#i feel like crocheting something like this
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Mmmm what about Kate with a partner who’s love language is gift giving, specifically handmade gifts.
Like just imagine Kate being gifted a bouquet of crochet flowers by her partner, I can’t get that image out of my head.
Also do you take anons? can I be 🐹 anon?
handcrafted
kate martin x fem!reader
summary: it was your's and kate's one year anniversary together, and to make it special you made your gift by hand.
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you and kate have had a connection from the moment you met, you guys had ignored it until you finally confessed to her in the pouring rain, a story for another day, but a connection nonetheless.
you guys had made a deal on your six month anniversary that you wouldn't go all out for your one year, so you hadn't. recently, you had been trying to learn how to crochet, seeing some cute crafts that you wanted to make.
one of these crafts, a bouquet of crochet flowers, caught your eye one day while scrolling on Instagram. you looked up a tutorial and quickly got to practicing, thinking that they would make a nice, thoughtful gift for kate.
you had finally gotten the pattern down a few days before you were going to go out. you had made almost a dozen of them, untying and retying them all together until they were to your standards. you felt sort of weird making something so simple for such a big day in your relationship, but at the same time, it felt fitting for you and kate.
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the day had come, you were woken up by kate bringing you breakfast, more like lunch, in bed.
the two of you had the whole day planned out, you were going to chill at home for a little, maybe hit up the mall, and then go out to dinner at a restaurant you guys had been frequenting more often. you were excited, to say the least, you had gotten ready two hours before you had to leave, wanting to look your best.
you were nervous too, you were starting to get self-conscious about your gift, thinking it was a little babyish. calm down, it'll be fine, it's just kate. you repeated those words in your head until you started to believe them.
you guys were having a great night, the food was great and you were laughing and talking the whole time. you guys had decided to do presents once you got home, feeling like it might be weird to do such a personal thing in a public setting.
you guys were wrapping up at the restaurant, the waiters and waitresses bidding you goodbye, knowing they would see the two of you again soon.
"c'mon y/n, I want to go home! I'm so excited to give you your gift, it's so cool" you smiled as you looked at kate, she was practically jumping off the walls to leave.
"my company isn't enough to keep you here?" you laughed as you walked out the door, watching her face contort to make an argument against your claim. you didn't hear the end of it till you got to the car two minutes later.
your leg was bouncing nervously on the way home, kate had noticed and grabbed your hand halfway there. it calmed you down, even if you didn't want to admit you were stressed in the first place.
you weren't totally sure why you were nervous, maybe it was the fact that you thought kate wouldn't like them, or that you felt like they wouldn't compare to whatever kate gets you.
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finally, after both of you had changed and taken off your makeup, you were seated on the couch. both of you holding the other's respective gifts. kate had a tiny bag that seemed to hold something fancy. you were scared, to say the least.
you switched bags and to say you were shocked is an understatement. kate had given you a bracelet with what seemed to be hand-polished gems, she had held off on opening hers just to see your reaction.
you jumped into her arms, kissing her face to show your gratitude. "kate, baby, this is so cute, did you make this yourself? i love it so much oh my gosh." you had asked her to help you put it on, not wanting to ever take it off again.
you were sitting on her lap messing with the chain when you realized she hadn't opened your gift yet. "kate!" you gasped, a smile on your face as you reached for the bag, handing it to her. "open it! please? i know its not much but i learned how to make each one individually and it took me actual weeks-" you were cut off by kate kissing your lips, it was a slow kiss, one that expressed just how thankful she was for the present.
"they're amazing babe, im going to go get a vase to put them in." you got up, letting her walk into the kitchen to get a vase. you were still a little shell-shocked about that kiss.
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the vase of handmade flowers sat on your coffee table for almost two years, only moving when you did. every year since your first anniversary you've added a new flower. every day, it's like walking into a reminder of just how much you two had been through together.
notes: erm chat?? new color?? but also yes, i do take anons! hi 🐹!! anyway chat.. i miss my gf.. YEAH GIRLFRIEND. I TOLD YOU SHE WAS INTO ME. (we've been on one date.) sos chat - kate
kate's gift to you
your gift to kate
#wcbb#caitlin clark#paige bueckers#caitlin clark x reader#kate martin#paige bueckers fic#wlw#iowa hawkeyes#iowa wbb
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Some more advice for fellow adults: set your ego aside and let younger people (even kids!) educate and teach you. There is no shame in looking to a younger person for education and knowledge. It is, actually, a big facet of humanity that we teach each other - why, then, does that teacher need to be the Right Age in order for you to be willing to learn from them?
#youth liberation#adultism#i'm looking to a younger person to teach me about crochet and it's actually FINE#it's actually not an attack on Your Ego that a young person is more knowledgeable about something or possesses a talent at a level you dont!#and personally i like learning from younger people because they tend to be kind and PASSIONATE about what they are talented at!#like the young person i'm learning crochet from has this super bubbly and energetic personality and that's MOTIVATING me#and it feels less like they're just dictating crochet at me and more like we're equals sharing a passion and a craft#and THAT is what makes people want to learn. THAT is what will keep people engaged and motivated even when it gets tough#frankly it's just... kind of a red flag to me when somebody devalues younger people SO MUCH that they REFUSE to listen or learn from them#it's just... arrogance and cruelty for the sake of cruelty in my eyes
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🤡 ⭐️ funny little cardigan 🌙 ❤️
maybe I'll actually dress up and style an outfit or something
#bo posting#my art#crochet#granny square#FINALLY TOOK BETTER PICTURES!!!!!!!!! AUGH#im still unbelievably proud of this#enjoy me never shutting up about it#its the first thing ive finished.... in months#and i feel like crying#ive been so envious of everyone around me being able to even hold a pen#and i had to chanel my creativity elsewhere and that was in this and this only#i was tired and felt guilty for how sick it made me feel to be in artistic spaces#or seeing my friends draw#like??? unproductive. helps no one?? 🗞💥🧠#so this was my solution#its the only creative thing thats made me happy in a long time#its the only creative thing that ive done for myself lately too#doing something creatively for other people has been hard#wahhhhhhh#i want to put my creative energy ive put into crochet into more things. i dont like how hard thats been#idky i havent been able to talk about it#like articulating it properly is one thing but like? never... even tried#i think it hit when it was the only thing i could tell my therapist that i could do that made me happy rn#the only expectations were my own#wow i did NOT intend to vent but hey thanks for reading 💏💖💋💞
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There's a lot of validity in the idea that older Bakugo is a traumatized pro-hero with major PTSD... but you know what's kinda fucked up to think about? The fact that Bakugo is also a 22-year-old pro-hero with major PTSD even before that, too.
It's almost easy to imagine that things are actually better when he's older (the therapy finally a routine, the trauma long set and on the path to being healed)... and that it's his whole 20s that are spent as a pool of disaster trying to recover from the war(s).
He looks back and barely even remembers being twenty, much less twenty-five or twenty-seven. Barely remembers how little he slept, not at the hands of trying to balance hero work and getting a degree at the same time, but just out of the pure insomnia that came from trying to move on and every nightmare attached.
Hardly ever showering, never shaving (not that he ever grew much of a beard, but the facial hair was definitely there. There's pictures of him on the news with an awkward, grown out haircut and patches on facial hair that make him look positively... immature), barely even eating more than a few protein bars or an energy jelly drink-a day. It's a blur, and his friends are hardly there to pick him up out of it because they're all going through it, too. Somewhat.
It's definitely weird if you meet him during this period. He's not all there, at least, not all of the time. He doesn't really register your interactions, the friendship you extend to him (a younger, or ever older, version of him would've shown you that deep seeded ferocity in response, tried to bite the hand that fed him, even if it were love... but 20s Bakugo... doesn't seem to notice). Even though only one of his eyes is clouded over, the good one never seems to brighten up.
There's definitely moments when the old him shines through: when he's with Deku, when he's in the midst of battle, when he finds out that Todoroki still does a shitty job at chopping scallions. But it's a long time before he's even close to the same, able to step out from underneath the fog of simply surviving and into the sunshine of recovering.
But I think sticking through it with him is worth it.
(It's a weird moment, a happy moment, the first time you realize that Bakugo has changed. That the pouring rain outside hasn't bothered him since he showed up at your apartment. He forgot his umbrella, he's been quite careless ever since the war—wet and shaggy hair frizzed up, cheeks red from cold—but he doesn't seem to mind, with his bare feet up on your coffee table, his eyes gazing out the window. You hand his tea, and instead of gulping it down in one go, letting it burn in his throat, he winces at the heat.
"Tastes like shit," he says, and you laugh because it always does. Just this time, he noticed.)
#bakugou x reader#bakugo#this is what crocheting a baby hat does to u#no im jk i was just thinking abt bakugo being like 22 and awkward as h*ck bc he still hasnt recovered from the war#i wanna talk abt what he's like more but this is what came out instead LOL#like i think he's really stubborn abt ... coping with after effects of dying#and then before he knows it he has major depression LMFAOO#and he can like go to work get his degree do all he needs to do as a 20-something year guy#but he's not like. *there*. you know#and you meet him and he's a binch but he's not hard to get along with#and u just sorta take him in and drag him places like idk#your school's halloween night.. or even just a night out with ur friend (he doesn't even know how to order a drink)#and he doesnt even process it all until one day he's like 'dang it feels like ive been asleep for years'#and he kinda was#but he knows youre the one who helped him and now he wants to fix himself for you bc he remembers u being there for him#but he's so funny im imagining him with like. frat boy facial hair and a really outgrown ugly mullet type haircut#and lowkey with like. greasy skin (ik he's perfect but he's in a bad state and it shows) and he eats instant noodles ever day#and only watches japanese top gear#and goes on patrols where he beats the crap outta ppl and then doesnt remember it#DREAM BOY#and then he's big hero later#anyway#caitie post#gen
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Fiber arts tumblr is the only place I can say "I'm not selling this for any less than $200" where people are more likely to go "oh. yeah 😔" than just straight up balk at the idea of spending hundreds of dollars on a tiny 5 inch plushie (that has 4 different colors) (handmade without a pattern and nothing else like it on the market) (atypical design) (took at least 6 hours)
#text#a very particular distaste for people who beg and beg for crochet art#and then tell me thats too much to pay for something so small#motherfucker go pick up a crochet hook and get a bunch of yarn and look at the picture and make it yourself then#guarantee it will take you longer than it took me#me who churns these out in hours with just a 3d model for reference#and then like. ive said this before. but my amigurumi are odd in that they are not just little chibi blob shapes#you can probably find ay least a handful of people willing to make ANY pokemon but it will NOT look exactly like that pokemon#itll be a cute simplified version#anyway i feel like this is probably one of those 'two experts in a field overestimate the average persons knowledge of their field' meme
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ADH-Vees
#hazbin hotel#the vees#hazbin hotel vees#velvette#vox#valentino#hazbin hotel valentino#hazbin hotel velvette#hazbin hotel vox#hazbin hotel fanart#berry.png#Val is supposed to be crocheting#I feel like he'd do so many fucking crafts to keep his hands busy during meetings#They're all constantly scrolling or busying themselves with something#I love it
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ooo i love it (viciously despise) when my brain wants to do five different things at once, it's So funny (i need to bite concrete)
#do i want to write? draw? worldbuild? character build? storybuild?#if i want to write What do i want to work on#original stuff? wh? aus? something else entirely?#if i want to draw what do i want to scribble?#sundown? indulgent stuff? wh? dragon doodles? environment practice#if i want to worldbuild which world do i want to think about#which characters! which plots! I JUST DONT KNOW~#i feel like my brain has been presented with many cakes and i dont know where to start so i just sit & starve <3#maybe i should just... watch something and crochet?#I JUST! DON'T! KNOW!#i have two hours before i should get to bed... what to do... what to do...#absolutely unprompted#i have much interest in too many things at once!#maybe i'll respond to some asks...#i have a lot of them... over a hundred... i want to cut that back a little#but a lot are theory based so hmmmm idk if i have the brain for it#god i want to. i Want To.
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Been busy enough to justify a full round up for this WIP Wednesday. The TL;DR being that I'm back to being fully lace brained.
Blanket 10 is NEARLY finished. I've started attaching the last row and just need to finish out this row and then do a border (and give him a good wash, I've owned some of this yarn for years and it smells a little dusty). The nights are starting to get really cold here so I'll be happy to have it done, I just gotta force myself to work on it.
Doily 14 (Yarn | Pattern) needs to go on a longer needle but other than that is very fun and cute. I've decided to put it down for a bit to work on the next two projects but I expect when they get boring I'll go back to this. This pattern is surprisingly simple for a Neibling as long as you're prepared for the long pattern rows. Absolutely going to have to break out the washi tape to mark off my rows for the second chart, but the first one has been very easy lace knitting.
Unnamed project aka me fucking around to see if I can freehand this sweater design. I had started with a two row lace ("Honeycomb lace" from A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G Walker) but honestly didn't find it fun to knit. So I transitioned to a favourite of mine (ssk, k2tog, yo twice). It's going a lot faster now tho it looks a little weird. I'm going to knit to the underarm and if it fits, it stays. If it's too small I'll rip all the way back and redo the shaping in this lace pattern instead with longer shoulder saddles. It's unfortunate that I didn't like knitting the honeycomb lace, I really like how it looks, I'll have to try swatching it in different yarns to see if the problem is just that this yarn has zero stretch (100% cotton).
I have decided I will put short sleeves on this tho. I had planned to just add ribbing for the arms but I saw a drop shoulder vest in a similar style and did Not like it, so this just saves me from having to rip back. I also think I'm going to have to leave this cropped, I'm not a big crop top person but with this yarn being cotton, having a full length body along with the sleeves is going to have the neckline very stretched. There may be no helping it regardless but there's no harm in trying. I imagine if this is does become something I wear it'll either be in the dead of summer or layered over a button up/some sort of top anyway, so a crop wouldn't be too uncomfortable.
Last but certainly not least is Shawl 14 (Pattern | Yarn). My precious Evenstar is coming along very well, I'm actually on the second to last pattern row before the set up for the border. I know the border is going to be a slog but I'm excited for it regardless, he's huge even all compressed on the needles. My self imposed deadline for him is April, but the border is only 56 repeats. If I can do one every other day I should be right on time, which sounds do-able even tho I know I'll get bored by the halfway point.
I need to keep an eye out for patterns for this yarn, I have a whole second cone plus what'll be left after I finish this shawl. These cones staring at me will probably be the push I need to settle on an Orenburg shawl pattern. (Or possibly a large Neibling, or one of MMario's patterns.)
#knitting#knitblr#lace rot#wip#wip wednesday#project: blanket 10#project: shawl 14#project: doily 14#i haven't really touched shawl 15 so i didn't feel it necessary to include him (also it took me an hour to write up this much anyway)#i'm procrastinating from working on blanket 10 lmao it just makes me so eepy. heavy and warm blanket = nap time.#I gotta find something interesting to listen to while crochet it. I watched Astroid City with my dad and tried to work on it#but got so distracted by the visuals I made like 1 dc every other minute.#also my new cellphone camera is fucking awesome in comparison to my old one holy shit#it's like i just put my glasses on except they're not scratched up for once
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Just knitting things:
•Getting sent that "No grandma, like this!" "Oops i made a scarf" meme monthly
•"Do you know how to make this?" *hands me a picture of an obviously crocheted granny square* (i can crochet too but like. C'mon)
•"Can you make me this" yes but it will be $4 per row, $3 if you handwrite me an apology
•"Can you knit me a sweater?" Absolutely not. I won't even knit myself a sweater
•Endless. Old. Lady. Jokes.
•"Do you really need more yarn?" Yes. Yes i do.
•Being sent art of characters knitting and you can just tell the artist has never seen anyone knit before
•Being given gorgeous, probably expensive yarn as a gift but the skein is too small to make anything and you have no idea where it was bought from
•Dropping a stitch. (People who crochet exclusively do not know how lucky they are, at least skipping a stitch won't destroy the project)
•The endless internal debate of intarsia vs Swiss darning (intarsia sucks. You can pry Swiss darning from my cold dead hands)
•Never ask me to make the 4th doctor's scarf. I'll kill you.
•Getting a weird amount of automatic respect from old ladies who otherwise wouldn't like you (the big ass septum ring seems to dissappear the second I'm holding some knitting needles i swear)
•Not remembering if you left off on a knit row or a purl row
•Spending 4 hours online looking for the perfect safety eyes (legend says I'm still looking)
#yarnblr#knitblr#this is NOT a crochet hate post btw#i hate when ppl ask me to make things though. like i will for pay if it's something i enjoy doing like making dolls#i will happily teach you how to knit#but making a hat or especially a sweater is an AUTOMATIC no from me#the last one absolutely applies to crochet#really this started as a vent post but i want to be silly about it. sorry this sounds like a post from 2014#I'm a lot less mean about it to close friends but I've had people i am barely aquantences with ask me to make them something#people do not understand how much labor goes into this stuff#feel free to add more things if you want
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so i'm crocheting a temperature blanket this year. my initial instinct was to say it's for my 32nd year but that's not actually how birthdays work so instead i'm awkwardly going with "the year i'm 32" and shortening it to just 32 mostly. anyway, that's besides the point.
i have the colour palette/yarn, i have the pattern (toni lipsey's linen stitch pixel temp blanket), i made a gauge swatch, i've started tracking temps (i've recorded hi/lo starting on dec. 8).... but fuck, i'm having so much trouble figuring out the temperature gauge!!!
i can't decide what the intervals should be, i can't decide if i want purples to be warm temps or cold temps or where to put the neutrals, i can't decide if i want to fiddle/tweak(/cheat?) and use the lows for the cold temps instead of the high which was the initial plan.... i just don't know!!! ugh.
#temperature blanket#temperature gauge#personal#crochet#whine whine complain complain#(i know it's not cheating bc it's my blanket/project and no one else's. i'm just so unsure)#i feel like if it was -20 early in the morning in jan but then warmed up to like -5 midday#then recording that day as -5 wouldn't accurately reflect the temperature variation? so that's why i'm thinking of using the low#but then i'm like. most often the low will be during the middle of the night which... is that representative??? idk????#and also like... representative of what??#i welcome advice or thoughts but reserve the right to ignore it if it makes me more confused lmao#i just have to pick something and stick with it for a bit#i guess if i find it's not working for me / not turning out how i'd like i can just tweak it from that point forward#except for the colour group assignment i guess#by which i mean purples = cold or whatever will be set in stone#i mean not literally. but i would not want to switch that up once i've started actually crocheting#i'm so conflicted about this bc i desperately want to start the project but i'm so so so unsure about the temp gauge
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ok i have an idea and i need y’all’s opinions!
some of you might know this but i’m a crocheter, i’ve been crocheting for a few years and i’m obsessed <3 i feel like it would be kinda fun to be able to incorporate that into my youtube videos a bit? so maybe like every now and then i do a “crochet and cas” video where i talk about my current projects/things i’m planning on making soon?
#druidberryspeaks#maybe do them like every 2 weeks or something or every month#ik not everyone is into that so it wouldn’t be like a super often thing but#i’ve been wanting to share more about crocheting and i feel like that would be a fun way to do it!#i’ve also never seen someone do something like this but i could be wrong
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If somebody in your life offers to knit or crochet or, really, create anything for you, please be an active participant in the creation of the piece they are making. I adore making and gifting things, but nothing bums me out quicker than a person who passively just goes "okay," to my ideas about what I'm making them - it can send the message that they won't like it, or that they don't care, even if they're happy about my offering. The back-and-forth feedback is a great way to make sure that you are being gifted something that was truly worth the time, effort, expertise, and money that will inevitably go into the gift!
I know it's really hard to be an active participant, believe me, I'm an anxious ball of horror, but it will only do good for both parties to interact in this situation. It is a big deal to be offered a hand-crafted gift, but it's also something we want you to love and use, and that can only happen if you tell us what would make you fall in love with what we create.
#advice#relationships#art#fiber art#knitting#crochet#i always try to remember that some people's responses to something big is to clam up and become more passive...#..i just want to remind you that you aren't in danger of Ruining Everything by suggesting things or asking questions or saying what YOU wan#like i asked my dad specifically how he would feel if i made him items SPECIFICALLY so i could gauge if he would like them for instance#i don't just want to create something i want the recipient to actually LIKE it#which is why i typically (not always) ask how somebody would feel about me giving them a specific gift#i know some people genuinely don't care in the sense that they would appreciate ANYTHING but sometimes that doesn't always translate i gues#im crocheting a set of coasters for my dad and i really hope hell truly like them because i'm not sure based on how he responded to my ideas#it makes me so happy to gift things but it's with the caveat that the recipient will think it is An Amazing Gift That Is SO Good And Useful
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why are 99% of crochet animal patterns just vague blobs. cmon. i know we can do better as a community. have you seen the shit the national parks service put out? yeah, the NPS. there are grandmas on the frontlines of the most formally accurate critters this side of a 3D printer. we can do better than orb with two triangles sewn on. we can make a more accurate cat. that is NOT what a turtle looks like. step AWAY from the axolotl
#EVERYTHINGS TOO CHIBI CMON. WE CAN HAVE VARIETY. WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CHALLENGE#i’m not saying everything has to be photorealistic. but it feels love every new pattern i see is the same basic shapes recycled#because people are so desperate to have ~content~ that they don’t have time to technically develop their skills to a point where they#actually have something to contribute to the conversation artistically#text✨#this is extremely petty. however : come ON. so much of the crochet content i see is extremely beginner basic stuff newbies are being tricked#into mass producing for ‘markets’ where they are very unlikely to sell#and then they burn out of the hobby within a few weeks. this is NOT sustainable. and extremely wasteful of time and resources#i hate you should sell culture it’s. extremely annoying#i try to only do stuff that is either a) at least nominally useful or b) a gift for someone . bc i so desperately do not want to burn out#on this hobby and i love it sm . i feel so bad for all the people i see getting conned by the you gotta sell attitude and just. ruining the#hobby for themselves. you gotta do it for you you gotta#on topic. also like cmon. stop chibifying animals that are culturally significant to other communities just for money
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Okay but what if I made my own pattern for a neon pink and abnoxious purple HEART SHAPED couch for my cat :D
#I don't know that I actually feel likr doing this#but it's a reaaaaally fun thought#either back shaped like a heart or base shaped like a heart#something garish#v's fiber arts tag#crochet#cat couch#stephen west would be proud
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>Hey, Boss!
>Do you have any hobbies?
-🎶Song Anon
Hm, hobbies?
If you'd consider it one, I do love to organize paperwork, it can be pretty relaxing.
But to be quite honest, I don't really get up to any extra activities or hobbies outside of work. I'm simply too focused on what I do already.
#elevator hitch#normal guy#normal guy elevator hitch#asks#🎶 song anon#{I said this in another ask but its like borderline impossible for me to imagine him doing Normal Human things out of work}#{Though I feel like if he would... it'd be something like... crocheting orrr hm.. diy? kinda?}#{I feel like his hobbies would be pretty laid back and not chaotic. Like.. he likes to have things nice and organized :)}#{So maybe something like making little things: crocheting like I said. orrr.. I could see him being a casual artist *maybe.*}#{Maybe painting or something?? I dunno I'm rambling but do you see my vision.}
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