#they found it

[xraiyax]

LawLuffy’s counter list why dating Luffy would be a bad good idea:

Nr. 1:

It’s almost impossible to make plans with him. You never know what’s going to happen and in the end a simple shopping trip ends in another town taking down the shitty rulers.

You can make them but if things go wrong and they always do I’ll reach our final goal. Shopping is boring and beating up shitty rulers is fun.

[lulublack90]

Prompt 27 - Open

@jegulus-microfic August 27, Word count 810

Previous part First Wolfstar part

“Flitsy!” Sirius cheered, scooping the little elf up into his arms and twirling her about. “I’ve missed you, you beautiful elf!” He kissed her cheek wetly. 

“Master Sirius put Flitsy down!” Flitsy screeched, brandishing the wooden spoon in her hand. Sirius promptly put her down after she’d got a few good whacks in.

“Master James, you is back already and with more guests!” She cried out, exasperated. 

“Sorry Flitsy but it’s important.” James apologised and walked past her, leading the small group towards the library. 

“Flitsy has put Master Regulus’s bunny slippers by his usual desk!” Flitsy called after them and Regulus definitely heard her cackle before she disappeared. Why was she picking on him? He hadn’t done anything to her. He shook the annoyance from his head and followed the others to the library. 

“Damn, James, you live like a king,” Marcus exclaimed as they neared the top of the stairs. 

“I don’t,” James muttered. “It’s my parent’s house, I have a flat in London.”

“Oh, alright. So where are they, your parents?” Marcus asked. 

“Dead,” James said gruffly before flinging both of the double doors into the library open. 

“How was I supposed to know?” Marcus hissed under his breath to Remus. 

“Just try to keep your mouth shut, Marcus.” Remus sighed as he followed James into the library. Regulus and Sirius walked in together, leaving Marcus to sulk.

Regulus went up to James and rested his head against his arm. He knew James would probably need some comfort, but he wasn’t sure what to do. It seemed to be enough though, as James leant his head over on top of Regulus's and sighed. 

“Sorry,” James said. Regulus leant in harder. 

“You’ve nothing to be sorry about,” He told him. James moved away, only to wrap his arms around Regulus and draw him in as close as he could get him. 

“I’ve never had a boyfriend like you before, you just seem to know what I need,” James said, burying his head in Regulus’s shoulder. Regulus swallowed and blinked hard. Had James Potter just called him his boyfriend?! 

“I found it!” Sirius cried out, waving a bit of yellowed parchment about before Regulus could respond to James’s words. Sirius skimmed through the long text and began reading aloud from the bit that interested him.

‘So the Ministry called upon Morfin. They did not need to question him, to use Veritaserum or Legilimency. He admitted to the murder on the spot, giving details only the murderer could know. He was proud, he said, to have killed the Muggles, had been awaiting his chance all these years. He handed over his wand, which was proved at once to have been used to kill the Riddles. And he permitted himself to be led off to Azkaban without a fight.’

“Holy shit, that’s it!” Sirius grinned at the others. “There’s a connection somewhere between the Riddles and the Gaunts.”

‘Morfin was arrested and convicted previously for assaulting the head of the magical law enforcement squad, Bob Ogden, while he was trying to prevent Marvolo Gaunt from attacking his own daughter Merope Gaunt,’ 

“James, do you have a pureblood families book? The one with the family trees in it?” Sirius asked, already looking at the shelves behind him. 

“Er, yeah, it’s on one of those over there,” James pointed at a set of shelves in an alcove and Sirius raced to it. James took Regulus’s hand and led him over to Sirius as he pulled the heavy tomb from the shelf. 

He dropped it onto one of the tables and began flicking through the pages until he got to Gaunt. He continued to flick until he hit Greengrass and then flipped back a few pages to the end of the Gaunt family tree.

Regulus peered over his brother’s shoulder and there it was. Merope Gaunt married Tom Riddle and below it connected with a black line. Tom Marvolo Riddle.

“Sirius, you’re a genius!” James cheered, picking him up like Sirius had done to Flitsy when they arrived and spun him around. 

“Ahhh, Prongs put me down!” Sirius yelped. James eventually put him down and grinned broadly at him. “Thank Merlin, that you have a knack for remembering useless information that turns out to be very useful.” 

“I think I’m going to be sick,” Sirius mumbled, sticking his hand out and fumbling for Remus’s hand. 

“Not so funny now is it!” Flitsy appeared in the doorway and stuck her tongue out at Sirius. Regulus felt a warmth for the highly stung little elf that he hadn’t before as she told them she’d set out snacks in the drawing room for them for after they’d finished messing up the library. James lifted Regulus's hand to his lips and kissed his knuckles. Regulus swallowed as the words James had said to him came flooding back. Boyfriend. 

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[correct-hermitcraft-quotes]

BigB: "Oh, you just dropped that behind you!"

Bdubs: "what did I drop?" [turns to look]

BigB: "YOUR TEETH"

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[leoneedincorrectquotes]

Warning: Below is a slightly niche reference to something, death is mentioned. Also has very little to do with Leo/Need, I just felt the need to reference this

Mizuki has had nightmares about being locked in a freezer and hit with a guitar... Rui has nightmares about being killed by a swordfish... Ichika has nightmares about robot monkeys... Tsukasa has dreams about being pelted with tomatoes by robots... none of them know why

[mummynapkin2]

sister sent me this story i wrote for maybe 3rd or 4th grade it's so bad

[muttmoxley]

sometimes im like "wow holy shit im being really fucking annoying. i should stop talking" and then i pull out my magic 8 ball and it says "youve always been annoying and your friends chose to talk you anyways. youll be fine" and im like wow thanks magic 8 ball. and then the ogre attacks me

[willgrahamscock]

Hey did you know that you can’t escape fatphobia even after death? The article talks about how these donated bodies are used for first year anatomy students to study the body, and how the 'perfect' body for that should be 170-180 pounds.

[triangleguy]

[worldsewage]

My bacteria means I like it.

[katabasiss]

do you guys think jesus, the son of a carpenter, smelt the wood of the cross & temporarily thought of home

[noodles-and-tea]

Yknow that one au

[s-aint-elmo]

pass it on!

(ID in alt text)

[lesbxdyke]

I could think of no better way to share the news than this!

So when I was 17, my cat went missing and I'd given up hope of ever seeing him again.

Until on Monday, 27th of May, 2024, my friend sent me a FB post asking 'isn't that your mother?' about the person named on the microchip.

Here he is! 16 years old, and found safe, twelve whole years after he went missing!

Yesterday (Tuesday the 28th of May, 2024) I went to the rescue that had him, and I reclaimed my boy, renaming him Artie! (He'd originally been called 'Cat' because my mother and I couldn't decide on a name)

He's home safe with me now, currently inhabiting my bathroom and purring up a storm every time someone goes in there!

I'll be doing slow introductions between him and my current cat to give them the best possible chance of living in harmony!

Here's some pictures of Artie once we let him out of the carrier:

[shrubsparrow]

It's in the eye of the beholder

[starrysharks]

ghanaian miku

[ruhua-langblr]

Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)