#posting date: feb 26

[stabbyfoxandrew]

I hope you know that mafia front absolutely wrecked me and that’s all I’m going to be thinking about today. TGR can wait until tomorrow. Neil accidentally telling Kevin when he only knew half the story?! The WAY Neil dealt with those four?!!! It destroyed me!!!

- @aftgphoenix

omggg the thought that you'd put tgr on the back brain burner for my stupid au TwT

also thank you i loved writing this part. i've had it planned for literally... oh jesus i want to say MONTHS (but it could very well have been a year ago. i can't remember) but i sprinkled in details so we would know. you know. and jean feeding kevin only part of the story bc he knows neil doesn't want anyone else to know (jean had to know, jean was his other half back then. there was no keeping it from him)

but yeah. kevin has spent this entire time thinking that neil ended their Thing simply bc he was tired of them. he had no idea about riko hutring him. so jean tells him that. and then kevin is trying to tell neil everything is fine (as in: we're safe now, it's okay. you could've told me the reason you stopped wanting us) bc he's hurt that he didn't know?

but neil thought jean literally just spilled these very terrible beans and it's a betrayal. but it wasn't. like my boy you just told him! that was you. and kevin finding out seven years too late, even when he was gone and couldn't have done anything about it anyway... i wanted that to hurt : ) and i think it did

now kevin is even more fucked up about this whole situation and jean is left like 'well shit... i am on the wrong side of this door rn' because now he has to tell the Real Story bc kevin knows. like ahhh

ALSO writing neil killing them was very fun. i would like to write more of neil killing people :)

[rizzanon]

Beyond Batfam February

revamped because i meant to post a fic a day in feb but wasn’t able to follow up with it—so to make up for it i wrote a few more fics

this is me pushing out more platonic fics about the batfamily and trying to get my life back on track (i need more sibling fluff and angst because why not? ☺️ and why on feb? because they’re my loves) (will include features of other characters)

likes, shares and reblogs are greatly appreciated if you do enjoy these and would like to see more 🫶

and check out undoing fate if you haven’t already 😘

★ hurt/comfort ✘ angst ♥︎ fluff

01 | Relentless — Dick Grayson ★

Summary: you’re too stubborn to go get treated during the events of gotham’s cataclysm, your brother forces you to

02 | Stitches and Sarcasm — Jason Todd ★

Summary: you’re stitching your brother up whilst trying to reconnect with him

03 | Robin and the Stray — Damian Wayne ft. Alfred ♥︎

Summary: your brother asks (forced) you to help him hide another stray he took in from Alfred and Bruce

04 | Batdad brainrot — Bruce Wayne ♥︎

Summary: your estranged father tries to connect with you in ways you didn’t expect him to

05 | His place — Tim Drake ★

Summary: you remind your brother what his role is in the family

06 | Normalcy — Cassandra Cain ♥︎

Summary: you took your sister out for fun to help her relax

07 | Babysitter — Damian Wayne ft. Jon Kent ♥︎

Summary: your brother forces you to take him and his bestfriend along with you to wherever you’re going

08 | That’s my sibling!! — Tim Drake ft. Young Justice ♥︎

Summary: your brother’s team seems to fancy you quite a bit, he has to do damage control

09 | Not again, Never again — Dick Grayson ✘

Summary: he can’t lose another sibling, no matter the cost

10 | Stakeout with the Outlaws — Jason Todd ♥︎

Summary: you tag along with your brother and meet his friends

11 | Unspoken promises — Cassandra Cain ✘

Summary: your sister promises to always protect you, but even her words can’t convey how much she cares

12 | Not his soldier — Bruce Wayne ✘

Summary: after a mission pushes you too far, you confront your father, reminding him that you were his child, not his soldier

13 | Too much like him — Jason Todd ✘

Summary: your brother accuses you of becoming too much like Bruce, leading to a heated fight that leaves you both question your identities

14 | The sibling he didn’t ask for — Tim Drake ★

Summary: you brother realises that you’re the sibling he didn’t know he needed after everything that’s happened

15 | Liability — Damian Wayne ✘

Summary: your twin brother thinks you’re a liability. he realises far too late that he’s wrong

16 | Stained Hands — Cassandra Cain ★

Summary: how can you think the world of her when her hands are stained?

17 | Fractured Trust — Tim Drake ★

Summary: a mission goes sideways and your brother accuses you of being reckless, but his anger hides his fear of losing you

18 | A father's promise — Bruce Wayne ft. Justice League ♥︎

Summary: your father promised to make it up to you by showing up for your father-daughter date, even if it means cutting short a JL meeting

19 | The things left unsaid — Dick Grayson ✘

Summary: your brother left Gotham. you miss him but won’t admit it out loud

20 | “Not so little” brother — Jason Todd ♥︎

Summary: your little brother may not be so little anymore, but some things never change

21 | Gala shenanigans — Tim Drake and Damian Wayne ft. Bruce Wayne ♥︎

Summary: it’s a typical wayne gala night with not so typical course of events

22 | You’re… Robin? — Stephanie Brown ft. Cassandra Cain and Tim Drake ♥︎

Summary: you meet the new Robin

23 | Father-Daughter time — Bruce Wayne ♥︎

Summary: for once, your father decides to take some time off to spend it with you

24 | Not the favourite? — Dick Grayson ♥︎

Summary: he’s distraught that he’s (somehow) not your favourite

25 | Wayne’s daughter — Duke Thomas ★

Summary: you’re not what he expected you to be

26 | Your beauty never scared me — Cassandra Cain ★

Summary:

27 | So you’re… Nightwing — Damian Wayne (injustice au) ✘

Summary: you meet your brother from another universe

28 | Will we ever learn? — Jason Todd ★

Summary: you two will always make the same mistakes

29 | A book for every situation — Duke Thomas ft. Batfamily ♥︎

Summary: you help him fit in with your family’s antics

30 | Kidnapped by the Supers — Batfamily ft. Superfamily ♥︎

Summary: tba

31 | Call it fate that we met — Tim Drake ★

Summary: tba

32 | Ruined forever — Bruce Wayne ✘

Summary: tba

33 | Replaced? — Dick Grayson ft. Wally West ♥︎

Summary: tba

34 | It’s ok to not be ok — Stephanie Brown ★

Summary: tba

35 | His soft spot — Jason Todd ♥︎

Summary: tba

36 | Family game night — Batfamily ♥︎

Summary: tba

37 | Take a quiet life — Tim Drake ✘

Summary: tba

38 | It’s the thought that counts — Cassandra Cain ft. Batgirls ♥︎

Summary: tba

39 | Like the old times — Dick Grayson ★

Summary: tba

40 | Rough patrol — Tim Drake ★

Summary: tba

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[bengals-barnesbabe]

California Love

A Tee Higgins Social Media AU

☀️: Coco Jones FC, Offseason Training, Car Shows, & Pool Dates

TW: 18+| language. (Don’t like it, don’t read it)

Main Masterlist

Thursday, Feb 20th

liked by teehiggins and others ♥︎: 43.7k

influencerbabe 💭 bout to go see my man😆 how’s the fit lookin’

21.2k comments ✎

bengalsfan01: ohhh to be tee rn🥵

babefan03: ur stunningggg babe

bengals: gorg❤️

teehiggins: stop takin pics and bring yo fine ass outside😉

⇢ influencerbabe replied: okayyyy🤭

view all comments...

Friday, Feb 21st

liked by influencerbabe and others ♥︎: 144.9k

teehiggins 💭 work hard no matter where

23.6k comments ✎

bengals: elite mentality

trainer: same time tmr?

⇢ teehiggins replied: HELL nah

influencerbabe: hey trainer, don't tire him out too much 😇

⇢ teehiggins replied: who said i was tired 😉

bengalsfan23: why can't i catch my breath

⇢ influencerbabe replied: you and me both, we should sue😤

view all comments...

influencerbabe updated their story!

put me in coach😘 | 85.9k views

teehiggins commented: you aint coming out til I'm done with you 😈

Sunday, Feb 23rd

liked by influencerbabe and others ♥︎: 99k

teehiggins 💭 date night with the one that matters most

tagged: influencerbabe | 78k comments ✎

influencerbabe: butter me up like some biscuits fine ass🥰

⇢ teehiggins replied: yk i like to eat🧈 😁

⇢ bengalsfan04 replied: oh that’s hot

bengals: a man with priorities 🔥

hisfriends: we get next😎

lacarguy: looking forward to meeting you 🐅

view all comments...

teehiggins updated their story!

I think she excited for tmr😂 | 174.5k views

influencerbabe commented: got me fucked up

Tuesday, Feb 25th

liked by teehiggins and others ♥︎: 95.6k

influencerbabe 💭 this is not what i meant when I said I wanted be like fast n furious😒

tagged: teehiggins | 15k comments ✎

teehiggins: whatchu meannnn😁

urfriend: you should’ve specified the boring parts of the movies

♡ teehiggins liked this comment

⇢ influencerbabe replied: oh really teehiggins

bengalsfan63: I don’t think teehiggins thought about where this was going influencerbabe

⇢ influencerbabe replied: no tf he didn’t

⇢ teehiggins replied: ???

view all comments...

influencerbabe updated their story!

he don't know this but imma about to take off lol | 64k views

teehiggins commented: WHERE'D YOU GO

teehiggins commented: SHIT AINT FUNNY BAE ♥︎ you liked

A few minutes later...

liked by influencerbabe and others ♥︎: 238k

teehiggins 💭 got me drivin in circles

102k comments ✎

influencerbabe: 🍱🤐

⇢ teehiggins replied: baby istg🤦🏾‍♂️

friend: man forgot to feed his girl, major L

⇢ teehiggins replied: stfu at least I got a girl

bengalsfan29: I feel like a drive with you could cure depression

⇢ influencerbabe replied: more like cause boredom

⇢ teehiggins replied: it was one time😒

bengalsfan05: not him pissing off his girl multiple times in one post😂

⇢ teehiggins replied: I’ll fix it

♡ influencerbabe liked this comment

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influencerbabe updated their story!

did this man just say i’m over dressed😒 | 97k views

teehiggins commented: raw fish aint worth all that, not that I'm complaining

⇢ you replied: thats what i thought🥱

Wednesday, Feb 26

liked by influencerbabe and others ♥︎: 193.7k

teehiggins 💭 my beautiful cali gurl

101.2k comments ✎

influencerbabe: I knew you'd pick the one pic I wasn't ready for smh

⇢ teehiggins replied: that's why its my fav😁

bengalsfan98: FAV COUPLE

bengalsfan402: i hope tee can fight🤭

♡ teehiggins liked this comment

influencerbabe: ig you're kinda cute, ily bae

⇢ teehiggins replied: ilym😌

hisfriend: damn tee😂

bengalsfan12: I was not aware of your game teehiggins, mad respect👌

view all comments...

A/N: dividers made by @saradika-graphics and fic style inspired by @burreauxsss ngl this is much more effort than using my app, kudos to you, L😅

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Apple's encryption capitulation

I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel PICKS AND SHOVELS. Catch me in NYC on TOMORROW (26 Feb) with JOHN HODGMAN and at PENN STATE THURSDAY (Feb 27). More tour dates here. Mail-order signed copies from LA's Diesel Books.

The UK government has just ordered Apple to secretly compromise its security for every iOS user in the world. Instead, Apple announced it will disable a vital security feature for every UK user. This is a terrible outcome, but it just might be the best one, given the circumstances:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo

So let's talk about those circumstances. In 2016, Theresa May's Conservative government passed a law called the "Investigative Powers Act," better known as the "Snooper's Charter":

https://www.snooperscharter.co.uk/

This was a hugely controversial law for many reasons, but most prominent was that it allowed British spy agencies to order tech companies to secretly modify their software to facilitate surveillance. This is alarming in several ways. First, it's hard enough to implement an encryption system without making subtle errors that adversaries can exploit.

Tiny mistakes in encryption systems are leveraged by criminals, foreign spies, griefers, and other bad actors to steal money, lock up our businesses and governments with ransomware, take our data, our intimate images, our health records and worse. The world is already awash in cyberweapons that terrible governments and corporations use to target their adversaries, such as the NSO Group malware that the Saudis used to hack Whatsapp, which let them lure Jamal Khashoggi to his death. The stakes couldn't be higher:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/04/citizen-lab/#nso-group

Encryption protects everything from the software updates for pacemakers and anti-lock braking to population-scale financial transactions and patient records. Deliberately introducing bugs into these systems to allow spies and cops to "break" encryption when they need to is impossible, which doesn't stop governments from demanding it. Notoriously, when former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull was told that the laws of mathematics decreed that there is no way to make encryption that only stops bad guys but lets in good guys, he replied "The laws of mathematics are very commendable but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia":

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/07/australian-pm-calls-end-end-encryption-ban-says-laws-mathematics-dont-apply-down

The risks don't stop with bad actors leveraging new bugs introduced when the "lawful interception" back-doors are inserted. The keys that open these back-doors inevitably circulate widely within spy and police agencies, and eventually – inevitably – they leak. This is called the "keys under doormats" problem: if the police order tech companies to hide the keys to access billions of peoples' data under their doormats, eventually, bad guys will find them there:

https://academic.oup.com/cybersecurity/article/1/1/69/2367066

Again, this isn't a theoretical risk. In 1994, Bill Clinton signed a US law called CALEA that required FBI back-doors for data switches. Most network switches in use today have CALEA back-doors and they have been widely exploited by various bad guys. Most recently, the Chinese military used CALEA backdoors to hack Verizon, AT&T and Lumen:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/07/foreseeable-outcomes/#calea

This is the backdrop against which the Snooper's Charter was passed. Parliament stuck its fingers in its ears, covered its eyes, and voted for the damned thing, swearing that it would never result in any of the eminently foreseeable harms they'd been warned of.

Which brings us to today. Two weeks ago, the Washington Post's Joseph Menn broke the story that Apple had received a secret order from the British government, demanding that they install a back-door in the encryption system that protects cloud backups of iOS devices:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple-encryption-backdoor-uk/

Virtually every iOS device in the world regularly backs itself up to Apple's cloud backup service. This is very useful: if your phone or tablet is lost, stolen or damaged, you can recover your backup to a new device in a matter of minutes and get on with your day. It's also very lucrative for Apple, which charges every iOS user a few dollars every month for backup services. The dollar amount here is small, but that sum is multiplied by the very large number of Apple devices, and it rolls in every single month.

Since 2022, Apple has offered its users a feature called "Advanced Data Protection" that employs "end-to-end" encryption (E2EE) for these backups. End-to-end encryption keeps data encrypted between the sender and the receiver, so that the service provider can't see what they're saying to each other. In the case of iCloud backups, this means that while an Apple customer can decrypt their backup data when they access it in the cloud, Apple itself cannot. All Apple can see is that there is an impenetrable blob of user data on one of its servers.

2022 was very late for Apple to have added E2EE to its cloud backups. After all, in 2014, Apple customers suffered a massive iCloud breach when hackers broke into the iCloud backups of hundreds of celebrities, leaking nude photos and other private data, in a breach colloquially called "Celebgate" or "The Fappening":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_celebrity_nude_photo_leak

Apple almost rolled out E2EE for iCloud in 2018, but scrapped the plans after Donald Trump's FBI leaned on them:

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/exclusive-apple-dropped-plan-for-encrypting-backups-after-fbi-complained-sour-idUSKBN1ZK1CO/

Better late than never. For three years, Apple customers' backups have been encrypted, at rest, on Apple's servers, their contents fully opaque to everyone except the devices' owners. Enter His Majesty's Government, clutching the Snooper's Charter. As the eminent cryptographer Matthew Green writes, a secret order to compromise the cloud backups of British users is necessarily a secret order to compromise all users' encrypted backups:

https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/02/23/three-questions-about-apple-encryption-and-the-u-k/

There's no way to roll out a compromised system in the UK that differs from non-British backups without the legion of reverse-engineers and security analysts noticing that something new is happening in Britain and correctly inferring that Apple has been served with a secret "Technical Capability Notice" under the Snooper's Charter:

Even if you imagine that Apple is only being asked only to target users in the U.K., the company would either need to build this capability globally, or it would need to deploy a new version or “zone”1 for U.K. users that would work differently from the version for, say, U.S. users. From a technical perspective, this would be tantamount to admitting that the U.K.’s version is somehow operationally distinct from the U.S. version. That would invite reverse-engineers to ask very pointed questions and the secret would almost certainly be out.

For Apple, the only winning move was not to play. Rather than breaking the security for its iCloud backups worldwide, it simply promised to turn off all security for backups in the UK. If they go through with it, every British iOS user – doctors, lawyers, small and large business, and individuals – will be exposed to incalculable risk from spies and criminals, both organized and petty.

For Green, this is Apple making the best of an impossible conundrum. Apple does have a long and proud history of standing up to governmental demands to compromise its users. Most notably, the FBI ordered Apple to push an encryption-removing update to its phones in 2016, to help it gain access to a device recovered from the bodies of the San Bernardino shooters:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/02/eff-support-apple-encryption-battle

But it's worth zooming out here for a moment and considering all the things that led up to Apple facing this demand. By design, Apple's iOS platform blocks users from installing software unless Apple approves it and lists it in the App Store. Apple uses legal protections (such as Section 1201 of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Article 6 of the EUCD, which the UK adopted in 2003 through the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations) to make it a jailable offense to reverse-engineer and bypass these blocks. They also devote substantial technical effort to preventing third parties from reverse-engineering its software and hardware locks. Installing software forbidden by Apple on your own iPhone is thus both illegal and very, very hard.

This means that if Apple removes an app from its App Store, its customers can no longer get that app. When Apple launched this system, they were warned – by the same cohort of experts who warned the UK government about the risks of the Snooper's Charter – that it would turn into an attractive nuisance. If a corporation has the power to compromise billions of users' devices, governments will inevitably order that corporation to do so.

Which is exactly what happened. Apple has already removed all working privacy tools for its Chinese users, purging the Chinese App Store of secure VPN apps, compromising its Chinese cloud backups, and downgrading its Airdrop file-transfer software to help the Chinese state crack down on protesters:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/11/foreseeable-consequences/#airdropped

These are the absolutely foreseeable – and foreseen – outcomes of Apple arrogating total remote control over its customers' devices to itself. If we're going to fault Theresa May's Conservatives for refusing to heed the warnings of the risks introduced by the Snooper's Charter, we should be every bit as critical of Apple for chasing profits at the expense of billions of its customers in the face of warnings that its "curated computing" model would inevitably give rise to the Snooper's Charter and laws like it.

As Pavel Chekov famously wrote: "a phaser on the bridge in act one will always go off by act three." Apple set itself up with the power to override its customers' decisions about the devices it sells them, and then that power was abused in a hundred ways, large and small:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/#thought-differently

Of course, there are plenty of third-party apps in the App Store that allow you to make an end-to-end encrypted backup to non-Apple cloud servers, and Apple's onerous App Store payment policies mean that they get to cream off 30% of every dollar you spend with its rivals:

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1iv072y/endtoend_encrypted_alternative_to_icloud_drive/

It's entirely possible to find an end-to-end encrypted backup provider that has no presence in the UK and can tell the UK government to fuck off with its ridiculous back-door demands. For example, Signal has repeatedly promised to pull its personnel and assets out of the UK before it would compromise its encryption:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/05/theyre-still-trying-to-ban-cryptography/

But even if the company that provides your backup is impervious to pressure from HMG, Apple isn't. Apple has the absolute, unchallenged power to decide which apps are in its App Store. Apple has a long history of nuking privacy-preserving and privacy-enhancing apps from its App Store in response to complaints, even petty ones from rival companies like Meta:

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378541/the-og-app-instagram-clone-pulled-from-app-store

If they're going to cave into Zuck's demand to facilitate spying on Instagram users, do we really think they'll resist Kier Starmer's demands to remove Signal – and any other app that stands up to the Snooper's Charter – from the App Store?

It goes without saying that the "bad guys" the UK government claims it wants to target will be able to communicate in secret no matter what Apple does here. They can just use an Android phone and sideload a secure messaging app, or register an iPhone in Ireland or any other country and bring it to the UK. The only people who will be harmed by the combination of the British government's reckless disregard for security, and Apple's designs that trade the security of its users for the security of its shareholders are millions of law-abiding Britons, whose most sensitive data will be up for grabs by anyone who hacks their accounts.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/25/sneak-and-peek/#pavel-chekov

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[rainbowsky]

LOCH coming to the US on 21 Feb

Sony Pictures has acquired exclusive international rights for the film, so we can expect it to have their extensive international reach.

Here are the Sony dates that have so far been announced:

Feb 20

Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand

Feb 21

USA (and hopefully Canada? 😢)

Feb 26

Indonesia

I've talked about other release dates in a previous post already. I don't know if any of those dates will be affected by this news. I'll let you know as soon as I learn more.

[isa-ghost]

HEY YOU!!

Do YOU want to rewatch all of Phil's QSMP Hardcore Deity Lore in one big binge like a total fucking masochist? LOOK NO FURTHER!

In order to drag my friends into Bird Man Brainrot Hell with me, I made a bullet list of all the major lore vods with dates and timestamps included for a streamlined list of what and where to watch!

All you have to do is use this [QPhil Lore Playlist] I made from our beloved Crow Mercy's Phil vods channel and refer to the bullet list below!

Tallulah & Chayanne would've loved this day (Sept 15th 2023, 8:00:15 to the end)

What Happened to Me? (Sept 24th 2023, 1:09:11-1:14:11)

Is this real? (September 25th, 2023, 3:08:14-3:27:10)

Finding the Line (Oct 27th 2023, 2:50:00-3:03:00)

A discovery… (Dec 6th 2023, 2:19:47-3:15:26)

Another discovery (Dec 15th 2023, 2:42:07-2:46:28, 2:57:18-3:00:17, 5:37:39 to the end)

Healing (Dec 18th 2023, 3:07:10-3:10:08, 6:10:59-6:29:40)

Xmas Event & A New Threat (Dec 20th 2023, 3:11:25-3:18:01, 3:36:33-3:42:46, 6:19:06-6:20:22)

A message or a warning? (Jan 12th 2024, 7:53-20:40)

The date is fast approaching (Jan 17th 2024, 2:21:26-2:24:51, 6:08:28-6:15:45)

oh boy oh gosh it's island time (Feb 21st 2024, 6:21:12-6:26:13)

A Strange Gift (Feb 23rd 2024, 2:15:11-2:20:11) (OPTIONAL: WATCH WHOLE VOD)

Greed comes with a price (Feb 26th 2024, 1:50:53-2:00:00, 2:25:38 to the end) (OPTIONAL: WATCH WHOLE VOD)

Break past the void (March 1st, 2024, 4:30-27:45) (OPTIONAL: WATCH WHOLE VOD)

ALTERNATIVELY!!

EDIT: Following Twitch's change in 2025 with VOD storage, this method may not work. Try it and see, this is just a head's up because I personally haven't tested it.

If YouTube is giving you trouble for one reason or another, YOU'RE IN LUCK!!

Kristin uploads all of Phil's vods to an archive on his Twitch, so you can actually find ALL these vods on Phil's Twitch channel too! I did this myself just a few days before posting this, they're all uploaded and relatively easy to find!

In order to do it this way, all you have to do is go to here on Phil's Twitch, then refer to the dates in the above bullet list in the vod titles. Once you find the right vod, just refer to the timestamps above and go nuts!

Happy binging and reliving Bird Man Trauma! :D

And as a bonus note:

The vods in my playlist that AREN'T major Hardcore Deity Lore moments are other significant QSMP Lore moments Phil was involved in or present for, so you could actually binge the entire playlist chronologically if you want to relive it ALL! :)

[wolftarotcrafts]

Hello everyone, This was suggested by @miraclekay97. Thank you!

If you want to leave a suggestion, you can go to this post and leave a comment there.

On my Ko-fi I currently have two free readings on there if you would like to check them out.

Pile One:

Pile one for your future spouse. I think they are in a pretty good place, actually. I think they don't have too many worries, and I think money-wise they have a pretty good, stable income, and I think they're pretty grounded. I think they also have some hobbies that keep them grounded. I also see them just having fun and spending time with friends and dating around. I don’t see anything too crazy going on. Overall, I would say your future spouse is doing really well.

Extra: 4, 16, 19, 20, 26, 444, Sagittarius, Gemini, Virgo, Money, Love, Songs, coffee shop, tea cups, cozy, warm, Golden, stability, stable, safe keeping, pastries, Europe, French, black hair, long hair, bold hair colors, manifestation, visualization, meeting, winning in life.

Pile Two:

Hello, pile 2. I see that your future spouse may currently be in a little bit of a rut. And something is causing them a little bit of distress, but I think they're going to get out of it pretty soon. I don't see this as being like a huge, big, scary thing. This is the type of problem that they'll laugh at in a year. I see money-wise they're doing pretty good, just like pile 1. They're very stable with money, and I think right now they're just focusing on their creative pursuits. Some of them might be into music or in that realm, but I think they are just focusing on their own hobbies, and they're doing pretty good. They just have a lot of creativity flowing through them right now, and they're doing pretty good.

Extra: 17, 19, 41, 49, 888, Canadian, songs, tall, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Pisces, water signs, fire signs, earth, swan, archery, friend, divine masculine, June, soulmate, pale skin, straight hair, solo time, writing, lucky, Apollo.

Pile Three:

Pile three I think your future spouse's life is maybe a little bit hectic at the moment. I think they may be going to school or something, maybe deciding what they want to do or just taking up a class. I see something about karmic, like some karmic debt. I don't see them struggling too much, but I do see them learning lessons, and I think those lessons are going to make them stumble a little bit, but they'll be able to get back up soon, and I think these life lessons are really important for them to learn so they will be able to grow. I think these lessons will really shape them into a better person, because I see there's a little bit of ego death too.

Extra: 17, 23, 35, 36, 666, J, B, Scorpio, Libra, life lessons, black hair, Arcane, Karmic, Money, decisions, Feb, Ego, yellow, colorful, Brazilian, Hawaii, out of state, classes, learning, studying, focus.

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Thank you for the support, and I hope you enjoyed the reading.

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Do you know if Jamil or Kalim is older? While Kalim's birthday is in June and Jamil's in September, if their in the dame school year then doesn't that mean Kalim was born in the June after the year Jamil was born? Does canon say anything about it?

Canon doesn’t state one way or another; I think the devs just made everyone in the same year level generally the same age for the sake of simplicity. The differences in age that would naturally occur due to them being born in different months is not really acknowledged.

If we look at everyone’s birthdays with the assumption that everyone in the same year is the same age at the start of the main story, then Jamil (September birthday) is older than Kalim (June birthday). Because the NRC school year begins in September, this would make Ace and Jamil, the September birthday boys, older than their respective peers at the start of the main story. That would mean Kalim must be born the summer after the year Jamil was. I think… (I’ll be honest here, doing math with dates is not my strong suit 💀)

If you’re curious…

***UPDATE: book 7 of the main story confirms the date is now May 15; Yana also confirms that the ages stated in the official character profiles are the ages everyone was at beginning the school year. That means that several characters have since AGED UP by a year. Please see this post for those updated ages.***

First Years (oldest to youngest 16-year olds):

Ace (UPDATE: confirmed by Yana to be the oldest of the first years.)

Jack

Sebek

Epel

Deuce

Ortho

Second Years (oldest to youngest 17-year olds):

Jamil (confirmed as the oldest second year in a tweet by Yana)

Jade and Floyd

Azul

Ruggie

Silver

Kalim

Riddle (UPDATE: confirmed by Yana to be the youngest of the second years.)

Third Years (oldest to youngest 18-year olds):

Lilia (since he’s going on 700ish now)

Malleus (since he’s confirmed to be 178 years old)

Leona (he’s 20)

Trey

Rook

Idia

Rollo (including him here because we do happen to have an official birthday for him, which is Feb 2nd)

Cater

Vil

Ages of other main story characters (birthdays not confirmed yet):

Crowley is ??? but Very Old since he has been headmaster of NRC for at least a century

Trein is 58

Crewel is 32

Falena is 30 (Leona says his brother is 10 years older)

Vargas is 30

Fellow is 26 (he says he is 20-something in Playful Land; the official profile released with his SSR confirms the specific age)

Sam is 25

Chenya is 18 (third year at RSA; estimate based on the Dwarves calling him “senpai” and not yet being sent away yet for the required internship of fourth year students)

Neige is 17 (second year at RSA)

The Seven Dwarves are estimated to be 17 (since they are said to be second years; however, they might actually be much older than this since dwarves count as a type of fae)

Skully J. Graves is a first year student, so he’s ~16

Cheka is 5

We also know the ages of a few siblings, like Ace’s older brother being 23 (7 years older) or Jack having two younger siblings (an 11 year old brother and a 7 year old sister). However, since they don’t appear in the main story, they are not listed here. For more information on the TWST boys’ family members, check out this post!

[swjpbang]

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[itssmean]

𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 (𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒂) 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓

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SYNOPSIS new upcoming app called ‘love alarm’ will be launched ! but it need to be tested before the official launching date, so what ifs the well known enemies— lee chanyoung and park y/n are the one that gonna be the app beta users? does the love between them gonna ring?

anton x fem reader

genre(s) + warning(s) : love alarm inspo, soulmate! au (not be centred in the first half of the story), fluff, cracks, MANY SWEARINGS, angst (if u squint?), grammatical error! , i’m trying to be funny

idols featuring ; all riize members, itzy yuna, enhypen sunoo and jungwon, newjeans hanni, AND MANY MORE CAMEOS (they across the kwangya where most of hybe,sm,jyp and also yg idols included)

status ; completed!

starts ; 26 feb 2024

ends ; 31 march 2024

taglist ; closed

note | it’s been a while since last i’ve written smau and being inactive (except for reblogging some posts) hope u guys enjoy it!

remain unhinged ☝🏻‼️ / mothers 💋🔥

track 01 ; i’ll bring all the drama

track 02 ; love alarm?

track 03 ; chemistry (failed!)

track 04 ; 119 emergency 🚨

track 05 ; soundtrack 5

track 06 ; (alpha) beta

track 07 ; we’re going to shopping 🤑

track 08 ; whatchu sayin’

track 09 ; mission (im)possible

track 10 ; ring ding dong (written)

track 11 ; in the bushes (written)

track 12 ; who’s anton rival?

track 13 ; it seems personal!

track 14 ; woof woof…

track 15 ; fight back!

track 16 ; my babies

track 17 ; which bugs??

track 18 ; does the plan goes well? (written)

track 19 ; the squads’ pov!

track 20 ; moment of truth

track 21 ; pay me!

track 22 ; the ringing goes wrong

track 23 ; the best testimony!

the end.

[mrfishtopher]

"to be loved is to be changed"

~tacticalcoqette on twitter

a comparison post with photos from Fishtopher's adoption day, Nov 26, '22 and the date this photo was taken, Feb 22, '23. I posted this on twitter last year and wanted to post on tumblr since i like these photos and my cat a lot

[haguenauisforlovers]

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Image Source: Currahee Scrapbook -> Life Magazine, 1944. (Different patrol, 101st mission detail in Arnhem to help retrieve British troops, if you must know, see EP. 5 Crossroads. Yeah, yeah. But we work with what we have!!!!!!)

[justlikebart-allen]

saw a couple posts about today (Aug 9th) being Damian Wayne's birthday, but when I looked for a source I couldn't find one for the life of me. which of course sent me down a rabbit hole of batfam birthdays. so.

Official Birthdays

*official as in they appear in canon and seem to be the most popular amongst fans. a bunch of these knuckleheads have multiple birthdays.

Cassandra Cain was born on January 26th according to Batgirl (2000) #33, though in that same issue she celebrates it some time in June because fuck her dad.

Bruce Wayne was born of February 19th according to the Detective Comics #494 fan letters column. Or April 7th, if you're looking at Star Spangled Comics #91 (Golden Age), or October 7th in Legends of the Dark Knight (2021) #10. Feb 19th seems to be the one that's used most often.

Dick Grayson was born on "the first day of spring" (aka March 20th) according to Robin (1993) Annual #4, or November 11th according to the Super DC Calendar of 1976, or a week-ish before Halloween according to Secret Origins (1986) #50, or December 1st according to Young Justice (2011) #20. March 20th fits into the robin origin story though, so we're gonna go with that.

Alfred Pennyworth was born on April 8th according to the Super DC Calendar of 1976, or August 16th according to Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #26 (side note: double colons in titles should be illegal). Neither of these are anywhere near real canon, but Injustice is supplementary material for a fighting game, and I'm always more inclined to go with a pure comics source. Plus this way he and Jason don't have to share.

Tim Drake was born on July 19th according to Robin (1993) #116. He's only got the one birthday and in that issue he totally forgot about it.

Jason Todd was born on August 16th according to Detective Comics #790. No information on when exactly his rebirth day is.

Barbara Gordon was born on September 23rd according to the Super DC Calendar of 1976. That's the only source we've got so that's what we're gonna use.

Unofficial Birthdays

Stephanie Brown, Duke Thomas, and Damian Wayne have never had their birthdays stated in canon, so most people have assigned them birthdays based on either their debut date (Duke) or some other criteria that is a mystery to me. Those dates (from what I have gathered) respectively are:

Steph: August 11th, Duke: August 13th, Damian: August 9th

WHY ARE THEY ALL AUGUST??? THAT'S 4 (or 5 if you count Alfred) BIRTHDAYS IN THE SPAN OF A WEEK! WHY DO THEY ALL HAVE TO BE LEOS???

anyway that's the fruits of my afternoon/evening. if anyone has corrections with sources or dc canonizes a birthday in a comic I'm not reading (which is most of them, my comics taste is stuck in the 90s/early 2000s), let me know.

[wukoweek2025]

Wuko Week 2025 Prompts

Thank you everyone for your submissions and your votes! Here is the official prompt list for Wuko Week 2025:

Day 1 • Feb 23:

Wedding • Carry Me? • Domestic

Day 2 • Feb 24:

Vacation • Clothes Switch • Growing Old

Day 3 • Feb 25:

Longing/Pining • Angst • Comfort

Day 4 • Feb 26:

Childhood • Your Favorite Book/Show/Movie AU • Modern AU

Day 5 • Feb 27:

Love Language • Smut • Unholy Bedroom Tango

Day 6 • Feb 28:

Double/Triple Date • Genuine Laugh • Smoothies

Day 7 • March 1:

Crime Solving Duo • Sparring • Wu Saves Mako

Day 8 • March 2:

Pride • Firsts • FREE DAY

INSTRUCTIONS AND RULES

Instructions

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[magicalgirlmindcrank]

Mindcrank's top 10 Mikus of the first five years

This list runs from the last monday of feb 2019 to to feb '24. Theres a few more done after that date in 24 that are not eligible.

#10 - 7/29/19: 'Aeiou Aeiou'

This was the first Miku we ever made that we were and remain truly proud of. We were still using SAI 1.0 back then, and I don't think we ever figured out how to do any rendering outside of adjusting opacity on the default brush. That we managed to make such a blend of colors and light with such a limitation in knowledge and tools just months after picking up a tablet, really makes this piece impressive to us even now. Even so, this barely cinches a spot almost by power of nostalgia alone.

#9 - 5/30/2022: 'One day I'll get to actually attend a concert'

Funnily enough, this one is based on a concert we did go to. Not a Hatsune Miku concert (though we still have our Miku expo 2020 ticket) but an Aurora one our youngest sister took us to. The singer came on, backlit as seen, and it kinda stuck with me. Really love this one though, the minimalist backlighting just looks great.

#8 - 6/27/2022: I really liked that one AI Greentext @liquidstar posted

While there are parts of this we're a bit questionable on now, namely the face in the final panel and being inspired by an AI greentext in the first place, this Miku holds a v special place in our heart. it's easily our most popular too, notes wise!

#7 - 4/3/2023 'A Trip To The Moon by Hatsune Miku'

This was part inspired by the desire to make a fake album cover, and part by the urban legend that the first manmade object in space was a sewer cover that was launched by a nuclear test. While untrue as the lid would have disintegrated at the speed it was moving well before leaving the atmosphere, it made for some potent imagery. This is one we wish we had even more time with, but as is, just looks fantastic. Every concept we wanted is there and so so good. Should really make a song list for this album.

#6 3/6/2023 'This is how Hatslimey Migoo arrives onstage'

This was part of Migoo March of '23, and we had to fight ourselves from including another piece from from the same month. It's no secret that Hatslimey Migoo is our favorite Miku design we made (sorry Radical Miku) and the whimsy and charm she brings with her is in spades here.

#5 - 7/11/2022 'Miku but it's me my 2009 senior year'

Okay so obviously at this point they're all near and dear to my heart, but this one has something even more special to it. I was such a depressed piece of shit in highschool and it was nice to give our past selves some love. That so many also loved her was genuinely healing in a way.

#4 - 8/1/2022 'Sli-Miku? Slimeku? Hatslimey Miku? Yeah'

Listen we said Hastlimey Migoo was our favorite child, and well, we just couldn't not put her origin image on this list. I mean just look at her! She's adorable! Not to mention how well we did making her look goopy as hell.

Honorable mentions!

(okay look we had to cut this down from 26 images and there still like a dozen more that could have made the shortlist so let us have this)

From 2021! Still perhaps our favorite Radical Miku! Posing and shadows look great still tbh.

Perhaps the Miku with the least amount of love noteswise. From 2023, it just really captures the miserable summer days in my shitty old room. there was no AC and it was triple digits or close to it many, many days. Just looking at it is something bittersweet.

From 2022, we have this vampire miku! Sure some parts are a little off, but the colors and bg just feel so right! So very perfectly part of the mood. Back to the countdown!

#3 9/25/2023 'Patron Saint of Song'

This is the Miku we're perhaps the second most unreasonably proud of on a technical level. Working within the limitations of imitating another style just pulled something out of us ig. We're not even sure what else to say, just look at it! The smooth lines, the way the flatly colored pieces create depth with the curves, the bordering. Easily one of the best pieces we've ever made.

#2 - 2/8/21 'Miku Devours Her Progeny'

This is it. Perhaps the one you expected at No. 1? It has been our favorite for a very long time, and the one we pointed to as such for a while after all. Even after making the piece that now resides at the top slot.

There's just something so absurd about Miku as Saturn, yet something that works to it. She is, after all, the first Vocaloid, and remains the most outwardly popular. A position that naturally calls for the cannibalization of her progeny. Perhaps it's the way it captures the madness and zero sum nature of making art?

No matter how long we look at it, no matter the new flaws we spot in it's construction, it's a piece that as we gaze upon it we only love more.

#1 - 5/22/23 'Trail Cam Footage'

This is a piece that's truly difficult to speak on. Iirc, we had found ourselves short on time, so elected to try a rougher, more impressionist style. Something we could make quickly, as to not miss a Monday and get to bed at a reasonable hour. Taking further inspiration from trail cams and horror, we decided a greyscale would help further eliminate work. No pesky color picking to complicate rendering.

This as made in a single post-work sitting as a result. It has since become our favorite.

It so perfectly captures the feeling of seeing something spooky on a low res camera feed. Just enough details to let your mind fill in the blanks. The short field of view making it all the more intimate. The oppressive darkness all around. This is the only piece we've loved enough to share to other sites we don't post to. Its both our blog background, and our PC wallpaper!

We've often considered revisiting this style, but are afraid we'd never be able to live up to this. Honestly, it feels like it would be redundant. This one piece is already the peak. Not to mention, there's no way to live up to the fact that just days later, actual trail cam footage of two naked witches eating a deer emerged.

Which Miku is your favorite? Did we miss one you love? Let us know!

[confused-rat]

Mini-Timeline of Lily Orchard’s Lies regarding Lizzy’s Age and Relevant Info

Aug. 12, 2015 - Lily & Lizzy start dating (X) - Lizzy was 18 - Lily was 23 Feb. 2016 - Lizzy turns 19 March 30, 2016 - Lily & Lizzy get engaged - Lily & Lizzy dated over half a year before getting engaged, seven months total - Lizzy turned 19 only one month before their engagement Dec. 2018 - Lizzy breaks up with Lily - Lizzy was 21 - Lily was 26

May 28, 2020 - Lily says Lizzy was 19 when they started dating (X)

Jan. 6, 2021 - Lily says again that Lizzy was 19 when they started dating (X)(fifth post down)

July 24, 2024 - Lily says that all but one of her partners were her age or older than her (deleted)

- Lizzy was five years younger - Mikaila is one year younger - Ginger was seven years younger - Carousel was three years younger Aug. 24, 2024 - Lily says six of her partners were the same age as her, with only two being younger and three older (X)

- this post is the closest to being accurate, as both Carousel and MK could be considered close to Lily’s age, with Lizzy and Ginger being younger—however, we are currently only aware of four people Lily has dated, six if we count Tara Callie and Liana/Leanna Gaudet, but that still leaves five mystery partners we must take Lily’s word on, and considering her previous posts inaccuracies…

Dec. 18, 2024 - Lily claims Lizzy was 23 when they watched the LotR’s movies together (X)

- Lizzy was 21 when the two broke up