#zander summers

[str33tydr1ft]

Im bored so heres something wholesome about Zander

He can Pick Up the narrow guage engines

HE CAN CARRY THEM

MOTHERFUCKER CAN HOLD THEM

LIKE YEAH HE IS 6'4 BUT STILL HE CAN FUCKING H O L D T H E M

I got bored and i drew and example of him holding skarloey

[tara-maclays-gf]

thinking about buffy season 6…. i understand why it isnt for some people but i love it. buffys inability to find joy and meaning in a life that has ultimately given her so many responsibilities she doesnt know how to handle and seeing all of the people who love her around her but still incapable of finding joy. ough its just really relatable to me idk

[spookyboywhump]

Thinking about my boys,,,,, in the summertime,,,,, they can finally enjoy summer together now,,,,,,

[sad-trash-hobo]

I like watching Buffy the vampire slayer but also I cannot stand any of her friends. I like 3 characters. Buffy, Spike, and Giles. Thats it. Why do the rest of them all act like they're 13. Willow and Tara are so annoying and any time Willow starts doing anything interesting it's cause she's "going too far" and "using bad magic". Tara was useless the whole time and her death is the only thing that added to the plot. Zander is the worst of them all. He is a loser. In every version that some guy can be, he is a loser.

[netherfeildren]

Vic! I must ask - do you have any erotic romance and/or erotica book recommendations?

LITEROTICA!!!!!!!! my favorite! I am finally finally getting to this, apologies for the delay. I'm not doing blurbs or anything and just going to list them, but I'll include a ⭐️ if they're a favorite. This is a mix of erotica and romance, and don't forget to check trigger warnings carefully for all books!

I'll also mark C for contemporary, HR for historical romance and F for fantasy just for ease of perusing.

In no particular order:

The Crossfire Series, Sylvia Day, C, ⭐️

Scounders of St. James series, Lorraine Heath, HR

Travises series, Lisa Kleypas, C

Little Birds, Anaïs Nin, C, ⭐️

Rules for the Reckless series, Meredith Duran, HR

The Duke of Shadows, Meredith Duran, HR

Bellamy Creek series, Melanie Harlow, C

Things We Never Got Over, Lucy Score, C, ⭐️

A Spy in the House of Love, Anaïs Nin, C, ⭐️

Cloverleigh Farms series, Melanie Harlow, C

The Pale Court duology, Liv Zander, F

Master of Salt & Bones, Keri Lake, CF

Of Flesh & Bone series, Harper L. Woods, F

Promises and Pomegranates, Sav R. Miller, C

The Made series, Danielle Lori, C, ⭐️

At Your Pleasure, Meredith Duran, HR

The Dressmakers series, Loretta Chase, HR

Scandal & Scoundrel series, Sarah Maclean, HR

Victorian Rebels series, Kerrigan Byrne, HR

Wicked Becomes You, Meredith Duran

The Ravenels series, Lisa Kleypas, HR, ⭐️

The Hathaways series, Lisa Kleypas, HR, ⭐️

After We Fall series, Melanie Harlow, C

Anti-Heroes in Love duology, Giana Darling, C

Dark Deam Duet duology, Giana Darling, C

Lord of Scoundrels, Loretta Chase, HR, ⭐️

Love By Numbers, Sarah Maclean, HR,

Girl Meets Duke series,Tessa Dare, HR

Castles Ever After series, Tessa Dare, HR

It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey, C, ⭐️

A Wicked Kind of Husband, Mia Vincy, HR, ⭐️

Playing with Monsters series, Amelia Hutchins, CF, ⭐️

Legacy of the Nine Realms series, Amelia Hutchins, CF

Aspect and Anchor series, Ruby Dixon

Wallflowers series, Lisa Kleypas, HR, ⭐️

The Gilded Age Heiresses series, Harper St. George

Dark Arts series, Bec McMaster, F, ⭐️

Markham Hall series, Sierra Simone, HR, ⭐️

Priest, Sierra Simone, C

The Villain, L.J. Shen

Delta of Venus, Anaïs Nin, C, ⭐️

[erstwhles]

moore-wright, party of four / @musicallyiinclined

"Hey, is everything okay?" He hasn't had a chance to check his phone to see if he has missed anything else, but he knows it isn't usual to get a call from Zander when they are both in the same city. "Hoping to wrap things up here soon and then I'll be heading back to the house." All that is left now, after the last media availability, is clearing out his stall for the summer and meeting with his coach to discuss his performance throughout the season. It's the time of year that encompasses everything Liam hates about the job, but at least he has plenty to look forward to this offseason, including what it means for their family.

Who knew that the decision to start taking the steps to grow their family would be the easy part? Compared to the waiting and the knowledge of how many little decisions are going to have to be made, their early conversations feel like a breeze now. "I'll see you soon?"

[enuode-au]

Mythland

Represented by: Zander M. Sausage; King

Titles/names of the representative: Sausage, King Sausage, Lord Sausage

Race of the representative: Human (Magic-enhanced)

Race of the population: Mainly human, variety

Anyone who wants to become a professional explorer is recommended to move to Mythland.

Population size: ~7,500,000

Though the population is high, many of the citizens of Mythland are out exploring, meaning the average number of people within Mythland territory is closer to 6mil.

Alliances: Gilded Helanthia, Grimlands, CCAM, Losheedi

Gilded Helanthia was a mutual ally of the Grimlands and CCAM, so Mythland filled the gap.

Many people from the Grimlands migrate over to Mythland, and vice versa. They’re on good terms because of such.

CCAM was still a part of the Grimlands when Mythland allied with it, so the alliance remains intact with CCAM.

Losheedi is allied with (almost) everyone.

Political strength: #3

The explorers of Mythland have many legends written about them, and the artifacts many explorers collect add to the ever-expanding wealth of the country. Being allied with the Grimlands boosts its strength marginably.

Exports: Iron, weaponry

Type of government: Meritocracy

Flag: Two vertical red stripes on either side of a white base. The white base has a detailed silver and gold coat of arms with green leaves sprouting out of the sides. The coat of arms contains various weapon types, as well as a sheep skull.

Climate: Moderate weather year-round.

Summer: Hot and sunny.

Fall: Windy, but not many big storms hit Mythland.

Winter: It gets cold, but not by much, especially down south.

Spring: Humid, rainy, and warm. Horrible combination.

Appearance on a Map:

[the-spam-specialist]

(Zander better do something to keep Ceru challenged and what not with toys if she's frequently waking Harper up!).

Do you like Mochi Notch? I've never had it myself. And what's your favourite season?

Skylertheminish.

"No, I've never had mochi before. My human once told me about a Pokemon that controls people by feeding them poisonous mochi, though!"

"I don't think I have a favorite season. I've never been able to enjoy any of them, really. I guess Summer? Because of all the sunshine?"

[str33tydr1ft]

| "The Sun hasn't been this Orange before... " | Sodor's Dragons |

WUHLA!!! Here's some art of Zander! This took me forever to make but I enjoyed every second I spent making this! This is the first drawing I made when I got my laptop back, and honestly, I think I've improved a lot, but hey I hope you all like it!

Likes and Reblogs are appreciated <3

[katastronoot]

Summer Reading/Writing/Arting Tag

Tagged by @friend-of-giants tysm! I have fun doing these :)

Tagging @vidvana @the-sunlit-earth @evilwriter37 @downontheupside @alma-amentet and anyone else who wants to do it

1) Describe one creative WIP project you’re planning to work on over the summer.

I am really having fun writing right now. It’s a great break from arting all the time and I feel like if l take breaks between the two I have a better chance of avoiding that nasty creative block :D I have a childrens story that I am working on writing out as well as a novel (I was real scared about this one). I started writing it for fun and doing all of the world building and what not and I really feel like it’s a solid story and interesting fantasy world. It’s a monster romance so really my cup of tea and I just want to write a lot of stories in my own fantasy world that I have created. I daydream all the time so it’s the perfect way to get these ideas somewhere other than my head XD

2) Rec a book!

Okay the last book duet that I read was King of Flesh and Bone and Queen of Rot and Pain by Liv Zander. The plot was super interesting and one of a kind. If you are fine reading something more dub con in a romance I would recommend it. It had me glued to my tablet screen binge reading for two days and I was so sad to see that the author has yet to write more in the series. It’s on KU so that’s a plus and it’s 🌶😮‍💨

3) Rec a fic!

Okay this one is for my Morrowind junkies. Blood and Trust by Liaegypt on ao3. This is hands down one of my fav elder scrolls fics that I have read. The author also has another fic about an ordinator romance- Broken Vows and omg it’s a masterpiece too I honestly can’t decide which is my favorite actually. Seriously they are wonderful and I think are looked over a lot. Pls for the love of everything good in this world read them :)

4) Rec Music!

I have been on a 70s acoustic kick here lately. Been listening to a lot of Carole King mostly from the Tapestry album

5)Share one piece of advice!

I agree with @friend-of-giants pls create for yourself and no one else! Also try something NEW even if it scares you. I was told my whole life that I wasn’t a good writer. I always did terribly in my reading and writing courses in school. I even had ‘friends’ before look over my work and tell me how terrible I was. It really put this idea in my head that I could never write. Well I started writing just to see if I could do it and guess what I can and I’m proud of myself. I started writing a novel! and if someone told me years ago that I would be doing these things I would have called them crazy. Life is too short. Try the thing.

[lovelytsunoda]

lovelytsunoda’s definitive motorsports fiction rec-list

because i am a bookworm and aspiring goodreads influencer. this is where i am going to fawn over fictional men and addictive storytelling.

part one/ ?

throttled - lauren asher ( dirty air #1 )*

rating: 4 stars

where to begin with this one? i have a whole pinterest board but that’s a story for another day. maya alatorre’s brother santiago just beame the secondary driver for bandini and she’s joining the team on the road for race season, where she meets ( and ultimatley falls in love with ) noah slade, formula one’s resident golden boy and legacy driver with daddy issues. featuring enemies to lovers, brother’s rival and secret romance.

collided - lauren asher ( dirty air #2 )*

rating: 4.5 stars

set in the same world as throttled, collided follws sophie mitchell, daughter of bandini team principal james mitchell as she spends the summer on the road with the team, and finds her way into the arms of german mccoy driver liam zander ( who is literally the PERFECT man, like he hits every single point on my trifecta: he’s german, he drives a formula one car and he reads books ). liam is mccoy’s resident bad boy, and his pr team has him on a dating ban after he sleeps with the team principals niece. sophie has a naughty ( vvv spicy ) bucket list, and liam offers to help her out, falling hopelesley in love along the way.

thunderstruck - roxanne st.clair ( harlequin nascar )

rating: 3.5 stars

shelby jackson is the co-owner of the last family owner team in the nascar nextel cup series. sadly, thunder racing is in a terrible financial position and they haven't won anything in years. something that british soccer player mick churchill wants to change when he offers to by the other half of the team. shelby is unimpressed, and keeps trying to push mick out of the business, ultimately falling in love with him in the process. shelby is a girlboss, who commands attention everywhere she goes. mick is a dumbass, match made in heaven. the cover on this one SUCKS but the book is pretty good for being written in 2007, however it lacks any sexy time scenes, as the scenes always cut before there is any real smut.

flash and bones - kathy reiches ( temperance brennan / bones #14 )

rating: 4.5 stars

a dead body is found in an oil drum in the waste processing facility behind the charlotte motor speedway ahead of nascar race week. forensic anthropologist temperance brennan lands the case, and begins looking into the disappearance of a seventeen year old girl and her older boyfriend twelve years prior at the behest of a nascar mechanic related to one of the missing. from there, it’s a rich mystery and vast conspiracy involving militia groups, the fbi, biotoxins and car racing. listen, i was already in love with detective andrew ryan from the other temperance brennan books, but to find out that he is a jacques villeneuve fan, i am swooning.

wrecked - lauren asher ( dirty air #3 )*

rating: 5 stars

this book broke me, i'm not even kidding. this book is forced proximity and enemies to lovers between driver jax kingston and elena gonzalez, his media rep. they both have torubled pasts, and i f i could just warp them both in bubble wrap and protect then from the rowld, i would. jax is dangerously self-destructive, and elena has a hard time letting people in, but once they break down their walls (and god does it take a while) they are truly made for each other.

yes i cried like a baby, no i will not elaborate.

taming zach - amy sparling ( team loco #1 )

rating: 3 stars even.

cute, wholesome but predicatable and a little lame. this book follows motocross racer zach pena who has lost his focus on the sport and this also lost his place at the summer classic. as he risks getting cut from the team, he heads back home to hopewell, where he falls in love with bree grayson, the daughter of the groundskeeper ath hopewell motocross park. it's calssic good girl-bad boy shit, and it's been done many times before. although it can get steamy, there's no smut.

currently undecided if im actually going to finish the series.

redeemed - lauren asher ( dirty air #4 )*

rating: 5 stars

santaigo motherfucking alatorre. santaigo is recovering from a crash at silverstone three years ago that resulted in the loss of his right leg. since the crash, he's sequestered himself inside his mansion on lake como and hidden himself away from the world. chole carter never knew who her father was. after her roomate buys her a drugstore dna kit, she finally has her father's identity and finds herself on a trip to lake como to find him.

what i really liked about this one was that as they fell in love with each other, they also learned how to love themselves more in the process.

the final ranking order i have for the dirty air series (and men) is as follows: 1. Redeemed (Santi), 2. Wrecked (Jax), 3. Collided (Liam), 4. Throttled (Noah).

*bonus chapters are available for all the dirty air books at lauren asher’s website!

[spookyboywhump]

Alrighty <3 we have the second part to This Right Here!

CW: pet whump, dehumanization, quite a bit of bleeding, Wren is a big baby about everything

***

The cold air outside did make Wren question his choice just a bit. Not enough to change his mind but, he had wished he;d been given a moment to change before they’d gone out to the backyard. He couldn’t be sure what month it was exactly, but the weather had been colder lately, he stood there with his arms crossed over himself, rubbing at his arms to try and keep himself warm. If he had to choose, he would say that he preferred this over the sweltering heat of the summer, if he had to choose how he’d be miserable, he’d take the option that left him shivering, trying to keep his teeth from chattering together.

He tried to assure himself that this wouldn’t be that bad, but he really had no idea how bad it could possibly be, he didn’t know how he could prepare himself for this. The idea had seemed somewhat bizarre to him, but that was what made him think Cain would like it so much. It had only occurred to him because he’d spotted the barbed wire in the shed when Cain had been forcing them to do some yard work. Now, it was in Cain’s hands, he wore gloves to protect himself. Wren wouldn’t be granted such a luxury, but he couldn’t exactly complain. He had begged for this, after all.

“Did Zander give you this idea?” Cain asked casually.

“N-No sir…?” He asked, tilting his head in confusion. Zander had never mentioned anything like this to him, he didn’t know why Cain would be so surprised if he’d already done this before.

“Really? Then how the fuck did you come up with this?” He laughed. “My father did this exact thing to him back when I first got him, I’m almost concerned you of all people came up with the same thing.” He said. It made Wren’s skin crawl to think about, he hadn’t known that, it made him regret this even more knowing he’d have to face Zander after this.

“I-I just saw it, um, when we were working, and-and it… It looked like it would hurt…” He said quietly.

“Oh, it will.” Cain assured him. “Now, up against that tree, arms above your head.” He ordered. They were in the back garden, he’d been chained to this particular tree before but, certainly not like this. His stomach was in knots as he did what he was told, legs shaking as he approached the tree, pressing his back to it and raising his hands above his head. He hoped he didn’t look as scared as he felt, sick to his stomach while his heart pounded in his chest, but he knew that was unlikely, he could just picture himself pale as a ghost, eyes wide and teary. He felt pathetic.

Cain started by wrapping the wire around his wrists and the trunk of the tree, pulling so tight the sharp points of the wire dug deep into his skin, already cutting into him and causing blood to run down his arms. He squeezed his eyes shut, biting back a whine. He wanted to keep a brave face, he knew he couldn’t be as strong and stoic as Zander would be, but he didn’t want to break down crying either. Not until Cain went inside, anyway. Cain worked quickly, the wire wrapped around his arms, he avoided his face but didn’t spare his neck, while he didn’t pull it tight it was still just uncomfortable enough to bother him, to remind him it was there and that it could be much, much worse. Cain wound the wire along his torso, down his legs, he’d be forced to stand for the duration of this, however long that would be. Once again he sincerely regretted not changing his clothes first, not because of the cold now but because of the points digging into his bare legs. He knew pants wouldn’t have really protected him, but surely it would’ve been slightly less painful. That’s what he told himself, anyway.

When Cain was satisfied with how he was secured to the tree, he stepped back as if to admire his work, smirking as he looked Wren over. Wren couldn’t bring himself to look at him, trying to stay as still as possible so as not to make this any worse than it had to be.

“Do you think this is enough?” Cain asked him.

“I-I… I don’t know…” He answered honestly. He didn’t know what more Cain could want from him, what more he could do like this. He didn’t know what to expect, but it certainly wasn’t for Cain to ball up his gloved fist to punch him in the stomach, forcing the wire to dig further into his skin. His body jerked involuntarily in an instinctive but useless effort to get away or protect himself, and he cried out in pain, the wire digging in deep all over his body. Cain laughed at his reaction, drawing his fist back just to hit him again, forcing a scream out of Wren. Tears ran down his face, there was absolutely no use in trying to be calm now. He could feel the blood staining his shirt and the fabric sticking to his skin, the wounds may have been small but every time Cain hit him it only made more appear.

He couldn’t keep up with how many times Cain hit him, he just knew it was several, enough to make him sick, his stomach ached and the puncture wounds stung. Cain even kicked at his legs a few times, Wren struggled to remain still as he couldn’t stand the feeling of blood running down his legs to his feet. While Cain found this absolutely hilarious, Wren was almost relieved, he may have been in serious pain and discomfort, but Wren knew he had achieved what he’d set out to do. Cain was over what happened the night before, Zander would be safe from any punishment, even in the midst of this he felt like it was worth it just knowing it wasn’t Zander in his place.

“Poor pup, you look so fucking pathetic like this!” Cain laughed at him. “I think I’ll leave you here for the day, think you can handle that?”

“Y-Yes sir…” He choked out. He didn’t know if he could handle it, but he didn’t know what else to say.

“And I better not hear any whining or wailing from you out here, understand?”

“Yes sir…” He whimpered.

“Good boy!” He told him. Wren watched him as he turned to leave, heading back to the house. He wondered if he’d tell Zander what he’d done, if he’d bring him out to show him. Wren hoped so badly he wouldn’t. He just wanted Zander to rest, for once he just wanted him to have a break. He knew he’d feel guilty that Wren had done this no matter what, he couldn’t stop that, but at least his body would have time to recover, at least it wasn’t him enduring some horrific punishment. He hated to see Zander punished either way, they both hated to see the other punished, but they also both knew they couldn’t constantly do this, no matter how badly they wanted to. The vast majority of the time, they simply had to accept their own punishments and move on, but Wren couldn’t do that after watching Zander sob like that the night before. He’d seen Zander emotional before, they didn’t really hide it from each other, but there were times it felt different, more desperate, and he knew Zander could only take so much. He just wished that Zander knew that too.

***

As the day went on he felt sicker and sicker. He was forced to stand but it hadn’t taken long before he couldn’t any longer, but he also had no other choice. There was no way for him to sit or kneel, relaxing in his barbed wire restraints just caused him even more pain, but it was the only thing that would soothe the burning aches in his legs and his hips. Any movement could cause more stabs or scrapes, which would lead to more bleeding, the wounds may have been small but there were many, leading him to feel dizzy and lightheaded as the day went on. The cold was really the least of his concerns, but it certainly wasn’t helping, his fingers and toes felt numb, he couldn’t stop shaking. All he could think about was going inside and sitting under a warm shower, the thought almost made him start crying all over again simply because he wanted it so badly.

As the sun sank lower and lower in the sky it only got colder. He had hoped that once it got dark Cain would come back for him, he had said that it would only be for the day after all, but that soon proved to not be the case.

Eventually the sun went down completely, Wren was silently crying, he couldn’t help it, he just wanted to go inside, he was hungry and tired and he was starting to think that Cain had just forgotten about him. It wouldn’t surprise him, but it was devastating nonetheless, the idea of spending all night out there made his heart ache. He would’ve begged to come inside if not for the fact it would’ve just gotten him in more trouble. He was far enough from the house he would’ve had to shout to be heard anyway, and that was exactly what Cain had warned him against.

It was just as he was starting to accept he wouldn’t see Cain until the next morning that he finally saw him come outside. He almost started sobbing with relief, but he tried to hold it together, he didn’t want to do anything that would cause Cain to change his mind about letting him back in.

“How do you feel, pup?” Cain asked him as he approached him.

“C-cold…” He whimpered, and Cain laughed.

“Yeah, I bet you are. I thought about leaving you out here all night, you know.” He told him. “Consider yourself lucky I’m feeling generous tonight.” That little bit of self control he’d had disappeared in an instant, he broke down crying all over again, wailing in relief knowing that this was all finally over. Cain just let him cry, using wire cutters to free him from the barbed wire. At times he had to pry the spikes out of his skin, which would cause Wren to yelp and whine in pain. Once he was completely free, he collapsed to the ground on his hands and knees, shaking and shuddering.

“Th-thank you- thank you sir…” He said in between gasping breaths, struggling to calm himself down.

“You always have the best manners.” Cain snickered. “Come on now, stop your crying and get up, otherwise I’m leaving you out here.” He said, nudging his leg with his foot, Wren tried to quickly scramble to his feet but he was shaking so badly he stumbled as he followed after Cain on the way back inside, he was surprised he made it back in at all. “Try not to get too much blood on the carpet by the way, you’ll have to clean it up yourself.” He reminded him as he led him back to his cell, grabbing him by the collar and pulling him along when he was falling too far behind.

He just about collapsed with relief just from seeing the door to their cell, the moment it was opened Zander had jumped off the bed to come and meet him as Cain pushed him inside.

“You can stop worrying about him now, he’s fine.” Cain told him.

“What did you fucking do to him?!” He snapped, catching Wren before he could hit the floor.

“Only what he asked me to do.” Cain shrugged. “Calm down, he’s alright. You might want to clean him up, though.” He advised him. Zander looked like he wanted to snap at him again but Cain let the door shut before he could, which Wren honestly preferred, he was ready for this to just be over. Zander helped him over to the bed at first, letting him lay down as he looked him over, he seemed confused at first until he was holding Wren’s arm in his hand and looking over the marks, his eyes widening.

“Wren, what did you ask him to do?”

“I-I’m okay, it’s okay-”

“What did you ask him to do?” He asked again.

“I… I saw uh, barbed wire, in uh, the shed… when he had us out there working… I thought… I thought it would be enough…” He sighed.

“Are you kidding me?!” He snapped at him. “Fuck, why would you-”

“I just- I just wanted to help…” He whined. “Wanted you to rest… please-please don’t be mad…” He said, looking up at him, trying to hold back tears.

“I’m not mad, I’m just worried.” He told him. “This looks bad…”

“Can you j-just help me into the shower, please?” He asked him. “I’m tired, and it’s s-so cold outside… it’ll help, I-I think…” Zander seemed to hesitate, but then he sighed.

“Alright, fine.” He said. He helped Wren out of the bed and into the bathroom, turning on the shower for him and getting it warm before leaving him alone to undress and get cleaned up.

Wren didn’t have the energy to bother with standing, but sitting under the warm water was exactly what he’d hoped for. It stung all the fresh wounds, but it allowed him to finally warm up and relax. The water ran pink as he finally washed away all the blood that had dried on him, he finally felt clean again. Now all he wanted was to get into bed.

He took his time in the shower, until the water started to go cold. He finally dragged himself out and dried off, going back into their room to get dressed. Zander helped him back into bed after that, by this point he’d mostly stopped bleeding so they weren’t especially concerned by it. Zander sat down on the edge of the bed, he still looked upset, but Wren knew he couldn’t easily fix that.

“I-I’m… I’m really cold…” He said quietly after a moment, and he saw Zander’s expression soften. He got up and grabbed his red hoodie for him, coaxing him into sitting up so he could put it on, before laying down with him and pulling him into a hug.

“I don’t want you to get hurt for me…” He told him.

“I know… I just… couldn’t let you be hurt… do you feel better than you did last night…?” He asked.

“I… I guess I do… but I don’t want that to be at your expense.”

“I know that. I didn’t… see any other way, I guess… I had to help you…” Wren said, cuddling up closer to him for warmth.

“Thank you…” He told him. “I don’t want you to do it again, but, thank you.” He said, and Wren couldn’t help but smile.

There wasn’t a lot he could do in their situation. His end goal was getting Zander out of there, but that would take time, he couldn’t even guess how much longer, so for now, he would do whatever he had to, even if he had to sit outside being stabbed with barbed wire. If that was what he had to do to help, then so be it.

[themeatpit37]

More Zander (Farmer oc) Content for myself!

Zander finished the community center and has the stature of perfection. He has six of them. He also decided to be spiteful and put the golden Mayor Lewis statue in the community center next to the fireplace.

(Not in game) Zander is dating both Elliott and Shane, but is only married to Elliott. Their arrangement is like Husband, husband, and Shane.

Zander has a lobster pond and a pomegranate tree so he can gift Elliott his favorite food whenever.

Before he moved to pelican town, Zander actually struggled with managing his temper due to the high stress environment of working at Joja. He was like a powdered keg and no one at the workplace wanted to risk him blowing up in their face. But when he went to the valley and started getting used to life on Sweetpea farm and the calm nature of the town, he mellowed out quite a lot.

Fun fact! Before Zander got to know the other villagers well, he’d name some of his farm animals after them because he was too scared to talk to the real people (He gets stressed out by new situations easily and everyone was so snappy with him during the first year so he kinda. Closed up in fear of blowing up like he used to .)

Zander’s outfit for spring and summer is a long sleeved white shirt with blue stripes and buttons in the collar plus a pair of blue pants. His winter and fall outfit is a white long sleeved shirt with a blue sweater vest and brown pants. His hair is brown, short, and spiked yet still fluffy. His eyes are a dark brown with one chunk of his right iris being a slightly lighter brown.

Zander is gay. This is obvious but I felt the need to say it.

[okaima]

Karelian words - Fish

Šiiga - Common whitefish Coregonus lavaretus  Luudoga - large whitefish during spawning time Kiloi - small whitefish

Nieries, pällä - Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus

Reäpöi - Vendace Coregonus albula Riipuš - unusually large vendace  Heuto - year old vendace Hötti - very small vendace

Ahvena - Common perch Perca fluviatilis  Pörri - small perch  Ahvenpehu - perch that’s lived one summer Torokka, ahventorokka - large perch

Kuuja - Sea/lake trout Salmo trutta trutta Kumša - small trout

Lahna - Common bream Abramis brama  Lahnačču - large bream

Šärgi - Common roach Rutilus rutilus

Haugi - Northern pike Esox lucius  Šulikka - small pike

Kuha, sudakka - Zander Sander lucioperca 

Joršši - Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernua  Jorhoni - small ruffe

Kambalo - European flounder Platichthys flesus Karahkaińe - small flounder

Kivimaima - Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus

Lohi - Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Śonka - Salmo salar sebago Tinta - small lake salmon, salmon fry  Kojama - large male salmon Roivana - small, thin salmon  Vaĺčoaka - salmon after spawning

Merihäkki - Fourhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus quadricornis

Tröskä - Atlantic cod Gadus morhua

Šäyneä - Ide Leuciscus idus  Neituri - small ide

Maeh, matikka - Burbot Lota lota Läykky - large burbot Liusku - small burbot

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Happy STS! Here’s a summer themed ask for you:

All of your OCs are at the beach! What is each OC doing and what chaos ensues?

(Optional things for your OCs to be doing, there are no rules <3)

Which character is most at home in the water and has to be dragged out, and demands that the whole group play all the water games?

Which character full stop refuses to even touch the water (whether out of fear or another reason)?

Who has the bag full of snacks and is constantly yelling at people to drink water and put on sunscreen?

Which character is dunking people in the water, grabbing other people’s ankles, pulling dumb pranks, etc?

Which character is just there for the Instagram (or equivalent) pics?

Which character gleefully asks to be buried in the sand and realizes too late that they’ve made a horrible mistake?

Which character is the sandcastle captain making elaborate sand creations and who WILL FREAK OUT if you come within ten feet of their project?

Which character is Mx. Put on Way Too Much Sunscreen?

Which character didn’t put on ANY sunscreen and is now burnt to a crisp?

And finally: Which character is the reason that the group has to go home early?

for whichever and however many OCs you would like <3 answer whenever you want <3

Hi Anna! this is such a good ask, i’m gonna go wild with this, thank you~~

The main crew, aka Lucian and friends:

Quest is having the time of their life. They’re in and out of the water, starting every game under the sun, they have, apparently, limitless energy and as soon as one set of people get tired, they’ll go and bother another to do something else. Also come look at this cool crab they found—wait no, why are you running away!?

Zander is a) trying to prank people and b) look as cool as possible whilst doing it. He is not above using magic to dunk people in a wave, or send an army of tiny crabs after them. The second he gets in the water, though, Aliyne will dunk him, no magic needed, and then he spends the next few hour sulking and trying to fix his hair.

Leshanna is a Damiri elf, a snow elf, aka Miss Cannot Handle the Sun. She’s under a huge parasol, sweating profusely, trying to keep as much sun and sand away from her as physically possible. The only beach activity she is here for is reading on the beach, and she’d really rather be doing that anywhere else.

Lucian is happy to keep Leshanna company at first, and is probably building sandcastles—once he figures out what those are, anyway. He won’t go in the water, he doesn’t want his braids to come down, and unlike Zander, it’s not pure vanity, it's [redacted for plot reasons :p]. He is also the one who gets 100% tricked into letting the others bury him, only realising too late that he is now stuck…and then he starts actually panicking and everyone scrambles to get him out.

Aliyne alternates between fucking with Zander, keeping Lucian company, and sparring with Quest. She’d never say it, but by the end of the day she’s the one standing aside watching them all pack up to go home, trying to ignore the warm fuzzy feelings by pretending it’s heatstroke.

As for Vetuska K’zinla (+ Vren)…

K’zinla beach party! They’re the kind who are down there all day, until well into the night. They’ve thrown an enormous barbecue and started a massive bonfire (well, statistically probably Mayhem started the bonfire, and it probably wasn’t meant to be a bonfire initially…). There’s music and lots of drinking, and Aspiration managed to dunk Excellence three times before he stomped out of the water, sulking, and refused to take part any more.

Wit is convinced there are horrible sea monsters in the Valloroth sea, and refuses to go in until Mayhem puts them over her shoulder and just yeets them into an oncoming wave. Hope is floating nearby, chilling and enjoying the sun. She gives Wit a little pat on the head when they come up spluttering and cursing Mayhem's bloodline.

Sorrow spends a huge amount of time sunbathing, sipping magically chilled wine, and pretending he’s too chilled out to care, whilst actually keeping an eye on everyone and making sure they eat and drink and don’t accidentally kill each other. He’s also been waiting all day for Vren to take off his shirt and go swimming, but Vren is apparently content to sit and eat barbecue and stare at the ocean by himself.

And because the two groups are definitely at the same beach, at some point Aliyne does drag Vren into the water, and Sorrow is not hiding his appreciation for all that Mohaade muscle at all. Aspiration almost gets a tiny crab in his mouth before he shuts it.

(And if I’m being self-indulgent, and setting this post-story, Sorrow and Vren sneak off when everyone’s asleep and have ill-advised beach sex. And then spend the next day trying to get sand out of increasingly unlikely places)

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It’s hard keeping up with all the new music released each week. When you’ve fallen in love with a certain song, album, or artist, something else drops. It’s a fun time to be a music fan, but also tricky.

Rest easy, though, as BET has you covered with our weekly New Music Mondays post, featuring some of the latest artists, sounds, and trends in hip-hop, r&b, Afrobeat, house and more.

You'll find a familiar (and not-so-familiar) array of artists and emerging music. So, without further ado, here are ten new records to kick off your week with Janelle Monáe, J Hus and City Girls.

Janelle Monáe (feat. Nia Long & Amaarae): "The Rush"On Friday, Janelle Monáe released her highly-anticipated album The Age of Pleasure, which includes the standout song "The Rush," featuring Nia Long and Amaarae.

J Hus (feat. Drake): "Who Told You"On Friday, London rapper J Hus released his latest single "Who Told You," featuring frequent UK collaborator Drake. 

City Girls: "I Need A Thug"The City Girls are back for the summer, releasing their latest single late last week with "I Need A Thug."

Tyga & YG (feat. Blxst): "Westcoast Weekend"Tyga and YG team up for a smooth new single featuring Blxst called "Westcoast Weekend" just in time for the summer to start.

Amaarae: "Angels in Tibet"Amaarae released her latest album Fountain Baby on Friday, which features the standout song "Angels in Tibet."

BJ The Chicago Kid (feat. Freddie Gibbs): "Liquor Store In The Sky"BJ The Chicago Kid returned last Friday with a brand new single titled "Liquor Store In The Sky," featuring Gary, Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs.

Statik Selektah (feat. Posdnous): "Round Trip (For Dave)"On Friday, Statik Selektah released his 10th studio album Round Trip, which includes the title track featuring an appearance from De La Soul's Posdnous in a tribute to Dave "Trugoy" Jolicoeur, who tragically passed away last year.

Joyner Lucas (feat. NBA Youngboy): "Cut U Off"On Friday, Joyner Lucas released his new single "Cut U Off." Featuring NBA Youngboy, the song is off of the rapper's forthcoming album Not Now, I'm Busy.

Kaleena Zanders: "ON THE WALL"EDM artist Kaleena Zanders released her EP Patchwork on Friday, which features the standout song "ON THE WALL."

CEO Trayle: "xXxtortion"Atlanta's CEO Trayle released his latest single on Friday with "xXxtortion." It's the first new song since he released his The Collection Vol. 2 mixtape in March.

Bonus Heat #UpAndComing: Check out Kenny Muney’s brand new song/video “AOGG” It features Tay Keith, and it's one of my new favorites!