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It is truly wild how much that, like, having a Following on any social media makes you this weird poppet onto which people project their weirdest hangups. Does the thing have anything to do with who you really are? Nope! But it sure says a lot about that person, the things they project onto you.
Like, my friend, this is a parasocial relationship you have with that person. It's just a negative one. Your obsession does nothing to them, and it's bad for you.
#strangely this isn't about me!#though there are people on here who are DEEPLY weirdly obsessed with me in very unhealthy ways#and no i won't say who it's about bc then ppl will go running right into the car crash of a post i saw#and it'll be 'vaspider sent their legions of highly trained Zionist posters to assassinate my cat and turtle with internet Krav Maga'#or whatever the current fashionable made-up bullshit about me is#but yeah like maybe just block people and move on with your life#stop spending all your time picking at scabs#i blocked literally everyone on that weird little post#took me less than a minute#and now i never need to think about them again
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shopped for some cc today and made a few experimental outfits for cassie, most of which are weird :)
i'm keeping 1, 3 and 5
#by the way#in my default sim world cc creators are brands#like sentate is a huge fashion brand#and simandy is a hair salon#run by a man named andy#and what can you do i'm in a different country#ts4#simblr#the sims 4#cassandra goth#adelar shows imaginary people#townie makeover
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bucketless jt you are VERY important to me......
#jt miller#vancouver canucks#canucks#nhl#hockey#meg.nucks#meg.gif#meg.all#i WON'T be silent anymore!!!! jt miller IS one of the hottest guys in the nhl!!!!!#guy who will score. guy who will set his linemates up with the PERFECT look. guy who will CHUCK EM!!!#guy who will hit. guy who will drive up the ice; an old fashioned power forward in all the best ways.#guy who runs a little hot all the time!!!#the girls (gn) who get it get it!!!!! and that's all i'll say on that!!!
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HEY LOVELIES GUESS WHO CAME UP WITH MORE SILLINESS WHILE PLAYING ZELDA GAMES
SO. Y'all remember how Blood of the Hero stemmed from me replaying BotW and wanting to spice up the story? Fun fact about me, I can't replay a game without creating a new storyline for it in my head. So Blood of the Hero came about because I wanted to replay BotW and change the stakes, change the gameplay, change the order of things, etc. I love exploring how you can complete the game differently!
I decided to replay TotK.
But I wanted to do it differently. I wanted to avoid the main quest, build up hearts/stamina and complete the side quests because frankly they're the best part of the game to me. So I was like "how do I complete the game without getting the sages or the dragon tears?" I was puzzling over what new story I could create just for my own amusement to help me complete the game like this, and it hit me.
It's freaking Mystery Link. Who else would avoid the Main Plotline like the plague? That man can smell Destiny's Call from a mile away and Noped right out of there.
It just--it fits so perfectly and now I am having an absolute blast. Becuase I had to come up with logical reasons why the game mechanics are the way they are for Mystery Link, so why is he almost naked at the beginning? It's because he was washing his one (1) set of clothes in the river and got distracted by Friend, so then his clothes washed down the river and off a waterfall and he never found them so now he's running around in his underwear.
And this poor man. Is trying so hard. To get some clothes. But he went to Kakariko and the clothing shop is overpriced because the owner's grandma is sick, and he feels for her plight but he can't afford these prices. So off in his underwear he goes. But wait! Hateno! Fashion central! Surely they have clothes! He goes there, and has to stand around and listen to fashion people argue over tickets to get inside, and eventually when they give up he gets the solitary ticket, and--
Sophie: Oh, well since you're the only customer now, you can enter. :)
Mystery: THANK HYLIA, I can finally get some--
Sophie: It's only an exhibition, but Cece herself is--
Mystery: ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME
The best part is that the first set of clothes Mystery and I could find was the barbarian top, and y'all, he was so annoyed.
Mystery, finding a big shiny treasure chest: :D
Mystery, realizing there are clothes inside: !!!!! :D :D :D
Mystery, realizing it's a glorified leather strap and a pelt to wear as a miniskirt: WHY
I am having so much fun. Also, fun fact, trying to complete this game without a paraglider is hellish but Mystery Link and I are accepting the challenge.
#totk#tears of the kingdom#legend of zelda#forsaken au#mystery link is having a time y'all#I still haven't figured out how we're gonna get into the Depths without a paraglider#but that's a problem for later#for now I have to find clothes for this man#speaking of which#I found another set of clothes in a cave and it was the barbarian greaves and Mystery nearly had a meltdown#then he saw Cece fashion people and remembered it could be worse LOL#I love playing it this way it just makes it SO much funnier#meanwhile Gerudo Link and Zelda fell down a giant pothold into the Depths and are running around screaming whenever they find Gloom Hands#JIEOWAJFEIWOJFEW Y'ALL I LOVE THIS SO MUCH
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allison nhggnnhnnn grhhrhh
#allison. after going through many divorces and many businesses and many depressive episodes#just. looking in the mirror one day. realising that somewhere along the way#she stopped caring about who she wants to date next#she realised going pro wasnt for her#she found the rush of playing exy on the weekends with neil. kevin. and the other friends she made along the way#she found she didnt mind being bloated after getting drunk and eating heavy#she found she didnt mind running a business as bad as she did as a teenager#she found herself laughing with renee and dan#running about the mall with neil#pampering sir and king and kevins dog#being a bad influence to the other foxes kids#talking for hours about fashion with matt and nicky#arguing with kevin about skincare#just. allison finding that things got better somewhere along the way#slowly the peace made itself a stable place in allisons heart#even if she didnt believe it could#aftg#all for the game#allison reynolds#aftg allison#nora sakavic
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Ok uh here goes
Can I get revivedbur headcanons for a reader who was very hurt by his betrayal? Like all rev wants to do is be nice to reader and love them but they want nothing to do with him?
-roses 🥀
ohhh boy my first ask
first off i wanna say that i absolutely love this idea. perfect angst fodder mmm
im not that great at writing angst. when im not sure what to write i add a lot of insignificant details until i get motivation. so hopefully this is satisfying :) If not, i'll try to come up with some more concise headcanons for wilbur trying to regain the reader's affections.
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First off, I'd like to point out that Wilbur right after revival and Wilbur a couple days after revival (especially after the events of hitting on 16) are quite different
When he's freshly revived, Wilbur is ecstatic. He's alive, rejuvenated, and ready to cause mayhem in every conceivable corner of the server.
Ever the ambitious man, his first concerns are with gaining power--- or, rather, interfering with power. He wants to become relevant, involved in the incessant, political push-and-pull of mankind that has interested him since a young age.
Eventually, though, the adrenaline wears off and he starts thinking about the people in his life. Tommy, who he had immediately recruited for his expeditions to Las Nevadas. Phil and Technoblade, who he visited gladly. And you. You're there, just a short 5 minute walk from Technoblade's house.
Wilbur's sitting at the table with Phil, making small talk about the weather or something when you walk in, throwing open the door with a huff and brushing the snow out of your hair. You look a mess, hair wet and plastered to your cheeks and your nose red and sniffling.
God, how he's missed you.
You freeze when you see him, your voice dying in your throat.
Wilbur smiles oh so sweetly, opening his mouth to speak.
Phil accidentally interrupts him, standing up and explaining the situation to you--- yes, the rumors were true. Yes, Dream is on his necromancer arc. No, he's not Ghostbur.
Wilbur tries his best to speak with you, but it's hard with Phil and Techno there. And for some reason you won't speak to him directly, asking all questions about him to Phil, such as "When was he revived? Was it really dream who revived him?"
When you do address him, your answers are clipped, polite but distant.
He figures it's just because it's awkward with Phil around.
But even when he manages to catch you alone, you try to push him away, glaring at him before stalking off with your jaw clenched and your face hidden from his view.
ouch.
That doesn't deter him for long: Quackity had brushed him off with an eye roll and a dismissive wave of the hand, and yet their rivalry is still underlined by a vague sense of respect and friendliness. (keyword: vague). So, he'll just act the same as he does with Quackity!
But as soon as he starts pestering you too, popping up in your house to nick a few items and smirk at you, the look in your eyes stops him dead in his tracks.
"Get out of my house, Soot!" Your tone of voice catches him off guard. There isn't a trace of amusement or playful exasperation. Your annoyance is so profound it borders on disgust.
All the lighthearted mischievousness that had been previously dancing in his rib cage is extinguished in a heartbeat. His smirk fades, and he stands in silence.
"Didn't you fucking hear me? Get out!"
"Darling, I-I.. " He laughs nervously. "I was just joking, you can have your stuff back---"
"I don't care if you steal, leave or burn them. I want you out of my house."
"But--... I don't--"
"---And don't call me darling."
"I don't understand."
"What? What don't you understand?"
"I didn't.. I just want to talk." He raises his hands in surrender, exhaling slowly. "I just wanted to talk."
"I don't want to talk." You say, quiet and composed once more. "You aren't welcome here. Just--- get out. Please."
He wanted to stay and argue, but something about the way you were looking at him was almost more suffocating than Limbo. He turned tail and nearly bolted out of there.
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He doesn't visit you for a while after that. It's even worse if you had been attached to Ghostbur--- because of course you were attached to Ghostbur.
And after hitting on 16? When he goes on his apology arc?
If people don't accept your apology, Phil had said, you need to let them go.
And so Wilbur does the same thing with you as he did with Tommy: avoiding you like the plague in fear of having to inevitably let you go.
He still spends his time thinking about you, of course. Whenever you two accidentally end up in the same area, he stands to the side, glancing at you from the corner of his eye.
The only way he's going to end up talking to you is if Eret sets it up, not revealing it to either of you until you're face to face.
You've calmed down since your last encounter with Wilbur. Although your opinions haven't changed, you willingly sit down to talk with him.
He, too, is less insistent with his apology. "Listen, I-I.. I know this won't fix things. I don't expect them to."
Wilbur pauses, and you raise an eyebrow for him to continue.
"But you-- you mean a lot to me." He says, wincing at the immediate scoff from you. "You do. You mean the world to me."
"Months. Months you lied to me, in Pogtopia. Months we all spent slaving away to get L'Manburg back-- and I did it all for you! I fought for that country because you loved it like life itself. You watched us fight for it, you let us bleed and sweat and shed tears for it, all while knowing all our efforts would be in vain because you'd be blowing it to pieces regardless. And then you up and left! You left us all, left us to pick up your pieces and drag your body to be buried. "
" ______." Wilbur said your name, quietly.
"-- And you proposed to me! The day beforewe were about to fight to get back L'Manburg, you got down on one knee and proposed.--"
"______." Wilbur repeated.
"You promised we'd have a life after the war. You looked me in the eyes and promised me this, knowing damn well what would happen the next day."
Wilbur doesn't say anything. His shoulders sag, deflating.
You sigh too. "And then you're revived. Months go by, I don't hear a word from you--- not that I was asking to--- and now you're apologizing."
Wilbur falls silent. "I'm selfish."
You purse your lips and move to speak, but he cuts you off.
"I'm not saying that to provoke pity or fish for compliments or serve an excuse. I'm just stating the fact. I am, at heart, a selfish person. I-- that's why I proposed to you that day. I-I knew it would hurt. I thought it would.. keep you closer, wanting to avoid you leaving me. Even though I was the one leaving." He exhales, running a hand through his hair.
The brutal honesty has you dumbfounded, searching for any traces of trickery or manipulation-- but not finding any. He seems genuine. Incredibly self-depreciating, but genuine.
"..And that's the reason I haven't apologized to you until now." Wilbur continues, seeing that you weren't going to speak. "I didn't.. I couldn't bear to hear a formal rejection."
You don't know what to do, having exhausted yourself with your outburst earlier. So you just nod in understanding.
"I-I'm going to be honest. I really, really don't want to let you go. But I've promised myself that that's what I'll do if you don't accept my apology. If you want me to leave you alone, say the word. You won't have to see me again. But if there's anything I can do, anything to earn a second chance for myself--- I'll do it." He rambles on. "I don't need you to love me. I want you to--- I really want you too-- but I don't need you to. I just don't want you to hate me."
You chew on your bottom lip thoughtfully. "I don't hate you."
He looks relieved, hope lighting up his features.
"...But I don't know if I'll accept your apology."
His face falls.
"I know I don't accept it right now. And I think that's understandable. I want to accept it sometime in the future, Wilbur, I just.. I need time."
Wilbur nods, mouth twitching as he works up the nerve to speak. "Would you.. prefer if I stayed away, during that time?"
"I don't want you to outright avoid me." You admit. "If we happen to end up in the same place together, I´ll talk to you. But I think some distance would be helpful."
"Yeah." He manages, clearing his throat. "Yeah, I'll... I can wait."
Wilbur looks back up at you. "I'll wait for you." He promises.
and then he leaves for utah
#roses anon#anon ask#revivedbur x reader#c!wilbur x reader#dsmp wilbur#revived wilbur#c wilbur#c: wlbr#dsmp x reader#revivebur#wilbur soot angst#and for anyone who says that c!wilbur doesn't stutter: yes he does. it may be just an effect from his dialogue being mostly improvised#but he does stammer under pressure. not exactly in a shy way. in an excited#impassioned run-hands-through-hair kinda way#the reader is kind of a bitch in this my bad#“bitch” i say in a gender neutral fashion#and then he leaves for utah and you never see him again haha#sweaty “writes”
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idk who needs to hear this, but if it hasnt already been done i want to clear up some things
Fashion Dreamer is not Style Savvy. BUT. It’s created by Syn Sophia, just like Style Savvy was. So, if you’re still holding out for a title that’s specifically called Style Savvy it’s time to give up, because it’s very safe to assume that Fashion Dreamer is meant to be Style Savvy’s spiritual successor. This may be due to influencers and other internet personalities being way more popular than wanting to run a store among children these days.
so… yea. ^_^
#style savvy#fashion dreamer#its even called Fashion Dreamer in japanese and not Girls Mode so its not a licensing issue or anything#its just an entire new game#im worried about the gameplay#but im assuming itll be like style savvy where you help ppl w fashion dilemmas#but instead of selling them clothes#they ask you for advice because youre trusted in the fashion community#and you pick out clothes for them there#and then as an influencer you also get to model#and maybe collab w companies to design clothes?#and like. Idk. Debut as an idol??#idk. I think they can still keep a lot of the old gameplay intact this way#theres games where you can model and games where you do hair and games where you do makeup#and games where you run boutiques#but style savvy was the only game that had all of these in one package PLUS a super cute style#and good skin tone options!!!!#and thats what makes it special to me#and now you can be a BOY…. and a GOOD LOOKING BOY!! The boys in the old games were SCUFFED. Except dominic. Dominic was cute#so the only thing im sad abt is i was hoping maybe you could choose from 3 different body types#maybe next console…#cici
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Tagged by @saxifrage-wreath (three weeks ago, but better late than never!) Thank you!
Last Song: Whatever the last song was at church this morning. Maybe "With One Voice"?
Favourite Colour: Purple
Last Movie/TV Show: I watched some classic Looney Tunes shorts
Sweet/spicy/savoury: Sweet, but lately I have had increasing cravings for salty snacks.
Relationship status: Fine on all fronts
Last internet search: How to spell the first name of William H. Seward's campaign manager/ruthless political boss Thurlow Weed.
Current obsession: After experiencing a lot of museums this week, my history obsession--specifically Lincoln/Civil War history and WWI history--is coming back strong. I've also got a major craving to develop an extremely derivative cozy fantasy universe involving a bunch of different races and characters with cultural/personality clashes.
Tagging: Anyone who has had something sweet to eat today
#tag games#anyway i can't yet read the old-fashioned episodic coming-of-age children's fantasy#about a group of pevensie or blythe or nesbit-esque siblings whose parents run an inn that caters to all the various fantasy races#that then interact with each child's individual personality/character arc in different ways#which i just vaguely came up with yesterday/this morning#nor can i read the arranged marriage romantic comedy that i came up with five minutes ago set in the same universe#about a gregarious extroverted academic elf (the kind of guy who loves nothing better than spirited tavern debates with his nerd friends)#and an introverted soulful artistic mermaid who really wishes this guy would shut up and let her paint/finish her novel in peace#all this is to say that i am suffering
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What if Everyone was in the new game, actually
#Professor Layton#Hershel Layton#Luke Triton#Claire Foley#Flora Reinhold#Emmy Altava#Randall Ascot#New World of Steam#I'm so excited#in a rush but wanted to draw something for this#multiple weeks after it was announced lol#this is extremely funny in the context of the game hypothetically taking place in the US#mainly because there's no way half of them didn't just sneak into the country in an extremely illegal fashion#half the game is solving the mystery#the other half is them running from local enforcement#it's spectre's call all over again#my art
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NEVER FORGET
#Billy leaning in to the unaware lamb act#Soccer butt shot always#Thank goodness Bobby’s taking off his belt#some are remakes but idc#beware my tags#dont look#Is this a porno—*gets stabbed*#Chad. Bleach brows moobs out handsome as ever#Refusing to look at Ralph like he was disgusted lol. He was in character#I want to Know what Ralph was saying#i love him in the background hands on hips just watching#I mean Billy was in those tight as jeans and no shirt running around. did no one tell him he should bring something to run in or did he#just feel like he had to be fashionable#The way they kept looking back makes me 💀#Rob standing there in every shot. shocked live reaction lmao#He’s like a squirrel#Whole rehearsal made it seem like Johnny was pining after a nonchalant Daniel despite already having 7 or more tops#but no he wanted that short loud mouthed top too :^(#lmao jk jk…unless#johnny x cobras#og cobras#karate kid#william zabka#The real stars are Ron’s bulge. Billy’s ass. and Ralph’s hands ty#the karate kid
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i just want you to know that I've started watching The Fantastic Race (I'd never heard of it before) and i too cannot stop imagining Andreil in it.. but also a Foxes/Exy only edition.
like, one is Foxes only, 10 teams, either with some of the freshmen, or while Seth is still alive/in an AU where he survives.
one is Andreil against other Americans where they dominate everything
and one is Andreil, Kevin/jeremy, riko/jean, and some other teams from other American Exy teams
i will eat this thing upppp!! please write it, i beg of you lmao
I do love me some Amazing Race. I think I could give you a Miracle Year of Collegiate Exy version of the Amazing Race.
I think maybe after their initial run through and victory Neil and Andrew are like absolute fan favorites and even though Neil, Andrew, nor the show ever say it there is a general belief that Neil and Andrew got together BECAUSE of the show. Any follow-up publicity on it has Neil and Andrew just staring at the camera like "Are u for fucking real?"
The thing with these shows is that fan favorites get asked to go back ALL the time and Neil gets a lot of very lucrative sponsorships that make the Moriyamas VERY happy after it.
They offer the same deal, a cut on the % that they will take from earnings and this time it's just for competing and this time it's a deal given to. They want the Miracle Generation of the Foxes to come and if every one does then Ichirou will lower Neil, Jean, and Kevin's %s owed to 50% (Maybe the deals are that good, maybe Ichirou is a big fan of the show, maybe he has a finger in it's production. This is mostly just like rationale on why the fuck they'd all do this. Especially Neil and Andrew since like Andrew had a bad time on those planes).
Either way not a single Fox disagrees. Arrangements are made for everyone's kids / pets. Shit is talked.
The Miracle Generation Race is ON.
The Teams are As Follows:
(Fox) Neil Josten & Andrew Minyard (Orange) (Dating)
(Fox) Kevin Day & David Wymack (Green) (Father-Son)
(Fox) Dan Wilds-Boyd & Matt Wilds-Boyd (Yellow) (Married)
(Fox) Allison Reynolds & Renee Johnson (Pink) (BFFs)
(Fox) Aaron Minyard & Katelyn Minyard (Blue) (Engaged)
(Fox) Nicky Klose & Erik Klose (Purple) (Married)
(Trojan) Jean Moreau & Jeremy Knox (Red) (Dating)
(Raven) Johnson & Reacher (Black) (Friends)
(Trojan) Alvarez & Laila (White) (Dating)
(Raven) Thea Muldani & Jenkins (Teal) (Friends)
(Penn) Penn State Coach & Penn State Captain (Grey) (Friends? IDK I ran out of people to be honest and thought well maybe we just have some throwaway team to lose first)
One of the funnier things I could do with that is that this Miracle season is also fan favorite season too and they want the cast to come back but no one can be with their same partner again. So you get shit like Neil and Jean, Jeremy and Andrew, Allison and Kevin, Renee and Aaron, Wymack and Nicky, etc.
#Neil and Andrew are like 'yeah we're not trying that hard'#but then Aaron and Katelyn pass them at a Detour and it's like 'Oh fuck that running.' and proceed to have the MOST insane rivalry#Neil and Andrew actually trying because they just can't tolerate any of their friends / family beating them#Like it was FINE last season they just had to do pretty well and Ichirou would be fine with it#This season? It's fucking PERSONAL.#Catch Allison nailing any and all of those fashion related ones#Renee always is a hit with the locals and can get anywhere easily#Matt just has the MUSCLE to be able to just force through the challenges#Dan's unyielding spirit pushes them past their most difficult challenges#Nicky and Erik flat out just have the benefit of being EU citizens#Aaron and Katelyn have a thirst for blood because they have medical school debt to pay off#Honestly the foxes have already decided that they get the reward money but they're not TELLING THEM THAT#The Ravens are the race heels#Like full on fuck those guys#Is the energy everyone has#At one point Allison just flat out pays one of their taxis to go to the wrong place#Thea keeps trying to talk to Kevin and everyone keeps getting in the way of that#They broke up like a year beforehand and it's AWKWARD (tm) but Kevin is doing so much better now#All for the Race (A Season of Miracles) AU#AFTG#AFTG AU#The Palmetto State Foxes
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One thing that really gets me about Warsaw Gus is that he is a theatre cat whose whole family lives and parties in an old *film studio*
Like it's not only that he's old and reminiscing about the past, but everything around is a reminder that in a way his time has passed
#smth smth film killed theatre#ive been thinking about warsaw costumes a lot lately#and just his costume being explicitly all Shakespeare inspire when the set#and everyone else is either fashion or film inspired#its just yeah#also munk starting his little play by standing on a running film projector#is it a play or is he in a way showing off his little amateur homemade film#cats the musical#cats warsaw#gus the theatre cat#warsaw guy talks
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We all know that S3 is gonna be about the Second Coming-slash-Final Judgement blah blah blah blah blah but what i NEED is for Jesus to radiate so much little sibling energy™. I need them and Crowley to be a chaotic-sibling-bestie duo ok??? It's one of the only ways i can heal
#good omens#crowley#i need jesus to be a very chill dude (gn. they could be a little girl for we know) who pops out of the silver plane and surrounded by CIA#angel bodyguards and then they see Crowley and just fucking runs up to him to choke-bear hug hybrid him the way only little clingy sibs do#and then the angel operatives freak out#jesus: GASPS!!! HI BESTIEE🥰🥰🥰!!! how are ya doin?#crowley: what#angel mafia: !!!! AKDSKSDHASDJKL#and then crowley proceeds to kidnap him and then babysit him. they go to the barbie premier and the Eras tour and the bahamas and just went#around the world. leaving chaos in their wake. we're talking about confusion bafflement and maybe a whole ton of buffets being suddenly#replaced with fish and bread that could feed 6000 people. and then they fuck over governments without even trying and giving the poor the#queers the conspiracy theorists and all of the marginalized peeps everything they WANT#and where was aziraphale in all of this? stuck on heaven's top floor just seething that he can't go out cause the metatron locked him in.#the metatron angel-proofed the whole building just so aziraphale cannot leave. they're in lockdown and everyone is panicking. Aziraphale#the pedantic loophole-obsessed bastard that he is. was like "If they fucking angel-proofed superheaven then I'm gonna escape the good old-#fashioned human way. He then demolishes the glass with his bare fists. everyone screams and he walks out of heaven wearing#his tartan and shades because cool bamf angels don't look at the chaos they unleashed.
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I was wondering if you would know how long would it take to make a dress for a ball in the 19th Century, before electricity was widely used. Like that was still a time when you went to a tailor to get your clothes made, especially for special occasions so... how much advance would you need? I'm guessing even longer if it's the tailor your friends go to as well and you are all going to the same ball, but on average, what? A week? With a trying test in between choosing the design and having it ready, I imagine...
Oh interesting question!
I've heard a week or two weeks as a turnaround time in contemporary sources from the late 19th century, when electricity had technically been harnessed but electric sewing machines (if they existed at all) were vanishingly uncommon
I imagine it helped speed things up if this was your regular dressmaker who already had measurements and custom-fitted patterns on file for you. even very wealthy women saw no issue with having multiple dresses made up from the same pattern with different fabrics and embellishments, back then. although, of course, the intricacy of the trimmings requested would factor into the production time as well
notably, before the infamous Bradley-Martin Ball of 1897, the hostess intentionally sent out invitations only three weeks in advance so that the guests wouldn't have time to order costumes from European couturiers and would have to patronize local dressmakers/tailors instead. so if a month or more was the lead time necessary for an imported fancy-dress costume, 1-3 weeks for something domestically made seems reasonable
(said hostess, Cornelia Bradley-Martin, saw this in the light of an economic stimulus to the garment workers of New York City. given that there was a recession on and the total cost of the ball ended up around $400,000- in 1897 dollars -the general public did not take such a charitable approach. there was massive outcry in the press and from the pulpit, and the city actually raised tax rates specifically for the Bradley-Martins and their friends the Astors, due to the astronomical excess of the ball. even the Victorians could at times be, as the youths do say, based. but I digress)
it's also important to keep in mind that most dressmakers did not work alone, but had a team of seamstresses working under them. so it wouldn't just be one woman struggling with a massive backlog of orders- these were usually multi-employee businesses, running like well-oiled machines to churn out handmade bespoke garments with impressive speed
...often criminally underpaid and with Not Great working conditions, but that's off-topic for the question at hand
#ask#motsimages#dress history#fashion history#victorian#victorian fashion#also they cut corners. shamelessly and wherever possible#SO MANY gorgeous Victorian bodices are unlined with raw edges just pinked and quickly tacked down#probably the majority I'd say#it's not going to touch bare skin and itch. nobody will see it. so who cares?#I've examined a Worth gown and the skirt trim is attached with massive gappy running stitches#once sewing machines came in the general way was Structural Seams By Machine; Hems By Hand#just like today they didn't want to make extra work for themselves#so even though they valued insanely fine stitching when it was visible#if it wasn't visible...
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I’m reminded of that post about how goths and people who wear only lots of pink are actually the same because “wearing only one color” is a specific choice in opposition to just looking Normal
I’m flying to a friend’s wedding today, and I recently acquired from my neighborhood free page a very pretty vintage suitcase in like a brocade upholstery texture in all of my good colors, so of course I needed a coordinated airport outfit à la Midge Maisel. You guys don’t know me, but I usually dress very put together, in what my sister calls Outfits, with a capital O to distinguish it from just wearing clothes. And since getting a full time job I’ve been slowly adding to my collection of vintage and 50’s-vibes clothes, because I just really like that aesthetic (my bridesmaid dress for the wedding is a vintage tea dress I got from Etsy. The fabric is in great condition but I had to reinforce pretty much every seam with my sewing machine, because the structural integrity of the original thread was breaking down, so that was an interesting learning experience).
All of which is to say that I Dressed Up for the airport in a vintage-y outfit that coordinates perfectly with some of the colors of my suitcase, and my hair is curled, and I have a vintage leather purse that my grandma gave me that matches her watch that I’m wearing and the shoes she bought me last summer at the same vintage store that my skirt came from, and a teenage-ish girl with whatever you call the 2023 teenage equivalent of emo/punk vibes, like the dark maroon mullet and not a lot of makeup and dark comfy clothes but like, very on purpose, told me I look cool when I walked past on the way to security
And like, she Gets It! We have different fashion goals but I think we put a similar degree of intention into the way we look compared to just wearing regular clothes. Which is cool! It’s validating. Not that I really need validation, but it’s always nice to get compliments, of course. And the way I dress is really not terribly distinctive most of the time, other than being Outfits and a little dressier than maybe the norm is, like I think most people who see me one time in passing would see that I look Nice but not necessarily see it as a cultivated Look. But punk mullet girl gets it.
#struggled with not sounding *too* pretentious here#I don’t feel pretentious but I have a hard time talking about like. specific choices and things in any detail#like to my friends I just said what happened with a picture of my outfit and was like ‘and she gets it!’ and they were like ‘yeah!’#but to strangers I have to go into much more detail to get the point across#even though really it’s not like I’m putting all of that into it every day I just get up and go ‘i want to look nice today’#in accordance with my personal fashion preferences#and then having to explain those preferences like ‘my name is alagaisia midge maisel darkness way and I’m wearing vintage whatever’#i do look so cute though#i got these shoes last summer and then lost the heel cap off of one of them the very first time i wore them#finally took them in to have them fixed last week so I could wear them to the wedding#needed a deadline so that I would actually get around to it#i hate flying it’s really a testament of how much I love my friend that I’m flying#instead of driving ten hours to Nebraska#but it made more sense and to make sure i won’t be late or run into car trouble or anything#and I’ll stay looking nice right away instead of getting gross and sweaty in the car or having to change for bachelorette activities#i only know the bride so I’m definitely going to make a very specific impression on all of these strangers lol#i joked with my dad about adopting a trans Atlantic accent for the whole weekend just for shits and giggles#turns out you cannot do it over the top. have you ever listened to JFK’s ‘we choose to go to the moon’ speech#it’s very silly sounding#we had a good time saying things one might say at a bachelorette party in a goofy voice#‘we cho~ose to ohdah thihs maiule strippah… ahnd the othah things.. nawt becahse it is easyh..#but becawhse he is hahd’#highly recommend#mine#personal
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so a lil heads up!! that i will probably be very scarce/quiet until monday! despite my efforts to juggle everything, this weekend is just busy and it's got me pretty tired. thank you for being patient with me and pls have a very lovely pre-halloween weekend!!
#on a side note i devoured the second book in the shadow and bone trilogy and it's got me YELLING!!!!#kinda sorta wanna add nikolai but in classic bel fashion i feel the need to read everything involving him before i ever do that#and i found out this guy's got a duology?? haha : ) i'm about to run through ruin and rising so quickly#the guy is just my kinda character -- someone who changes their personality for each situation and hides their true thoughts??#sounds familiar :' ))#i also wanna make an oc but i dunno!! tbh as much as i love the series i wouldn't know how to even enter that fandom#bc no way am i making a whole other blog when i know i can barely manage one asdfg#and my attempts to enter a non anime/manga fandom didn't go very well this last time with my multi#don't really wanna repeat the experience tbh uvu#ANYWAY sorry for rambling in the tags so much asdfg i'm just maybe a little or a lot hyperfixated on the grishaverse rn :' )#definitely a comfort when i've been so tired lately#get ready to ramble | ooc
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