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What type of bird I think Teba is (an analysis)
Before we start, I would like to mention the art book “Creating a Champion”. On Teba’s page, at the bottom, it mentions how he was based on a hawk. However, they aren’t very specific as to what type of hawk— because there is so many types. So this lead me to wondering what type he was based on. I did a bit of research on the species and I found one that I am certainly convinced he might be.
There is a type of hawk called the “Black and White eagle-hawk”. Unfortunately, not much is known about this species and it’s behavior because it is so rare, so I didn’t get a ton of information. But I did take a good look at it’s pattern, color, and a few other things and I am almost certain this is what they based Teba off of.
Here’s what it looks like:
There is so much similarity to him and this type.
For starters, It’s yellow and black hooked beak, it’s black back and wings but mostly white color, it’s grey-ish black striped tail feathers, and even it’s eyes. Now I know Teba doesn’t have black eye patches EXACTLY like that, but he does have the grey-ish marks around his eyes. It all makes so much sense.
Oh and here’s Teba’s page from the art book for scale.
Now as far as behavior goes, like I said, little is known about this species of hawk, so I couldn’t find anything.
There are a few things about this bird that are very different from Teba, but I think that is to be expected, as the Rito aren’t supposed to be LITERAL birds. And this is fiction, after all. The big thing that’s different about this species, is that they are mostly found in forests and humid or hot environments, unlike Teba— or the Rito in general.
But as far as everything else goes, this bird is very similar to Teba. I do truly wish that there was more information on their behavior, but there isn’t sadly. There is one last thing I want to talk about briefly before I end this.
When this species of hawk is in it’s juvenile age, the parts where it is typically black, can appear more brown-ish grey. Of course, it darkens over time though. This would explain why Tulin, Teba’s son, appears more brown-ish grey on his wings and back, instead of black, like his father.
And here is Tulin in the art book for scale:
Notice how the color on top of his wings is a little lighter than Teba’s? That’s because of his juvenile state. I was always curious about that anyway, why he was a lighter color than Teba, I mean. This clears that up. Not sure if anyone even cares about that but I think it’s a neat detail anyway.
So, there is my analysis on Teba and what species of hawk I think he is. This is all so fascinating to me and it’s so fun learning more about his character— and simply the Rito in general. I’ve always loved birds and had an odd amusement to them, hence, my love for the Rito.
I’m not sure if this will even be seen by many or not, but even if it isn’t, it was a fun post to make and I had fun doing the little bit of research that I did.
Hope you guys enjoyed this :3
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Hi, for the bingo thingy, can you use “Can you stay?” for a chapter 3 of the Co-parenting ex husband Bucky fic? 😜🙈 (if you turn that into a sad ending again, I’ll ugly cry. 😅😘)
the wait is finally oveeerrr. I didn't expect to write this but it quickly turned into my favorite piece! Thank you for the love (especially after I wrote two sad parts loooolll)
Here it is! and you can find Pt 1 Here and Pt 2 here!
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(Y/n) crossed her arms and leaned her head back on the wall, waiting for the principal’s door to open. She couldn’t believe this, Peanut was in kindergarten for fucks sake! How was the principal already calling her in. A couple of teachers had given (Y/n) a heads up, to control the situation before it exploded.
So, a week ago (Y/n) and Bucky had to have the talk with their five-year-old daughter. Not the birds and the bees, the whole: Your dad is an ex-assassin called the Winter Soldier, he was actually born in 1917 and the whole vibranium arm thing.
Bucky sat Peanut in front of them. “P, I’m going to tell you something but you have to pay attention okay?”
Her big blue eyes turned into marbles and she nodded her head.
“You didn’t do anything wrong baby,” (Y/n) assured. “We just need to talk about something that happened to Daddy because we want you to know it from us okay?”
“Where do I begin?” Bucky sighed, he never thought the most difficult person to explain this to would be a child. His child. Bucky never thought he would be able to have a child in the first place. He felt (Y/n)’s hand rub circles on his back and he relaxed into her touch.
Bucky had warned her about this, how the Winter Soldier would always shadow him. Looming in the darkness. But (Y/n) had said she didn’t care, that their children together would understand what happened and the rest of the world can process it however they wanted to. And here she was, carrying out her end of the deal.
“I was born a long time ago Peanut.” Bucky started.
P bursted into laughter. “I know that, silly goose. You have white hair! Like the pictures you show me of Uncle Stevie!”
(Y/n) bit the inside of her cheek to hide her laugh but she ended up having to hide behind Bucky as to not incite their daughter’s roasts.
“This is going well.” Bucky muttered.
“You don’t look like Steve, I promise.” She assured, running her fingers through the short hair on the back of his head. “Plus, I like your hair like this. Salt and pepper suits you.”
But now, a week later, the two of them were called into the principal’s office. The glass door opened.
“Good morning, thank you for coming.” He told (Y/n). “Should we wait for Mr. Barnes?”
“He won’t be joining us today.” She said in automatic but as she was walking into the principal’s office, a huffing Bucky came into view.
“Sorry I’m late.” Bucky took a deep breath, taking off his leather jacket and placing it behind one of the two chairs in front of the principal’s desk. He took the chair next to him out for (Y/n) to sit in before sitting down himself.
“I know the two of you are very busy but this issue with your daughter needs to be fixed.” The principal started. “As you know, we are a very private school and we can assure you we’re talking to Billy’s parents as well.”
“Yesterday, Billy told your daughter that he knew who her father was.” The principal continued, making Bucky look down at the floor. “Billy’s older brother told him and showed him some videos on the internet.”
(Y/n) grew angry. “If this is Billy’s fault, then why are we here. James and I talked to you before P came to this school and you assured us it wouldn’t be a problem. We spend a lot of money on this school for this to suddenly become a problem.”
“The problem is that after this, your daughter threatened Billy. She said,” The principal took a look at the paper in front of him, a teacher’s report. “If you know who my dad is then you know you shouldn’t talk to me like that. When I tell him about you, he will squish you with his metal arm.”
(Y/n) jaw dropped. Oh my god.
She turned around to look at Bucky but he didn’t have the reaction she wanted. He sat there with a smug smile on his face and his arms crossed.
“She’s defending herself.” Bucky shrugged and (Y/n) covered her face with her hands.
“You can’t just say that!” She laughed, they decided to get some coffee after the meeting with P’s principal.
“Why not?” Bucky smiled. “I’m not going to tell off P just because of that stupid kid Billy who by the way, I would squish with my arm.”
“Good to know you’d turn Winter Soldier at the blink of Peanut’s eyes.” She rolled her eyes.
“She’s my little girl! What else am I supposed to do?”
“Something along the lines of: Peanut you can’t threaten people.” (Y/n) said, she didn’t think she would have to be explaining why threatening people is wrong to a hundred-year-old man.
“I’m not going to tell her not to defend herself.” Bucky said. “She’s gutsy and headstrong, P takes after her mother.”
(Y/n) rolled her eyes. “I’m not headstrong.”
Bucky stopped in his tracks, taking (Y/n)’s shoulders in his hands and making her look at him. “I didn’t mean it like that, like it’s a bad thing- I love that about you. It was one of the things that drew me into you.”
A smile developed on (Y/n)’s lips. “Who knew P’s heroic stunt would turn into a compliment shower. Not that I’m complaining.”
Bucky sipped his coffee, tucking her body under his arm and bringing (Y/n) flush to his side. “You want more? Let’s see, you’re insanely witty, you have a beautifully complex mind, you’re extremely hot and you have a thing for older men- which I much appreciate.”
She laughed, burring her face in his chest. It felt so familiar, it felt like home.
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It was two am when she heard the shriek. (Y/n) jumped out of bed and opened her bedroom door, trying to find Peanut. The moonlit stairs looked like a crime scene. Blood dripped from step to step all the way to the bottom, where Peanut lay screaming bloody murder.
She raced down the stairs and held her daughter in her arms.
“Mommy it hurts.” Peanut cried, bringing her hand up to a gash on her forehead.
“I know it hurts baby, I know.” Tears flooded (Y/n)’s eyes but she couldn’t break, not in front of her bleeding daughter. “It’s okay P, I’m going to take you to the hospital okay?”
(Y/n) grabbed the first coat she could find in the closet and the nearest pair of shoes, she rushed to strap P on her car seat and drove to the hospital.
Ring, ring.
“Please answer Bucky, please.” (Y/n) had called her ex-husband from the car.
“Hello?” Bucky’s raspy and sleep filled voice answered.
“Buck?” (Y/n)’s voice cracked, making Bucky sit up straight in bed in a second. “Something’s happened with Peanut, we’re on our way to the hospital.”
“I’ll be there in five.” Was all he said.
(Y/n) paced outside the room, she could see her daughter sleeping on the white hospital bed through the cracks in the curtains.
Two hands gripped her shoulders, one cold and one warm, making her eyes shoot up from the floor.
“What happened?” Bucky asked, peeking into the room.
“I don’t know what she was trying to do Buck- she got up in the middle of the night and somehow. I don’t know, she fell down the stairs and cut her forehead open.” (Y/n) spoke quickly, like if she processed the words she was speaking she would break. “She said something about wanting to sleep with the doll you brought from Wakanda- I don’t know.”
“Hey, hey, it’s okay. Peanut is fine.” Bucky tried to soothe her.
(Y/n) clenched her fists at her side and bit her cheek. Anything to stop her from crying. “If I hadn’t forgotten the stupid doll-“
Bucky took her face in his hands. “This was an accident, it’s no one’s fault.”
(Y/n) slowly nodded, trying to blink away the tears.
Bucky’s eyes furrowed. “Doll, darling, look at me. I’m going to need you to say that. You know it was an accident right?”
“It was an accident.” She whispered, the pain becoming unbearable.
Bucky wrapped his arms around her, bringing her as close to him as possible. “You’re okay, everything’s going to be fine. I’m here, I’m here for you, for as long as you want me to be.”
That was it, what she needed to hear to break down. To be vulnerable. To know someone would be there to catch her if she fell.
(Y/n) sobbed into Bucky’s chest for what felt like hours. And he was there, rubbing her back soothingly and whispering kind words into her ear.
It was well into the evening the next day when Peanut was finally given the all clear from her doctors. Three stitches and an ankle sprain later, she was tucked into bed.
“I need you to promise me you will never ever do that again.” Bucky brought the comforter up as he tucked Peanut in.
“Promise daddy.” She smiled. “You wanna know something cool?”
“What’s that?” Bucky ran his finger against her cheek.
Peanut sat up and pulled Bucky’s cap sleeve up to his shoulder. “Daddy and P are gonna match.”
Bucky’s eyes swelled with tears as he saw his little girl’s tiny hand rub against the scarred skin on his left shoulder. It was like all the pain and suffering suddenly turned into something good. With six simple words, Peanut made everything worth it.
“We sure are.” Bucky lips turned upwards.
“She looks so peaceful, you wouldn’t imagine she’s a little tornado once those pretty eyes open.” Bucky chuckled lightly as he closed his daughter’s bedroom door.
“We’ve been amazing parents for the past 24 hours, could I interest you in a glass of cheap wine that will definitely give us a headache tomorrow?” (Y/n) smiled.
“You read my mind.” Bucky leaned his head back with closed eyes, he grabbed the baby monitor from the hallway credenza. “How about you go outside and I’ll bring everything out. You deserve a break.”
And what a break he gave (Y/n). Bucky just about held the glass of wine to her lips. He brought out the drinks, some snacks and started by bringing her legs closer to him. Massaging her tired calves.
“I still remember when we bought the house.” Bucky hummed. “And now it’s been what- six years?”
“Do you remember when we wanted to buy that new build? Everything was so white and sterile.” (Y/n) laughed. “But as soon as I found this house, I knew it was the one.”
“Excuse me?” Bucky laughed, eyebrows raised. “If I remember correctly, I was the one who found the house. You were sad thinking we hadn’t found a home, and I was the one who begged you to come and see it.”
(Y/n)’s happy smile dimmed. “We were so happy when we first moved in, what happened?”
“I took you for granted.” Bucky sighed. “That’s what happened.”
“After Steve left, I think I just stopped wanting anything. Work seemed boring, life at home was scary, taking care of P was terrifying for me. For years I thought I would be alone in this world and then suddenly, you came and gave me more love than I deserved. Gave me a beautiful daughter.” Bucky opened his heart. “And instead of working on myself I decided to just stop, stop trying. And it was selfish of me to think that you would just ride along with me even though I did everything to push you away. I never wanted you to think I didn’t love you, God do I love you. Sometimes I’m truly scared of what I feel because I love you so much it hurts. It pains me to have had you and lost you.”
Bucky tried to get out a strong voice but it cracked. “And I’ll live the rest of my life loving you and regretting having lost you. Sometimes, I think it’s a form of Karma. Like the gods above don’t know every wrong thing I did wasn’t me so now I have to live with this deep regret. The kind that settles into your bones.”
“Buck-“ (Y/n) tried to comfort him.
“No,” He shook his head. “you’re too sweet for your own good and you’ll try and tell me it’s not my fault. But it is. I’m not telling you this so you have pity on me, I just want you to know that I fucked up. You were perfect and amazing and I didn’t know what to do with something so delicate.”
“And I’m saying this just so you know that I’ll always be here for you. I’ll always love you.”
(Y/n) couldn’t take it anymore. She crashed her lips onto his. A kiss that would explain everything she felt. All the anger, all the sadness and especially all the love. A kiss that says: I love you too.
She rested her forehead against his, her breath shallow. “Can you stay?”
“Stay tonight?” He asked, his voice pained.
“Please stay forever.” She whispered.
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Ghost Head Canons
- Not used to physical affection, but once comfortable he’s very touchy
- If he does upset you he’ll do whatever he needs to do to understand what he did wrong so he doesn’t do it again
- He feels most comfortable taking his mask off around you. He knows you won’t judge him
- He just stares at you a lot. He doesn’t know to to properly vocalize his emotions, so he just stares at you
- He does like to talk about his trauma often,but when he does rarely speak on it it’s only with you
- He has major trust issues with everyone but he wants to trust you,so he secretly tests you to see how much he can trust you
- He brings you back little souvenirs like empty bullet shells,bird feathers,and pieces of jewelry he finds in rubble
- Whenever he’s is a good mood he likes to crack his silly jokes to make you laugh
- If he’s struggling he’ll sit in silence for a very long time,but he likes having you around because he feels safe with you
- One time he let you wear one of his masks and it looked good on you,so he let you keep one of them. If you actually wear it on a mission ; he’ll be in awe
- Shares a pair of his skeleton with you. They’re a little too big but you find a way to tighten them
- He really cares a lot about you,sometimes even more than he cares about himself
- If you get him to like you he would leave coffee,mints or small snacks in your office or outside your room
- He loves to listen to you complain about work and fill in on the military gossip
- Is an absolute unit of a man with an emotional capacity of a shaking chihuahua
- Every single day he will try his best to give you his best dad joke
- He’ll let you have one of his knives for protection
- He’s very protective of his team and therefore a good teammate in that aspect. He checks in often to be sure your in top shape
- Mediocre at comforting but will certainly try his best
- He would be one to watch you do absolutely EVERYTHING
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A flower, little swallow bird and lion
Characters : Jing Yuan × fem!reader (romantically; wife-husband relations), Yanqing × fem!reader (familiar; mother-son relations).
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[Author Notes]
- Firstly, hi everyone, I'm alive, just kind of busy with bunch of things in life and a bit lazy/burned out to write.
- Secondly, I was having this idea for God knows how long, so my apologies if it does not make sence at some point.
- Thirdly, maybe a little OOC, and kind of self-ship? (or how it is properly called?).
Anyway, just some cute idea of birthday celebration/preparation of gifts. We don't have official birthdays for hsr charecters so this is purely my headcanon.
PS. It is a bit connected with another piece that I wrote "A family of three" so, if you are interested, you can read it here (^-^)/♡
Also you can find masterlist with all my hsr writtings here (^▪︎^)/♡
Apologies for typos and mistakes! Thank you for reading!
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Small intro:
- Name : [Name]
- Age : ???
- Occupation : the advisor of the Luofu region
- Status : married
- Path : [choose any you like]
- Element : [which you like]
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- You were sitting in your study, analyzing documents from Sky-Faring Commission as well as reports from your colleagues-advisors of other 5 Xianzhou ships. Sky-Faring Commision with Madam Yukong as its head was and is the main body which regulates trade within Xianzhou Luofu, between the Luofu and other Xianzhou regions, and between Xianzhou and other ships, planets, alliances, stations and so on. Now, there was a proposition to ally and trade with "Trade Alliance of North" and you, as one of Advisors, will lead the diplomatic mission, so yeah, you had more than a mountain of documents to read and review.
- You were busy reading reports, when you heard door to your study open. Blonde head peaked out of the door.
"Yanqing, dear, come on in,- you said with warm smile, while putting documents aside. Boy smiled and ran to you."
It's been a few years, like what 50? from the day you and your husband, the General Jing Yuan, decided to adopt Yanqing. For outlander 50 years is half of their life, but for a long-lived person as you are, it was like 1-2 years. You still remember day, your husband brought home a small 4 year old boy. Now Yanqing was 6.
Yanqing run to you with a big smile:
"Mommy! It is dad's birthday next week, right?"
"Yes, yes you are",- you answered while hugging boy. He looked at you with serious face,- "Mom, I want to make dad a giant surprise!,- he said while his eyes were beaming with excitement. You looked at him, feeling warmth inside your chest.
- Yanqing, even though he was still young, always respected both you and Jing Yuan, and always spoke with some kind of determination, when he was having some ideas. Like that he will be as good at sword and martial arts as Jing Yuan or as good at calligraphy as you. And these words weren't just something silly, that every child said. Yanqing indeed was trying his best every time and was getting progress quite quickly. Of course when he did lose or make mistakes he was getting sad as every child would, but his childish determination and idea of being strong as Jing Yuan and being able to protect his loved ones someday was strong so he was trying his best.
"Okay Yanqing, what do you want to prepare for dad?"
"I want to give him the best sword in the world!,- boy said,- mom, can we buy dad a new sword from Artisanship Commission? Or even some rare one from another Xianzhou Ship? I can... I can earn money if it will cost too expensive! I... I will sell one of my swords, if there will be need! And if mom will agree one of her, from her collection. But I will buy you another one when I will grew up! Or when I will be as great warrior as dad!,- boy said while taking a bag from his pocket,- here is all my pocket money that i didn't spend and saved, we can use it!"
- You smiled and patted Yanqing's head. Your son was very considerate and so cute. He was ready to sell his favorite sword and spend his money to buy gift for Jing Yuan. You are raising him in right direction. To be kind, and not stingy. To be ready to help close ones.
"Haha, no need Yanqing, Mom has enough money, you can keep yours,- you said while standing up,- let's go to Artisanship Commission and see, what they can recommend. If you won't find good sword for dad, I will ask my friend from another Xianzhou ship about good swords, okay?"
"But what if mommy will spend all dad's and her money?"
"Then let's buy a sword with mom's money, and cake and other things with yours, deal?,- you asked blonde boy. He pounded, thinking and then nodded,- yes mom, let's do it this way! Now let's go while dad is busy, or else he will find out about our surprise and gift!"
- When you arrived to Artisanship Commissiom you met Master Gongshu and explained him what you were looking for. Yanqing's eyes were sparking with joy from the sight of all different swords, bows, spears, but mostly swords.
- After an hours of choosing, boy saw sword that "spoke to him". After asking Master Gongshu about this sword, he said that it was new one and was just finished this morning. A rare metal, was used to carve it's blade, the gold and a fine wood were used for it details and handle. Yanqing asked you and Master Gongshu whether you can buy it or not. Then as if stricked by lightning he asked if there is a possibility to carve something on sword's blade.
"What do you want to write, Yanqing?,- you asked while Master Gongshu was preparing instruments. Blonde boy thought for a moment and said,- can we carve [name of your favorite flower], little swallow bird and Mimi's head? So we would always accompany dad! Even if he won't use it, he will look at it and fell less homesick when he is not at the Luofu"
- You smiled at your son and looked at Master Gongshu. He, in his turn sketched his head in a deep thought. After that, he asked you to wait a few seconds, and he excused himself. Yanqing was worried that he somehow offended Master from Artisanship Commission, but you quickly reassured him that it was not the case.
- Master Gongshu returned with another young man, who introduced himself as Master Ling. He was the person who knew the methods of carving on blades. After telling him Yanqing's idea, he handled you a paper for you to draw sketch of [name of your favorite flower], swallow bird and lion. Yanqing was a bit scared to draw, because he understood that you can erase things on paper, but not on sword. But he wanted to draw it himself. After you proposed your help he agreed, after all you have an amazing skills in both calligraphy and ink art paintings.
- After few minutes [name of your favorite flower], lion and little swallow bird were finished and your son was beaming with excitement to see your art of blade. Master Ling told you that he will need a few days to finish work. (Drawing on blade required being careful, not to break the blade itself and for it to remain useful in future, and for art, quotes etc. to look beautiful).
- The rest of the week was busy for all your family. Meetings of 6 Advisors from all Xianzhou ships, as well as meetings between 6 Generals of Xianzhou ships. Mountains of paperwork for both you and Jing Yuan. Calligraphy lessons with Yanqing, sword and martial art lesson with Yanqing, other lessons that Yanqing had.
As a long lived person you sometimes thought that your life is kind of routine and boring. And you were grateful and thankful to your husband and Aeons that few years ago Jing Yuan brought home Yanqing and you decided to adopt him.
- June 21st. You woke up and carefully not to wake up person next to you, you got up. Jing Yuan was peacefully sleeping, but when he felt that you were missing he in his sleep furrowed his brows. You chuckled and gently kissed his forehead before going to the main hall of your estate.
- You carefully wrapped gift that you just finished yesterday. Then you felt someone tugging your pajama. You looked down and saw Yanqing standing there with drawing in his hand.
"Mom, dad is still sleeping?,- he asked,- should we wake him up?"
- After his words you looked at clock on the wall, it indeed was 10 a.m. Well it is weekend so that's why everyone were at home and you and Jing Yuan weren't hurrying to work.
- After you nodded you took all your presents and went to your shared with Jing Yuan bedroom. Yanqing happily run there and the pocked Jing Yuan's arm. After that, General lazily opened his eyes and looked at person who woke him up. Seeing Yanqing before him, small smile appeared on General's face.
"Happy birthday dad!,- Yanqing said while handing to Jing Yuan drawing of three of you,- this is for you!"
- Jing Yuan smiled and sat on the bed, while taking drawing from Yanqing.
"Thank you Yanqing,- he said while hugging small boy. Then he looked at drawing. There were three of you, standing in your estate garden, happily smiling. Of course it was not "ideal piece" by some famous artist, some lines were crooked, but General liked it with all his heart."
"It's not all presents!,- Yanqing exclaimed,- wait.. where is it?...???. Oh here,- he said taking carefully packed box,- Here dad! This surprise me and Mom bought you!"
- Jing Yuan with surprise looked at boy and then at you. You just smiled and asked him to open the box. Jing Yuan listened to you and soon saw a beautiful sword, with gold accesories. When he unleashed sword a big smile appeared on his face.
"Look dad, it is [name of your favorite flower], a little swallow bird and Mimi. [flower name] stands for mom, swallow bird is me, and Mimi for Mimi! When you will be abroad and miss home you always will have us with you,- Yanqing said while looking at Jing Yuan"
- Jing Yuan sat there surprised and speechless and then he carefully sheathed sword and putted it away. After that, he stood up and hugged both you and Yanqing.
"Thank you, both of you,- the General said.
You patted his back, - Happy birthday honey!
Happy birthday dad!"
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- Fun fact, [Name] did not spend her son's money on cake she putted it away then to hide it in one of the closets, so Yanqing would find them, and think that it is another allowance he saved but forgot about. Oh, and Jing Yuan did not know about this sword until his birthday. [Name] paid for it from her own account. Oi and Jing Yuan have this drawing that Yanqing did on his office table at the Seat of Divine Foresight! Even tho Yanqing is now 14, and asks General to put it away (he is a bit embarrassed of his childhood drawing) Jing Yuan still keeps it there, because it is very dear to him. And sword with flower, little swallow bird and Mimi is placed at the best place of his collection of weapons. He, in fact did take it with him, when he is not at the Luofu (even though he sometimes did not admit it).
- Why Yanqing is swallow bird (martin)? Because Yanqing's atk, E skill before battle and ult animations have birds in it, so I decided to make it like this.
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#honkai star rail#hsr#honkai star rail x reader#hsr x reader#honkai star rail jing yuan#hsr jing yuan#honkai star rail yanqing#hsr yanqing#qin's stories~
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Thoughts about the wooden demon boy who thirsted for life
OK so I think early in his pirate career Stede latches on to the story of Pinocchio because it’s about a "fake" boy becoming “real.” And for Jim, Fang, and Archie the focus is on a "wooden" boy becoming "flesh."
Stede has masked his entire life, with his father and his bullies and his arranged marriage. He has buried his true impulses over and over (when he made himself look at that bloody goose, when he posed for portraits with a stranger he didn’t want to marry, when he said his life wasn’t monotonous, when he told Mary his crying was an owl). A puppet who wants to be human resonates with him because maybe he has become a puppet, a little bit. He's done what people manipulated him to do, and what he himself learned to make himself do, to get by and stay out of trouble. When he leaves home, Stede isn't sure who he will become or what will happen, but he knows he has to go in order to find out. He takes a leap of faith, and I think he hopes it will lead him to be more authentic to himself than anything he’s known lately.
To Jim, Archie and Fang, the story of Pinocchio is maybe the same, but it’s also about a “wooden” boy who is becoming “flesh.” Which is hilarious because it makes it a horror story, and Jim and Archie and Fang are all in on that joke! But also, the lives they have led, as an assassin trained from childhood, as career pirates, have led them to be tough and guarded (Jim takes a year to tell their best friend their favorite color; Archie isn’t phased by fighting to the death because that’s just how stuff goes; Fang is more raw and open, but also his persona is so different on raids vs on the Revenge that that juxtaposition is used to set up the whole cake-eating scene). Jim and Fang both remember a time when almost everyone on the Revenge was unguarded and soft most of the time. They wore soft clothes and sketched each other and played the lute and went on little day trips and talked about their feelings and kissed. Archie probably doesn’t know all those specifics but she can piece some of it together, I think. I think, to Jim and Archie and Fang, maybe the wooden boy story is still about unmasking and shedding learned behaviors, but instead of the focus on those behaviors being untrue, now the focus is on those behaviors being protective.
Side note: we don’t know this for sure, but Pinocchio could be the same story, mostly, in both tellings! Certainly they’re compatible with each other. Which maybe is a comment on what it’s like to put your story out in the world. People will make it their own and use the parts they need, and that’s the desired effect! That’s part of it! Look how much relief and hope it’s giving these folks to do these silly demon voices! Look how this fancy guy is enjoying reading this kids' story to his new family!
Also both s1e1 and s2e1 end with Pinocchio (if you include the post-credit tag) which I just think is neat.
Seagull feast
I think this is related. I was wondering if the seagull feast is maybe a goose callback?
Goose: baby Stede making himself go through the motions of seeming tough and masking to avoid mean comments from dad. Mostly this isn't successful, shown by baby stede’s flinch and dad’s lecture. Dad still mean, goose still not nice to look at. Flashbacks to the goose moment always come when Stede feels like he's weak or weird or wrong :(((( — but, I think this is changing in season 2!
Seagull: Shows that the crew have made themselves BE tough since the storm / almost killing Ed. They are much more effective at toughening up than baby Stede (not flinching at the sight of the dead bird but digging in!! eating it!!). They are more armored up than ever rn. They're eating a SEAGULL and not flinching even a little bit. They've gone full box-in-the-mind.
I love so much that Stede seems to see the bloody seagull and barely registers it (or jumping overboard, swimming, climbing up a ~!~ladder~!~ for that matter). Now he only wants to find Ed, and flashing back to his dad is the farthest thing from his mind, dead bird what dead bird who CARES I have important things to do. He’s got no time for his filters and protective layers and second guessing his instincts, he’s a real boy and he’s going to find Ed damn it!!!!! Ahhhh!!
Nine guns
There is so much to think about with Ed and Blackbeard and masks and armor. When Ed meets stede he’s been wanting to soften and take off his Blackbeard armor for a while, and within the first one hour and forty seven minutes :D of meeting, he does so, a bit, in the form of softer clothes. Ed lowers his guard over and over, in the bathtub scene, the kiss scene, etc, even renounces piracy (kinda ;), he is his real soft self and then when he gets his heart broken :(((((( he tries to suit back up with his emo makeup and nine guns, but he can't really get that armor to stick. Maybe because it's tied up in the Blackbeard persona which he was so ready to shed anyway???
I think I'm really glad he gets the head bonk and the cold shoulder in the antique shop and talking shit with Mary Read because they’re all little ways he’s getting little bits of protection/autonomy back?? in ways that feel authentic to Ed and not blackbeard, and not ed as part of ed+stede??? And then once he's that little bit safe he starts saying thank you to compliments from stede and yes I'll come back to the ship and gahhhhh
I have no conclusion and this is half formed, and I want to think/read about how the cake toppers and gravy basket fit in too, but really I just can’t wait for ed and stede and the crew to get more story time and art therapy. ✨🎶🎨
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Might be a bit of an ask, but could you give a brief summary of the families of Class 1A in CC? Nothing in depth, but just who lives where, General configurations and so on. Maybe jobs? If you’d rather not, (which, again, understandable, that is a LOT) which family member for which kid is your favourite to write (excluding the Todorokis).
OKAY SO
A lot of headcanons are vague but I'll go down the list
We're skipping the Todorokis lmao we talk about them ENOUGH. So does Canon!
Not going to say much on Izuku's family because, again, talked about enough both in Canon and here. I will say that while I talk abotu vtuber!Inko a lot, her main job is a nurse.
Won't say much on Katsuki's either because we know them pretty well but I will say that I narrowed down their jobs so Mitsuki is a model and Masaru is a photographer and yes they work together a lot.
okay on to ones who are more only seen in CC:
Ochako - we see her parents a little and know they own a construction business. They're real sweet and were actually trying really hard to keep Ochako from realizing that they didn't have a lot of money but whoops. I think I want at least one of them to have a Quirk connected to construction work but idk what other than maybe changing the weight of things.
Kirishima - I don't have names for his moms but we did decide their Quirks! One has retractable claw nails(think Lust from FMA) and the other has indestructible skin. Despite this, it's a complete coincidence that Kiri has the Quirk he does because he's adopted. Also Tetsutetsu is his twin who got separated when they were given up for adoption. I have a few thoughts on their bio mom, one being that she gave them up for adoption because she was still a teenager and the other being that her Quirk involves turning her body into crystal. Nothing on the bio dad tho
Denki - I gave him a half-sister! Raiden Dentasu aka Pro Hero Voltage! Based off a character that appears for all of ten seconds in one of the movies. They share a bio dad who is unfortunately a habitual adulterer who trades in for a younger wife every decade or so. Their moms are nice though and will probably be getting along now that Denki and Raiden properly met!
Iida - We know bits and pieces about his family, mostly just their career and rep. But I will say that his parents are very much in love. Like super 'acts like they're high school sweet hearts with cute pet names and flirting and making their kids gag and complain that they're 'embarrassing' and by god do they have a healthy sex life' in love.
Tsu - we know some about her family in that they're all frog/toad Quirks and her parents are pretty nice! That said they did rely on parentifying Tsu a bit too much. (They start to realize this now that Tsu is off at UA and they realize they're a little lost on the younger kids' daily routines). The younger kids don't quite get this and just think adults are silly, but they love each other all the same!
Mina - Her family is a bunch of acid quirks to different degrees! Also she and Katsuki are like second cousins.
Jiro - Her parents are both musicians! Not full on famous rockstars, but they do well as a local band. While Jiro inherited her mother's Quirk, her father is Quirkless.
Momo - Well we know her family is loaded af! The money comes from her father's side of the family (while her mother wasn't exactly 'poor', she was a much lower class). Her parents are very good if quite over-indulgent. I sort of gave her an older sister! Well, technically it's her cousin that her parents adopted after that side of the family died. But ya know.
Fumikage and Eimi - their parents are very ride or die. Oh our kids want to pretend to be one person to get into school? Yeah lets cover for them. Their mom has the bird Quirk, and their dad has a shadow puppet Quirk
Aoyama - his parents are outwardly very nice to people and especially doting to him! But their wealth comes from shady sources.
Bonus members:
Himiko - GOD HER FUCKIN PARENTS. They suck. I will say that her mom has a 'consume things of that color to change her hair color' Quirk. Also Amajiki is her cousin.
Shinso - mmmmmmmm this one is in some spoiler territory but his bio mom gave him up for adoption because she REALLY doesn't trust her employers. He has a half-brother that he's met but neither is aware of this fact. Their shared bio dad is an oc who is the biggest bastard I have ever had the misfortune of creating I can't wait for this bitch to kill him. Because I've been influenced by fanfics Shinso is currently dealing with questionably shitty foster homes but we're gonna fix that real soon.
I don't have many thoughts on the rest of the class other than canon lore tidbits or just that they /have/ parents.
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Thursday, October 26, 2023
I will not apologize for not updating the past couple of weeks because I have nothing to apologize for. I state that because I want to say that I am sorry for not updating! But that is silly! I took time off from doing school work these past two weeks because I felt overwhelmed and needed a break. My parents said it was okay to do so, and instead, I have been spending time journaling, practicing yoga, and going outside and walking in the wooded area of the park behind our house.
In the mornings, there are many older people who go out there to bird watch. I have gotten to know several of them, and they have shown me different birds and how they can recognize them. I will also walk with them sometimes. I think I have made new friends!
Keep in mind that taking study breaks is okay, and it should be normalized! Taking breaks when we need it is important for our overall wellbeing and can allow us to study even better once we have been refreshed. Spend some time out in nature, practice a hobby, do something you love, go to a museum for inspiration, and socialize!
In other updates for the past couple of weeks, we had another Girl Scout meeting and worked on a badge activity. We have two new members in our troop this year, which is very lovely! They are friendly, and I think we all fit together well. My dad is going on some sort of retreat tonight with the men at our church. He'll be gone until Sunday. I think it will be good for him to also have a break. He works hard. He's a law professor but he also works with a firm as a consultant and sometimes practices still, so he is constantly researching.
And this week at ballet, we get to dress up! I have a different "costume" for everyday. This week is always fun! We also have our showcase on Saturday, and I cannot wait! I wish Dad could be here for it, but he asked what I wanted, and I told him that I wanted him to have fun with his friends too and that he could come to our next performance. I meant that also. He is always at my events, so if he misses a few to do things for himself, that is okay. I want him to be happy also. Mom will be there, and that will be good enough.
Tasks Completed:
Practice - Practiced assigned pieces for 30 minutes and worked on memorization
Khan Academy - Mastery Challenge (Geometry)
Duolingo - Completed three lessons in Spanish
Activities of the Day:
Life Skills at the library
Ballet
Pointe
Journal/Mindfulness
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What I’m Grateful for Today:
I am grateful that I have the ability to take breaks when I need it due to the fact that I am homeschooled and keep my own study schedule.
Quote of the Day:
When your inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of the spirit.
-Brennan Manning
🎧Tales of the Magic Tree: IV. Spider Knows His Craft - Alexander Litvinovsky
#study community#study blog#study inspiration#study motivation#studyblr#studyblr community#study-with-aura
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I'm curious as to how you got mitched. Was it gradual or did you just wake up one day with an all consuming urge to gently cradle this hamster of a man in your palms and deposit him into your pocket
oh it was not gradual at all let me tell you. it descended upon me faster than the leafs concede 2-0 leads. it descended upon me SO SWIFTLY i'm still reeling and trying to understand WHAT HAPPENED and how this little twink got me SO BAD.
so, the chronology of events and the Epic Tale of The Fall of Troy (me) to The Twink was as follows:
me happily existing as a pens fan who - after a long hiatus of not following hockey closely - just started getting back into the penguins because a casual conversation with my friends about hockey awakened my dormant penguins sicko memories and instincts like mount vesuvius erupting all over pompeii and herculaneum
me happily joining hockey tumblr and frolicking around in the pensblr fandom. i'd seen a couple of leafs games and knew that "that kid marner" was really good and played VERY pretty hockey but I honestly did not think about him at all! he was just some tiktoker lookin ass dude and i was busy tending to my geriatric birds (although i will say - as i started watching more and more hockey, leafs immediately endeared themselves to me for reasons i can't quite articulate. they just had good vibes. the contrast between the INCREDIBLE hypnotizingly beautiful hockey they played + the utterly boneheaded indefensibly bad mistakes and losses to bottom feeder teams? relatable queens!)
and then one day i found "jack campbell cat dad" content on here and became intrigued by auston matthews' massive mountainous body and jawline and looked up toronto maple leafs content on youtube. THIS, DEAR READER, WAS MY FIRST FATAL MISTAKE. you see - the toronto maple leafs' social media team HANDS DOWN makes the best content, because they FUNDAMENTALLY realize hockey teams and kpop groups are the same thing, especially when it comes to gaining new fans.
ANYWAY, i still remember the EXACT video that made me go - "my god, what is this silly little twink all about. why does he have eyelashes like that. i would like to both squash him into a viscous glittery paste i rub on my eyelids like eyeshadow AND cradle him in my fannypack while feeding him little nuts and pieces of asiago cheese." IT WAS THIS VIDEO - tHE LEAFS CALLING EACH OTHER OUT . THE INFAMOUS VIDEO WHERE MITCH DOESNT KNOW HOW TO SAY ENCYCLOPEDIA. i love a dumb little boy!
MY SECOND FATAL MISTAKE was dragging a fellow friend into hockey with me because im incapable of obsessing over something by myself. i always need to get someone else into it too. SO. I started showing my friend leafs content and SHE was like "have u noticed that this little fruit won't stop talking about auston matthews every chance he gets" (EXHIBIT A: THIS VIDEO where mitch mentions how good auston looks in EVERYTHING every 20 seconds. baby girl, enough. ENOUGH. just say you're dickmatized and go)
and then alas. ALAS. my third and final fatal mistake was going down the mitch marner tag on tumblr and unfortunately being exposed to all the ways in which! he is just! AN IDIOT MANIC PIXIE DREAM TWINK with 2 braincells (one of which is a sour skittle), daddy issues and tragic lore, and irresponsibly long eyelashes who loves physically glomming onto every teammate like a baby koalabear, adopting himself into older teammates' families as their part-time son and part-time dog, wearing terrible outfits and dancing in them, generally being a needy sweetheart that loves to chirp his teammates (poorly) but loves gassing them up even more, drawing smiley faces on his gloves to remind himself that hockey is supposed to be fun (this detail kills me every day), and making weird little faces on the bench because he has the zoomies?
god, i am not your strongest soldier! i was not BUILT to be able to resist little sugary sweet morsels like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if MATTHEW MARTIN, one of nhl's TOP LEADERS IN HITS, caved into mitchell marner heart body and soul....what the fuck am I supposed to do? not give him the love and headpats and neck scritches he wants? not root for his little happiness and well-being? i'm an idiot but not a MONSTER
anyway, that's why i am here typing up this monstrous screed on all the ways in which i was personally victimized by mitchell marner i guess.
okay wait i WILL add one thing - so long before i was a hockey fan i was a soccer fan, and have always always loved undersized creative playmakers who can seemingly weave magic from thin air while effortlessly eluding opponents as if they're made from pixie dust themselves. i have no doubt if mitch grew up in a country where soccer was THE sport, he would be a world class playmaking midfielder right now. and in that sense i do think my adoption of mitch marner as my little hamster was inevitable tbh.
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Tfa baby boom
I don't know what the age difference between the eggs would be, but I'm trying to imagine the moment they hatch.
It's a quiet day, and everyone is resting after having to deal with Sentinel and his bullshit. Ratchet decided to hibernate until the new order, bulkhead leaves with Sari to see a painting event, and bumblebee and Optimus decide to go visit their litters under the excuse of walking around the city
Prowl stays in his room, at the top of the tree where the triplets' nest is, and naps there.
Until he wakes up with a little "beeepppp" and he knows
Awww I love this! Who knows where mama Lockdown is, Prowl is stressed to high hell trying to keep the eggs clean and warm amd remember anything he can about time before the war and proper egg care. The base is empty and he has the place to himself, praise the gods, and while he very much prefers not having his team here while trying to hide them, he also would rather not be doing this at all. He's a first time dad going in completely blind: he hears the first beep and a crack! and his spark practically leaps out through his mouth.
Prowl has watched baby birds hatch, in real time and in various documentaries. It's always a slow, painstaking process, the little chick inside taking several hours to carefully escape and take their first look at the world. That's what he's expecting, a quiet and drawn out affair
Unfortunately, his bitties didn't get the memo. Cybertronian sparklings eat through their shell to free themselves, and it's a lot faster than baby birds going through the exhausting process of pecking their way through. He hears the first sound of a shell crack and by the time he leaps up there, the oldest of the free is laying sprawled out on their back, optics wide and goggling at the world, staring at him. He's frozen in shock, mouth hanging open and having no idea what to do. A big, silly smile twists the newborn's face and they reach their tiny, nubby arms toward him, starting to coo and chirp and he actually flinches back for a moment.
Oh, Primus. He's officially a sire.
By the time he gets ahold of himself and very, very shakily slides his servos under the first ones arms to pick them up, the second is well in their way. Their egg jerks to the side and rolls twice before practically exploding and the bitty gets plopped onto their tummy, a piece of yummy eggshell still sticking out of their mouth. They start giggling like it's the funniest thing in the world and promptly shove their whole servo in their mouth to start suckling at. Prowl hasn't even gotten a chance to roll them onto their back before a tiny pair of legs burst through the final egg, kicking wildly in the air with a distressed pweeep! coming from inside. His youngest child nearly kicks him in the face as he helps free them from their shell. Content to be free and in a nice nest with their sire, the triplets happily settle in and quickly begin to doze on top of him. Only after they've all fallen asleep does he realize, oh fuck, he's gonna have to hide them from the team somehow. Where the hell is Lockdown?!
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So, now that it's over here are some of my favorite pieces from tolkientober!
Day 6 - song. Maglor singing his angsty songs on the shore was all I could think abt lol
Day 9 - star. Cliche but star of eärendil + the kidnap family cuz I'm obsessed with them sorry
Day 10 - evil. Annatar & Celembrimbor !! They make me a Bit insane
Day 11 - king - Now the cliché thing would be just aragorn (return of the king is literally about him) but I love the silm too much to not include my elves so. My actual fav drawing in this entire thing !!! Colors!!!!
Day 14 - love. Celeborn + Galadriel getting married in traditional Tang dynasty clothes cuz of Reasons. Last colored one and I love this one too !!
Day 15 - tree. Coming up w something for this was hard but I had just watched fotr extended edition and thought about these parallels
Day 25 - Grow(th) . I had just read Little Bird and had feels about dad Amras w Elwing so I did this lol
Day 27 - fight. A silly joke cuz Turgon fighting his bisexuality is funny to me (the one talking is aredhel btw)
I have two more but those will be their own separate posts!
Happy Halloween <3
#The silmarillion#Lord of the rings#Tolkientober#Maglor#Maedhros#Elrond#Elros#Celembrimbor#Annatar#Silvergifting#Celeborn#Galadriel#Celeborn x Galadriel#Finwë#Fingolfin#Fingon#Gil galad#Aragorn#Frodo Baggins#Elwing#Aredhel#Turgon#Ok that's all#Bye it's 11pm#I gotta wake up at 5 💀
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I’m still on a Radahn kick as of late, so here’s some other thoughts I had:
- Not even in a NSFW sense, but improper usage of his gravity magic??? I love to think that while yes, he is the fearsome red-maned general of the Carian lineage, he’s also a very silly man at heart. In some ways, he really never grew past that boy who would play pranks on whoever he chose to target that day, along with Rykard and Ranni. (All in good fun of course!) Those two were undoubtedly his partner’s in crime, and they’d all run off sporting huge grins and the maniacal laughter of children who got away with their foul deeds. Loves those two to pieces, and has spent many a night reminiscing on those simpler times, sometimes just wishing to run through the halls again without fear of bumping his head on the rafters. Just, free as a bird, nothing in the world to weigh him down
- I feel like after he actually grew his influence through use of his gravity magic, that impish prankster part of him stayed for the ride, so it wasn’t an uncommon sight to see some of his soldiers suddenly start to float up past the barracks, or for one’s weapon to be twirling across the room out of the blue.
- Coincidentally, muffled snickering can still quite clearly be heard through the room next door. Obviously his soldiers know who the culprit is, but he’s so endearing that they all just play along. The same cannot be said for Radahn’s penchant for dad jokes however. The only time he’s been able to clear a room without invoking some kind of violence is when he shoots off joke after joke. His men can’t stand it!
- As a side note though, I think Radahn would really appreciate a S/O who could match his energy and goofiness at times, and they both make it a point to try to get each other to laugh. Running around Castle Redmane with his S/O, doing gods know what is one of his absolute favorite ways to spend a day, just ear to ear smiles all day long.
Radahn strikes me as being very playful outside his duties and I love it. It's so endearing and it helps him de-stress. Imagine being his consort and playing pranks on each other throughout the day.
As a father, there would be no shortage of fun in his household. I actually headcanon that if he were to ever get married and sire children, Radahn would have nothing but daughters and absolutely enjoy being a girl dad lmao.
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Today was a really good day. I had a surprisingly good day at the market and I am not as exhausted as I expected to be after working both the market and at the museum. I actually feel pretty good.
I did not sleep great last night though. I woke up a few times because there was loud banging outside that startled me and then I got overheated. It wasn't even warm But the air felt stale. I asked James to take the air conditioners out of the windows today so hopefully we can get more of a cross breeze.
I forgot to set my alarm but I still woke up at 7:00. Thank you internal clock. And I would go and get dressed and I feel pretty cute. My hair is not as annoying as it has been. I fixed my part and I think that helped. And we left here and went to get McDonald's hash browns.
I was really tired once we got to the market though and and kept saying that I was being cute saying that it's impossible to work 8 hours a day. But it's feels very true. How do people do things. But I would eventually wake up and things were good.
I worked on my knitting and I made a whole bunch of sales. People were very into the stickers today. And I just had some really nice conversations with people. I also really enjoyed talking to the woman that was there with the flag house museum. And she gave me her email because she wants to sell some of my stickers in their gift shop. So that was really exciting.
It was a beautiful day though. And I really was just enjoying being outside. Making sales was just a bonus. A lot of the sales came later in the morning which was surprising. Rod sold out of his bread like really really early so I wasn't sure I was going to make any sales but more people came through and it was great. I also just really was enjoying helping people today. There was a couple people that were there for the downtown sailing center that were in wheelchairs that were dropping things and the one guy, I think his name was Dale or Darren, was really sweet to me and he was kind of overheated and asked if I could get him a couple of ice and so I went over to the nice Mexican ladies and got him that and we just chatted for a bit. And then one of the other guys who I have had conversations with many times was telling me that he was having trouble breathing and so I was like okay I'll go find your mom and so I ran into the parking lot and found her and she was like oh yeah he's just being dramatic. But she appreciated that I did that. And she was so sweet she asked about my dad because we have been talking about his prosthetic a few months ago and she remembered and I thought that was so sweet.
James texted me and asked if I could bring them a quesadilla for lunch but when I went over there they were out of tortillas. So instead they made James a crepe chorizo. And it smelled very good. I hope it tasted as good as it smelled.
I dropped that off to James inside and I finished up my last hour. I had excellent conversations with the woman from the museum about art and this piece that I recently seen about the tea towel that was used as the flag of surrender during the civil war. And it was crazy cuz neither of us ever heard of it and both of us know so much about the civil war so that was really cool to find out something new. And at 1:00 I packed up and it was time to go.
I went to go inside to find you so they weren't there and Deborah who was waiting at the front desk told me that James had gone outside so we had to go find each other and we ran into each other into the parking lot and had a big hug It was a very silly. But it was also very sweet. I love my husband so much.
I was tired but not as tired as sometimes I have been. I had a pretty easy drive back and And I ate the muffin that I got from Jenny while I was driving. When I got back here I threw some of the muffin that I did not want anymore into the grass around the trees on the side of the road for the birds. And then I came inside and I got changed and I laid down.
I watch the video for a while and eventually I did fall asleep. I woke up at 4:00 when my alarm went off and was not as dizzy as sometimes I am. And I got dressed and very soon James was home. They had a package for me. It was my lash lift kit that I bought. I'm going to try to do it tonight and I'm very nervous. But I was excited to get a package.
Before I left I sat and read all the directions and me and James talked for a few minutes. And then they went to go take the ACs out of the window and I said goodbye and headed to the museum.
When I got there I got a little annoyed when the coordinator for the event try to stop me from going to the museum because she didn't understand that I worked there even though I kept saying I'm here because I'm working the event. But it was whatever. It just kind of put a bad taste in my mouth for a moment but everyone else that I talk to tonight was lovely. I had some trouble setting up a chase because I wasn't sure what it should say. So instead I made two smaller ones. And I think it looked great and everyone that I talked to seem to really like it. But the problem was that this event was huge and was actually spanning the pavilion and the museum and the food was all over the pavilion. So while people were coming in they were mostly directly going over there after they checked in at the front. And then the people who were there to run the casino tables that they had set up didn't have any people come through by 8:00 when I left. I did have some really nice conversations with the few people that did come in but mostly it seems like the time it was all thrown off. Their schedule said that we were going to be having the museum open till 11:00 which was not ever part of the deal. And the actual casino tables weren't supposed to open till 7:30 and they didn't have a bar in the museum only over at the other place I think it was really weird. But everyone seemed to be having a great time and that's all that really matters.
I did have a very bizarre conversation with a guest. Specifically because this was a charity event for the homeless and he seemed very angry about homeless people. I don't know He's just seemed like maybe a tough love type of guy but I was a little like isn't this an event to support homeless people why are you so mad. But he was really interested in print and I was able to very gently and to the conversation and start talking to some other guests and once all the guests were gone I had a really nice conversation with the casino people and I got to tell them all about history and making and stuff and it was really cool. They were very sweet.
And then at 8:00 I went home. And that's where I am now. I'm about to go take a shower and then I'm going to attempt to use the slash kit. James is out of baseball game and it looks like we're doing very well. So I hope they're having a lot of fun.
And then tomorrow I have my class with art with a heart and I'm so excited to see peeps again. And then I'm going to have a late lunch early dinner with CJ and that's going to be awesome. I just hope that it's a really nice day. And I hope that you guys will have a great night. Sleep well everyone. Until next time.
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Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryou Joshi/ The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague (Anime) Critic, opinion, no spoilers
This one is brand new.
The Plot seems interesting, is somehow a little different but not an entire WTF. It have something that catch the attention since the resume. Is silly, is very funny, is romantic, is super cute, super light, perfect to watch with an ice cream. As many describe it: So sweet that can give you diabetes. Is full cuteness and pure feelinngs, which can feel a little overly “family friendly” if you like more deep things.
Design? Beautiful as fuck. HD mega detailed. And details like make the characters move their eyes when they are staring, as if the eyes focus in different details (you know, as irl, the eyes never focus in a single point for more than a few seconds) is DELIGHTFUL. I love these subtle shits and give 324234% more of realism to the story.
Characters? By far, very cool.
The girl being an adult and serious in some way but not a full tsundere cold ass, make me love her since the start. I personally love characters with personalities that are not a walking circus but more like a human, so she nailed it. She is sweet and cute and kind, but she still have her quiet way to show it.
Icy boy? Cute as fuck, sweet as fuck, kind as fuck. I love him. I’m sorry (not), I have a thing with shy guys, he is fully my type. His “powers” that show up with his emotions, make him even more funny.
The Boss is so kind that I want him as a dad. The secondary ones like the “normal” guy, fox girl (intense girl), bird boy and more, bring even more color to something that is epic by itself.
Score: 4.5/5 and 8.7/10 A great piece to watch!
#Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryou Joshi#The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague#anime#anime review#anime opinion#anime critic
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Sweet quotes about Kelly Groucutt from his friends
(most of these are from after his death so they're quite bittersweet, but still very sweet <3 )
Bev Bevan:
"He was such a bundle of energy, totally irrepressible. Kelly was the life and soul of the party, the practical joker in the band. He was the type of character who was always joking around and could light up a room whenever he arrived...
"I remember being on the road with Kelly back in the 70s. It was a great time to be out there and he kept us entertained. He used to have an endless supply of bad jokes. He was always on the go, couldn’t sit still, and even when he did he would be playing with a Rubik’s cube or something like that. Kelly was a real gentle soul as well – he wouldn’t harm a fly."
Louis Clark:
"I have so many memories, like closing many bars with him in hotels all over the world having solved the world's problems, his silly jokes, which I found funny for their sheer silliness, sitting next to him on planes in the early 80's with the constant clicking of his Rubik's cube.
"I'll always remember around the same time period while in L.A. recording Kelly's first solo album, him climbing from room to room over our balconies at least 20 stories up.
"I also remember more recently when my watch strap broke and the local repair shop said it would have to be sent to the manufacturer. I gave it to Kelly and he fixed it in three minutes. He was "Mr. Fix It" and the "Gadget Man".
"Kelly always made time for everyone, us the band, anyone in trouble and his fans who he genuinely loved talking with."
Mik Kaminski:
"We were like brothers. We would call each other anytime we needed to. He was always there for me. Even though he’s gone, I keep expecting him to phone me up at any minute...Kelly had loads of birds. Whenever I rang him up it was like calling Regent’s Park Zoo!"
Mik Kaminski again, in interview with Martin Kinch:
Martin: "Are there any certain songs that you perform when you, uh, think about him more than others?"
Mik: "Um...well, all of them, really, because Kelly had his [unintelligible] little piece he'd do in the middle of a song, he'd...he'd walk over and...you know, he had quite a [laughs] comical edge about him when he was performing and you can always see him coming over and doing his bits even though he's not there, so...they're all pretty much...you know, there's a bit of Kelly in all of them."
Melvyn Gale, in an interview:
KJS: Finally ... what is your #1 favourite ELO song and why?
Mel: Got to be Midnight Blue, because it reminds me of Kelly.
Parthenon Huxley, of ELO Part II and The Orchestra:
"In late 1998 I walked into a large, well worn rehearsal room in Birmingham, England for my audition with ELO Part II. I wasn't sure who everyone was, but immediately Kelly Groucutt positioned himself directly in front of me, tilted his head upwards and said, 'You're TOO TALL!' We laughed. Leave it to Kelly to be the icebreaker...
"Fans of ELO Part II and now The Orchestra will attest that Kelly was always available after a gig for an autograph, a photo, a cigarette, a drink, whatever was happening at the moment. Hours after a performance the last thing fans heard in the parking lot was usually a tour manager shouting, 'Kelly! The bus is leaving!' He gave the fans every spare minute he had...
"Kelly was a tinkerer, a gadgets freak, a student of puns, an expert Country & Western singer, a walking encyclopedia of music history (song title, artist, year released), a loving Dad, a smoker, a drinker, a traveller (China, Cuba, Chile...hmmm...never noticed how much he liked "C" countries), a joke teller, a tireless chatterbug, a generous friend, a lyrics freak, a willing accomplice."
Phil Bates, from ELO Part II and The Orchestra:
"On tour, he was my greatest friend. When I was having health problems, and waking up in the middle of the night, in some far-flung place 5,000 miles from home with some extremely worrying things happening to me, Kelly told me to call him, whatever time of the night, and he would come and help me through my difficulties. That was the kind of friend he was, and the hole he will leave will be impossible to fill."
#kelly groucutt#elo#electric light orchestra#bev bevan#louis clark#mik kaminski#melvyn gale#parthenon huxley#phil bates#elo part 2#the orchestra#this is so long but i need this in my life#and now i have links to all these pages in one place so i can find them again muahaha#many thanks to liz and remy for helping me try to decipher what mik was saying in that video
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ROTTMNT Shadow of Evil Liveblog
Zoo? Draxum is kidnapping ZOO ANIMALS!
OH IS THAT- ARE WE GETTING BEEBOP AND ROCKSTEADY????? :D
Pfffff sheesh, Loser Creations?
Oh okay he just wanted some metal- yeah no okay it was the disco. Hey can they stop using "psycho" and "psychopath" and such?
Well... no BeeBop and Roacksteady I guess... oh well...
PFFFFT SPLINTER SONG I LOVE IT- oh but keep the robe on please I beg APRIL FOOT CLAN SHIRT?!?!?!?!?!?!
OH NO SPLINTER FUCKED UP HIS BACK- AWWW BUT HE'S SINGING ABOUT IT GOD I LOVE HIM
HER SHIRT GAVE HIM PTSD OH NO
Splinter disguise time? OH GOD WHY WHY
Why do they not want Splinter to know about the mystic stuff? I guess they are, risking their lives constantly.
I do love that Splinter is just as much of a chaotic dumbass as the rest of them, that's a fun and fresh dynamic.
IS DONNIE TIED TO THE TOP OF THE THING OH NO
OH SHIT BUFF RAVEN MAN OH IT STOLE DONNIE
HE MADE IT HE'S AT THE SHOE STORE- EW OH GOD THE NAILS GROSS
RANDALL AN AVERGE TEENAGE BOY- "HOW DO YOU DO FELLOW KIDS?" "MY NAME IS SPRITE PEPSI AND I'M ABSTINENCE UNTIL I DIE" XD
Is this random blond child voiced by Rob Paulsen?
April did those two really not ring any alarm bells for y- actually I guess it is New York so she's probably seen stranger
OH GOOD HE'S OKAY I WAS WORRIED
Damn that's a big-ass tarp.
Awwww they actually value shoes XD Oh, nevermind they're- OH FUCK WHAT WAS THAT FLASHBACK THAT WAS INTENSE
Oh shit, Shredder is a demon in this one? That's epic- WAIT THIS ARMOR SCATTERING THING IS FROM THE 2007 MOVIE PLOT
Is the raven throwing Donnie around in the background? I love this fight going on in the background- THE SOLDIERS SAY "FOOT" AS THEY MARCH PFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTT
I BELIEVE IN YOU SPLINTER I BELIEVE YOU CAN DO THIS I BELIEVE IN YOU AND YOUR SKILLS
OH THEY NAKED-ED THE BIRD- YESSSS THE PHONE DOES THE '87 THEME SONG JUST LIKE THE T-PHONES IN 2012 YESSSSSSSSSSSSS
Man undercover work in The Foot is easy. I guess Keno also accomplished it in '91.
DON'T PUT DONNIE BACK ON TOP
God I hope they give Rob Paulsen a throat soothing drop after these recording sessions, my throat hurts just listening to him.
There's a piece of Shredder in Grand Central Station? GOOD JOB SPLINTER- OH NO THE BOYS WILL RUIN EVERYTHING
Okay no it worked in their favor.
Oh oh is this when April gets her mystic bat, gets captured by Draxum and gets it then?
NINJA CHATROOMS PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Pffffff they're insulting their dad thinking he's a child
BEAT THEIR ASSES SPLINTER DO IT DO IT WHOOP THEM TO HELL AND BACK YESSSSSSSSS HE'S DOING IT
HE'S MENTORING THEM WHILE HE FIGHTS THEM YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS HE GETS TO BE FUNNY AND SILLY OLD MAN AND ALSO A BADASS YESSSSSSSSSSS
Pffft Foot Brain cheering him on, love that
Oh shit Draxum is here- FINALLY SPLINTER REALIZING HIS SONS KNOW THE BAD GUYS
NOOOOOOO HIS BACK
PFFFFFFFFFT AND THAT'S HOW THEY REALIZE IT'S SPLINTER
Awwww and Foot Guys are fanboying! Love that!
April I love the enthusiasm but YOU'RE STILL TIED UP
Yeah Splinter this is what they've been doing for like, a while.
OH COOL SHIT SINKING INTO SHADOWS RED EYES YESSSSSSSS THAT WAS EPIC
Yeah no y'all deserve that grounding.
Oh they have a Skyrim Dungeon Entrance thing for their Shredder Shrine DAMN THEY HAVE A LOT OF THAT ARMOR ALREADY
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Community
Straight and cisgender people being part of the broader queer community is good in a variety of ways, and the example from my own life is growing up queer in a small town with parents who were supportive before either they or I knew I was queer.
My mom and dad grew up in Berkeley CA and were involved through their youths in a variety of extremely nerdy things like the Society of Creative Anachronism, Dungeons & Dragons (and a Star Trek inspired sci-fi variation), theater, etc. Within those groups, and other parts of their lives, they had a lot of queer friends.
They moved around a lot as adults, and this was the pre-internet era so staying in touch was harder, and even when they stayed in touch they didn’t necessarily see people in person much. I wound up growing up in a small liberal town in western WA. Statistically, due to the small population, I just did not know any out queer adults in my hometown when I was growing up. There was no GSA at the school, either.
But for years I had stories of queer adults, long before I ever knew I needed them. I never once worried my parents wouldn’t accept my bisexuality, because I was so very used to my parents talking about queer friends of theirs who were giant nerds, with the exact same fondness and nostalgia as all their other friends. Stories of queer-specific shenanigans were told alongside all the other shenanigans.
We had semaphore flags in the costume playtime box because Dad’s a nautical history nerd, and we had big motorcycle goggles designed to fit over chunky glasses because Mom used to catch rides around the Bay Area with lesbian biker friends. That blend and casualness was just a normal part of my childhood.
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I learned from stories of my parents’ friends that you could take stereotypes and turn them into in-jokes; gay friends playing backyard baseball or catch or other sports totally flubbing a throw, and heckling each other with “What’s the matter honey, your wrists too limp?”
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I learned about the AIDS epidemic, of the loss, the grief, the stigma, and of the ways people fought back. Supported each other. I learned a lot more when I was older from queer adult survivors of the epidemic online, but I learned first from my parents, who were still grieving friends they lost.
This was not distant history, this was not something that happened to “other people” this was something that happened to their community.
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My father’s mother’s brother is gay. My great uncle. He raises tropical birds. When he was a much younger man than he is now, the signaling style of wearing a diamond earring in one ear was starting. Now, at the time, most men to wear a diamond earring as a signal of their sexuality wore very small, discreet flecks. Just this little flash of light that might catch your eye, that might make you look again.
Great Uncle inherited his mother’s engagement ring, took that honking big “look at me and admire how I got engaged! Look at me, look at me!” diamond to the jeweler, and got that sucker turned into an earring. You could not fucking miss it.
And you know what? That’s how I learned about queer signaling as a thing people could do, it was presented as a fun family story, and I wouldn’t have heard it if not for my parents, because Great Uncle lives in a completely different part of the country from us and doesn’t travel much, so I’ve only met him twice, during which everyone was catching up on current life, not stories of his youth.
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When my mom, dad, and their friends were all young adults who’d recently left home and were living in a different state from their families, one of their friends was a butch gay man who’d recently come out to his parents. And his mom wanted to be supportive, and she was a person who sewed clothes herself. So she made him shirts. She had his measurements, and she’d regularly mail him care packages with beautifully hand-made button up shirts in pink and purple fabrics. Because those were the gay colors at the time, and she wanted to make sure he knew she supported everything about him, that she would never want him to change himself to fit in society’s mold.
Now the thing was, pink and purple were not actually to his taste. They were not colors he’d normally pick out for himself. But he and his parents didn't live in the same state anymore, this was pre-Internet, if you wanted to share photos you had to take them, develop the film, and mail them. So she wasn’t seeing his style regularly, she was seeing the style of the out gay men back in the Bay Area, and doing her best.
He wore the shirts. He was running around the Oregon countryside as a butch gay man in the early 1980’s in pink and purple button ups, because his mom made them for him with love, he loved her too.
So I heard this story growing up, and I learned from it. I learned parents could love and wholly support their queer children long before I ever heard about parents who rejected theirs. I learned love is in the actions we take. That it’s going to be imperfect, but what matters is we’re trying our best, and accepting that from each other.
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I’m bisexual, and I’ve got some weird gender stuff going on. I did not know any out queer adults in my hometown growing up. I did not find any writings until the early 2000’s when the Internet became more accessible. My school did not have a GSA.
But I knew I wasn’t alone. I knew pieces of west coast queer culture and history. I knew queer people could be giant nerds, could be outdoorsy, could be silly and serious and fully rounded people with rich, wonderful lives. That their friends and family could accept them wholly without hesitation. Because what was there to hesitate over?
I’ve said before my hometown is liberal, and it is, but it still had enough prejudice to keep me semi-closeted as a teen. I had peers insist to me that “a child needs a mother and a father”, had adults insist civil unions were fine but marriage equality would violate religious freedoms, heard peers use “gay” as an insult from late elementary school onwards (and the teachers just ignoring it).
I needed all those stories from my childhood. I needed them. And I had them. Without ever having to ask.
And my brother had them too. He’s straight and cisgender, and he has never been anything but 100% supportive of me. He was arguing for equal rights and refusing to use the derogatory language peers were before I ever came out to him.
When I see people trying to gatekeep the queer community, this is what I think of. I think of being a kid in a small town, without knowing any local out queer adults, hearing people around me say bigoted things, but having all these stories burning in the hearth of my heart, and I think…
You want to douse that flame?
You want to reach back in time and wrench those stories from the child I was?
You’d rather I grow up isolated, confused, lonely, and scared, than have my straight, cisgender parents in the queer community? You want me to be isolated now, you want my brother to abandon me?
Really?
Identity and community are intertwined, but they are not rigid, nor should they be.
Community being broader is good.
#long post#queer tag#queer community#AIDS mention#fuck gatekeeping#Min and their entire family are all giant nerds#my dad's family just does NOT do subtle#this essay has been in the works for a while now#Min writes stuff#edited to change the last sentence from#community being the broader of the two is good#to just#community being broader is good
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