@your-not-invisible-to-me wanted to see the finished yard/yard of the dragon lair and I'm happy to show it off!

There are now ALL native plants planted which will grow in over the course of the next two years and fill the yard! There's also thyme planted in the pathway, which will grow to fill in between the painted bricks like grass (and it will be PINK!). Baby Nessie has a pond to swim in with Croki nearby, Baby Sue has a corner with tall grass, and Nigel the reading dragon is taking up his bench!

And here's a closeup of some of the bricks, all of which were painted by my mom - some from online designs and some just out of her own thoughts like the cat brick with all our cats! Over time, the plantings of thyme (har har) will fill in the dirt as groundcover, leaving a magical pathway of small pink flowers and colored bricks. 😊

aftermath thing :)

*dad posts a photo of a very messy art studio he saw on display into the family chat*

*everyone in family tagging it as my future art room*

*me, annoyed that I can’t argue because I thought the same thing*

at probably three quarters of the way through the main storyline of my time at sandrock, if not further, i have chosen my romance and my boo is dreaming of wedding bells...

so i finally upgraded my house from the one-room shack you start out with. 😅 in just under a week in-game i went from a tiny hovel able to fit barely more than a single bed to a lovely two-story cottage with individuated foyer, great room, master bedroom, kitchen, loft room, front balcony, and back balcony-porch.

secret story arc unlocked: interior design master.

School Bus Graveyard Theories

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I think Aiden’s father (I don’t remember his name if it was told) is the boss of the Origami Organization, as they both have the same skin and hair color, as well as how the hair looks, messy, wavy, maybe curly. He could’ve tested on people closer to him, such as Aiden and Ben. 

That would also explain some of Aiden and Ben's backstory a bit. 

1.) Aiden doesn’t remember the name or place of the last town he lived in, and Ben doesn’t show any signs of knowing either as he doesn’t tell anyone on his phone. 

2.) Aiden already had eyebags before anyone went to Savannah. Plus Ben continuously put his head down, maybe out of depression or maybe he is tired too. 

3.) Aiden literally smiles just as the Phantoms, and Ben seems very scared of them when they first start dreaming, more than Logan. 

4.) Aiden picks up a chemical bottle and sprays a Phantom, which hurts it, is it a coincidence?

5.) Ben knows how to patch someone up when injured, that isn’t something people just learn. Maybe he learned from himself because of his past with fighting, but maybe those two have been in Phantoms Place. 

6.) While Aiden was explaining Ben’s past with fighting, he said that his depression turned into rage (anger), which also happened to others, Ashlyn, Taylor, Tyler, Logan, and even Aiden, in later chapters when fighting. Yes that is a normal thing but not so much when mostly all of them are usually calm. Just as Ben was before. 

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Or the boss of the Origami Organization could be Mr. Tomas (I fr don’t know how to spell names), the characters’ main teacher. 

1.) He has Origami of a Swan on his desk, which is the symbol of the Organization. 

2.) He was the one to make the trip to Savannah, at the beginning of the school year, it might’ve been planned to make those kids go there then into the Haunted Place (im forgetting the real name) 

3.) He noticed Ashlyn’s shadow having shorter hair the day after it happened, but her parents couldn’t see it. 

5.) The name; Mr. Tomas was mentioned by the boss himself, in quotes no less.

anyway as soon as i pry myself off this couch im gonna share some screenshots of bg3 protags on my sideblog. just gotta like. reach the desk first.

All the Postal 1997 original beta screens, from what i've been able to uncover so far (with transcripts):

(Note: This text also appears for the Good Morning / what would later become the Home level in the 1997 developer showcase, thank you to KeshaFilms on youtube for the clearer recording)

The Construction Site

10/17/97 The demons are real and they are here. Fate has delivered me into their midst and given me the opportunity to save my species from a million years of dominion.

Parade of Disasters

10/18/97 I can hear the rumble, the thunder of drums in the distance. If i find them there, then i will know the Old One was right.

The Junk Yard

10/17/97 In the hands of the Old One, I am a weapon of destruction spitting death all directions to slay the enemies of mankind.

i must be a little tumblr baby born in the tumblr cave cuz i am Not understanding how twitter works

between computer time for work and computer time for writing THE SURPRISE FIC THAT WOULD NOT END, i have spent so much time over the past two months in front of a computer screen. i'm soooo excited by the thought that i can now do things like clean my house instead of crying inside over a google doc. which probably suggests that i spent too much time with that google doc. i'm going to see the outside world beyond this computer screen, y'all!!!! things! existing in space!!!! there's a world beyond this rectangle!!!!!!!

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Narrow raised beds are set up. One is now filled. I came to the realization that I can't fit 15 bags of potting soil in the trunk of a mid sized sedan, so we're breaking it down into a couple of trips once a week. I got 4 big bags for the beds today and 3 cactus/palm mix so I can plant two the new bulbs I got and repot some overgrown succulents. I managed to piss of several spiders and one bee in the process (also one of the big reasons I like going out to work in the yard at dawn and not in the middle of the day). Now to wait for the tomato seedlings to get big enough to transplant and we're good to go.

Scutellinia scutellata, also known as the common eyelash cup.

The name comes from the distinctive ring of black hairs found along the "rim" of this diminutive fungi!

so so so exhausted but I haven't been able to be on The Hellsite all day and I miss my fwiends and their stories and I desperately want to 'catch up' but my eyes are falling shut of their own accord and I hate that I have to rest...

2, 3, 7 and 24 lol

2. a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom

mmm i'm gonna go a little sideways from the prompt because harry isn't necessarily my fave but i just do want to say i don't think this man is topping. i think the emotional fallout from martinaise has stripped him of his ability to ever top or dom or be in charge in any sexual capacity like ever again. someone tries to get him to top and he gets the thousand yard stare like oh no... i dont top..... not since The Accident..... like already immediately post-amnesia you've got these comments saying sober sex is scary for him, his blood flow is bad from the alcoholism so his dick is operating at a generous 48% capacity, he's got chronic pain + will probably feel that bullet in his thigh forever and ever and this is a perfect storm that equals to This Man Aint Topping. physical and emotional agony if this man even tries. you put this man in a situation where he's expected to top and he says 'i can't... not after everything women have been through...'

that being said i think if you can convince him that there is a shortage of tops for the future communist utopia of revachol & you remind him "from each according to his means" etc he might try. like if you tell him mazov topped then it might actually work. but otherwise call this man a cheese pizza cuz there's no topping here

3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

there have been many. but i think one that angers me the most is the idea that dora was somehow wrong for leaving harry. i did see once (many months ago) that she should have stayed because of what the breakup did to him and i know for a FACT that person completely missed the point of the last dream on the seafort. that shit was crazy

7. what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

i'm very good at maintaining my own separate opinions so there's no character i HATE but [strapping on my bulletproof vest] kim took a back burner in my brain for a while because the sheer volume of genuine sincere unironic 'kim is a good cop and his purpose in life is to be harry's support system' i saw was like. mind numbing. i'm not talking about lighthearted fun with his character i was seeing people genuinely believing that shit and i got so sick of it that kim became a secondary consideration for a while. i do love him his character is super interesting & i'm currently working on an analysis, but i think it was a case of oversaturation for a few months there

24. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

i am lucky to have not seen much but i think one of the things i see start some conflict is that there are 2 equally good and valuable types of Disco Enjoyment: 1) silly goofy fun and 2) full 10th-grade-english-teacher-mode analysis. and people can do both but i personally have deleted several anons who i think didn't realize this fact and therefore took my character analysis posts as personal attacks on the Silly Goofy Fun activities rather than the braindumps they were. most of the rancid shit i HAVE seen has mostly come down to: we are looking at the same thing through different levels of detail and canon-compliancy and are forgetting that Ignoring That Shit is an option

Starting A Successful Garden From Scratch

Vertical gardening techniques are a great way to maximize the area in your garden, especially if you have limited space. By planting shrubs vertically, you can increase the number of plants you can grow in a small area. You can use trellises, stakes, and other supports to grow climbing plants which can add more dimension to your backyard and create a more private and intimate area.