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bellafragolina · 1 year

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Yay, your requests are open! >w<

I’m not sure if you’ve done this already, but may I request headcanons for how Piers, Adaman, and Milo would react when their S/O proposes to them?

-🌼 Daisy Anon

Wehhhhh I love proposalsssssss

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Piers:

Piers luckily isn't jealous of your adoration of other artists. He doesn't care if he isn't your favorite (though you assure him that he is), and even tells you his own favorites. So, after a long long time of saving up, you get him some tickets for a show. And Piers is excited to experience their music with you

Whether you're into the kind of metal music he's into or not, Piers finds himself laughing at how you jam out. Whether you're banging your head or trying to do your best in the pit, Piers is smiling the entire time. It's one of his favorite nights ever

And it only gets better when the band takes a pause to do an announcement. They call out Piers, and the crowd shuffles away with the spotlight that falls on him. He tugs at his collar, a little embarrassed by all the attention, only for the lead singer to say "so you gonna marry them or not?"

He turns, and there you are on one knee. Piers feels frail for a moment, falling to his knees beside you as he nods. The crowd goes wild for you both, especially when Piers kisses you, the ring on his finger glinting in the light. It really is the best night of his life

Adaman:

Adaman enjoys time with you, however he can get it. Being a clan leader takes up a lot of his time, sadly, so he makes sure to love you to the fullest whenever he can get his hands on you. He's not fond of bringing you flowers, since they wilt after a while, and is more fond of lasing gifts, like pretty stones or handmade clothes.

You take this into account for your proposal. You spend hours carving away at wood with a small knife, doing your best to create a Leafeon like his partner. A lot of scrapped works and a lot of splinters later, and you have a gift, but not a place, or a script.

You take Adaman to the shrine where you fought Palkia with Dialga, where Adaman's world was turned on its head. You take him there, and hold his hands in yours, surrounded by history and magic.

You present the carving you made, murmuring about time and how you want the rest of yours to be at his side. Adaman stares, heart stopped in his chest as he realizes you gave up precious time to make this for him, to bring him here, to tell him you want this to be the rest of your life. Your time, all his to have, if he wants. And he wants that so badly, wants his time to be yours as well. He kisses you, and it's a beautiful answer

Milo:

Milo, as you know, loves plants. He enjoys growing you flowers, food, anything you want to see! He happily accepts you into his garden as well, showing you how he cares for his plants and makes them grow so well. Milo is also very pleased to see you pay close attention to what he tells you, sometimes taking notes, sometimes asking about the plants outside of the garden

He's not suspicious. Why would he be? Milo thinks you're just indulging him in his hobby, learning from him so you can come to love it yourself. He does ask if you'd like a little patch of your own in his garden, and you do consider it before shaking your head. You'd hate to have your poor plants take away from his beautiful ones, despite what he says

That's why Milo's so surprised when you take him out, to a lot farther out from the house, in the Wild Area. You show him a small garden, full of flowers, all of them his favorites. He awes of the natural wonder, until you sheepishly admit that these are your flowers, that you grew yourself, all as you get down on one knee.

Milo cries. He's not ashamed to admit that halfway into your asking him to marry you, he cries. But he can't help it, with how in love wit you he is. You grew him flowers, you worked so hard, all for him. How could he not be so excited to marry you?

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i hope these are good for you! thank you for requesting my dear!

~Renee

#🌼 daisy anon #adaman x reader #piers x reader #milo x reader #pokemon x reader #pokemon imagines

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talentforlying · 5 months

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mini pack of assorted headcanons for constantine that i don't really do anything with, but that i love regardless.

likes black licorice.

ears go red when he blushes.

trained himself to become ambidextrous.

plays a mean harmonica.

loves to dance, especially swing-dancing, but doesn't go out and do it much anymore.

keeps a collection of eclectic sunglasses.

keeps a pot with a hardy little sprig of garden sage that has miraculously survived over a dozen moves and many forgetful moments.

refuses to do tarot reads, for himself or for anyone else. if he offers, he's conning you.

uses zatanna's name to get into the magic castle in LA whenever he's in town and could use a laugh. sorry zee.

chews a tab or two of excedrin before conducting lengthy rituals to "crystallize his focus". partially because he finds that sharp shock of bitterness incredibly clarifying, and partially because it helps soften the blow of the headaches that tend to follow extensive magical immersion.

thinks of learning magic like learning music: it requires immense amounts of practice & repetition to get right, everything's got its own specific tempo / dynamics / motifs to keep in mind when you're playing, and half of the power is in the performance. give the crowd what they want, and they'll never know if there's a problem behind the scenes.

got blackout at a pearl jam concert, half-assed an invocation for unlimited beer, and magic-feedbacked so hard he blew out four rows of speakers.

owns a mancala board with human kidney stones for game pieces. it was a trade from the aksumite deity formerly known as ashtar/ʿaṯtar, with whom he's got a standing game.

got a friend to set up a website for him once, in an attempt to modernize, and hasn't used it since. also made a twitter (999demons) but got pissed about the word count within the first week and hasn't used it since.

slightly obsessed with that 100 dumb ways to die show. it's a refreshing reminder that he can die doing just about anything, and it's not always about the work.

also loves watching antiques roadshow and jeopardy but GOD does he get pedantic and pissed about the phrasing of jeopardy questions. has been known to turn off the telly entirely when american geography is on the docket.

fervently denies it was his idea, chas adamantly denies it was his idea, and to this day neither of them are totally clear on how it happened, but somehow constantine ended up at a paint-and-sip night with chas's wife renee (who despises him) and the mutual bitching over instructors with obnoxious voices + the liquor store bottle of red that constantine snuck in under the table is probably the most they've ever liked each other. at least, until renee "spilled" on his painting and he poured wine in her lap.

#( headcanons. ) I'M JUST LIKE THE BASTARDS I'VE HATED ALL ME LIFE.#pulling the trigger on this because i've been adding to it long enough #these are all pretty silly frankly but i love it when he gets to be a bit silly

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watching-pictures-move · 5 months

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Put On Your Raincoats | Loose Times at Ridley High (Schellerup, 1984)

This is a follow-up to Maria Lease’s Little Girls Blue films, and I think the opening lets you know the difference in tone right away. Like those movies it has a sex scene against a white background. But where those movies framed the scenes from the perspective of the inexperienced heroines exploring their curiosity about sex, the tone here is raunchier, the character more assertive and eager. Once the sex is over, it’s revealed the fantasy was not of the student, but of the teacher. The first two movies were very much coming of age films, taking adolescent fantasy and applying a sense of agency and sensitivity. Their sincere treatment of that combination actually isn’t too far from Fast Times at Ridgemont High, the movie you’d expect this one to be a parody of. But this opts instead to be a more straightforward schoolgirl porno, with elements of voyeurism and light blackmail thrown into the fetishistic mix.

The plot here consists the efforts of a few students to cheat on an upcoming history test. Kimberly Carson usually writes her answers on her breast but then bribes janitor Tom Byron to steal the answers with her “young pussy”, a statement that doesn’t make a lot of sense given that they’re practically the same age. Renee Summers and Debra Wong agree “Boy, you have to be smart if you’re stupid” as they lament the limited academic returns of sleeping with their teachers, and later ambush Byron in the bathroom for a threesome with an overflowing sink used for cover. They get their way with him by threatening him with a false accusation of sexual misconduct, so this their actions are very WRONG no matter how hot this scene is. Very, very WRONG. But also hot. Andrea Adams, the girl from the opening scene, is the only one actually trying to study, so I found her the most relatable of all the characters. And at the very end, there’s Bunny Bleu seemingly dressed for a garden party with a cute hat, who sounds like she needs all the academic help she can get from sleazebag history teacher Paul Thomas.

"The Emancipation Proclamation caused the death of what president?" "Nixon." "The principals of the War of 1812 were?" "Japan and Russia." "Do you know the original 13 colonies?" "No, is that important?" "No, no, no... The League of Nations first met in what year?" "1492... Are those answers important?" "Well, no, not really. It's the spirit and the desire to learn that counts."

I watched this for Summers, who like in Scenes They Wouldn’t Let Me Shoot! has a scene where she gets off on spying on people in the bathroom. But the MVP is Wong, who knocks over a ton of pencils and takes forever to pick them up (and is also conveniently not wearing any underwear), plays the clarinet like she’s sucking a dick thanks to music teacher Eric Edwards’ crappy instruction, although Edwards later demonstrates proper clarinet technique during sex. Their tryst is spied on by two other girls, one of whom balances between a desk and a shelf and masturbates while peeking through a higher window, which sounds like an accident waiting to happen.

So it’s not as good as those earlier movies, but it’s still fun thanks to the winning cast. And there’s a pretty strong (and surprisingly cohesive) synth soundtrack too.

#film #movie review #put on your raincoats #loose times at ridley high #henning schellerup

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cacpartmobile · 7 months

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Reflection on Renée Neblett Talk

Reflections on “Building Kokrobritey”

Renée Neblett’s talk on her work and mission with the Kokrobritey Institute was deeply moving. As someone who is passionate about sustainability and its connection with the arts, I knew I had to take advantage of the opportunity to learn about eco-conscious art and design initiatives. I am a current fashion design student at MassArt, entering my final year. My approach to my studies has been hyper-focused on sustainable alternatives to the negative global impact of the fashion industry. I know that Ghana has been overwhelmingly impacted by imported second hand garments and textile waste, so I was curious to learn what the Kokrobitey Institute is doing to alleviate this issue.

The talk was eye-opening. Ms. Neblett has built an innovative educational program that trains community members, amplifies their creativity, lifts up local traditions, cherishes ancestral knowledge, and prepares the next generation of Ghanaian creators and changemakers. Kokrobitey takes trash out of the streets and landfills and transforms it into furniture, clothing, jewelry, home decor, and more. Advertisement banners become satchels and pouches, glass bottles become earrings and construction supplements, denim jeans become tapestries and furniture upholstery, and much more. With a sewing studio, a glass kiln, a woodworking shop, a medicinal and nutritional garden, all in a self-constructed building, Kokrobitey is an innovative example of holistic environmental sustainability, such that we should all strive to achieve within our own communities.

I was deeply inspired by this talk and the discussion afterwards. I look forward to learning much more about the Kokrobritey Institute and how I may someday be able to transform my vision for a cleaner, more just fashion industry into a broader positive movement to protect the environment and the culture that kept us near it.

— Heily Rivas, Fashion Design ‘24 – CACP Radical Welcomer/Office Assistant

Please check out the links below to learn about Renée and the African Renaissance. Other videos and information are available by visiting the Kokrobitey Institute website.African Renaissance. Other

https://twyg.co.za/renee-neblett-on-why-we-need-an-african-renaissance-in-fashion/#:~:text=Social%20activist%20and%20founder%20of,Awards%20on%2017%20November%202022.

#sparctheartmobile #CultivatingRelationships #ArtInPublicLife #ArtAndDesign #IgnitingArtAndDesign #Collaboration #KokrobiteyInstitute #RenéeNeblett

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poedameronwifey · 4 months

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A true home (The hobbit Fanfic)

Chapter 3

Also Imagine baby Kate with light brown eyes and dark brown hair as well as bit tanner.

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It's been a few months since they landed in Middle Earth and took up residence by Bilbo. It's been hard for them to adjust to their new lifestyle. It was harder because they were so used to technology so they had to learn how to live without it. They had certain jobs they did everyday. Lilith was in charge of washing the clothes and hanging them out to dry. Kate was incharge of the dishes and washing up. Renée made up the beds and cleaned around the house.

They all helped Bilbo with the garden and shopping. They had to wear different clothes because they couldn't walk around with their clothes due to it being so much different from the rest. They didn't want to stand out any more than they already do.

They managed to get the jobs that Bilbo was talking about not too long after he told them about them. Kate and Renée worked at the tavern and they were able to adjust to that very quickly. They didn't need to work everyday. They only worked 3 days a week because they were still newbies so their boss took it easy on them.

Lilith was babysitting for her neighbour, Maria. Maria was worried at first but after seeing her with the kids she knew that she had nothing to worry about. She became good friends with Lilith and also met Renée and Kate one afternoon when they came to visit Lilith.

They all became very good friends and would often visit her and have tea with her. Bilbo became a father figure to the girls which they all loved as their fathers were unknown to them.

Lilith never knew her father as it was a sore topic for her mom. Kate thought that her dad was already dead as she also lost her mom at a young age due to a sickness. While Renée lost her parents in an accident.

So the girls started to see Bilbo as a father figure and they grew to love him. He was patient and kind to them since they arrived at his door. They also thought he was also very funny.

It kind of reminded them of Kate.

Renée's Pov

I was busy cleaning the counter at the tavern that Kat and I work at because we had a big crowd that couldn't hold their liquor and made a huge mess. Luckily I managed to clean the counter and even the surrounding floor.

Since I was done with my shift and so was Kate we made our way to Maria's house to help Lilith with the little hobbit she babysits. When we got there we saw Maria carrying some bags trying to open the door. So I went to help her to find her keys when Lilith opened the door and we all packed away the groceries.

"Thank you Girls. You are all such sweethearts. I hope you two haven't been working yourselves too hard at the tavern, Renée and Kate. Hmmm? And I hope that the kids behaved and didn't cause much trouble for you, Lilith. They've been more energetic these last few days."

"We haven't been working ourselves too hard, Maria but thank you. Hey, Lilith, we will be waiting for you at Bilbo's while you finish up."

"Kay, I'll see you in a bit, girls." She responded to me as both Kat and I made our way to Bilbo's. Kate stayed in the garden as she loved nature and I made my way inside to tidy up.

Lilith's POV

I shake my head as the girls leave. And then turn my attention to helping Maria with her bags. I start chuckling at her whilst packing the food away in the pantry.

"Oh they've definitely been energetic but it keeps me on my toes. They were angels. I put them to sleep. Hopefully they will actually stay asleep for a while."

We both laughed, knowing that soon those little rascals will be up and about soon but that's what childhood is for. I looked at the time and realised that I had to get back to Bilbo. I hugged Maria and left to head to Bilbo.

I spotted Kate in the garden with her eyes closed. She's been doing that a lot lately. I'm worried about her. She seems to always zone out when Renee and I talk. Now that I mention it, Bilbo's been acting weird lately too. He keeps looking at Kate with curious eyes and if I'm honest, they look alike. Their eyes are the same, their mouths, not to mention their sense of humour.

The only difference is that Kate has darker hair and is more skinny than Bilbo but they could pass as father and daughter. I wonder. What if Bilbo is actually her father. It would make sense.

Bilbo said he lost his wife and daughter when his daughter was two and Kate was two years old when she was brought to the orphanage. The only problem is that she was in our world and Bilbo was here.

I walked up to her and sat by her legs. I felt something hairy touch my arm. I looked and noticed there was hair on the top of Kate's feet. My eyes widened. This can't be some coincidence. Hairy feet, shorter than the rest of us, looks like a female Bilbo but with dark hair and she's beginning to eat like him too. I think Bilbo is her father. But first I need to tell Renée. Maybe she sees the connection and if I'm right, we need to tell Bilbo and Kate.

I got up and walked into the house, looking for Renée. I found her in her room, listening to music on her phone. I closed the door behind me. Renée noticed me and turned her music off, curious about what I had to say.

"Okay what's up? You have that serious I-just-discovered-something-crazy look. Is everything okay sis?" She looked at me with concern.

I hate that she knows me so well. "Ren, do Kate and Bilbo seem alike to you? I mean they sound alike, they act alike, they even look alike despite Kate having darker hair. I just can't seem to get it out of my head."

Renée stayed quieted, probably thinking about the likeness between the two. Her eyes widened in shock as she looked at me, nodding. I knew she had the same hunch I did.

"HOLY SHIT⁈ How did I not see it? They are literally the same person with just a few differences. But wait, how would Bilbo be her father if he was here and she was on Earth this whole time? It's impossible." She paced up and down trying to figure it out.

I realised something. The cave. The cave must've been some kind of portal. Maybe that's how we got here.

"The cave. Think about it. Before we entered the cave, we were back home but after we swam in the pool, we miraculously ended up here, in Middle earth. Maybe it was a portal or something. What if someone brought Kate to our world after finding Kate's mom dead? What if Bilbo's wife is Kate's mom? That would make Katherine a hobbit and Bilbo's daughter. I mean, Bilbo said he lost her when she was two and that's the same age that she was when she was taken to the orphanage before mom and dad adopted her. Maybe we can find some baby pics or something around the house and see if we're right. I know Kate has a baby picture in her bag so we can compare the two."

Renée nodded and we went to Kate's room. We found her bag next to her bed and looked through it. We found the picture we were looking for and studied it very carefully. We went to the living room and found a picture of Bilbo's daughter and we gasped, covering our mouths with our hands. It was identical. Katherine was indeed Bilbo's daughter. We were right. We had to tell them.

We waited until Bilbo came home from shopping. Kate helped him pack away the food in the pantry, laughing at something Bilbo said. I made dinner because I wanted to introduce Bilbo to the kind of food we had back home. Thankfully I still had the recipe on my phone and Renée helped me.

Renée's Pov

We all sat down at the dinner table and I looked at Lilith and nodded.

"Um Bilbo, we have something to tell you and Kate, this involves you as well."

They looked at each other with confusion and nodded for us to continue. Lilith then explained that we noticed them acting alike and how they had some of the same features.

I brought out the two pictures and put it in front of them, hearing Bilbo gasp.

"We think Kate might be your daughter Bilbo. You said you lost your daughter when she was two and that was how old Kate was when she landed in the orphanage. We think that the cave we were at might have been some portal and someone may have taken Kate through it after they found your wife dead as a way to protect her. It's just a theory though. We could be wrong."

I explained as I looked at them.

Bilbo had some tears running down his face and Kate was still in shock, my guess was she was taking it all in. Bilbo then looked at Kate and the picture before shakingly taking her head in his hands.

Kate looked at him with so much emotion,

"My little angel. Is it really you? My little Kate. You look so much like your mother. I knew there was a reason why you felt so familiar. My precious baby girl."

Kate and Bilbo were crying from happiness as Bilbo pulled her in for a hug. Kate gripped his shirt and cried on his shoulder while Bilbo rubbed her head, whispering how happy he was to have his daughter back.

Lilith and I just smiled and let a few tears fall without a care. We then walked to their side and hugged them tight. Bilbo got his daughter back and Kate finally found her father. We stayed like that for a while before letting go and finishing our food, Lilith washed up and I dried off and packed away.

Bilbo and Kate were talking in the living, catching up after being apart for so long. Lilith and I joined them and we all began telling stories about our childhood. We laughed and smiled.

Before we knew it, we were in bed with smiles on our faces. We reunited a father and his daughter after being apart for so long. Now all that's left is for some unruly dwarves and a mysterious wizard to show up. I wonder how that will go.

#the hobbit #kili #fili #the company of thorin oakenshield #renee griffin #katherine wolfe #lilith everdeen #bilbo baggins

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hannahsmusings · 5 months

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Renee

*my phone buzzed and I looked down at it, seeing the group email that the tutoring program had sent out, already knowing the information within it but clicking on it anyways, biting my lip as I scroll and spot our names, together, side-by-side, like they used to always be, Renee and Anthony this, Ant and Nay that* *I groan to myself, feeling myself getting a headache, digging the heels of my hands into my eyes as I plop down on my bed, hating to think that we were looking at the same email, that we got the same email at the same time, it all feeling too close for comfort* *I still had such childhood resentment towards Anthony, just the thought of him brought me back to being a teenage girl who felt rejected and abandoned by the one person she trusted with her entire heart, the one boy she thought would be by her side forever, a person she envisioned marrying and having babies with, pure fantasies of adolescence* *I was older now, but that hurt girl and her shattered dreams still lingered and the mere thought of Anthony brought her to the surface, anger filling me at the notion that he has always been so close and yet he’s never reached out, he knows where I am and yet he never came looking for me, granted neither did I but I was the one who felt slighted, I wasn’t the one who did anything wrong* *my teenage crush had faded with time, having met new people and found my passion in science and medicine, and finding like-minded people really helped, feeling that I flourished while being here at university, but it was like a freight train hitting me full force when I imagined his cute crooked grin that always used to make my stomach drop deliciously, knowing now he’d be so grown up and fucking drop dead handsome and it would probably destroy me all over again* *I grabbed my phone, pulling up Instagram and typing in ‘Anthony C’ before realizing what I was doing, this being so stupid, he was just my tutoree and nothing more, we wouldn’t become friends again and especially nothing more than that, I would help him not fail his class and I’d send him on his way to become pro and he’d live his life and I’d live mine, we’d be just like all the other pairs and that was that, nothing more nothing less* *I close out of the app just as quickly as I opened it before tossing my phone to the end of my bed, forcing myself to move on, grabbing my text book from my desk and throwing myself into my reading and studying, having a bio test at the end of the week, trying to focus as hard as I can on the medical terminology and my flashcards but my mind kept flashing back to Anthony and his adorably annoying smile that I’d be seeing in less than 24 hours*

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*my apprehension from before had disappeared, you not being a stranger at all, quite the opposite, you knew all about my difficulties with learning and had coached me through it before, you never judged me and I felt so comfortable with you that I knew this was the best the arrangement could be, wondering how this had worked out so well for me* *i chuckle, things somehow coming out on top as I throw my phone onto the bed before beginning to get undressed again, perked up as I head to my ensuite to shower, stepping in and soaping myself up as my mind drifts to you, a smile on my lips as I try and work out when the last time I saw you was, frowning as I couldn’t remember and realising I’d let it go between us a bit, it had been way too long since we’d caught up and that made me sad for our younger selves, us spending every free second we could together, remembering all the sleepovers, camping in the garden, the shared dinners, everything seeming so much simpler back then, chuckling at our innocence as I step out the shower and dry off, deciding to just kick this off and scrolling through my phone to find your number, hoping you still had the same one as I begin to draft a message* ‘Yooo, Renee! Long time!! I’ve just seen the email pairing us up, wanna get together tomorrow for coffee to catch up? :) *grins and sends, not thinking much of anything as as far as I was aware we’d just drifted apart, it all seeming very natural to me but grateful we’d have a chance to spend some time together again*

#renee plot

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olenaart · 2 years

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(via That Sunflower From The Sunflower State Palette Knife Technique Photographic Print by OLena Art ❣️) The original painting has been sold! Thank you so much! ❤️ Prints and products with the image are available. OLena Art brand Original Modern palette knife, impasto, oil on canvas, "That Sunflower From The Sunflower State". An Impressionist Painting on Gallery Canvas titled: "That Sunflower from the Sunflower State". Sunflowers are one of my favorite subjects. Each Countryside Sunflower I painted turned out unique and different. "Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist". - Rene Magritte Several artists I follow and am learning from, who are using traditional palette knife techniques, inspire me: Leonid Afremov, Lyudmila Agrich, Maya Eventov, Mona Edulesco, Jessilyn Park. All of them are a great example, how to use bright, bold application of thick paint layers! Your hard work is paying off! painting, yellow, canvas, art, oil, artwork, flower, floral, colorful, vintage, sunflower, plant, romantic, bright, retro, picture, natural, flowers, impression, impressionism, abstract, sunflowers, paintbrush, texture, blooming, bloom, vertical, orange, botanical, high resolution, knife, design, creative, palette, artistic, brush, blue, modern, violet, handmade, nature, painted, flowers, pink, red, nature, floral, spring, country, flowers, summer, garden, fragile, bright, original artwork, palette knife, oil painting, painting on canvas, red color, bright colors, thick impasto, thick paint layers, lena owens art, olena art painting, #flowers #pink #floral #spring #pinkflowers #originalartwork #paletteknife #oilpainting #paintingoncanvas #colorbright #thickImpasto #thickpaintlayers #lenaowens #art #olenaart #painting

#findyourthing #redbubble

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davidtruusa-blog · 2 years

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// A week in riga //

On the bus, driving towards Riga in the morning of the 8th of May, I couldn’t get any sleep as I was thinking of the choreography I was going to soon teach to Latvian Culture academy dance curriculum’s 1st course students - the excitement and uncertainty of what was coming was real!

In short, 4 choreography MA students from Tallinn University were tasked to work together and create a short dance piece for Latvian culture academy 1st course dance students. All together, we had approximately 12 hours of time with the students to work in the studio. This was a great challenge of time management and planning - in which we succeeded!

1st day went by quickly - met the students, gave them their first assignment to create a soundscape for the dance piece - they had 15 minutes to gather everyday sounds from their chosen environment. Later we offered the students our own movement material and had a training session with them - each MA student had approximately 20 minutes for teaching. Our evenings were free for exploring Riga and preparing for the next days.

During the whole trip, the weather was absolutely beautiful, warm and sunny. This made the visit all the more enjoyable.

We were working with students in two different locations, a dance studio in Latvian Culture academy property with a stunning garden and in a theatre building with a black box studio in the city centre.

The students in Latvia are people to take as an example of hard-working, determined and happy people who enjoy what they are doing. They study 6-7 days a week, have lots of training sessions and are very motivated nevertheless - respect! I wish and have taken this mentality back to Estonia to spread.

The week found an end with a showing of our dance piece. It was well welcomed by all the students and teachers. I’m glad I got to apply my knowledge of composition and dance didactics during this process and share my expertise with the students. In the feedback circle, the students said the week was an environment of mutual respect and sharing of experience. Although we MA students were put in the role of teachers, we had lots to learn fron the students aswell and vice versa. All in all, I’m grateful for the support of CAPE+ network and Nordplus for financing this week of study. I also sincerely offer my thanks to Tiina Ollesk and Renee Nõmmik, who supported us through this semester and offered us all the tips and tricks on how to succeed!

Cheers to further collaborations!

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juicegremlin · 2 years

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So uh…. That high school au? You got anything you want to share? I want to hear it all <3

You guys went absolutely FERAL for that post lmao. I’m currently outlining a high school au of my own (drug dealer neil, anybody?? 👀👀) but here are some that I’ve read and enjoyed that are kind of similar! Please read the TW’s and tags included by each author.

take care of all the lonely souls by ganscy_s (Rating: M - 33,417 words)

“There’s a lot worth living for. You just have to see it.” Andrew brought his gaze back to Neil and raised his eyebrow in a question. “Okay look,”

Andrew is not having an okay time and Neil, the guy he barely knows, try’s to show him how to see life through a better perspective.

We Used To Be Friends by gluupor (Rating: M - 104,576 words)

Neil's life is thrown into disarray when his best friend is murdered. As he starts his senior year of high school, he finds himself on the outside looking in, a social pariah whose former friends are only too willing to bully and ostracize him.

Working for his father, a private investigator, leads him to evidence that his friend's murder may not be as straightforward as it seems. Neil throws himself into the investigation, hoping that solving the case might help him regain some of what he lost.

If You Must by Tourmaline147 (Rating: M - 181,788 words)

Neil's whole world went up in flames the minute he burned his mother's dead body. Mary prepared him for almost every possible scenario, except this one. Now he's stuck in the middle of California trying to restart his life.

Andrew's world had been dark long before Neil Josten came into town. He's been barely living the past few years but he was working on that.

Together these two strangers who only knew how to survive take on a new challenge: learning to live.

*** Featuring the other foxes, the bad guys, copious amounts of music, and, hopefully, happiness.

*** Basically a high school au with music. Enjoy.

gardens /'gärd(ə)n/ by redskiesandsailboats (Rating: T - 40,709 words)

“Andrew,” Renee said, and Andrew allowed himself to lean on her for a split second, only long enough to find his balance. She didn’t waver. “Your nose is bleeding,” she whispered, so he brought a hand up to his face, resisting the urge to lick his lips. His blood was warm against his fingertips.

It felt like his nose was broken.

“Shit,” Neil said again, and Andrew looked up just in time to see an overwhelming amount of dizzying blue eyes and dark auburn curls. He shut his eyes for a moment, but when he opened them again, Neil was still there, vivid and concerned as ever. "Oh god, you're bleeding everywhere."

Andrew spit into the grass at his feet, the taste of copper on his tongue, and said, simply, "Fuck you."

(Or, the one in which Neil is in color guard, Andrew is in drum line, and everyone thinks they hate each other because everyone is literally blind.)

with a hunger to live. by Idnis (Rating: M - 36,467 words)

Black Creek, Georgia, was supposed to be a new beginning.

It wasn't supposed to be a flash of orange, swollen bruises, and blue eyes.

It wasn't supposed to be... this.

Pressure Points by puddlejumper99 (Rating: E - 92,173 words)

Neil enrolls at Columbia High School and remarkably fails at remaining invisible

Pressure Points recommended by @galacticbookshelf and @pandoramarsh, it’s like you guys read my mind :’’’)

Again, heed the tags and TW’s! Stay safe everyone!! <33

#aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #all for the game fanfic #all for the game fic #aftg fanfic #aftg fic #andreil #andrew minyard #neil josten #high school au #palmetto state foxes #fanfiction #fic recs #aftg fic rec #JuiceGremlin

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porgthespacepenguin · 2 years

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Thoughts about episode 2.9 (1/2)

Just finished the episode. I’m still shaking. What a gut punch.

Anyway, by now you know me: first post will focus on Qcard, and let me tell you, there’s a lot to talk about. Next post will cover the rest (hopefully).

I must warn you in advance, however. This episode killed me just to watch me die, so don’t expect my usual level of semi-coherence. This post consists mostly of me screaming into the void about the episode, with occasional flashes of analysis sprinkled throughout.

If that’s not scared you off: bravo, and onwards!

(Major spoilers under the cut: you’ve been warned.)

[Trigger warning: this post contains mention of suicide, including an image you may find disturbing.

The image, and the main discussion, are in the next section, so you can skip ahead to “End trigger warning” if needed.]

Where to even start? Oh, yeah: to borrow words from a great man,

"Boy, do I hate being right all the time."

I know, I know. So I’m definitely not right all the time. But I did nail a few of the twists, so let me enjoy my agony success in peace, all right?

[Start trigger warning]

* * * * *

Come find me

Wish I had been wrong

In a previous meta, I had called it: Jean-Luc had opened the door once before, but it resulted in his mother’s death. Hello, childhood trauma.

So, turns out I was right. Wish I wasn’t, though. Sorry about that.

Look, I’ll be honest: this topic is too personal, too triggering for me to dwell too long on it. So this section will be short.

Suffice to say, Maman hung herself in the winter garden, and Jean-Luc has been blaming himself for it since he was a child,

"I let her out, you see. If only I had left that door closed, she might have become an old woman."

Of course, it wasn’t his fault. Maman was sick, and in her sickness had made Baby!Picard a parentified child (which, by the way, explains a lot about him as an adult).

So when Maman begged him to help, he did what she asked. Of course he did.

He opened the door, and it cost him everything:

"I loved her. Desperately."

It wasn’t anybody’s faut, really. But it still broke him. And so Picard locked the door again, shattered the painted windows, and closed his heart to love.

Darker still

By the way, if you thought the foreshadowing surrounding Q’s fate was loud in 2.7 and 2.8... it’s deafening now.

Maman and Q have been mirrors of each other since 2.7, both explicitely through the sun symbolism they share, and implicitely, like in the conversation with Renee in episode 2.6.

And now we learn that, lost in the darkness, Maman has killed herself. In her death, she’s even shown to be wearing a white robe, much like Q was in Tapestry when Picard died:

As always: this isn’t a coincidence. There are no coincidences in big productions like Star Trek Picard. This is a choice.

And so Q’s fate grows ever darker.

(Also ... isn’t that line from earlier -- “I loved her. Desperately.” -- rather loud? If they bring it back in some form next episode, we’re in trouble, folks.)

* * * * *

[End trigger warning]

The key, at last

Having unlocked the memory of what truly happened to his mother, Picard can now finally start to come to terms with it, to heal from it, and move on.

Although, there’s still a significant element of mystery left. As Picard finally sees the dungeon from his dreams, he realizes that the wood of the platform is intact: his foot didn’t get caught in it like he had imagined.

But then what happened? How did he get stuck?

EDIT: @theboardwalkbody pointed out that they’re in the past, so nothing has happened yet. Doh! Wonder why the show made such a fuss about it then.

Did he turn around and try to escape, leaving her mother to her sickness? Did his mother, although lost in darkness, prevent him from following her after all?

And yet. I can’t help but notice that in Jean-Luc’s dream, he stepped into the light when he got stuck.

Is it possible Q intervened, saving his life yet again?

(Which would bring the current tally to 6 saves, and a nice round 7 if he does it again next week...)

Regardless, whatever or whoever held him back did save his life. And we’ll most likely find out next week, since, you know. Only one episode left!

Anyway, moving on.

Picard now holds the key to his own heart. Literally, even:

Q has given him this key, like he gave Kore the cure in episode 2.8. And now, also like her, all Jean-Luc has to do is choose to open the door and step through it.

Yet it may be too late to stop the sun from setting. Forever.

A lonely star

Before we continue, it’s imperative that you read @celestialwarzone‘s Q-sun meta if you haven’t already.

It establishes how and why Q is symbolized as the sun, and that information is critically important to understanding the importance of the next section.

With that out of the way, let’s jump in.

Episode 2.7 essentially threw the Q-sun model at our faces with the subtlety of a brick. Episode 2.8, meanwhile, drove the point home like a knife with Q’s dying star monologue.

Well, friends, episode 2.9 looked at them both and went, “hold my glass of Chateau Picard”.

The dark before the dawn

I predicted that this episode would be the despair event horizon, and in a way it was. But I was a tad pessimistic, as it turns out. This is Star Trek, after all, as @celestialwarzone often reminds me: a utopia.

So, overall everything went badly, but it could have been so much worse.

Regardless, this episode functions essentially as team Picard’s dark night of the soul.

Literally.

The sun goes out, the storm rises, and everything falls apart. They are separated, outnumbered, outgunned and trapped like rats in the dark chateau. Though they are fighting hard for their lives, and the future, all hope seems lost. The night is winning.

And then the sun rises.

Right away, their luck starts to turn: Agnes wakes up and forges a new destiny for the Borg, but not before healing Seven, Picard finally faces his mother’s true fate, Rios manages to beam back just in tie to save them...

The light symbolism in this episode, I swear!

Incidentally, there are plenty of other darkness and light references scattered throughout the episode:

The green lasers of the soldiers;

“Wars have been fought on lovely days”;

Picard, having a flashback from a flash of light;

"Why don’t we continue somewhere less bright", right before the game takes a turn for the worse;

The darkness of the chateau and dungeon;

"You're my light Jean-Luc”;

Picard and Estonia lighting a torch in the dungeon;

Baby!Picard stepping into a light patch;

Elnor coming back as a hologram to save them;

The red light when the key flies out;

Maman killing herself at night;

The gentle sunrise bathing Seven as she accepts herself;

Agnes literally flying into the same sunrise;

And others I’m most likely forgetting right now.

Oh, and, by the way: Maman’s fairy tale winter garden? Is actually a solarium.

A literal place of sunlight. And the exit from the dungeon.

(*pterodactyl screeches*)

The star gazer

Once Maman’s dark episode starts, she drags Baby!Picard down with her into the dungeon, where the sunlight cannot reach them.

Baby!Picard just wants them to go back up, and study the stars together, but Maman is already too far gone,

"Stars... Did you know that space is so vast, so infinite, it takes billions of years for that tiny pinprick of light to make that lonely journey from its star to our eyes?"

So. This... this is Q. A lonely star, whose light and love took billions of years to reach Picard across time and space.

Picard, who’s been living in the stars his entire adult life, looking up at them as a child and starting his career as a captain on a ship called the USS Stargazer.

Picard, the literal star gazer.

Let’s make a detour back to 2.1 for a second. When Picard blows up the new Stargazer, there’s a bright flash of white light, and then a shot of a starry sky which eventually resolves into...

... Picard’s eye.

Yeah. There are no coincidences here. The subtext is almost text at this point.

A lonely star

Maman continues her desperately sad speech,

“The brilliance you see in the night sky, Jean-Luc, that exquisite light, it’s just an echo, really...”

... like me.”

Oh, but it gets worse. Infinitely worse. Exquisitely worse:

"When you remember me, promise me you'll ignore the coldness of a dying star, and remember instead her light and the infinite love she so very much had for you."

Make no mistake, this is Q. We’re not even mirroring here, we’re channeling.

The coldness of a dying star? Q, the sun, disappearing into nothing, colder and harder than we have ever seen him... Begging Picard to instead remember the warm, infinite love he holds for him.

Q, like Maman, is going to die. He has essentially doomed himself for Picard. But where Maman killed herself in spite of her love for Jean-Luc, Q is killing himself out of love for him.

It makes all the difference in the world, but I fear it may be a very cold consolation for Jean-Luc.

(I’m speechless honestly. This episode is killing me. If you need me, I’ll be huddled in the corner. Sobbing.)

The Q-bayashi Maru

I had planned to include this section as part of my retrospective on 2.1, but considering all the foreshadowing, we might as well get it over with.

So, remember how @celestialwarzone and I theorize that Picard will likely have to make a terrible choice: save the timeline and kill Q, or save Q and kill the timeline?

In other words, a no-win scenario. Remind you of anything?

That’s right, the Kobayashi Maru.

If you’ve been living under a rock, here’s the basic outline of the test: a civilian ship, the Kobayashi Maru, is in danger. The cadet can attempt to rescue them, or leave them to die. But the test is rigged, and they’ll die regardless.

(Say, friends, did you know that Starfleet’s most infamous training exercise was first depicted in Wrath of Khan?

The movie in which Spock dies, sacrificing himself for Kirk and the crew?

The movie which was then followed by Search for Spock? In which Kirk and his crew mutiny, steal a ship and go save Spock?

Well, did you?)

Anyway, I’ve long thought that this impossible choice would be a direct call back to the Kobayashi Maru every Starfleet captain has to face as a cadet.

And would you look at this scene from episode 2.1:

(Oh, you are, Jean-Luc. You certainly are. And mark my words, you’ll rue the day you ever even thought about it.)

Anyway, if the above wasn’t clear enough, at the end of episode 2.9 Picard tells us outright,

"I refuse to accept an outcome that has not yet occured."

Sounds like "I don't believe in the no-win scenario" to me, but what do I know. I just write metas and screech incoherently into the void.

Don’t leave me behind

There’s more Q-bayashi Maru foreshadowing scattered throughout the episode, but one moment stands out in particular, and no surprise, it’s a Trios scene.

As we established in 2.8, Teresa and Rios are Qcard mirrors. This trend absolutely continues in 2.9, and it’s beautiful.

(Also excruciating. But mostly beautiful.)

As the Borg board the ship, Q-Rios regrets putting Teresa-Picard in danger:

(Oh look, another AGT reference. I’ve lost count by now.)

They escape to the chateau, and Rios is wounded. Picard orders him to go with Teresa, then prevents him from coming back, for his own safety.

So. We have a wounded Q-Rios, locked out and powerless, unable to help Picard. And things abruptly go from bad to worse.

(Need I remind you that the sun is out, and they’re all in darkness? We’ll come back to that.)

Teresa takes care of Rios (take note Picard!), and objects strongly when he decides to go back, dropping this little gem of a line,

”I’d like to rewire your brain.”

Fair enough, Teresa-Picard, fair enough. Lord knows Q has been doing it to Picard all season, so. His turn.

Teresa-Picard then drops another bit of Q-bayashi Maru foreshadowing:

"Knowing that win or lose, I'll have to let them go."

Ostensibly, she’s talking about the tricorder here, but that’s not at all what she means. She’s talking about her miracle: Q-Rios. She doesn’t want to lose him. But she has no choice in the matter.

And still the countdown climbs up, as implacable as fate in a greek tragedy.

Teresa is getting desperate,

“What if I don't want you to go? What if I want to see your face again, or something crazy like that?“

And Q-Rios tells her the truth: he’s thought about it, and he wants nothing more than to stay. But there’s no other way,

"This isn't my timeline. The future is yours (...). I'm just trying to protect it."

If you’ve read my time meta, you know that I speculate that Q may not be able to join the new timeline at all. So that’s not ominous or anything...

Regardless, Teresa-Picard isn’t convinced. She doesn’t believe in no-win scenarios either:

"What if your future is here and it was always supposed to be?"

What she’s really saying, of course, is: what if your future is with me?

And then Rios kisses her.

(Damned if I can’t picture Picard saying the exact same thing, and Q silencing him with a kiss, hating what’s coming but knowing he can’t change it.)

Q-Rios almost manages to tell her that he loves her, but is interrupted again as the transporter activates, and he disappears in front of her eyes.

He reappears right where he’s needed, placing himself squarely between Picard and danger -- nearly getting killed for his troubles.

How delightfully Q-like of him.

The search for Q

Speaking of which...

If you’re at all familiar with my posts, you know that @celestialwarzone and I have long thought that season 2 may end with Q’s death, leading us into a Search of Spock scenario in season 3.

(We’re entering galaxy brain territory, folks. Hold on to your seats.)

The wound

His mother’s death is Jean-Luc’s original trauma, a trauma he can’t get over,

"This moment I am so powerless to reverse."

Leaving aside the guilt of a parentified child unable to save their sick parent, loving and losing his mother in such a tragic fashion nearly broke Jean-Luc.

Another loss of this magnitude would have destroyed him completely. And so he protected himself, walled off his mechnical heart from love. To survive.

As Estonia points out,

“Love can be a source of great grief and immense pain. Of tremendous guilt.”

No wonder he’s been running from Q’s love.

But fear hasn’t held back Q. And however much love may hurt us, shackle us...

“... it's a gift."

For all these years, Q’s love has been a gift to Jean-Luc, whether he was able to accept it or not.

And for a very long time, he wasn’t. But now, as Jean-Luc embraces his feelings once more, he may well find himself opening up and facing another such soul-destroying moment when Q dies.

Because if Q and Maman are mirrors -- the show certainly seems insistent about it -- then their fates are likely to be similar to a degree: both of them lonely suns, both of them loving Jean-Luc infinitely...

Both of them eventually killing themselves.

And so Picard has kept himself away from Q, not letting himself know him, because to know him would be to love him.

And therefore to lose him.

The prince wins

When Baby!Picard wins the game of hide-and-seek, finding his mother sitting despondently in the dark, she says:

Just like in Maman’s story, the prince wins the game, and the Sorcerer dies. Picard will figure out the escape and save the timeline, but in all likelihood, it will be at the cost of Q’s life.

This time is different

(Jean-Luc’s subconscious is certainly worried about the idea, and who can blame him?)

So, is Jean-Luc doomed to love again, and have his heart broken a second time? Maybe. But only temporarily.

Ultimately, Q is not Maman. And her fate need not be his.

Jean-Luc isn’t a child anymore, powerless and small: he is an adult, a Starfleet admiral, tempered by time and loss.

He could not prevent his mother’s death, but he will undo Q’s dark fate,

“In those moments, tragic endings might rewind into joyful beginnings. Moments of loss into those of gains."

From death will come rebirth, from despair happiness, and from loss...

Love.

After closing such a terrible chapter of his life, Jean-Luc will be able to move on, freed, and take his first steps toward his true final frontier: ascension.

Exploring and travelling the stars, with Q at his side, for...

(It would be the perfect ending for both Jean-Luc and Q, now, wouldn’t it?)

Next, on Porg the space penguin:

So, one post down, one to go (or perhaps two). Next up:

All hail Queen Agnes

Integrating the self

More Raffi and Picard mirroring

New time shenanigans?

And maybe more...

As always, I hope you enjoyed, and I want to thank you for reading. ❤️

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renee-mariposa · 5 months

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So, lat month I was chatting with a coworker of mine, talking about how I wanted to make a cold frame for my porch.

A cold frame is a little planter with glass or plastic roof to trap heat. A teeny little greenhouse, kinda. They’re best placed on south-facing areas for best heat and sunlight, and I have a south-facing porch

My coworker is blown away by this idea and immediately says, ooh, I need to build one too!! And then she says to me, ‘Actually, I’m getting my windows replaced in two weeks. Do you think those might work? Also, would you be interested in one of my old windows?’ 🤩

I am so excited to build this cold frame!!!!!

It isn’t all vinyl - there’s exposed wood in pristine condition on the other side - so I’ll have to stain it with something. I read that linseed oil is good but I need to do more research

My coworker is mostly going to use her cold frame for seedlings in the very early spring, which is wise and I’m glad she gave me that idea. I want to try using mine through the whole winter: the last few years have been so hot all winter that I might get a couple months season extension if I play my cards right: I mostly want carrots and spinach and those are cold season veggies (oh man if I could grow peas 🤩)

#personal #Renee learns how to garden #I am so excited about this!!!#any resources to help with this are GREATLY appreciated #cold frame #gardening

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bellafragolina · 1 year

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Now I’m curious to learn how Reader met the tiny twins.

Did the Reader recently buy a place that seems to have a rather unusual infestation problem?

Did the twins sneak into the Reader’s humble abode while trying to find shelter from some other danger?

Or perhaps the two parties met somewhere else and the Reader offered Ingo and Emmet a place to stay…

So many possibilities…

My idea is that the home is old and abandoned, recently inherited by the reader. And the reader comes wanting to aid in the restoration of the house! They clean it and fix it up, tending to the overgrown garden and spoiling the wild Pokémon that live on the grounds or in the house

A kind soul, one eagerly noticed by the twins hunkering down within the home.

~Renee

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perperam · 3 years

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Do you have any Harlivy fic recommendations? Preferably something that is already completed?

OH I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE

okay okay so quick little tangent fact !! I actually just finished my undergrad degree in "english literature analysis & writing" and reading fics is so fun bc I get to analyze them and break them down and if it's particularly well written the stars align and it's just UGH so good.

ratings are: E (explicit) M (mature) T (teens and up) and G (everyone) anyways here is a HUGE list of my favorite fics to date, their stats/details/plots, reasonings as to why they're on the list to begin with, and a short analysis:

SHORT STORIES (less than 30k words)

for your convenience they’re in order of length bc I’m focusing on this super hard rn

KISS YOUR BEST FRIEND CHALLENGE (T) STATS — 340 words, shenanigans, fluff PLOT — Harley, TikTok and general Social Media queen, decides to do the trending challenge to kiss your best friend. The best friend? Her roommate and the woman she’s been crushing on for fucking ever: Poison Ivy.

AM I TOO CLOSE? (CAUSE YOU FOLD INTO ME LIKE A HEART WITH A BEAT) (G) STATS — 839 words, fluff, shenanigans PLOT — Harley genuinely wasn’t looking for trouble, but it’s hard to just have a day out when you’re one of Gotham’s most wanted. Running into Ivy, she takes drastic measures (and her hoodie into the mix) to distract the police from looking in their direction.

I’M HOME (G) STATS — 892 words, domestic fluff PLOT — After a long and rough day at work, Ivy comes home to Harley. Relaying the details of her day, she basks in the comfort of her girlfriend, who provides gentle questions and is a phenomenal listener. General cuteness.

CONFLICT DIAMONDS (G) STATS — 990 words, wedding shenanigans, banter, humor PLOT — Batman and Renee Montoya respond to a break-in at a jewelry store, except even though the owner is duct-taped to the wall, it isn’t really a break-in; Harley’s just trying to shop for a ring for Ivy, and that’s difficult to do when the owner is screaming in the corner. Batman and Renee both pitch in to help pick something nice for Harley’s girl, resulting in hilarious banter.

OF COURSE (T) STATS — 1.1k words, hurt/comfort (kinda), harley quinn animated tv show centric PLOT — In the aftermath of Ivy’s death, rebirth, and the fall of Joker Tower, Harley collapses onto the ground. Since she never mentioned that her parents are the reason for most of her injuries, Ivy isn’t sure why she’s so out of it.

PERFECT MORNINGS (T) STATS — 1.1k words, domestic fluff/bliss PLOT — Ivy, who usually wakes up early and before Harley, takes a moment to look at the countless muscles, ridges, scars, and tattoos on Harley’s body as she sleeps. General cuteness.

I’D LOVE TO CHECK YOU OUT (T) STATS — 1.7k words, university au, fluff PLOT — Harley visits the library virtually every day, and it’s definitely not because she needs to work on her university courses and homework. She finally works up the courage to speak to the alluring redhead she sees there every day while absentmindedly looking at a book on sharks.

I’LL LOVE YOU IN THE MORNING (NOON, NIGHT) (T) STATS — 2.1k words, angst, hurt/comfort PLOT — A snapshot look into Ivy and how she comes to know, care, and love all the sides of Harley—from psychiatrist to criminal to girlfriend. She loves her throughout it all.

DAY-DREAMING (T) STATS — 2.2k words, shenanigans, psychiatrist Harleen PLOT — Ivy’s falling for her psychiatrist—her humorous, intelligent, caring, and downright gorgeous psychiatrist. It’s difficult, to say the least.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THEMYSCIRA (DOESN’T) STAY IN THEMYSCIRA (T) STATS — 2.3k words, humor, wedding shenanigans, angst with a happy ending PLOT — In a surprise twist of events, Harley and Ivy were drunkenly married at Themyscira. When asked at the wedding if anybody had objections to the union of Ivy and Chuck, Wonder Woman and the Queen of Themyscira herself come to object. Ivy, for lack of a better word, wants to die a little.

NOT A ROCKER CHICK (T) STATS — 3.1k words, rock band au, fluff PLOT — The last thing Ivy wants to do is go to a rock band concert with her best friend, Selina. Despite her best efforts, she can’t help but completely fall into the rhythm of the band and their music, so different than her own norm. And okay, maybe the singer (who Selina was friends with and called “Harley”) was also kinda hot...

A TENDER HEART AMONG THE GREEN (T) STATS — 3.2k words, gotham city sirens raise Lucy au, domestic bliss PLOT — Harley and Selina come back home to the apartment to find Ivy passed out asleep with Lucy cuddling into the crook of her neck and Selina’s cats cuddling her legs. Knowing that Ivy would rather be caught dead than in such a compromising situation (after all, she is the Poison Ivy, who “hates humans”) the two take a photo, since it lasts longer. Shenanigans and cuteness ensue.

BUILDING YOUR GIRL’S SECOND STORY (M) STATS — 3.3k words, university/grad school au, angst with a happy ending PLOT — Snapshots of Harley’s battle with her violent and abusive boyfriend, Jack, and the way in which Bruce, his boyfriend Clark, and her best friend (and potentially lover) Pamela all love Harley and will do anything, anything, to make sure she gets the help, care, and love she needs.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF NORMAL (T) STATS — 3.6k words, coronavirus pandemic/quarantine au, family au PLOT — Ivy is requested by the Justice League to help create and manufacture a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. As she works on the vaccine, she video calls Harley and their daughter Lucy, both of whom miss her very much.

RABBIT IN THE GARDEN (T) STATS — 4.4k words, implied suicide attempt, hard angst PLOT — Winters are difficult to Ivy. When Harley comes home one day to see her submerged fully in water in the bathtub, the only thing Harley can do is cry and take her out. Ultimately Ivy is alright—but it doesn’t make it any easier.

WE WILL BE (EVERYTHING THAT WE’D EVER NEED) (T) STATS — 5.8k words, high school au, angst, hurt/comfort PLOT — Harley and Ivy are best friends from high school, living in the middle of Arizona. Ivy is absolutely head over heels for Harley, but the latter is in a growing and increasingly abusive relationship with the older “bad-boy” (literally) Jack. Eventually, the two grow together in more ways than one.

WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS (EXCEPT NO DOGS DIE) (M) STATS — 9.7k words, domestic bliss, no powers just botanist & psychiatrist au PLOT — After her abusive ex-boyfriend tries to maniacally tear down the front door of her apartment with an ax as her best friend, Selina, pushes the table against the splintering wood, Bruce recommends that Harley gets a dog. She gets two German Shepard brothers—Bud and Lou—who lead her one day on their walk to the most beautiful flower shop owner Harley’s ever seen. The story of Harley and Ivy, told with Bud and Lou present to witness every moment.

THE MOMENT I AWAKEN GHOSTS (T) STATS — 11.7k words, falling in love, feelings & realizations PLOT — A deep look into Ivy’s feelings and how they evolve from general hatred against Harleen the psychiatrist at Arkham to a blooming, kind and gentle love towards Harley Quinn, the crown jester of crime.

HARLEQUIN’S ISLE (T) STATS — 17.5k words, hurt/comfort, happy ending, shenanigans, humor PLOT — Harley and Ivy decide to go on a vacation on Bruce Wayne’s new eco-friendly plane, but in a surprise twist of events, things go terribly wrong, Ivy falls out of the plane, and the two (as well as all the other rich and wealthy big-name CEOS on the plane) get stranded on an island with someone actively trying to rob the investors. Harley and Ivy will fight them, god damn it, because they deserve this vacation and they will have it.

LONGER STORIES (30k words to 100k words)

YOUR LOVE (DÉJÀ VU) (G) STATS — 33k words, slow burn, mild angst, canon divergence PLOT — A what-if-Harley-found-Ivy-first fic, YOUR LOVE wonderfully illustrates Dr. Harleen Quinzel treating Ivy in a wonderfully humane and kind way, including learning floriography, the language of flowers, in order to better relate to her. Ivy is taken aback by her doctor's genuine care and begins to develop feelings, all the while Harleen falls hard and fast which wholly confuses and frightens her. The one caveat is that while this is happening, Harleen is also treating the Joker as well, who tries (keyword: tries) to manipulate her. Ivy and Harley dance a timid tango around one another as they try to navigate this new playing field of romantic feelings for one another, and things come to a breaking point when Harleen realizes that, perhaps, all of her patients have a point and that the real villains are not the ones inside the asylum, but rather the ones running it. FAVORITE DETAILS — I just love the way this is written. It provides a wonderful and almost skinny-love like romance (except this takes place in an insane asylum) as Harleen and Ivy both try to understand their strong feelings for one another. The way in which the rogues and other inmates/patients all look out for one another was very heartwarming, and Waylon and Eddie's thinly veiled camaraderie with Ivy—and her thinly veiled appreciation for it—were both lovely and created a really warm environment. It really underlined why Harley loved them because you love them too in the process, and see how she reaches her breaking point. CHARACTER DEPICTIONS — Harley, as she is in all of my favorite fics, is depicted as an incredibly intelligent and talented psychiatrist. Her caring nature is wonderfully outlined in this fic as she helps Waylon, Eddie, Ivy, and everybody else in the asylum be treated with genuine respect and care, going as far as to get them personalized gifts. Her psyche fracturing slowly never once makes her seem unintelligent to the reader, even as she actively places a ditz persona in order to fool the rest of the asylum staff (and the Joker). Ivy, on the other hand, is illustrated in a way that perfectly shows how all she genuinely needed was someone to listen. She's sometimes harsh and crass but you can see how she begins to soften as Harley helps her and treats her with: you guessed it, genuine respect. FINAL VERDICT — I would get this tattooed on my ass if I could

NOVEL LENGTH WORKS (100k+ words)

ACROSS THE WAY (M) STATS — 128.7k words, slow-burn, tattoo artist & flower shop owner au PLOT — Botanist and flower shop owner Pamela Isley moves to Gotham from Seattle in search of a new life. Her shop is located directly next to a tattoo shop—one that is incredibly loud and bothersome. Upon walking in to give the shop a piece of her mind, she meets one of the resident artsits, Harley Quinzel, and cannot get her out of her mind. The two become best friends, and feelings slowly start to develop. On a night when Harley is most vulnerable and in need of a place to escape, Pam offers her apartment as a refuge, and from that point on things are never the same again (in the best way possible). FAVORITE DETAILS — The SIT sessions were a wonderful touch and I loved seeing the recovery of both Ivy and Harley, because it was so real. I also loved how once Harley got out, she did everything in her power to protect both herself and Ivy from Jack, and we got to see her and Ivy grow into their wonderful, healthy romance. CHARACTER DEPICTIONS — I love how all of the characters are illustrated; Selina, who is the caring best friend and genuinely does her best to help others around her all the while being her cocky, usual self. Pam, who escaped Seattle and started anew in Gotham and is the crass botanist and also the insanely kind and caring lover. Barbara is the adorable coffee shop owner, Floyd is the caring figure for Harley that she never had, and everyone is just wonderful. FINAL VERDICT — literally go read this rn, what are you even doing

MAD LOVE: THE BEGINNING & MAD LOVE: THE FINAL CHAPTER (M) STATS — nearly 400k words total, angst, canon divergence, domestic fluff, slice of life PLOT — imagine YOUR LOVE except this is much longer, much more heart-wrenching, a whole lot more angsty, and Harleen's break with Harley is a lot more prevalent. Another what-if scenario of Dr. Harleen Quinzel meeting and treating the illusive Poison Ivy instead of the Joker, MAD LOVE shows an interesting depiction of the way they manipulate, hurt, care, and love one another. The entire story is riddled with well placed metaphors, recurring themes, and both Ivy and Harley's characters are illustrated in the most complex and interesting way. All throughout both the initial and the sequel, Ivy and Harleen play a metaphorical chess game in manipulation as a means to gain the upper-hand on the other, which creates a dangerous foundation for their following love story. In the sequel, "The Final Chapter," the story starts with Harley and Ivy—already married near the end of "A New Beginning"—having two kids and the entire piece spans over Harley's lifetime until she's on her deathbed, with Ivy still stuck at 33 years old beside her. I personally stopped reading the story after Harley died (I was too emotionally vulnerable to continue on) but if you continue reading on, you get to see Ivy move on and appreciate Harley's impact on her life as she finds love and happiness again after the loss of her wife. FAVORITE DETAILS — We get insight into both Ivy and Harleen's trauma, and how not everything can be fixed with love. Neither Harleen nor Ivy (or their actions for that matter) are characterized as perfect in any way, and the story never excuses any of their more-than-questionable actions; in fact they make MANY mistakes and manipulate one another throughout the story, and both have power over the other (Harleen is her psychiatrist, but Ivy could easily kill her, so emotional power over someone with immense physical power). CHARACTER DEPICTIONS — Harleen is depicted as an incredibly intelligent and capable psychiatrist, and the story somehow wonderfully mixes Harley's desire for violent chaos with Harleen's desire to help others. v Ivy is illustrated as the epitome of "I hate you and will not be nice unless you're literally either my wife or kids." She is seldom kind to others, is often crass, but an entire softy when it comes to Harleen and their children. She's a hard worker and is heavily involved in her research. Harleen, on the other hand, is equally cunning but more lighthearted, extremely athletic and active, the "fun" mom, and less into power trips (unless it's about Ivy). FINAL VERDICT — definitely the most interesting fics I've ever read in my entire fucking life, it's so complex and wonderful and a literal minefield of analysis worthy literature, I'd also get this tattooed on my ass if I could

#mryanswers #harlivy #jfc #this is a long ass post #please I spent hours on it #literally

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genre of books the foxes read

Neil:

why would neil want to read when he could be playing exy?

no, the only books neil read are textbooks

and books about exy plays and strategies

it drives andrew mad.

he’s been trying to find a book that neil will read for years

hasn’t happened yet

Andrew:

it’s fanon knowledge Andrew loves reading.

i think andrew reads all types of books

his favorite genre is like deep fiction books.

ones that make you think ya know?

examples: ishmael, secret history, idk i don’t read books like that

when he doesn’t want to think too hard he reads cheesy mysteries

he always solves the cases before the people in the book

he’s also a whore for sad gay romance books

and psychology books

give andrew a book and he’ll probably read it

he also has read like all the classics

he had a good hs english teacher but we won’t talk about that rn

random note but andrew is a potterhead...

Kevin:

we already know what Kevin reads but i’ll elaborate

Kevin loves history books

fiction and nonfiction

give him a mythology retelling and he’ll love you forever

or just mythology in general

i’m a firm believer kevin’s studying ancient greece and rome in college

but he also likes all mythology

he’s very fascinated in asian mythology too

when he learns he’s native american(wymack had to tell him because the raven refused to acknowledge it) he takes a few native american lit classes and really enjoys learning about those myths and history

he loves coyote stories and creation myths

also he could go on for hours about how the us constitution is based on the iroquois league constitution.

he’s read it like five hundred times. it’s so pretty

he also likes books about certain people from history.

recent and long ago

like the ones that go over someone’s whole life ya know?

i have one about john lennon that he definitely read

kevin has always really enjoyed reading but never really does it

so when he starts to learn the life isn’t all about exy, you can find him reading constantly

the foxes make fun of him but they are actually really proud

Aaron:

you think aaron has time to read for fun as a pre med college athlete?

hell no

the only things he read are ones about microbiology and anatomy

and not by choice

he doesn’t even have a specific genre he likes because he’s never had the opportunity to explore genres. sad but true...

Nicky:

give nicky allllll the gay chick flick rom com books

he refuses to read anything serious

ever

all he wants is happy summer reads where the characters end up together

all fluff

but only contemporary. he doesn’t like fantasy or anything

if the main character isn’t hot. he doesn’t want it

andrews’s all reading “the mental health crisis in predominantly white countries”

and nickys over there with heart stopper

he’s not ashamed(and he shouldn’t be)

Renee:

renee is very similar to andrew

she reads all stuff

but she really likes fantasy books

especially like ya/middle school ones

she didn’t really get to read them when she was a teen so she want to catch up

but she also reads newer ones

the raven cycle, simon snow triology, grishaverse. all the basics.

she also reads a lot of the same as nicky.

but maybe sadder? sometimes.

and finally books about like inner peace and happiness amd all that

how to befriend trees

gardening books even though she doesn’t have a garde

ya know peacecore-y stuff

Allison:

smut

it has to be sexy

like bad

acotar

bridgerton

fucking wattpad

fairy porn

mafia shit

idk what else

yeah, it appalls the others

and she can just like read it with a straight face in PUBLIC

“whatcha reading, Ali?”

*looks over her shoulder*

“HE DID QHAT TO WHO?”

allison proceeds to explain in detail

the team is concerned for her mental well being sometimes

she doesn’t give a fuck

Dan:

she likes easy reads

nothing that makes her think too hard but things she can enjoy

she reads for fun and to relax

unironically reads murder mysteries

andrew gives her side eyes all the time

historical fiction

like 1700-1800 royalty stuff

lots of ya

just whatever looks good at the bookstore really

definitely judges books by covers

same tho

she’s not picky

as long as it’s easyish

she doesn’t really like series tho

she wants to read one book and be done

Matt:

matt reads sport fiction

i’m sorry but it’s true

he doesn’t really read that much

he’d much rather play video games or watch a movies

but when he does it’s about sports

he was the boy in hs who REFUSED to read so their parent bought them a book about michael jordan thinking they might read it

and they do. and then it’s the only book they read for five years

yeah that’s matt

and we love that for him

#this was much longer than expected #but it’s fine #i don’t think i’ve written a long aftg post in months so go me #ig #anyway i selfprojected on like half of these #it’s fine #aftg #all for the game #andrew minyard #neil josten #kevin day #exy #tfc #the foxhole court #andrew x neil #andreil

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