#there's already a much much better version of this in the tags (actually I remade cause i didn't want 2 accidentally copy tht person jlsk)

[zackmartin]

RIELE DOWNS as DARBY & CHOSEN JACOBS as ALEX in DARBY AND THE DEAD (2022)

[elvensorceress]

wip Wednesday

tagged by omg so many lovelies 💕 @spotsandsocks @rogerzsteven @prettyboybuckley @eddiediazisascorpio @monsterrae1 @dickley-buddie

tagging @demieddie @homerforsure @hetrez @messyhairdiaz @ashavahishta @kananjarus @swiftiebuckleys @megslovesbooks @ghosthunterbuck @masterminddiaz @ajunerose @thatbuddie @renbuckleydiaz @shortsighted-owl @gaydisasterdiaz @clusterbuck @fallingthorns @sibylsleaves @gayhoediaz (idk I love all of you I want allllll the wip snippets 🤣) 💕💕💕

I have more Eddie vs Feelings for you 😘 (it’s over 40K now, but it is also thiiiiisclose to being done 👀) @alyxmastershipper @imeasyeitherway 💕

It’s exactly 9:15 on the dot, enough time for Eddie to drive home from the station, enough time for his dad to get home from the church, and Eddie’s phone lights up. 

“Hi, Dad,” he manages enough effort for a smile at the way his dad is wearing angry eyes and a dramatic glare. “How was the movie?”

“Horrible. Insulting. I cannot tell you how offensive. Why must every good movie be remade and turned into trash? There is no need to do this. Do these people not have new ideas in their head? Can they not come up with something?”

Eddie laughs and listens to his dad pick apart everything wrong with not just the new version of a movie he loves — one Eddie even remembers catching pieces of when he was a boy and it was a rare occasion where his dad was home — but the whole movie industry these days. It’s strangely comforting. But maybe it’s just because he didn’t realize how good it would be having something like this with his dad. 

They talk for a while, or rather his dad talks, and a lump builds in Eddie’s throat. It’s nice that they have this. He loves that they have this. When his dad pauses and asks how Eddie’s shift was, he doesn’t want to talk about that. All he can say is, “I miss you.” 

Maybe he doesn’t exactly miss El Paso, but he misses home. 

His dad’s expression immediately softens. “I miss you, too. How’s Christopher? And Buck? How are your boys?”

Breath doesn’t exactly fit in his chest. It’s too rough, too jagged. His lungs are too compressed. “They… they’re…” His boys. His son and his partner. His whole heart, his everything. “Dad, we’re…” What does he say? They haven’t really brought it up or talked about it again. Eddie wasn’t sure how and so he put it off and now it’s cracking and pouring out of the stupid, unreasonable, nonsensical organ caged in his ribs because it’s too much. 

How can anyone handle something that feels like this? 

“We’re not together,” Eddie finally tell him. “Buck and I, we’re not actually. Dating. Or anything. But…” He can do it. He can say it. His dad already thinks it. He already knows. “You weren’t wrong. You’re not wrong. About how I feel for him. We’re just not, we’re not together.”

There’s something like surprise but mostly confusion that appears. “Why not?”

Eddie doesn’t have the energy or strength for all the reasons. “Because we’re not. I don’t know that he— It’s not really important.”

At that, his dad raises an eyebrow at him. “You love him?”

Eddie sighs. “Yes.”

“You’re in love with him.”

Come on. What the fuck does he want.  “Yes.” 

“Do you not want to be with him?” 

You know what. He takes it back. The whole missing his dad, missing home thing. Rescinded. He doesn’t want it anymore. 

Except he does, but he’s too, too tired for this. “It’s not that. I would. I would be with him, but I haven’t told him. He doesn’t know. I don’t know that he… He doesn’t want the same—” He could easily lie and say Buck doesn’t want a future with children or partnership and a family, because it’s irrelevant at this point, but he doesn’t want to. He’s tired of lying and hiding and uncertainty. He’s so tired. And right now, he just wants to go back to feeling nothing. “He doesn’t want me. He wouldn’t want… He’s not, he’s not in love with me.”

The look Eddie gets is rather like the one Abuela gives him when he says something incredibly dumb and should know better. “Are you certain? Have you asked him?”

Eddie purses his lips and clenches his teeth and he should just say yes. It won’t make a difference. His dad doesn’t have Buck’s phone number. 

… He hopes his dad doesn’t have Buck’s phone number. 

He’s pretty sure Abuela does though. And Pepa definitely does. And both of those facts are very concerning. 

“No, I haven’t asked him.” 

His dad make the same stern face at him that he used to when Eddie would argue about anything with him. “How can you be certain if you haven’t asked? How can you know if you haven’t told him?”

“Dad. I know him. He’s…” The blood in his veins, the air in his lungs, the marrow in his bones, the twin match for his soul. The half of his heart that’s fantastical and romantic and pulses with wanting and feeling and dreams of a partner who he could share his life with. 

He’d held both halves, drawn by each of his greatest loves. One biological, anatomical, that brings him life and purpose, reasons to survive, reasons to protect and teach and provide and comfort. The other fictional, whimsical, made of silliness, ridiculousness, warmth, romance. Both carry joy. Both he wants to keep. Both drawings he still has, but one is hidden, secret, taped on the door of his closet. It’s never meant to be anything else. 

“He’s my best friend. And that’s more important.”

[greylunar]

PLEASE do in depth analyses of all of the houses for your quiz I was enraptured reading the gryffindor one and I didn’t even get gryffindor

JUST FOR YOU ANON, I am going to compile the sort of Final Breakdown of every house, in my opinion, that you get at the end of the quiz now. Theres more in-depth analysis of specific questions under each house’s tag on my blog, and you can feel free to ask more specifics of course bUT here is the masterpost of that c:

A Hufflepuff is, unlike a Ravenclaw or a Gryffindor, an internal house. I know what you must be thinking, “how can you be the house of loyalty if you’re an internal house?” Puffs have a small network, Their People, maybe friends, maybe family, maybe friends who are family, maybe an assortment of small pets or animated characters. While Slytherins also have Their People, they have resources and associates to draw from when their bored, whereas the term associates exhausts a Hufflepuff. Spending time with people they don’t love doesn’t ever sit quite right, although they will often do it in an attempt to make folks happy. Hufflepuffs yes, are a house of kindness and of love, but unlike Gryffindors when it comes down to it they don’t have to go out of their way for kindness and love. Gryffindors will seek out situations in which they can do good. Hufflepuffs good is smaller (not lesser) in which they will do as much good as they can for the people directly in their line of sight, but when granted with the great expanse of the world it is easy for them to shrink in on themselves and not be able to cope. That said, they have so much love to give out, and will often want all their love in one place, slightly selfish but mostly excited collectors of people. If your version of the ideal future is a vague image of all the people you love in your house for [insert holiday] that is a very Hufflepuff sentiment. Hufflepuffs, like Gryffindors, are inherent/intrinsic worth folks. Hufflepuffs know who they are, or at least how they define themselves. Their moral code may not be their local government’s law (and actually very often isn’t), but it does exist and is rigid, and puffs won’t go against it unless incredibly pressed. This is a point of contention with Slytherins and Ravenclaws, and even Gryffindors who feel like they have to perform/validate their identity and choices through others. Hufflepuffs are themselves, and no one else, completely and quietly. They love their People. They want to build a home for them. That isn’t to say that puffs are necessarily gentle pushovers. A huge component of Punk and Anti-fascists align themselves with Puffs because they are So themselves and So invested in the safety and well-being of their people and community. Like slytherins, hufflepuffs often know/feel they’re weird, and tend to relish in finding people as absurd and lovely as they are. They will forgive people, possibly too much. But quietly, they will shift the little orbit of the world around themselves to be a little kinder, a little gentler, for them and the people they love. Be kind to yourself. You do not have to be any bigger than you are.

Slytherins are linked to identity, changing themselves to meet their needs and the wants of the world around them. They have specific people that are Theirs, and their circle of Actual Trust may be rather small, even if their friend/associates/resources group is a wide network. Slytherins are tied to wanting, craving, and not necessarily in a bad way or in a way that’s “ambition”. Slytherins are a house made up of people who want something or someone or some goal desperately or are made up of a myriad of little wants, but also struggle with the idea of worth and whether or not they have done enough to deserve the things they want. Sometimes, these wants are secret. Slytherins are often caught up in this wanting and this worth, and cannot see that they are already loved, completely and wholly, for who they are. When you care for someone you care for them with all of you, you are inherently a protective house like hufflepuffs for those that you care about most, and for all your wanting so so so many of you are beautiful creators (the worlds and story ideas slytherins have just roaming around in their brains?? amazing!). My advice to slytherins, if I can give some without being asked hahaha oops, is to recognize that for all the shapeshifting of the self you do, you can be exactly who you want to be, if you just give yourself permission. Who would you be in a dark room without any mirrors? How would you dance? How would you dress, for just yourself? Of course, that doesn’t mean you have to change your life tomorrow. It just means, sometimes, starting in little ways, take back a little bit of ground from the world. “This part is me. This part is mine. You aren’t allowed to have it.” It can be quiet. But you are worth so much, and you are yours. You are just as much of a person as anyone else, and have already earned love, because you never had to earn it in the first place.

Gryffindors believe in innate worth, innate characteristics, sort of your personality is that way because That Is Who You Are. Similar to hufflepuffs in this way, anti-slytherin experience haha. Gryffindors, unlike Hufflepuffs, are an external versus internal change maker. Because of this, they are often more broadly idealistic than hufflepuffs (think range, although they both hold their core values very deeply, hufflepuffs are on a smaller more condensed scale whereas gryffs will spread themselves thinner. Puffs do not have to change the world, rather they create a Home in which to put their world into, whereas a lot of Gryffindors struggle with feeling that they aren’t doing Enough, not Enough good, not Enough love. That the failures of the world are in part because they haven’t done enough to help personally). Gryffindors are very solid with their identity. While slytherins/ravenclaws will see their body/their reflection in a mirror, a scientific fact of life or something they wish they could/can change and shape, Gryffindors (with some exceptions for gender, trauma, and mental illness) tend to be confused that there are answers other than “I see myself in the mirror.” However, Gryffs can be performative, because while they see themselves, they need to be told that they are going in the right direction, they need to be loved, they need to help. Gryffindors will lose themselves a bit in an empty room, in isolation, moreso than hufflepuffs or ravenclaws. They create and change the world around them FOR the world around them, and so the world can look at them and say “okay, you did it, its okay now.” In this way, they are closest to slytherins, seeking validation, seeking a legacy, even though they may not even do it/realize its for themselves. They do good, or they try to, based on how they have defined it for themselves. They will care for you with all of them, if you earn it. They will hold you. But the voice in their head says “am I sure that this is what good looks like. Am I sure that this is enough.” From your friendly neighborhood Hufflepuff, sometimes doing what you need to take care and save yourself is the best thing for the world. Maybe cook something, have a lil dance party. You are an important part of the world. Start small, and love that part the most. You can add on from there c:

Ravenclaws shape the world around them, and create, in order to create a world that better suits themselves and their goals, rather than Slytherins who shape and create/recreate themselves to suit the world, meaning they are an external house, creating and impacting in the world around them rather than in themselves. Unlike Gryffindors, the other external house, Ravenclaws do not feel as much pressure to be seen in a sort of grand legacy or entirely shape the world around them. They give and seek knowledge and creation because, in a very basic sense, they feel like they need to. In a way I’ve said it “I could not write poetry for 30 years and that wouldn’t mean I’m not a poet. I am a poet. That does not change.” But Ravenclaws will get restless if they don’t create if they don’t learn. Their legacy doesn’t mean that the whole world will remember them forever. Its that they will create/make/do something that will matter to even one person enough that they will be remembered. A lot of Ravenclaws feel tied to their Ravenclaw identity because they don’t quite know who they’d be if they weren’t the ‘intelligent one’ if you will. But Ravenclaws sometimes forget that they create beauty every day, learn things new and small every day, without even meaning to. Ravenclaws believe identity is created/forged/remade constantly as information is gathered, and often try to seem neutral, scared of sharing an opinion unless they’ve thought it through completely and are certain they should stand by it. Ravenclaws are often searching, looking for something bigger than them, as almost to prove they are small in comparison. Sometimes the best thing a Ravenclaw can do is realize that all those wonderful books and poems and pieces of art that make you dream of a fantasy world were made in this world. This place, so full of love, that gave them to you in order for you to love it back. A lot of ‘gifted kids’ put themselves in Ravenclaw, without realizing that it was the rest of the world that put them in Ravenclaw, and not something that they chose. If that’s the case, maybe now is the time to ask yourself who is it you want to be? The self is a construct loves, and a uquiz doesn’t define you. You define you. You’re so good at creating Ravenclaw friends. Create you. You’re already magnificent. You’re already worth it. Now its time to look at yourself and give some love to that self, to ask it what it wants to be. You are, more than anything else, your greatest masterpiece.

[mulanxiaojie]

Disney is releasing a live-action remake of its 1998 animated film "Mulan" in March 2020.

Insider asked the original "Mulan" codirector Tony Bancroft and Mushu animator Tom Bancroft their thoughts on the remake along with its first trailer.

The twin brothers said they're interested in it for the same reasons which may make some fans upset. They're happy it doesn't look like the remake will feature Mushu or be a musical.

"I want these remakes to be as unique and original as possible... It should feel reminiscent of what it's based on, but not be 'The Lion King' in CG animation that is like shot for shot," said Tony Bancroft.

Tom said while he kind of wishes Mushu was in the movie a bit, he says he probably would have been "a little disappointed."

"Mulan" is one of the next Disney movies that's getting remade for a new generation, and already has  the thumbs up of the team behind the original movie.

"I was excited about that," Tony Bancroft, the codirector of the original 1998 animated "Mulan," told Insider of the coming remake.

Tony, who worked at Disney Animation for over 12 years during its renaissance period, watched the trailer almost immediately after it came out in July. He remembers receiving a notification about it on his phone while walking to church. He stopped right then and there to watch it.

"Even though it was small and the sound wasn't great, I could see where the director was going with it," he said of his initial reaction to the teaser. "It felt like they were taking the best parts of the story — a girl who will do anything to save her father [and] bring her father and her family honor."

The 1998 film followed Hua Mulan as she took the place of her father in the Chinese army to fight the Huns. She chopped off her hair and disguised herself as a man in order to protect her father.

Production on the live-action movie started in August 2018 with Liu Yifei cast as the lead and starring Donnie Yen ("Star Wars: Rogue One") and Jet Li. The Niki Caro-directed film will be the company's 13th remake of one of its classics since 2010's "Alice in Wonderland."

When the first trailer was released, Bancroft noticed what most fans did. It didn't have any of the iconic songs people associate with the film like "Reflection" or "I'll Make a Man Out of You." That's because it won't be a musical. In 2017, Caro told Moviefone there were no songs in the movie at that time, describing it as a "martial arts epic."

More importantly, the trailer didn't have Mulan's dragon sidekick Mushu, who Bancroft's brother, Tom, animated in the 1998 film. Unlike the fans though, Tony actually liked that the trailer didn't feature either.

"All the things that a lot of fans are upset about are the things that I was happiest about because I really want them to go off and make a new version of 'Mulan.' I love that character. I love who she is," said Tony of being OK with the fact that the remake doesn't appear to have music or Mushu.

"I love what she represents and I love seeing more Chinese culture portrayed in a new different way," he said of Mulan.

Tony's brother, Tom, was also at Disney for about the same amount of time. The two started as interns before working full-time on, what became, many of the studio's classic animated fairy-tales.

Tom said his initial reaction to hearing about a "Mulan" remake was positive and made him eager to see how Caro and Disney would retell the story. After all, Tom and Tony have already seen a string of classics they worked on ("Beauty and the Beast," "Aladdin," and "The Lion King") remade by Disney. What's another one?

But then Tom started to have some questions.

"The fear sets in and immediately after that I'm like, 'OK, but how are they going to do Mushu? How are they going to do this sequence? Are they going to keep that really strong father-daughter relationship?" Tom told Insider of initial concerns for the remake. "When I saw the trailer, I was pleasantly relieved."

Even without Mushu? Yes, even without Mushu.

"A lot of people I know I think are surprised by that because I created Mushu, I should be really upset that Mushu's not in it. I'm really not," Tom said of people's reactions when they learn he's fine with the Eddie Murphy-voiced dragon not appearing in the trailer.  

He's afraid he would probably be disappointed if Mushu was in the live-action remake.

"While I kind of wished he was [in the movie] a little bit, just to see how that would have happened, I probably would've been a little disappointed," Tom said of an adaptation of Mushu in a remake. "In a way, I think I dodged a bullet."

While Mushu isn't expected to be in the remake (it's been reported he may be replaced by a phoenix), Tom would love to see more of Mulan's relationship with her father in the new adaptation.

"I'm hoping they're going to show a training sequence when she was very young and that her dad would sneak her off and privately train her to be a warrior because that'll make even more sense later on." he said.

Have Walt Disney Studios or Caro reached out to Tony about the remake? No.

"Nothing," said Tony, who doesn't harbor any ill will, "I kind of understand that from the standpoint of the new director. Do you really want to go back and kind of regurgitate old ideas?"

"It's almost better that they work in their own vacuum of researching on their own to try and make it as unique as possible," he added. "I understand it from their standpoint, although it would be great if there was a nod to the original and the team and the directors that worked on those original ones."

According to a press release from Disney in August 2018, the live-action "Mulan" is an adaptation of the '98 animated film, but will also be based on the narrative poem "The Ballad of Mulan." Tom said if they're going back to the original poem, and if they've have already seen the original movie, he doesn't think they need any pointers from them.

"I'm not offended by that," said Tom of not hearing from anyone about the "Mulan" remake. "I've worked for the Disney corporation for so many years that I really don't expect that. Most of the departments don't talk to each other. It's such a big conglomerate."

That seems to be the case for the majority of the remakes. When Insider spoke with "Aladdin" codirector Ron Clements earlier this year, he said he didn't consult with anyone on the live-action remake. In 2017, "The Lion King" codirector Rob Minkoff said that new director Jon Favreau had shown him some of the VR technology that was used to create that remake.

After the trailer release, Tony said he has attempted to reach out to Caro on social media. He shared an early character design of Mulan on her horse which he was reminded of by a shot from the trailer.

"I wanted to show some support for the trailer so I posted online and tagged her on my posts," Tony said of trying to connect with the new director.

"I never heard anything back, so that's kind of a bummer," said Tony. "All I can hope is she isn't online very much."

While they may not be involved with the new 'Mulan' film, the Bancrofts are plenty busy these days teaching, animating, producing, and podcasting. 

The Bancroft brothers left Disney in the early 2000s and worked on "VeggieTales." The two are passionate about 2D animation and currently teach animation at universities in California and Tennessee, go to animation expos and conventions, and cohost an animation podcast together, "The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast."

Tom is also producing a documentary called "Pencil Test" on the art of 2D animation and its future with interviews from animators like Glen Keane ("The Little Mermaid") and John Musker ("Moana"). You can watch a trailer for it here.

More than 20 years after its release, Tony's contribution to "Mulan" is still recognized worldwide as he continues to work on indie animated features.

"Most of them have connections to China," Tony said of most of his animation films being coproductions with China. "I have a lot of involvement with China these days because of 'Mulan' and they seem to be very interested in working with me on projects."

When it comes to the remake, which will hit theaters in March 2020, Tony says he's very supportive of where it's going as long as it's not a direct rehash of what has already been seen on screen.

"I want these remakes to be as unique and original as possible," said Tony of Disney's reimaginings. "It should feel reminiscent of what it's based on, but not be 'The Lion King' in CG animation that is like shot for shot."

[firjii]

(Almost) 20 Questions

@thejeeperswife has superb timing and tagged me right when I needed to stop fixating on something.  :))

Rules: answer 20 questions and then tag 20 people who you want to get to know better.

Nickname: My family still calls me “Bat Ears” if they want to borrow my hearing for something.

Zodiac: Libra

Height: 5'8″ and a bit

Last movie I saw: uhhh I re-watched “Thor: The Dark World” a few days ago

Last thing I googled: screenshots of vanilla Morrowind

Favourite musician: hmmm as far as outright performers, probably still Malukah.

Song stuck in my head: probably that remade extended version of “Where Are We Going” that got used in a CoD trailer a few months ago (see above), even though I’m crap at memorizing lyrics these days xD xD

Other blogs: Blog blogs? wellll here’s my wee little Pillowfort (still figuring out what to put there and how often but it will eventually look like a less shitposty version of what I have here) and here’s a I-don’t-know-what Wordpress thing I’m putting together for self-indulgent reasons (not much there yet but it will basically be a condensed version of the DAI shots I’ve already posted here...probably won’t keep it regularly updated once everything is uploaded and I pick a theme, but it’s there if you want to keep an eye on it).

Do I get asks: Not very often but I think that’s mostly because I don’t prompt people to do it a lot. :P

Following: *sweats* 475 but I don’t get to check my dash nearly as often as I used to, so if I’m following you and never interact, it’s nothing personal <3

Amount of sleep: I can get by on 4 but need at least 7 to be coherent. Have been known to sleep up to 13 but it’s very rare.

Lucky number: not sure.

What I’m wearing: Grayish-greenish denim-ish pants and a black tee with some kind of crazy pink star thingy on it.

Dream job: I never felt completely sold on any specific area, so I’d be open to splitting my time between things if they were all things I enjoyed. (asgdfhdkjghfgj I mean when you say you do fiction and art and music, most people don’t believe you XD)

Dream trip: New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, Croatia, Japan, Italy, Finland, Poland, and probably a dozen other places I can’t remember just now

Play any instruments: Piano, badly. Melodica, badly and not at all anymore because it’s a big NOPE for the ears. Celtic harp, quite badly. I’m legit actually a horrible delinquent when it comes to playing things. XD

Languages:  American English (but deciphering U.K./NZ/AU English is slightly therapeutic and very interesting), a tiny bit of Spanish, and an even tinier handful of words in Italian, French, German, and Swedish.

Favourite songs: “Beauty of Dawn” by Malukah, “The Poisonjester’s Mask” by Solas, “Dante’s Prayer” and “The Old Ways” by Loreena McKennitt.

Random fact: I used to walk on tiptoes as much as possible and only very reluctantly stopped when I finally realized that I kept getting bad tendonitis from doing it.

adjhsgfhdkjgkj deciding on 20 people is too hard XD so if you see this and want to try it, consider yourself tagged.

[tidefated]

Note; I get that this is a reblog and fill it out form but I actually? Hate that so I’m reposting but I was tagged by @oceanfoamed and here’s the original form for ya’ll <-- leaving Holmes’s commentary here

In general:

Real name: Skyler

Nicknames: Bun / Sky

Age: 22

Sexuality: *insert one of my usual schrodinger jokes here*

Prefered pronouns: He / They

Are you a morning person?: I can be, but it depends on how my life is rolling at the time. Lately I like to sleep in more than I like mornings.

When swimming, do you prefer to do it in the ocean, or in a lake?: Ok full disclosure? I am so goddamn landlocked I have seen the ocean twice in my life- well, 3 times, but the first I was too young to remember, I’m just aware I was there, and must have seen it. I’m so landlocked, that the nearest large bodies of water ( a terrifyingly polluted lake and a terrifyingly polluted river ) are each a two/two-and-a-half hour drive away. I have seen the river when driving over it, and the lake at a distance because we were told to stay off the beach and I was like... 11? My ability to swim is pretty pathetic- I’ve apparently got all the motions right, but I perpetually forget to actually breath when I bring my head out of the water- like my body just fucking refuses to do it. So uh- short answer, I guess, is I don’t have enough experience to have a preference, and either way it’s probably not smart to let me do it unsupervised.

On Tumblr:

Anyone you would like to meet in real life?: Now that Mani is on my side of the ocean, @seafaired is someone I hope to see before the year is out, if I can arrange travel expenses accordingly, also @apcgee promised to go to a Broadway show with me.

Anyone you have met in real life?: I spent like 2 months-ish living with @oceanfoamed, but otherwise not yet! 

When did you first join? How old is your current account?: Uuh- I think I joined the RPC in like 2012? Idk we were all still using big gifs and formatting didn’t exist yet. This blog’s original form was made back in December/January 2017/2018, and was just remade ( better ) literally last month. So pretty shiny new.

Any peeves?: I mean basically all the stuff Holmes listed, but also whackadoodle formatting with lots of weird spacing and capitalized words and.. and... and... ugh guys people have?? Vision problems?? I am dyslexic fam you are not making my life any easier.

Unpopular opinion: TBH Malakh covered this really well in his version of this post, with the comment on purity culture, so uh. That. All of it. <-- that, but also throwing my own on here so as not to be a total copycat: You don’t have to write with a million people to be a successful RPer? Your worth is not measured by the number of your threads or partners. You can write with 100 people, you can write with 30 people, you can write with 5 people, you can write with 1 person, and you are still valid and worthy of respect as an RPer because this is about having fun not pressuring yourself beyond your comfort. That was a lesson hard learned for me & I feel it’s very important for everyone to remember.

Feelings:

Do you easily get jealous?: Jealous, no- insecure, sometimes. I’m very aware that no one is obligated to write with me or anyone else? No matter what? But there will be times I doubt myself when others come around and that is- fairly natural I think? So I may withdraw until I can isolate the source of my own insecurities and smush them, or reach out for a little reassurance.

Do you easily get angry?: Under very particular circumstances.

Are you easy to cheer up?: Sometimes? Sort of? Usually when I get upset I only experience the actual upset-ness for a short while, and go straight to numbness- how long that lasts is pretty dependent on how effectively I can distract myself- but there’s only so much another person can do to distract me.

What’s the most hurtful thing someone could do to you?: Why the hell would I tell the internet? Ok but no really continuing here why would this be on a meme why would anyone even ask this?? Like- 80% of the people on this hellsite have trust issues they won’t own up to so like what is the point lmfao?? 

What’s the most hurtful thing someone has done to you?: One time my cat came to lay next to me like the sweetie he is, except instead he trotted across my face and sat exactly 2.5 feet away. >:

Are you good at hiding your emotions?: Probably, considering I’m not sure what they are half the time.

What’s the very best way to cheer you up?: Change the topic or use animal gifs. <--- same. Usually I need time to emotionally separate myself from an issue so that I can revisit it later- dealing with it in the moment is almost never a good idea- so the best thing to do is get me buried in basically anything else.

Relationships:

Are you currently in a relationship?: Nah- did that whole commitment thing for a little over 3 years and it kinda wrecked me mentally, emotionally, and physically haha. I’m not wholly opposed to the idea of dating, but long-term relationships are pretty far off the radar atm.

Do you currently have a crush on someone?: Nope. I adore lots of people but my heart doesn’t do the squeezy-plunk for anybody.

If yes, might that someone be reading this?:  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Do you kiss on the first date?: Errm... I know this seems to contradict the committed relationship thing mentioned above but.... I’ve never actually been on a date? That said, I don’t see the problem with doing so? I mean I’ve kissed people I’m not even attracted to bc we both decided to go ‘what the hell’, so it seems fine to me to kiss someone I am attracted to without a fuss.

Do you prefer going out, or staying home, when it comes to dates?: I had to think about this bc like Holmes I hate leaving my house but also the idea of inviting someone in to my house when I’m already out of my depth sounds like an awful idea cause it might destabilize my safe space.

Things:

Favorite drink: Water, some chai tea, frozen matcha, and lavender lattes specifically the way I make them at work.

Favorite food: Mmm any food that doesn’t make me sick is good food. Bonus points if I don’t have to cook it.

Most calming place?: Anywhere I can curl up and not be interrupted by humans while I dick around on my computer / anywhere I can sit in peace and quiet with a book and not be interrupted by humans or noises ( bonus points if lots of nature )

Most stressful place?: Anywhere that has more than (1) human I do not know intimately well. Any place with more than (4) people I know intimately well. <--- Holmes I feel called out

Most prized possession?: Laptop, as I cannot say my cats- but my Slytherin cloak from HP world cuts a close second, along with my vv old hardback copies of the HP books, which were gifts from my great grandmother when I was growing up.

Tag five people (if you want to):

✗ @apcgee

✗ Anyone who wants to do the thing should steal it like the pirates they are cause Holmes tagged all my other people or they’ve already done it.

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Rules: Tag nine people you want to get to know better.

Tagged by my awesome pal @ritsu-k

Relationship Status: engaged in a deep polyamorous relationships with the couch & the fridge {the freezer might join us soon since it’s getting hot down here}

Favourite Colour: yellow 💛💛💛

Lipstick or Chapstick?: chapstick, to keep my lips moist ~

Last song you listened to: Leech boy by steampianist

Last movie you watched: … Spaceballs, like I just finished watching it lol

Top 3 Characters: since I already did this tag thing, this time I’m gonna put my fav characters from webcomics I’m currently reading: 1)Daine from “A turn for change” which is an awesome webcomic made by a great artist ( @kaceart ), it’s actually being remade & I recommend it to every living being, the old version was already amazing I really don’t know what to expect from this new one 2)Neely from “dead end”, idk if the artist has a tumbrl however you can find the comic on tapastic, unfortunately the story is coming to an end, still the plot is original, simple and enjoyable 3)Death from “a matter of life and death” by @the-snipster , I’ve been following this webcomic for over one year now and I wasn’t deluded even once, awesome plot, cute moments, but it also makes you reflect and touches some controversial topics.

In this moments I’m really sorry for my lack of linguistic competence because I’ve got so much more to say aaaaaa

Questo inglese! Go read those comics! They’re so good!

Top 3 Ships: (well I’ve talked to much in the last question so I’m gonna do something easy) Serirei, Tsuchako, Ryumako

Books and manga you are currently reading: Cannery Row by J.Steinback + too many manga Top 5 Musicals: Pinocchio the musical (?) I used to watch that a lot with my sister when we were kids and that’s it

Tagging: mhh don’t know if I’m rude also 98% of people here have already done it so… just tagging people i talked to last lol @setfa @chickenstuck , @toasty-is-roasty sorry pals, talking to me wasn’t enough of a punishment apparently

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These toddlers are so cute you guys! So! cute! I have gone through and done some cleaning/minor fixes on top of enabling all my stuff for toddlers. Everything that needed updating has now been updated, with the exception of the default versions of my Summer Skeletons and Nature Boy skins. I will be adding those a little later. Toddler default skins are live, check them out here!

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For those who are interested, I have a master list of specific changes as well as which downloads have been updated below:

UPDATED FILES

Summer Skeletons V2:

x The face only skin detail as well as the accompanying nosemasks have been enabled for toddlers. Toddler default skin is coming in a separate post

x The blush and facepaint versions of the nosemasks have also been disabled for random, I thought I had done this already but I guess I was mistaken

x I remade the package for the Nosemasks_freckles. Pretty sure it’s actually been broken since release and somehow it managed to fly under my radar until now, but it’s fixed

x Nosemasks have all had their sort layers updated to 2500 so they will always layer on top of other skin details

Devil’s Backbone:

Skin detail enabled for toddlers. Skintone did not need updating.

You’re A Wolf:

Skin detail enabled for toddlers. Skintones did not need updating.

Nature Boy:

x Skin detail has been enabled for toddlers, toddler default skin is coming separately

x The tattoo version will no longer show up for human sims

Pretty Visitors:

All eyes enabled for toddlers.

Miami:

x All eyes including the facepaint version, as well as additional sclera overlays have been enabled for toddlers

x Also fixed a pre-existing issue where the mouth and forehead crease sclera overlays weren’t layering on top of eyes

Brighter Than Bombs:

The top two lips (Lilith and LaPink) have been enabled for toddlers, the rest of the set is unchanged.

Unnatural Selection:

Now enabled for toddlers.

Strangeness and Charm:

Now enabled for toddlers.

Ghost: 

Now enabled for toddlers. The facepaint and blush versions have also now been disabled for random.

EA Teeth Begone!: 

x Toddler teeth have been replaced. I did my best to line up the teeth so they fit both of the tooth options for toddlers, but unfortunately EA mapped the four front teeth one in such an ass backwards way that they do have a slight seam. It’s not enough to bug me too much personally but I wanted to point it out anyway.

x I adjusted the placement of the original EA Teeth Begone! adult texture just slightly so that the teeth are more centered in the mouth and fit better with the new EA tooth options (gap teeth, buck teeth etc) 

x The texture ended up being sort of jacked up on the uneven teeth, but EA’s has the same problem so I made a custom tooth overlay to use with those teeth

x I replaced the child/adult braces with the braces teeth included in HFO’s original teeth overlay set

UNCHANGED FILES

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Cazy Notorious

Light Grenades

Wicked Blood

King Rat

Back To Basics

Back To Basics (Add-on)

New Americana

Punch Drunk