#ukelele practice

[tookishbynature1]

I've been practising this for my mum because she adores this song. I've never played anything for her before, so I'm hoping she'll like it 🫣

Also got to love the dog getting shouted at in the background 10/10.

[evilbabyblanket]

How horrible would I be if I bought this hello kitty ukulele and played the Colleen ballinger apology song on it

[thr4shgender]

i miss my piano and guitar :( just ate an edible after a long ass time and i forgot how much i fucking love playing music when im high 💔

[lavenite]

at the very least thank god my brother is leaving next week. hope he never comes back

[reyno-solis-real]

”See? I knew I could do it. Now, what would ya like to eat?” Rey put a hand on his furry hip.

>>open starter<<

Nobody could bring themselves to kill Argo- Atticus- whatever. He's still technically a camper; no matter the amount of people he's killed.

Now, Argo is sitting, chained up, in the big house. He's not allowed to be in there without someone watching him- and they have tranquilizer darts nearby if he tries anything.

It's funny to think that they just.. have a mass murderer. In the big house.

Well, anyways, you were asked to help guard him for whatever reason.

Argo looks up, glaring at you. He has a gag in his mouth with a sign next to him. 'THE BASTARD TRIED TO BITE ME. DO NOT APPROACH.'

The public embarrassment of it all is clearly making Argo more homicidal than he already was.

taglist (ask to be added or deleted): @orion-the-hunterpt2 @lilacnightshade @pain-is-forever @reyno-solis-real @nobilis-of-norway @faceless-bugger

[chexxycheol]

Chapter 10. Eternal Love || 13 Forget-Me-Nots

❀ Seventeen x Reader

title 13 Forget-Me-Nots or 13 Eternal Loves

synopsis You couldn't wait for your 20th birthday to finally reveal the one person you'd spend the rest of your life with. Well the 13 people you'd spend the rest of your life with. Or that story where reader has 13 soulmates, who happen to be idol group seventeen

genre Fluff, Angst, Romance

tags Soulmate!au, Idol! Seventeen x Non-idol! Reader, OT13 x Reader, Seventeen x Reader.

warnings Anxiety, Mature language, Inconsistent upload schedule, Reader is gender neutral but sometimes certain depictions lean feminine.

⚘ author the long awaited chapter 10 is here, i'm sorry for the delay. i was in a writing slump, work got hectic and i saw stray kids in seattle so i decided i needed to get back on track. this is definitely not my best work and it stupidly took me so long to write this.

constructive criticism is welcomed and my asks are open for feedback! this story is a work of fiction and should be separated from reality. thank you and enjoy!

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—chery

wc 1.1k

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Jeonghan talked with you more to help you calm down and you learned more about him. He did suggest you listen to their music and watch their content on Youtube but you knew their on camera personalities and filters would be completely different from their off camera personalities. 

He did ask if you knew how to play any instruments, and you looked around Woozi’s studio and at the instruments that were placed meticulously around. “I can play piano, guitar, ukelele, flute, trumpet, a little saxophone, and clarinet” You named off while Jeonghan looked at you amazed.

“You should definitely be a music producer or write music” You’d thought of the possibility throughout your life and had a few songs sitting on your computer that you had written and some instrumentals but didn’t know the general vibe of the lyrics you wanted.

“Maybe, let me finish uni first then we can cross that bridge” You rested your head on Jeonghan’s shoulder before you began to think about the times you helped Han tweak a few songs and the experience definitely helped you and taught you many things.

You got up and walked around Woozi’s studio and admired all the things he had placed around, how his studio felt cozy and though you couldn’t imagine the amount of hours and hard work he put into the studio for the group, you were proud of him and your boys.

Your boys.

You turned and extended your hand to Jeonghan’s to help him off the couch to head back to the others. The smile he gave you made your heart skip a beat as he took your hand and stood in front of you before grabbing your hand and walking out with you.

The practice room was still dim when you both walked back in, but mostly everyone was now awake and on their phones or talking amongst themselves. Wonwoo, Woozi, and Seungcheol still slept but nobody wanted to disturb them.

“Okay it’s been a long day and as much as I want to stay here with everyone, I should head back to my hotel. I think Felix is expecting me” You announced. A few of the members looked sad but mostly understanding that it had been a crazy day for you. The others woke up from your announcement. 

Before you left you got everyone's numbers and they even made a group chat with you, they all gave you long and lingering hugs. Jeonghan and Seungcheol walked you out, they conversed with you more, mostly Seungcheol. “Do you think we can see you before you leave? We’d like to talk about how we’re gonna be going about everything” He made a waving motion when mentioning saying everything. “I think I’m free tomorrow, I would love to spend time with you all” You smiled at the two trying to ease their worries.

You knew they’d all want to spend time together, and spend time separately to get to know you one-on-one there wasn’t enough time to do that. 

“We’ll send you one of our drivers and you can come to our house and spend time with all of us there” Jeonghan suggested “If you’re comfortable with that, of course” He rushed out realizing that his suggestion sounded a bit creepy but caused you to laugh. “I’d like that, thank you” They got to the elevator where their manager was standing there waiting to walk you the rest of the way out.

You happened to peek behind the two eldest and saw the rest of them standing outside their practice room and waved at them with a smile, a smile you couldn’t seem to get rid of now.

“Bye soulmates” You waved to them as you stepped onto the elevator with their manager.

Before you could even fall onto your hotel bed to take in the events of the day a knock came to your hotel door. Groaning, you walked back, opening it to see Felix, Chris, Changbin, and Minho.

“Before you shut the door on us, please let’s talk about this” Chris pleaded when he saw your face. You hesitated but opened the door wider letting them all inside your room, they all sat around your room before starting the long conversation.

“I wanted to apologize firstly, I shouldn’t have kept the information of your soulmates to myself and make Changbin keep it a secret as well. It was wrong of me and if there is anyone to blame, it should be me” Chris knew he had fucked up. 

He also knew that there was a possibility that you would never forgive him, and if you did it would take a long time for you to do so. You were still on a high from meeting your soulmates and spending most of the day with them and you didn’t want to ruin that high.

“Honestly I shouldn’t forgive you Chris. I’m more inclined to forgive Changbin but it was still fucked up that he didn’t tell anyone, though I do understand listening to you as his leader” You paused thinking of how you want your friendship to remain with your best friends bandmates, who in return accepted you as one of their friends.

“It’ll take me a long time to trust you again Chris, but for now I don’t want my good day to be ruined. You’re not fully forgiven but for the duration of this trip I will be civil with you because all of your families are here” You were being nice, maybe too nice for what Chris did but you were on a break and didn’t want the rest of your trip to be clouded with hate and or disappointment though you knew it would linger for the remaining duration of the trip.

“I’ve spent my day and trip surrounded by nothing but eternal love from everyone's families, and more importantly my soulmates. I don’t want my trip ruined. But you both need to call Mingyu and apologize to him and or meet with him in person to talk like adults” You were firm with what you were telling them. “But for now let’s work on moving past this, I had time to think and I understand not telling because you don’t want to get in the way of ‘fate’ but sometimes you have to think that maybe fate wanted you to tell all of us” You smiled at them, wanting to break this tension.

You stood abruptly causing all of them to look at you like you grew a third head. “Let’s go get food now, I’ve had an exhausting day and now I want to end it on a good note” You started walking towards the door, Minho stood grabbing his shoes to put on and you turned back to look Chris and Changbin in the eyes with a smile.

“Just because I’m suddenly in a good mood doesn’t mean I have forgiven you, you both have a lot of making up to do” Your carefree smile was a bit worrying and creepy to them but they won’t argue with you.

“Now come on, Chris is paying”

taglist @gigglensnort @amanda08319 @neivivenaj @allys-reads @sarabencze @kkochiau @ateez-atiny380 @flora19308 @mikrokosmos530 @shadowofdk @ayeitskayy @lunaryoongie

[michimonie]

An updated set of headcanon sheets.

Gladstone: 3.3 feet tall, athletic/lean build, has a beautiful garden, never exercises, practices ukelele (secretly)

Fethry: 3.1 feet tall, skinny, ENERGY but chill, has ton of unread books, secretly a bit manipulative

Donald: 3 feet tall, dad bod, mom strength, needs sleep, snugglable AF

Daffy: 3.5 feet tall, lean/androgynous, chaotic, a bit smarter than he lets on, impulsive AF

Magica DeSpell: 3.2 feet tall, busty/athletic, no sleep, magic "expert", broke af

Gloria Pascoalina: 3.1 feet tall, skinny, lost library book collection, weed garden, thrift store regular

Daisy Duck: 3 feet tall, curvy/strong, fashion icon, takes no shit, had / would fight god(s)

Tina Russo: 3.5 feet tall, lean/athletic, casual badass, loyal friend, wins motorcycle races

Originals: Guys | Gals

[spaceyvee]

(Referenced from a skit by funkyfrogbait on YouTube )

Yuu: so, how long have you been learning to play the ukelele? :))

Lilia: oh, that old thing? Uh…68 years…?

Yuu: WHAT. No way, you have to play me something! You must be so good!

Lilia: oho…! Yeah..um..ahem… *a few out of tune strums* I think it needs to be tuned.. I didn’t practice every day…😅

Yuu: =_=…

Lilia: okay maybe I missed a few years! It was 1955, there was a lot going on!

Yuu: like what?!

Lilia: DODGING THE DRAFT, WHAT ELSE—

(All jokes, I know Lilia was previously in the military I just felt this interaction suited them lol)

[vanillablankcanvas]

The Revenge Plan Part 10

The Battle of the Bands!

(my adobe illustrator isn't working right now, will adjust the banner later)

Countdown is on. I'm about 70% done with the final video so should be a few weeks away. Stay tuned. <3

Head Lice

Wasn't even their song! A very popular Funk Troll song that Cider made them do a rock cover of.

Head Lice Performance

Crimp

At first it looks like Crimp is still getting used to her ukelele and hasn't be practicing. The crowd laughs. Floyd tosses her a chord which she plugs into the ukelele without looking.

And she smirks.

Crimp's Performance.

Four The Madlads

Cider wanted to win, he made them play a very, very difficult song. Pray for them.

Four the Madlads Performance

Cabaret

Some were worried that Cab's song choice wouldn't go down well with the Rock Troll crowd but Floyd had absolute faith in him.

Cabaret's Performance.

Molten Hazard

They wanted to do one of their own songs but Cider made them perform one of Floyd's songs to mess with him.

Molten Hazard's Performance.

Kismet

The final act had been delayed as noone could find them...

Still trapped in the recording booth. All attempts at getting the door open and breaking the glass had failed.

They tried calling for help but it was a soundproof booth. No one could hear them!

Boom hadn't stopped shoulder charging the door.

Ablaze tried to calm him down and get him to rest.

Boom - "Floyd never gave up on us! We're not giving up on him!"

Trickee - "Okay, what big plan do you have to get us out then huh?"

Boom looked around, trying to find anything to spark an idea.

He might have one.

He tapped his chin, thinking it through.

Hype - "Okay Boom, you have a look on your face. What's your idea, man?"

Boom looked up at the glass and then back to his friends.

Boom - "We're doing our own Perfect Family Harmony."

Once again thank you @zivazivc and @felsicveins for lending your characters to me <3 <3 <3

(Side Note: Kismet were planning on performing THIS at the Battle)

[prince-rowan-of-the-forest]

Crown Princes and Butterfly Wings (14/?)

Chapter 13 : Spa Day

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Deceit gets to become a proper member of their group, and the trail to Remus might lead them further from their homes than they intially thought.

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Guys I actually finally made an outline for the rest of this story, so maybe it wont take me another year until the next update jfsdklfjds (especially because I already have the next chapter written, lol, it'll just take a while to come out bc I have a big backlog of things to post.

There's actually not a whole lot of this fic to go, which is insane considering this was the first big fic I started when I joined the fandom. I really hope you guys are enjoying, please leave a comment if so!

No TWs, happy reading!

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The journey to Lymaine was quiet. 

Not only because one of the members of their group was, apparently, mute. Whether by choice or not was still unknown. Roman had tried asking and had practically gotten nowhere. It didn’t help that Deceit couldn’t write, Roman thought it was a miracle they’d gotten his name at all. 

Roman didn’t think that Deceit was his real name either, but it was the name Deceit had given them, so it was fine. 

But the walk had been quiet. Everyone was hesitant around Deceit, the usually chatter filled evenings around a campfire were quiet, everyone was walking on eggshells around their new companion. 

Two days in and half a day’s travel from Lymaine, Roman decided he had had enough. 

“Alright,” He said suddenly, standing up from the silent campfire circle and spreading his wings for attention, startling Virgil in the process, “I can’t take this anymore.”

“What?” Virgil asked, eyes suddenly wide, “What’s wrong?”

“This! This silence- it’s oppressive!” Roman cried, “Deceit is part of our group, now. We need to stop treating them like they’re going to explode the moment one of us says something!”

Deceit looked surprised, eyes wide, staring at Roman as their expression morphed into something indecipherable. 

“No, we’re not usually like this,” Roman said to them, before looking around, “Patton, how about some music, maybe? To lighten the mood?”

Patton brightened, looking around the group, “Oh! That would be lovely! We can do campfire songs - Logan could you conjure me something? A ukelele maybe?”

Nodding with a small, fond smile on his face, Logan focused, and from thin air appeared a ukulele, made out of wood that sparkled golden, and the strings were silver and glimmering with a magical sheen. Roman gasped in anticipation as he handed it to Patton, the first chord struck rang out with a soft magical chime that clearly had both Patton and - surprisingly - Deceit delighted. 

The conversation was still painfully lacking, but now the air was filled with magical strumming and a cheerful campfire song that the whole group was swaying along to. Roman happily sang along to the second song when he realised he knew it, Logan hummed, Virgil was tapping his feet even if he wasn’t joining in the vocals and on the third song, Roman couldn’t help but get up and offer Virgil his hands, spinning him around in a dance. 

Virgil yelped but laughed as he clutched Roman’s wrists, splaying his wings for balance and twirling into Roman’s chest to stabilise themself. 

“Careful, kiddos,” Patton laughed, as he continued to strum. 

That seemed to be all that was needed to break the dam of silence for good. The evening to follow was full of chatter and laughter, flirting and jokes, Roman was sure he had even caught Deceit cracking a small smile. 

—-

 They reached Lymaine around noon the next day. Roman, Deceit and Virgil were tasked with finding a suitable nearby inn with enough room for the now five of them, while Logan and Patton were to head out in search of the magical ingredients Logan would need for the tracking spell he had planned to perform and find Remus for good. 

They were well practiced in this by now, so it took little time at all for them to find the inn, Roman’s attention was immediately grabbed by a colourful scroll pinned up on a notice board, though. 

“Oh look!” He called, Virgil and Deceit both turned to him, he pointed at the scroll, “There’s a circus in town!”

Roman was too busy looking at the scroll to see how Deceit tensed.

“It says they have a live Naga,” he says, raising an eyebrow as he points at the flyer, “Like I’d believe that, it’s probably just someone in a costume…”

“These dates were from a few weeks ago, their more recent ones are in the next kingdom over,” Virgil said, after looking more closely, “It’s old.”

“Damn,” Roman sighed, “Oh well - Logan probably wouldn’t have let us go anyway, are you alright, Deceit?”

Deceit quickly shook off the tension, flexing their fingers with a frown on their face, but eventually they nodded.

“....Okay,” Roman says, “I don’t believe you, but I’m going to assume you don’t want to talk about it?”

The small joke about Deceit’s general lack of speech seemed to break the tension, with a tiny quirk of their lips. 

“Okay, in we go,” Roman said, steering them away from the noticeboard and into the inn, “We’ll probably have to take turns with who’s sharing with who,” Roman explained, “Since we can only afford two rooms.”

Virgil sighed, “He can share with us - Logan and Pat are a couple, ‘s not fair to split them up, right?”

Roman rolled his eyes, “They might be a couple, but they have the same responsibility as part of the group as the rest of us do. Maybe we can just swap Deceit back and forth - what do you think?”

Shrugging, Deceit shook his head.

“You don’t mind?”

A nod.

“Great! You can share with us tonight, then, and then the others tomorrow.” Roman decided, handing over the money for two rooms to the innkeeper, who simply gave Deceit a dirty look before handing over the keys. 

“What was that for?” Virgil asked quietly, huffing as they brought the group’s belongings up to the rooms. 

“Ah-” Roman sighed, glancing back at Deceit, “We’ll probably need to get you better clothes - and some shoes, you look - no offense - like you’ve been living on the street for a year.”

Deceit just shrugged. Right - they had actually found them living on the street. Maybe that had been a little more insensitive than he’d thought. 

“Well - good thing we’re here!” Roman said, “We’ll be able to get you a bath and new clothes in no time - in fact, I could go for a proper bath too - Virgil, what do you think the chances are of persuading Logan to allow us a spa day?”

“Low,” Virgil said, chuckling a little, “But I wouldn’t mind trying - our odds increase drastically if we can get Patton on our side.”

“Oh that’ll be easy,” Roman said, grinning, “It’s for Deceit, at its core - I believe Patton will gladly argue for it.”

“Speaking of,” Virgil said, “We should head to the library to meet them.”

“Right,” Roman nodded, glancing back at Deceit for a few seconds, “Come on, let’s get going.”

—

After successfully convincing Patton to help them persuade Logan that they needed a spa day, they found the wizard in his pile of books. 

“Looogan…?” Patton said - the nominated speaker of the group. Logan looked up and immediately frowned seeing everyone there.

“What do you all want,” He asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Who says we wanted anything?” Patton asked, sitting down and leaning against Logan’s side, “Maybe we just wanted to say hello!”

“That’s you’re ‘they want something and have put you up to asking me because I can’t say no to you’ voice,” Logan said, matter of factly - though his tail still curled around Patton’s waist anyway, “So what is it?”

“Fine, you caught me,” Patton laughed, shaking his head, “We were wondering if we’d be able to do a spa day or afternoon.”

“...Why?”

“Well!” Roman said brightly, “We thought it would be a good idea to get Deceit some new clothes anyway, since right now they stick out like a sore thumb, no offence-”

Deceit just shrugged, it was true.

“-But we also thought a nice, proper bath and a spa treatment would be good for all of us, since we’ve been travelling for a long while now, and I’m pretty sure we’ve saved enough for it?”

Logan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, the stars on his cheeks brightening for just a second before he opened his eyes again, “I will consider it. Go and get some clothes today, I’ll look at our finances and see if we can afford it.”

“Yes!” Roman cheered, before he was shushed harshly by Logan.

“We are in a library,” He hissed, “Contain yourself.”

“Sorry,” Roman whispered, feeling suitably told off. Virgil laughed, shaking his head.

“Right - well, we’ll leave you two to your research and go get some new clothes for Deceit?”

“Yes,” Logan nodded, “I permit you to buy him two outfits as well as some supplies for when we travel. do not spend more than five gold, while we are here, I will be sending a letter to the palace requesting more funds, since I have a hunch for where we will have to go next, but it will take at least a week to get an answer so be careful.”

“Yes sir,” Virgil joked, while Roman pouted. He knew that if they spent more than that they wouldn’t be able to go on the spa trip, though. So he didn’t say anything. Having more to spend would definitely be an upgrade, though.

—-

Roman had known Logan was sold on the idea before they even left the library. He had known Logan long enough to tell that, but he also knew that Logan would still want to pretend to think it over for the rest of the day, so he had urged the others to leave him to it. Leading them instead on a grand adventure to acquire some clothes for Deceit.

They’d grabbed him a backpack too, and a bedroll since he didn’t have one of his own either. And then they’d had three gold coins left from Logan’s budget for the spa! Plus whatever Logan was willing to spare from the rest of their funds, Roman thought that maybe they’d even be able to get something a little extra too.

It would be nice to be pampered again after so long. 

—-

Roman sighed happily as he sank into the bath, looking around at the others through the bubbles and steam. 

“It’s not quite a private bath,” Roman says, “But goodness if this doesn’t feel nice after so long.”

“Mm…” Virgil hummed, “I’ll admit warm water is a luxury I missed.”

“Savour it while it lasts, we only have access to the bath for half an hour,” Logan told them, “And the main purpose of this particular endeavour is to get clean.”

“Yeah yeah,” Roman rolled his eyes, waving Logan off, “You have fun brushing your fluffy tail, I’ll be relaxing over here.”

Logan rolled his eyes, but he did end up taking out a comb to brush the plume of fur on his tail. 

“Can I help?” Offered Patton with a smile as Virgil passed a bar of soap to Deceit, who took it, silent as always. 

Logan hummed and passed Patton the comb, Roman closed his eyes to relax happily.

—-

When they got to the inn the next day, Logan announced that he was ready to complete the tracking spell, and in the meanwhile, Patton and Deceit were hanging out in Roman and Virgil’s room whilst Logan worked in theirs. He’d said he’d need space and quiet for at least the next two hours, and when he finished the spell he’d come to them and let them know the results. Now all they had to do was wait. 

“Where do you guys think we’re going to have to travel to next?” Roman asked, his wings fluttering behind him as he used the time in their private room to let them out for a while. Virgil’s own wings fluttered in response, a silent reassurance.

“Oooh - maybe the seaside, we’re close to the coast here, right? Prince Remus might’ve settled by the sea!” Patton said brightly, “I’ve always wanted to go to the beach.”

“Hmm… maybe we’ll head back up north, maybe we could end up going in a whole circle,” Virgil said.

“What if he’s right here in Lymaine?” Roman thought out loud, “Wouldn’t that be crazy? If he was right under our noses?”

“I doubt it, Logan talked like we’d still have to travel a while,” Virgil shrugged, kicking his feet back and forth. 

Roman groaned, “Honestly, at this point I wonder if it’s even worth finding him, clearly he doesn’t want to be found.”

“You don’t want to find your brother?” Patton asked, eyes wide and upset.

“No - no I didn’t say that -” Roman shook his head, “Well- I suppose I did - but you know, he ran away for a reason, and maybe it would be better if we left him alone…”

“Even so, we have to find him or the whole kingdom will panic when the word eventually gets out,” Patton said softly, “We need to get him back, afterwards we can talk all we need to about why he left and what we should do about it, Roman, we can figure it all out.”

Roman sighed softly, shaking his head. Maybe they would.

—-

“I know where we have to go next,” Logan told them, when he returned to their bedroom, “The trail leads to Leomainne.”

“No,” Virgil said, instantly, standing up, startling Deceit.

“...No?” Patton asked, confused, “Kiddo-”

“No, I’m not going back there.”

“Leomainne is your home kingdom?” Roman asked.

“Yeah, and if I go back there they’ll recognise me and try to drag me back to the palace to ‘fulfil my duty’. No way.”

“We can get you a disguise! Don’t worry!” Patton said, “Something like Roman’s! We’ll figure this out.”

Logan nodded, “Indeed, I’ll work on a spell to disguise you as we make our way to Ryerden, where we can get a boat over to Leomainne.”

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[micoz-field-of-dreamz]

i am so inlove with the story that @yaelokre is telling through the music. its not even funny. clèmentine has to be my favorite!! im so infatuated with the character designs and artwork, so i decided to make my own! she wears a bat mask. to the left is the design i created on picrew, before drawing her myself.

character info below

Amalia grew up in a lower-class home with her mother. She never knew her father and never even got to see his face, as he died by drowning before she was born. Her mother was an alcoholic and spent whatever they had on anything she thought would be neat to own. Amalia would spend most of her childhood at her friend Nayumi’s cottage.

(nayumi pictured below. made on a picrew)

Her mother never cared; having to raise a child without a father was too much work. Amalia practically grew up with her friend, the two meeting at a festival because of their shared love of music. Nayumi and Amalia, with the help of the former’s mother, would learn basic survival skills and the basic school subjects along with musical instruments. Nayumi learned the ukelele, while Amalia learned how to play a harmonica.

One day, when Amalia came home, she found her furious mother waiting for her. She blamed her daughter for her husband’s death, which ended in a physical fight. Amalia ran away once her mom passed out, and never looked back. Nayumi and Amalia started spending more time together, and would eventually witness The Lark preform. The two would decide that they wanted to do *that*. They wanted to do what they loved. But they needed a singer.

Thankfully, they’d find that singer in Penellope, whom they met while at the shops. She was usually soft-spoken and nervous, stuttering over her words whenever she sung. But when she sung, it was like she was a completely different person.

(penellope pictured below. made on a picrew.)

[akaisenhatake]

behold my hpma ocs, they've been reborn at last

they're not the mc but dw ill post my mc next time

Summarized Info below:

Name: Lan Wang

Alias: Bark

BoD:??? [1996]

Blood Status: Pure-Blood

House: Slytherin

Wand: Cherry wood, 10 1/4 inches, Dragon Heartstring

Best Subject: Care for Magical Creatures

Worst Subject: History of Magic

Friends(?): Cassandra, Frey twins, Sand [@/stupendousbookworm]

Enemies: Whoever he starts beef with.

Other info:

Very Competitive [mostly duelling but he'll challenge you to a speedwalk contest too. Gets mad easily when he loses]

Experienced in Duelling

Raging Simp [ Is constantly fighting with frey twins on who gets to impress cassandra]

Quite tall [taller than the twins and enjoys rubbing it in their face]

Dislikes Ivy [wish he could pick her and toss her out of the window from the tallest tower. Reason is unknown.]

Goes to The Forbidden Forest often [I mean. For one, he wants to practice his spells without sending another student to St. Mungos. Second, he wants to see a dragon. Third, breaking rules are funny]

Protective [He's a ladies man only to cassandra, literally but those fists and spells are gender neutral to his rivals if something happens to Woof]

Parental issues, yes.

Afraid of bugs [will set the room on fire if necessary]

Wears Leather Jacket 24/7 [school uniform ugly]

METAL [he has the vocal point for it, screaming is his talent]

Name: Lan Qi

Alias: Woof

BoD:??? [1997]

Blood Status: Pure-Blood

House: Hufflepuff

Wand: Ash wood, 13 3/4 inches, Dragon Heartstring

Best Subject: Charms

Worst Subject: Potions [Allergic to some ingredients / smell of potions]

Friends: Slythetin Gang, MC & some of the main casts(?)

Enemies: [Doesn't want any]

Other info:

Small & Short

Sleeps in Class [Mostly nocturnal]

Wears Mask [Dislikes her teeth, so she hid it]

Kinda Chill [Makes her an easy target to be bullied but she's used to it by that point]

Decent at duelling [sharp observation]

Ukelele nice :)

Lonely [despite her preference of being left alone, she still can't help but feel lonely

Always wear long sleeves [It's cold outside]

Broom surfing nice :)

Friendly [Though she doesn't go out to make friends, she doesn't mind others wanting to do the same for her.]

Goes to the Forbidden Forest often [Huh, for what? it's not like she can collect potions ingredients or practice burning acromantulas. She doesn't like taking care of magical creatures either. Sure you can say she probably only wants to accompany Bark, but they go there on different times.]

Height Difference

Backstory

Most of the contents about their past life are currently unknown, as they avoid sharing their personal life. Though, Bark constantly complains about how relieved he felt to 'not share bed with other children', solidifying the idea both siblings used to be in an orphange. He also appears to have gotten his eyebrow scar from a 'fight' while he was exploring the woods right before starting Hogwarts.

Current Story

While their existence don't change much of the plotline, MC and the casts will have to deal with another Slytherin twat for the time being. Bark, being the most aggressive out of the three, probably starts more fights and arguments. Although he doesn't win in most of them, they should still keep an eye out on him, as quoted by his sister.

Woof in the first few years mostly lurks around behind, considering she doesn't have much to do with the events happening in the current plotline. She appears in a few class sessions with MC, but it's only her sleeping in most of them. They might bump into her while exploring the Forbidden Forest, but she'll excuse herself to continue whatever she was doing before interrupted.

Profile content will change as the canon story progresses.

[dreamparkdiaries]

Theme Park Friends: Duffy the Disney Bear and his friends

Hello everybody! I wanted to try something a little different. Let's take a closer look at one of my favorite theme friends that needs to come back to the US Parks, Duffy the Disney Bear and his friends!

Duffy first appeared at Downtown Disney's (now Disney Springs) Once Upon a Toy Store. He was first called "The Disney Bear," and was used to promote the grand opening. They called him the Disney bear due to his Mickey shaped paw pads and birthmark as well as the Mickey imprint on his face. The first version of his story had Tinker Bell share a little of her Pixie Dust to bring Mickey's bear to life. The little story was cute, and they originally sold the bear in a variety of colors. However, our little friend didn't get as popular as the Disney company would have hoped leaving the first version of the bears to sort of fade from view in 2004.

All is not lost for this little guy. In 2001, the Tokyo Disney Resort launched The Disney Bears on December 1st to go along with their Christmas event. He soon became a big hit with the Oriental Land Company wanting to rebrand the Disney Bears into Duffy and give him the story we are familiar with today.

The story we all know and love starts with Mickey starting his journey around the world. Before he leaves, Minnie gives Mickey a teddy bear to remind him of home during his travels. During a particularly busy day at sea, Mickey brings out Duff and gives him a big hug missing his friends back home. As he fell asleep, Duffy starts to come alive filled with the magic and love poured into Minnie's hard work and care. They continue to travel the globe making new friends and trying new things along the way. Mickey had so much fun with Duffy that Minnie decided to make ones for all of their friends. This is where Duffy would then receive outfits based on different characters as well as places from around the world that could be bought around the Disney Parks (especially Epcot).

Duffy's story would be played for children to see during the Bedtime Story Block on one of the resort channels. You can follow along with the cute video below:

Now of course Duffy didn't just have Disney characters as his friends. Over the years Duffy would find 6 new friends through his travels around the world. His first friend turned girlfriend is the adorable ShellieMay. One day when Duffy and Mickey were back home from another long journey, Minnie noticed how lonely Duffy was. She took the time to create a new teddy bear friend for him to be with. As Duffy was showing the sweet bear the beach, he came across a heart shaped shell and gave her the name ShellieMay. Just like Mickey and Minnie are a couple, it is generally assumed that Duffy and ShellieMay are a couple as well. A featured outfit for ShellieMay is an adorable sailor dress that slightly mimics Duffy's sailor outfit.

After becoming friends with ShellieMay, Duffy found a new friend in the form of Gelatoni. Gelatoni is an adorable kitty who loves to paint with his tail. He met Duffy one day while he was eating ice cream. When some of Duffy's ice cream fell on the ground, Gelatoni was able to cheer him up by showing him how he could paint using the ice cream. They later created pictures for each other showcasing their new friendship. Duffy made a promise that he try to find the beauty in everything just like Gelatoni.

Duffy's next friend is a sweet purple bunny named Stella Lou. She meets Duffy one day as she was practicing her dancing. She showed Duffy that dreams are more than just the visions we have when we sleep. They can be our future goals and hope for the future. She also encourages Duffy to keep trying to find his dream and make it come true.

While searching the islands for a gift for ShellieMay, Duffy met a relaxing turtle named 'Olu Mel. He was playing his ukelele along the beach as Duffy and Mickey were trying to find the perfect gift. When Duffy heard 'Olu Mel singing, he asked him to join them for ShellieMay's birthday. He was more than happy to share his music with new friends, and can't wait to sing with them again.

Duffy found his next friend while eating some cotton candy at a near by cafe. Cookie Ann was walking towards Duffy with a large stack of waffles blocking her view. As she ran into him, some of the waffles squished Duffy's cotton candy. When Cookie Ann saw what happened, she encouraged Duffy to try the new creation. He took a big bite of his new cotton candy waffle sandwich. With Cookie Ann's help, Duffy decided to keep an open mind and try new things.

Duffy's most recent friend is a pink fox named Lina Bell. He met Lina Bell while walking through the park with Mickey. He got distracted by a little butterfly flying away from the trail. When he turned around, Duffy got scared when he didn't recognize where he was. Lina Bell saw how worried Duffy was and used her sleuthing skills to help reunite Duffy and Mickey. She might be Duffy's latest friend, but there could be more on the horizon.

Most of Duffy's friends can currently be found at the Toyko Disney Resort, Hong Kong Disney Resort, Shanghai Disney Resort, and Duffy, ShellieMay, and 'Olu Mel can be found at Aulani Resort in Hawaii. These will friends can be seen on various bags and accessories as well as plushies with them in themed outfits depending on the time of year. For example, they each have a special outfit for their 20th Anniversary in the Hong Kong Disney Resort. In recent months, Duffy and ShellieMay have made a few appearances during Disneyland's 70th Anniversary cavalcade along with a few ticketed events in both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort. Hopefully we will see the return of Duffy and his friends to the parks very soon.

If you would like to see more of Duffy and his Friends, there are a series of videos on YouTube featuring these adorable friends.

YouTube links:

Welcome Lina Bell!

Lunchbox Mystery:

Christmas Special:

[inkofamethyst]

May 17, 2025

It's been two long, sad years since I've read any music (much less sightread), and wrapping my mind around bass clef as a long-time treble girlie feels like it it's warping my brain. I wonder if learning piano first would've made things easier.. but I don't really mind the challenge (also the answer to that is "probably not"). Anyway, reading music is still fun, even if it's just eight tones on quarter, half and whole notes.

Not sure if an hour of practice a day is quite enough. I know it's only been four days and that this is quite different from other instruments I've learned (even uke, as I kind of gave up on fingerpicking (and regret it tbh) to focus on a few basic chords), but it feels very slow-going in comparison to uke and sax where I felt like I was flying through those intro books. There are subtle techniques that I'm trying to do consistently which didn't matter on uke because the ukelele is small and chord-focused, and I'd already had decent hand/fingering technique for sax because I'd played flute for so long, so it wasn't a concern then either. With bass there's using the right finger per fret, fingering such that the strumming finger hits and mutes the lower string (I've practiced some left-hand muting but haven't really taken to it much while reading), strumming with alternating fingers, keeping the thumb mid-to-low on the neck. The coordination necessary to keep all of those precise hand positionings while reading bass clef at a reasonable tempo (meaning I generally can't look at one of my hands much less both of them) is.. considerable.

But. It's also really fun. Like I'll cry and moan about it because it's not easy, but I don't learn new instruments because they're easy, I do it for the challenge, for the puzzle, for the.. new neural connections or whatever. This may very well be the most challenging instrument yet. (It's entirely possible that I'll learn a brass instrument one day and I fully recognize that the partials will likely drive me insane.)

Strongly considering buying the full Fret Pro software for life. As a treat. Seems like it'll be useful this summer. Might also have to get a real amp though. The app isn't great about picking up non-amp'd bass pitches accurately.

I'm going to try attending open mics and local band events around the city this summer, I think. It'd be cool to have some musician friends!

Anyway, to vaguepost rq: ughuhguuuuuuuuughhghghhgghhhhhhh UGH hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhh hrrrhgh

On a different note, while I maintain that Eternal Strands is pretty basic as far as vgm, I must admit that it is still quite good. Maybe I'm just attracted to Wintory's style, idk. But even though I listened to the ost through and wasn't impressed, I am for some reason interested whenever it pops up as a random recommended song after I finish some vgm album (or if my daylist is on shuffle), and it always surprises me when the song turns out to be from Eternal Stands.

Went to see Thunderbolts* yesterday and really really enjoyed it! Great fight scenes, good story, fun characters. Also, Bucky Barnes on a bike. Wowie. Nothing gets me going quite like that. It's got me hyped for Fantastic 4 (and pedro pascal)!

Spent today hanging out with my island-friend and their wife, including brunch, a movie, (a break for a nap/bass practice), and a random fashion show which was really cool. A full afternoon!

Thankful that I managed to use Thursday for rest/recharge, thankful that the department gathering was relatively chill, thankful for a fun Saturday. Now to prepare for my exam coming up Wednesday!

[lakemojave]

what's a random fact about you that wouldn't come up when streaming, that you feel like sharing?

I don't really talk about my music background anymore! I learned piano when I was 5, bounced off it hard in my teens then landed on instruments I played for school. Did some clarinet and some saxophone, then taught myself guitar and ukelele and harmonica. I used to sing a lot too! If I spent a month or so just practicing I could probably dust myself off and return to form pretty easy, but it's been a while.

[rustycottoncandy]

A FRIEND CAME OVER TO DO A PRACTICE SESSION TOGETHER! HE PRACTICED SOME SONGS WITH HIS UKELELE WHILE I PRACTICED SOME STUFF WITH MY GUITAR AND GUESS WHAT?!?!?

I

HAVE

ALMOST

GOT

THE

F CHORD!!

FUCK YOU, BAR CHORDS!!! YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE BETTER THAN ME? WELL, THINK AGAIN, YOU HAND-TWISTING, PAIN-INDUCING, COMPLEX SUCKERS!!! I'M GOING TO MASTER THE F CHORD BEFORE JUNE COMES AND, WHEN I DO, I WILL BE GOSHDARN UNSTOPPABLE!!! CUE THE EVIL LAUGHTER