemerality of the work.” p.20 - ephemeral (adjective)

     lasting for a very short time.

5. “If her were near Gwennie, they’d already have exhausted every mode of intercourse he knew of, even the apocryphal.” p.24 - (adjective)

     of doubtful authorship or authenticity.

6. “During the day, high clerestory windows shifted light one to the next.” p.28 - (noun)

     the upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows. It is clear of the roofs of the aisles and admits light to the central parts of the building.

7. “She stood upon the balcony, inimically mimicking him hiccuping while amicably welcoming him in.” p.35 - inimical (noun)

     tending to obstruct or harm; unfriendly; hostile.

8. “They had begun to accrete stories between them.” p.40 - (verb)

     grow by accumulation or coalescence.

9. “The apartment in the West Village with its perfect garden, tended by that British harridan from upstairs, whose fat thighs, even now, were among the tiger lilies in the window.” p.41 - (noun)

     a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman.

10. “You know Kristina from our class? Inky hair and, well, zaftig.” p.51 - (adjective)

     (of a woman) having a full, rounded figure; plump.

11. “What’s the word? Eldritch.” p.54 - (adjective)

     weird and sinister or ghostly.

12. “Side by side, Arnie was the pneumatic before and Chollie the punctured after.” p.60 - (adjective)

     containing or operated by air or gas under pressure.

13. “He felt a vertiginous awe.” p.69 - (adjective)

     causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep.

14. “...and Lancelot had twisted entirely around by the time his right shoulder hit the edge of the stair and he was looking at his ostensible pusher looming out of the dark cave mouth at the top...” p.99 - (adjective)

     stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.

15. “His footsteps rocked some locus of pain in Lancelot.” p.99 - (noun)

     a particular position, point, or place.

16. “He couldn’t climb the stairs to the rehearsal space, and it would be an abuse of power to make his dramaturge carry him...” p.100 - (noun)

     a dramatist; a literary editor on the staff of a theater who consults with authors and edits texts.

17. “A fillip of interest down in his always interested fillip.” p.104 - (noun)

     something that acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity.

18. “So until my benighted bones knit themselves to a semblance of solidity, I shall exercise my right to intoxication and bile and mooning.” p.105 - (adjective)

     in a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance, typically owing to a lack of opportunity; overtaken by darkness.

19. “He was ridiculous. Lugubrious and pretentious at the same time.” p.106 - (adjective)

     looking or sounding sad and dismal.

20. “Most sensible epistemology I’ve ever heard.” p.110 - (noun)

     the theory of knowledge, especially with regards to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation in what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.

21. “’Medieval Madonna,’ he said. ‘In gouache. Haloed in gold leaf.’“ p.114 - (noun)

     a method of painting using opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a gluelike substance.

22. “‘Brank your tongue, witchy-wife,’ he said.” p.119 - (noun)

     a torture device used on women who were found guilty of being noisy, prone to arguments or gossip.

23. “He’d visited his alma mater for a lecture, and the dean had stood and, among other encomiums in his introduction, mentioned that Lancelot’s family had donated the dormitory to the school.” p.121 - encomium (noun)

     a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.

24. “If there was perfidy, it had the stamp of Antoinette all over it.” p.122 - (noun)

     deceitfulness; untrustworthiness.

25. “He regarded Lancelot for a caesura and finally relaxed into an off-kilter smile.” p.124 - (noun)

      (in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within a metrical foot.

26. “Leo walking to dawn over the cold seabird ocean, the fresh berries and goat-milk yogurt for breakfast, the tisanes of his own herbs, blue crabs in the black tide pools, going to bed with the whipping winds and rhythm of waves against hard rock.” p.125 - tisane (noun)

     an herbal tea.

27. “Perhaps his rangy body had finally gotten the exercise it needed, especially in light of his enforced celibacy.” p.131 - (adjective)

     (of a person or animal) tall and slim with long, slender limbs.

28. “Last light of day flaring through the window, illuminating the pellucid skin, the fair eyelashes.” p.137 - (adjective)

     translucently clear.

29. “In the deep night, the ice had descended, coating the fields and trees as if in epoxy.” p.141 - (noun)

     an adhesive, plastic, paint, or other material made from a class of synthetic thermosetting polymers containing epoxide groups.

30. “Like a mountaineer, he grimped his way hand over hand back onto the porch, into the house, and lay exhausted on the floor, breathing heavily.” p.141 - grimp (verb)

     climb.

31. “He met the boy at the kitchen door, silently opening it to him, and though there was an unspoken interdiction against their touching, Lancelot couldn’t help himself.” p.144 - (noun)

      the action of prohibiting or forbidding something.

32. “Go presses her ear to the side of the cave, and the lights illumine a chorus of diggers in hard hats who have emerged.” p.156 - (verb)

     light up; brighten.

33. “Minerva garrotes Aphrodite with a laptop charger.” p.160 - garrote (verb)

      kill (someone) by strangulation, typically with an iron collar or a length of wire or cord.

34. “And because the morning was glorious, brimming with chill wind and neon-pink bougainvillea light...” p.162 - (noun)

     an ornamental climbing plant that is widely cultivated in the tropics. The insignificant flowers are surrounded by brightly colored papery bracts that persist on the plant for a long time.

35. “’She’s creating life itself, not just a simulacrum.’” p.165 - (noun)

     an image or representation of someone or something; an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute.

36. “The phone made an ignominious bleep and died.” p.166 - (adjective)

     deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.

37. “The traffic was terrible and he was nearly hit by a peloton of cyclists,  three semitrailers, and a man driving a Segway in the dark.” p.172 - (noun)

     the main field or group of cyclists in a race.

38. “He came into the bathroom in the middle of Mathilde’s ablutions and sat on the side of the tub.” p.187 - ablution (noun)

     the act of washing oneself (often used for humorously formal effect).

39. “He is deformed, crooked, old and sere.” p.192 - (adjective)

     (especially of vegetation) dry or withered.

40. “Light sparked at the edge of his eyesight, which usually augured migraines.” p.200 - augur (verb)

     (of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome.

41. “Without compunction, he could roll his body on the sea of theirs like a dog rolls on fresh new grass.” p.203 - (noun)

      a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.

42. “He counted a slow thousand after the last and looked to see the trail from the moon extruded out of the stopped water, the sand torn up in one long line.” p.203 - extrude (verb)

     thrust or force out.

43. “He looked at her, beamish, teetering.” p.216 - (adjective)

     beaming with happiness, optimism, or anticipation.

44. “She rode at the head of a shining line of black limos like the head raven in a convocation of blackbirds.” p.219 - (noun)

     a large formal assembly of people.

45. “‘Yeah, well, Bridget is to dating Lotto the way a remora is to dating a shark.’“ p.224 - (noun)

     a slender marine fish that attaches itself to large fish by means of a sucker on top of its head; it generally feeds on the host's external parasites.

46. “She felt the joy even through the tiny irritations, the sand flies that bit and the cold that soaked to her bones and the sharp stones on the Maine beach that split her hallux open like a sliced grape and made her limp back to the house they’d borrowed for their wedding day.” p.227 - (noun)

     a person’s big toe.

47. “Their separate selves had elided.” p.228 - elide (verb)

     join together, merge.

48. “Lotto, who was always as labile as a preteen, drove and, hearing a sweet song, burst into tears.” p.228 - (adjective)

      liable to change; easily altered; of or characterized by emotions that are easily aroused or freely expressed, and that tend to alter quickly and spontaneously; emotionally unstable.

49. “Before her rose the Cranach diptych, Adam and Eve with the long thighs, tiny heads, huge feet cold at the knuckles.” p.228 - (noun)

     a painting, especially an altarpiece, on two hinged wooden panels that may be closed like a book.

50. “Her car hit the culvert, brushed up the embankment, vaulted a barb-wire fence, somersaulted.” p.234 - (noun)

     a tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railroad.

51. “The heifers had moved off, were watching from the shelter of wind-block lindens.” p.234 - linden (noun)

     a deciduous tree with heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellowish blossoms, native to north temperate regions.

52. “In the demotic, in the key of bougie, it’s the promise of love in old age for all the good girls of the world.” p.235 - (noun)

     ordinary colloquial speech.

53. “Their body like knobby sticks wrapped in vellum.” p.235 - (noun)

     fine parchment made originally from the skin of a calf.

54. “She went off to school and delighted in neatness, the pens with their cartouches, graph paper, the cleanness of orthography.” p.240 - cartouche (noun)

     a carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled-up ends, used ornamentally or bearing an inscription.

55. “She went off to school and delighted in neatness, the pens with their cartouches, graph paper, the cleanness of orthography.” p.240 - (noun)

     the conventional spelling system of a language.

56. “In the spring after her eleventh birthday, Aurélie came home and found her grandmother in déshabille on the bed.” p.240 - (noun)

     the state of being only partly or scantily clothed.

57. “The boy who sold gas at Stewart’s, with his downy moustache and ability to pump for hours like a lonely derrick on the dry Texas plains.” p.242 - (noun)

     a kind of crane with a movable pivoted arm for moving or lifting heavy weights, especially on a ship; the framework over an oil well or similar boring that holds the drilling machinery.

58. “...a semi-famous poet she and her husband had known from the city, who’d come up to visit her on an impulsive hajj of Lotto grief.” p.242 - (noun)

     the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place in the last month of the year, and that all Muslims are expected to make at least once during their lifetime.

59. “She felt ursine. Norwegian.” p.247 - (adjective)

     relating to or resembling bears.

60. “American education being what it is, her teachers took her rococo sentences to be evidence of a prodigious facility with language that she didn’t actually have.” p.261 - (adjective)

     extravagantly or excessively ornate, especially (of music or literature) highly ornamented and florid.

61. “Her uncle looked ill in the golden light, as if his skin were candle tallow, half melted.” p. 263 - (noun)

     a hard fatty substance made from rendered animal fat, used in making candles and soap.

62. “In the kitchen, there was a fruit salad macerating in its own juices.” p.275 - macerate (verb)

     (especially with reference to food) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid.

63. “Something hot in her began to cool and, in cooling, began to anneal.” p.275 - (verb)

     heat (metal or glass) and allow it to cool slowly, in order to remove internal stresses and toughen it.

64. “’An efficacious solution to all of your problems,’ he said.” p.285 - (adjective)

     (typically of something inanimate or abstract) successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective.

65. “She began to run down the packed dirt lane in its blaze of white sun, her legs swinging good-bye, good-bye, to the ruminants in the Mennonite fields, the June breeze, the wild blue phlox on the bank.” p.286 - ruminant (noun)

     an even-toed ungulate mammal that chews the cud regurgitated from its rumen. The ruminants comprise the cattle, sheep, antelopes, deer, giraffes, and their relatives.

66. “She began to run down the packed dirt lane in its blaze of white sun, her legs swinging good-bye, good-bye, to the ruminants in the Mennonite fields, the June breeze, the wild blue phlox on the bank.” p.286 - (noun)

     a North American plant that typically has dense clusters of colorful scented flowers, widely grown as a rock-garden or border plant.

67. “When she modeled, she pretended to be the kind of girl who felt insouciant in bikinis, who was glad to show her new lace brassiere to the gaping world.” p.287 - (adjective)

     showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent.

68. “She came downstairs to find that God had chewed the kitchen rug, had left a mess of urine on the floor, was looking at her with a bellicose light in her eye.” p.288 - (adjective)

     demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

69. “She looked at him, the leonine hair with the gray temples, the magnificent forehead, the soft full lips.” p.294 - (adjective)

     of or resembling a lion or lions.

70. “What people loved most about her husband was how mellifluous their own voices sounded when they echoed back.” p.306 - (adjective)

     (of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear.

71. “For two weeks she perseverated, and at last she went to see him.” p.308 - perseverate (verb)

     repeat or prolong an action, thought, or utterance after the stimulus that prompted it has ceased.

72. “He was on a hospital bed on the deck outside his apartment. All copper and topiary and view.” p.308 - (noun)

     the art or practice of clipping shrubs or trees into ornamental shapes.

73. “It felt like a slow death of debridement, tiny constant bleeds.” p.327 - (noun)

     the removal of damaged tissue or foreign objects from a wound.

74. “He’d left his money to a home for indigent mothers.” p.329 - (adjective)

     poor; needy.

75. “’Chthonic,’ he said, booze letting loose the pretension at his core, which she still found sweet, an allowance for the glory.” p.330 - (adjective)

     concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld.

76. “’Oh, you dirty autodidact,’ she said, ‘It’s pronounced Ser-see.’“ p.334 - (noun)

     a self-taught person. 

77. “During the years when Lotto felt as if he were getting to be good enough and secure enough, even when he was working constantly, his plays all being published, productions all over the country steadily increasing so that they alone provided a comfortable living, even then he was gadflied by this Phoebe Delmar.” p.334 - gadfly (noun)

     an annoying person, especially one who provokes others into action by criticism.

78. “This character was always played in a terrifying mask, the fixity of which made the soft-spoken character all the more powerful.” p.335 - (noun)

     the state of being unchanging or permanent.

79. “’I can tell you better than anyone in the world, much more than this bombastic self-petard-hoisting leech of a critic, that you are not overrated.’“ p.336 - (noun)

     a small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall; a kind of firework that explodes with a sharp report.

80. “‘Ever bigger. Ever louder. Jostling for the highest perch in the hegemony.’“ p.342 - (noun)

     leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.

81. “When Eschatology was performed for the first time, Phoebe Delmar loved it.” p.343 - (noun)

      the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.

82. “And then she stood and walked into town, and stopped at the Caffè Aurora for cannoli and coffee, and was at Lotto’s room with two aspirin and a glass of water and the food when his eyelashes gave a little flutter and he looked up from whatever dream - unicorns, leprechauns, merry forest bacchanals - to see her sitting beside him.” p.347 - bacchanal (noun)

      an occasion of wild and drunken revelry.

83. “Only a painting ripped from a glossy magazine, Andrea Celesti’s Queen Jezebel Being Punished by Jehu, the lady defenestrated and being gobbled by dogs.” p.349 - defenestrate (verb)

     throw (someone) out of a window; remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority.

84. “There could be no second act in this little bed play of theirs, just a reprisal of act one, with the characters reversed, no thrilling, messy denouement, and frankly, she wasn’t at all sure what she felt about sticking her face in some other lady’s bits.” p.358 - (noun)

     the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

85. “Classical composition, three bodies in a dark room, one pouring some unguent from a vase, one sitting, one speaking.” p.362 - (noun)

     a soft greasy or viscous substance used as an ointment or for lubrication.

86. “Naugahyde recliners; a bestiary of modern American life flashing on the television.” p. 367 - (noun)

     a descriptive or anecdotal treatise on various real or mythical kinds of animals, especially a medieval work with a moralizing tone.

87. “Keeping the old dream moribund with these infusions of acting; the old self she thought dead still secretly alive.” p.385 - (adjective)

     (of a person) at the point of death.

[nixie-deangel]

curious about virgin jake or win a date with jake! 👀

Virgin Jake:

So this one originally was supposed to just be a kinky pwp. Just, no real thought to hit, steamy sex between the boys, where Jake just happened to be a virgin. But then my brain happened lol and it grew plot. Though, to be fair it didn't start growing plot until I started answering the emoji asks to write 3+ sentences on it.

And now it's virgin Jake in a vampire society where he is raised with the knowledge that he will one day be "gifted" to a vampire lord but oh no, he's fallen in love with his personal guard, who, oh no once again, turns out to be the guy he's going to.

It's bits of vampire, human, virgin, identity reveal and Bradley epically failing on keeping both his cool and his desire for Jake in check.

Still not 100% sure where I'm taking it or how it's gonna end up but I'm fairly confident it's gonna be a ride!

~~

Win A Date With Jake:

This one is based off an idea @tgmsunmontue and I had here. And there is also this one @redfurrycat had that I've also added to my list. Both ideas are pure gold!!

I've started the one with J, and it'll be fluffy and soft, with big hints of insecure himbo Bradley, who is absolutely massively in lust and love the first time he really lays eyes on Jake. Jake is just totally and completely dumbstruck over this gorgeous, himbo of a man.

Both will really just be meant to be short, cute fluffy stories.

Ask Nixie about the WIP list!

[arabellaflynn]

Things To Do On Vacation: The Technical Playlist

Week Three: Things To Do On Someone Else's WiFi If you need a nerdy binge to keep you occupied, tonight is the playlist for you. Also helpful for chasing away non-nerd relatives -- just explain to them that you're watching a 45-minute video of someone taking an expensive video games console apart, and they will immediately glaze over and cease listening to a single thing you say. For sheer volume, element 14 presents, née the Ben Heck Show, is tough to beat. Ben Heckendorn is a(n-ex) graphic designer with technical inclinations who, once upon a time, decided that his Game Boy was way too technically advanced and he should be building a portable Atari 2600 instead. I can't put a date on this right off the top of my head, but inasmuch as he refers to people in their 20s and 30s remembering the 2600 in the original write-up, it was probably nearly two decades ago. The project went viral before going viral was really a thing, and it snowballed until someone said, 'hey, dude, you wanna build stuff and make terrible dad jokes on some internet video?' He, and later a bunch of co-hosts, have been doing that ever since. Some of Ben Heck's projects have migrated over to other YouTube channels over the years. One of them, a synthesizer keyboard cobbled together out of the guts of yet more Atari 2600s, made it over to a channel called 8-bit Keys, run by the 8-bit Guy. The first channel covers his collection of 80s keyboards, and the second his collection of old 8-bit computers, sensibly enough. He does a fair amount of restoration and mod work. For more interesting modifications and restorations, you can always hit up Perifractic's Retro Recipes. I'm not 100% sure what this dude does for an actual living; he's originally English by the accent but lives now in Los Angeles, and seems to know a strangely large number of voice actors. Given that he is insanely good-looking I suspect he's in the film or TV industry somewhere, but also given how passionately nerdy he is and how much he appears to not be starving, he might not be on-screen talent. Also, the dogs are adorable. If, on the other hand, you have a burning desire to know how some of those elderly game consoles actually thought, I recommend Retro Game Mechanics Explained. The host does a killer dissection of everything SNES, with clear explanations of things like sprites and memory access. You might also try GameHut's Coding Secrets, which breaks down everything from 16-bit PUBG ports to dealing with the notoriously bizarre architecture of the Sega Saturn. For some super old-school tech toys, try Fran Blanche over at FranLab. She deals in things that involve vacuum tubes and nixie displays and at one point was allowed to go poke around old moon shot gear. No lie. If supporting LGBT+ peeps is an important thing to you, she is also a transwoman, which I didn't realize until I went and binged her whole channel, mainly because it's not terribly relevant to repairing old heterodyne radios. from Blogger https://ift.tt/2QKd2VO via IFTTT -------------------- Enjoy my writing? Consider becoming a Patron, subscribing via Kindle, or just toss a little something in my tip jar. Thanks!

[snoozeagustd]

MILESTONE CELEBRATION!?

HI, OKAY WHAT THE FUCK??!! I just woke up and what do I see?

THIS:

I am literally in shock right now!

thank you so much for all of the love that you have given me and honestly thank you so so much for all the support you all have given this blog! I never expected this blog to have 100 followers and the fact that this blog isn't even a year old is mind-blowing.

however, since i never expected this to happen, i have no plans on what to do for this milestone :(

BUT, i am taking requests and ideas for this for the next week or so! after that i'll take some time to prepare and probably do something about it on my birthday so it'll be like a double celebration! (please help me. im the most unimaginative person ever)

please send me your ideas and send me as many as you have!

below this, i'm just going to tag some of my friends here on tumblr who have made my time here super super fun and memorable! i am truly grateful and appreciative to all of you!

to some of my closest friends here:

@mochakat @eternallydaydreaming2015 @tea-is-vibing @adoveamongdemons @poetic-dumbass @buckyinluv @kaitioo @sugarwithtea @jjkeverlast

firstly, thank you for taking time out of your day to talk to my pathetic ass :') i really do hope that we can continue to be friends for a long time because i don't know what i would do without all of you <3

i love and treasure yall sm, you have no idea 💖💗💝❤️‍🔥❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🤍💕♥️

to the rest of my moots:

@istanfluffycontent @yourlocaltimetraveler @chiimiie @namkook @hawtymin @hobipost @kookiecrumb @parkdatjimin @bebejungkook @smasmashie @thetaeprint @xpeachesncream @liyacreate @glamrocklevi @angeladore @just-another-fangirl-69 @henry-and-the-seven-lords @obeythebutler @adoveamongdemons @this-bitch-needs-therapy @incorrectlyavenged @somniprobe @satandrankmy-coffee @a-hoe-in-human-form-2 @kimtaesss @underratedbitch-number13 @pjiminbloomx @yoongukie-ff @skyfull0fstories @lvoekook @wrote-my-own-deliverance @youlightmeupfinn @gimmethatagustd @bangtanintotheroom

i know that we don't really interact much outside of reblogs and/or likes but i hope you know that whenever i see you in my notifs, i literally smile like an idiot. no joke. anyways, please feel free to approach me because due to my anxiety, i will never be able to although i really want to talk to all of you. i hope that we can get closer eventually <3

💖💖✨✨

[eatinglife]

3/15/18:Turnpike Troubadours

A rumor went around this past Thursday night that the sudden surge of energy in the greater Ville area was emanating from the Mercury Ballroom where the Turnpike Troubadours were putting on yet another incredible live show. 

Front man Evan Felker and his fellow Oklahoma and Texas band-mates simply rolled into town with a barrelful of dynamite music, lit the fuse and blew the night up. They are, as more than one person I know avows, are a band you have to see on stage. Their albums are all well crafted songs and tales, but it is not until you see them live that the power of their music hits you head on. The electricity and energy was palpable from the moment they took the stage. It was only fitting that they were able to play their song “The Mercury” AT the Mercury, with all their fans, known as Troubadorks, singing along in the funnel cloud blasting from the stage.

Rolling Stone puts the group squarely in the Red Dirt category, and calls them “Road Warriors” because of their incessant touring, over 100 nights a year.  Stops along the way this time include  Magnolia, AR, Pelham, TN, and Emporia, KS. We were all glad they stopped in our town.

Each member of the band gets their own moments onstage to shine. R.C. Edwards on bass,  Ryan Engleman on guitar, Kyle “Nixy” Nix on fiddle, Gabe Pearson on drums, and Hank Early on dobro, pedal steel, and accordion are all very talented musicians and blend together seamlessly.

One of the most appealing facets of their music is the recurrence of certain characters throughout their songs, and how you can see the history of individuals such as Jimmy and Lorrie emerge over the years. From their early dates at the bar to their trips to Arkansas and beyond you feel as if you know them. It is a testament to Felker’s and Edwards’ writing that there is a life to these two, that you feel they might be your neighbors. Many of the fans have fun tracing the timeline of the couple and wonder where they will next appear.

Another theme of their music is how we live our lives continually seeking redemption from the errors we have made. This was exemplified in the first encore, “Bird Hunters,” as Jimmy found his way home from the big city to where he belonged. This is an ACL clip of the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOuLjwu2X14

If they pass your way you need to go, and say hi to Jimmy and Lorrie.

http://www.turnpiketroubadours.com/

https://www.rollingstone.com/country/features/how-turnpike-troubadours-found-their-own-brand-of-country-w509877

[nixie-deangel]

Send Nixie Prompts!

Taking prompts all weekend because why not! Send me things! For fic or boards (please specify which though! and for your preferred ship!!) But go crazy! Be creative! And if you aren't sure, hit me up and ask if I'll write it or consider writing it!

(i was 100% gonna link some prompt lists or give examples for ideas and what not but my brain died and my puppies distracted me while typing this out XD)

[snoozeagustd]

Hi Nixie, congrats on your milestone! 💖💫

So I have a game for you and it MIGHT be controversial 👀 (no, it won't we're all friend here) : with the clear knowledge that we all are OT7 in this household, can you list all the BTS members from you favorite to your "least" favorite, again knowing we all love them equally. And no, you CANNOT rank 2-3 of them in the same spot 😈 ✍🏻

To help you, you can base your choice on any "criteria" you want (humor, looks, personality, etc.). I did this game with one of my irl friend, and it made us laugh a lot.

Again, congrats bby! 💕

thank you so much meg!!!

and this sounds super interesting ngl 👀i thought about how to go about doing this before i came up with somehting. lessgo~~

Ranking BTS member on how long it would take for me to become best friends with them:

(1 is the shortest time while 7 is the longest time. all of these times are reletive)

namjoon

taetae

kookie

jin

jimin

yoongi

hobi

please remember we are an OT7 household 😌

i hope you like it meg and that you again!! 😍💕💕

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