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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Our Life: Now & Forever (Visual Novel) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Desmond "Dez" Atwood & Qiu "Autumn" Lin & Tamarack Baumann Characters: Qiu "Autumn" Lin, Desmond "Dez" Atwood, Tamarack Baumann, Darren Murray, Baxter Ward Additional Tags: ficwip Discord's A Picture in 1000 Words Challenge, Step 1 (Our Life: Now & Forever), Angst with a Happy Ending, Introspection, Developing Friendships, Warm and Fuzzy Feelings

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But the thought settled there and it wouldn't let go. Desmond and Tamarack seemed happiest playing with each other, and while they were fine with him being there - did they really want him to be?

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cough- now that the prologue is out get ready for monday o7

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Rating: General Audiences Relationships: Desmond "Dez" Atwood & Buckley "Buck" Mendoza Characters: Desmond "Dez" Atwood, Buckley "Buck" Mendoza Additional Tags: Step 1 (Our Life: Now & Forever), Developing Friendships, Nervousness, Mystery, Light Angst, Warm and Fuzzy Feelings, First Meetings, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Ambiguous/Open Ending, He/Him Pronouns for Desmond "Dez" Atwood (Our Life) Series: Part 1 of the bear and the deer

Summary:

After just moving to Golden Grove, Desmond is set on exploring his new neighborhood and uncovering all the mysteries within. But when a paper airplane comes out of nowhere with his name written on it, he's got no choice but to find out the mysteries closer to home - right next door, in fact!

( or, how desmond and buckley met in the bear and the deer au )

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Rating: General Audiences Relationships: Opal Atwood & Tamarack Baumann, Desmond "Dez" Atwood & Tamarack Baumann Characters: Tamarack Baumann, Opal Atwood, Desmond "Dez" Atwood Additional Tags: Step 2 (Our Life: Now & Forever), Prompt Fill, ficwip Discord's A Picture in 1000 Words Challenge, Nervousness, Neighbors, Domestic Fluff, Teasing, Developing Friendships, He/They Pronouns for Desmond "Dez" Atwood (Our Life)

Summary:

Ready for a fun morning with her best friend, Tamarack has a cup of tea with his mother first as she waited for him to rise.

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baby kitty steal my fucking yakult

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to all my period-having buds in the US, make sure you delete that shit

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🚨KOSA is back and being pushed heavily in congress right now

I really hate to do this, but KOSA, the bill that is a mass censorship and surveillance bill that will specifically censor all LGBT content online to "protect kids", is back.

KOSA advocates have brought in support from Elon Musk (I wish I was making this up) and are trying to get him to get Donald Trump to speak out in support of it. (And they lie and tell us it's not an anti-queer bill 🙄). The reason so is because the holdouts that are stopping this from passing are...republicans. It's GOP House leaders Steve Scalise and Mike Johnson. If they succeed and put this in an end of year spending bill, it will be near impossible to get it out and it will most likely be passed. Pro-KOSA advocates were on the hill today pushing hard to pass it. They have a lot of support behind them. There is only two weeks left in congress, so if they don't succeed, it's over.

The ONLY way this bill has stalled so much so far is because of calls driven to congress. It has worked and can still work. Please, spread this as much as you can and call House leadership and spread the word! You don't have to be from their district. You can pretend to be GOP. It doesn't matter, just call and voice your opposition. Trump and Musk clearly have a lot of sway over these people and I'm really scared they will succeed at the last minute!!

Here are their numbers: Scalise: 202-225-3015 Johnson: 202-225-2777

If you don't know what to say, use either call script! It takes less than a minute, I swear.

SOURCE: https://x.com/omaseddiq/status/1866621865793314845?t=9pJm-QRdqJg30E_rVuhINw&s=19

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Our Life: Now & Forever (Visual Novel) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kiyan Yusuf & Desmond "Dez" Atwood, Kiyan Yusuf & Main Character | Franky Second Characters: Desmond "Dez" Atwood, Kiyan Yusuf Additional Tags: Step 1 (Our Life: Now & Forever), Prompt Fill, ficwip Discord's A Picture in 1000 Words Challenge, Father Figures, Warm and Fuzzy Feelings, Curtain Fic, Heart-to-Heart, He/Him Pronouns for Desmond "Dez" Atwood (Our Life), Light Angst Series: Part 3 of the golden trio, now and forever

Summary:

On one afterschool trip, Desmond decided to take a stop to a familiar spot. He may not be a regular just yet, but it wouldn't stop him from meeting with someone who treated him like he was.

( or, desmond takes a trip to the diner table to play cards and get advice )

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Desmond's eyes widened into saucers, and the paleness on his cheeks tinged pink as he laughed sheepishly. "I'd never do that."

Yusuf arched an eyebrow, staring at the young boy who smiled back at him innocently.

"Let's say I believe you this time," Yusuf acquiesced, tucking his notepad and pen in the pocket of his apron before fishing out a pack of cards. "Now then, shall we?"

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Our Life: Now & Forever (Visual Novel) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Desmond "Dez" Atwood & Opal Atwood Characters: Desmond "Dez" Atwood, Opal Atwood Additional Tags: Step 1 (Our Life: Now & Forever), Parent-Child Relationship, Prompt Fill, ficwip Discord's A Picture in 1000 Words Challenge, Curtain Fic, Language of Flowers, Developing Friendships, He/Him Pronouns for Desmond "Dez" Atwood (Our Life), Warm and Fuzzy Feelings, Gardens & Gardening, Family Bonding, Domestic Fluff Series: Part 6 of the golden trio, now and forever

Summary:

At their old house, Desmond and Opal kept a box garden. Now that they live in Golden Grove, they can pick and grow the flowers they want as they build the life they'd dreamed of.

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He flipped to marigolds first, and read: joy and happiness.

Then, he flipped to sunflowers and read: positivity and hope.

The book shut with a soft poff, and Desmond handed it back to Mama with a satisfied smile. "Mm, they're perfect."

Both the flowers, and the people he called his friends.

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Fluff Alphabet!

Inspired by the NSFW Alphabet by @fairy-tail-babes.

Feel free to use for your own writing Blogs!

A ctivities - What do they like to do with their s/o? How do they spend their free time with them?

B eauty - What do they admire about their s/o? What do they think is beautiful about them?

C omfort - How would they help their s/o when they feel down/have a panic attack etc.?

D reams - How do they picture their future with their s/o?

E qual - Are they the dominant one in the relationship, or rather passive?

F ight - Would they be easy to forgive their s/o? How are they fighting?

G ratitude - How grateful are they in general? Are they aware of what their s/o is doing for them?

H onesty - Do they have secrets they hide from their s/o? Or do they share everything?

I nspiration - Did their s/o change them somehow, or the other way around? Like trying out new things or helped them overcome personal problems?

J ealousy - Do they get jealous easily? How do they deal with it?

K iss - Are they a good kisser? What was the first kiss like?

L ove Confession - How would they confess to their s/o?

M arriage - Do they want to get married? How do they propose? What would the marriage be like?

N icknames - What do they call their s/o?

O n Cloud Nine - What are they like when they are in love? Is it obvious for others? How do they express their feelings?

P DA - Are they upfront about their relationship? Do they brag with their s/o in front of others? Or are they rather shy to kiss etc. when others are watching?

Q uirk - Some random ability they have that’s beneficial in a relationship.

R omance - How romantic are they? What would they do to make their s/o happy? Cliché or rather creative?

S upport - Are they helping their s/o achieve their goals? Do they believe in them?

T hrill - Do they need to try out new things to spice out your relationship? Or do they prefer a certain routine?

U nderstanding - How good do they know their partner? Are they empathetic?

V alue - How important is the relationship to them? What is it’s worth in comparison to other things in their life?

W ild Card - A random Fluff Headcanon.

X OXO - Are they very affectionate? Do they love to kiss and cuddle?

Y earning - How will they cope when they’re missing their partner?

Z eal - Are they willing to go to great lenghts for the relationship? If so, what kind of?

So: Send me a character and one/several letter(s) and let’s get started!

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Please help me survive and escape homelessness.

GFM

KF

CA

I want to be safe by the winter of 2025.

I'm having a difficult time fundraising for my van. Repeated car troubles and various other unexpected issues have eaten into my savings multiple times, and while in a slump I wasn't making as many posts about my situation and I got significantly less donations over the last ~6 weeks on both my gofundme and my kofi/cashapp. While I've 'regained' a lot of what I lost, I've been spending about as much as is coming in. Aside from one instance, my emergency expenses were eaten by my fundraiser savings, which was then gained back about as quickly as I was spending it on my daily expenses. I still haven't reached the goal for the recent $1000 I had to spend on my car.

So far I've lost $2,200 of the $3,100 that's shown on the GFM. I'll be updating the fundraiser to reflect the loss.

I'm autistic and struggle just to meet my basic needs, and despite that I've been denied disability income multiple times. Failing to hold a job (and developing PTSD symptoms from my time being employed), and let down and abandoned by anyone who could support me, I'm left with few resources and few options. I try to make posts when I'm in a good mood, or keep people updated when I'm in a bad mood. I make videos on YouTube, hoping eventually I can show people what their money has gotten for me.

On a good month, I only spend about $600, leaving me some space to save the donations I was previously getting. With winter and the holidays coming, I'm not sure I'll be getting as much money as the warmer months, and I'll be spending more on keeping myself warm and fed over the winter. It will be more like $800/mo now. The only real solution is getting more money than I'm spending, as I'm already spending as little as I safely can.

I'll only take financial advice from someone who has lowered their expenses below mine, with the same disabilities and circumstances as me. What I need is more money, and I don't always have the energy to pay back with art and things like that. I don't even always have the energy to post my pleas for help. I don't have a sponsor to help me make these posts.

I'm in a low energy mode because what can I do with no money? In a state where I have to spend as little as possible, see such slow results, see most of it taken by things outside my control, and somehow keep up hope that this will work?

When I feel safe and have adequate shelter in a van, I'll be able to REST. And then start working harder and making more money one way or another. Whether you think I should suck it up and get a job or you want to see me become a content creator, I need money for any kind of opportunity and I'm just not getting enough.

So, thank you to everyone who's suppported me so far. Thank you to the repeat supports. I'm sorry I had to spend your money on other things. Thank you to the person who covered most of a huge expense I was stressing about a couple months ago. Thank you to the person who sent me $200 to get a hotel and told me to take care of my mental health before saving anything. Thank you to the blogs that have featured my fundraiser in your posts. Thank you to everyone who keeps boosting and cheering me on even though you can't support financially.

I don't know what else I can do to get more people like that to see me. There are so many options on the internet, but it's still a daunting task and as much as I can't really afford to rest, I have to sometimes. Often, in fact.

Please keep boosting this post until my goal is really met. Until I can spend more than $600 a month and actually earn your money rather than beg for it.

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eat drink sleep play

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Summary

While waiting for Qiu to join them, Tamarack and Desmond play a game. Somehow a bit of fun leads to a serious question but Tamarack is certain of the answer.

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"Uh-huh," Tamarack wiggled at the edge of her seat, excited to be the one explaining things to a teacher. "Me, Desmond, and Qiu live on the same street. We're neighbors and friends!" "Is that s—?" "Ahhh!"

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Summary

While Desmond thought Qiu and Tamarack changed since they'd entered their teens, Tamarack and Qiu also realized something had shifted in the way they looked at their mutual friend and neighbor. ( or, tamarack and qiu are in the midst of the fall of their youth and falling for their friend )

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A few words lingered at the bottom of the page: Next door neighbor Bestest-best friend Crush(?)

When Desmond was still "sometimes a girl", Tamarack loved lacing their fingers together and proclaiming that they were the same. Why did that have to change now that Desmond wasn't "sometimes a girl"? Boys could hold hands with girls without it being something else, and Desmond was sometimes a boy but also some other third thing like Qiu.

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426 Days

That is how long Gaza has been under this accelerated genocidal campaign. People have carried what's left of their children in plastic bags, in a rice bag. The victims have been premature babies, pregnant women, poets, doctors, school children, volunteer workers both foreign and native. No one is exempt from the violence, whether it's from bombs, a blockade of aid, or being left without protection from the elements.

None of what I am saying is new or hasn't been said before. But please do your best to help Gazan families who are going through such extreme violence. One way you can show your support is donate to Abed and Shahed. They are a couple who have 2 young children, Mohammed and newborn Adam, and they are separated! Abed is in the North while Shahed, Adam, and Mohammed are in the South. The North is going through extreme famine due the to the limited aid while the South is experiencing increased attacks, heavy storms, and food insecurity where prices are becoming more exorbitant by the minute! So please donate and share!

Donations have been very slow; the last donation was over 3 days ago, and they aren't even at €2,000 yet. Anything will help and add up.

Vetted by gaza-evacuation-funds

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follow up on the dandadan shit on twitter:

To my fellow black ppl. Just draw. Just sing. Just do everything. You wanna cosplay an anime character? Do it. You wanna cosplay a cartoon character? Do it. You wanna draw your characters being black? Do it. You wanna sing covers of songs sung by white/asian ppl? Do it. You wanna only make black original characters? Do it.

Even if someone were to whitewash it or say "fixed it :)", just keep being you. Don't let that stop you for the love of us black ppl. Don't let it stop you from wanting to love yourself. White ppl been doing this since the beginning of time. And you cannot let them win in hurting you. Yeah it's not right such ppl also wanna be KKK/Trump members and threaten us, just know you are protected and are safe to love yourself.

You aren't erasing asians. You aren't even erasing anyone's culture. Cause Black Asians exist. Black Americans exist. Black Europeans exist. You aren't doing it in a hateful way at all no matter who says you are, you're not. They are. And don't let them hurt you. Even if you are hurt mentally/emotionally, don't let them ruin your joy and self-love.

Just keep being you. Keep showing your love for being black. Racist ppl ofc will be pissed, cause they hate us. They hate us and that's that. Jealousy plays a part in this. You are beautiful. You are wonderful. Don't let white ppl erase you. Don't let asians erase you.Don't let anyone within our own black community erase you.

Hell at this point, if someone makes a black character "white", just go "You're right! I should include more albino/vitiligo black ppl :D !" or if it's like those AUs where a non-human character is turned white human, it's just an AU where said character is a human POC.

Or just let the racists fade into obscurity. Anyways, love yourselves. These the same ppl who hate on Black Lives Matter anyways and over-sexualize us no matter what we wear, do, or say. We all know they're just saying racist stuff cause they're racist KKK/Trump supporters. Yes, that is what y'all are 🤷🏾‍♀️. Stay mad.

These also the same people who say "it's just a drawing, they're not real so it's not hurting anyone" when they support pedophilia, zoophilia, abuse/rape/darkfic or proshipping. They say it for that, but instantly get mad when we make said not real characters black, gay, and trans.