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aashwarr · 10 months

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yume’s kitchen, in four parts. 🕊️

#aashwarr #ts4 #the sims 4 #sims 4 aesthetic #simblr #ts4 simblr #yume in komorebi #now i see why no one uploads gifs to tumblr #they're such a hassle omg #but i love how this turned out <3

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oceanic-vampire · 24 days

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a little noise for the set ??

#ess.irl #its literally so comfy and cute and my style its brings me joy #also those black lace things?? for pictures only.#they're such a hassle to put on omg #sfw tickling #tummy pic #sfw tickling community

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im-no-jedi · 2 months

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OMG I'm finally getting my Pokemon cards back tomorrow...

#I just checked and they're arriving tomorrow morning #this whole process has been SUCH a hassle y'all OMG #maybe next week I'll actually be able to sell them...#😩🙏🏻

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snek-panini · 8 months

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It is Monday, and Monday is for books. Look at these beautiful things! They took me five months to make. I tried so many new things in the process and I am extremely proud of them. This is a binding of @racketghost's amazing Good Omens fic Strange Moons (Hi. I hope it's ok I tagged you in this. Your fic has been one of my favorites since I found it in 2019.) The story is a series of short fics (and one long one) that really need no introduction from me. They're set throughout the 20th century, and they are beautiful and sensual and moody and you should definitely read them if you haven't already. This is the longest work I've bound so far, but I was fortunate that the word count on the shorter fics added up to almost exactly the length of the final, longest one, making them the perfect choice for a two-volume set. I tried very hard to get them to be an exact match, and they turned out even better than I pictured.

More pics under the cut! Two books means twice the pics, and all the stuff I tried here means it's a very long post, so be warned.

Individual images of the covers. The titles are done in silver htv over brown faux leather, edged in charcoal bookcloth. The graphics are the same on both, except for the title text, and they have the same image of the reaching hands on the back. All the art assets are from rawpixel, I just flipped and rotated some of them to make the back image.

The cover materials were an interesting challenge. I'd worked with both before and wanted to incorporate them both in the design, but after measuring and checking grain direction I found I didn't have enough of either of them to do a full book, or even a half bind. So they're actually made by affixing the faux leather to the book board, then layering strips of book cloth over the top. The corners are actually mitered at a 45-degree angle. Here's a close-up:

It's two long strips of cloth (spine and fore edge, not mitered) with two short strips (top and bottom, mitered) glued over the top. There was so much measuring, omg. I bought a new tool to make sure I got it right. Hilariously, I still didn't have enough leather and had to order another roll anyway. Also hilariously, I got the idea to do this after seeing an image of a leather-bound book made by a professional that appeared to have the same feature, i.e. multiple materials with an inset and mitered corners. Wow, I said, looking at a video thumbnail, I'm going to do that! So I did, even though I didn't watch the video. Much later, after I watched his tutorial, it was clear that the design was from leather dye and tooling, not the thing that I did at all. But I do like the effect, and now I know it's possible I think it'll be great for using up weird offcuts from making other covers.

Look, spines! With TITLES on them! And LITTLE RIDGES! Both firsts for me. I'm a little obsessed with them. The cricut has opened up entirely new worlds, though I suspect the little silver lines might have been easier to do with a foil pen (which I don't have) than they were with a heat press. I did them by making the cricut cut out several "=" symbols that were the same width as the spine. The raised bands are false bands; I made them by layering little pieces of chipboard on the spine stiffener, then molding the book cloth around them when I covered them. I was worried it wouldn't work, since this is usually done with leather and book cloth is apparently way less stretchy, but it worked fine. Probably because it's a small straight design, no curves or fancy bits. I'd layer the chipboard thicker next time so they stand up higher (this is 2 layers, I'd do 3 in future) but I'm delighted by how this turned out. They look so professional.

The endpapers on both books are a constellation print. I had a really hard time trying to find something to go with the typeset, and the only ones I liked were from an etsy seller who kept selling out of them. I got lucky eventually but it was one of many hassles that befell this project. I also made my own end bands using a tutorial from the Renegade Bindery discord. I had some issues and I didn't quite nail them but I think they're pretty good for a first time (ok, second time, the first one was on a practice text block, but my point stands). I had originally intended this to be a split boards binding, my first time trying that, but when I got the boards glued on I found that they were crooked. Really crooked. Completely misaligned. Much swearing followed this discovery. I ended up having to cut the boards free, cutting the mull and tapes in the process. The mull was easily replaced, but the parts of the tapes that are usually glued to the boards were a lost cause. I reused the boards, but flipped them so the edge with the cut tapes inside is at the fore edge so I could have a cleaner hinge. You can see in the last photo that the cover board is a little wider at the fore edge. On the plus side, there are no tapes to wrinkle my pretty endpapers and it combated the small bit of spine swell I had. On the downside, the hinge has less support and the only thing I learned was How Not To Make A Sewn Boards Binding.

I may have gone a little nuts with the images in this typeset. In my defense they look very pretty. In order, that's the title page, table of contents, section break image (same as the back cover, just tiny), chapter header and ender (each chapter has one on its first and last pages, they just look particularly cool when you can get a full page spread like this), and the image on the last page of the book (same as the cover image, almost). The cover image was also supposed to have little rays coming off its moon like this one does, but the lines proved too thin for the cricut and it ate them. I still like how it looks though. The prose in this story is really rich and I was in the mood for opulence when I did it. I have absolutely no regrets.

Here's a feature that's unique to this typeset. One of the chapters in the second volume has three alternating, interwoven timelines. I read them fine on Ao3 but had trouble following them when I formatted it for printing. Usually I'd use the section break image to denote when there's a scene skip but there are literally dozens in this chapter, like 40-60 breaks over the course of 10 or so pages, and it looked very busy with images in it. So I left them out, made the line skips single instead of double like they are elsewhere in the book, and I color-coded the text instead. One timeline is printed in black, one is dark gray, and one is dark blue. And it's a very surreal chapter, with the characters having some very confusing and conflicting emotions, so I feel like reading multicolored text when you're not expecting it (the rest of the book is all normal black and this bit is near the middle) sort of reflects that unbalanced feeling? I hope so anyway, because I love the way it looks so much.

I learned so many things in the course of making these. I'm absolutely doing all of them again. Part of the reason it took so long was that I wanted it to be perfect, or as near as I could get, and I had to take the time to solve all the puzzles it threw at me. But it stretched my creativity and ingenuity and I could not be more in love with the finished product.

#bookbinding #fanbinding #snek makes books #good omens #fic rec #this got super long #and considerably more journal-like than I planned #i guess when you work on something for five months it becomes part of you huh #there were more images too #i took so many photos of these

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misc-obeyme · 3 months

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this is probably just me being cruel but i sometimes just want MC to be rude af

like, "omg MC you're the only human who's s ever made a pact w/ all broters you must be so proud!!" and MC goes "??that's a good thing??" while everyone is there;; i don't know i just think they have the right to be rude sometimes

Considering all the bullshit MC regularly has to put up with, I think they could reasonably get away with statements like these.

I really think it depends on the MC. And I like the idea of an MC that's like listen, dealing with these guys is a hassle. And they say it because they're like, I'll help you but you're going to be hearing about it the whole time. The story has made default MC kind on purpose, but what if they weren't? They're still competent as hell and can take care of everything as usual, but they're not sugarcoating how much work it is for them to do so. They're just a human, you know? Why should they have to deal with all these idiots all the time??

It's kinda funny. And I think our demons could handle it. It's like oh MC's just kinda grumpy but deep down they love us!! Whether or not that's actually the case is up for debate lol.

We've been given some truly unhinged response options, but I think most of the "rude" ones are meant to be teasing or jokes. Which is fine, but MC is a regular person supposedly. They've gotta get fed up with the nonsense sometimes.

#let MC be mean #you know because it's more believable #I certainly wouldn't be able to be nice all the time #and my MC would regularly cause such issues lol #obey me #obey me nightbringer #obey me mc #avatar0fpr1de #misc answers

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perpetuallypottytraining · 9 months

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I want to share a training pants alternative!!!

recently, I've bought a pack of period underwear (from Hanes, specifically) and, omg, they definitely put my headspace exactly where I want it to be!

it has 5 different layers of fabric, including the moisture wicking top, 2 absorbent layers, a leak proof layer, then the outer layer that makes up the rest of the undies - this is all relegated to the crotch of the underwear but it does cover what it needs to while worn

the padding is labelled as "moderate protection" for periods, as a discrete option, and while I feel like they'll be fine for a full day for that purpose, it's also enough padding to be right on the edge of your awareness while wearing

this serves it's purpose as training pants extremely well - I can be wearing them, then sit and browse Tumblr for a bit, forgetting I put them on, then be very aware of them as I shift in my seat. the tactile sensation is of wearing something inbetween an adult pull-up (where the padding doesn't go all the way to the waistband) and average cotton undies

additionally, in the complete silence, while walking there's an audible... not quite crinkle, but more of a swoosh as the leak proof layer shifts against the other fabric - this makes me feel very little, as it's a very clear reminder that I'm not wearing normal cotton undies and am instead wearing "big kid pants"

now! about the absorption: personally, I feel like it takes in the perfect amount of liquid. it will not, in any circumstances, take in a full bladder, but! that's kinda exactly the point of training pants

it can hold about a quarter of my bladder, under ideal circumstances and being careful about it

now, remember what I said about it being on the edge of awareness of anything being abnormal about your underwear status? while fully wet, it is very tactile and you're very aware of it. it wants to sag, but the legholes remain closed around your thighs, so it just feels heavy. it feels - and is! - thicker, but, wearing pants/shorts over it, it looks like nothing has changed

anyways, fully saturated, it feels like you've made a miscalculation and should've just used the potty

adding a little more liquid causes it to absorb onto the outer fabric above the crotch, then the outer fabric around the thighs, creating the leak points where it will no longer hold anything

so! I wouldn't say these can take a wetting, not by a long shot. instead, they're perfect for leaking into. by letting out small spurts, at first, it'll just feel a bit warm, and a bit puffy-er, but not wet - the moisture wicking will do its job, doing it's best to keep it away from your skin. then, with more leaks/spurts, it will get noticeably saturated/puffy, where upon you - or a caregiver - will need to decide to go to the potty and then change or if an accident is on the table

personally, I'm not sure I'll be using them too often, as cleaning them immediately is kinda a hassle rn, but they are easy to clean - rinse them under running water, then toss them in the washing machine. they can even be washed with the rest of your laundry. they can even handle the drier!

I am definitely going to be wearing them often though, as just the sensations of wearing them dry makes me feel all little and giggly

#... i have no idea what to tag this ajshsdksk. normal tags it is #omutsu #mine #omo #omocute #omorashi #training pants

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mshroom1e · 1 year

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Hello! It's my first time requesting but I loved ur azul fic omg. Can I please have azul x gn! Reader where azul maybe comforts the reader because they can see they're really tired and always sleeping in and just not feeling all that great mentally. (Depression episode I suppose) if you dont want to write something depressing that's alr! Then maybe just like headcanons of napping with azul u can make it crack if u want I dont mind. Whatever ur comfortable with! If u like neither feel free to not do this request that's alr. Thank you :) have a good day and week ♡

Hello, thank you so much for the request!! I'm sorry it took so long for me to answer but I hope you enjoy it. I really liked writing the hcs stuff and can't wait to do more of them in the future. Finally, I hope I did well portraying how Yuu feels throughout this.

type: fanfic/hcs

Summary: Yuu hasn't been feeling the best and Azul tries his best to help with feeling better. Comfort, followed by some headcanons.

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tags: reader receiving comfort, fluff

Warning(s): Depressive Episode

Life at NRC was rough. Everything went as swimmingly as a house on fire and you were completely drained. Exhausted.

Getting out of bed was much more of a hassle than it should've been. You were constantly exhausted, already having had enough of the day despite it just being started. No matter how much you tried, your body wouldn't cooperate and just flop back onto the bed. You were late to class on most mornings, and on the days you did manage to make it on time, you were in a vicious battle with sleep and always seemed to lose. The persistent tiredness and overall low mood made you feel, to put it plainly, like absolute shit.

On one particular morning, you couldn't find it in yourself to get out of bed. Virtually, you had given up. All that was left of your little remaining willpower diminished. Dissipated.

Azul noticed the lack of your presence instantly. He usually passed by you in hallways before class, always smiling at you or greeting you as you crossed paths. It was unusual to never see you at all during the day. He realised your worsening mental and physical conditions a few days before you didn't show up at school, but thought it was just him seeing it as no one else he asked seemed to notice at all. He was extremely worried, but for the life of him, he couldn't think of what to do to help you in any good way.

Concern for you became full-fledged worry as you were nowhere to be seen at the Mostro Lounge. About a week prior, you promised Azul that you would meet up with him at the lounge to spend some time together once it closed as you were both too busy to see each other during the day. At first, he thought it was just a simple case of being stood up on a date, but something inside him told him it was something more than that. Something he needed to help with.

So that's why Azul found himself in front of the rickety Ramshacke dorm, a bag of bits and bobs in tow, all gathered to make you feel better. The outside door was unlocked, which made sense as it was still during the day. He let himself into the dorm's entrance, greeting the air as he entered.

"Pardon the intrusion..." Azul gently pushed your bedroom door with his foot, arms full of all the items he brought in the hopes of making you feel better.

He carried mostly snacks, medicine, in case you were sick, blankets, a few oversized clothes since he knew how much you loved wearing them, and other things he thought you might need.

The human-sized lump under the covers of your bed was enough to tell Azul where you had been the whole day. His shoulders slumped as he set down the bags and carefully approached you.

You lay on your side, face almost completely covered by your blanket. You weren't even able to muster the strength to greet Azul when he walked into the room as you stared straight ahead, eyes glazed over and staring at nothing.

"Yuu?" He called out your name and placed himself on a spot next to you on the medium sized bed, the mattress slowly dipping under the new mass on top of it.

If Azul was being completely honest with himself, he had no idea what to do. He was so used to only relating with the majority of his peers due to his deals and other shady business that he gained such little emotional intelligence.

When you didn't reply, he settled for placing a hand on where he assumed your shoulder was, as if to let his prescence be known by you and for you to know that you weren't alone anymore.

Azul sat with you for a few minutes before you reached out of the blanket bundle and softly wrapped your hands around his torso, pulling him towards you in some sort of awkward hug. His eyes widened a fraction before he relaxed and allowed you to hold him.

There was a little more awkward shuffling before you ended up with your head on his shoulder and hands clutching onto the back of his uniform tightly. He leaned back onto the headboard and let your body weight rest on himself. He figured he would just wait until you were happy enough to start talking, so he slowly rubbed circles on your back as he felt his shoulder become damp.

Your silent tears became sniffles and sobs as you could finally release all the emotional constipation you felt. As you cried, you practically latched onto Azul like a koala, hugging him as you imagined Floyd would "squeeze" people.

His body was more cool than warm. Frequent hugs and touches with Azul taught you that his body didn't regulate its own heat at all, meaning he was always cold to the touch and today was no exception. Despite the chilling cold, he was still comfortable to lean against. His lack of warmth was made up by your own.

After your sobs and sniffles reduced, you pulled away from Azul, your face a few inches away from his and your eyes looking to the side.

"I'm sorry..." you started, "about all this."

Azul's eyes softened. He felt something inside him sting at the state you were in. To him, you were a beacon of light. Your presence was enough to give him a reason to keep going. Always managing to shine brightly despite whatever life threw at you. But no pillar lasts forever. Even the most formidable were due to crumble sooner or later. However, it can remain standing and in good condition when taken care of and supported in the correct way. And that was exactly what Azul was going to do.

He may not have the best way with words outside his deals and shady transactions, but he knew he could support you by listening and doing his best to take care of you until you were able to pick yourself back up and continue being as brilliant as you always were.

Azul would be so awkward but try his best when comforting someone.

Awkward back pats all the way

I imagine that he wouldn't say much, but his comforting actions are enough to make his s/o feel a lot better.

Definitely cancells whatever he's doing to make time to spend with you.

He'd have a list somewhere of all the things you like. From your favourite snacks to what takes your mind off things the most.

He wouldn't blatantly ask about your likes though, he'd probably watch the way you interact with things for a while and then ask you if you like those certain things.

Speaking of his list, he has a cute notebook dedicated to you since studying is what he does best.

He would use his cooking skills to make your favourite comfort dish.

Would smile genuinely when you compliment his cooking but would try to hide it behind smirking while adjusting his glasses, like he usually does.

Once you're done eating, you would play board games together and watch your eyes light up with a huge dopey smile on his face.

He'd maybe lose on purpose just to see you cheer up after gaining a victory. He might do that once in a while but don't expect him to always go easy on you, especially when you notice him letting you win or if you love competition.

Sucks at acting so you can definitely tell when he's pretending to lose

Is pretty good at hugs

His body feels cold to the touch, because octopus, but its a comforting kind of cold he radiates.

If you're shorter, he places his head on top of yours when you lean against him and if you're taller, you rest your head on his shoulder or he rests his head on yours.

"You have absolutely nothing to apogise for. You deserve so much for all that you've done and I wish that whatever appreciation that others don't show you, you should be the one to show yourself."

#gn reader #twisted wonderland #twst fanfic #twisted wonderland x reader #twst x reader #azul x reader #azul ashengrotto x reader #azul twisted wonderland #azul twst #twst hcs #twst #twst azul #azul ashengrotto #fanfic

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kaphzzz · 1 day

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Do you use photoshop to edit your pictures? Their so crisp and clean and I just got 4k res on my pc.

If so, can you maaayyybbee give us a brief tutorial on how you enhance these for previews for tumblr. Because they always come out so clean even in the preview images.

hiii!!! omg sorry almost didnt see this! congrats on getting 4K!!! it's truly life changing *tears up*. and thanks for such a high compliment 🥹🥹🥹

i do edit my photos yes, but i don't do it in photoshop, but rather in mobile apps so i can just do it during time i cant do other stuff like on the subway so, yes, i can give a tutorial, but it's going to be general steps and guidelines :) sorry i can't give anything like photoshop specific! and i know you're only asking for editing advice but i'll go over the whole process for anyone else who wants to read this as well, so please bear with me. (and please don't take my advice too seriously, i'm only an amateur hobbyist too)

1. The base photo

So firstly, I think it's important that the base picture itself looks good when you capture it in game. With a good photo straight out of the game you can avoid a lot of further editing down the line.

One common mistake I see a lot is that the field of view will be left unadjusted to the default value, which is good for landscape shots, but for portraits it will have a wonky fisheye effect. For portraits you'd typically want to zoom in a lot so the character doesn't look super thin and distorted. In photo mode this is the "lens" option, I typically just zoom in to the max, and tweak what fits into the frame with the freecam. Here's a pic with good FOV for a zoomed in character shot vs. one with the default FOV (his whole face is skewed, as well as pupper):

Also, the in game environment is important for setting up a good shot. You'd typically want some kind of light vs. dark contrast to make your subject pop out, especially against any background. I like to use Rampage Trainer to tweak the in game time and weather and freeze them for better lighting and atmosphere, and sometimes spawn an extra light source but that's a rare case. For example, okay vs. not very okay lighting that's impossible to salvage even with editing:

I also like to blur the background and foreground in the game, with either the focus tab of photo mode or with depth of field reshade presets, because it's a big hassle to blur those during editing. It's quite subtle most of the time but really helps focus the shot on your character, especially if the background is so messy it can swallow your main subject (trees, I'm looking at you).

The photos in this section aren't edited; my point is that with good lighting, composition etc in game, your base vanilla photo can already look pretty good :D This is RDR2 after all.

2. Cropping

I typically crop my images at 3/4 or 2/3 ratio, depending on what looks better. But I think a general rule of thumb is that you want to crop your image so that the contents look balanced; I don't know how to explain this in concrete terms... Basically the same way centering your subject or cropping it by the rule of thirds serves to balance an image. All these pics are more or less 'balanced' in different ways, even though they're not straight smack centered. It's an eyeing process but I think with time it will be easier to tell how to balance your photo...

3. Editing

So! Editing!

Editing I think is just a lot of fine tuning based on what you have with the base image. Me personally, I used to do a lot of colour and lighting editing, but more recently since figuring out that you can just make your base image look good right out of the game, the editing has become a lot lighter. The game can definitely do the heavy lifting, but still editing is important.

I'll demonstrate with two images (hello my babygorls *kissy noises*):

So these two images obviously need some work. Firstly, I'll tweak the lighting, so that dark and light areas aren't too extreme, and also improve the definition/contrast, not too much, but just enough so that the subject is more defined. For Arthur's image the lighting is too murky so I used RGB curves to sort it out a bit.

Then I will colour grade it a little by tuning the warmth and the tone (not touching filters yet). For Charles, it's at night so I've made the tone a little colder for the blue, and for Arthur a little warmer, as well as some custom light patches just to make his face stand out a little more against the background. Some other mild adjustments.

Then if I think the background is still too attention stealing I'll blur it out a bit more. Again, I try to just blur it enough in game, since manually blurring is faulty and annoying.

Then if I think overall the lighting and colour is fine, I'll go through the filters the app offers to see if I can improve it a little more. Since I focus on portraits (pretty bois how could I not) and not do really cinematic/dramatic scenes I tend to stick to the more natural looking filters that just harmonise the colours a bit more.

And that's pretty much it for the editing.

On a side note, contrast is a good thing, but not limited to contrast in lighting, and not necessarily in lighting either. Contrast can be in the colour of your subject and in the back/foreground, or in the conplexity of your subject and blankness of everything else. I think for especially atmospheric photos you'd actually want less contrast for that softer feeling, and not like super hard silhouettes. So yeah, the editing process depends a lot on the image itself and what kind of emotion I want it to have.

4. Other miscellaneous things that help

Besides using mods to customise lighting and props and character pose etc. to your liking, reshade is definitely also a big help. It has a lot of presets that can help your photo to have better colours or add blur. I don't really have a recommended list since I don't remember how I set up my Reshade, but I think a lot of the most popular or built in ones work really well, just play with it and see what you like.

A mod I sometimes use for colour grading in game is the 'Seasons' mod. I don't like too much green so I often set the season to Autumn for that warmer tone to the grass and trees. The other seasons also have different colour tones so it's good for trying different tones! Without vs. with the mod set to Autumn (ignore the quality on those they are from ages ago):

5. Most importantly! Do what you think suits your visual preferences and taste!

So personally I think this is definitely the most important point! I think while you should look at others' work for inspiration and analyse what they're doing well, you should also definitely always prioritise your own preferences on what you like to see in your own pictures :D I think it's important to just do what you like in the moment instead of worrying about what's necessarily right or wrong, or looks good to others.

For example for me my style changed a lot over the past year and a half, and there was definitely a learning and realisation process along the way but I think my more recent preference isn't necessarily better and how I used to do things wasn't necessarily wrong either, it's just different taste.

Hope this was helpful!! :D

Please ask me if you've got any more questions or would like me to explain anything else <3

#my tutorials #rdr2 #my vp

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miamierre · 1 year

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Piarles getting married for tax benefits will make such a cute fic Omg

charles suggests it as a joke one time--"you would be a monaco citizen, pierrot, think of the money you wouldn't have to waste on your milan apartment"--but they laugh it off, and the thought disappears.

at least. for a little while.

pierre thinks of it again listening to danny ric talking about juggling his time in monaco to retain his citizenship. it sounds like such a hassle, to settle there for the financial benefits but have a whole life elsewhere--and it feels dishonest, which he doesn't like. he'd never want to do it like that! at least if he were married to charles he'd have a reason to stay all the time--

and oh, when did that thought resurface? he must make some kind of expression because daniel stops mid-beer and is like "what, mate, are you the financial crimes unit now?" and pierre just laughs, having startled himself by the thought. "you're too busy for your own good, daniel," is what he settles on, but the way his brain had so readily supplied the charles option™ kind of has him thrown.

he mentions it to charles when they see each other at the driver's briefing on that race friday. "i was talking with daniel the other day and he said this thing--he's totally about to get caught with the whole monaco thing." and charles is laughing when pierre continues, "if i were your fake husband, i totally would not get caught." or something really kind of heavy-handed like that. and charles...stops laughing. "yeah," he says after a too-long beat, "but you'd have to be careful about who you date, you know." (pierre hadn't even thought about that part--seeing someone in secret while he's got some wedding band tying him to charles. it just hadn't occurred to him.)

they drop it.

but the thought resurfaces again, and again--the idea of being a citizen of monaco, of giving up milan because it's starting to become too much of a hassle and just...living with charles and paying less rent and not being by himself all the time? when he mentions it to ilies he just gets a loud burst of laughter and an "oh, yes, definitely" that sounds sarcastic but in a way that's got pierre raising an eyebrow.

it could work. it could be something they try.

he texts charles about it. were you serious?

about what? an immediate reply.

pierre's sweating bullets and he can't really figure out why. the citizenship thing.

charles...is typing for a while. pierre is hyperfixated on the little bubbles. then, after what feels like forever: of course p

so pierre just. takes the swing. you wanna marry me then? short sweet and to the point. he's expecting another agonizing wait.

sure is the reply he gets almost instantly. so fuck it! he'll get married to charles and pretend. it won't be hard, because they're best friends and he already spends plenty of time in monaco as it is. he's met the royal family, he's close to the leclercs, nothing really will change except his location.

...right?

scenes when pierre gets fixated on the rings they exchanged in front of the marriage license clerk. when charles jokes about sharing a bed as pierre says he'll sleep in a guest room. when charles asks if he wants to start seeing other people and pierre's tongue is so, so heavy when he says if you want even though he really, really doesn't want that. when they have to hold hands when they go out to the store because #married but they...they don't stop once they're in the privacy of their apartment building. when they get so drunk one night and pierre just kisses him because "we are married, it is what they expect of us" with a grin only for charles to cave easily and devour him. when they realize the next morning this may not be as simple as they thought.

#.......help #piarles #10 x 16 #ask reply #Anonymous #me writing this at work as if i dont have another day and a half of this job

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yan-lorkai · 2 days

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Tips for someone who wants to start their writing blog? 👉👈

Helllllllllllo darling! (⁠｡⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠｡⁠)⁠ﾉ~

-- First of all:

Sometimes you're going to write a lot and sometimes you won't even want to open your drafts because you'll be tired from it. And that's ok, always know your pace or else you're going overwhelm yourself wanting to write everything. Also don't ever delete your drafts, yes, even the ones you don't want to write anymore. Ideas and concepts can be reused later!

-- Grammar!

I'm not yet fluent in english so sometimes I write with the dictionary open in another tab lol, thing is this is very important. To better your grammar you can practice writing drabble and prompts, you don't even have to post it if you don't like it. I also recommend to read a lot as reading works to inspire you and to analyse how different every writer writes. Like, I love writing dialogues so sometimes I have a hard time writing descriptions bcs I can't focus on them. When this happens I just skip it and put a () for when I'm proofreading to edit it.

Though commiting little errors are common and totally fine, darling! You're allowed to commit them. Don't ever "omg, there's so many typos on my fics people must hate them and me" or smth, is normal to make typos actually :)

-- Rules

It's your blog, darling. You have the final say on every matter. Don't ever feel pressured to write something just because people ask you to. Though be prepared because sometimes people won't read it so you have to be patient. Put the rules on somewhere visible, change their color, PUT THEM ON ALL CAPS!

Be very specific. Like, what fandoms do you write for? How many characters can people send in? What are you comfortable writing and what are you willing to try? Is there something that you won't tolerate being sent in your inbox? Things like that!

-- Ramble, share, talk

Let us hear what you have to say. Your ideas, even if they seem silly to you, are very interesting to the audience. Also let your followers to connect and interact with you <- I say this as if I wasn't so shy and awkard that eveytime I want to share sometimes I'm hit with ah well nobody will care anyway. This is the devil speaking, do not the same I do, darling!

-- Aesthetic and tags

I like this part hehe. As I said, this is your blog darling. It's almost like your second home. And people like their home being pretty and comfy. So try making your blog look like that! Choose an aesthetic, a character or something that speaks to you. And don't be afraid to change.

Also about tags. Everyone has its own. Tag everything: fics, characters, fandoms! They're so important, darling, you can search for them on your blog later and a tagged fic has a higher chance of showing up in the main feed. Besides it'll be easier for people to navigate through your blog (also make a masterlist, yes, even if it's a hassle to maintain it).

-- Don't be afraid

Writing is hard, is true. Motivation can come and go, sometimes time won't allign it with your want to write, y'know just mundane things. If you have writer block then don't force yourself to write, you won't like it what you read when you're done and if you feel afraid to write something new then do it afraid. Do it afraid even if it's bad, do it afraid because otherwise you won't do it. Though if is something you don't know about then please search about it and talk with other people.

-- Have fun

The whole purpose of writing is to have fun. Do not anyone spoil your fun, babe. Have fun, laugh and cry writing, make friends along the way. If a story is loved by its writer then certainly everyone will feel it and love it just as much as love! :)

Hope this all helps. If you still have any questions then ask away and I'II try my best answering it!

#lorkai answer #*･゜ﾟ anon ask

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user-needs-new-hyperfixation · 11 months

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OMG I never would have thought about Mycroft and Ms Hudson that way before you mentioned it. Tell me more about that alternate universe where they got married? If you're still in the mood for answering *finger crossed*

I'm always in the mood for talking about Yuumori haha! Thanks for the ask!

We first see them interact in chapter 17 and they're already kinda friendly (in spite of Miss Hudson whispering to John that Mycroft is even more of a hassle than Sherlock lol). Then there's the whole adorable comforting milk tea thing in the later chapters, plus Miss Hudson being the one to basically express that she hated not being able to pass on to Mycroft that Sherlock was alive. So there's some things there to work with, though like almost every potential pairing in this series, I love them as much as friends as a romance. Indeed, there's actually something really special about the idea of a man and a woman in somewhat different stations forming a friendship in Victorian England. So I like it either way and lean towards preferring them as friends.

But as a ship, I think they would have a very mature, down-to-earth kind of romance. It wouldn't be some grand wild thing, it'd be...easy and comfortable and sweet. They're both independent adults who've made their own ways in life. It wouldn't be that kind of dramatic: "You complete me, I am not me without you" thing. Instead it would be, "I was already complete, but my life is better with you in it." And in some ways, the older I get the more I like that kind of love (though I'll always be a sucker for drama too lol).

Also, just imagine poor Miss Hudson trying to raise children with Sherlock as their uncle. 😂😂

#moriarty the patriot #yuukoku no moriarty #asks

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murfeelee · 1 year

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which is easier to convert to sims3? ts4 or ts2?

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Lesson #6B: INTRO TO GAME EXTRACTING -- TS2 vs TS4

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Quick Tid-Bits about TS2 vs TS4

IMO they are both equal in terms of ease/difficulty, because TS2 & TS4 have faaaar more in common with each other than either does with TS3--primarily:

their lack of CASt (which makes creating custom Multipliers, RGB Masks and Overlays for recolorable items a PAIN IN THE BUTT but a 100% necessary evil)

and the way UV Maps are squished together in stupid ways in 2/4, rather than having things like bottoms or accessories separated with their own UVs like in 3.

Poly count is another issue. By default, TS2 uses lower polys than TS3 and TS4, which sometimes is not that great for using Maxis Match assets in TS3 like hair--

And I literally cannot abide by the clayfied hairs in TS4--unless it's dreads, braids or other styles that can get away with lower polys if the texture's good.

But as for custom content, not EA's assets, omg the TS4 CC community has literally become the worst with poly counts. The poly cap in TS3 is usually 30000, and even that's not something you want tons of in your game. But jfc the polys in TS4 CC are out of control.

Usually Blender's Decimate Modifier can help clean up the unnecessary polys, but when a mesh is 100k and you're trying to get it under 30k, often that tends to eff up the mesh and require fixing split seams and gaps in the mesh and all kinds of extra hassle that I just DO NOT like dealing with. So keep that in mind.

Speaking of Blender....

The programs for extracting TS2/4 assets are both "easy" once you get used to them, but for user friendliness I really like TS4's Sims 4 Studio (you need Blender to extract the .obj mesh, but it's free so it's fine).

I like GUIs with big buttons and icons/thumbnails that don't make me feel intimidated, so for me TS2's SimPE has a bit too much text.

Like, the Texture Image (TXTR) is the texture, sure, but how would I know the Geometric Data Container (GMDC) is the mesh (without reading the tutorials, of course)?

I like having everything just clear and up-front so I don't have have to think too much.

So yeah, I think there are pros and cons to both TS2 & TS4, but they're both equally similar to tackle.

#sims 3 tutorial #replies #ts2 to ts3 #ts4 to ts3

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phoenixdaneko · 8 months

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writing prompt "You probably don't want to watch this." for Abyssal Lights? -@clxckwork-sun-n-moon

ooooh omg ty!!!

"You probably don't want to watch this." // Word Count: 940 // TWs: Blood, Guns, Mc gets shot. // Ao3 Version

It was a day like any other.

Well, that was a lie. It was still an adjustment for you, being back in open waters, instead of those stupid, tiny tanks you'd been trapped in for most of your life. You swam alongside the boat your boys had purchased, currently driving around a rather large lake.

It wasn't the ocean, but it was a while before you'd manage to get there. Sure, you'd made a lot of progress with the boys, but it was slow going. Trying to get to the correct coast to even get into the ocean needed was a hassle, not to mention trying to find your family again.

Not that you minded. It was a fun period of bonding with your dear animatronic loves. Though it came with its own challenges.

You glanced around before popping your head out of the water, placing your hands on the lip of the boat and resting your chin on the edge. You were just glad they purchased a larger, sturdier boat this time around. You'd made the mistake of a small speedboat before, and accidentally ended up capsizing it, sending Sun, Moon, and Eclipse into the water. Not a fun experience, though you all laughed about it now.

"Having fun Chime?" Sun spoke, walking over to the edge of the boat and laying his hand on top of yours. You grinned wide, nodding.

"Yes! Feels good to be in open water." You spoke, head fins fluttering. You'd been working on your speech with the boys, and had definitely improved.

"That's good dear. I'm glad you're having fun." He chuckled softly, waving Moon and Eclipse over. They joined the two of you, and you leaned up to nuzzle all three of them, giggling as you soaked their shirts and faceplates.

Too caught up in affectionate gestures, you didn't register the sound of the engine until it was too late.

Slamming into your side was a speedboat, manned by two people with guns. You were dazed from the hit, only registering the pain after hearing the shouts from your boys.

You looked down at your tail and side, seeing red bloom into the water around you. You grimaced, slashing towards the speedboat, gaining a new bullet hole through your arm for the effort. The speedboat turned away, heading off towards the shore. You growled, diving under the water and shooting off after it. You barely registered the panicked shouting from behind you as Eclipse ran to start the boat and follow your speeding form.

You chased the speedboat, watching as the riders slammed into the sandy shore and started to run up the beach to get away. You growled, the vibration shaking the earth and water, before springing from the water, grabbing one of the two gunmen, dragging him down. You quickly reached for the firearm, tossing it away from the man, before raking your claws down his back. The other shooter ran off, screams echoing through the air as they ran. You growled, tossing the body of the first man into the wooded area that surrounded the lake, before dragging yourself onto shore.

You watched as red leaked from your wounds onto the sand below, and your boat pulled up to shore. They dropped anchor, before hopping off the boat in panic, rushing to your side. You gave them a smile, waving them off.

"I'm fine." You grumbled, huffing slightly. Eclipse stepped over to you, inspecting the wounds.

"You probably don't want to watch this."

Not the best words to come out of his mouth after you were just shot, but in this case, they were definitely needed. You glanced up to your other two boys, who were staring in horror at the bullets lodged in your tail and side.

"Don't want to watch what?!" Sun questioned, head snapping to look over at Eclipse.

"I have to remove the bullets if they're going to heal themselves." Eclipse grumbled, popping a compartment on his arm open and pulling out a pair of tweezers. You gently pulled at Sun's hand, drawing his attention back to you.

"I'll be fine. Just… look away. It… will be… disturbing." You grumbled, running a hand through your hair, feeling it wrap around your wrist quickly. He grimaced, looking at your hand wrapped around his wrist, before nodding and looking away. Moon followed his example, grimacing.

Eclipse got to work, extracting a total of 4 bullets from your tail, and 2 more from your side. The one that hit your arm went straight through, and must've ended up in the lake somewhere. You huffed once they were all out, letting your energy flow and start to heal your wounds.

"It's fine. You can look now." Eclipse spoke, wrapping the bullets in a cloth to throw away later. Wasn't like you could report this to the police. You were, according to Afton, stolen property. Sun and Moon turned back to you, starting to fret.

"Are you sure you're ok? Do you need food? We have some in the boat still." Moon spoke, and Sun nodded before speaking.

"Or, we could try and catch fish from the lake! If you wanted fresher food…" He spoke, grimacing slightly at your wounds.

You giggled, pulling them towards you, hugging them both to your chest.

"I am fine. Almost healed. Ok?" You spoke softly in reassurance, kissing both of them on the forehead before doing the same for Eclipse. Sure, not how you expected your day to go, but honestly, being able to cuddle with your boys was probably the best outcome you could get from being shot.

Yeah, you could accept this.

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Thanks for the ask omg!!! This was fun! It's not my best work, but it was fun!!!

#asks #Ty for the ask!!!#Abyssal Lights #Abyssal Bites #tw blood #injuries #tw guns #injuries cw #Nix does writing #I literally forgot like all my tags 😭

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gemini-sensei · 1 year

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Ephyra and Fry should have crushes on the binary brothers!

There are so many parallels!

Ephyra and Fry were bullied for similar reason as Eli and Demetri

Also there is something interesting about Ephyra being an outcast because she’s dangerous(jellyfish) and Eli becoming more dangerous because he was an outcast (anger issues and karate)

Ooh I love that dynamic.

When they're young, the little ephyra thinks Eli is so cute. She's too scared to get close to him because she doesn't want to accidentally sting him. So she keeps her distance.

As they get older, Eli grows more dangerous and adventurous. He gets sharp fangs and claw-like nails, which gets him a bit of an edge. And jellyfish mermaid!Reader falls for him even more as he swims through the water so proud. She hides just to watch him wrestle with other mermen and move big debris after huge storms.

Omg imagine Reader is getting hassled by big mean merman!Kyler and his goons. They've taken her bag and are throwing it between them like it's a ball. They're too fast and she can't catch it. As she's swimming around them, they're messing with her frilly tentacles, batting at them with their claws and slashing at her. It puts her out of balance, messing with her swim pattern and dangerously close to cutting up her pretty, frilly tentacles.

Hawk sees them and she's so disoriented. Kyler slashes one of her frills and she cries out. She comes to a complete stop and starts to pull herself in, cowering to them and it's obvious she's hurt.

In seconds, Hawk is swimming over and shoving Kyler away from her. He puts himself between him and Reader, angry and baring his fangs at the bully. "What is wrong with you?!"

It should be obvious that their claws could hurt her. So what if she can hurt them by stinging them with her tentacles? Her tentacles and exumbrella are still soft and delicate! 😡😡 they should know better

And Hawk is not backing down. He's ready to throw them around and show them just how much his claws hurt.

Meanwhile, octopus mermaid!Reader and Demetri are on the side. Demetri darts in and takes Jellyfish!Reader out of the middle of the tension that's about to snap. Octo!Reader tends to her bestie and consoles her. Demetri helps, making a makeshift bandage for her injured tentacle. As they work together to help the sweet Jellyfish!Reader, they keep stealing glances at each other but they're not really saying anything. It's cute.

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devilishdelights · 9 months

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I would love to know what you have on your mammon playlist👀👀 I have one any maybe they’re song I’m using for projecting but 90% of it was from one playlist on yt that is gone now but I liked it the most

yoooo yeah I can do that!! I’d just put the link for the whole playlist here but for privacy reasons imma just link the songs, so this’ll be a big ass post under the cut lol

These are also songs just based on vibes and not based on what i think he'd listen to, maybe he'd listen to some (i feel like he'd listen to lady gaga... but i could also be delusional.)

Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny's Child

Beautiful, Dirty, Rich - Lady Gaga

Money Honey - Lady Gaga

Poker Face - Lady Gaga

Rich Girl - Gwen Stefani, Eve

XS - Rina Sawayama

The Bidding - Tally Hall

Dead Inside - Younger Hunger

I feel like these are just self-explainable by the lyrics lol, and they're fun to listen to!!

Think I'm In Love - Beck

I'm Not In Love - Kelsey Lu

I Think I Love You - The Patridge Family (I feel like this could fit Belphie too)

Somethin' Stupid- Frank & Nancy Sinatra

Tsundere shit or whatever that dude has going on with MC in the beginning! (so many with the words love in it awe <3)

I Can't Think of Anybody But U - Vista Kicks

Put Your Money On Me - Arcade Fire

Nervous - K.Flay

Gold - MARINA

Midas Touch - Child Of the Parish

Sweet Talk - Saint Motel (this is just how he feels if your MC hates his ass. hes insane. it's also just a fun song)

Tongue Tied - Grouplove

Sweet - Cigarettes After Sex

Baby I'm Yours - Arctic Monkeys

Snake Charmer - Saint Motel

Late Night Talking - Harry Styles (looook omg..... i don't listen to it often. i apologize for liking it. but the lyrics get stuck in my head :[!!!)

I Like You (A Happier Song) - Post Malone, Doja Cat

Whipped!Mammon songs lol

Baby Blue - Martina Topley-Bird

Arms Tonite - Mother Mother (C'monnn.. cmonnnnn. you know why!!!)

No.1 Party anthem - Arctic Monkeys (juuust added this one. I've decided to twist it into my vision. kinda tsundere mc too? could be both their POVs but i like using it as MC's and Mammon is the girl in the song)

MC perspective kinda!! but they can also apply to the other songs. its really just a mammonxmc playlist tbh but these are like specifically ones in MC's POV

Take on me - a-ha

Trouble - cage the elephant

Lucky strike - Maroon 5

Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys

Suck it and See - Arctic Monkeys

These ones are just kinda random that are in there without a real explanation lol

Im baring my soul here 4 u all by exposing my music.... i also bolded my favorites (in reference to his character and MC). sorry for making this shit a hassle if u do wanna add these songs to ur playlist, if u don't wanna go through this shit link by link just DM and i'll send you the link to my playlist. I'd just rather not have my user out in the open lol </3

Some of these may be considered a stretch... but they work in my mind!! like u said. projecting!! I'm twisting it to fit my vision and all that. A lot of these songs are gendered, which like, I can't do anything about it, and it's not based on that, it's purely based on vibes/how much it relates to the character(s)!

#obey me #obey me playlist #obey me mammon #ALSO LIKE. GIVE ME SONGS!!!! bc these are all just from songs I know/what i like to listen to #im sorry for the harry styles... i know hes like weird or something. (thats all i know) and maroon 5? ive got no explanation for that.#might be typos here and there im not checking LMAO but apologies if sooooo hehe <3 #ahhh and also these are all spotify links im sorry if you use youtube!! i just grabbed the links directly from my playlist to put here #ask #anon

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ladyelainehilfur · 1 year

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Kim but black??? 😭 don't tell me we're going the show route of copying and pasting character models and slightly changing the color palette. not with that $100M budget !

the (real) Kim! and the other boys! ngl, not loving what they did with Max's hair. I'm not gonna complain too much about their outfits being exactly the same as the show just because I understand creating a whole new toy line with different looks specifically from the movie would be a hassle and ZAG probably wanna keep all their Miraculous IP under the same production umbrella.

but I still wish marinette and adrien got new fits smh

WOOO MY GIRLIES! Sabrina's glowup omg!! And Chloe looks amazing!

uh oh, I can sense my lowkey crush on Kim finally coming to find me T_T

I'd already seen this but WHOA DIRECT REFERENCE TO THE ORIGINAL CGI ANIMATION FOR LADYBUG!!!!

that's so fricking cool 😭 that version of ladybug/marinette will always have a special place in my heart so I'm very happy they took inspiration from it. Not only this reference but the movie's transformation sequence is pretty similar to the original CGI transformation too^^

Shout to OG CGI Marinette for having the prettiest transformation sequence ever.

but the movie's transformation sequence is really good too! love the watery/gliterry effect.

girl why are you in the roof

LMAO my heart thumped so bad seeing them practice together at that park, just like AlyaNino did when they were super heroes THEY'RE SO CUTE OML

damn, I haven't seen clouds this well-animated since Stormy Weather. Stormy Weather is in my top 3 episodes ever just for the animation and VFX alone 😖 this bodes SO well for the movie

...I am constantly on a pendulum that swings between loving movie Adrien's design and absolutely despising it. This cute style with the chubby cheeks works so well for Marinette, but Adrien is not reaping the same benefits. Idk, something about his face when it stays still for too long is very unappealing. I much prefer it when it's exaggeratedly animated.

Also why isn't his suit shiny anymore :((( it's on the guardians watching if they think his cosplaying as a leather touting cat boy is too sensual or something smh ruining it for the rest of us

and here it is, reminder number one this will probably be a cliche kids movie 😭 man I really don't like this overused style of humor. Also, it gives me mad BBC Merlin Lady of the Lake vibes iykyk

whoops, forgot Gabe was in this movie. hhh whatever, the transformation looks much more violent for him and that's how it should be.

yeah, I want more of THIS. he's so so very cute. he's baby and he actually looks 12-13 like the show is begging us to believe he is instead of 15-16.

really enjoying seeing Ladybug's progression from being clumsy to gaining more of her trademark confidence. but I'm glad we can see that flying around Paris on a yoyo would be terrifying 😭

#that gif took forever to make what the frick #every now and then I'm forced to relearn how to properly create gifs #that trailer was 2 minutes and it took me almost two hours to make this post #🤡#anyway really excited!#I made my ladybug jacket ages ago when the movie was supposed to come out in april #probably gonna go see it at night so I can avoid all the kids 💀#and hopefully see other adult/teen fans #miraculous movie #it's not called awakening anymore huh #I wonder why #*looks away*#adrien agreste #marinette dupain cheng #chat noir #ladybug

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