#why not do it for late mother's day

[tsunael]

he's coming back.

[stuckinapril]

Just a girl who wants to be her mother’s daughter in the ways that matter

[ros-sauce]

I dream of kissing The Terraria Zoologist under the moonlight

[the-cowardly-cheese]

[xskyll]

Page 15, for the second time! Apologies to those that saw the version I posted last night with the typo. My days lately have been busy, so sometimes I feel a bit brain foggy. A couple of people left comments on either here or Twitter and it killed me to delete everything. ;_;

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[batwynn]

A Recipe for Grief

With shaky hands he crushes the chunks of still-too-cold butter into the sugar, impatient for the taste of it. It’s a gift, his mom’s chocolate chip cookie recipe that has no recipe. He can’t write it down, it’s made of handfuls and feelings. It tastes just right. Tastes just like the memories of tall kitchen counters and the smell of cheap vanilla extract. Of the excitement of creation, and the sweet reward of the work.

His mom is still here, in the other room. But today he’s letting the grief creep in as he mashes a fork through the slowly melting butter. He knows he doesn’t have the memory like her, to keep this recipe alive. He knows he has no one to pass it down to, no one to teach by showing the handfuls and speaking the feelings. He knows there isn’t a lot of time before she can’t correct his mistakes with it anymore.

The words “pregame grief” pop into his head, and he laughs a little as he cracks the eggs. His whole life has been pregame grief, one batch of cookies at a time. He knew what the threat of death was when he was five, knew there was an inevitable end to the familiar. To the safe and comfort of old, green sweaters and chocolate chip cookies. Predictable as the sliver of eggshell that always makes its way into the dough.

Maybe it’s a gift. Learning early on that that one and only person could be gone at any moment. Maybe it steadies the hands when you get the news that the end is predictable, written down like everyone else’s recipes. Maybe it keeps you up at night, trying to find ways to re-write the measurements. Ways to avoid burning when you have to bake them. Trying to find ways to let it go, and let the science and time do their work.

But letting it go is hard. Measuring with your heart when your brain tells you that’s too many chocolate chips. Letting go says the whole bag, why not? Life is short. Life is short, but it’s coming together now and forming something cohesive. The wet and the dry. The whole bag of chips, she says from the other room. It’s a gift.

[spacebubblehomebase]

What app and what pencil do you use :3?

(I send u big hugs and hav a nice day :D♡)

Hehe. (Hugs back. I like hugs. XD) I believe someone else had a similar question before! I made this art then too to demonstrate how I use, Ibis Paint. The free beginner friendly drawing app! (No I'm not sponsored-) And as for the "pens", I usually go for the default brushes. As in the first basic ones you find on the app! ^v^ I've been promoting this idea for years and I'll never get tired of saying it! While fancier equipment IS nice, skills can ultimately outclass tools any day! =D In fact, sometimes limiting yourself can hone your creativity as it forces you to work with what you have and invent new ways of experimenting with materials that are often overlooked! That's how I learned. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ -Bubbly💙

[fictional-worlds-are-exquisite]

friendly reminder that if you have a good mum you might want to check what date mothers day is locally because it's less than a month away here now

[seithr]

Randomly remembered the half-reason i call my oc-verse by the name it has while laying in bed. One-half of the reason i still knew, but I had forgotten what had truly, really cemented it jointly until now

(it was a song from my favourite band I haven't listened to in a while.)

(the song fit so well at the time, still does, that i needed to hold onto it for the main protagonists forever, by partially naming their story in reference.)

Does this explanation make any sense? Does anyone know why I'm tearing up remembering this. Aahh

[nexus-nebulae]

god sometimes i wish the whole "you wouldn't say/do that to a physically disabled person" lie that certain mentally ill people say was true bc i fucking WISH i could use "I'm in a wheelchair" as a gotcha for people being ableist against me. unfortunately,

[bluenotemagpie]

catching up on doctor who. surprising nobody, this former theatre kid who had a major beatles phase at the age of 12 and a major doctor who phase at the age of 14 is a big fan of the devil's chord

[dredshirtroberts]

it is not slacking off to write or create it is not slacking off to do things that are fun i am not slacking off or procrastinating right now i'm allowed to do things i enjoy doing for fun including playing games and writing and such

[illumiiiz]

how does one even celebrate their 21st birthday when one only has a handful of friends and they’re all underage

[dearweirdme]

Hey!! So i have heard many instances of the members referring to the other members as brothers. So i always try to look at Taekook's interactions from a different lens to see if it can be rationalized as a bestie thing or something siblings do.

What do you think are some incidents that just can't be explained as anything but romantic in nature?

Hi anon!

I love asks like this! It makes me use my critical thinking skills and that’s always a good thing. But also, this is such a hard question isn’t it? We see so little and of the things we see a lot is unclear. Things are possibly being hidden, there’s fanservice and cultural differences to take into account. All of which makes it hard to actually be certain of anything.

If you want to look at these kind of things objectively, you have to be able to be honest and erase a lot of stuff. All fantheories for instance, so no secret handsigns, no ‘important’ dates or colors or numbers. After that, erase stuff they also do with others. And the last step would be to poke through their mediatraining.

These men are highly mediatrained. They wouldn’t have come this far if they weren’t able to act professionally at different circumstances. Jikook fans claiming Jimin and Jk can’t control themselves is silly to me. To state that Jimin and Jk can’t be seen together because they would out themselves by not being able to act ‘normal’ is an insult to their professionalism. A lot of the physical closeness and a lot of the comments made by one member about the other I would classify as fanservice. That doesn’t mean the words and actions aren’t true, it means that we are being shown those things with intent. When a member for instance makes a comment about another member being handsome or cute, that is done with the intent to point out desirability. They (the label, and by extension BTS themselves) want fans to think of the members as desirable (boyfriend/bff material) so if they themselves start pointing out certain traits… fandom will also start thinking them (don’t kill me for popping some bubbles, it’s just how marketing works). All members do this.. They are trained to do this. Taekook and Jikook are no exception here. So personally I don’t take those comments as proof of any relationship. Physical actions between members are also shown with intent. I do believe those are used to keep all ships alive. I’ve made this post about Taekook a while ago that explains how I see them a bit more.

All of the above doesn’t mean it’s all fake though. Genuine connections do shine through and bonds between members are really strong I think. You can tell more about those by subtle comments and actions than through bold ones I feel. Knowledge about one another for instance, touches that are more soothing than trying to cause an actual reaction… just more subtle things. Fanservice is the bold, almost theatrical interactions. It’s not a bad thing though. Because of how common it is, it also protects them by giving them a cover. It’s like hiding in plain sight a bit. It allows Jk to sit in Tae’s lap in the middle of a concert for instance. While we see the tiny smile Tae had to suppress, all everyone else sees is fanservice.

What’s actually left to look at objectively is very little (but there is some stuff still) and that is why we cannot ever be certain of anything. We will never get to see anything ‘big’, like a real kiss or them walking around holding hands privately. It’s okay though, that is not for us: it theirs.

What kind of interactions can we expect from romantic partners, but not from brothers/best friends? Brothers and best friends can be: affectionate, proud, to a certain degree physically intimate, admiring, comforting, and even tender maybe. What they are generally not are: aroused by each other, trying to be seductive, and certain degrees of hurt and jealousy (I know these things do happen between friends… but in those cases I believe the friendship is not in fact purely friendship). So, which instances do I think are linked to a romantic relationship between Tae and Jk. Well… here I go. These are my interpretations, so they might not mean anything to anyone else (always be aware of your own biases;) ). These are all instances I feel they thought their actions wouldn’t be noticed or where they were surprised by something and it made them react automatically.

1. Tae and Jk playing footsie under the table during Festa 2017. I think the whole world sees playing footsie as flirting behavior with the intent to spark feelings inside each other. Some of Tae’s expressions in particular are seductive and Jk is having a hard time trying to keep his head straight. It’s innocent, but it’s romantic in origin I feel. A lot of analysis videos are cringy to me with how they overanalyze every move, but they are playing footsie and it’s definitely flirty. It’s also not a standalone moment, they have ‘cuddled’ (for lack of a better description) with their feet more than once.

2. Jk getting into the bunkbed with Tae in Bon Voyage. This one:

Again it’s very innocent, but the way Jk puts his hand in Tae’s hair, the way Tae turns towards Jk, the ‘seems like’ kiss, it’s so soft and intimate. Brothers and best friends may get into bed together, but to let someone this close into your personal space when you are at your most vulnerable (asleep) just screams relationship to me. Brothers and friends would turn their backs and just keep sleeping, partners welcome each other. I feel the way we’ve seen Tae and Jk sleep together is quite intimate altogether. Their legs are intertwined, they face each other instead of spooning at times. Very intimate indeed.

3. The nape kiss.

Such a soft kiss especially considering the surroundings. It’s not done jokingly. Tae is serious here. Would a best friend kiss you this tenderly when surrounded with an audience? Would a brother? Jk’s reaction to it is also very shy, a best friend or brother would play it off as a joke I feel.

4. In my eyes the most important one.

Not a cute one, but a situation full of hurt. What other explanation than their love could there be for them having to separate and consequently show the hurt on Jk’s face and the despair on Tae’s? Only love can hurt like this has never rung more true. This is not the only example even, there’s more instances like this… all of them show hurt to an extent that would not be normal for a brother/friend relationship.

5. While friends and brothers do get jealous of each other, it’s not over another person touching your bff or your bro.

This clip to me is clearly Tae getting jealous of Jimin touching Jk’s knee. Jk’s reaction actually gives away the tension. I cannot think if an alternate reason for this jealousy. Combined with the desire Tae’s expressions communicated from the moment Jk joined them.. this live to me points to them being more than friends. As does the vminkook live where Tae and Jk stared at each other so hard they made Jimin cringe.

A lot of other moments to me read romantic in nature. The touches that go on and on and never seem to be enough. The flirting and seducing. The stares. The magnetism. All of those I personally would include, but I know others might interpret differently so.. I’ve left a lot out. Interpreting body language is and will always be somewhat subjective. But the moments above I feel are very simple, yet they convey a clear message.

There’s a lot (a whole, humongous lot) of moments that, when looked at in context and as a whole, point towards a romantic relationship, but when looking at those moments individually those may be seen as a brotherly or bff kind of love. When you are in a romantic relationship most of the time (not all of the time) friendship is part of the whole relationship. That makes it very hard to dissect which moments are romantic in nature and which are friendly.

Here you go anon, I tried my best 😊. I do wish to hear your thoughts about this. Through communication we get clarity.

[batsinurbelfrey]

bruh-

[jedi-bird]

I am suddenly craving ramen. I have some instant and some frozen, but no toppings for it, so tomorrow during our market run I'll need to pick things up. I also need to get my partner to tell me if they want a cake for their birthday or for me to make a pie. I'm not going to have a lot of time to go out and get stuff this week, so I need to know by tomorrow.