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#i LOVE organizing my queue i’m actually obsessed with it.
blorb0 · 9 months
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reblog and tag how many posts are in your queue (if any) and how often they post, like i have 106 and they’re set to 4 per day :)
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thisislizheather · 9 months
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Summer Saturdays Vol. 8
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EATING
Obsessed with Oikos’ Maple Syrup flavoured Greek yogurt. And these open-faced heirloom tomato sandwiches (below).
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Above Photo: Toasted sourdough rubbed with garlic, then mayo, cheddar cheese, sliced heirloom tomatoes, sea salt & basil vinaigrette if you’re feeling fancy
DRINKING
Loved this Honey Soda I got from a farmer’s market.
COOKING
Tomato and fennel pizza with store bought dough (and added sausage) actually turned out pretty good. (And yes this sounds condescending, but you only think you don’t like fennel.)
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Above Photo: Sausage & fennel pizza
BAKING
I used this great espresso cream cheese frosting with this vanilla cake recipe and it wasn’t spectacular, so that was depressing.
CRAVING
This bruised tomato and bread soup and only some of these insane CNE foods.
LISTENING
It happened. I downloaded a bird-identifier app. And you know what? I’m happier.
WATCHING
Detroit Rock City really holds up, still a great movie.
WEARING
The Urban Outfitters nail polish Cherry Iceeee (they have it in store at Square One in Mississauga) and tons of After Bite.
EXPERIENCING
All the public pools within a 10km radius.
LOVING
The Queue app to organize all the movies I want to see. There’s a spinner tool that makes it somehow more fun to decide, too? A smarter person might not admit that.
SHOPPING
The wild sales at The Bay right now (the customer service is atrocious since it’s a ghost town - but the deals, my god the deals).
GRIEVING
The end of the second season of The Summer I Turned Pretty. SUCH A FUN SHOW.
You can read last week’s Summer Saturdays Vol. 7 over here and you can see my summer highlights on Instagram over here.
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sourkitsch · 2 years
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tagged by @flamejob !! Ty Izzy!!
1. why did you choose your url?
Because I’m obsessed w symbolism and metaphor. Also bc if I don’t process my trauma in the most esoteric way possible am I really processing it at all xoxo
2. any side blogs?
Yup! I haven’t touched any of them in years though. Not sure why I haven’t deleted them. They’re just there I guess
3. how long have you been on tumblr?
… it’s coming up on 10 years… the worst part is I’ve never remade this is the original blog I started with
4. do you have a queue tag?
Nope I’m nowhere near that organized!
I do use my queue a lot tho, which is why my blog is so cluttered. Half these posts I saw like. Last month and they didn’t fit the vibe at the moment so I was like “ok sometime in the future”
5. why did you start your blog in the first place?
Again. I was 12. I had a crush on a girl for the first time and she was a year older than me and had a blog so I joined to reblog anime gifs. Worst origin story imaginable.
6. why did you choose your icon?
It’s a detail from Caravaggio’s Sacrifice of Isaac! A piece that means a lot to me + fits w my url
7. why did you choose your header?
Because I talk about Jesus so much for someone who doesn’t personally subscribe to his newsletter.
Also I love Tiffany Pollard are you kidding me. Somebody lied to her— several times— and told her she was fly, hot, and sexy, and beautiful and she’s nothing like that. She’s nothing of the sort.
8. what's your post with the most notes?
A stupid meme post I made that got 60k notes and was passed around the most annoying group of people humanly possible. I was so close to just deleting it but then I changed it to just a picture of one of my guys.
9. how many mutuals do you have?
I don’t keep track. I probably interact with 10-15 of you regularly.
10. how many followers do you have?
979
11. how many ppl do you follow?
902
12. have you ever made a shitpost?
Yeah who hasn’t
13. how many times do you use tumblr a day?
I wish it was less!! This is my only social media though, so it’s better than Twitter I guess
14. have you ever had a fight with another blog?
I’ve never fought with someone on here who I didn’t also know in person….. but I’ve also spent a large portion of my life in spaces where other people have tumblr…..
8-9 times probably
15. how do you feel about need to rb posts?
I’ll read them occasionally. Don’t reblog them though
16. do you like tag games?
Yes!!!!!!!! I love them!!!!!!
17. do you like ask games?
Yes I also love them!!!!!! Unfortunately I sometimes rb them when people are offline but I do try to time them for the most part. I love to share little facts abt me
18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?
The amount of times I’ve seen Caro’s posts just out and about @lanadelreyrichardlionheart
19. do you have a crush on a mutual?
Actual genuine romantic feelings? Of course not. I do like to see certain people interact w me and I’d love to get to know some of y’all better though!
20. tags
@calvarydrive @californiaquail @theoryofreligion @blood-and-breath @vivisecti0n if you wanna do it!! No pressure tho ❤️
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son-fuori-di-me · 3 years
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"I had no idea I could change someone's life."
One Shot. Word Count | Around 3300. Description | <French female pov> you're visiting Rome for the first time, and you casually meet Damiano David the day before the Circo Massimo concert. The conversation takes a unexpected path.
Content | Real talk. No romantic development. * Expect French idioms and italian approximations from automatic translators
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"Bordel, c'est immense !" ("Holy cow, that's big !") I said, looking at the Circo Massimo.
It was my first time in Rome. Knowing Italy a bit, I expected a hell lot of sun, a delicious bunch of ice cream for each meal, and tons of pretty things to snap with my phone. Well, that was the plan for my first two days there. Cause Saturday would be a very different day. Saturday would be Måneskin day.
I've been waiting for so long to do this trip. And what a blast it has been for now. Took only a bag, my external battery, some makeup and my favourite clothes to finally discover this astonishing city. This was my first solo trip. I've always travelled with my family or my ex, but never on my own. For once, I could decide what I wanted to see, what I wanted to eat, when to take a break. And as there are plenty of things to see in Rome, i wanted to enjoy every second of my trip. I could focus my last day there solely to the Måneskin concert happening that Saturday night. But as I didn't want to leave anything to chance, I decided to precisely organize my last day, so I could visit a bit more - a get a last fantastic meal before the concert.
I got myself a gold pit ticket. I guessed that would mean I had a special queue. So on Friday night, as I was back from a late tour in town, I decided to watch more closely the Circo, to check for the entrances, and see how I could sharpen my organization and schedule for the next day.
"J'espère que je vais pas avoir à poireauter toute la journée, avec la chaleur qu'il va faire." ("I hope won't have to hang around here all day tomorrow, the weather's gonna be hot as hell")
It was almost 10 pm. I was getting closer to the Circo, trying to read the boards, but all was written in italian and didn't seem to concern the concert. And a year fangirling over Måneskin clearly wasn't enough to become fluent. I saw no sign mentioning "gold pit". So I decided I would ask around, with Google translate ready in my phone in case I couldn't find anyone speaking English.
I saw a guy sit on a bench, smoking. He was dressed in an ugly dark sweater, with the hood over a cap. He was either a drug dealer or a hobbo. My instinct as a girl living in Paris got the uphand and I decided to ignore the guy and try to find a woman instead, or maybe a group of locals, to get me the information I wanted. Unfortunately, after a good 20 minutes walking around and asking people, no one could tell me how to make sure I find the right queue for the concert. I was about to give up and head back to my airbnb and I saw a silhouette still sitting on a bench, near the Circo. It was the same guy from earlier. "Bon, je tente, s'il est trop chelou, je me barre." ("Well, might as well take the risk, if he's too much a weirdo, I clear off quickly.")
"Scusi, do you speak English ?" i said, getting closer to the guy, but still from a good distance in case it turned wrong.
"Pretty good. You need something ?" He was searching something in his pockets and reached his pack of cigarettes. His voice was deep, but gentle. He did look funny but didn't sound dangerous - i still didn't get too close as I hate the smell of smoke.
"Do you know well il Circo Massimo ? I'm going to a concert here tomorrow and I want to make sure I find the right queue, but they haven't installed any sign yet". I asked, showing the structure of the stage behind me.
"Cute accent, where are you from ?" he answered, completely ignoring my question.
"Well, I'm French. So, do you know il Circo ?" I preferred to quickly repeat my question to let him know I wasn't interested in whatever he was trying to.
"Ah, Bonjour ! I speak a little French !" He said, now reaching for his lighter.
"Yeeaaaah cool, but how about the Circo ? I'd like to be here early enough, but I don't know wh-" I froze as he lighted up his cigarette. It was brief, but with the spark, I saw his face for a second.
"Hm ? You don't know what ?" He asked, with a smirky voice.
"Mais naaaan ?" ("Dont tell me -") I let out that typical French astonished sound without thinking. "You gotta be kidding me !"
He laughed as I was getting a little closer, staring at him. With one hand, he was putting his lighter back in his pocket, with the other, he lifted a bit his cap. It was him. It was Damiano.
I felt my spine shiver with that uncomfortable sensation of being around someone famous. As a journalist, I had my lot of interviews, so I knew there's no point in changing behavior around such people. But I still was flabbergasted to see him.
"Sorry, I didn't recognize you. Well, gotta say you're not dressed in your best outfit !" I chose the strategy of sass, to hide how impressed I actually was.
"That's my favourite sweater you're seeing me in, and I'm smoking hot in it" He said with a smirk, getting into the sassy game.
"Time off before the big day ?" I asked, completely forgotting about my initial request and switching to my interview mindset when I'm super focused about the conversation. "Shouldn't you be having a great night of sleep, to recharge your batteries ?"
"I don't feel like going to bed" He said, having no idea how the conversation would soon turn. Fortunately for him, I wasn't working in the music media industry. "That's quite a stage we're gonna play on."
I didn't know why he was talking to me about all of this. I didn't dare to ask him either. I just enjoyed the moment.
"Well, the Eurovision song contest was bigger, wasn't it ?"
"Hm, don't tell me about it, I still don't know how I managed that."
He suddenly had a strange tone in his voice. It didn't sound like the radiant and confident Damiano you see on Instagram stories or on TV interviews. I remembered where I heard him like that. In the 2019 documentary "This is Måneskin", the making of Il Ballo Della Vita album, in the sequence he's arguing with Vic on a train, as he tells her how anxious he can be get sometimes.
"Well, you did, didn't you ?" I put on a more serious voice. "And you had a ton more of pressure, representing your whole country ? So how a concert here in your home town could be worst than performing in front of all of Europe - not to say the whole world ?"
He was still smoking, listening in silence.
"Or maybe it isn't about how big the performance is but about performing in itself ? Why are you performing ? Why are you putting on a show ? All those fancy clothes and that makeup, who is it for ? For people to love you ? Or for you to love yourself ?"
Mais qu'est-ce que je branle ? Il va se barrer dans deux secondes, là c'est sûr (What the fuck am I doing ? He's leaving any second now.) I got a bit too excited about being able to share a few words with him. What's gotten onto me ? Well, let's go then.
"What is it you're running after ? Or running from maybe ? Some complex to compensate ? With all that smudge and confidence, that wouldn't surprise me."
He sat back on the bench. As he inhaled a deep breath of smoke, I saw a smile on his face. But I also saw his hand holding the cigarette shaking.
"Are you a psychiatrist or something ?" He simply said, as if he was trying to keep his voice as steady as possible.
I hesitated to tell him the truth. I was sure he would walk away the second he would know my actual job. Et puis merde, autant tout dire. (Well, fuck, might as well be honest.)
"Nope, I'm a journalist." I admited, as he looked right back at me with a surprised look. "Pretty much the same. We get appoitments with random people, listen to their life, observe their body language, and tell them our whole opinion about all of it, which might very well shape how they perceive themselves from now on."
"Only difference is that you don't have to keep anything secret. Right the contrary."
There. This was it. He was gonna leave now, for sure.
"Before you go, did I hit any truth ? Don't worry, I'm not in the music media industry, I won't write anything from our conversation." I hoped this information would save me a few more seconds with him.
He didn't answer right away. He didn't leave either. He kept looking at me, still smoking his second cigarette in a row now.
"Whatever it is you write about, I guess you must be good at it" he finally replied. "Cause you did score a few points."
Another short silence broke. As a fan, I was obsessed with his music, lyrics, and attitude. But catching a glimpse of what lied behind the glamour definitly caught my interest. I wanted to know more.
"Why are you here ?" I slightly deepened my voice, getting back to my interview tone, and kept on going with this as if that was usual business for me. "It's half past 10. You play on Rome's largest stage tomorrow. You surely better should be in bed, or be about to, before the big day."
In that moment, I had the upper-hand in the conversation. He was sat on the bench, I was on my feet in front of him, and therefore above him. Not the best approach to get someone's trust for an interview, but with a personnality like Damiano's, you gotta put your own show.
"I actually don't sleep much before big events like these" He finally answered, accepting his condition as an interviewee. "I don't sleep much at all."
"You're tend to insomnia ?"
"Not really, I just got used to 4-5 hours of sleep, that's it."
"Even during tours ? Cause this all sold-out European tour for Teatro d'Ira must have been exhausting".
"You have no idea, bellezza."
"So tell me." From there, I decided to change my strategy and sat on the ground, still in front of him, but giving him the upper-hand, to put on a more trustful atmosphere. "How are you doing ? And I don't mean, like casual 'yay, fine', I mean : how are you doing ?"
I still have no idea of my tactical move of giving him more space to express himself worked, or if he understood right away where I was leading him, but in the end, he still didn't seem bothered by this conversation we were having. In fact, it looked like he was enjoying it.
"I'm... content, I'd say." He paused, and I didn't interrupt him with another question this time. "I know I'm going through the life I wanted. The music, the tours, the praise. It's all I could have ever asked for."
D'accord, très bien, mais ? (Okey, very good, but ?) I stayed silent, but I couldn't help anticipating what he was saying.
"But surprisingly, sometimes it's still... unfulfilling. Like I can never be satisfied".
Repressing some Hamilton's lyrics from my mind, I innocently pretend I didn't fully understand what he meant - another journalistic technique, to get someone to repeat themselves with other words in order to get them deeper into their reflexion.
"What do you mean, "never be satisfied" ? You're on top of Spotify chart list, your albums are now platinum successes, you're winning awards. How is this not satisfying ?"
"It's just... What are all those things for ? Money ? Fame ? Yeah, I like those but..."
"Typical Capricorn" I muttered, to slide in the conversation that I actually knew pretty well my subject - my subject being him. He chuckled.
"Damn really ? Let me guess ? Aries ?"
"Pisces+Taurus, actually. So what, you don't like being famous ?" Getting back quickly into more questions - another technique to keep control over the rhythm of an interview.
"It's not that I dislike it. It's just... not always as fun as I thought it would be."
"What part of the job ? The writing and composing ?"
"No, that's the best part." He reached for a third cigarette. It was almost 11 pm now. "Vic, Thomas and Ethan. Måneskin. They're the best thing that ever happened to me".
"Then what, you feel like a fraud ?"
"Hell, no ! I'm exactly where I should be." He claimed, with a light pride tone.
"So, if you're proud of what you create, and if you love the people you create that with, then what is the matter ? If life is about getting the Bare Necessities, it seems like you got it all." Hitting with a universal - and musical - reference. Shoud do the trick.
"Hahaha ! Lo stretto indispensabile, si ! But life isn't that easy." He said laughing, as I felt he started to let go of the tension. "In real life, you get judged all the time, and people try to dismantle you, and spread rumors."
"I didn't think you'd be one to listen to people's comments about you".
"I'm not. I stopped giving credits to those. But it's still here, you know ?"
"From what I see, you're keeping it real, with lots of wisdom. I can't quite grasp what seem to bother you."
He paused, looking at his feet for a few seconds.
"I'm afraid it won't last." He finally confessed. "I'm afraid it all ends as quickly as it all started. I'm afraid people get bored. I'm afraid I become a caricature of myself. I'm afraid I can't write new songs. I'm afraid to be a shooting star, you see ? Very bright, but gone in a flash."
"Like, to be an Icare ? Or may I say "Ykaaar" like on your Instagram ?"
He chuckled again.
"Huh, I'm that obvious ?"
"Yeah, even a bit over-the-top, if I may dare say so."
"Well, I've always related so much with this mythological figure. I mean what's wrong with aiming for the Sun ?" He said, pointing a hand to the dark sky above us. From his attitude, I could tell he was way more relaxed than in the beginning. He even took his cap and hood off, so I could now see his face more clearly. His eyes were glittering. "Burning your wings... What's that morale supposed to teach us ? Be modest ? Be moderate ? Che noia !" (How boring !)
"Well don't be !" I felt almost like scolding him. "There's nothing wrong with seeking big dreams. As there's nothing wrong with this feeling of being outrun by your life. Savour the moment. Every second of it. It's because you can't know how long it may last that it tastes so good, so thrilling ! And you actually already are ten steps ahead ! Writing songs like ´Torna a casa' or ´Coraline' at, what, 19-20 years old ? You're the real deal, dude. And even if later on, you get blank page anxiety or write just good-enough songs, it's okey. You got plenty of time to make mistakes. Take the leap of faith. Failing and being a failure aren't the same. You learn, you grow from it. It's okey to doubt yourself, but please, don't ever doubt all the love and support you get."
I paused, hoping I didn't do too far and missed my point. But in a way, I could also feel I got it right. He was looking at the Circo, his eyes even more sparkling than before.
"I..." He got up, standing on the bench, looking as tall as a statue from my perspective. He came down and took a few steps. I got on my feet, starting to feel concerned about what I just said.
"I didn't know I needed to hear that." He finally confided. "I always wanna reach perfection. I'm aware I can be authoritative, sometimes even harsh, on the band. I can't accept to be a failure. But love and support, that, I can't get enough of."
I didn't respond. There was nothing to add. This instant felt like an hour. The wind was slightly blowing through the length of the Circo in front of us. His hair reflected the gentle light of the moon, only showing her first quarter. He broke the tranquility of the moment, turning and taking a few steps in my direction.
"Grazie mille" he said, his arms opened, calling for a hug.
"But, you're very welcome" I said approaching him, softly putting my arms on his back as he put his over my shoulders. The second before his face disappeared from my vision, i noticed a tear on his cheek.
"You've completed reset my mind. I feel like I can start all over again. I was anguished, trapped by my anxiety. But it's all gone now. You've changed me. Thank you, thank you so much" He affirmed full of hope, his voice shivering.
"Wow, well. I had no idea I could change someone's life." I answered, trying to hide how moved I myself was from the conversation.
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It was almost midnight now. We kept talking for a while, comparing life in Rome and Paris, exchanging what was our best concert experiences. But he still needed to get back home to rest before the concert, and I didn't want to arrive too late at my airbnb - even if I could have spent the whole night talking with him. Yet, to enjoy our last few minutes together, he offered to walk me back to where I was staying. It was just a 15 minutes walk, along the Tevere river bank.
"So tell me." he asked with a smirk. "How does the Bare Necessities go in French ?" He started to muffle the melody.
"Oh no, you don't expect me to actually sing it ?"
"Hehe, you got me into a therapy session, so I can get a little song from you, no ?"
"Damn, you. This is blackmail !" But drunk on the moment, I took a deep breath.
"Il en faut peeeeeeu pour être heureux, ("Look for the baaaaare necessities,") vraiment très peu pour être heureux, ("the simple bare necessities") il faut se satisfaire du nécessaire !" ("Forget about your worries and your strife")"
I started dancing along, if I had to be ridiculous, might as well utterly be. But he actually followed my lead, clicking his fingers.
"In fondo, baaaasta il minimo, ("I mean the baaaaare necessities") sapessi quanto è facile ("Old Mother Nature's recipes") Trovar quel po' che occorre per campar ! ("That brings the bare necessities of life !")
We kept on singing Disney songs for a few minutes as we walked at a slow pace - I was shocked he never saw Tarzan and immediately made him promise to watch it as i told him Phil Collins recorded all the songs in five languages, including Italian. When we finally reached my destination, we exchanged a last timid hug as farewell.
"Well, I'll see you on stage tomorrow." I told him as I crossed the street.
"And I'll look for you in the crowd !" He shouted with the brightest smile on his perfect face.
** the end **
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okmcintyre · 3 years
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I was tagged by @togetherkru , thanks so much for thinking of me! I loved reading your answers & these are always a lot of fun to fill out! 😊☀️
1. why did you choose your url?
I actually just updated my URL after nine long years, mostly because I was uber jealous of y’all with t100 specific usernames. 😅 The majority of my content is catered to that fandom, so it made sense to freshen it up. After ruling out my first choice (@madigriffin, I mean how cool would that be!) I decided that since I relate most to Harper’s energy I’d go with her last name.... and added a variation of my own first name that I thought looked cute. 
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2. any side blogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them
Yes! Goodness I have private sideblogs for writing drafts/inspiration, and to organize gif-making tutorials that I like to keep on hand... then there’s my Bellarke Fanfiction sideblog (@twosuns-ofbellarke)... and I help out with a couple The 100 appreciation/edits pages. I have my old URL too, just in case I ever want to start using it again.
... And I do actually have @augustkomtrikru active too, which I’d intended to use as my main URL once the prequel started up that is, before Season 7B broke my damn heart and I vowed off anything Rothenberg related unless he goes back and fixes that mess that ended our beloved show. 🤷‍♀️
3. how long have you been on tumblr?
I joined on January 4, 2012.
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4. do you have a queue tag?
No, but I do tag original posts! 
#t100kt, #friendskt, #luciferkt, #tumblrkt, #liveblogkt, #ask away!
5. why did you start your blog in the first place?
I came to tumblr because I was struggling to find my groove on LiveJournal and Blogger (wow just aged myself there, didn’t I?👵). I liked that I could post different kinds of content here... and I was obsessed with Fringe, which was still on air. This quickly became the place I came for spoilers and spaz at all the beautiful gifs from the show.
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6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?
Because our fearless leaders marching away from the rover together, looking like badass supermodels, is a big mood! 💥
7. why did you choose your header?
It matched the icon & I found it in my old cell phone edits ready to go
8. what post of yours has the most notes?
This Clarke & Bellamy post from Season 6, with 1700+ notes.
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9. how many mutuals do you have?
Is there a way to see that? I have a bunch and they are all lovely people! ☺️
10. how many followers do you have?
Last I checked I was around 1.7k, I’m super grateful for everyone who sticks around for my hodgepodge of posting!
11. how many people do you follow?
4935, we have a lot of great fandom here and I lack chill...
12. have you ever made a shitpost?
1. (noun) any content on the internet whose humor derives from its surreal nature and/or its lack of clear context... a shitpost is funny simply because it isn't a predictable repetition of an existing form. Shitposts can become memes, but memes cannot become shitposts.
So now that Urban Dictionary explained what that means (I told you, I’m not a spring chicken anymore! 😂) I don’t believe so? Unless you include my old liveblogs, they were absolutely without context.
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13. how often do you use tumblr?
I’m always popping in throughout my day. I like to keep up to my notifs & new posts in the tags, and then when I have more time on my hands I’ll look into my mutuals and feed a little more properly.
14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog? who won?
I can remember a couple years ago butting heads with a couple folks when I first got into fandom: the posting etiquette here was quite different from the message boards I was used to interacting on... and I had a mishap or two as a result. I genuinely believe that no one wins when that happens though, so I really make an effort to keep this a positive space. Learn from the mistakes. 💛
15. how do you feel about ‘you need to compare this’ posts?
Thanks gosh @togetherkru that you didn’t know these either! Like, what is that? Google doesn’t even seem to know. 
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16. do you like tag games?
I LOVE THEM! 
17. do you like ask games?
Also love them! The posts are always wildly unpopular but they are a lot of fun
18. which one of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?
Every one! There’s so much talent here and so many folks have established their blogs as a cornerstone of their respective fandoms. And again, I have no idea where to find a list of all my mutuals to compare... but I always feel like I’m the new kid on the block, I’m pretty sure most of my mutuals have been here years longer than I have.
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19. do you have a crush on a mutual?
I have a crush on my mutuals’ beautiful gif-making and writing and artsy abilities, if that counts? 😃
20. tags (if you guys want to)
I’m going to tag some folks from my notifications, feel free though to participate anyone reading this! Or if it isn’t your cuppa tea, don’t feel obligated those I tagged... have a great day everybody! 🙂☕
@bt06, @padfootx, @isweartobreathe, @bravestartingwithyou, @kizo2703, @pendragaryen, @whatabeautifullife13, @immortalpramheda, @1jemmagirl22, @frecklesandfanfics, @little-oxford-st, @infp-with-all-the-feelings, @kris-lulu, @womanwithaplan, @bellamyschin, @peaceloveandbabyducks, @geekyogicheese, @al3xia17 & anybody else who wants to play!.
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Tag game!!!!
Thank you for the tag @heavensweetheart <3
1. Why did you chose your url?
Because it’s my AO3 username and I wanted continuity, lol.
2. Any side blogs?
Nope, I’m not organized enough for that. LOL
3. How long have you been on Tumblr?
A year and a half, something like that.
4. Do you have a queue tag?
I don’t even know what that is, LOL, but I search tags I like and add them to my queue, yes. ;)
5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?
I wanted to join to fun and have a place to post my fanfic and art.
6. Why did you choose your icon?
It’s from Picrew, fast and easy to make and it sorta resembles me. <3
7. Why did you choose your header?
I painted it <3 and I’m obsessed with Zutara! (but I respect all ships)
8. What’s your post with the most notes?
I haven’t even checked, I should do that, right after this!
9. How many mutuals do you have?
A whole bunch, I’ve made some good friends here on tumblr!
10. How many followers do you have?
I don’t really like to reveal or ask that information, lol <3
11. How many people are you following?
A lot.
12. Have you ever made a shitpost?
No, and I never will. I prefer to talk things through with people if there is any unrest. I’ve actually made friends by working out differences, it’s a miracle when it happens and I’m always thankful that I was calm in the heat of the moment.
13. How often do you use Tumblr each day?
Alot. lol.
14. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?
No, and I hope I never will. As I said before, I always try to find a way to talk things through. Even if I’m hurt or even if it’s just agreeing to disagree, I never burn bridges. 
15. How do you feel about “You need to reblog this” posts?
I don’t have enough time to do those, ;P
16. Do you like tag games?
I love tag games!
17. Do you like ask games?
Yes, those too!
18. Which of your Tumblr mutuals do you think is famous?
You are all famous in my book! <3
19. Do you have a crush on a mutual?
No, lol. I’m married. ;P
i’m tagging: @soopersara @neurologicaldamage @thebluesunflower44 and @disquieted
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tagged by: the lovely and talented @hvitserkk, thanks!
tagging: @redprairielily, @buckeybarns, @kiekiecarrera, @meneatyoghurt, @taraknowless, @ohbuckybarnes, @captainkilly, @supervalcsi
1. why did you choose your url?
It's a lyric from one of my favourite songs: 'Cardboard Castles' by Watsky. It's about creativity and going after your dreams and perseverance. This specific line "... how we make and create all these beautiful mistakes", has just always hit home for me and it's something i try to live by. I tend to be really overly critical of myself and so trying to remind myself that good things can come from 'mistakes' is beneficial to my mental health..
2. any side blogs?
No. I don't make gifs or edits and besides that i keep my blog for me. So I don't care if one thing/ship/fandom is 'overrepresented'. Tumblr is escapism, I don't feel the need for it to be that organized..
3. how long have you been on tumblr?
Since late 2013. I was kinda a late bloomer when it comes to fandom I think..
4. do you have a queue tag?
No. I understand why people do it, but I don't really care for people to know if I'm online or not. My anxiety really flares up when I feel people are waiting for me to reply to a text or email, so I don't need that one here to. I'm on here to get away from that..
5. why did you start your blog in the first place?
I was going through a little bout of depression and my favourite shows were the only thing getting me through the days, the only things in my life I was looking forward through. Also I've got a bit of an obsessive personality and I like that on here nobody will mock you for loving a tv series to the degree that I do. Also a big part of the fun of consuming any media for me is thinking about it or discussing it. I think that's also why I enjoy an open ending to a story, so I can fill it in for myself. And I like to hear how people interpreted someting differently then myself. It's part of what makes tv or films based on books fun for me, seeing how other people imagined the characters, interpreted the story. How it's similar, how it's different. And tumblr gives me all that..
6. why did you choose your icon?
I loved Still Star-Crossed and I loved Rosaline, still do, that show deserved so much better, honestly I'm still kinda wainting for a second season.. Also Lashana Lynch is gorgeous and talented.
7. why did you choose your header?
I don't have one..
8. what’s your post with the most notes?
I'm not sure, it's probably one of the kind of mini-reviews of tv episodes I used to post, honestly not really sure why I stopped doing those. Lazyness I guess, might try to pick that up again..
9. how many mutuals/followers do you have?
I've got 220 followers and that's honestly 220 more than I ever thouht i'd get, because I just like to reblog stuff..
10. how many people do you follow?
I follow 171 blogs, I think most people follow more, but I generally only tend to follow blogs that I've got most fandoms in common with and that's not an easy thing to find. So I just go into the edit tags a lot as well to find content..
11. have you ever made a shitpost?
I think one needs a more intersting life for that..
12. how often do you use tumblr?
Daily. Every now and then I see people posting that they're taking a break from this site and I'm like: How??
13. did you have a fight/argument with another blog? who won?
I enjoy a good discussion, but getting into fights/arguments on the internet is just pointless. I feel like the most peole who do that don't care to support their opinions with actual arguments and see changing their opinions as weakness, so...
14. how do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts?
I feel like most of those post don't argue why I actually should reblog them well enough..
15. do you like tag/ask games?
Yes. It always feels nice when someone tags you in something..
16. which of your mutuals do you think are tumblr famous?
Is there really such a thing? How many followers is tumblr famous?
17. do you have a crush on a mutual?
No. Unfortunately I'm only attracted to men and I don't think I follow any..
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jaehyunspeachparty · 4 years
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daddy jaehyun
ii.xvi.
"Lee Soo-man, what are you doing here?" You were surprised that the head of SM stood at your doorstep. "May I can come inside?" He smiled and you make his way into the apartment. "And that's your newest?" He pinches your son's cheek and laughs happily. "Yes, that's Sunoh." You stroke your son's head and smile. "Oh, I remember how my boy was so small. They are sooo innocent in this age." He laughed happily again and the atmosphere relaxed now more. Meanwhile, Jaehyun has now noticed that there was a visit. "Lee Soo-man, what are you doing here?" He was frozen and bowed humbly. "I was in the area and once wanted to say hello. I haven’t met your son yet. He is lovely." "Mr. Lee, do you want a coffee or tea?" You ask him while you put Sunoh over your shoulder. "Yes, coffee would be great." The man took off his shoes and looked around the apartment. "It is very comfortable here, very familiar." He looked at the wall, which was full of photos with memories. "Yes Y/N did all these. It is important for her that everyone feels comfortable, she has put a lot of work into the apartment." Jaehyun stood behind his boss, nervously putting his hands in his pocket. "Where is your daughter?" He then asked and turned to Jaehyun. "She's taking her nap right now." He explained and in that moment, you put the coffee on the dining table. Lee Soo-man and Jaehyun sat down with you and you could see that Jaehyun was still tense. "I wanted to ask how it looks like. Can we take your daughter under contract?" He spooned the sugar into the coffee and looked up at you expectantly. He knew for a fact that you were the person who fought the most against it. "To be honest ..." Jaehyun laid his hands on the table and leaned closer to his boss. "We wanted to check the contract with our lawyer first, but now we have another legal problem." Jaehyun cleared his throat, for it was unpleasant to talk about his ex-girlfriend. "Suji sued her for quite a bit of money. I heard about it, and your manager told me." He laughed briefly and then took a sip of his coffee. Jaehyun looked at you a little bit panicked, but you were very calm. So much could not make you upset. "What if I take care of it." The man suddenly became quite serious. He put down his cup and looked deep into his eyes. "Why should you do this?" You were sceptical, you knew exactly that such people always demanded a favour in return. "See it as a giveaway for Miga." You didn’t like your daughter being treated like a commodity. That was all that bothered you about this business. "I don’t sell my daughter. We can handle it on our own." It almost insulted you that he thought you would sell your daughter so easily. You push your son closer to you, who was still over your shoulder and looking around. "You are really a lion mother." He laughed and turned to Jaehyun. "Such women are gold, you need to keep her as close as possible." You roll your eyes and snort. Just because he's the boss, you were not afraid of him. You don’t need to expect anything from him. "Why our daughter? Aren’t there any other children?" You still don’t understand why Lee Soo-man was so obsessed with Miga. Of course, she was special, but that's what every mother thought of her child. "In addition to her good genetics, we see a lot of potential in her. We just want to promote it." With a long sip he drank the coffee and stood up. "I'm not saying you have to make an immediate decision. I would like to invite your family to my chalet in Switzerland, and of course Jaehyun would off his schedule. And Taeyong, Lucas and Mark are also invited." You and Jaehyun also got up and followed him to the door. "I do not know ..." You were unsure, because you didn’t want to be bribed. “It's a personal invitation and has nothing to do with the whole thing here." Lee Soo-man put on his shoes and then offered his hand. "I would be very happy." He looked into your eyes and shook your hand. He patted Jaehyun on the shoulder and then left the apartment.
When the door closed, Jaehyun let out a deep breath. He was under pressure for the whole conversation. You put Sunoh in a cradle and sit down with your husband on the sofa. Cujo jumped up to you and put his head on your lap. You paw him behind the ears and look at Jaehyun. "Lee Soo-man has never invited me to Switzerland." Jaehyun ran his fingers through his hair and looked at Cujo in confusion. "Does he do that often?" You suddenly hear a squeak from your baby. Sunoh started to smile and tried to grab a small stuffed animal. It was so cute and you watch him for a while. "Yes, he invites his "favourites" there every year." Tell Jaehyun and you look back at him. Sometimes you lose yourself when you look at your baby. "For real?" You ask and your husband hums in approval. "Shall we go there?" That had to decide Jaehyun now. It could also be an advantage for his solo album, now that Suji hopefully soon will not be an issue anymore. "I mean, we're not traveling since a long time. It can be funny, Miga could learn to ski." The thought of his daughter on two skis was kind of cute and Jaehyun laughed because of it. "Hmm ... I haven’t been to Europe for a long time, and I miss the mountains. That could be really nice." You already imagined how you look at the snow in the warm Charlet, you imagine how Miga builds a snowman and how Jaehyun teaches her to ski. It was wonderful thoughts. "Y/N should we drive?" Jaehyun asked and put his hand on yours. "Yes." You were determined and smiled because of the idea of being in Switzerland soon.
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Jaehyun had warned you that it could be stressful at the airport, but you couldn’t imagine how it really was. The fact that other idols were there with you didn’t make it any better. Fans, saesangs and more were also at the airport trying to get a picture. You had Sunoh clinging to your chest and Jaehyun had Miga firmly in his hand. Although many Securities were with, it was still getting tighter. There was a real thunderstorm from the cameras and Miga didn’t want to go any further as she was scared. She started crying and Jaehyun picked her up quickly. He wanted to get her away from the crowd as fast as possible. You also put your coat around your son, so that he is not disturbed by the flashes of the camera. "Daddy, I want home." Miga's face blushed and hundreds of tears rolled down her face. "It's all good, we made it soon." He hugs his daughter tightly and puts his hand over her head so that the camera flashes don’t blind her anymore. "How long will that take?" You were behind your husband and you are not trying to panic either. It was the first time you could feel how Jaehyun used to when he was traveling with NCT. "All we have to do is go to the passport control quickly. They can‘t go any further and things get quieter." Jaehyun tried to go faster, but it was getting tighter and tighter as a queue had formed in the passport control. Miga kept crying and sobbed into her father's shirt. You were glad that Sunoh slept. You had breastfed him extra before and most of the time his sleep was always very deep afterwards. And thank goodness it stayed that way. "Daddy." Miga's cry became heavier, as some tried to get closer to them. Jaehyun tried to hold her more in front of his chest, so that no one could take a picture of her. It took only a few seconds and you were behind the passport control and thus you had the worst done. It was not so easy for Miga. Although everything has become much calmer, she couldn’t stop crying. She was totally scared. You could understand it, because there were really many people around her. Jaehyun tried to give her a cookie, but she wanted not even this. That was when he was worried, because in the future he would have liked to take her to performances in other countries. But when it was so hard for her and it scared her so much, it was not a good idea. "Hey Miga." Mark came to her and squatted right in front of her. She stopped sobbing and looked at him expectantly while more tears ran down her red face. "We're all going to Switzerland now. Do you know what that means?" He smiled and patted her head. She shook her head and continued to look at him with her big eyes. "That we have a lot of snow, so we can build a snowman together, isn’t that great?" Mark smiled happily and held his hands up excitedly. Miga leaned slightly to her crush and started to giggle. "We can put a hat on him and as a nose we take a carrot." Mark was really good at it. Jaehyun and you watched him closely and you were fascinated how well he could handle the little girl. "This is funny." Miga was clearly not scared anymore and she looked in love again to Mark. "But if you promise, you really have to." Jaehyun crossed his arms and looked at his friend admonishingly. Mark nodded and took Miga on his lap. "Do not worry, we'll have a lot of fun."
It was the first flight for your children, and you were actually a bit scared that they would cry a lot at the start. But both have overcome it well and Miga was allowed to watch her favourite series during the flight. Sunoh was on your lap, taking turns eating and sleeping. After a couple of hours, you look at the clock and see that it was so far that you had to take the birth control pill. You pull the bag up to you while holding Sunoh with one hand. Your bag was not well organized, but you actually knew where your things were. But you couldn’t find the pack anywhere. "Jaehyun, I think I forgot the pill at home." You lean over Miga over to your husband and whisper it so softly that you hope that not even Miga heard it. "What? Do you mean the ...?" "Yes." You answer him quickly before he uttered something that others might hear. Or Miga. Lately, she was chatting with too many people. "And what does that mean?" Jaehyun looked at you with wide eyes. "Well we can’t ... you can’t stick your pen in my sharpener." Even if you use synonymous, you did not want Miga to hear it. "Seriously, sharpener?" Jaehyun laughed at your description and you roll your eyes. "Oh, it doesn’t matter. We're only there for a few days and we're sharing the room with the children anyway. We can probably live without it for a while." You put down the bag again and lean into the seat. "What? Are you serious now? We're in a nice chalet in Switzerland, with log fires and romantic mountain views and we can’t ... sharpen my pen?" Jaehyun looked at you strangely and you just shrug. You can still feel his eyes on you, and you knew it was driving him crazy. "We will came up with something." He then said and winked. You had to laugh, it was not an option for you.
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funkymbtifiction · 4 years
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Hi guys! I I'm an ENXP and I was looking for some advice about knowing myself better. I saw the mods are ENPs and maybe you guys could help me. I recently noticed a pattern regarding my own actions that is basically ruining my life. I seem to rely too much on my Ne, specially about my future and my career. I'm ruled by a need of pursuing anything that catches my attention in a determined moment. I obsess over it for a while and then move on. I've changed my major 4 times now. Every activity I do is temporary. And if I don't find something I can obsess over I get depressed and bored. Anyways, I think this has led me to not trust myself anymore, since I can't commit to anything because I lose interest in everything and I'm always looking for new possibilities. I have reached a point where I can't allow myself to pursue everything I want and I have to make decisions and commit. But I'm too scared to become trapped and take responsibility for my own decisions. I think this would be easier if I knew myself better, but I don't think I know who I am besides my own random interests, which is weird I guess. How can I develop my own Fi? Or Ti? How do you guys deal with your dominant Ne? How do you commit to things? I'm 23 by the way. Shouldn't I have developed some Fi or Ti or something by now? I turned to mbti because I wanted to gain a better understanding of myself but holy shit this is hard. I could only recognize my dominant Ne. All this self analysis seems useless if I don't really know myself, I realized I'm not self aware at all. So anyways, as fellows Ne doms how did you guys developed your auxiliary functions? Any advice will be amazing! Thank you guys for everything you do here!
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The first thing you need to do is recognize is you are an Enneagram 7 and all of this is ‘normal’ for them in lower health levels. To overcome this, you have to ‘grow up’ as a 7 and stop allowing fear of commitment or quick loss of focus from dominating your life. You have control over yourself, you are not utterly helpless to your whims (said the Fi user who has a moral tone of ‘you make your own choices and messes and you have to get out of them’ ;).
7s have to learn to be open to the scary idea of commitment to reap the dividends of hard work.
Read the 7 profile and see how allowing yourself to ‘run away’ from commitment (which includes not finishing or devoting yourself to any project) can hinder your life. Once you recognize WHAT you are doing, and WHY you are doing it, you can develop the power to STOP YOURSELF from doing it, or from allowing ‘excuses’ or fear to run you away from good things.
ENTP Mod. : Charity is right. Here is also where the judging functions come into play. With Fi, you can eventually weed out that which you aren't personally passionate about/ those goals which don't align with your personal values. With Ti, you can see a chain reaction of the patterns in your life, and determine the most effective path to help yourself using logic to streamline your processes, make it more elegant.
Slow the hell down. Force yourself to stop running toward the future and live right now. Repeat the mantra of ‘right now is all that matters today’ a 100 times an hour if you have to. Be present. Be invested. Bring yourself into ‘now.’
My co-mod is a 7w6 ENTP who suffers from a lot of the same issues; I will nudge her to offer her two cents to this post, in regards as to what she is currently doing about it. Basically, she had to talk herself into getting a permanent job rather than talking herself out of it. Once she got into it, she realized it didn’t suck as much as she feared. Her brain is her own worst enemy.
I had to talk myself into this job. I gave myself lots of reasons why I would love it. It might sound a little unrealistic going in with pre set expectations but at least you will not go in blind. Making a pros cons list is always a good idea. It helps to sift through your multiple ideas, and narrow down the ones which can really work. Test out the feasibility of your ideas, opportunities before hand. Talk to people, do your research. Just remember that things will never be as bad or boring as you think them to be. This is a cliche but something which helps me in the mornings when I know I have boring work to do is "Get up, dress up, show up. Never give up." Also it helps to live from day to day. Don't worry too far into the future, you never know what variables might upset your plans.
Work-wise, a 7 needs to travel, get the ‘high’ of meeting new people, and not to be involved in sheer detail-driven grunt work. They need challenges to work toward and obstacles to overcome. Pick a career that offers you all of that. If you do not, you will have a string of 6 months at ___ jobs that do not look good on your resume. Find a career in something that you feel passionate about, that offers some kind of mental stimulation.
ENTP 7 co-mod is an attorney who loves to find ways to ‘get around things’ in the law.
ENTP Mod. note: Always try to remember the root of your passion when you feel like defecting from one option to another. If you must leave, leverage what you have learned in one place and how you can dress that up to make your hopping about look good. That's what I did, and it worked for me. Some of the reasons I love my job are the constant intellectual stimulation, creative aspects of it, my love for criminology pays off, meeting interesting people. Sure there are sucky days when you have to deal with the bureaucratic demons. But that won't be every day. Unless your role requires you to do something like it. In which case I would suggest that you avoid picking up detail heavy, low Si or adherence related work which will make you feel miserable and frustrated. Try to pick something that plays to your strengths, improve your weaknesses. Compete with nobody but yourself. Every day you are better than you were, yesterday. Even with a little effort. It is important to not give up. It is so hard for 7s but we have the gift of rationalizing. So instead of using it as a mechanism to justify dropping things, use it to tell yourself why you should stick around. You as a 7 can make most things fun. So find little tricks and ways to make the work day fun. Whether it is achieving small, impactful targets or making games out of small, low stakes things. Also, having money and being able to live nicely is fun. Nobody is gonna pay you if they think that their money will be wasted on training you if your pattern is just leaving jobs. It took me a long time to develop this perspective but I am glad I did.
I (ENFP 6w5 sp/so) chose a career in magazine editing, because it gives me time to do what I actually love, which is write novels. I’m afraid I can’t give you advice from my own life that would work for you, because a 6w5 sp/so is far more focused and driven to finish their projects than a 7w6, which means I push through ‘the boring, tedious bits’ of projects regardless of how ‘excited’ I am. It’s not fun to edit a book 7 times, but I still do it. I force myself to show up to work, to sit there for 3 or 4 hours, and commit to X amount of words, pages, etc.
Do you think it’s “fun” for me always to keep this queue stocked, or to type up characters at the end of a long day because the queue is low? Or go back and update old profiles and move them from this blog onto wordpress? No. I hate it sometimes. It’s boring as hell. But I committed to it, I will see it through, even though looking into my “to update” folder makes me want to scream. I tackle huge projects one step at a time. I’m disciplined but I can procrastinate at work, rather than doing whatever needs doing.
Which really is the bottom line. You want to finish things? Just do them. Force yourself to show up and do the work, even if it’s “boring.” Most of life isn’t fun. Paying the bills isn’t fun. You do boring stuff to make a living, so you can have the money to do fun things. If you do not learn to do it, whether or not it is fun, you will wind up ‘stuck at home this month, because I have no money.’
That frustrates a 7 even more than being bored at work.
Accept that your fear of commitment is a fear-driven lie.
You are not going to get trapped by committing to something or someone. Head types massively over-think things and allow fear – in the 7’s case of “missing out” on better things – to dominate their life. Admit it’s fear. Admit that allowing fear to ruin your entire life is stupid. Then do something against the fear. Do the thing fear tells you not to: commit and work at it. Fight the urge every day to leave. Stick it out, and prove you ‘can’ to yourself.
Middle functions. You’re in college so you should be seeing either some Ti analyzing or Te “buckle down and set goals and get this schoolwork finished by the deadline” kicking in. Are you more inclined to self-doubt and beat yourself up like a young FiTe user after ‘failing’ to organize your time efficiently or to make excuses and blame external circumstances like a young TiFe user?
My Fi has always been strongly evident, though I didn’t know what it was at the time. Things that set off a NOPE response in me vs. the ‘rest of everything, which I don’t care about.’ The intense sensitivity as a child. The compassion for other people and especially for small animals. The understanding of emotional dynamics and how people ‘feel.’ The constant angst between caring too much about people’s feelings and being low Te blunt or rude when I’m having an off day. The ‘going away from everyone’ to deal with my feelings in private. I have always fiercely, Fi-ishly known what I like and do not like, and have no ability to ‘tolerate’ things that I do not like. Once, I didn’t like half the people seated at my table at a public event, so I shut down completely and did not say a word to anyone at the table for two hours. My Fe friend also hated them, but smiled and charmed them all. Lucky girl. She can fake her feelings. I can’t.
- ENFP Mod
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disneydreamlights · 5 years
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Ticole, Skyuuya, Matt/Luca, NiNick, Syrice/Alex, Akiham, Shuake, Chrobin
 Like per usual, fandom ships above read more. OC ships below.
AkiHam:
big spoon/little spoon: Akihiko is big spoon. He’s like a lot bigger than Minako if I’m remembering correctly.
favorite non-sexual activity: You can’t tell me they don’t have eating contests regularly. Mr. Protein beef bowl and Ms. Don’t Touch My Food or I kill you both have to fight over this.
who uses all the hot water: Minako, I cannot explain this thought but Akihiko seems like the guy who would shower in an absolutely cold shower. Minako meanwhile will turn the water up to eleven.
most trivial thing they fight over: “Akihiko you need a diet other than protein” “No.” Okay so here’s the thing, Minako and Akihiko are the type of couple to fight over the stupidest things but never anything serious. So it’s probably something insanely dumb like who destroyed the most Shadows in Tartarus.
who does most of the cleaning: Minako. Akihiko’s room is sorta a mess if I’m remembering the room explorations correctly.
what has a season pass on their dvr/who controls the netflix queue: Minako watches a ton of TV and thus pays for all of it. Akihiko just watches whatever she does.
who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working: Akihiko calls Mitsuru, because she’s probably his landlord.
who steals the blankets: MINAKO IS A BLANKET THIEF YOU CAN’T TELL ME OTHERWISE.
who leaves their stuff around: Again Akihiko’s room is kinda a mess, I’d bet he leaves his stuff all over the place.
who remembers to buy the milk: Akihiko? Remembering to buy anything other than protein? Nah.
who remembers anniversaries: Both of them. Akihiko writes it down for months to make sure that he doesn’t forget and Minako just naturally remembers because she remembers all important dates.
Who cooks normally? ...I wouldn’t trust Akihiko to cook. I really wouldn’t.
How often do they fight? Playful bickering? Probably a fair amount of times. Serious arguing? I can really only think of one in my headcanon, because I headcanon that Akihiko was the one who pushed Minako to make the right decision on New Years Eve, but it took a fight to get them there, so it’s very very rare.
What do they do when they’re away from each other? Akihiko does boxing and training, as well as his studies. Minako does her various club and school activities and socializing.
Nicknames for each other? Minako calls him “Aki” after their rank ten, and she’s one of few people to do it. I headcanon that he calls her “Mina” in return.
Who is more likely to pay for dinner? Minako has a ton of money after P3 sooooooo...
Who steals the covers at night? Again, Minako’s a blanket thief, she totally does this.
What would they get each other for gifts? HEY I’M SUPER FUCKING EMOTIONAL OVER THIS MINOR P3 SPOILERS FOR THE SOCIAL THING THAT SOLD ME ON THIS BOY. Okay so on Christmas Eve Akihiko buys Minako a music box which is a) The best item in the game (seriously, unlimited SP heals, it’s awesome) and b) is symbolic of a promise. Every Christmas afterwards he plans on buying her jewelry, as a promise to each other that they’ll both make it out and defeat Nyx and it’s basically his hope for the future and I love this boy so much. As for his gift, Minako makes them all, because Minako is super crafty.
Who kissed who first? I had to think about this for a sec and I’m pretty sure it was Minako who does this? I think???
Who made the first move? ...Minako
Who remembers things? Minako naturally remembers, Akihiko makes notes in an effort to remember.
Who started the relationship? YOU THINK AKIHIKO CAN START ANYTHING ROMANTICALLY??? You have to tell this idiot how he feels to start romancing him.
Who cusses more? Minako has surprisingly bad language, neither of them use a lot but I think Minako might a bit more?
What would they do if the other was hurt? Minako would beat herself up because she failed her team. Akihiko would prepare to kill anything in his path, anything in an attempt to bury his pain and lose himself.
Shuake:
big spoon/little spoon: Akira is a big spoon in any and all relationships and that’s final.
favorite non-sexual activity: I can see the both of them spending hours sitting over some kind of puzzle or strategy game and either working together or going against each other.
who uses all the hot water: Akechi spoils himself in some ways now that he can and the hot water is definitely a thing he can spoil himself with.
most trivial thing they fight over: Knowing these two? Literally everything.
who does most of the cleaning: Both. Akechi can’t handle messes because he needs to have control over every little detail possible. Akira is just a naturally neat person and so he tidies up quickly.
what has a season pass on their dvr/who controls the netflix queue: Akechi does and he uses it for kids animes. This is a boy who was obsessed with hero animes and the like.
who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working: Akira. Akechi probably wouldn’t care and just put up with it. Even if he hates the cold
who steals the blankets: Morgana steals it from both of them, much to Akechi’s annoyance.
who leaves their stuff around: Like with the cleaning question, I can’t really see either of them doing this.
who remembers to buy the milk: Akira, he’s probably in charge of food in general for the two of them, so he takes care of it.
who remembers anniversaries: Both of them remember this at least.
Who cooks normally? Akira’s a good cook, Akechi doesn’t really care half as much about food, you know, despite running a food blog.
How often do they fight? A lot, especially in the beginning. As time goes on though they mellow out considerably.
What do they do when they’re away from each other? Akechi has his work as a detective to fall back on, and the two also have a lot of studying to do.
Nicknames for each other? God I cannot see either of these two using cutesy nicknames ever.
Who is more likely to pay for dinner? Akechi probably pays for most but there are at least a few times that Akira decides to try and pay.
Who steals the covers at night? Akechi, he gets colder easier if you want my opinion so he would need more blankets at night.
What would they get each other for gifts? Akira goes out of his way to find Akechi limited edition Featherman merch. Akechi gets Akira small sentimental items, because that’s the sort of thing Akira appreciates.
Who kissed who first? Akira’s the smooth one, he’s the one who kisses first.
Who made the first move? So Akechi confesses first, he absolutely does not expect Akira to respond but then Akira does and he’s like “??? Somebody actually likes me?????”
Who remembers things? Akira has a much better memory when it comes to smaller things. Akechi has a good memory, but his focus means that he doesn’t always remember when it matters.
Who started the relationship? Akechi
Who cusses more? DEPENDS because when Akechi wears his pleasant boy face? He hardly ever curses, but the moment he drops the facade, he has no filter.
What would they do if the other was hurt? Akechi would kill. Akira would do what he can to protect and hold off.
Chrobin:
big spoon/little spoon: Chrom is big spoon that’s all I’m saying.
favorite non-sexual activity: Chrom just really likes listening to Robin read. They kinda mutter to themself a lot over the text they’re reading and they just have quiet conversations over whatever the story is, probably some bickering over the story as well.
who uses all the hot water: Chrom is spoiled and uses way too much hot water. Everybody in the castle hates him for it, not just Robin.
most trivial thing they fight over: All I can think of is the F!Robin/Chrom supports where the entire thing is just trivial fighting and honestly? That’s probably it.
who does most of the cleaning: Robin. I cannot imagine Chrom ever having a clean home or organized whatsoever.
what has a season pass on their dvr/who controls the netflix queue: I feel like Chrom would be the one with this. He’s a total nerd and he tries to get Robin into the same stuff as him.
who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working: Chrom is the landlord.
who steals the blankets: Robin steals the blankets. When you spend all that time in a cloak you’re bound to prefer things warmer, and thus they try to steal blankets all the time.
who leaves their stuff around: Robin. They clean it up later but they’re an organized mess and while they’re working it means things end up in random places until they’re done doing their tactician stuff.
who remembers to buy the milk: Frederick. Robin and Chrom are banned from anything that involves food or groceries.
who remembers anniversaries: Chrom puts forth like super extra effort on the anniversaries to make sure that Robin always has one to remember.
Who cooks normally? Again, Frederick.
How often do they fight? Almost never. Robin and Chrom trust each other explicitly and know better than to step on each other’s toes. The only time they’ve ever truly fought was when it was revealed Robin was Grima.
What do they do when they’re away from each other? I mean...Chrom has a kingdom to rule, Robin has strategies. They both have friends to hang around and kids to take care of. They just kinda go about their lives.
Nicknames for each other? Just all sorts of general pet names, no real specific nicknames that stick.
Who is more likely to pay for dinner? ...I mean Chrom’s a prince, I think he has money.
Who steals the covers at night? Chrom does. Sorta. It’s more like he serves as Robin’s covers and then uses the covers for himself.
What would they get each other for gifts? Robin’s gift is that they pay for all the damage that Chrom causes around the castle and doesn’t tell other people. That and they get him small things that make them think of him, like it’s more gifts from the heart than anything else. Chrom gets Robin memories. And I mean that literally, he’ll buy them things based on things that they’ve done. So even if they forget, they remember.
Who kissed who first? This is the only thing I’m pretty sure Robin did first, in secret, in the tactician tent after Chrom confessed.
Who made the first move? Chrom. Robin is not about to date during the middle of a war, let alone the person in charge of the army.
Who remembers things? Robin makes sure to never forget anything, since they’re always worried about that.
Who started the relationship? Chrom. Again, Robin wasn’t even willing to move forward with it until after the war. Chrom was.
Who cusses more? Chrom has a sailors mouth and you can’t convince me otherwise.
What would they do if the other was hurt? Based on his reaction after what happened to Emmeryn? Chrom probably goes mad in grief and fear. Robin has a much quieter method, and chooses to make the more strategically sound option while trying to keep Chrom safe. They stay rational.
Ticole:
big spoon/little spoon: Nicole is too small to be the big spoon and honestly? That’s a shame.
favorite non-sexual activity: Is dragon raising a valid answer? I’m pretty sure it’s dragon raising Nicole loves her pet dragon. Also hanging around with their friends.
who uses all the hot water: ...honestly Nicole? She showers in water so hot it probably burns.
most trivial thing they fight over: Do they fight???? Nicole is bad at fighting people she cares about and Tip is timid as hell I don’t even know what or when they’d be fighting at all?
who does most of the cleaning: Tip definitely prefers to do the cleaning. Nicole helps out whenever she can, but Tip does it more.
what has a season pass on their dvr/who controls the netflix queue: Nicole. Mostly for Disney stuff. *shot*
who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working: They own their own house.
who steals the blankets: Nicole wraps Tip in all the blankets and then admires the cute blanket burrito that is the product of all her energy.
who leaves their stuff around: Probably Nicole??? I’m honestly not really sure.
who remembers to buy the milk: Pretty sure this is Tip. He probably has lists and triple checks them.
who remembers anniversaries: I don’t think either of them could forget honestly. Tip is hyperfocused on remembering every single important date and Nicole is just super dedicated where she never would.
Who cooks normally? Tip
How often do they fight? Honestly??? Like never. I don’t think they’ve fought once. I really don’t. I can’t remember rping any fights for them.
What do they do when they’re away from each other? Hahahahahahahahaha. Okay we’re going with normal away from each other and not that alive/death thing. Nicole’s probably hanging out with Ian and Charles or in the arena earning a little bit of extra gold if Tip’s with Ian and Charles and they’re not together. Tip’s probably reading or helping take care of Celestia.
Nicknames for each other? There was a weird phase where Nicole called Tip “Tippy” in SC but uh...neither of them are really nicknamey people tbh.
Who is more likely to pay for dinner? I mean they share funds pretty much always since rp funds are collaborative anyways.
Who steals the covers at night? ...honestly Nicole. She’ll never admit it, but she gets cold super easy.
What would they get each other for gifts? Man Tip bought Nicole like...a house, won her a dragon, I don’t think she’s topping that. But she does at least try. I think honestly though in all seriousness they tend to just get each other little things. There’s not really any big things but just tiny little signs of happiness.
Who kissed who first? Nicole, for sure.
Who made the first move? Nicole asked Tip to raise a dragon with her, so I’d say it was probably her.
Who remembers things? Both do.
Who started the relationship? Tip confessed first, so I guess that’d mean he was the one to start the relationship.
Who cusses more? Nicole. She has...moderately bad language. Tip cursed once and it was so ooc I almost washed his mouth out with soap.
What would they do if the other was hurt? Tip would try to heal her right away, and do what he could to keep her stable while boosting other people so they can get out of the battle. Nicole would...go murderous whoops.
Skyuuya:
big spoon/little spoon: Yuuya’s too tall for Sky to be big spoon so I guess she’s just gotta be the little spoon here.
favorite non-sexual activity: We’ve put these two through...so much...are they even allowed to have fun??? Is that legal??? I think at this point so long as they’re together and alive, it’s a favorite activity. (On that note though, I am a music bitch. I remember you headcanoning Yuuya playing Saxophone and I always like the idea of Sky playing flute. Let them play some duets when they have free time together.)
who uses all the hot water: I can’t see either of them doing this honestly? Forgetting their situation I don’t see either of them as long shower people.
most trivial thing they fight over: Their relationship is built on bickering it probably has something to do with Yuuya being dumb of ass.
who does most of the cleaning: Both, they’re both clean enough people where I can’t see them just kinda leaving things a mess if they have a chance to clean.
what has a season pass on their dvr/who controls the netflix queue: So it’s actually Sera’s but Sky has a profile and so whenever they go on dates she just casually puts it on.
who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working: Yuuya would if they had a landlord. Spoiler alert: They kinda don’t despair world ain’t a place for that.
who steals the blankets: Sky. She’s long since learned that Yuuya would rather her have them than himself and so she ends up just taking them for herself.
who leaves their stuff around: They don’t really have a lot of stuff, but Sky’s a lot more likely to do this than Yuuya is.
who remembers to buy the milk: Good memory means that they both manage to remember.
who remembers anniversaries: Both of them do, but given that Yuuya’s a foppish romantic he has a tendency to remember them earlier and do more of the prep work for celebrating.
Who cooks normally? Sky probably does it more often than not. I’m sure Yuuya does on dates because he wants to treat Sky well but outside of that? Sky.
How often do they fight? I’d like to think after the conversation where Sky learns Yuuya’s a spy in PoD, they very rarely have a true fight. Most of them afterwards would probably come after Sylvia and Leone are born, and the two of them have to come to terms with the fact that if something happens to them then that fucks the kids but also neither really wants to stop trying to save the world, if they ever happened at all.
What do they do when they’re away from each other? Sky does a lot of training, or reaches out to contact Sera and do offworld missions. Yuuya does a lot of his spy stuff, or hangs around Hiyoko and Sakuya. (If Sakuya will let him.)
Nicknames for each other? Yuuya calls Sky “mon amie” which I guess technically he kinda does to a lot of people, but he gradually reserves it only for Sky when she does become his love. Sky meanwhile calls him “birdbrain” which started as a meta joke (because Yuuya’s a Hatoful Boyfriend character get it?) and an insult but gradually just kinda became this endearing name. Like if anybody else called him that it’d probably be mean but there’s no real other way to describe it besides teasing at this point.
Who is more likely to pay for dinner? I’m pretty sure Yuuya would want to treat Sky for dinner as many times as he possibly can, even if she doesn’t let him.
Who steals the covers at night? Sky makes extra efforts to share them, because neither of them are full cover thiefs. But on really cold nights she might steal the extra ones.
What would they get each other for gifts? A Keyblade Okay so first of all I have to just like...make this clear, I think in general getting gifts for each other is very difficult between the two? The nature of the world kinda makes it hard to do traditional gifts, so I think the gifts are less possession in nature and more like...experience gifts. So like for a gift they might take each other to a peaceful night where they can pretend the world isn’t ending.
Who kissed who first? Sky did. Mostly to make him shut up after asking for one. Mostly.
Who made the first move? Technically Yuuya did. I mean he flirted with her in like...the first ten minutes of meeting her.
Who remembers things? Both of them. As spies and heroes, having a good memory to do things is kinda a very important skill to have.
Who started the relationship? Sky confessed, so that’d mean probably her.
Who cusses more? Yuuya. Sky very, very rarely curses, if ever, so he kinda wins by default.
What would they do if the other was hurt? HEY ZOE REMEMBER WHEN SKY GOT KILLED AND YUUYA JUST COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN LIKE FIRST HIS EMOTIONS AND THEN HIMSELF. I do. I still hurt. Holy hell ow. Anyways he would probably do whatever he could to save her to avoid that happening because never ever again. Sky herself is likely trying to suppress her panic response, and just does her best to get him to a healer like...as quickly as possible. They’ve been through this much together and she’s not about to let him die now.
Matt/Luca
big spoon/little spoon: Luca is little spoon for one big important reason, he is absolutely terrified to like close Matt in in any possible way because he wants to avoid causing a panic attack.
favorite non-sexual activity: A part of me wants to joke and say Matt’s a corruptive influence and their favorite activity is stealing and sneaking but in all seriousness it’s hard to say. I’d honestly probably say playing sports together, since while Luca’s a huge dork, he’s also fairly good in shape and decent at several sports, while Matt you’ve mentioned has issues with doing less...active activities, so it allows him to keep moving as well. Matt also probably sometimes just does running and Luca draws him.
who uses all the hot water: Both do so it’s whoever showers first. Matt’s a little shit and probably does it on purpose to annoy people. Luca’s Luca and spends an hour in the shower so that uses a lot of hot water.
most trivial thing they fight over: Lila’s dogs. Matt adores them long after they’re no longer in the apartment, Luca still insists their monsters.
who does most of the cleaning: Luca’s very much a disorganized mess. His entire house will only have an organizational method that makes sense to him. So Matt probably has to be the one to do this.
what has a season pass on their dvr/who controls the netflix queue: Luca’s the only one of these two who cares enough about movies to have this.
who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working: Considering at least the current apartment is in his name, Luca has to do this.
who steals the blankets: Matt probably doesn’t even need them but he is absolutely enough of a bastard to do this. Until Luca gets pouty and cold.
who leaves their stuff around: See the above answer. Luca’s method of finding things is just leaving them lying around until they show up again. 
who remembers to buy the milk: Luca has to. He needs milk to feed his cute kitty.
who remembers anniversaries: So while both Matt and Luca remember the big one, I feel like all the other ones? That’s Luca’s specialty. “Happy anniversary of the day we got together the first time, like back when you were in the cult.” “Happy anniversary of the day we broke up.” “Happy anniversary of the day we first met” because Luca is that kind of a dork. He does eventually drop it down to just the day they resumed dating and any other days afterwards...eventually.
Who cooks normally? Isn’t it just canon that all Kubricks are good cooks if their name isn’t Ian? I mean Luca definitely can cook and does, but Matt is better so Luca insists he does it like...9/10 times.
How often do they fight? So Luca is very even temperament over all. Enough prodding will make him upset but Matt tries not to prod him ever to that point, so I really don’t see it happening that often, so maybe a few times?
What do they do when they’re away from each other? Matt’s probably committing crimes, or I guess track or spending time with his family, Luca’s probably hanging out with Lila or drawing or practicing archery.
Nicknames for each other? Luca calls Matt “Matty Pie” once after hearing Dan do it, but never again. Since Luca never really uses nicknames for him, I don’t see Matt really doing them a lot for Luca either. Unless the codenames count. They probably use Fang and Wolf a lot even after the Phantom Thief stuff.
Who is more likely to pay for dinner? I mean technically the answer would be Matt since he’s always giving Luca free coffee drinks and stuff but the actual answer is Luca. He overall has a bit more money to spend, especially once all the cult stuff is done, and doesn’t mind treating Matt to some things.
Who steals the covers at night? This time it’s actually Luca. He gets cold easily and if anybody’s going to do it it’s going to be him.
What would they get each other for gifts? Do the daily coffees and wolf ears they’ve already gotten each other not count???? Or the kindness and forgiveness Luca always gives???  No okay in all seriousness Luca’s probably constantly conspiring with Ebony for stuff like in OSF and they work together on their gifts and theme them. Matt’s always giving Luca free drinks anyways.
Who kissed who first? So technically, Luca went in for the kiss first, but he accidentally triggered Matt. So we gotta give it to Matt, who after he calmed down chose to kiss Luca anyways.
Who made the first move? I think Luca flirted first? Admittedly this could’ve been either of them and I’d absolutely believe it.
Who remembers things? Matt has a good memory for a lot of the stuff in their relationship and about Luca, but Luca takes things above and beyond because he feels like it’s super important to like...remember every detail about Matt that he can. Especially given Matt’s mental health.
Who started the relationship? Matt asked Luca out the first time, but when all is said and done it’s Luca who asks Matt out the second time.
Who cusses more? Matt. It has to be Matt. There’s no way it’s not.
What would they do if the other was hurt? Matt would no remorse just stab whatever the hell hurt Luca and then get the boy out of there. Luca does what he can to ensure Matt is stable, and keeps him away from whatever hurt Matt. So like...if it’s mental trauma, he’ll do his best to reassure. If it’s physical, Luca will keep anything from hitting an unconscious Matt.
NiNick:
big spoon/little spoon: Nina is the little spoon and Nick’s the big spoon I cannot imagine Nina as the little spoon.
favorite non-sexual activity: Amusement park dates. Nina loves them in general and given they got together in a Ferris Wheel, it makes for a nice reminder of happier times.
who uses all the hot water: Honestly nine times out of ten they probably shower together, so they both end up using the the hot water at the same time.
most trivial thing they fight over: Getting out of bed in the morning. Nick’s a morning person and likes to try to do things. Nina absolutely wouldn’t leave the bed until 5:00 PM if she had her way.
who does most of the cleaning: Both of them, sometimes. It’s not that I don’t think one would do it more often than the other, I just know Nina once she’s up and moving has a lot of boundless energy and Nick probably likes keeping things cleaner, so they work on it together.
what has a season pass on their dvr/who controls the netflix queue: Honestly, I can’t see either of them having a Netflix account.
who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working: N/A Nina and Nick own the house.
who steals the blankets: Nina hates the cold and would burrito herself a thousand times if it meant avoiding cold.
who leaves their stuff around: I would say Nina. Like I said I see Nick living fairly neatly due to how he was raised, but Nina on the flip side just kinda forgets she left stuff lying around in different places.
who remembers to buy the milk: Tip does, when he comes over to visit and is like “Hey guys you don’t have milk how am I supposed to make breakfast for you???”
who remembers anniversaries: Nick remembers and celebrates every single one of them regularly. Nina can get the big ones but Nick just likes looking for reasons to celebrate his girlfriend/wife.
Who cooks normally? Honestly, probably Nick. His dad is Tip, he probably picked up some cooking skills from him.
How often do they fight? I think for the most part, they’re fairly peaceful with each other after the ending of SW, but after Charlotte happens I do think there’s a brief bit of time where Nina and Nick end up fighting about their kids. Nina starts to realize their hedonistic lifestyle has had a bit of a negative effect on their kids and while Nick encourages a similar lifestyle Nina kinda wouldn’t agree with that one hundred percent and I could see that causing a couple fights.
What do they do when they’re away from each other? Nina’s probably over at Olive’s a lot, talking about whatever it is idiots challenging each other to balancing competitions do with each other. Nick’s probably spending a lot of time playing catch up with his parents.
Nicknames for each other? I couldn’t find any which is honestly a shame. These two could’ve absolutely come up with some stupid nicknames for each other.
Who is more likely to pay for dinner? Nick’s family is rich as fuck. I don’t really think it’s a question of which one does it.
Who steals the covers at night? If either of them do it, it’s probably Nina, but since they spend most nights cuddling, Nina doesn’t do it nearly as often.
What would they get each other for gifts? Nick gets Nina the most traditionally romantic gifts he can think of. Flowers, jewelry, sweets, and all that jazz. Nina tends to buy him a little more understated gifts, but she also managed to help him get the greatest gift of all time, mortality, so yeah. That was a good one.
Who kissed who first? I haven’t read the scene in years but I can safely assume Nick kissed Nina first in that baseball scene.
Who made the first move? Nick. I would consider more actions of his working towards a romantic nature than not.
Who remembers things? Nina’s incredibly flighty and a little dumb at times, so I would say Nick’s overall probably the one better at remembering things than her.
Who started the relationship? Again, Nick was the one who started it, since he’s the one who asked her out.
Who cusses more? Nick curses, Nina does not. At all. Even under duress. 
What would they do if the other was hurt? Nina had a mental breakdown when Nick got hurt. She cracked under the pressure and basically froze up and started crying. I’d imagine if Nina got hurt, he’d immediately put up a shield to keep her from taking further damage, and then try to get help.
Syrice/Alex
big spoon/little spoon: Look I absolutely do not care how tall Syrice may or may not be, he exudes little spoon energy and that means Alex absolutely has to be the big spoon.
favorite non-sexual activity: Alex likes learning about a lot of things, so I’d imagine he genuinely enjoys talking to Syrice about things like hacking and technology and having him teach him how to do it.
who uses all the hot water: Yuu. Syrice is a quick shower kind of guy to me and Alex has been conditioned not to take long showers.
most trivial thing they fight over: Syrice fighting?????? The only thing I could see them fighting over is Alex trying to get Syrice to loosen up and be himself a bit more.
who does most of the cleaning: Both. Syrice probably is under constant pressure at home to keep things clean, and Alex is so used to trying to be a perfect child he works hard to keep everything neat and tidy as well.
what has a season pass on their dvr/who controls the netflix queue: If Syrice doesn’t own the Netflix account, I’d be amazed.
who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working: They’re children but also Syrice does it because Alex very much likes the cold and it’d take the house reaching below 50 for Alex to complain about it.
who steals the blankets: I don’t know for sure if Syrice would be the one to do it, but my gut says it’d be Syrice who gets all the blankets.
who leaves their stuff around: Neither of them. Both are very likely used to being super tidy so they tend to just try to keep things super clean in general.
who remembers to buy the milk: These two are the kinds of nerds who go to supermarkets with shopping lists so they don’t forget what they need to buy. Or at least Alex is and makes Syrice bring it with him.
who remembers anniversaries: I feel like anniversaries would be like...this huge deal for both of them. For Alex, they’re the days where he got a bunch of proof that people really care for him. For Syrice, they’re days where he met somebody who helped him grow out of his family’s shadow and so they don’t just remember them out of love for each other, but because of the amount of self love that they represent.
Who cooks normally? Probably Alex, he’s actually supposed to be a pretty decent cook.
How often do they fight? Alex is scared to raise his voice and Syrice is incredibly timid. When Alex isn’t trying to instill self love into Syrice I doubt they never fight at all.
What do they do when they’re away from each other? Alex is a reader, if he’s alone he’s probably curled up in a chair reading a book. Syrice is probably spending time around his family, working on some tech stuff.
Nicknames for each other? None that I can think of.
Who is more likely to pay for dinner? Syrice’s family is loaded they better be paying for dinner.
Who steals the covers at night? Given the above, I would say it has to be Syrice since Alex does not get cold easily.
What would they get each other for gifts? Alex very rarely, if ever, manages to save up the money to get Syrice a gift, but it’s always something like super heartfelt and something that immediately made him think of him. Like it doesn’t have to be good. It could be something awesome like a new camera (regular camera, not video one) or something dumb like a teddy bear but it’d just be something that just makes him immediately think of Syrice. Syrice meanwhile hacks Alex’s Amazon and buys him everything on his wishlist. (Not to that degree but still.)
Who kissed who first? Alex is absolutely going to have to be the one to do it. That or Yuu takes over and does it for Syrice because he’s tired of the two of them jumping around their feelings for each other.
Who made the first move? Syrice did, by going in and trying to rescue Alex from the shitty situation he was stuck in.
Who remembers things? Both of them tend to do a good job of remembering things in a general sense.
Who started the relationship? Alex asked him out for coffee, so I give it to him.
Who cusses more? Does Syrice curse at all???? I mean I guess Yuu does but Syrice???
What would they do if the other was hurt? I would imagine for Syrice, Yuu would come out and fuck up whatever hurt Alex. For Alex, he would definitely not really know what to do since he’s not much of a fighter, and would try to find a better fighter.
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I had a lot of fun writing the intro to this #ADiscoveryofWitches piece, mainly because I want everyone to understand the Palmer/Goode intrigue. (P.S., they're great together!) If you want another show to add to your overflowing queue, give this a shot:
- Philiana Ng (Entertainment Tonite) Twitter
There's a seductiveness in the way Diana and Matthew's romance unfurls that feels much more adult and refined; much of that is credited to Goode's innate, oft-overlooked ability to elicit impure thoughts just by a piercing look or a two-word answer in his deep English drawl.
Teresa Palmer on How 'A Discovery of Witches' Turned Her Into a Fan of Fantasy Romance (Exclusive)
By Philiana Ng‍, Jan 17, 2019
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Teresa Palmer didn't think a forbidden love story between a witch and a vampire would captivate her imagination. Tales of fantastical romances with supernatural beings weren't exactly her taste. But that was before she came across A Discovery of Witches, the television adaptation of Deborah Harkness' best-selling All Souls trilogy.
Titled after the first book, the eight-part freshman season follows Palmer's Diana Bishop, a historian and reluctant witch, who stumbles across an enchanted manuscript in an Oxford library that unknowingly thrusts her back into the dangerous secrets-filled world of magical beings. She meets the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode, perfectly cast as a brooding vampire sophisticate), a biochemistry professor and centuries-old vampire, who offers his protection and help. Even though years of bad blood between the witches and vampires make their team-up more complicated, their alliance turns into more than just a platonic union as they fight the evils from the supernatural world.
It's easy to compare A Discovery of Witches to Twilight or True Blood. But it's not all about the threat of desire or sex, though those elements pulsate throughout. There's a seductiveness in the way Diana and Matthew's romance unfurls that feels much more adult and refined; much of that is credited to Goode's innate, oft-overlooked ability to elicit impure thoughts just by a piercing look or a two-word answer in his deep English drawl. Palmer, for her part, kept a distance from stories that fell under the fantasy romance umbrella. She couldn't quite put a finger on why. But within reading “the first five pages” of the script, she was enraptured by the seemingly innocuous world that heightens imagination and, if done well, transports you to a completely different dimension.  
But A Discovery of Witches relies on the sparks between Palmer and Goode, and thankfully, they deliver -- even if the minutiae of the actual supernatural mythology at the center of the conflict leaves much to be desired. Their connection is, well, swoon-worthy. "Luckily Matthew and I got on so well, so it was very easy for us to portray two people that have this otherworldly love, pardon the pun," Palmer, 32, tells ET. "There's an innate connection between these two that's so deep and cellular. It's something that neither of them can deny."
The Australian actress, expecting her third child with actor-filmmaker husband Mark Webber, spoke to ET about being one-half of the latest TV romance, creating that rapport with Goode and why she's just as obsessed with where A Discovery of Witches is going as you are.
ET: I have to admit, I binged the entire season and found myself entranced by the show. Was it an immediate kinda connection for you too, when you first got the script?
Teresa Palmer: I feel like I was connected to this material from the first five pages. I wasn't always a fantasy romance kind of person, and so, when my agent sent me the script, I was like, "All right, I'll check it out." I got about five or six pages in and I was hooked by the world, by the setup and by the description, what this kind of environment was like. And then I fell in love with Diana. I just thought she was so brilliant and layered and she felt familiar in a way that I hadn't really felt with other characters previously. I just felt like I knew her. By the end of the first script, I was on the phone to my agents, and I said, "You guys...," because they were like, "We're not sure if you're gonna like this, 'cause it's a fantasy romance and we know that's not really your thing," and I was like, "You're wrong. I'm obsessed. I love it. I love it. I wanna do this show. This is brilliant!" And there's so much to work with. I didn't even know where the story went, so they got me the next two scripts, and then, I had already fully made up my mind. Like, "I'm doing it. I don't care if I move to Wales for six months and I have to move my entire family over there. It's just what we're doing." It was a wonderful experience.
What was it about this particular fantasy romance that really stuck with you?  
It was Diana, first and foremost, because I loved how human her response is. She had tragedy in her life, and then she ran away from the thing that could potentially bring more tragedy into her life, and I thought that that felt very human and real. There have been so many times in my life where I've run away from things that felt hard. It was a response that most people tend to have, and then, the fact that she just goes deeper and deeper into this world -- even though it's scary, she's just so brave and passionate and she lets her heart drive her. I was very inspired by that. There was something really beautiful about watching her journey and how she really comes into who she authentically is in a way that's not forced. It's organic. She follows the flow of where life's going, and I really loved watching how much she evolved from the start. Even with those first three scripts, I was like, "Wow, this is a woman who's radically changing and working on herself."
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What was appealing about being enveloped by this world of vampires and witches and demons?
I'm so excited by who demons are and vampires, and the vampires aren't traditional in this show at all. They're different and they're alluring and appealing in a really unique way. They're not out killing other human beings. I mean, there's a little bit of that. (Laughs.) But, they're not focused on that. They don't have fangs. Everything's just different and feels like it could be happening now. You could walk down the street and not know if they're a vampire or a demon or a witch, and I love that it was set in a contemporary world and we were just existing with humans. I thought that was a unique take on the genre.
I jumped into the show completely blindly and what struck me was how incredibly, like you said, alluring, and sexy this world is. Maybe it's the music, the way it's filmed, the performances or the whole package. I had several moments where I thought, "Oh, I want to be in this world. I want to meet a vampire or something," which is a ridiculous thought!
(Laughs.) I know. It's really sort of special and it's enticing and you're right, it's all those things. It's sexy and intriguing, but scary, and I don't think it's straightforward. You can't guess what's gonna happen next, and that's what I really love about it. It keeps you on your toes, and yeah, I find it so fascinating. And, I wanted to be in it. I wanted to be a part of the world. We have such great set designers and a crew that was very passionate about the story, that oftentimes when you're on set and you walk into these amazing sets that have been built and are so incredibly detailed, that you really feel like you are existing in that world, which is, nice. It makes your job easier as an actor to really immerse yourself into that environment.
Shows like this rest on the chemistry between the two leads, and here, between you and Matthew Goode. How did you chart Diana's initial attraction to Matthew Clairmont? Because that's the entire show. If it doesn't work, then the show doesn't work.
Like, am I screwed? (Laughs.)
Exactly.
Luckily, Matthew and I got on so well, so it was very easy for us to portray two people that have this otherworldly love, pardon the pun. But it is this otherworldly thing. There's an innate connection between these two that's so deep and cellular. It's something that neither of them can deny. They're just supposed to be together. And, I don't think either of the characters -- I know neither of these characters has ever felt like that before. Even if they wanted to fight against that feeling, and you do see Matthew have that moment in the show, they just have to be together. There's just no other way. I found that very romantic. It's wonderful to portray that and I loved that. That connection that meant that they were drawn to each other, and no one and nothing could stop them from being with one another. It's very easy to portray that with Matthew because we're both romantics and we're both married and have a bunch of kids. I've got three kids. I'm about to have my third, and I have a stepson as well. We have a lot in common and we have a lot to talk about, and it was easy. I found it really easy doing that with him.
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Was there a specific moment where you were like, I can't believe I'm doing this! What am I saying? What are we doing?
There were definitely moments with some of the fantasy elements where Matthew and I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face, 'cause we were talking about time traveling. We would giggle a lot, a lot, a lot and ruin takes and have to start all over again. You take the job seriously, but you also enjoy it by having fun and having a laugh and putting good feelings and vibes into it. I think it was an easy thing for us to do, but yeah. Of course, there are moments where I was like, hang on, I'm on a wire, hanging upside down by my ankle getting pulled up and down a tiny, little shaft. And I'm screaming because a vampire has fallen in love with me, and I'm like, What? What? Is this my job? Am I actually doing this?
The show is just hitting the U.S. now, but it was recently renewed for second and third seasons in the U.K. Have you gotten any indication of what's going to happen in those two seasons?
The great thing is it's based on Deborah Harkness' incredible series, so we have a rough idea of what the seasons are going to look like because we've read the books. But I do think there are going to be some changes. We fell in love with the whole cast of people in the first season, and in the second book, it's set in Elizabethan times, but it's really just Matthew and Diana, so I'm sure the writers are going to explore ways to bring the remainder of the first cast back into the second series somehow, so we don't miss them because it would be such a bummer not to see these amazing characters we've fallen in love with, like Miriam and Marcus. I know the audience is going to really miss that if they don't get to see them in the second season, so I think there will probably be slight tweaks to it. But ultimately, we let the books guide us and we'll figure out the story from there.
So you eventually read all the books?
Yeah, I did the audiobooks. That was the only way I could get through them without being interrupted and I was [listening to it while] putting them on in the car, especially when the kids are sleeping. Some of it wasn't appropriate for a 3-year-old and a 1-year-old. I just finished the third audiobook. I've got friends who are reading them too, and I'm getting texts from my girlfriends, like, "Wait, tell me about this backstory again. What happens here?" I have amazing friends who are really passionate about the story as well, so that's really nice.
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The first season of A Discovery of Witches is streaming now on Sundance Now and Shudder.
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I was tagged by Wham_Bam_Sam on wattpad to do this little tag game. Thanks! I figured I’d just do it on here instead because I know way more people on here than I do on wattpad. 
Rules: reveal 10 things about yourself, tag 28 people (optional), tell a joke (optional), post a spoiler to one of your stories (I cut three of the rules cause they either made no sense, like give the tag a title, or were very obvious, like paste the rules).
Ten Things About Me: 
I love and adore sharks (I’ve swam with nurse and lemon, possibly swimming with tiger sharks this summer; we’ll see if I can afford it. Dreaming of swimming with whale sharks as they are my absolute, all-time fave)
I used to want to be an actress and even got my AA in Fine & Performing Arts before switching to my current career path
My current career path is to be a mortician/funeral director. I just started my capstone class this summer and, as long as I pass it, I’ll be taking the National Board in September (don’t expect to see me much beyond my queue because I have an exam every single week, I already want to die)
I’m a huge as nerd. Across comics, literature, cartoons, movies, film, etc. I think it goes without saying but, because of 2, I’m a big theatre nerd, too
I have very eclectic music tastes. I listen to pretty much everything from classical, jazz, big band/swing, to today’s pop-rap, alternative, rock. Only genres I don’t listen to really are rap, country and death metal. To go with this, music is a massive contributor to my writing. A lot of my stories (which have since died, RIP) have songs for titles or chapters inspired heavily by music
I’m absolutely obsessed with true crime stories. When I had cable, I was always watching shows on the ID channel but I also love history crimes. Two personal faves are HH Holmes and Jack the Ripper (so basic, I know) but there’s one that’s really close to home (literally, really close to my home) and that’s the unsolved murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik. There’s a whole Netflix series about it, The Keepers, that came out last year. Check it out!
I’m bi. I’ve known I’m bi since I was 14 (shout out to Halle Berry for my sexual awakening) but now I’m wondering if I’m also ace or biromantic ace. I’m not out to my family, at all and I probably never will be, but I am out to most of my friends
I grew up Catholic and now I’m agnostic. A big part of my turning my back on the Catholic Church and organized religion in general was my realization that I was bi and, much like there is today, the attitude was that I would go to hell because of my feelings. This is also why my family doesn’t know. They aren’t conservative Catholics but they...ugh, they have that attitude of “I don’t care what gays do, I just don’t wanna see it”. Pretty sure they’ll never understand or accept it so they’ll never know.
I am a proud descendant of Italian immigrants, via my maternal great-grandparents. They immigrated from Sicily in the early 1910s and assimilated in the American way of life. No one on that side of the family speaks Italian anymore. I took in high school and I want to learn it, become fluent and go to Sicily some day, but its slow going lol
Because I couldn’t think of anything for a tenth interesting fact, I’m gonna piggyback on the last one and tell y’all a fun story. Apparently, my great-grandfather was actually in the mafia! :O lol My Gram says he was a soldato who went around the neighborhood and collected money for his capo. After he was arrested for fighting during a collection, my great-gram made it swear to leave the business or she would leave him and he’d never see his kids again; he got out and they had to change their name. It didn’t matter though cause they got divorced and she remarried later on. Now, my Gram is 92 with dementia so we take every story she tells us with a grain of salt, but I always found this one hella interesting lol
Tagging: I’m gonna try to tag all the fic writers I know so you guys probably won’t have to tag anyone lmao @jones-fp, @missjanuarylily, @chlobenet, @darknightfrombeyond, @wild-stdreams, @emiliachrstine, @spectralarchers, @recklessyouthinme, @susiesamurai, @stevensgrnts, @yourpalmoony, @abcbarricadeboys, @chuck-hansens, @whittymores, @thetenthdoctorscompanion, @eventualprocrastination, @deutches, @whindsor, @fraysquake, @rhaenystargaryen411, @itscapokaybye, @thisismexxo, @quaking084, @hennigshelleys, @httpscoot, @god-dammit-barb, @kisaageckos (27, one short!)
Spoiler: Hmmm, I’ve been trying to figure out which story to give a spoiler for and it was really hard. I wanted to do Safe & Sound but, because I don’t even know what’s gonna happen beyond s3, that’s not really possible. Life Left To Go isn’t really a spoiler-y sorta fic; the last two movies are gonna be very straight forward. I can’t really give spoilers for Gone Girl or my Dunkirk fic cause I don't have them fully planned out, so that just left Pray for the Wicked and Blood & Whiskey. And, because I am hella indecisive, I’m gonna give y’all a spoiler for both fics! How nice am I? ;)
PFTW: this is a rough idea I’m toying with but I’m thinking of making my OC Alice a vessel for Gabriel so, at the end of s13, he doesn’t die. Instead, he possesses Alice and, as he did as Loki, covers his presence so no angel can detect him so s14 would be a lot of Gabriel posing as Alice, which will strain on her relationship with Sam
B&W: Beth is going to die. I will say that it’ll be in s2, although I’m not entirely sure when, but she is going to die. But that also won’t be the end of her! I promise, Beth will be back in s3! I just gotta wait for it to air and have free time to watch it a few times so I can think of what role she’ll play
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an update on the state of this lil sideblog
so... you guys have probably noticed that my queue from the finale has just been like, bleeding out a post a day for... a long time. 
the reasons for this are basically:
i needed time to grieve the finale, i loved it a lot but i needed to just let the emotions sit and managing my queue fell by the wayside
i ran into the same problem i did with my personal blog: getting too obsessed with my queue being Perfect™ w/ regard to distribution of colors and text posts and got burnt out organizing it every night (hahaaa thank you to my wretched ocd brain)
i got very into another project (a very big AU focused rec list i’ve been working on for a long time) that i’m actually close to posting here, so! exciting! but it took up my time
i know this is just a silly lil sideblog and not all that important enough to warrant a big post about it but i felt like all 20 of you following me deserved an explanation, and a promise that i am going to try to be more active in the coming months! i’ve got a ton of posts i’ve just been saving to drafts since march (like nearly 4k;;;) that i’m going to start posting, and try to not fall into the hole of overthinking my queue or post layout. 
i hope y’all stick around, bc i still love this podcast so much and it’s still very much my current hyperfixation, and i wanna keep having fun with it with all of you. see you soon 0u0
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NEDDY AND BODERLINE ADHD!!!! I'd love to see Emma noticing that for the first time and freaking out omg! But I know your queue is long :(
Yeah, Neddy has some inattentiveness issues and often has trouble staying still (hyperactivity). Emma doesn’t necessarily freak out as much as she’s just concerned. She’s not unfamiliar with getting mental health assistance and aid. I mean, Emma and Killian have both sought out help within the show, I mean, not to a point we’ve seen them diagnosed with anything, still there is some sense that Emma, Killian and Henry have gotten some aid for mental health issues before. I’m actually kinda impressed with how they’ve kinda addressed mental health, but at the same time they really haven’t addressed it. It’s a curious box to be in.
On top of that in this universe, Harrison at an early age is diagnosed with anxiety and having some obsessive compulsive behaviors (mainly in the form of obsessively cleaning and organizing.) I’ve made it very blatant that he takes medication. Henry mentioned he takes anxiolytics but Harrison also takes a specialization antidepressant medication called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. It’s a medication that helps curve compulsions and have you chill out. I mean Harrison isn’t like Monk levels, but it’s very noticeable when he’s stressed.
So, no, Emma doesn’t really stress out about it. I mean she gets impatient sometimes with Neddy’s inattentiveness and hyperactivity, but once she notices what’s going on, she addresses the problem quickly.
She notices when he’s around 8-9 years old when his teachers complain about how he doesn’t really play attention in class and is often making a distraction of himself with his constant moving, foot tapping and pen clicking. She kinda understood there was a problem to begin with mainly because the kid rarely sleeps, often is resistant/not adjusting well to change and really struggles to stay completely still. He does a thing with his foot when he gets restless. It takes awhile for Emma to notice it, but when she does, like she often gets very distracted by his foot movements, which can only really be describe as rolling/rotating his foot in a small circle. He’s a lot more in control of himself when they get him on adderall. There’s a huge difference
So yeah. My queue is huge, but here’s some Neddy and ADHD discourse.
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The Nine Spell Sisters You’ll Meet in the Cactus Garden of Insta
If you've found this blog lovely, deep down you already know you have a serious problem. It’s cool. As useless as reading this will be to save your wallet, you’ll find some peace in knowing we’re in this together. So let’s get on with the first step in solving acknowledging our shared problem by admitting that some or all of the following shit has been going on lately:
“We”* have been frantically Googling Spell and the Gypsy Collective, Joplin Jacket or worse Spell Xanadu eBay... or even more hopelessly tragic Spell Folktown. We've been waking from dreams of blue skies and going to bed fantasizing about Lotu...actually we don't go to bed - at least not lately. We’re not sleeping much are we? No. We’re up sweating; obsessing over the one that got away... or in all probability will, at the next drop - because our internet isn't fast enough; because 7 seconds is suddenly an eternity during check out; because XS sells out first. Every. Fucking. Time. What we have is full blown PTSD - Post Traumatic Spell Disorder, with more than a healthy side case of drop anxiety.
* Please note the use of the ‘Spell sister we’ here.  Much like a ‘spousal we’ this in fact means you.
Sound about right?
Welcome friend. It's nice to have you. You’re safe here. At least until the end of May, when Lotus drops.
Ever wonder how this started? I do (and so does my husband, my wallet and all my abandoned hobbies.)
Since science is ignoring me won’t explain the root cause of my condition, I've been working on a few conspiracy theories to help explain how one innocent retail therapy sesh, consisting of a Route 66 dress, turned into a full blown brand dependency that has me mapping out intricate buying strategies a full 48 - 72 hours before every drop:
Conspiracy Theory 1: Spell infuses their hand drawn fabrics with Stevie Nick's breath which they have bottled into microscopic nanotubes that fit into the heads of sewing needles. After the Australian TGA denied approval on a Stevie Nicks Vape pen, wherein the user would actually inhale the muse’s vocal chord filtered CO2, Spell had a shitload of unregulated gypsy breath on their turquoise encrusted hands. As Spelly and Lizzy are committed to sustainability, they quickly found a way to repurpose this rare and precious resource. The result? Once you start wearing a Spell piece, Stevie’s magical gypsy breath whispers into your pores, delivering you an effortless high that obviously demands you chase it again and again... on the wings of an enormous owl, obviously. Why this is probably true: Look no further than yourself - yes or no, you increasingly find yourself totally down with multiple layers of lace you would have never considered wearing at this age (or since that rad 1990 Jr. Prom dress)? Yes or no, you have found yourself with both a Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac Spotify Channel on endless rotation? Yes or no, when someone mentions the word leather, you blurt the lyrics “take from me my laaaace?” (note: There is actually a Spell Sisters 70’s Festival Jamboree playlist on Spotify. You’re welcome from Lulu Mey, the goddess who created it.)
Conspiracy Theory 2: Spell runs a genius instagram account 782k followers strong and just when you think you can ‘totally survive without another piece from Festival ‘17 BAM - you see it styled on a muse that could easily be you. You could be in Thailand, in that backless Lolita, in front of that waterfall, with those lovely beachy waves in your hair and no shoes because you floated there (on the owl - duh.) In fact it probably IS you… because they plucked that image straight out of your unicorn mind, put a 72% Lark filter on it and fed the ‘travelling you’ right into that instagram channel. They did this as a courtesy ICYMI; you know, all the retargeting ads the other gentle signs reminding you that you actually do NEED this piece in your life and it’s no longer optional. Why this is probably true: because it is true. See: @spell_byronbay.
Pick your theory but the FOMO (Folktown Obsessed Must Own) is real. Obviously, they have put a serious Spell on us - sorry not sorry, pun was too obvious. Show me another brand tribe that feels compelled to share their instant bond on insta when they show up full twinsies at a party (Who wore it best? Both of us! Yay! Love you! Love you more! #twinsemoji) Show me another brand tribe that has women from ages 18 - 81 searching for a magical unicorn in the shape of a mumu. Show me another brand who has more authentically gorgeous UGC. See: #myspellcollection #spelldesigns #spellskirtswish #vintagespell #spellluxelace #spellfestivalstyle
While we share a familiar ache in our wallets and art museums for closets, we’re a globally diverse tribe to be sure. Still yet, with every Spell Sister you meet, you connect with a little piece of yourself, right? Just in case your affliction is fresh and you’re still trying to find your cactus rose footings... Here’s the short list of the nine Spell Sister’s you’ll meet fall in love with in the cactus garden we call Insta (ps, I’m @jennvonhagen )
1) The Unconditional Lover: She buys something from every drop, and even if she's secretly not 100% sure it works on her, she's committed to making it work and her tribe is there to help her rock it hard. Queue the extra large knotted hemline and for God’s sake woman - just belt it. Spell can do no wrong - not even a dress recall phases her - she kept that Blue Skies Maxi Wrap dress, and she wears a kimono made of bubble wrap over it - and somehow it actually works for her - because she belts it.
2) The Fresh Collector: She "just found this new brand OMG" Bae got woke somewhere right after Hotel Paradiso and she can't shut the fuck up about her OZ obsession - because she DISCOVERED it you guys. We don’t blame her for the misconception, we felt EXACTLY the same way. Her insta is full of ‘lowered gaze’ shots that have you wondering WTF she’s staring at. Educated guess - it’s 16 trash bags full of labels she’ll never wear again. Regardless, she looks amazing in that dress, so we don’t give a shit - we welcome her with open kimonos.  Babushka was her first ‘fully aware drop’; her collection has a shit ton of it. We’re simultaneously proud and worried, because she has no idea what she’s gotten into.
3) The Hider: Everything is NWT. She hasn’t even worn what she's got, and the challenge of justifying the spend is getting exponential. With her towers of white boxes getting harder and harder to conceal, the Husband is now on to her. Busted a few times during a delivery, she now sends the white boxes to the neighbors house and swears:
“It’s from Target/ I’ve had this forever/I’m borrowing it/Yay Swapped!”
(Rejoice hiders: the boxes are being transitioned out. You’ll no longer have to hide them - now you can simply obsess over collecting the cute new calico bags.)
4) The Girl Next Door: Nobody knows what she does for a living, but apparently she lives at Spell. I mean right inside the fucking Byron store... 12 minutes after a drop goes live, she's #spellswishing in the latest sold-out-soon-to-be-Unicorn. We hate her. Just kidding we love her. Just kidding we want to be her. Just kidding, we’ll settle for a sleepover - in her bohemian yurt, which is probably located right outside Spell’s cactus garden. 
5) The Historian: Her collection dates back farther than Gypsy Queen and she probably has that first Sugarhigh+Lovestoned tee they styled the early jewels with in a safety deposit box. She can recite the name of every collection and every piece in it. She can spot fakes too, because she knows exactly when the logo lock up changed thanks to Rachel Pony Gold (circa April/May 2012). She indulges in the bootstrapped sisterly romance of it all. Damn right she owns the book; it’s signed - obviously.
6) The Cheerleader: She likes EVERY photo with Spell in it, and she will tell you you look GORGEOUS every single time she sees you on Insta because she believes that you have a beautiful unicorn soul. “You in that Sunset Road + Festival ‘16 mashup = AMAZING!”
She imagines you in your private cactus garden teaching your children how to hand letter affirmation mantras and macrame their own diapers as you sip organic kombucha and braid your bestie’s hair. She loves you. So. Fucking. Much. Her pronouns are heart eye emoji and kiss emoji.
7) The Impulse Buyer: constantly swears to God and all that is will-powerful that she WILL. NOT. CAVE to the next drop. She is going to be practical for fuck’s sake. (Yah, Lotus has alot of yellows and olives.. I’m more of a “summer”) But then she buys the Joplin Jacket because Florida winters are “brutal”. She has a large return shipping bill, admits that this is merely an endless paypal exchange and knows the Customer Service Angels by name (Oh, hey Angela). She uses the RA form and chat feature to send them love notes and see how they’re holding up after each drop.
8) The Wing-Woman: you either are one, have one - or both. She’s as hardcore as you are and she doesn’t judge your illness. You both have issues. This is the person you spend hours strategizing with before every drop. You two have your own kind of math and it’s harder to follow than ‘conceptual math. But this secret Spell math is a thing of fucking beauty: no matter what the equation, you always get the answer you want: 
”Ok, I returned my Blue Skies Wrap, so I have a credit, plus what I saved on the Babushka Midi equals the price of the Joplin …. I’m net zero!” 
You size up the line, screen shotting Snapchat and teasing each other via text. You pro/con every piece based on some fictional, rational version of you that “doesn’t need another gown, but needs to go with 2 piece sets you know, for more daily use.” (Um, sure - whatever you need to tell yourself hun.)  If you’re on vacay during the drop, she’s got your back - as in your paypal payback - unconditional support is just a click away. She’s also hunting unicorns for you on the side and blowing you up on text in the middle of the night with buyer’s guilt (note the lack of remorse. There is never remorse, just fleeting guilt and temporary indulgence shaming for going overboard with both the Stardust Cami AND the Jacket “I’m a living Goddamned disco ball, WTF have I done? But I lurrve them.Yay me!)
9) The Unicorn Hunter: She’s next level obsessed, willing to throw cash and half her current Spell stash at the "last ever of it's kind, ever." ‘Evil-bay’ is alternately her nemesis, and her reluctant savior. After multiple talks off the Buy It Now button and pleas to her practical side, she eventually caves for her Unicorn, pays an obscene price and then never takes it off. See: Anything Folktown or a Xanadu Maxi Dress on eBay/Poshmark/Depop/Facebook Swap & Sell insert streaming tears emoji + unicorn emoji
As different as we may be - there’s something beyond swirling around in art that pulls us together. Perhaps it’s the addictive cocktail of anticipation + adrenaline + winning. Even as we’re confident that Spelly, Lizzy and all the Angels are sorting through the surprise growing pains, deep down we know there’s a small part of us that will miss bonding/sweating/crying over the chaos. More likely though, it’s the authentic friendships formed while supporting each other. ( I just heard a story from two best friends who met via a hashtag. They live a world apart, but talk every day.)
While I can't offer a cure (because Lotus/May/God help us), we can still justify our spending take comfort in knowing we’re not alone. (Or maybe that just adds to our stress because at least 20K+ of us have the notifications turned on for an intense Facebook page where we channel our obsession into smarter ways to buy/sell or swap more pieces.) Either way - rejoice in the Spell Sisterhood - our love runs deep, our tribe is epic and your OOTD is eternally on point.
PS - does anyone have a Turquoise Folktown Skirt and Top set in XS? Seriously, I die.
Note: You can follow more of the saga on Insta @jennvonhagen After I wrote this blog, I stumbled upon a hilarious thread on the Facebook Spell Designs Buys Swap and Sell page where fellow sisters are sharing their legit addiction and proven survival techniques. I’m currently interviewing for a follow up to this post, where I’ll share stories from all nine types of sisters. If you identify with one or more of the above, comment with your number(s) and if you’d like to be a part of the next post, message me here, on Insta or email me at [email protected]
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do you have secondary tumblrs? do you think they're necessary/good? i'm like horribly organized so the idea of having 1 blog for everything freaks me out
I don’t think they are *necessary*, but they are useful. I use this blog for all of my interests from sci-fi/fantasy to comedy tv shows to video games, etc, but sometimes I get super obsessed with something popular and decide to start a sideblog so I can actually reblog all of the art and whatnot rather than spacing it out over months on my main.
For example, I love Star Wars, and there is SO much art for it that it was clogging up my queue so it was like 75% Star Wars, which is....not what I want, I like balance. So I made a sideblog for that, and I reblog my favorite pieces here as well. That sideblog is @reyfinndameron, btw. I did something similar with The Stormlight Archive, and so I also have @lightweavershallan.
I’m not super active on these blogs because it’s slow in the ASOIAF/GoT fandom right now, but I have @dornedaily and @gameoflulz for the same reason, and because I wanted to allow ASOIAF people to follow all of the Dorne content I see without having to follow my multi-fandom blog, which they are unlikely to do.
I’ve joined a few sideblogs too, for the things I make a lot of edits and gifs of, like Broad City, Bob’s Burgers, and Daisy Ridley, but I don’t do that often. You can make a private sideblog and be in it with other people and then when you make posts there, it will notify you, too, which is a cool feature! I never use it, but it’s cool. I even have two blogs I don’t use as social blogs, I just use them to dump reference posts and themes and stuff so I can avoid making my blog ugly with all of those often long posts.
This was an overly long reply (I like talking about the sociology of how to use blogs), but basically....I think there are a lot of uses for sideblogs. If you tag everything on your main thoroughly, you don’t ‘need’ a sideblog, but if you have a lot of interests and can’t reblog them all, sideblogs help! To be honest, I don’t follow many fandom sideblogs, as I like seeing personal posts from the people I follow, and I get most of the stuff I reblog from the tags and search pages.
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