#travel gallery 2023

[wanderlustphotosblog]

A Look Back at My 20 Top Travel Photos of 2023

With my first trip to Asia, this was one of my best years of travel photography ever. I want to share my Top Travel Photos of 2023 with you in hopes that it inspires your next big travel adventure!

Each year I say that I could not be more blessed with the opportunities that I have had to travel the world. Not to mention, the ability to photograph the spectacular places I visit. And each year I am reminded that I have just started to scratch the surface of all the incredible things that are waiting to be explored in the world. I am beyond grateful for having the opportunity to travel to…

[rabbitcruiser]

Clouds (No. 1165)

Dawson Creek, BC

[harrysfolklore]

Heyyy I you need fc I suggest kiana davis!! I love her hairrrr it’s so pretty

okay this ended up being suuuuper long but i hope you like it ! tell me your thoughts <3

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yourinstagram romance is not dead, if you keep it just yours 💖

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yoursister gorgeous

yourbestie i guess those dates are going fine 👀

harrystyles ❤️

friend1 omfg why is harry styles in this comment section

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harrystyles Love On Tour. Tokyo II. March, 2023.

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harryfan1 BABYYYY

annetwist ❤️

harryfan2 harry being single on tour is the best thing that happened to us

yourinstagram bestie best 💕

harris_reed blue denim bunnies 🐰

harryfan3 i want him

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harryupdates Harry just followed this account on Instagram ! We’re not sure who she is and the account is private👀

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harryfan1 OH?

harryfan2 who is that omfg she’s so pretty

harryfan3 everyone be normal

harryfan4 weird

harryfan5 oh gemma also follows them

FANS VIA TWITTER

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yourinstagram this is a… how do you guys call it again? a hard launch ?

i can’t wait to travel europe with you this summer, lover boy 🥺 @harrystyles

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yourmom 👏🏻👏🏻💖

friend1 I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON

gemmastyles Have fun kiiiids and see you in London 🫶

harrystyles This is going to be the best summer ever x

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harrystyles Love On Tour. Horsens I. May, 2023.

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harryfan1 BABYYYY

harryfan2 baby is backkk

yourinstagram summer of dreams 💕

↳ harryfan3 this is the priv acc harry followed 👀

alessandro_michele 🍒

harryfan3 the beginning of the end

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harryupdates Harry out in Paris with a crew member today !

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harryfan1 BABYYYY

harryfan2 how do u know she’s a crew member ?

harryfan3 i hate to break it out to you but that looks like a date

↳ harryfan4 no don’t say that

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yourinstagram i made my pit debut last night in paris, definitely want to do it again

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madidiaz Gorgeous gorgeous girl

yourbestie i can’t wait for my turn

harrystyles Look at you, a proper fan ❤️

↳ yourinstagram look at you, a proper smartphone user with emojis and all

harry__lambert Outfit on point 👏🏻🎀

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harrystyles Love On Tour. Paris I. June, 2023.

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harryfan1 BUB

harris_reed our little space cowboy

yourinstagram like we were in paris 💕

harrystyles liked this comment

harryfan2 do you have a gf yes or no

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yourinstagram amsterdam was a whole lotta love (on tour) 💛

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yourmom 💕

jefezoff Can I third wheel next time?

annetwist See you soon lovelies !

harrystyles Not to be corny, but you were the prettiest work of art in the gallery x

↳ yourinstagram HARRYYYY😩

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harrystyles Love On Tour. Amsterdam II. June, 2023.

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harryfan1 GO BABYYYY

harris_reed 🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍

mtv i love arm

harryfan2 slay

yourinstagram 🥺

↳ harryfan3 who are YOU

jefezoff 🔥🔥🔥

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theharrytea What do you guys think about this?

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harryfan1 i don’t know how to feel

harryfan2 lol that’s definitely fake

harryfan3 DONT ENGAGE WITH THE TWEET !!

harryfan4 if it’s true i feel so bad people are leaking his stuff for interactions

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harryupdates Harry out in London today !

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harryfan1 ahhh bub

harryfan2 he looks PISSED

harryfan3 i can’t help but feel like he looks upset bc of the leak

harryfan4 WHO WRONGED HIM

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yourinstagram when you want to go on a walk with your boyfriend but paparazzi are around so you have to walk a mile behind

wouldn’t change it for the world tho

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yourbestie rockstar girlfriend diaries

jefezoff 🥺

harrystyles I love you, thanks for being patient

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gemmastyles girlfriend of the year

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theharrytea Anne and YN, Harry’s rumored girlfriend hugging tonight 😳

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harryfan1 OH?

harryfan2 isn’t that gemma?

harryfan3 is getting real

harryfan4 MAN

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harrystyles Love On Tour. London IV. June, 2023.

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harryfan1 BEST SHOOOOWW

paulithepsm 🎥🍿

yourinstagram london boy 💕

↳ harryfan2 accept my follow request please

lloyddddddddddddd 💃

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celebrityleaks HARRY STYLES COZIES UP WITH NEW GIRLFRIEND IN LONDON

FOLLOW US FOR THE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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harryfan1 OH

harryfan2 yeah i don’t like this at all she can go

harryfan3 YIKESSSSSS i hope she goes away soon

harryfan4 omfg this comment section

harryfan5 WH*REEEEE

bradgouldtraining Disappointed to see media outlets invite someone else’s private lives for clicks, but more disappointed to see this vile comments.

↳ harryfan1 wtf brad???

↳ harryfan4 y’all are going to hell

gifs by @sue <;33

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theharrytea OKAY A LOT OF SPECULATION ABOUT THIS MOMENT LAST NIGHT !!!

some fans say that he was reacting to a sign, while others who were close by yn and brad in the pit claim that he was actually interacting with her, since they saw her mouthing stuff to him.

THOUGHTS?

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harryfan1 harry is unhinged that’s all i’ll say

harryfan2 im crumbling over here

harryfan3 looks like she asked him to make out or something 😭

harryfan4 HE WAS DEFINITELY FLIRTING OMFG

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harrystyles Love On Tour. Cardiff I. June, 2023.

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harryfan1 LOVIEEE

musicariza 🐉🐉🐉

harryfan2 come online and address the rumors

yourinstagram 🕺 ily

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↳ harryfan3 MISS OPEN YOUR DOORS

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yourinstagram another day, another country, another love on tour fit 💕

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yourmom My pretty girl ❤️

bradgouldtraining The queen 🕺

jefezoff Slay bestie.

yourinstagram i love my fans

harrystyles Gorgeous x

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harryupdates “NO! No more trying to shoot your shot with me! I’m taken! I’m taken! My girlfriend is here and this is a family show” Harry confirming he’s in a relationship on stage tonight 😳

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harryfan1 WTFFFFF

harryfan2 I MEAN WE ALREADY KNEW BUT

harryfan3 man he’s insane

harryfan4 TWITTER COLLAPSED

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yourinstagram my honest reaction to harry hard launching us tonight lol

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annetwist 😂😂😂❤️

paulithepsm I mean it was about damn time

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harrystyles I love you. That’s all x

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harrystyles Love On Tour. Düsseldorf II. June, 2023.

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harryfan1 BABYYYY

paulithepsm 💙

harryfan2 that’s boyfriendrry i can’t

yourinstagram best show 🤍

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iheartradio i am in fact harry’s girlfriend

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[emileedoodles]

Catradora travel Etheria 12/12 🏰 Bright Moon 🏰

"I never knew life could feel like this."

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And here it is, the final illustration to start off 2024! I started this project back in summer 2023 after daydreaming about their travels for ages, so it feels emotional to have got to the end of the journey, illustrations finished, calendars shipped, final pictures posted. Thanks for joining me 🫶

If you'd like any of this series as prints, they're all on my INPRNT

[old-powwow-days]

The first major solo museum presentation of fourth-generation Navajo weaver Melissa Cody (b. 1983, No Water Mesa, Arizona) spans the last decade of her practice, showcasing over 30 weavings and a major new work produced for the exhibition. Using long-established weaving techniques and incorporating new digital technologies, Cody assembles and reimagines popular patterns into sophisticated geometric overlays, incorporating atypical dyes and fibers. Her tapestries carry forward the methods of Navajo Germantown weaving, which developed out of the wool and blankets that were made in Germantown, Pennsylvania and supplied by the US government to the Navajo people during the forced expulsion from their territories in the mid-1800s. During this period, the rationed blankets were taken apart and the yarn was used to make new textiles, a practice of reclamation which became the source of the movement. While acknowledging this history and working on a traditional Navajo loom, Cody’s masterful works exercise experimental palettes and patterns that animate through reinvention, reframing traditions as cycles of evolution. Melissa Cody is a Navajo/Diné textile artist and enrolled member of the Navajo/Diné nation. Cody grew up on a Navajo Reservation in Leupp, Arizona and received a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Arts and Museum Studies from Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe. Her work has been featured in The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (2022); Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR (2021); National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2019–2020); Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff (2019); SITE Santa Fe (2018–19); Ingham Chapman Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (2018); Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock (2018); and the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe (2017–18). Cody’s works are in the collections of the Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas; the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; and The Autry National Center, Los Angeles. In 2020, she earned the Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Art.

Melissa Cody: Webbed Skies currently on exhibition at MoMA PS1 through September 9nth, 2024

IDs Under the cut

Top to Bottom, Left to Right: White Out. 2012. 3-ply aniline dyed wool. 17 × 24″ (43.2 × 61 cm)

Deep Brain Stimulation. 2011. Wool warp, weft, selvedge cords, and aniline dyes. 40 x 30 3/4 in. (101.6 x 78.1 cm)

World Traveler. 2014. Wool warp, weft, selvedge cords, and aniline dyes. 90 x 48 7/8 in. (228.6 x 124.1 cm)

Into the Depths, She Rappels. 2023. Wool warp, weft, selvedge cords, and aniline dyes. 87 x 51 9/16 in. (221 x 131 cm)

Lightning Storm. 2012. 3-ply aniline dyed wool. 14 × 20″ (35.6 × 50.8 cm)

Pocketful of Rainbows. 2019. Wool warp, weft, selvedge cords, and aniline dyes. 19 x 10 3/4 in. (48.3 x 27.3 cm)

Path of the Snake. 2013. 3-ply aniline dyed wool. 36 × 24″ (91.4 × 61 cm)

[traddmoore]

NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents: Lawra Suits Clark September 28th, 2023 • 7pm • 370 Jay Street • Brooklyn, NY Poster "Faith Companion" (2023) by Tradd Moore "Lawra Suits Clark (MFA '14) is a video-games artist, designer, and educator living in New York, a co-founder of Babycastles Gallery, and a recent addition to Game Center faculty as Visiting Assistant Arts Professor. Primarily a solo developer, Lawra's work has been nominated for, or won, several awards and accolades at festivals in San Francisco, Zurich, Seoul, Berlin, and many other places across the globe. This talk will cover their current work-in-progress, Faith Companion, a game of time-traveling dogs and wage workers in a company-town struggling to be noticed. Lawra will go into the design, themes, ethos, and structure of the project, where it came from and where it is going. As a collection of numerous small experiences, Faith Companion offers a strange and funny allegorical fantasy of labor alienation, end-of-life, debt, magical thinking, and the failures of tech utopianism."

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eye candy ♡ willy wonka 2023

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✦✦ 𓏏𓏏 part 2: ms. y/n rosewell, a famous botanist has come back from town after a year. she had returned with special flowers from her trip and famous willy wonka has caught her attention. will they get along? ♡ part 1

a/n: i got lazy for this, so the writing style will be a little different!

The next morning, a jar of chocolate arrived on your porch. It seemed a bit nicer than the chocolate he had given you before, with a more classy appearance and a somewhat larger size. It's Valentine's day, but unfortunately you were closed.

Today was the weekend, and you do not work on weekends. You'd usually sleep in or go grocery shopping on weekends, although they may get boring at times. During working hours, when you had nothing to do, you would normally read or sketch to pass the time.

Your favorite activity, however, was listening to the radio; you enjoyed the music and the issues spoken by others. Unfortunately, your radio had broken down while you were gone. So that's a bummer.

You thought for a moment, why not try something new? You never considered walking around town, it could be fun.

You stood up and dressed more formally. When you were about to leave, you opened the jar of candy and popped one in your mouth. It really tasted good, you loved the bitterness especially.

You locked your shop, dusted your clothes and begun to walk around the town. There were a few changes here and there, but was still the town you remembered. You remembered playing with your sister, while your father would bring home a toy or two every week.

You weren't poor, but you didn't had a lot. You wished you switched places instead of them, because you knew that nothing lasts forever. You wanted to move on, but you couldn't help but think about them.

You walked in the gallery gourmet. You noticed that Slugworth, Ficklegruber and that other guy's shop had disappeared. Could they really have gone? You walked deeper into the place, new candy and chocolate shops were built and in the middle was Willy's store.

Something was telling you that you should go inside. But I don't even like sweets that much. You thought. Never mind, I shouldn't be saying anything. I literally traded over my most expensive flower for chocolate!

Maybe a peek?

You walked forward, it was quite the busy place for sure. You stopped on the front glass, taking a peek inside the store. It looked so beautiful. It looked like the placed you explored in when you were traveling, so wonderful. You made up your mind and decided to enter the store yourself.

Behind you, someone greeted "Welcome to Wonka's Miss! May I help.. Ms. Rosewell?" you recognized the voice behind you and you turned around "Hello, Mr. Wonka." you couldn't help but smile to him.

He smiled back "What brings you here Ms. Rosewell? Are you interested to buy some chocolate?" you shook your head "No, no, no. I just came to look around, this is very beautiful." you complimented him.

"Well, I'm glad you like it! Why won't we find somewhere to sit?"

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He led you in a private room, he took a chair and then offered you to sit down. "Tea?" he offered "Sure." you replied. "I was hoping to see you again, I am quite interested about you from all the stories I heard." you softly smiled "Hm, I guess the town has heard about my deeds from afar.. I'm quite embarrassed."

"How so?" he asked, "I like attention, just not too much." you said, Willy understood "I see, but you deserve praise! You've been to a land full of danger just to retrieve beautiful flowers." you laughed "Well, aren't we the same though? Willy Wonka would climb mountains and swim oceans to make the perfect chocolate."

"You got that right," he proudly beamed. "But have you noticed that I am also a great magician? Watch this." His eyes were filled with a strange mix of mischief and affection. You tilted your head and, in a blink of an eye, he took out a rose with an unusual pattern.

Wait a minute.

"Hey, isn't that mine..??" you reached to his hand, then suddenly it turned to coins. "2 sovereigns right?" you stared speechless but accepted the coins "Silly.. don't steal from me again." Willy's eyes widened "Willy Wonka never steals! In fact, what I just did there is called: buy now, pay later."

"Well, thank you for paying me back Mr. Wonka."

"It's my pleasure."

You hadn't felt this warm in a long time. You couldn't recall laughing with anyone like this before; it seemed unfamiliar. "You put your pride and love into this store, didn't you?" You said, continuing the conversation, "Truly, what could be better than a candy land? Or.. edible change?"

"You can make anything edible at this point."

Willy grinned. "What matters to me the most is that if people are happy. I'm happy, what about you?" you choked on your tea a bit "Me?" you asked.

What did make you happy? Flowers? Traveling? The radio? You thought for a while "I feel happy right now, talking to you like this." you answered his question, "But, don't get the wrong idea.." Willy answered, "Why would I? Thats not bad at all, I enjoy talking with you too."

A blush crept up your face "You mean it?" you asked "Of course, I've never met someone similar to me." you smiled "Maybe so." you never knew talking with a person you just met would make you happy.

"Do you have any hobbies?"

Strangers never asked personal things about you, it was usually how skilled you were.

"Bouquet design, drawing and I suppose singing.."

Almost everyone asked you the same question. How do you create bouquets? Where do you get your flowers from? How can I get money with flowers? And honestly, you thought that people only saw you as a botanist.

"Singing! I love to sing too." Willy said, "Maybe you should give me a performance, imagine this: (name)'s spectacular singing show!"

You would ignore any signs of friendship and love, because you were scared of losing it. But maybe you should give this a chance.

"You're such a dreamer.." you rolled your eyes "Thats my specialty." Willy smiled.

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Yesterday was nice, the two of you spent your time getting to know about each other. It felt really good finding someone to talk with topics you actually enjoyed. And because he made you happy, you felt like you owed him something.

"Welcome to Timmy's Tailors! Can I help you madam?" you entered a tailor shop, you thought that a coat would be good gift. "I want a coat, he's this tall and hm.. maybe red? Im not sure what his size is, I just want it to be a surprise." you explained.

The tailor nodded "Who is it for? Your brother? Your father? A lover?" you shook your head "Just a gift for a friend, do you mind if I picked a size?"

You ended up picking a coat with a (pattern) felt, it perfectly fits you as well. You were a tall woman, just 3 inches away from Willy. If it didn't fit him you could always come back to the tailor and fix it, it was no problem. This was the first gift you gave that wasn't a flower, you realized he was one of your firsts.

A first friend and a first gift.

That warm feeling came into your senses again, you were changing. What is up with you and that chocolate maker? You felt stupid, you've only seen him twice and it felt like you've known him forever. You snapped out of your thoughts, think! You just met this guy for 2 days, you shouldn't get too attached.

You arrived back to your shop, you went upstairs and placed the paper bag on the table. For a moment, your stomach growled. You couldn't cook, at all. In fact you were a very terrible cook, that was one thing you didn't have common with Wonka. So you would usually get pre-heated food or take out.

Unfortunately, you were out of food so you were planning to eat out for dinner and forgot, but hold that first thought.. why did you even go home in the first place?? Aren't you supposed to give this to him??

You covered your face and groaned in frustration, okay so new plan:

You go out and eat for dinner.

Give the coat some other day.

But maybe give the coat after you eat?? No, it would be embarrassing for some reason. Well if you do give the coat, what on earth are you going to say? Thank you for talking to me, heres a coat! Absolutely not, you need to think this through. You went out your store again and double checked to see if you forgot anything.

Okay, everything looks good.

You walked out, locked the door and started to walk to the restaurant. You decided to treat yourself to your favorite place, you missed eating food from this town. Sure, you've eaten one of the finest dishes before when traveling but nothing hits hard like the ones at home.

The restaurant you were looking for was a bit far from your house so you needed to ride a cable car for fifteen minutes to arrive. But you didn't mind, all you wanted was to eat.

You entered the restaurant, the waiters smiled and welcomed you. Thankfully there was one table available. You placed your bag in your left side and took the menu, no way everything got cheaper!

You double checked the menu to see if you were actually not getting crazy. It is definitely real. You couldn't wait so you immediately called the waitress.

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That was so amazing. You felt like you unlocked a core memory in your mind, you felt so happy. It was evening, there were barely people in the streets in this hour. You walked the streets while humming a tune, you could hear your boots syncing with your tunes.

One things for sure, you loved the night. While you traveled, you would often stare into the stars above. They all had their own place fit just for them. You looked up to the sky, you couldn't see any stars tonight. Instead, it looked rather cloudy.

Drip, drip, drip.

Suddenly it started to rain heavily, at this point you didn't even try and look for shelter. It could be worse. No wonder no one was walking in the streets, they probably noticed that rain was going to pour.

You exhaled, the unexpected keeps happening to you. You could hear footsteps approaching behind you, but you didn't look. You could tell this person stopped for a moment, thats when you decided to turn around. Your breath hitched.

"Rosewell?"

You both looked at each other for a brief moment "Hello again." you said.

Willy approached you, tilting his umbrella for a bit so the both of you could share. He smiled "Now what are you doing getting drenched by the rain?" you huffed "Well, in my defense I didn't expect it to rain." you told him. A hint of mischief was written on his face "Really now?"

You sighed "I was spacing out as well, anyways what brings you here?" you asked casually as if you're not drenched in rain "I live near here. Hold on to this, you're soaked." he gave the umbrella handle to you then he let you hit coat and hat.

"Thank you Willy." he was caught off guard for a moment. "You're welcome (name)." he replied.

"Why wont I escort you home?" he suggested "..You see I live quite far from this place. I only came here to watch at my favorite restaurant." Willy laughed, "Is that so?" you frowned "Don't embarrass me please."

"I'm sorry, alright enough talking. Would you like to come over to my place?" he asked.

You nodded "Yes please, I'm going to freeze."

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His home was nice, it writes 'Willy Wonka' everywhere. "Why don't you go take a shower? I'll gladly lend you my clothes." he offered "Will they even fit?" you asked "Oh, I'm sure they would." he reassured you "Shower is upstairs!" he said.

After a long hot shower, you dried yourself up and wore his clothes. He was right it did fit, you sighed in relief because that meant the coat probably fit him. The clothes you wore were very comfortable, probably something he'd only wear when he was at home.

You wouldn't mind wearing masculine or feminine clothes. Either would fit you well anyway, so it doesn't matter. You walked downstairs, you couldn't see Willy anywhere. You figured he was in a different room, so you just looked around his living room.

He walked in the room, holding two glasses of hot chocolate. He placed the glasses on the table and walked towards you "They fit you perfectly!!" he said, he sounded really excited just the sight of you wearing his clothes. "It looks real good on you too." he added.

You smiled at him "You think so?" you said "Well I most certainly do! You look real nice." he reassured, his hands holding your arms "Oh, sorry. I just felt excited to see it fit you perfectly." you sighed "Its fine, can I sit?" you said.

"Oh, right. I got hot chocolate." he said "Nothing is better than Wonka's late night lax hot cocoa." you carefully took the cup out of his hand, the heat stung your fingers a little.

You drank the hot chocolate, Willy watched and waited for reaction. You looked at him "Is something wrong?" you asked "Not at all," he answered "I just wanted to know if you like it." he said.

You hummed "Well, I love it." you said "Glad, I changed it a little for your own liking." he said. Though his tone was calm, his face was full of excitement and you couldn't help but chuckle. "What's with the face?" you asked "I just feel happy. I've never invited anyone in my house before." he said. "Well it's quite lovely." you said.

It was still raining outside, thunder had already to clap. It would be a real hassle to go back home, hopefully your flowers won't get ruined by the rain though, oh no.

"Mind if I stay for the night?" you asked "Of course you can, you don't even need to ask." Willy said "You can sleep in my bed." you squinted "Well, where will you sleep?" you asked, Willy shrugged "Oh, don't you worry. I'll sleep on the desk."

"No, I can sleep in the couch. I'll feel bad." you told me "Its fine (name). It's really no problem for me." you sighed "You're too nice, are you plotting something?" you asked, Willy shook his head "Of course not! Why would I?" you chuckled "I was just kidding."

The two of you talked the whole night, eventually the clock strikes 12 and you were getting sleepy. "I feel sleepy, I think we should head to bed." you suggested "Sounds great." he said standing up "Are you really going to sleep on your table?"

He extended his hand to you "Well I don't see a problem with that. As long as my first guest is comfortable it's fine." you reached out his hand and pulled you up.

His bedroom felt like healing your inner child, it was beautiful. "I love.. your bedroom." you said, amazed by everything around it. From the glowing stars on the ceilings, and the numerous amount of small lights everywhere. "Thank you! I designed it myself." he said.

"I'd definitely enjoy this if I was a kid." you said "My old bedroom was somewhat similar to this." he said "I took inspiration from that." Willy smiled "You can lay down if you want, i'll just be here. See?" Willy extended out a chair, in front of him was a small cute factory. It was reminiscent to the luggage he carried.

You got into the covers getting comfortable "Thank you Willy, I owe you a lot." you smiled, he looked at you "Its no problem. Anything for a friend." he reassured "You're not going to sleep?" you asked him, you still felt guilty for hogging his bed. "Nope, i'll work on this first. Now go to sleep."

Something about his soft voice would always make you feel warm on the inside.

"Good night, please don't stay up too late, Willy."

"You too, (name)."

You woke up, your eyes still felt heavy and your body was still tired. You recalled everything that happened last night, the rain, the hot chocolate and the clothes you wore. You looked at the clock hanging in the wall, it was 7:13 in the morning. You said to yourself. "Well, I slept real late. And it's still early, so I'll just sleep in."

Then, the door opened "Wake up sleepyhead, time to wake up!"

"..." you stayed silent.

You could sense him sitting down on the bed "Is she awake?" he said to himself "No." you responded. Willy decided to play along with you "Is that sleep talking I hear?" he mischievously said "Do people still get hungry when they're asleep?" he asked you "What's for breakfast?" you muttered.

"Croissant, crispy bacon and some chocolate bread." he said. You told him; "Eggs.. with bacon.. and some milk." he hummed "That's quite a delicious dream. Well, when shes ready to get out of bed. Can you tell her I got her some breakfast?" Willy said with a soft voice.

You slightly covered the blanket to your head "She'll come out in a few minutes." you said, you can feel him stand up from the bed "Alright, then tell her to come to the kitchen." he said, closing the door. You immediately sat up, pushing your knees to your chest.

"What's going on with me?"

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You went downstairs and found the kitchen "Good morning, Willy." you greeted him, your voice was still raspy. Willy greeted back, "Good morning (name)! Huh, I thought you'd get up a little late." he said, cracking some eggs.

"I envy you," you told him "Really? How so?" he asked while you softly sighed "Well, you can cook and I cant. I usually just eat pre-made foods or go out in restaurants." you explained.

"I see, then how did you eat when venturing?" he asked, you thought for a while "Hmm, from what I can remember. I packed a lot of foods like berries and such, a shame to say I ate a few flower petals."

You explained further "I have the fear of fire and heat, so maybe thats one of the reasons why I don't want to cook. A restaurant can be pricey sure, but it's delicious."

Willy hummed "Well, why won't I teach you how to cook?" Willy said as he placed the cooked egg on the plate.

You stared at him "You might not want to trust me to cook." you said, averting your gaze away from him. "It'll be fine, I'll be here watching you! You won't be injured in any way, I promise." he said. That smile of his, how could you say no?

You gave in "Fine," you sighed "What would you like me to start on?" he grinned "Let me prepare these first."

After preparing a few things, he told you to come and cook some bacons. "So, I just.. place them there right?" you were holding some tongs and a plate of uncooked bacon.

"Yep, the stove hasn't turned on yet so it's fine." You carefully placed the 5 bacon strips on the stove.

Willy nodded in approval "Now, turn on the stove and use medium heat." you turned the stove "Like that right?" he hummed "Hmm, the fire is too weak." Willy turned it further "There we go, now you need to wait till it sizzles. Then flip it over till its ready." he advised.

10 minutes passed, you managed to cook decent bacons. Although the last one burnt "See, it wasn't that bad!" he smiled while you were frowning "But one of them got burnt." you reminded him.

"Well, it doesn't mean the others are bad." he reassured you "Lets eat! Can you help me with the plates?" he asked "Of course." you replied.

The two of you settled down the table "It's been a while since I cooked some heavy breakfast." Willy said "Oh, me too. I usually eat cereal and start my day." you told him "I'd say the same, I eat a lot of sweets." he said "I can see that." you chuckled. "I feel quite ashamed for you to let me in your house like this. Let alone borrow your stuff."

He tilted his head "Why so? You're a friend of mine, they're meant to help each other." he reassured you, you looked at him with a soft gaze "If thats what you think." you told him "If I were in your shoes, I'd probably escort them home. I wouldn't trust a stranger whom i've meet for a few days." you added.

"Well I trust you." you huffed "Oh don't say such nonsense." you said, looking away from him "Well, didn't you trust me the moment I gave you shade with my umbrella?" he said. You stayed silent "...Eat the bacon." you turned away from him. He tilted his head, afraid he said something for you to act like that.

"Sorry, did I say something?" now you felt bad "No, nothing. Thank you for taking me in, Willy." you reassured him. His smile returned, "Of course." he said.

After breakfast, the two of you talked again. Your clothes weren't dry just yet, so Willy allowed you to have his clothes. You were about to leave his house, but you wanted to bid your goodbyes first. "Willy?" you called out his name, you looked around and saw him sleeping in the couch.

He must've had stayed up all night, you spotted a blanket on the side of the couch and wrapped it around him.

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hi everyone! ive decided to stick with (name) instead of y/n because to me it feels more normal. but anyways, yay!! another chapter, sorry if their relationship is quite rushed here.. im trying to write slowburn haha but i couldn't help it

happy reading!

[farfromstrange]

Lizzi's Kinktober 2023

Day 16: Blood play

October 31st, 2023

Main Masterlist | Kinktober Masterlist

Pairing: Matt Murdock x afab!Reader

Summary: You and Matt are not friends, you simply fuck to get it out of your systems. When you get hurt after getting yourself in trouble, one thing leads to another, and you both realize that blood isn't always a bad thing.

Warnings: EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT (18+ MINORS DNI), blood play, graphic description of blood, enemies that are lovers, hate fuck, unprotected p in v, rough sex, hair pulling, choking, dirty talk, Dom!Matt, brat!Reader, cum play, this is nasty as fuck (read at your own risk), not proof read

Word Count: ~1.9k

A/n: And with this, Kinktober has officially come to a close. Happy Halloween! I hope you enjoyed these past two weeks. I'm so happy I got it done, even with some delays. Thank you all for your support! I love you guys. Good night!

The crimson trail down your arm has a copper tang to it. It paints a distinctive red picture, a piece of art that you will never find in a gallery. 

His tongue darts through the thick line of blood. The area where the blade nicked you is red, maybe a little swollen, but it surely was a clean cut. Why he is so obsessed with the essence that keeps you alive, you’re not sure.

Maybe it’s because your heart is the very thing responsible for the red elixir running through your veins, and he can hear every beat it makes. He has memorized the rhythm. He could pick your heartbeat out of a million other people. That’s why running is futile.

He knows you better than you know yourself. And no matter where you go, you are sure he will follow. He would follow you to the end of the earth and beyond. That is how obsessed he is. 

You can’t deny it gives you a thrill that he needs you so badly, he would do anything to keep you by his side. To make sure you are his. He would go to extraordinary lengths to say, “You are mine!” And to have you believe it, too. 

You’re supposed to hate him, despise him, curse him to hell, but all you feel when you look at his face is a desperate need to be near him. He hasn’t manipulated into feeling like this, not at all. If anything, you forced yourself into his life because you couldn’t stay away anymore. You saw him, and that was when you knew you had to have him. 

He didn’t cut you. Matt would never. The devil, maybe, but not your Matthew. Even though you went head-to-head many times, he would never physically harm you.

No, the cut on your arm that matches the one on your abdomen happened because you were foolish enough to think you didn’t need his help when you went out tonight. It was Daredevil who saved your ass, and it was he who berated you for being so stupid. You argued, but in the end, you were stupid tonight. You got yourself hurt. 

It is a mystery to you how you went from there to here, to him licking the blood off your salty skin. The motion alone is sensual enough to make your desperate thighs lock around his hips. You invite him in. You always have. 

His tongue travels the distance from your bicep to your collarbone, leaving a red trail in its wake. His unfocused eyes come to level with yours. You stare into those hazel orbs that display the softest speckles of green. His pupils are dilated. You can see yourself reflected in the windows to his soul, and it makes you swallow. 

The wetness that has gathered between the folds of your core starts trickling down your thigh. Before you met him, you thought it was just something some authors used to exaggerate the state of arousal, but now you know that it is possible. He gets you riled up like no other man has before because he knows your body in a way no man has ever cared to try, and that binds you to him. To him, his fingers, his sinfully skilled mouth, and most importantly, his cock. 

You have always been selfish. You have always wanted everything all the damn time. Now that you’ve got what you wanted, letting him go is off the table, even when you hate each other most of the time. When you’re together like this though, you can pretend that life isn’t the shit show that it is and that you actually work. That you deserve each other. That there isn’t some mythical force forcing you apart at any given moment—it always brings you back together in the end, so how wrong can it be? 

Loving the enemy has never seemed more lucrative than it does in the worst of moments. When you’re bleeding and naked underneath him in bed, his cock poking at your needy entrance; it is the wrong moment, and it still is so right. 

His lips meet yours in a bruising kiss. You kiss him back, a soft moan slipping from your lips to his, and he swallows it like it’s water. 

“You were so stupid,” he tells you again. 

You should be offended, but you can’t be. Not when he is this close to you, his scent and the taste of his lips consuming you whole like a toxic wave of smoke. It engulfs you, keeping you locked in an airtight room where all you can feel is him, and only him. 

He is the man of your dreams. A man you can’t have. 

Right now though, you have him. Right now, you can have him.

You suck his bottom lip into your mouth. He tastes like bittersweet heaven. 

“Not my fault you’re slower than me,” you retort, but your voice is breathy. 

He huffs. “Shut up.”

“Make me.”

You push him a little too far. 

Matt grabs your sides, dragging his fingers through the cut on your stomach. You hiss. The pain turns into a cloud of pleasure instead, nestling right above your cunt. A monster waiting to be unleashed. An animal waiting to have its hunger satisfied. 

He drags his scarlet-stained fingers up your stomach, creating even more art to be marveled at. You are the masterpiece, and he is putting the finishing touches where they need to be. He stops right above your heart, only for a second though, then moves on to your neck. You want him to wrap his fingers around it, to give you stability, to give you security, but he doesn’t. Instead, his bloodstained fingers move to your jaw, force it down, and he buries them down your throat. 

You have blood in and around your mouth. Your blood. It tastes like dirt and copper. It shouldn’t turn you on this much. The red gives a stark contrast to your skin, yet blends perfectly. 

You choke on his fingers. They are so thick, you can only imagine what his cock would feel like right now, resting heavily on your tongue. Your lips close, and you suck his digits further into your mouth. You taste your blood, your sweat, and the dirt on his fingers. It’s disgusting, but it’s not. You moan. You can’t help it. Your walls clench around thin air. 

Blood. Blood isn’t supposed to be arousing. It’s blood. 

But God, you are sick. You don’t want to be healed because you and Matt… you can be sick together. Right now, nothing else matters. There are no limits other than the hard ones you’ve set, and he takes his job very seriously. 

“I would fuck your throat until all you can taste is your blood and my cum,” he purrs, “but I am way too impatient.”

Fortunately, so are you. 

“Turn around. On all fours.”

You do as you’re told. You push your ass back into him, and he growls. 

“Behave,” he says. He stills your hips by grabbing your cheeks, squeezing them roughly. 

You moan just a little bit more than necessary. “Please,” you beg.

Your back arches when he pulls you back by the hair, and he buries his cock deep inside you. Without warning, without foreplay. But you’re so wet, it doesn’t matter. 

Matt doesn’t waste time. He doesn’t allow you time to adjust to his size and girth. He rams into you, filling you to the brim. He pulls out and thrusts back into you, and he does so hard. 

You cry out. You’re so tight around him, your walls screaming at the intrusion, but you can’t fight him. Not when he’s got his arms around you, one around your shoulders, the other around your torso. He keeps you trapped against him as he thrusts so deep, you can feel him in your stomach. 

When Matt fucks you, he fucks you hard, but he never fails to please you. That is one thing that is always consistent. He reaches the sweetest spots, making your eyes roll back and toes curl, and he makes you come every time. Your pleasure is his ultimate goal. 

Your blood paints your stomach red. He’s obsessed with dragging his hand through it, you notice. Even cross-eyed and moaning, you notice. 

“God, you’re going to be the death of me,” he grunts into your ear. 

In a moment of confidence, you grab his hand and force it around your throat, leaving a crimson imprint. “Fuck me like you mean it,” you say. 

He chuckles. “Fucking greedy.”

Within seconds, your face meets the mattress again. He forces you down while he pounds into you even harder than before, and your scream tells him that this is exactly what you asked for. 

The pain of your cuts mixed with whatever magic he’s using to drill his cock so deeply drives you to the precipice within seconds. Matt reaches around you to touch your clit. He only has to rub the abused bundle of nerves two more times before you cry his name into the pillow, bite down on the silk sheets, and come hard. Harder than ever before. 

Your cunt spasms around him, clenching so hard, he can barely move, and the sound of his full name on your lips in such sinful ecstasy cause his balls to tighten with his own impending orgasm. 

But he doesn’t give you the pleasure of coming inside of you this time. The one thing you love most, the feeling of his cum buried deep inside of you as you make your way home from his place, he doesn’t grant you. Instead, he pulls out, flips you back onto your back, and he pumps his cock with his hand a few more times before his face contorts and he releases all over your bloody stomach. 

You don’t register at first. The warmth of his cum on your wounds brings you back to reality. 

It’s so messy. When you come back to yourself, Matt is heaving above you. You look down on yourself. Your skin is covered in the white of his cum and the red of your blood. It is the lewdest painting you have ever seen, but it is still a masterpiece in itself. 

Your intrusive thoughts win. You drag your finger through the sinful cocktail. It’s sticky. You feel it for a moment before bringing it to your lips. 

The taste is foreign. Copper, a bit salty, maybe a bit sour, but it is you and him and you are so happy to be tasting it, you let out another lustful moan. 

This is perfection. Perverted, disgusting perfection, but perfection nonetheless. 

Matt bites his lip. “You’re naughty,” he says. 

“And you made me bleed worse than before,” you reply. 

He chuckles. “Touché.”

He plops down next to you, but you know it won’t last long. Even when he pulls you into his arms, you know it won’t last. You have to leave soon. 

Soon, he is going to ask you to leave and to never speak of this to anyone, and you will do as you’re told all over again because you’re not a couple. You’re not friends. You’re never going to be. 

You’re enemies, and no sex in the world is going to change that. 

Well, it was fun while it lasted. For just five more minutes, you can pretend that your relationship isn’t as complicated. Even though you can’t.

And you never will. 

Matt Murdock Smut Tag List: @acharliecoxedfan @gpenguin666 @linamarr @mcugeekposts @itwasthereaminuteago @ravenclaw617 @mattkinsella @norestfortheshelbywicked @yarrystyleeza @littlenerdyravenclaw @etanordoesbullsh1t @thychuvaluswife @harleycao @schneeflocky @imjustcal @pipsqueakkitten @merlinbtch

Also tagging: @blackshadowswriter @1988-fiend & @sunaspotato (please don't be weirded out by me)

[gffa]

what order would you recommend reading the batman comics in? also where do you find the comics?

"What order would you recommend reading the Batman comics in?" only has one answer and that answer is for me to immediately burst into tears. Okay, this list is designed around what I think is most likely to get you into comics and having a good time, if you're enjoying the kind of posts that appear on this blog: - Nightwing 2016, you can start from issue #1 and just keep reading (well, once you hit the Ric Grayson arc, you can skim if you want) because it's a fun, light-hearted series that's just very easy to read and is my comfort series in a lot of ways. I enjoy Dick Grayson's character, it does a lot of work to establish him in his own city, but also touches on his relationships with his family, and I think is a great starting place. You can start with Better Than Batman, Back to Bludhaven, Nightwing Must Die, Blockbuster, Raptor's Revenge, The Untouchable, The Bleeding Edge, Knight Terrors (not to be confused with the 2023 event of the same name!), Burnback, The Gray Son Legacy, The Joker War, Fear State Then there's something of a 'soft reboot' where the volume numbering starts over (but issue #s keep going) with: Leaping into the Light, Get Grayson, The Battle for Blüdhaven's Heart - Robin & Batman (2022), a beautifully illustrated series from the early days of Bruce and Dick, where Bruce is not exactly the world's greatest parent, but he's trying, there's an amazingly emotionally satisfying hug, and it shows what a delightful hurricane child Dick Grayson was. - "The Murder Club" is just one story out of many in Batman: Urban Legends but it's a fantastic one, with beautiful art and a story that's about Thomas and Martha Wayne traveling forward in time to see what's become of their son, and they don't necessarily approve--until Dick and Damian are basically impossible to ignore and they see what Bruce is fighting for. For more general Batman stories (rather than ones focused on my Blorbo), I'm enjoying: - The Court of Owls [vol. 1][vol. 2] by Scott Snyder, which is a solid case story and introduces the Court of Owls, which I genuinely like as a relatively recent addition to Batman's rogues gallery! - Batman 2016 is a bit of a controversial pick, because not everyone enjoys the authors writing for this series, but I've had a blast with a lot of Tom King's writing, personally. I especially enjoyed a lot of the run-up to the Bruce/Selina wedding with Rebirth book 3 (there's a double date with Bruce/Selina and Clark/Lois that's just a silly, fun good time!), The Rules of Engagement, Bride or Burglar, The Wedding, and Cold Days. I wasn't really a big Bruce/Selina shipper before those issues, but they really won me over because I love a good hot mess of a couple that have a bunch of thorny issues between them, that Selina loves Bruce not as some mythic figure but as the dumbass guy she loves, and then some bonus quality content with Bruce's kids, especially once the wedding falls apart and he's in such a bad place and Dick Grayson is so good at stabilizing Bruce that it's unreal. (You can also read Preludes to the Wedding in around here, if nothing else the Dick + Hush one was really, really fun! Clark and Dick take Bruce to Batburger for his bachelor's party because they're horrible people who think they're funny, and it's DELIGHTFUL.) - Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) by Mark Waid is also more light-hearted, but is so much fun, the characters banter with each other, but you can see their genuine friendship and how it became to be one of foundational relationships in both their lives, and plus Dan Mora's art is always TOP NOTCH. (Plus, volume 2 is out as well.)

I limited myself to anything from the 2016 reboot ("Rebirth") because I think that's easiest to draw someone in and these are the starting places that I would enjoy, though, they do assume a fair amount of pre-knowledge about Batman characters, like personally I enjoyed Batman & Robin Eternal but I don't think it's a good starting point for what the comics are actually like. As always, if someone has a good suggestion for a newer fan, I'd love to hear them! Especially since I tend to be Nightwing-focused, that's where my area of expertise is, if you have some good Tim or Jason or Damian recs, feel free! Though, in general, I think you can pick up almost any trade paperback and it'll be designed to be read without too much confusion, so just find a character you think you'll like and jump in! :D (p.s. I'm linking to Hoopla pages because, if you have a library card with your local library, you can use it to sign in to Hoopla!)

[rabbitcruiser]

Roofs

What do you think about my pic?

[hclib]

RARE BOOK EXHIBIT NOW ON VIEW

Storied Leaves: Unveiling the Library's Rare Art Book Collection

Visit Minneapolis Central Library to see Storied Leaves: Unveiling the Library’s Rare Art Book Collection! The exhibit, located in Cargill Gallery, features over 80 titles from our rare art folio collection and includes some really stunning prints of art from all over the world! There’s also some library/collection history, explanations of printing techniques, and more. The exhibit runs October 4 – November 29, 2023.

Travel through time and across the globe as you explore the library's rare Art Book Collection. This vibrant exhibit showcases art from six continents—Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, and Oceania—spanning ancient to contemporary times. Produced between 1850 and 1950, the works in this exhibit are leaves from folios, or individual pages contained within portfolios. Most have been carefully hand-printed, stenciled or hand-colored. Delve into the stories of these unique prints to learn how this remarkable collection came to be at Minneapolis Central Library, gain insights into the art and craft of printing, and be inspired to connect with art at your library. This exhibit is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

[thisisthiago]

WeHeartIt is dead.

It died in 2023, during a sunny June, though the process started taking place way before that date. It’s unclear, though, the reason why it started to happen. And, since I’m not a journalist, I might focus on why it meant so much to me for so long.

WeHeartIt, famous for embracing thousands of people around the idea of creating personal galleries and sharing them with friends, was born in 2008 from a Brazilian developer. He came up with the idea of creating a platform where people could save, share and, most importantly, heart images.

And didn't that work out? At its peak, the social network had 25 million monthly users and partnered with brands such as Teen Vogue to promote content and increase that reach. Of course, there was always Pinterest, but this wasn’t it. WeHeartIt was a hot mess of posting and hearting and expressing ourselves through the images we saved or the postcards we sent or even the collections we built. Of course, you could open Pinterest and organize your ideas, wishes, and... crochet templates, I guess? But at WeHeartIt, what looked like a mess would then become a gallery with layers of meanings and feelings, resembling the rings of trees. Our profiles, as rings of trees can tell us about a harsh winter or a particularly hot summer, would have layers composed of travel dreams, romantic ideas, or heartbreaking moments. It was safe and, as a 2018 article from Women’s Forum would point out, it was a mood booster.

Can you imagine such a lovely mess? "Dancing On My Own" was at the top of the parades (at least for hipsters worldwide), Tumblr was the next most favorite network, and Facebook wasn’t as cringe as it is now. In the middle of all that, WeHeartIt was thriving. Saving us from the boredom and helping us all to create a gallery where we could go back to see (and feel) all that was there to remember.

But then, things started to go somewhere out of the road, and we learned that good and new features don’t necessarily mean improvement. The app didn't have to try and be anything else. Of course, a design refreshment is always welcome, but some of the updates were simply needless or had no sense at all. All of that led to what we encounter today when we go into the platform website.

I won’t refer to all of the annoying-but-still-not-changing-the-core-of-the-app updates and features. I’m talking about ads, postcards, articles and yes, podcasts. Though all of these were meaningless and even annoying, they never interfered in my possibility of using the core functions of the app: managing my profile, visiting other people’s profiles, and hearting images.

Then, all of a sudden, WeHeartIt starts rolling out a message saying that the app will now focus on other features and so, they would do part with profiles and hearting. Yes, you read that correctly. The owners of the app decided that the main functions of the website should no longer be available, in order to redirect the main focus of the app to photo editing.

As I said in a rather harsh review of the latest version of the app in Apple’s App Store:

The so-called "photo editing" capabilities are laughable, barely a patch on dedicated apps in that domain. It's utterly disheartening that even a relic like the 1967 app surpasses WeHeartIt as a creative tool at this point. There appears to be an overwhelming lack of satisfaction with this so-called "upgrade."

Though scattered around the web, many of the platform users have shown their discomfort with the current state of the app. A quick search on Twitter, Reddit, App Store Reviews, and even Tumblr shows us. Even though some users still try to make some of the old features of the service work, it’s only a matter of time until the database is updated and we no longer have access to any image at all.

It’s sad that WeHeartIt is dying. The idea was great, and the execution worked for a while, but now it just looks as if the owners of the platform are looking for an excuse to shut it down permanently. We might as well just end up with a page like the former ffffound.

[muldxr]

@pscentral event 22: 2023 wrapped ↳ 12 films i watched this year

image description below the cut:

The main header is a gif banner. It has a black background with white ashes falling like snow. Extra bolded text reads "2023", with a light blue-grey gradient. Across its middle is a black banner cutout with a smaller, white, all-caps font reading "Wrapped".

Then, 12 main GIFs are divided into 4 groups of 3 rows/images. Each row is a clip from a movie. They all have light contrast and a de-saturated filter. Above each clip is a white banner background and black font naming the title of the movie clip.

First GIF: Emphasized blue and grey tones. 1. Spirited Away - Sen is riding Haku in dragon form away from the camera into the sky. There are big, soft, blue clouds, and a moon shines on the right hand side. 2. Us - The doppelganger family stand in a line outside on the Wilsons' driveway. Green pine trees surround them. A streetlight is behind them, shrouding them in darkness. Red claps, and the other three doppelgangers begin to move. 3. The X-Files: Fight the Future - A body is on a table with a sheet covering it. Scully is on the left hand side of the screen, looking at Mulder who is standing on the right hand side of the screen. Soft light comes in from the frosted window behind Mulder. Both of them are wearing black suit jackets.

Second GIF: All gifs are much paler, near grey. 4. Westworld - A white coat moves right to unveil the cowboy android, wearing a black hat and lying on a table (table not visible). The android's face is removed by a lab technician to show wires and computer chips inside. 5. Arsenic and Old Lace - The camera follows Martha Brewster as she places a large, elaborate wine decanter on the table. The liquid inside swirls around. (This is a B&W gif.) 6. Dial M for Murder - A medium rolling shot of Margot on the phone, in a dimly lit apartment. She has blonde hair and is wearing a nightdress.

Third GIF: Stronger tones of blue and red. 7. That Thing You Do! - The Wonders are waiting in the stage left wings for their performance. They are in red suits reminiscent of the 1960s, and the curtains around the stage are blue. Their manager, Mr. White, is talking to them. 8. Final Destination 3 - A wide shot of the roller coaster stuck at the top of the loop-de-loop. There are two people hanging from their seats. To the left is more of the coaster structure. 9. Miracle - A USA Olympic Hockey player (Johnson, #10) looks up at the clock as he skates across the ice with great effort. His uniform is white with red and blue accents. The scene cuts to the clock and the scoreboard, showing 1:01, then 1:00. The score is USA 4, URS 3.

Fourth GIF: A mix of desaturated hues. Most notable is the pink in the Barbie gif and some blue in the Rent gif. 10. Catfight - There are many people in an art gallery, looking on as Veronica angrily tears a large portrait from the wall. Veronica then runs away screaming, carrying the painting with her. 11. Barbie - In an outdoor cafeteria, Barbie looks at a group of girls and says, "I'm Barbie!" while throwing her arms out jazz-hands style. She is wearing a hot pink western outfit and a white hat. 12. Rent - A dark scene shows Mark on his bike, traveling through a wide alley. The camera pans to a pole with several 'eviction notice' papers on it. Other strangers linger in the background.

[satoshi-mochida]

Ys X: Nordics coming west this fall for PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC

From Gematsu

NIS America will release Falcom-developed action RPG Ys X: Nordics for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG this fall in the west, the publisher announced. It will support English and Japanese audio, and English and French text. The PC version will also support Japanese text.

Ys X: Nordics first launched for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch on September 28, 2023 in Japan and Asia, and is coming to PC in Asia on March 14.

Here is an overview of the game, via NIS America:

About

Following their tenuous encounter at sea, the young red-haired adventurer Adol Christin and the proud pirate Karja Balta find themselves bound by fate—and the mysterious power of Mana! As they search for a way to undo the mystical ties that bind them, they soon find themselves caught up in a conflict between two factions: the seafaring warriors known as the Normans and the enigmatic and seemingly immortal Griegr. In order to save the people of Obelia Gulf, Adol and Karja must navigate the depths of their unexpected bond and the power that it grants them.

Key Features

Two Heroes, One Story – Bound by unexpected circumstances, the young adventurer Adol and the Norman pirate Karja must work together to determine the fate of Obelia Gulf and its people.

Cross Action System – Swap between controlling Adol and Karja independently or together. Combine their unique strengths to overcome enemies, and build up the Revenge Gauge to unleash devastating attacks.

The Power of Mana – Harness the unique abilities of Mana to overcome challenges. Grapple and slide through dungeons, demolish obstacles, create new platforms, and uncover hidden treasures and critical points.

Sailor’s Delight – The sailing ship known as the Sandras takes your exploration to new levels. Ocean travel, naval battles, and discovering uncharted islands are all made possible with this seaworthy vessel.

Watch a nwe trailer below. View a set of screenshots at the gallery. Visit the official website here.

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x̱eyt te x̱a:ls (Xa:ls Transformed It)

Terry Horne

from the website: "In a time when the world was really young, Xa:ls travelled around to make things right. He travelled through Coast Salish country teaching the people how to thrive by transforming some of our ancestors into the things we use today such as the cedar tree (xpay), salmon (Sthéqi), sturgeon (Skwó:wech) and many other gifts that we still use today. He also left lessons for us by transforming some of our ancestors into stone. The transformer stones are left as reminders for us all and each one has a different teaching behind it. 

 During some of Xa:ls travels, he took the form of four bears called Xexa:ls. These bears, 3 brothers and 1 sister also taught the people gifts and Xa:ls would return in his natural form and make sure the people were utilizing these gifts. 

This box has elements of Xa:ls on the lid surrounded by the spirals of time as his lessons have been left for our people for time immemorial. The box itself has the four bears carved around it. Inside the box you will find a rock as a reminder of all these lessons and this rock stands as a reminder to invest in our youth."

-Terry Horne

This piece is part of Lattimer Gallery's 2023 annual Charity Bentwood Boxes auction running from November 25th to December 9th. All proceeds will be donated to the Urban Native Youth Association.

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Naples a l'époque de Napoléon : Rebell et la lumières du golfe

Naples in the time of Napoleon. Rebell and the light of the Gulf

Naples in the time of Napoleon. Rebell and the light of the Gulf restores the atmosphere and image of the city in the years from 1808 to 1815, when Joachim Murat and his consort Caroline Bonaparte, the youngest of Napoleon's three sisters, were the much-loved rulers of Naples. This was a period of progress and renewed splendour for the kingdom, marked by extraordinary social, economic and urban transformations and particular attention towards the territory. The culture of the Murats and their modern taste acquired in Paris gave the arts a considerable boost, dividing their time between the official royal palaces of Naples and Caserta and their favourite private residence in Portici.

Patrons of the great portrait painters, Joachim and especially Caroline showed a particular sensitivity for veduta and landscape painting, calling French masters in the genre to their court, Special protection was reserved for the Viennese artist Joseph Rebell, who, along with other specialists in veduta painting, features prominently in this exhibition. Rebell spent several periods of time in Italy between 1812 and 1824, particularly in Naples.

Views of the city, its gulf and magnificent surroundings were his favourite subjects, even after leaving Naples in 1815, fuelling in Europe the myth of the unique nature of this enchanted land celebrated by the painters of the Grand Tour. His training and success are evoked and set against the backdrop of the cosmopolitan Neapolitan scene between the end of the 18th century and the second decade of the 19th century, marked by the presence of numerous travellers and landscape painters who profoundly renewed the vision of reality.

The Murat family itself is also a protagonist of the exhibition, with the presence of numerous portraits, paintings and sculptures bearing witness to the important role it played at that time.

The works are on loan from prestigious organisations, including the Belvedere of Vienna, partner of the exhibition, other major Austrian museum, such as the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and the Austrian National Library, and French museums such as the Château of Fontainebleau and Versailles.

The exhibition is curated by Sabine Grabner, Luisa Martorelli, Fernando Mazzocca and Gennaro Toscano, with the collaboration of the Institut français in Naples.

Dates: November 23 2023 - April 7 2024

(Gallerie d’Italia)