#wandering willows (2009)

[commoninfected]

I'm interested in the purger for purely good reasons, I hope this hasn't made you uncomfortable at all. I can totally ask about the other characters.

I am not at all uncomfortable about this! I made these guys, so they're kind of like my family (in the way people think family should behave, I guess) so even if they're the worst ever, that's still my guy :) I have to be proud of them, to some degree, because they make my stories complete, and I continually bring them into existence - they wouldn't without my hand. We sustain each other :)

I just don't want to unwillingly subject anyone else to the Purger's agenda without them being fully aware, and because I'm getting all anons tonight, I have no way of knowing is any of them are newcomers, so I'm being a bit overly cautious.

I wouldn't even mind if you liked the Purger for bad reasons. I like that you're earnest. I think it's nice someone cares about us :)

[maddgicalgirl]

Some para and parame emotes I made :3 we bond by talking in a private discord and I made these as a treat.

[weirdeve]

[witchbeat]

this was from when i played Among Us with my friends. we just chased each other around for the most part.

[galgen-vogel]

HI FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HELLO!! <3 <3

OH HELLO!! =w= ehehe it's nice to see you we should kiss about it

[doyouknowthisgame]

[wandering-willows-2009]

is it 2009 like "2009 was a good year" or 2009 like "born in 2009" ❓️

wandering willows is a game that came out in 2009! imagine being born in 2009 that would be so scary! also that'd be funny. worlds first 22 year old born in 2009. Actually ou know what yeah fuck it I'm 13 now.

[wanderingwillowsarchive]

Hello and welcome to Wandering Willows Archive!

This is a sideblog of @torchickentacos where I'm archiving everything I can of the game Wandering Willows. It was released by Playfirst (a now defunct company) in 2009, with most people finding it through BigFishGames (also dead). While some physical copies (disks) of the game remain, they're very hard to come by- not to mention the lack of disk drives on modern computers render many copies of the game useless.

But just because the game is incredibly hard to find and has been for some time does not mean it's not worth archiving. This game i sincredibly nostalgic, witty, and fun, with a whimsical art style and a lovely OST. My goal here is to preserve that. I'll upload screenshots, music, and info about characters and such, and my goal is to create a fully-fledged archive and guide of everything in the game! From the craft recipes (some of whicha re food, for which I'll add actual recipes!) to sewing to everything in between, if it's in the game it'll be here. This is a longer term project, as this game is actually incredibly full of things, but I intend to preserve it the best I can!

[twistedtummies2]

Artists in Wonderland - Number 7

Welcome to Artists in Wonderland! Running till the 4th of July, I’m counting down My Top 10 Favorite Illustrators for “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland!” The Lewis Carroll stories of Alice are as immortal as they are odd, and many great artists have handled them in different ways. This countdown will pay homage to just a few of them. Our 7th Place illustrator is one of the most celebrated to have cropped up in the past fifteen years…and I honestly can’t believe it’s been almost that long since he gave us his Wonderland. Today’s artist is Robert Ingpen!

A native of Australia, Robert Ingpen has the distinction of being the first Australian to earn a Hans Christian Andersen Award, for his contributions as an illustrator to children’s literature. It is an award well-deserved. Ingpen is one of the most applauded and poignant illustrators of the past few decades, and has lent his talents to interpretations of many classic stories, including “Peter Pan,” “The Wind in the Willows,” and “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” His artistic style is interesting and someone tricky to describe: there’s nothing grotesque about his work, yet it’s not always purely happy and sweet. There’s a sort of warm, hazy quality to the way he draws and colors things; it’s a drowsy quality, like wandering through a dream in the summertime. There’s a comforting quality to his work, but at times that comfort is broken by wild danger or strange, almost surreal moments that you don’t expect. Naturally, all of these qualities made him an ideal candidate to handle the “Alice” stories. I remember this volume of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” well, because it was first published in 2009, a year before Tim Burton’s mega-blockbuster movie reimagining came out. For three years between ‘09 and ‘011, Alice was EVERYWHERE, either by design or sheer coincidence (often I think it had to be a bit of both), because the movie was obviously a big deal. I first saw Ingpen’s Alice on a store display at Barnes & Noble, where several different editions of “Alice” and various books related to the stories were set up. Of all the books, it was Ingpen’s that captured my attention the most. HOWEVER, I actually wouldn’t get a chance to purchase and read Ingpen’s Wonderland for almost ten years, simply because the book vanished off the shelves almost as fast as it appeared, and it took me a while to finally work my way to adding it to my collection. Ingpen’s Wonderland, as I said, is one of the most lauded to come out in the past decade-and-a-half, and it’s not hard to see why. His drowsy, dreamy atmosphere works wonders for Wonderland. The book itself is a beautiful piece of art, in its hardcover edition (which I think actually might be the ONLY edition; I’ve never seen a paperback copy, to my knowledge). From the gold lettering to the hard stock paper, it’s a posh sort of volume, yet not highly expensive. The cover price is $20 in America, and I don’t think I paid much more than that when I purchased it online. Ingpen’s imaginings owe much to the work of John Tenniel - in fact, at the end of the book, there’s a dedication from Ingpen TO Tenniel - yet, as all great artists handling the story should, he gives the characters his own sense of style. This is one of the weirdest and yet most realistic Wonderlands of all time; you can feel every strand of fur on the the characters, every pore in their skin, yet they still don’t quite feel real. His Alice is interesting in the way she anchors the story; her body language is expressive and fine, but her facial features are much more static, rarely shifting from a set of specified poses. The characters of Wonderland, in contrast, are broad in their gestures and vivid in their colors, yet the animals feel anatomically accurate, and the humans feel more…well…HUMAN than in many other incarnations. Once again, it’s a paradoxical sort of feeling. Should Wonderland be anything else?

Come back down the rabbit hole tomorrow as I present Number Six! Don’t be late! ;)

[sureinsunlight]

Got tagged by @the-golden-ghost to post my seven favorite comfort movies, so here we are!

1. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

2. Arrival (2016)

3. Leave No Trace (2018)

4. Spirited Away (2001)

5. Ponyo (2008)

6. Ratatouille (2007)

7. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

I wish I could tell you why any of these are here, but the reasoning eludes even me. Anywhale, feel free to do this or not, whatever you wanna! But I might as well keep the thread going and tag @lifeisdear, @traderjoeslesbian, @tempestleopard, @the-wanderer-willow, and @redactedforyoursafety just in case folks would enjoy doing this ^v^

[myhauntedsalem]

The Reed Case: Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind

The peculiar, harrowing case of the Reed family remains one of the most baffling instances of a Close Encounter of the 4th Kind, which was described by eminent UFOlogist Jacques Vallee as an event in which a human is abducted by a UFO or its occupants.

One September evening in 1966, 6 year-old Thomas and his little brother Matthew were in their beds at home in Sheffield, MA when Thomas spotted strange, flashing lights coming from a saucer-shaped object that was landing in their yard. Some accounts say the boys had a strange feeling and entered the hall outside their rooms in time to spy two strange figures at the top of the stairs, which they described as "ghosts."

Either way, the brothers inexplicably found themselves outside and approaching the object and its occupants.

Thomas would later describe the beings as 3 to 5 feet tall and looking "like a young, frail humans" with characteristics of insects as well. To his memory, he felt they weren't wholly organic, as if they were manufactured. He said the beings themselves glowed.

The occupants of the strange, Frisbee-like craft, which Thomas described as 15 feet tall, 60 feet round, and looking "a little beat up," took them inside and showed them images of a willow tree and a body of water on a screen. The boys don't remember much after that and they don't recall how they got back home.

This wouldn't be the only time the boys experienced a Close Encounter. The following year, Thomas and his brother spotted a bright light, pouring through their second-story bedroom window. The air grew still and heavy as the light intensified and the boys suddenly found themselves back inside the object. The pair were subjected to various medical exams during this visit. Thomas would later relate how he felt like a "walking Petri dish."

Again, there are disparate accounts. Another telling of this encounter says that only Thomas was initially taken and that Matthew ran to his mother to explain what had happened. Frantic, the boys' mother, Nancy, ran to the bedroom but was startled by a loud screeching accompanied by a door slam. When she turned back to Matthew, she was shocked to find him missing. Now both of her sons were gone and only she and her own mother, Marian, remained.

The grandmother searched the house while Nancy searched their property on horseback. Eventually, she spotted the boys as she rode along the Appalachian Trail. They were 15 feet apart on broad dirt path, staring at one another. They seemed to be in shock and not very responsive. Nancy brought the boys home and eventually they recovered from their ordeal.

Between this event and the next, the boys' mother, Nancy, would marry Howard Reed, to whom she would relate her family's history with such phenomena dating back to the early 1950s. Howard Reed was a local official at the time and he found these accounts disturbing, as they might threaten his political standing.

The third time the boys were taken came in September of 1969 as the family was driving home along Route 7 when their car suddenly stalled and coasted to a stop alongside the road. Within moments, the lights arrived from the woods beyond and the air again grew heavy and silent. A buzzing sensation swept over the occupants.

Suddenly, Thomas was no longer in the car. He found himself inside what looked like a huge hangar and he was walking toward a figure surrounded by light at the far end. Once he arrived, the figure took him along white walled, narrow corridors with equally narrow doors.

Later confirmation among Reeds though indicated that all four of them were taken this time. They recalled being in different parts of the space ship, away from one another. When they were returned to their vehicle, they were each sitting in spots in the car different from the ones from which they were abducted and their grandmother was outside the vehicle, wandering the road.

Shortly after this incident transpired, Nancy sold the farm and they family moved to Connecticut. 

Over 40 eyewitnesses spotted a UFO along Route 7 that night, and a picture Thomas Reed drew of the craft now hangs in a UFO museum in Roswell, NM.

Come the 1980s, Howard Reed me Robert Bletchman, an attorney, who began to investigate the Reed's case. He collected reports, data, and testimony from witnesses and various agencies that corroborated the strange goings-on at the Reed Farm and beyond. Much of this would later be presented before a United Nations Symposium in October 1992 that looked into the veracity of these events and whether they warranted further scrutiny.

In 2006, Howard Reed began working on a book detailing his family's ordeal and the evidence gained through various investigations over the years. Unfortunately, Howard suffered a sudden death from Legionnaire's Disease. A possibly apocryphal account details that when the CDC inspected Howard's office, they found a vial containing the deadly virus secreted away in an A/C vent. Given his standing in the community, a day of remembrance was established in Howard's honor by the City of Bridgeport, CT.

The final encounter the Reed family would have with UFOs and their occupants happened to Matthew years later when he was living in Indiana. He had been driving home on night of March 30, 2009 when the lights returned. He saw an orange ball of light briefly hover over the road ahead before zooming away to the south.

His Chevy Blazer then stalled and he suddenly found himself inside a spacecraft where "everything kind of glows." There, he encountered three different types of aliens: Reptilians, the classic Gray, and some large creature with elephant-like skin. The occupants placed Reed on a table and placed a mechanism on his head that emitted sounds similar to a tuning radio.

Again, the abducted Reed was disgorged from the craft in an unknown fashion and returned to his car with only the vaguest of memories. At the time he could only recall that he was outside his Blazer with a bloody nose and mud caked on his shoes. His watch was stopped at 10:30 pm--the time when he saw the light--but the actual time was just after midnight.

When he returned home, he told his mother that he thought it was all happening again.

The instauration of these phenomena in the lives of the Reed sons rekindled the moribund accounts and brought them to the attention of law enforcement officials and high profile UFO investigators, such as those working at the behest of Aerospace billionaire Robert Bigelow. From these renewed investigations, more data was collected that attests to high amounts of radiation and exposure to magnetic fields that affected property and vehicles belonging to the Reed family. Moreover, Thomas Reed was given a polygraph test in 2010 that he passed with a score of 99.1%.

Since then, the brothers to one extent or another have been in the UFOlogy spotlight and their story has been the subject of documentaries, news reports, blogs, and podcasts. While the two maintained a distance as adults, addressing the issue more publicly as they have in recent years has brought the brothers closer than they had been in a long time.

[commoninfected]

[maddgicalgirl]

been experimenting with letting more of my paras get to verit!! hung out with Ivy and Earl last night =w= it was good for my soul i think. Ivy is lovely, and getting to see Earl happy for once was really really nice

[weirdeve]

FIEND GROUP

[nostalgiaispeace]

1086.

Where have you lived throughout your life?

mostly VA Beach

Do you find your job rewarding?

yes

What kind of cake did you have for your last birthday?

-

To you, which is better: English muffins or bagels?

bagels

Do you paint your nails?

no

What’s the last website you signed up for?

dropbox.

Do you check your email everyday?

yes

Have you created any pages on Facebook?

yes

Is there a subject that you absolutely suck at?

math

What’s your favourite song by Dave Matthews Band?

-

Are there people you have absolutely nothing in common with, but still enjoy talking to?

maybe?

Have you ever wandered around drunk with your friend?

not that i know of.

Are you good at holding back your laughter if needed?

sure

Have you ever been so unfortunate to suffer from a hangover?

yes

Have you ever had a panic attack?

too many to count.

Are you deathly allergic to anything?

enough to have to carry an epipen

Have you ever had a mouse in your house?

nope

Do you know anyone who DOESN’T have an ex?

not that i can think of.

Is anyone you know really religious?

yes

Are your eyebrows naturally thick?

sure

Has speaking in front of people ever made you sick?

no

What was the last movie that made you teary-eyed?

A Star is Born (I Think)

Have you had two friends that absolutely hated each other?

yes

Has a laptop ever burned your legs?

no. just made them hot

Do you know anyone who has a scar through their eyebrow?

not that i can think of

Who was the last person to flip you off?

idk

Anyone’s birthday coming up soon?

my mom’s

Would you ever wear fake eyelashes?

no

Are you good at following directions?

depends

Do you have someone that you can just act a fool with and not care?

yes

From where you’re sitting, can you touch a wall?

no

When at a restaurant, do you put your napkin on your lap?

if i remember

Do you prefer electric or manual pencil sharpeners?

manual

Are your biceps at all noticeable?

i guess?

Have you ever seen a walrus?

no

When it comes to dropping food, do you believe in the 10 second rule?

no

If given the opportunity, would you ride on a camel?

no

Do you believe that cellphones actually do cause cancer?

idk.

When people you know cry, does it make you feel like crying too?

yes

Do you tend to jump to conclusions?

yes

Are you good at remembering your friends’ birthdays?

yes

Is there something you need to do, that you’re trying to avoid doing?

yes

Ever pop someone else’s pimple?

yes

How long does it take you to fall asleep?

depends on the day

Do you crack your neck often?

no

Did you have a weird dream last night?

can’t remember it.

Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?

no one really.

Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?

both

In what way are you your own worst enemy?

in all the ways

What activities make you lose track of time?

reading

When you help someone do you ever think, “What’s in it for me?”

no

Who do you tell your secrets to?

no one really

Who do you live with?

Matt

When did/will you graduate?

2009

When are you moving next?

idk

When is the last time you took a vitamin?

idk

Why are you stressed?

life

Do you need to return anyone’s phone call?

no

Where do you keep your birth certificate?

idk to be honest.

How many books are in your room?

too many to count.

Have you ever been IN a wedding?

yes

What was the last thing you laughed out loud at?

the SAG awards.

Do you have a nickname? Why?

sure; people give them to me.

Have you ever had a bad concert experience?

Danny wasn’t that great once when I saw them on their last tour before Denis was their singer for a bit.

When was the last time someone told you that you were beautiful/good-looking? Do people often tell you this?

recently i’m sure; Matthew does.

Are you missing someone of the opposite sex atm?

no

Want someone back in your life?

sometimes i do.

Are you currently sad about anything?

no

Are you wearing anything shiny?

no

How important is a sense of humor in a significant other?

pretty important

How many followers do you have on Twitter?

no idea. i don’t pay attention

Do you sleep with the door open or closed?

cracked

Have you ever been to the beach?

yes

Can you handle blood?

yes

Do you pay your bills or do your parents?

i’m grown and married fam.

What’s your best friend’s middle name?

Willow

Has any place hired you underage for a job?

no

Have you ever barely passed a grade/year in school?

probably?

Have you ever carried a concealed weapon?

no

Have you ever tried to sell something overpriced to someone?

no

Do you plan to become very wealthy some day?

idk

Do you remember your first time going to the movies?

no

Does eating breakfast make you sick?

sometimes

Are you dying to say something to someone right this minute?

no

Book series you enjoyed reading recently?

Lizzie Garner series

Do you enjoy lying in the grass during the summer, and just existing?

no. i’m allergic to the grass....

Do you have a passport? If so, how many stamps do you have in it?

no

Are there any keys on your keyboard that have letters fading away?

no

Do any of your close friends have children?

yes

What do you plan on having for dinner?

i had pizza

Do you like Chinese food, or do you find it disgusting?

yes

Have the police ever come knocking on your door looking for someone?

no

Know anybody who works in a tattoo parlor?

yes

Have you ever played flashlight tag?

no

Could you call yourself a movie buff?

yes

Have you ever had a piercing get infected?

yes

Do you check your fire alarms when you’re supposed to?

no

Are you a shorts wearing kind of person?

yes

Is your grandparents’ house obsessively tidy?

yes but like dusty. like i don’t think they ever dusted lol

About how much can you bench press?

lol

Have you ever had your phone die on you in the middle of a conversation?

yeah

Is anybody in your family a carpenter?

idk

Are you avoiding someone?

sure

Do you call your boyfriend “Monkey”?

no

What’s your favorite primary color?

orange

What were you for Halloween?

nothing

Do you have any clothes from Walmart?

yes

When did you get a Facebook?

2008?

What color are your eyes?

brown

What motivates you?

God

Can you walk in heels?

yes

When was the last time someone asked you your age?

idk

Do you keep a journal?

yes

Have you ever tried a weird flavor of vodka?

yes

Do you wear a ring on your finger?

yes

What are you doing?

watching “Many Faces of Jane” (I think it’s called)

What’s the last kind of soup you ate?

idk

Do you currently have a sunburn?

no

Who did you last text?

Amber

Who’d you last call? About what?

i don’t remember

Are you currently frustrated with someone?

yes

Do you drink water or soda more often?

water

Do you straighten your hair?

yes

When did you last talk to your brother or sister?

rn

What is your least favorite vegetable?

all of them

Outside of family, name 3 people that make you smile/laugh often.

Paulina, Sami, Brittney

In school, what subjects did you achieve your highest grades in?

English

Was there a subject that you enjoyed, but weren’t too good at?

no

When was the last time something didn’t go to plan? What happened?

my life.

Do you have any children? If not, at what age do you think you’ll feel ready to be a parent?

no; hopefully next year

When was the last time you bought a new item of clothing?Describe it.

last year; harry potter leggings and a harry potter sports bra

Was your last Facebook friend request from a male or female?

female i think

Do you have an item of clothing that makes you feel especially beautiful? Describe it.

dresses

Think of the last person that betrayed you. If they said they were sorry, would you forgive them?

idk

Nastiest thing you’ve ever done?

idk

What’s one thing you’re glad you’ve done recently?

actually doing the chores i needed to get done.

Have you ever done something sexual that you regret?

no

Ever had a person who was obsessed with you so much that it scared you?

yes

Can you drive, and if you can, do you like it?

yes; no

Have you ever said anything to the last person you kissed that you regret?

probably

Do you like french fries?

yes

Have you ever eaten so much you puked?

yes

Do you care about what others think of your physical appearance?

yes, sadly

Would you rather go to Greece or France?

Greece

[wandering-willows-2009]

Name: Wandering Willows (2009). Only close friends call me Willow - stick to Wander until we’ve kissed with tongue.

Gender: Nah

Pronouns: just be cool about it

Age: Timeless/Adult (22)

About, Tags, and Content Warnings Below!

🎃🐈‍⬛🕸🍂🍁🦷🍫🪦⚰️🔪🪓👻🫀🩸💣

I’m a security guard/college dropout from Idle Town. My interests include autumn season, Halloween, trespassing urban exploring, vulture culture, bugs/entomology, the alt scene, pop punk and bad indie, the fae, making cringe art, cake, and hanging the fuck out.

Content Warnings: Unless I have made a mistake, this blog will be mostly SFW, and not have any explicit smexy imagery, but may have fake/prop/movie blood and suggestively/crudely worded posts. Be warned! Untagged bugs (except my beloved roaches, cuz my roommate will vommie if he sees one), swears, scary images/body horror, and more down yonder! Will try to tag for fake blood and flashing lights, but I am oftentimes low on spoons knives and forgetful by nature, and this blog is intended for my personal consumption and not others ^__^"

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Angel Aura - angel tag!!

Badlands

Cake - mmmm yummy!! i love a slice of fucking cake!! :D

COBRA Enclosure - COBRA sightings in the wild

Dog Tags - dom stuff. are you mad at me. do you want to be

Hogposting - 30-50 wild boar inside

Home - my fuckink domain <3 welcome to my cage what can i get u

Fashion

Fave

Fiend Group - me n COBRA n Roadkill n Fishbone, friendcore motherfuckers

Food

Idle Hands - 😏

Idle Town - hometowncore lol

Indie Sleaze

King - St. Jimmy tag

Little Dead Things - things COBRA tags me in

Living Dead Boy - cute zombies =__=

Living Dead Girl - DON'T OPEN, DEAD INSIDE!! my personal zombiecore :3

Lost Tapes - Smidge & COBRA dynamic =^w^=

Michael Wave - microwave go brrrrr!!!! :D

Music Box - sounds and songs I've saved

PVP

Sadwich - COBRA's gross fucking sandwich moodboard

Saint of Who Gives A Shit - COBRA goes through enough weirdo religious shit in my living room that I now have a tag for it

Scrawlings - my art

Sooths - my writing

Stray Bullets - AU i'm working on wif some frends

Suburban Hell

Willowbee - mecore tag

Zombabe - personal/original posts tag :3

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