Do Not Disturb
Alex has put off reading through the report for far too long already, and now that he worked up the nerve to do it nothing will interrupt him. What he didn’t take into account was the determination of his boyfriend.
Royal Malex AU
Prompt from @creativepromptsforwriting ‘s drabble list #1
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five things: third-person dialogue, sewing project, zoom theatre, mdzs quote, total solar eclipse
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I remember years ago, before I got into any cmedia fandom, the first time I attempted to read a fanfic for a cnovel. and the fic had dialogue written in that relatively formal way of speaking to someone in the third person, and I found it so alienating and unnatural a construction that I couldn't even finish the fic! and now...I love it.
I don't know why this just struck me now, but it's funny how much your opinions on something can change just by familiarizing yourself with it
two
red jeans alteration project complete! these jeans were too wide in the waist and too narrow in the thigh. (my thighs are almost universally more magnificent than pants manufacturers know how to accommodate.) I did the following:
1. removed the waistband so I could get some matching fabric from the inner side, to expand the thighs
2. unpicked the back seam and the inner leg seams
3. added the inner waistband fabric into the seams inside the legs, from the top of the seam to my knees
4. sewed up the back seam to take in fabric heading up to the waist
5. sewed the original waistband back on, with a tuck at the back to make up for how the back of the pants were taken in
6. sewed in some sturdy grey fabric scavenged from a dead pair of pants to cover the raw inside of the waistband
7. mended a small hole in the inner thigh
I maintained all the fabric in the seam at the back so that if I ever need to expand my waist again I have room to do that, instead of trimming the seams closely
and they're done! very pleased with myself. the pants work so much better for me now!
three
review of my playing of caesar in zoom theatre Julius Caesar: "please take this with the best possible spirit. I have never wanted to murder you more than in this role."
AWW YEAH I KILLED IT. (and then was killed. :D)
four
I just. need to bring up this quote from mdzs. because I feel like it's a moment that's glossed over FAR too quickly. wwx feeding his own blood to spirits he's called to help him, as a reward for their good work! what the fuck wwx!!!
Wei Wuxian brushed the finger with the cut near each of their lips as awards. With crimson tongues made of paper, the Nether Brawlers slowly licked the blood beside their lips, as if they truly cherished the delicacy.
five
total eclipse is a totally wild phenomenon, I'm so glad I got to see that, holy shit
and also it's like. if I lived in a time before we knew what was happening, I would absolutely be like, that is a powerful omen portending SOMETHING for sure
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god i wish i wouldn't have to explain the intricacies of the neopets economy to you guys to give the full context for this but. the new neopets team that took over from jumpstart pledged that they were going to curb the inflation of rare items, which is great because a lot of rare items are worth literally hundreds of millions of neopoints, they are unbuyable unless you've been playing actively for 20 years. they did this earlier with a site festival that included random loot boxes, some of which had Unbelievably Fucking Rare And Precious items worth 200 million neopoints apiece.
well.
today they have gone a step further. by releasing this year's trick-or-treat bags. and having the trick-or-treat bags be stuffed to the brim with unbelievably fucking rare stamps, weapons, paint brushes, defense magic, and other unbuyables. (all prohibitively expensive and in-high-demand types of items.)
jellyneo, the premier neopets website, has recorded prices of some items plummeting from 2,000,000 neopoints to 4,000 neopoints IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. this is when most people haven't even heard about the event or OPENED THEIR BAGS YET.
and of course. cherry on top. 20-year-old account holders are crytyping on the site events neoboard about how mean and cruel it is to make rare stamps part of the prize pool, because their entire identity hinges on being part of the neopian bourgeoisie, and they are having MELTDOWNS over their assets being devalued until they're part of the lowly proletariat.
this is a children's game for children btw.
none of the money is real.
i'm having such a good time.
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