#tea and talking
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Wed, Feb 21st, 2024
Part 1
"you know, I swore i felt something. but I thought, 'no, if merlin were hurt he would contact me. the others would contact me."
"we were going to, but..."
"but what? you didn't want to upset Ark?"
"well no, but it's also not the kind of conversation to have over the phone. I knew you'd respond like this"
"oh, what a load of bull!"
"you know, I didn't do this when you and Gwen got married! I didn't do this when she hurt you!"
"That was different! she was under a spell, she couldn’t control herself!"
"and who's to say Ark can?"
silence.
"they're sick, Arthur. really sick. and I'm just trying to help them as best I can. same as I do with you." "you know, I thought waiting fifteen hundred years for you would be enough to prove my loyalty-"
"merlin-"
"but apparently it wasn't."
"don't say that-"
"I'm going to go visit my mother. don't follow me."
"merlin!"
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"Kinsley, my dear! it's so good to see you again!"
a soft smile. "you too, hunith."
"what are you doing here again so soon? surely the journey can't be easy for you."
merlin and kin exchange looks. he shakes his head, she plows on anyway.
"emotional support."
"whatever for?"
a sigh, and he speaks up. "I had a row with arthur"
a laugh "well, don't you always?"
"it was... different this time."
"how so?"
"how about we go inside?" - merlin
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"alright. now that we have some tea, why don't you tell me what's going on."
"we don't have to-"
"merlin, you specifically came to talk to your mother. I can tell her if you'd rather?"
he glares at her. hunith hides a giggle behind her mug.
merlin sighs. "it's about Ark."
"your other partner from far away, yes? the one who helped us?"
"yes."
"well you've told me Arthur has a jealous streak. I for one would very much like to meet your mysterious hero."
kin chuckles. "if they heard you say that they'd be in shock."
"bit of a humble thing, that one?"
"you have no idea." -kin
"it would be hard for you to meet them, anyway. they hardly see us as it is." -merlin
"hopefully that will change in the future." kin puts a comforting hand on Merlin's knee.
"so what's the fuss all about this time then? what's got arthur cross?"
"i... Ark, they..."
hunith waits patiently.
merlin swallows back tears, frustrated and unsure how to explain.
kin touches Merlin's knee again, gives it a squeeze. he looks at her and nods.
hunith and kin turn to each other.
"Ark is... very complicated." Kin starts. "some might say even more than Merlin, if that's possible," she chuckles.
hunith nods, looking at her son. her son who is so much older than her, and maybe always has been.
"if merlin is magic itself," she explains slowly, making sure hunith already understood that. "then Ark is what came before magic. they're the universe itself."
hunith nods. it's confusing, but the elf knows she's sharper than she lets on, and is following along.
"Ark is human, and spirit, and a god, and beast."
"they're like dragons, or the sidhe, or the triple goddess," merlin clarifies in terms hunith is familiar with.
"and unfortunately," kin picks up again, "at the moment, the beast part of them is what's winning over everything else." she holds her cup with both hands, and takes a sip. "there are... possible reasons for this. but I don't know for sure which, and unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to tell you even if I did."
hunith looks confused at that.
"Kin's like court advisor, or the village elder," merlin jokes. "got secrets she can't share"
both women laugh, kin rolls her eyes.
"so..." hunith urges.
kin inhales, then exhales. "well-" she starts.
merlin interrupts. "I'll... I'll take it from here."
"okay."
"Ark is... sick. very sick. like Kin said, the beast part is taking over. and that beast is craving blood."
his mother puts a hand to her mouth in shock.
"they can't control it," he rushes to say. "they don't want it. they're..." he tears his eyes away and looks down at his tea. "they're disgusted with themself." he whispers.
hunith's brow furrows in concern.
"and they... they're hungry. or rather... they were."
an eyebrow raised, now.
"they, well." the sorcerer starts to flush red, tugging at his neckerchief. he puts his cup down on the table, then pulls at his long sleeve.
kin decided to speak up again. "your son very nobly offered to help."
eyes turn to the elf.
"we all would have, but Merlin's the only one who got through to them."
abruptly, merlin stands up. "kin can you, it's just you're better at..." chewing on his thumbnail, he glances at his mother, straightens himself up, then clears his throat. "sorry, i just. need some air."
"go ahead, son," hunith says, leaning forward in her seat.
wiping his eyes, he leaves the hut quickly. he smiles politely at the other villagers, and strides across the pathways. within a minute, he's reached the forest, and doesn't hesitate walking in.
#original post#personal#arc#merlin#kinsley#arthur#hunith#tw blood mention#conversation#angst#vampire#esque#magic#arguing#02/21/24#tea and talking
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Happy Merlin finale anniversary to those who celebrate :)
I'm taking a small break from the comic for the holidays, see you in late January with Part 8 and a new story arc!
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#bbc merlin#good omens#crowley#aziraphale#merlin#arthur pendragon#merlin spoilers#magic omens au#comic#art#long post#this “reflection in the tea” transition is ridiculous and i love it#feel free to send me asks btw!! I love talking about the comic and reading yor questions!!
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When you remember that paintings can talk in TWST:
You can't forget about Rosalia from Cater's vignette, she's lonely too.
#twisted wonderland#twst imagines#twst malleus#malleus draconia#twst shitpost#art#twst#disney twisted wonderland#twst art#twst grim#can you imagine the great seven just talking to crowley about how he should look after the prefect better#i feel like malleus would just throw tea parties for people who get rejected or not invited to parties like himself#malleus x yuu#yuu is crowleys adopted child but crowley is a very bad father#twst yuu#twst rosalia bc cater doesnt appreciate her enough
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you and your bestie [incomprehensible]
#discworld#havelock vetinari#lord vetinari#leonard of quirm#they just meet for daily life threatening tea sesh and talk at each other#it's kinda sweet#in a disc's most prolific accidental war machine inventor and the tyrant who keeps him prisoner kinda way#they're just vibing#my art
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M9: "sometimes we don’t want to deal with a violent fight so we just polymorph our opponent into something harmless and embarrassing and leave"
BH: "we also have a non-violent method! We put our enemies in The Hole"
M9: "oh neat! And then you leave before they can climb out?"
BH: "what no we forget about them until they run out of air and die horribly"
M9:
BH: "there are so many bodies down there"
#hey does vox machina also have a nontraditional nonviolent method of attack?#critical role#cr2#cr3#bells hells put ludinus and otohan in the hole challenge#it would be good for them i think#like making a child go sit in a corner but the corner is running out of air#to be fair i vaguely remember caduceus putting a dead enemy in a barrel so it would grow mushrooms for tea#so bh are far from the most morbid of the bunch lmao#nella talks cr
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more jetko tomfoolery
#jet: have you ever seen a bitch so bad you wanted to kill yourself?#smellerbee: can we talk about something else. like when are you gonna get a job for example#also as for why i think jet and iroh would still have beef even if jet never saw him heat his tea....#i think jet would still find his vibes very off. and hed be right about that technically#and iroh wouldnt like jet because hes slimy and proud of it. and because he came over to their apt once and sat on zukos bed w his shoes on#he wants his kid to make friends. really he does. but why does this little punk have to be it.#jetko#jet#zuko#iroh#smellerbee#longshot#avatar the last airbender#atla#alicias art
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MMMMMMMMM GOOD THINGS ARE BEING SAID.
Martin consistently stutters, consistently allows himself to build up to a point where his frustrations have nowhere to go other than an abrupt spurt of anger that can almost seem out of character to him in the beginning but are, in fact, intrinsically linked to who he is as a person. He sidesteps his own comfort in favour of others' and expresses his feelings in providing for those he cares about. Simple gestures, like a cup of tea. And later (avoiding spoilers) Bigger Gestures.
Martin has convinced himself he does not matter and attempts to make himself small as a result. Be kind, be gentle and offer comfort to those around him in an attempt to convince them to let him stay. Historically he's been an emotional punching bag for others. His mother, then Jon- you can assume later Lukas too (though in a very different manner).
It's not until much later he starts expressing himself in more honest ways (i.e. post Lonely). He admits his faults and asks for things. Allows his anger and frustration to bubble up organically. Isn't as afraid to express these things as now he's confidant he won't be left in the dirt as a result of taking up space.
"I am Martin Blackwood and I am not lonely anymore."
English tea is the most inoffensive thing to offer someone as a source of comfort. The smallest and most effective way to provide in a workspace that he has very little idea to what he's doing in thanks to fudging the records to get in in the first place. The mugs may as well have "Please keep me, I'm helping, see?" written on them.
So yes. Yes and Thank you.
#my legacy is just going to be talking about tea in the tma fandom#i think it's the fact that it being simple black tea is IMPORTANT and people from other countries don't understand that messing --#--with that simplicity changes the whole tone and point to what he's doing#icannotescape#tma#the magnus archives#martin blackwood
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something about the first few episodes of the terror having so many numbers. the men, the provisions, the inventory; but also the tension of counting. the scene where goodsir takes a picture of john franklin and his men and he's counting down the seconds. the lashes being counted down during hickey's punishment. and something about how in later episodes, numbers get lost. dates get forgotten. counting just stops. all of it becomes insignificant. like it was a countdown at first but now the time is just running out instead
#the terror#the terror amc#just some thoughts#loved the tension this show managed to build with countdowns and numbers#especially the countdowns that happened in real time like the ones mentioned#i was stressed out of my mind counting down seconds along with mr. goodsir#and i was counting in sheer shock during hickey's lashing#technically i know not all numbers went away; they still count guns in the camp later on for example#but the way they talk about food for one. the way at some point it switches from every can being accounted for#to 'we're mostly down to biscuits‚ tea and chocolate'#because the numbers don't matter anymore; all that matters it's that it is not enough#i dunno man!! numbers! i love when numbers and countdowns are utilized well to bring more horror and tension to the situation!#ren.txt
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As much as it isn't fun to hear Jon yelling at Martin, the end part of Mag 56 is so hilarious to me.
Listen, there is NO evidence to support Martin's claim about lying on his CV, and frankly it's kind of a weak cover story. You are required to show proof of your qualifications when you get a new job on the strength of them - not to mention ID - and even though on a relisten we know Martin's telling the truth and that Elias has his own reasons for hiring Martin, Jon doesn't know any of that. There's nothing to back up Martin's story and given how paranoid Jon's been since Prentiss, not to mention the fact that his specific concerns about Martin were that he might be hiding his own cunning behind the image of someone bumbling and soft (Jonathan "right for the wrong reasons" Sims strikes again) it is wild to me that he accepts this so quickly.
It's almost as though he's eager for Martin to be innocent, even though everything he's previously said about him would indicate that he'd rather it was Martin than Tim or Sasha, the assistants he respects professionally and likes on a personal level. It's so easy to picture him just blue-screening while poor Martin sits there expecting to be fired/screamed at again.
Martin: Okay, that's the truth, do your worst. Jon? Jon??
Jon, internally: Martin's innocent Martin lied to Elias but not me Martin didn't kill Gertrude Martin's safe Martin's still my friend Martin doesn't want me dead
Martin: Jon?
Jon, internally: MartinMartinMartinMartin
#tma#a mag a day#mag 56#the magnus archives#martin blackwood#jonathan sims#jmart#hotel talks about tma#if martins crush on jon really took hold when jon believed him about prentiss#took him seriously and did his best to keep him safe#then this is where jons crush on martin really started#when he realised that martin really did just care about him and all the tea and lunches and fussing were straightforward kindess#and that martin is a safe space for him too#neither of them have ever felt safe#obviously they would fall in love with the one person that tried so hard to keep them that way
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i love the fact that Itachi was the first uchiha who was openly a kakashi stan. you can see the clear admiration itachi has for him. they would've been besties.
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#i love it when they talk about steven lim being a little shit#bcs yeah. let him be one#go silly guy go!#tea with cinnamontoast#watcher#puppet history#ryan bergara#zach kornfeld#steven lim
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this is. so Indulgent. i have no excuse!
#LISTEN listen i was hangin w/ my homeslice the other day#talking about gomens ofc#and yall know i cant turn off the laughingstock setting in my brain so the two Mixed Gloriously. horribly? wonderfully? terribly? both! all#i thought to myself 'oh theyd look so good in azi & crowley's fits#AND I WAS RIGHT-#in my mind theyre holding hands on their other side. we cant see it but they Are#scribble garnish#laughingstock#barnaby x howdy#howdy x barnaby#OUGH THEY'RE SOOOOOOO <3#i needed a pickmeup tonight and oh BOY have my emotions been picked up!!! and chucked skyward!!! yeehaw & hawyee!#they deserve to dine at the ritz...#except the ritz is howdys bodega & instead of tea they have sparkly fruity sodas <3#gonna slam my head into a wall They're So-#holding them both and squeezing till they pop!!!
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saw a post that was like 'zukka can't take showers together because one likes the water scorching and the other likes it cold' and i thought about it and it's true but in the opposite way you'd probably expect
zuko's a firebender. he doesn't need the heat. he is the loser that swam through ice tunnels into the north pole in the middle of winter so cold showers are refreshing to him
sokka grew up in the antarctic. he knows how to appreciate hot water is the logical conclusion to that statement.
#anyway i'm right thank you for listening#zukka#zuko#sokka#atla#avatar: the last airbender#tea talks🍵
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old men back in the day 😳
its me after i lose the 50/50 for the 100th time 😔
#maybe this is why we havent talked to venti about 500 years ago#ah to be bonding over tea <3#genshin impact#zhongven#venti#zhongli#aether#wheat art#i forgot paimon :'3
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merrymaker’s romp!
#its tea times#illustration#foxes#goblincore#this is so silly and self indulgent....wanted to make a sticker for my new sketchbook#this fellow will talk so much and steal your soups. in another life he may be a used car salesman
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Please make a tea post so I can save it especially the pineapple ice cubes I need more info
Oh, like, different teas I like to make? Okay! :D
🍍Pineapple Tea🍍
The way I do it is really simple:
Buy a giant jug of already-made tea (I like gold peak!)
Buy a carton of pineapple juice
Freeze the juice into cubes, pour a little of it in the tea for extra flavor
And that's it. That's aaaall you gotta do.
There's all kindsa ways you can dress it up, but nine times out of ten I just do this and drink it by the gallon when it's hot out.
If you wanna get fancy with it, feel free to cold brew your own black (or green) tea, add actual hunks of pineapple fruit in there, add some orange juice, add some honey, add some coconut milk or sweetened condensed milk, whatever sounds good! (Also, pairing pineapple tea with coconut cookies? SO GOOD.) Put mint in the pineapple cubes if you like mint! Add a bit of boiled ginger root or some brown sugar and cinnamon for a little kick! Heck, last summer I used blue peaflower star-shaped ice cubes just because they were pretty.
(Peaflower petals don't taste like much, but they make a GORGEOUS blue, and if you put something acidic in there like lemon juice IT TURNS PINK. :D)
🍓Strawberry Tea🍓
I find this stuff sort of difficult to find where I live, so often I go the same route as the pineapple tea: grab a jug of black tea, grab a jug of strawberry juice, (ocean spray has a really nice cran-strawberry one I like) freeze the juice, mix, and enjoy. Super simple.
If I can't find strawberry juice, I dice some strawberries up and put it in a jar with some water and a bit of sugar for a few hours, then add *that* to the tea. (heck, it's really nice all by itself!)
What goes with strawberry? ANY DANG THING YOU WANT. I am particularly fond of lychee. Jasmine tea and rose petals pair really well with it too. Again, if you like mint, it's *really* nice with strawberry. And you know how if you put black pepper on strawberries they taste even strawberrier? (If you haven't tried this, go do it, it's magic.) Same goes with the tea, add some peppercorns or a teeny bit of chili powder or some ginger.
If you wanna drink it hot or cold brew a batch of your own, here are some brands that are also nice:
1. Strawberry Sensation
2. Adagio Strawberry Tea (this is also where I got the peaflower petals)
3. Any of Lupicia's Strawberry Teas they are HEAVENLY
🍏Apple Tea🍏
As with the pineapple and strawberry teas, it's totally fine to just go find some ready-made tea and mix it with some apple cider or apple juice for tasty low spoons fun. If you drink it iced, a bit of sugar and lemon juice brings out the apple flavor nicely!
I prefer drinking this stuff hot though. You know that Fall Drink post that was floating around? IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, TRY IT, IT'S AWESOME.
☕Chai Tea☕
So here's the thing about chai for me personally: I don't tend to drink it iced or sugary, but if you do like it iced and sugary, there are a couple of really nice chai tea concentrates:
Oregon Chai Latte
Tazo's Chai Latte (Forget the "skinny" nonsense, I just wanted to include an option with no milk so you can add whatever you want to it)
Pacific Chai isn't concentrated, but you can use it to make hot or iced chai and it's really lovely, not too sweet and super easy to work with.
As for dressing up chai, I don't tend to! There's already so much going on with all the flavors, I just drink it as-is most days. Play with milk-to-tea ratios or sugar amounts all you like, figure out what's your jam.
I do know that mixing chai and coffee together (or chai and chocolate together) is guaranteed to make a feeling groovy kind of morning, at least if you have two thumbs and you're me.
Iiii think that's all the tea blather I can think of for right now. Thank you for asking, anon, it was fun! Anybody reading this, feel free to add your own favorite things to do with tea. :D
#domestic blifs#this has been tea blather with rainbowbarnacle#thank you for attending my TEA-d talk
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