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mire1li · 3 months

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Kafka and Blade got too silly!

Kidnappers shouldn't be... hot... right?... right? - Kafka

Alternatively - Blade's version!

You looked at the two people standing in front of you. Though they weren’t exactly paying attention, they were still there and whispering stuff amongst themselves.

You recognised both to be Kafka and Blade from the Xianzhou wanted posters. Jing Yuan had warned you of possible dangers of the job he offered you. Being his secretary certainly wasn’t easy, and the situation you’d gotten yourself into wasn’t helping.

Nevertheless, you never expected to actually get kidnapped. Especially by those two.

“They’re awake.” Blade sighed, making it clear he was irritated and would rather be doing something else.

Both he and Kafka looked at you, she crossing her arms and lightly smiling.

Certainly, Blade wasn’t too happy with you after you struggled so much when they came to get you.

You ended up kicking him in a few places since Kafka refused to use her ‘spirit whisper’ on you as it would be ‘inhumane’ as she claimed. “Since when do you care about that?” He asked her, avoiding one of your kicks.

Kafka chuckled “Since now.”

“You’re terrible.”

“Oh, I know~ now come on, we need to go before the General returns.”

“Tell us what you know.” Blade walked up to you, looking down at you.

“I refuse.”

Kafka stood in the back, watching the situation unfold before her eyes. It was no surprise she found this entertaining.

“Tell us what you know.” He repeated, narrowing his eyes as he clenched his fists.

You sighed, shaking your head.

“No can do.” You leaned on the wall, sighing over-dramatically. Honestly, if they hadn’t kidnapped you, mayhaps you would’ve given them some information, though useless, however, this certainly was quite entertaining so you didn’t mind much. “Tell me what you know or else.” He replied, scowling at you as he grit his teeth.

“So mean! However… I’m not going to be providing you with any information. I don’t feel like betraying the Luofu.”

He unsheathed his sword, pointing it at you. You slightly jumped, having not expected that, however, before he could actually do anything more, Kafka stepped in.

“Alright, that’s enough of that.” She walked in between the two of you, moving his sword aside gently.

“I’ll take it from here, Bladie. Why don’t you go… somewhere over there.” She waved her hand, motioning to the back of the room.

Blade grumbled something under his breath and begrudgingly sheathed his sword. He walked to the back of the room, standing in the corner.

“Now then,” Kafka glanced back at you.

“What’s stopping you from telling us what we want to know? Your loyalty?” She asked, shifting to stand in a thinking pose.

“Actually… don’t answer that, I don’t really care.” She lightly narrowed her eyes at you, humming in thought. She looked like she was contemplating something. “I gotta tell you… you look really hot right now.” You chuckled, looking at her in awe.

“Hm? Well, thank you~” Kafka snickered.

“Say… can I get your number? Maybe we can go out sometime!” You exclaimed, now standing up properly. The woman in front of you wasn’t much taller, if at all. Seemingly, you were the same height as her.

“My number?” She asked, as her eyes widened a slight amount, her grin adorning her face.

“Hm… we can figure something out~”

“Really?” You looked at her dumbstruck, expecting her to have declined. You glanced at Blade, who was staring intently at the two of you with a hint of confusion on his face.

It was quite amusing to see him look so confused. He made it quite obvious he wasn’t one to show his emotions.

“Well, yes! I suppose there’s no reason not to~”

Kafka took out her phone and gave you her number, she found it very entertaining how you’d asked her out. Though, she didn’t quite believe you were serious, she still accepted, believing it could be fun.

You sent her a quick message, double-checking you typed her number in right, to which she sent back a sticker. “Now then~ back to the topic at hand…” Kafka spoke up, bringing back her original goal.

“Will you willingly give up the information or will I have to use… more drastic measures?” She laughed, speaking in a joking tone, however, you could tell that she wasn’t exactly joking…

#honkai star rail #hsr #hsr x reader #gn reader #reader insert #hsr kafka #hsr blade #x reader #gender neutral reader #kafka x reader #kafka x you #jing yuan

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solar-sunnyside-up · 6 months

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hey! sorry to bother you, but is there anything a teen without transportation in a rural area can do on their own? im pretty isolated, and theres barely anything around me.

Hey ya sprout 🌱

**A disclaimer Punk comes with some risk socially. Particularly if your in a rural area this risk goes up bc people Know You and also typically these spaces have a different vibe to alt ppl in general. Some activities are more or less risky and I'll try and do my best to give you a range of stuff from the whole spectrum! Of course this is a generalization of rural areas. Some palaces will be more cool then others depending in so many factors I couldn't go into here**

Rural solarpunk

Your gunna been to pick a topic, sorry babe. In order to not burn yourself out and in order to feel like you have an impact your gunna have to pick a cause to chip away at but I'll give you ideas! And remember just bc your focusing on one thing doesn't mean your ignoring or not helping others. Everything is interconnected and any help, helps all!

So let's give you some ideas to focus on:

Libraries- as a teen in particular you'll have access to a library at school, but depending on how big your town is you might have a public one as well. Become their biggest supporter! They are a great safe space, even conservative ones are still a good place to go for archiving/loitering purposes. They give you spaces to print stuff, to build clubs and community.

Archiving- if you cannot leave your house due to access you can always do stuff online and hear me out, i know when we do stuff online it feels like half points. Like we arent doing anything. I feel that with this blog, it feels so passive no matter how hard you work youll feel lesser. But Archiving is vital to humans! Think of the anthropologists wholl thank you down the road! Plus it does actually give you a way to have a physical representative of work your doing. Dvds, pirating media and archiving them to drives, collecting vinyls/tapes/cds!

DIY- To fight against fast fashion (although that barely exists in the towns I've been in tbh) and to stick out** you could make your own patches, battlejackets, gloves, etc.. They are statement pieces you can wear whenever your in town/at school/social spaces that ppl know what you stand for and who you are. Depending on who/where you are this might be risky so take what you can bare ok? You don't have to wear these items too you can just make them for later on!

Little libraries/little pantries- in a rural space you have more Gruella tactics you can take if you do them in random abandoned spaces. You could build a waterproof little pantry and stock it and leave info somewhere about it for ppl to drop off/pick up items. Stock it with mittens! With canned goods! With books! You might be able to do a space like this at school/library depending in how cool your town is too!

Zines- You could look into making a zine and even if it's digital you could have the QR code for download in places (stickers on lamp posts, flyers in school bathrooms, hidden in a churches pamphlet stacks >.>) making a zine is a cool task that is time consuming and informative and fun!

Vandalism- like I said you can often print off stuff at Libraries, or usually you can find a place to print stuff off near or at post offices depending on how modern your rural space is. if you have your own printer this will reduce your risk by quite a bit though! Create/find stickers or posters you want to toss across town or even school. I'd recommend starting off with some stickers and see how their handled, dipping your toes is important with these kinda things. If your really feeling it, and you know some abandoned places Moss Graffiti is also a good option! I've know ppl who have converted old abandoned stored to skate parks (I honestly have no idea how they built the ramps out of concrete but damn!! Good job guys!)

Also I'll leave you with 2 book recommendations as well-

Moxie - a RIOT GRRRL story about a girl who gets so fed up with her conservative town she makes a feminist zine and distributes it via girl bathrooms (even having a basically me too stickers and encouraging ppl to put it on boys lockers who have assaulted them). I know there's a movie, didn't seem to capture the same vibe tho so book!

Braiding Sweetgrass - this focuses a lot on reconnecting and adding story to nature around us and having science along side spirituality

#sporut guide #reaping week #solarpunk #hopepunk #anticapitalism #punk #rural #cottagecore #community #ecopunk #direct action

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ave661 · 1 year

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Full list of my renders

MW '19: Ghost - Jawbone skin Price | face Gaz Alex Keller tattoos

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If I didn't answer your question, there's a good chance you'll find the answer below👇

But please do not ask me for 3d models and do not send me requests.

-Do you have other platforms where you post your stuff? Yes I have! Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter and Patreon

-What software are you using to create them? Now Blender 3.5, but i started making them first in Source Filmmaker

-Can I use your renders as banners, pfp? Sure! I do not have a problem with that

-Can I use them in edits or fics or as inspo for drawings? Yes, but please give me credits

-Can I trace them? Sure! but please give me credits if you were inspired by me. And i'm not okay with selling my traced renders. I devote a lot of time to create them so respect that.

-What do you think about reposting your work? edit: Do not repost, especially on pinterest. If you like something, you can "reblog" here, "retweet" on Twitter and "repost" on Tiktok.

It's different if you want to use them in a creative form, such as: fanfics, edits, videos, references for drawings - I fully support everything where you give something from yourself! Just give me credits if you don't want to tag me.

But if someone only downloads my renders to post them on their account with 50 hashtags to get as many likes as possible - then no.

-Do you do commissions? Sorry but no. I don't want to treat it as a job, but as a hobby and something that allows me to relax and learn new things. Maybe one day! (i'll do announcement for sure).

-Do you sell your work somewhere? I don't sell my renders anywhere, so if you see them somewhere as posters, t-shirts, stickers etc., please know that they are stolen. I would be grateful for information on this matter so that I could report it.

-What if I want to have one of your prints? I have nothing against custom prints, but only for personal use

-What if I want to support you? I have Ko-fi but also Patreon where I post my renders in 4K version. That's where I publish my works first and nsfw content wink wink

-How long does it take you to make renders? Many hours. I am self-taught, I did not graduate from any special school in this field, so I often devote a lot of time to learning, so please respect that. But to answer your question, it depends on the project - sometimes 4 hours, sometimes a week.

It's still fanart after all so sometimes I make mistakes.

#welcome post

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wintertidewater · 2 years

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A Beginner's Guide to Feminist Action: Independent, Anonymous, and Inexpensive

Stickers

There are wonderful feminist artists who sell stickers, however, the cost of small scale labor and shipping doesn't make it financially favorable for all of us.

Making your own can be as simple as using a pen, paper, and any type of tape. Glue can be a replacement. If you have extra tape, and it is clear, like scotch tape, you can "laminate" your paper to protect it. Hairspray works as well. Both tools can be found at places like Dollar tree if you don't already have one. Benefits of this is that the size and mottos are completely in your control and can be diversified.

Paper name tag stickers also work and are easy to mass produce with no cutting or adhesive necessary. You can write on them directly and they come on plastic so they're ready to peel like normal stickers. They come in packs of 25 or 50+ and can be found at places like target or walmart.

If you'd like your sticker to be permanent or are worried about others undoing your work, go back to Dollar Tree and get the small tubes of super glue. Place your laminated paper on a pole, use two small bits of tape to hold it in place, and squeeze out 1/2 to 1 small tube of the glue starting at the top. Once its stuck, take off the two bits of placement tape and apply glue to the full sides as well. This will make it weatherproof and unpeelable.

The goal of public feminist expression is exposure. Accordingly, postings in high traffic areas are more favorable than remote ones. This doesn't have to mean city hall. Parking lots, malls, schools, parks, and intersections are all favorable places. Stickers work well on poles. Placing them above crosswalk buttons ensures viewers.

One advantage of stickers is anonymity. You can quickly apply one and move on without drawing attention to yourself.

Writing

We're all familiar with the cascade of male genitals drawn everywhere. If there is one thing to learn from that, it is that graffiti can be as simple as using a sharpie in a bathroom stall. Sharpies work well on most surfaces. If you feel comfortable stopping somewhere to take the time and write or draw, they make a very cost friendly and effective tool. Thicker permanent markers are better for higher visibility, especially if the message isn't near eye level. Your messages can again be laminated with a layer of super glue.

You can also write with spray paint but assuming you are not experienced with this, it can be an unnecessary risk especially as it is audible and requires a larger surface area.

Posters

Posterboards do not need to be bought. If you've ever worked in a warehouse or at a store, you know just how many hundreds of flat solid pieces of cardboard are chucked everyday. You can approach a store employee to ask, or take a look around in their recycling bin outside. Some stores with long hours begin restocking before closing. At this time, you can simply ask whoever is right there unpacking and you will be allowed access to those trays and boxes. You can use old moving boxes and so on.

A quick and cheap way to complete your posters is to again go to dollar tree. In the school section they have packs of large paper letters with each containing the alphabet thrice. These work as reuseable and readily available stencils. As stencils, once you position them, you can use a can of spray paint, trace them, or even spray it with dyed water to leave your message. Little bits of tape or pebbles on the letters may be necessary if you're using spray paint to ensure they stay in place under the air force. You also can simply tape them on to be permanent however most phrases do not use letters evenly and so more packs (and thus more money) will be needed. Spray paint is available at walmart for $6 a can. I recommend black.

A great place to put posters is on your nearest overpass (or bridge that crosses your busy roadways). Make sure they are on the inside of the fence to avoid the risk of them falling and creating hazards for drivers. You can have two sets of signs for each overpass to cover both sides of traffic.

This is an example (of which the credit is not owed to me) from a recent roadtrip. The three signs read, "Women", "Liberty", and "Justice" on the Iranian flag. The second set of signs is on the other side of the bridge and its corresponding fence to be visible to the cars on the left side of traffic.

Adherring your posters to the fence well is important due to the winds from cars underneath and on the bridge. Make 4 (or more) holes in your board near but a sturdy distance away from the corners and sides. Rope, twine, wire, and duct tape are possible options to tie it to a chainlink fence. Maybe your sock has a hole in it. use that to tie your poster to a fence. Cut it into strips or use it whole. Point being you do not need to spend money. You can be resourceful as far as your imagination goes.

General

While doing any of these, it is a good idea to wear a mask, hat, and nondescript clothing to protect your identity. Be mindful that that outfit can make you seem more suspicious. You know your own neighborhood best.

If it is safe for you to do so, make use of the cover of night. Depending on the hour of night, even the busiest places will likely be completely empty.

Be wary of cameras. Scouting a place out in a completely different outfit during the daytime is wise to avoid landing up on film. Make note of where the safe places to graffiti are.

For both protection and to look less suspicious, if you have a dog, take her on a walk when you do this. You can also use a baby stroller for a similar reason with the added bonus of it carrying and hiding your supplies.

None of these projects should cost more than a flat fee of $7 for materials which can be used again and again.

Pepper spray and a knife are always recommended. Biking is also favorable. For the most part, you're safe as long as you keep moving when biking.

I hope this helped give you ideas on how you can create a feminist presence in your neighborhood. Good luck and stay safe.

#sdsjstnme

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yokohamapound · 1 year

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Hiya I was wondering if you can do hc of Dazai and Chuuya with a fem! s/o who nit only works with them but also skateboards?

I've never ridden a skateboard in my life and you can probably tell from these headcanons buuut I hope you enjoy them anyway~

Characters: Nakahara Chuuya, Dazai Osamu

Contents: gn!reader

Dazai Osamu

Dazai thrives on information, so he naturally learns all there is to know about the people he’s interested in. It’s very hard to hide anything from him, so even if you decide not to disclose your hobby/sport/favourite form of transport to your colleagues at the Armed Detective Agency, Dazai’s going to find out about it anyway.

When he first meets you, he’ll notice how well-balanced you are and how good your spatial awareness is. This can come about from several things, but there’ll be more clues as he goes alone.

If he’s bored, he might just straight up follow you around one day. (Listen, it’s not creepy when Dazai does it, because it’s Dazai.) His suspicions are confirmed when you stroll into the local skate park and greet the other people there like you know them, like they’re your friends.

He doesn’t really seem to be into sports or much in the way of physical activity—just enough to keep himself fit and agile enough for the job—but he’ll happily lounge on a bench and watch, glancing up now and then from his favourite book.

That said, he might wheedle you into letting him have a go on your board. He wobbles at first, throwing out his hands to steady himself. It’s all an act, of course, since he’s a fully-trained martial artist, but he does always tend to clown around.

Dazai gets going, building up momentum as he rattles down the park pathway, building up speed—

It’s only then that you notice he’s heading directly for the railing that blocks off the river, a beatific smile on his face.

Splash.

Nakahara Chuuya

Koyou might have managed to turn Chuuya from a gutter punk into a well-dressed Mafia executive, but at heart he’s still that street rat kid who likes fast motorbikes and leather jackets. He still rides the bike Albatross gave him, though he only does it off-duty because he feels like he needs to hold up the dignity of being a Port Mafia executive.

Maybe you’re like him, and you only take your skateboard out when you’re off-duty and you don’t have to worry about the opinions of your colleagues in the Port Mafia. If you’ve got subordinates, you don’t want them gawking at you when you stack it and eat dirt—not that you aren’t skilled, but everyone falls on their face now and then.

How he finds out will depend on if he finds out before or after you start dating. If it’s before, then he likely noticed you had some kind of injury and that you were being cagey about it. Seeing a cast on your arm or a bandage taped to your face is enough to get him demanding answers. (It also reminds him of that idiot, Dazai, which also just feeds his temper.) People get hurt in the line of duty to the Mafia, but he’s already taken you under his wing, and he’s protective of his subordinates.

If it happens after you started dating, then he probably spotted your skating gear when he came over for the first time. If you’re really into your sport, you might have old, painted and sticker-strewn boards mounted on the wall, bits of repair kit lying around. A Sk8 the Infinity poster on the wall, who knows.

So, what does he think of it?

Well, I think you just found yourself a new skating buddy. Even if he wasn’t into it as a kid, he gets FOMO from watching you. His gravity control lets him master quite a few tricks very quickly, which can be a little annoying when you’ve been practising for god-knows-how-long to improve. However, he’ll make it up to you by using his gravity manipulation to let you skate around like the Silver Surfer. And you never have to worry about falling.

He’ll probably want to skate with you down by the river or somewhere industrial, rather than the local park. Those little baby half-pipes aren’t enough of a challenge.

#yokohama pound #bungou stray dogs #bsd headcanons #bsd imagines #Nakahara Chuuya #Dazai Osamu #Dazai x Reader #Chuuya x Reader

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streaminn · 1 year

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I don’t know if anyone has asked these before about the streamer enid au. Or if any even pertain to it. But this is what I got.

How long have Wednesday and Enid been married/together?

What’s their house like? A balance of both their personalities? Or some weird combo?

Does Wednesday watch Enids streams? And if so does she ever comment during them?

That’s all I got

YEAHHH PAINTATO TO THE CLUTCH, here lemme answer those rq

They're like early twenties or so and most peeps graduate at eighteen. So, eight years? They got married right after graduation.

Meanwhile, their house is actually Enid's place. Wednesday has this habit to wanting to explore bc I like to mix her backstory of most movies so she's been a sheltered child till like middle school. Bc of this, she's been traveling and Writing her Nevermore years into the Viper series.

Three books, three years yknow..

She tends to drop by Enid's alot tho, like three times a month and makes sure to keep contact. That was until she finished with her latest book Lunal Curse.

Despite what most people think, enid's stream room is not the one with most of her personality. That's prob bc her stream has the aesthetic of bones as a tribute to her wife so there's just alot of Viper Merch around the place, so it lowkey looks like a collectors room.

It's also bc, somewhere off cam there's a free table with light and a growing black Dahlia. A place for Wednesday to work.

The bedroom is where Enid's personality shines. The lights aren't used alot so it's mostly dark but there's Fairylights dangling from the ceiling and some glow in the dark stickers of actual constellations.

In the bed, lies a big black plush cat. Yknow those long cats kinds? Yeah that. It's cute asf. Enid still had a few plushies but they're designated to her side where they sit in a table with a lamp.

There's a table with a laptop on the left side with bundles of yarn and needles. Framed on the walls are some posters that you see that lasted from Nevermore and there's a huge crotched pink blanket hanging off the chair.

There's also cliche stuff like a mostly empty dresser along with a closet that keeps Enid's clothes with an extra table for Wednesday. A cared for morning glory sits in on it.

It's mostly Enid's influence considering that she's mostly the one in the house but heyyy, Wednesday is there to stay now so hopefully that changes soon.

Wednesday watches the streams yes, it's a nice white noise everytime she has to write. She doesn't chat however, only messages her thoughts in dms.

#Wenclair #Streamer Enid au #Writing #Au thoughts

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wisdomseeker02 · 2 years

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What do people find attractive about you? 💞

Group 1, Make peace, not war. 💛: Group number 1, what people find attractive about you is your courage. You just have a way of taking care of your fears and limitations, healing them, and doing it anyway. You actually recognize your fears and always work on getting over them, you're always healing yourself and evolving and people find that extremely attractive about you. Even if you're down and you're crying, you have a way of quickly getting back up. You might also be a popular one, and you're really physically beautiful as well. You have this heavenly innocent kind of beauty. They find you attractive because you're a really passionate and fun person. You're a go-getter. You take no bullshit and when others get hurt by someone you tell it to them straight if this person is no good, and they're just blind to it. You're really out there looking for fun and adventure and you're following your passion and creativity. You're really sexual and seductive as well. People see you as very sexy as a whole. They might find your dancing to be really hot.

Group 2, Love is love. 🏳️‍🌈: What people find attractive about you is how you achieve everything easily through discipline and you believe that other people can, too. There's no impossible for you, you know that with enough work and time, you can accomplish what you are set out to do. It's that simple. And you are doing it and proving it to be true. You might be very well-off and that's what people also find attractive about you. Also the way you carry yourself, the clothes you wear, the jewelries, your hair, your perfume etc. They like that you look expensive and classy. Another thing they find attractive about you is your independence. You do and accomplish everything well on your own. And you're financially independent and probably own your own apartment, house, car, etc. For some of you they also like that you have this "I need no man/woman" attitude. You are just good on your own if you're single, but even if you're not, you're not really dependent on your partner.

Group 3, Fictional characters ✨️: My group 3s, what people find attractive about you is that you can quite easily change your mind and move on if you find out that something is no longer good for you. You can let go of your negative beliefs, let go of people, even move somewhere else if you feel that's what's good for you at the moment. You just follow your intuition and do what it tells you, without letting your mind get in-between. If it tells you this is unhealthy, this is no good for you, this is not where your heart belongs, you're going to listen to it and let that thing go. People also find you to be really cute. They might like the pink stuff you wear, or the bright colors. I'm getting pastel vibes. You might have some cute style and people find that really attractive about you. Like school skirts and long socks, uwu gamer girl kinda vibes. Pink is really prominent in your reading. People might find your innocence attractive, you might have an innocent look to you. You might wear flowers on you, ornaments, flower patterns, people really find that attractive. Or you might have some kind of passion for flowers and take photos of them and stuff, have a flower blog. People think you look like a flower, like a gemstone. Such kind of beauty, divinity and innocence you put out. They might find it attractive when you behave like a kid and speak in a cute voice. They like your child-like naivity, stubbornness and quick change of mind. You might wear things with bunnies and tie your hair up in a cute way. What they find attractive about you is that you love everything and enjoy everything, even the little things. They like your love for animals. You might also love bunnies.

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antifainternational · 1 year

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any reccomendations on how to get in touch with brisbane antifa? (if they exist). haven't been able to find anything. also i say a nazi at the train station the other day, so many dogwhistles. i didn't know what to do. he made smalltalk with me as we were boarding. any advice on what to do in a situation like that? (making this anon so people don't know where i live)

Why not hit up Antifa Australia and see if they know what's going in Brisbane? Or look for the next Permanent Revolution show in Brisbane and go!

It's hard to advise you on what to do when encountering a nazi one-on-one like that in ordinary life - too many variables we don't know of (what you're up for, who's around, etc.), all of which would factor in on "to confront or not to confront." The Baldies - who were the original anti-racist skinhead crew - had a policy in Minneapolis. If they ran into a nazi, they'd tell the nazi to lose all their nazi dogwhistles ASAP because the next time they were caught out in the street with them own, there was going to be a beating administered. So that's one option? One thing we would recommend is recording the information every time you spot a nazi in your area. Keep a note on your phone, or in the cloud, or somewhere, where you write down the date, time, location, description, and any other useful information (on their own or with others? What direction were they going? Do you know where they were heading to? Etc.). If you do that consistently - and if you coordinate doing that with friends (maybe via a shared doc in the cloud?), pretty soon you might start to see patterns of when nazis crawl out from under their rocks, when and where they're likely to be, etc. Suddenly, you have enough intel to plan some surprises for them! Maybe you go out the night before they're expected to turn up and plaster the area with anti-fascist posters and stickers.

Maybe you get some mates together and plan a little welcoming committee for them. The important thing is once you know their pattern of movement, you can start planning to fuck with them!

#antifa #antifascist #antifascism #australia #brisbane

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longtallglasses · 3 months

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Favorite ship

favorite ship? favorite SHIP?

titanic for sure i had a huge fixation on it as a child i even came up w a roller coaster idea for it although ive been told it would be distasteful to execute

but actually sry anon im going to have to use this as an excuse to talk about every single one of my favorite ships and why i love them bc ive had a notes list going for a while…

in really no particular order:

wolfstar - what can you say you know if you know you know they are the definition of literary soulmates. the fact that j** wrote them without the intent of making them be in love is so baffling it’s ridiculous. people talk about ships like oh they’re the sun/star and so and so is the moon which is all well and good but is it written in the text?? do their names literally translate to moon and star?? THEIR HISTORY wolfstar is the blueprint no one’s done it like them and i dare say no one will again

byler - my current brain rot and just may be becoming an all time fave (no that’s a lie they’re my fave) best childhood friends to lovers my favorite trope they are a ship i’ve always yearned for. small town 80s nerds the pining the angst the Horror! their potential is so promising and have become such a amazing vessel for me - i relate to both of them so much on so many levels that it makes the creativity just FLOW

catradora - catradora. CHANGED. THE. GAaaaamee. best friends to enemies to lovers?!? WHAT. honestly this whole show changed the game. nestled in each others hearts they know how to twist the knife but also know exactly how to make it better ! that one intense homoerotic friendship u had when u were younger that slowly destroyed you. catradora my beloved.

victurri - from yuri on ice. this one was esp special to me bc i watched that go down live my senior year of hs so it was quite formative. i hadn’t fully grasped my queerness at the time(even tho everything i consumed was gay…) but i did suspect i was somewhere on the ace spectrum and watching their relationship build and come together through a growing emotional intimacy was soooo special to me and they will always be famous. (also weirdly it’s the fandom i hav the most merch of w/o ever buying a single thing bc i never shut up about this show when i was younger so ive been gifted everything them stickers, key chains, posters, pins so much lmao)

dorlene - badass girlfriends. i have a whole backstory for marlene in my head that i think veers from the most popular characterization of her (she’s been very sirius-ified by most of the fandom which i’m not mad at but!) my dorlene MY dorlene is very srs and very important to me.

elmax - okay okay lumax for the show elmax for personal reasons. el a sheltered traumatized girl being exposed to true love and friendship w/o expectations or conditions by a gives zero shits free spirited max - max being harsh and stand offish to most people bc of her own history but is so warmed and won ovr by el’s honesty and naivety. the way they Can Grow together ! the way they can be exactly what the the needs!

honorable straight mentions lol:

recently carmy and syd from the bear !!! oooo that slow burn

jily obvs

and percabeth that is a beautiful ship of my childhood dreams and i’m so excited to see it play out now on screen!

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emeritus-fuckers · 10 months

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Match-up event - Jez

(Nyx and I decided to match each other up for lols)

Let's go. I'm twenty, agender (afab), somewhere between bi and pansexual, poly and somewhere under the aromantic umbrella. Don't mind any pronouns in particular. I want one match-up with a human and one with a ghoul (let's see how you handle it babes). I study writing, might pick up a second major in journalism, dunno yet. Theistic satanist. Monsterfucker. Mask kink af.

I'm 164 centimeters tall (I'm not looking it up in feet). I've got a soft tummy and pretty good ass (lmao). You know how I look like, though I am planning to dye my hair blue.

They're not done yet, but I wanna include this anyway: tattoos. I'm not including any that could guide you to a potential result :p

Little cartoon seal on my right arm (for my sister)

Little cartoon panda on my right arm (for my brother)

Spider-Punk emblem on my left shoulder

666 under my left collar bone

A little plague doctor on my right arm

Also planning to get a shit ton of piercings all over my body. (Not just face and ears if you know what i mean), but that's for later. I like getting my nails done, usually to colors are symbolic or just a reference to something.

I usually wear skinny jeans and hoodies with some weird print. I love oversized hoodies, they are like my main source of comfort. I have chains attached to my pants, and I love wearing too many necklaces. I usually have ghearrings (the ghost crosses) in my ears and another one on a chain around my neck. Also wearing a Baphomet (like the goat head in a pentagram) necklace, a pride heart one, a matching besties necklace with Vic and occasionally a choker. I do occasionally do all out, wearing a white dress shirt, black skinny jeans, a leather jacket and the listed jewelry with my favorite rainbow sneakers and round sunglasses. With lots of rings, mostly something skull/plant/occult themed. Always silverish color, never gold. I don't like gold.

Outside from Ghost, I mostly listen to rock and different kinds of metal. And FNaF songs.

I was a Creepypasta kid. Aside from Polish and English I speak some German and bits of Italian, but very little. I can read most arabic letters (as in I know what sounds they make).

I have lots of different posters on my walls and I have stickers on my furniture because I grew up too fast and I'm catching up on my childhood now. I've got mental issues, including but not limited to autism, ADHD, depression, anxiety, mommy issues and daddy issues. I like calling them my pokemon.

I like writing (though I barely have time for that) and re-watching Total Drama (watched it 8 times just this year) since it manages to keep my attention, something most movies fail to do, which is why I barely watch anything. I get bored very easily. I play the Sims 4 a lot, but I can't build in it for the life of me. I'm amazing at building in the Sims 3. Big fan of Assassin's Creed (I don't like the new ones, though, since it doesn't feel like AC anymore to me). I own many true crime and paranormal activity books, though I can barely read at this point. I like manga, though. Currently collecting the Soul Eater series. I love plushies. I got a new one today. Their name is Pyza. (Yes, they're enby, I even got them a pin)

I know way more about butterflies than I should. I know lots of useless trivia in general. Most of it disturbing. I'm tired 24/7, but my body either wakes up before 7AM or after 6 hours exactly and it's impossible for me to fall asleep again. My room is usually a mess, but that's okay, so am I.

I'm a total introvert, but I'm also so tired with life I forced myself to become the extrovert of the group. I'm really loud if I like people, although my affection is usually random touches on someone's arms and shoulders with a strange noise. I make noises. A lot.

For some reason, babies love me. Even though I personally dislike children. I love pets, though. All sorts of pets. Cats, dogs, snakes, spiders... Anything. If I can pet it, I want to pet it. I love moths from the attacus family, I mean just look at this gorgeous girl!

As for my personality, aside from daily mental breakdowns, I'm relatively chill, just... Very unhinged. I talked about Secondo's dick piercings in McDonald's. Compared to the shit I say, Terzo's an angel.

I think that's all. Have fun babes <3 - Jez

#match up event

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MSA X DP: The Ultimate Enemy Chapter 11: Meanwhile in Present/They are survived from getting crashing in dark future/They look worried about Danny, Sophie and Dan are still in dark future/Meanwhile in Dark Future/Danny, Sophie and Dan seeing the graves of their families and friends, even the missing posters of their families and friends/Dark Danny, Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan are disguises as their humans from and are going to the present/Clockwork saids "Everything's fine" to Ghost Past and Ghost Present/Ghost Past remembers Muffet Pepper's stories/Jazz, Arthur and Jane discovers Dark Danny, Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan are not truly Danny, Sophie, Dan, then Dark Danny, Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan zaps Jazz, Arthur and Jane/Meanwhile in Dark Future Ghost Zone/Danny, Sophie, Dan are stilling having powers/Meanwhile in their present schools

**Meanwhile in present**

Jazz, Arthur and Jane drives up in a pink sedan and parks in front of it. We see that she has a personalized plate that reads "JAZZ" and a bumper sticker reading "Have you hugged your inner child today?"

Jazz: [leaning out her car window and looking around] Danny has to be out here somewhere

Arthur: Oooh, arthur, what u gonna say to Sophie?

Jane: Dan is to be out somewhere...

In the alley beside the Nasty Burger, Sam, Henry, Susan, Elise, Monty and Tucker with Mystery Trio appears in a flash of light. The still-live heating element and tanks of Nasty Sauce are visible. Tucker is on his knees, still shielding his head, screaming Sam crosses her arms and frowns at him. He looks up, surprised

Me/Laura: Huh? **gasp** Hey, i'm alive!

Sarah/You: What happen?

Sardonyx the Poltercat: Meow

Claude the Puppy: I guess we're okay

Sapphire the Dog/Kitsune: Yeah

Samantha the Polterdog: Me too

Muffet: I don't know, i think the medallions sends us back in the present

Tucker You got the medallions off, didn't you

Elise: **gasp** We forgot about Danny, Sophie and Dan!

Henry: Yeah

Sam: I don't accessorize well. Unfortunately, Danny, Sophie and Dan's still stuck in the future fighting their jerky older selves! We've gotta help them!

Monty: Yeah

Susan: Me too

Me/Laura and others: Us too!

Jazz: Tucker? Sam? Guys?

They turn and see her standing at the entrance to the alley.

Jazz You got a second? Let me answer that for you. **approaching with one hand pointing** Yes, u do. I know Danny, Sophie and Dan stole the answers to the C.A.T. That they are going to cheat!

Arthur: Yeah, and i can't believe what they do that!

Jane: I agree

Sam: Actually, Danny, Sophie and Dan wasn't going to--

Monty: They are did not going to...

Jazz: **holding up a hand** Sam, Monty, enough. I know more than you guys think I do. A lot more. So I suggest when you see Danny, Sophie and Dan, you guys tell them I wanna talk to him. Tonight! Because if I don't, I will be talking to our parents and Mr. Lancer tomorrow. **walks off**

Sam: Lancer and other teachers knows Danny, Sophie and Dan has the answers?

Monty: Maybe

Susan: I don't know

Tucker Oh, man, is they in trouble

Elise: I think not or maybe

Henry: Yeah?

Sam That's gotta be it. Danny, Sophie and Dan cheating is the thing that leads to that horrible future! Tucker Let me get this straight. Danny, Sophie and Dan gets caught cheating on a test, and we pay for it with our lives? How is that fair?

**Meanwhile in Dark Future**

*Danny, Sophie and Dan opening their eyes**

Danny: Mom? Dad? [rolls to his knees]

Sophie: What happened to them?

Dan: What's going on?

**The statues is of their family and friends. An epigraph on the large pedestal reads "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" and friends are missing in missing posters. At this angle we also see that Danny, Sophie and Dan's arms are bound to his torso with glowing green rope**

Danny, Sophie and Dan: Gone but not forgotten

They looks to the side and sees a statue of Lancer and other teacher off by itself. The pedestal has sunk into the ground so that it reads "MR LANCER and other teacher - GONE".

Danny: [standing] And where's the Nasty Burger?

Sophie: I think it's right there

Dan: I agree, it's right there

They looks up at the wreck of the Nasty Burger. It's been blown open, and the sign is fallen. Dark Danny, Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan walks around the corner of the building

Dark Danny: Strange how one massive fireball of highly combustible condiments can ruin your whole future

Dark Sophie: Yeah, disastering you're future

Midnight Dan: and brokening you're whole future

Danny: The time medallion?

Sophie: And time medallion?

Dan: Where's The time medallion?

Dark Danny: Fused inside you. Nice, huh? Intangible and unreachable whether you're ghost or human which means...you can't go back in time. [He raises his hand and a disc of green swirling light begins to form around it.]

Dark Sophie: Fused inside of you. Nice, don't u? Intangible and unreachable whether you're ghost or human which means...you cannot go back in the long time [She raises her hand and a disc of green swirling light begins to form around it.]

Danny: It doesn't matter if We go back in time or not. We'll never turn into you! Never!

Sophie: Yeah, We'll never turn into you! No way!

Dan: We'll never be like u! No way!

Behind Dark Danny, Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan the swirling green vortex has grown to their heights

Dark Danny: Of course you will. [he reverts to human form, but he now appears to be Danny's age; a perfect clone.] It's only a matter of time. [seizing Danny by the bonds, he throws him screaming into the portal.] I need you three out of our way and out of my hair while I make sure nothing happens to change my past. And luckily, this [he pulls out one of the time medallions] is all we need to make sure of that...

Dark Sophie: Yes, you do. [he reverts to human form, but she now appears to be Sophie's age; a perfect clone.] It's only a matter of time. [seizing Sophie by the bonds, she throws her screaming into the portal] I want you three out of our perfect way and out of my hair while I make sure nothing happens to change my past. And then, this [he pulls out one of the time medallions] is all we need to make sure of that...

Midnight Dan: Oh yes you will. [he reverts to human form, but he now appears to be Dan's age; a perfect clone.] It's only a matter of time. [seizing Dan by the bonds, he throws him screaming into the portal.] I need you three out of our the way and out of my hair while I make sure nothing happens to change my past. And luckily, this [he pulls out one of the time medallions] is all we need to make sure of that...

A ball of blue-white light engulfs them and he vanishes. They reappears back in the present, in the alleyway next to the Nasty Burger

Dark Danny: ...And to get where and when We need to Be

Dark Sophie: Yeah, We need to do

Midnight Dan: Me too

**Meanwhile in Clockwork's Two with Two Ghosts**

Observant 1: Have you completed the task?

Clockwork: [crossly] Everything's fine. [smiling] Everything's the way it's supposed to be. [He turns to the console of the viewer and presses a button as he reverts to his elderly form. Disguised Dark Danny appears on the screen in front of the Nasty Sauce vats.] And there's your boy, back to his time. Safe, sound, and clearly not evil. [onscreen Disguised Dark Danny, Disguised Dark Sophie and Disguised Midnight Dan starts walking.] Now. Care to observe the door?

The two Observants look at each other, then vanish. Clockwork switches to child form

Ghost Past: ...

Ghost Present: U okay, ghost past?

Ghost Past: I remember about muffet, when she telling her stories, when her parents died, she was now adopted by pepper family... if i want to see muffet again...

**back at the Nasty Burger. Disguised Dark Danny is looking up at the sign. Even disguised, he retains his adult voice**

Disguised Dark Danny: The Nasty Burger. Still standing. For now... [he looks inside where the heating element is warming the Nasty Sauce tank. The temperature indicator is still slowly creeping higher.

Disguised Dark Sophie: Yeah, for now...

Disguised Midnight Dan: Yeah, for now...

Sam and Tucker: Danny!

Monty and Elise: Sophie!

Henry and Susie: Dan!

Me/Laura, Sarah/You and Others: Guys!

Disguised Dark Danny, Disguised Dark Sophie and Disguised Midnight Dan turns away from the hole in the Nasty Burger, surprised. Sam, Monty, Elise and Tucker with Mystery trio run, up, grinnning. Sam hugs him, Monty hugs her and Susie hugs him

Sam: You Guys made it back!

Monty: Yeah!

Susie: Me too!

Tucker: [also hugs Disguised Dark Danny] Did you three beat that evil jerky puspack alternative version of yourselves?

Elise: [also hugs Disguised Dark Sophie] Yeah, pal?

Henry: [also hugs Disguised Midnight Dan] Yeah, pal?

Disguised Dark Danny: [his eyes flash red for an instant, then return to blue, and he laughs shortly, He now speaks with Danny's voice] Always with the quips. In my weaker moment say, sometimes I miss your droll sense of humor

Disguised Dark Sophie: [her eyes flash red for an instant, then return to light yellow, and he laughs shortly, She now speaks with Sophie's voice] Always with sense of humor and manners

Disguised Midnight Dan: [his eyes flash red for an instant, then return to blue, and he laughs shortly, He now speaks with Dan's voice] It's fine always

Sam, Monty, Elise, Susie, Henry and Tucker look nonplussed

Tucker, Henry and Elise: I'm sorry?

Danny (Disguised Dark Danny): [realizing he's messed up] We just kidding! We beat my other self quite easily. Had you guys going there for a second, didn't I?

Sophie (Disguised Dark Sophie): Yeah

Dan (Disguised Midnight Dan): Me too

Tucker ...Well...we should probably do what we can to stop the Nasty Burger from blowing up, huh?

Danny (Disguised Dark Danny): Already done! Now, who's up for... [to himself]/what did we used to do together? [out loud] Playing some video games and raging against the machine?

Sophie (Disguised Dark Sophie): What did u think, guys?

Dan (Disguised Midnight Dan): Right, guys?

Sam, Susie, Monty, Elise, Henry and Tucker: [enthusiastically] We're in!

Me/Laura: But.. guys, oh i don't know what's going on

Others: Yeah

**meanwhile in ghost zone**

Danny: [grunting] We gotta get out of this!

Sophie and Dan: Yeah

Danny, Sophie and Dan: We're going ghost!

They does so. They struggles some more and finds themselves still stuck, then finally gives up

Danny: Well, it was worth a shot.

Sophie and Dan: Yeah

Box Ghost: Well, well, well. All this time we've been planning how we'd take the fight to you, and here you are. Wrapped up like a present

Danny, Sophie and Dan: Box Ghost?

Box Ghost: Beware

Raising a hand he throws a blue-white energy beam at Danny, Sophie and Dan, knocking them into an older and much chubbier Ember

Danny, Sophie and Dan: Ember?!

Danny: You look....

Ember: Like I went to seed right after you three destroyed my vocal cords with that Ghostly Wail of yours?

Danny: We was gonna say statuesque, but uh--

Ember throws a punch chord on her guitar, knocking Danny, Sophie and Dan back. He crashes into Johnny 13, now balding and in a wheelchair

Danny: Johnny 13?! Ok, whatever happened to you, I swear I had nothing to do with--

Johnny 13: [the black blanket over his legs rises up and resolves into the bad luck shadow] Been waiting a long time for this, punk.

Danny: Wait! [The other ghosts close in on him.] No! Nooo!

Sophie and Dan: Oh no!

**meanwhile in present**

Disguised Dark Danny, Disguised Dark Sophie and Disguised Midnight Dan: Our old rooms

Jazz: Danny? Sophie? Dan: We need to talk

Disguised Dark Danny: And my old sister, Jazz. What do you want, Jazz? We're busy.

Jazz, Arthur and Jane approaches, holding his backpack. We see that the Booomerang is on the floor between them.

Jazz Yeah, busy cheating! [She pulls the C.A.T. answer packet out of the bag.] Lancer was right, you three "did" steal the answers! Don't you understand?

Disguised Dark Danny, Disguised Dark Sophie and Disguised Midnight Dan: That I'll be destroying my future? Haha. You don't know the half of it. [they takes the packet and bookbag from them]

Jazz: Danny, Sophie, Dan, I know all of it.

Disguised Dark Danny shoves the packet in his bag] About everything. That you're part ghost. [she picks up the Booomerang] That you're always doing the right thing with your powers. Until now. Disguised Dark Danny, Disguised Dark Sophie and Disguised Midnight Dan: [surprised] You three knew?

Jazz: I know. And I've been covering for you with Mom and Dad because I'm proud of you, and the good that you do. But not anymore

Arthur and Jane: Yeah

Disguised Dark Danny, Disguised Dark Sophie and Disguised Midnight Dan: You three always were smarter than I gave you credit for. [they abandons their disguise, changing to their adult ghost forms]

Jazz, Arthur and Jane: You're- you're not Danny, Sophie and Dan! [backing up and dropping the boomerang] That's why the Boomerang wasn't homing in on your ectosignature! You're not Danny, Sophie and Dan!

Dark Danny: We was. But we grew out of it. The Danny, Sophie and Dan, you know is floating helplessly in the Ghost Zone ten years in the future.

Jazz: Thet'll escape. They'll beat you!

Dark Danny: How? Is the answer A, the Fenton Portal? Destroyed it. B, the only remaining portal? The one my idiot cheesehead archenemy has? As soon as I find it, that's going too.

Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan: Even Lady-violet and twist-creep

Jazz: Cheesehead? Lady-violet? Twist-creep? Vlad Masters, Juleka and Diesel?!

Arthur and Jane: They are your archenemies?

Dark Danny, Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan: Is it C, you three? No. You three can't stop me from cheating on the C.A.T. and solidifying our future, so it must be D-- [They throws an ectoblast at them, freezing them with green and dark yellow lights] None of the above!

They releases them and they falls to the ground unconscious. They returns to their human disguises and pulls the answer packet out of his bag, looking at it.

Disguised Dark Danny, Disguised Dark Sophie and Disguised Midnight Dan: [adult voice] Well, what do you know! The answer to the first question "is" D. [evil laugh]

John Kingsmen: **gasp** I must find the real them before it is too late! **runs and gets the boomerang with the letter to sends to the ghost zone**

**meanwhile in ghost zone**

Danny: Please! I didn't do all this to you, it wasn't us!

Sophie and Dan: Yeah

ST (Skulker): Oh, stop! You're responsible for the horrible things that happened to your worlds "and" ours.

ST (Technus): To everyone you've ever come in contact with! Ember Your family, your friends, [backing away] and most importantly, us.

Danny: But--I didn't do any of that! All of the ghosts power up to attack.

Danny, Sophie and Dan: Get away. Get away! Get AWAAAAAY! Their scream turns into a Ghostly Wail, knocking the other ghosts away and vaporizing their bonds. The effort of the attack makes him partially revert to human form, their eyes and hair changing but his suit and glow remaining

Danny: Whoa. All of the ghosts are floating unconscious, the Shadow half-melted and Skulktech's suit smoking. Danny My voice is changing? Great. [he goes back to full ghost mode] I'm going through evil puberty. Everywhere I turn my stupid future is smacking me in the face! [The Booomerang clocks him in the back of the head] OW! ...A note? [they takes the note and throws the boomerang to the side] [reading] Wisconsin? Plasmius with Meyer and Diesel. Figures they's involved in this!

Sophie and Dan: Yeah

**meanwhile in present**

Tucker, Henry and Elise: (Whisper) Danny, Sophie, Dan , don't! If you three cheat on the test we--

Sam, Susie and Monty: Shhh!

Lancer: Mr. Foley, Mr. Fenton. [The trio and the mystery trio all look up] Is there a problem?

Disguised Dark Danny, Disguised Dark Sophie and Disguised Midnight Dan: Uh... [they looks over at Sam, Monty, Susie, Elise, Henry and Tucker, who look back expectantly, and he snickers.] No problem at all. [their eyes go red]

For @sfcabanasstarcgs and @mysteryideasgroup

All her msa ocs and new msa ocs belongs to @sfcabanasstarcgs and @mysteryideasgroup

All my msa ocs and new msa ocs belongs to Me

All Danny Phantom characters belongs to Nickelodeon Danny Phantom

#msa x dp #msa au crossover #msa au #her msa ocs #her new msa ocs #my msa ocs #my new msa ocs

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busket · 2 years

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Do you know or have any info on how to make con merchandise? Ive always wanted to break in to doing artist alleys but trying to figure dimensions for posters and stickers is hard for me to wrap my head around. Even just pointing me somewhere else would be appreciated, please and thank you!

starting out with stickers and prints is a good idea! Catprint is probably the most common print site, and stickerapp is good for stickers I hear but theres plenty to choose from. For stickers I try to do ab 2 to 3 inches long. Small prints are usually 5x7, medium prints are usually 8.5x11 or 8x10, and if you wanna do large prints those are usually 11x17. When you wanna do charms and keychains vograce is a really common manufacturer and they do a pretty good job. Start out by buying only about 15 of any design if you can. I wouldn't suggest doing enamel pins until you have more momentum going since the minimum order quantity is usually high (usually 50 to 100) and they can be expensive, but when you do make sure you look on Alibaba for an actual pin factory and you dont buy from a middleman, you'll have better control over your stuff and itll be cheaper for you. Searching for your own manufacturer can be stressful but it's necessary since many artists get annoyed if you ask them for their manufacturers. best of luck!

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For @billyhargrovebingo 📚

~ read on ao3 ~

C2 - Bookstore AU

• • •

Billy had meant to buy a new car. His old blue beauty was still going strong, even if she creaked through left turns and the air conditioning went out every summer.

The price was right, and Billy might not know a lot about real estate, but he knew books. And the whole location, location, location thing.

There just wasn’t a bookstore where both kids and adults could be taken seriously, ie. comic books as well as the New York Times’ hoity toity favorites list. Billy had distinct, annoyed memories of having to travel across his California home town just to get the stack of Spider-Man and novels that he wanted. Not to mention the amount of times he’d had to listen to his stepsister complain about walking into a comic book store like the grown ass men had never seen a woman before...

So he bought it.

It was a real fixer-upper, but he bought it, and that felt great. The ground floor was the store, and he could renovated the second floor too, but he didn’t have the money to rent an apartment and get a business off the ground.

So he lived on the second floor’s barebones floors while the electrical and plumbing got sorted out. The summer heat had certainly sweetened the price on this place - air conditioning units were a small fortune - but as they say, some like it hot, and Billy never shied away from heat.

That gave him an idea. Aside from his pillow and mattress right on the floor, the first thing to go into his new shop was the movie poster for Some Like it Hot. It went right onto the one finished wall of the place: a typical brick wall. Terrible for insulation, and Billy didn’t give one rat’s ass about it.

Slowly but surely, his money dripped into the repairs on the place. He collected more and more pictures for the walls, a whole stack of frames upstairs just waiting to be mounted. The place was going to be a real queer dump when he was through with it:

Plants everywhere. Pictures of men in drag for movies and stage. If things finally settled, he’d get a shop cat. Or a dog. The laziest geriatric the shelter had. A record player was a must. Between the books, ambiance, furry shopkeeper, and plants, if some stiff even noticed all the queer on the walls, then Billy could keep a sheet of gold star stickers for his ass to get kissed on their way out.

That was the dream. Dreaming is easier than building.

Maybe the heat did get to his head, because somewhere in July, Billy officially lost it. The floor of the upstairs wasn’t finished, meaning that he had to be very careful with his showers, or else create water damage in both his home and business. He was officially in debt, because goddamn books were expensive the longer her held onto them because the shop wasn’t ready yet. He was walking on unstable floorboards in his own home, so how the hell was he supposed to bring a hookup over to blow off some steam?

Welcome to my place. If you fall through my bookshop’s ceiling, you’re paying for it.

The final straw was a bug. Admittedly, Billy didn’t know what termites looked like, but a small bug crawling out of one of those goddamn boards just did him in. He ripped the floor up, throwing down shards and heavy boards of wood. Soon, he didn’t have a second floor at all. Just a staircase that didn’t even connect to a loft holding up a poor excuse for a kitchenette -

“Uh, hello?”

The short curl right at the top of Billy’s forehead stuck to his sweaty skin as he stood up straight, and looked into the fresh face of a tall guy with huge brown eyes and a crown of soft, glossy hair on his head. “What d’you need?” Billy said gruffly.

That cupid’s mouth gaped like a fish until he scrounged together, “I work next door at the ice cream shop. I heard the noise, I thought you were being robbed.”

That explained why the guy somehow didn’t sweat in July. Billy shamelessly opened his arms at his travesty of an investment. “Steal what?”

Those big doe eyes wandered, clearly looking for an answer. He pointed at the Marilyn Monroe poster. “Anything with Marilyn on it sells.”

“It’s a poster,” Billy clipped.

“A big one,” the guy corrected, stepping onto the staircase to touch the corner of the frame. “The kind that might’ve been in the theaters when the movie released. You’d be surprised how much movie nerds would pay for this.”

“Well that’s great. Really great. Will it pay for a new floor and ceiling? Otherwise Marilyn isn’t buying me shit.”

That closed the guy’s mouth and he preoccupied himself with reading over the names on the poster. Then from memory, he recited, “And why would a guy wanna marry another guy?”

“For security,” Billy huffed.

All at once, the ice cream man smiled at him. And...Billy should’ve invested in ice cream.

“The movie hasn’t aged well, but I always liked that joke. Sometimes Hollywood accidentally gets things right. So,” his shoes clapped the floor as he stepped off the stairs, “you need some fresh lumber. It’s good that you rage-ripped these up. If they were from old trees, they’d be sturdy, but these were cheap when they were put in.”

Billy cocked a brow at him. “You know construction?”

“My dad’s a contractor. Well, that’s the easy way of putting it. He’s a real snob about architecture and real estate.”

“Then why aren’t you working for him? Sounds like there’s real money there.”

“Because in my dad’s effort to make me a respectable man like him, he made me too much like him. We can’t exist in the same room together for more than fifteen minutes.”

Billy huffed a laugh and kicked a plank of wood out of his way. “Yeah. I get that.”

“Do you have power tools?”

“I have one drill and a spare battery.”

“I know a guy who can loan you saw horse and an electric saw. Hell, show him your lack of a ceiling, and he might just build it for you. He’s a retired guy who needs the chores. Just pay for the supplies and lunch, and he’s in.”

“I’m not interested in an old man breaking his leg for my pursuits. That’ll only make the property value go down further when I try and get rid of this place.

The guy put his hands on his hips and looked around, visibly thinking hard on something. “What about two losers who don’t have anything better to do?”

Billy smiled. “Who’d you have in mind?”

That’s how Billy met Robin Buckley. And Steve. His name was Steve.

Billy couldn’t be sure which was more frightening: a retired carpenter with rickety bones, or a lesbian with a power drill walking over the beams overhead. But the three of them got the floor reinstated that afternoon, and the following morning, Robin and Steve arrived with linoleum and caulk to finish and waterproof his floor.

Even more, Steve got the fire department and city to repair the fire escape in the alley between the bookshop and the ice cream parlor. He shrugged when Billy asked him about it. “Some things have to be built to code. Code name: Harrington. Are those fries?”

Billy smiled and slapped the fast food bag against his abdomen. Steve took it eagerly and stuffed four fries into his gullet. Billy couldn’t believe his luck at having one of the city’s precious heirs getting humbled in the ice cream shop next door.

Steve’s opening day gift to him was a movie projector. After hanging up a white sheet in the back of the shop, they played Some Like it Hot while Billy rang up the first purchases from his shelves.

And yet...even with money finally dripping back into his pockets, Billy looked forward to 4pm, when the ice cream shop closed and Steve and Robin strolled into his place with a carton of chocolate-chocolate chunk, and a gift collar and leash for the old German shepherd mutt waiting to be picked up that Friday.

As the movie said, “It’s not how long you wait, it’s who you’re waiting for.”

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