#toasty edits

[mag-lore]

@feanorianweek day 6- Pityafinwë Ambarto and Telufinwë Ambarussa

[hochmvt]

» And remember kids, the next time that somebody tells you, 'The Government Wouldn’t Do That' ⸻ Oh yes, they would. «

Welcome to the latest episode of '𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒'. This is your host 𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐀𝐇 speaking and today you'll be joining me in exploring the sleepy town of Drisking, Missouri. If you're tuning in for the first time, let me give you a quick rundown of what you're in for: Together we uncover the mysteries of the unknown, try to make sense of inexplainable phenomena and occassionally we even have some surprise guests for you, sharing their stories with the world. Eventually though, amidst facts and fiction, it is up to you and you alone to figure out 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇. But before we begin, as always: thank you for tuning in.

𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐀𝐇 𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒 ; host of the horror podcast '𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒', recorded in his trusty Chevy Citation. Being described as a fantastic storyteller, his listeners think of his podcast as just that: a collection of well thought-out creepy tales to keep you awake at night. However Isaiah shares the actual stories of the horrors he encounters regularly. On his quest for the truth, his hubris blinds him to the dangers he faces and the attention he's attracting from the wrong people;  ⸻ 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. (CARRD)

𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘⠀/⠀internet and analog horror such as borrasca, the backrooms, the mandela catalogue, gr3gory88 etc.⠀;⠀occultism⠀;⠀real life mysteries & controversies⠀;⠀various media⠀⠀⸻⠀⠀𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 𝐈𝐍⠀/⠀the unknown (or: doors best left unopened)⠀;⠀ conspiracies⠀ ;⠀  consequences⠀;⠀ hubris⠀ ;⠀ isolation ⠀;⠀ primal fears⠀⠀⠀/⠀⠀⠀© ; ©

[nebulanightsky]

Nah he'll get executed in the end :>

[toastingpencils37]

Yeah I got nothing to say for this

[etapereine]

If— by Rudjard Kipling + Jonas Vingegaard at the Tour de France

2023, Stage 16 ©Team Jumbo-Visma | 2023, Stage 6 ©Thibault Camus/Associated Press | 2022, Stage 11 ©Thibault Camus/Associated Press | 2022, Stage 18 ©Vincent Kalut/PN/Cor Vos | 2021, Stage 11 ©Getty Images | 2022, Stage 11 ©EPA

[melded-galaxy]

made a young darth vader/freshly toasted ani in dd2 cc demo

[hyperfixationsstation]

why does this one look like it was shopped 😭

[instantpansies]

video editing is actually the worst ugh. can't listen to music can't watch a video in the background no audiobooks no crocheting no playing games no drawing HOW do you expect me to stay focused

[toastytoaster22]

Yesterday I realized it has been over 16 months since I updated Nightjar and had a talk with my husband about making more time in our schedules for hobbies. I now have Tuesday and Thursday nights dedicated to writing. No distractions allowed.

I'm coming back, guys. I'm making serious edits. I want to update twice by the end of the year. More if I can manage.

Having a kid will not be the end of my writing fun. I won't let it.

[destinationtoast]

Just heard one of the Ted Lasso editors, Melissa McCoy, describe one of her favorite episodes, "Amsterdam" (Sunflowers), as "basically if "1x07 and 2x09 had a baby" (Make Rebecca Great Again and Beard After Hours). I love that!

I recommend listening to the Peanut Butter and Biscuits podcast's interview with the editors for a bunch of interesting info, including what got cut from Colin coming out to the team, what got changed last minute, what music choices Jason texts his editors about at 1am, and other cool behind the scenes stuff. (They also recently had a great interview with James Lance.)

[paulkariyas]

↪ 03/01/2023 ― game day ( rangers vs. flyers )

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Toasty!

[n0chanxes]

for my rp friends, dont tag your spicey threads

I may be paranoid, but just saw a friend’s spicy post, which was tagged as being spicy, and the post had this dumb little thing on top of it

this makes me nervous as the tumbles still blocks pages with spicy content. I’d suggest not tagging your steamy threads for now, because I can see this getting out of hand if some ai is in charge of deciding which blogs get  spicey blocked or not. Dumber shit has happened

[etapereine]

the world will never be the same

"Alexander Hamilton", Hamilton: An American Musical | Jonas Vingegaard on the podium of the 2021 Tour de France ©Jean Catuffe/Getty Images | Jonas Vingegaard on the podium of the 2022 Tour de France ©Etienne Garnier/ATP/Getty Images

[14dayswithyou]

IT'S ABOUT TO GET REAL DANGEROUS,, KITTEN 😼 (ill love u forever if u get the reference lol)

✦゜ANSWERED: *nightowl voice* ARE YOU BLUSHING YET

[basicallyjaywalker]

60 Question OC asks

For Ivy Crest: 1, 33, and 59

For Ruth Whispernight: 7, 39, and 55

And for Elizaabeth Chumsworth: 15 & 16, 35, and 44

Toasty you have spoiled meeeeee. Multiple questions AND three characters AND two of them are prev gen? I am flattered and honored /gen

Let's go!

Ivy Crest

1: Gonna go off the specifier thing here and gonna also say it depends on where she is in her life. When she's still living with her mom? She's saving her mother's ring because she knows the value her mom places on it. Once she's living with Ronin... I would say she goes for R.E.X. or her lockpicking kit. Ivy doesn't have a lot of possessions that are hers per se, she doesn't form material attachments because she's used to exchanging things, so her stuff rotates out frequently. Although, post her and Luna meeting, she would absolutely save any gifts Luna has given her. Those are the first and only things she locks away and doesn't allow anyone else access to. Ronin understands that if he so much as glances at them wrong Ivy will blow him into the sea (he wouldn't dream of it. well maybe a little. but he wouldn't actually do it.)

33: Worst injury... hmm... honestly, I need to go back and do her fight scenes bc I wanna give her a few in S5 but the one I know for sure (and thus her worst injuries) are when Morro steals the Scroll of Airjitzu and she goes after him. She:

Singlehandedly tries to fight a bunch of ghosts and gets tossed about for her troubles

Singlehandedly is trying to get the ninja to back off too

Does parkour across Stiix, gets to the dock and jumps into the freezing cold water

is almost drowned by strangleweed

Needs a lot of warm tea and blankets after Ronin and R.E.X. rescue her, so it's convenient that she helps Ronin get Kai to give up all of the Ninja's Steep Wisdom shares :D

Nothing terrible, but that will definitely change :) (threat)

59: Building a better life, whatever that looks like.

Before her mother died, Ivy wanted them to be stable. She learned to cook and clean and anything else to make her mom smile. Her mom smiling meant everything was okay, because she so rarely smiled when Ivy was a child.

Once her mother passed and she was living on her own, it was just survival. A better life was one where she wasn't hungry or cold. Then Ronin found her, and a better life became prestige and the promise of a house on a hill, bought with their ill-gotten funds. Once Luna is in her life, that plan becomes a bit more honest and includes Luna too.

Ivy's biggest dream and motivator is the idea of a better life than the one she had before. She wants peace and love and a home she can relax in, with her family. And she'll never admit it to anyone, but it's that dream that keeps her going on the cold, hard days. On the days when she just wants to give up like her mother did. She just thinks of a warm house, a luxury that felt impossible to her as a child.

Clears throat. I love you, Ivy. Time to go insane over some moms.

Ruth Whispernight

7: How do I put this... so Ruth has committed murder and kidnapping, but it was an act of self-defense.

See, Ruth is what is called the Wisp. The mythology surrounding her bloodline is that they are the scale-balancers of Ninjago. They keep light and dark in balance when the natural order fails, basically subtly influencing others to do things to create balance. They manage this from a sequestered forest in Hiroshi's Labyrinth which mortals should not traverse into (and may or may not be why so many people go missing in there.) Unfortunately, people still try and accidentally stumble into the Wisp's Forest.

Which is what some foolish explorers did one day while trying to map that forsaken place. Willow knew her duty and carried it out. So yeah. Oopsies. She has confessed this to only 1 person though and that was an explorer she met while looking outside her forest for other trespassers, but Ruth couldn't murder her because they became best friends and she never actually saw the forest, so it was okay!

39: Hear me out: she really wishes she was better at manipulation.

Her duty is very dependent on the ability to influence both good and evil people to do things and she doesn't have an elemental ability to make this easier. She has the ability to sense things and monitor the world, but otherwise it's up to her to figure out what she has to do. Ruth was born and lived in the Forest her entire life, like most other Wisps. Her social skills are actually 0 and it's a blessing that Naomi just thought she had mad neurodivergent swag like the rest of her friends. Ruth has communicated only with animals, and they tend to be very direct, so she is also very direct, which then makes it hard to persuade them.

55: Naomi, hands down. Naomi is Ruth's best friend and confidante. Naomi is the only one Ruth trusts enough to tell that she's the Wisp. Ruth admires Naomi. She's brave, headstrong, unafraid, and crafty. Naomi is a warrior. Whereas Ruth is encouraged to meddle in the shadows, Naomi faces things head-on. Ruth admires that she is more active than other mortals she's seen.

On top of that, Naomi teaches Ruth to be human. Naomi is the reason Ruth leaves the Forest and breaks the precedent set by her ancestors. Naomi fascinates and inspires Ruth so much with her simple human traits that Ruth literally upends her entire life for her and only goes back when it's apparent their relationship is over.

Other than that? less look up to and more is fascinated by Garmadon. His vacillation between light and dark grabs her attention. Doesn't so much look up to him as wants to study him. They aren't really friends, but she definitely asks Naomi about him so much that Naomi suspected something else was going on.

Phew, Wisp lore my beloved. Sorry if this one was a bit messier as I just reworked it, but I was happy to talk more about it and Ruth!

Elizabeth Chumsworth

15: Adventurous and curious! First and foremost, Elizabeth considers herself a researcher. That has always been her passion. However, when she's a bit older and gets the chance to reconnect with Nataly, she would also describe herself as a mother who loves her daughter deeply. She's simple, she enjoys her studies and loves her little girl (said little girl was in her 20s when they met again, still little).

16: A bright-minded girl with a lot of ideas and very little self-preservation. Her time with the previous EMs was defined a lot by her going up to them and dumping random insane lore she knows, specifically about the serpentine. She was known for doing dangerous or potentially risky things in search of information. Before the Serpentine War she asked permission to do an ethnographic study of serpentine culture in their villages and got approval from some Anacondrai. Then the war broke out and they were like "we might keep you here" and she went "oh this is fascinating! if i promise not to tell can i sit in on war meetings?" and everyone stared at her like she was covered in fur. She got to sit in on those meetings supervised btw, being the master of love does give you a certain amount of irresistibility. Very posh advisor who dreamed of doing more kept an eye on her to make sure she wasn't doing anything suspicious. His name was Pythor and they got along swimmingly :D

35: She wasn't sure if she wanted children at first. There was always the question of if she could do her work with a child, but she always figured that was a question for later. Then, she got pregnant, a huge shock that she had to come to terms with while her husband was being sealed away in a tomb and she was being tried for treason, but the answer soon became an unequivocable "yes." she loves Nataly with all her heart and soul and one of her biggest regrets is that she wasn't able to raise her herself.

44: Elizabeth is not above lying, but most of the time she doesn't have to. Her powers as the master of love include the ability to persuade people to do what she says, though this does not guarantee they will do it. Still, she relies on that as opposed to out and out lying.

One thing she won't do though is break a promise. If she promises you something, she means it. She promised the serpentine the information she gathered in her research would be strictly used for educational and historical purposes under her supervision, and she kept that promise. Her writings from the war were only published years later when she got out of Kryptarium and donated them to the Ninjago Museum of History, kept safe and hidden until then by her friend, Twyla.