all I want for Christmas is you for Ichigo and Rukia’s voice actors to sing a cover of Baby, It’s Cold Outside

bonus:

Laaaast Christmas, I gave you my heartttt but the very next day, you gave it away.

Thiiiis year to save it from teaaaaars I’ll give to to someone

Special

i’ve no idea how to link posts but this hc prompted by many things, @kremlitsspoon surprise cat post being the one that started the spiral.

beskar doesn’t affect him, and shifters aren’t rare by any means so the fun combat wips i hope will be a nice treat. being able to flow between leopard/human form would, i think, change some things.

also grogu gets some friggin skin contact that all babies deserve even if its fur cuddles. 

Oh to be a rugged mountain man (tiny girl) wistfully sipping whiskey (apple juice) from his well worn flask (moms nice glass cup) while staring dramatically into his campfire (tiny little gas fireplace) and huddling under a jacket hand made from the pelts of his prey (large blanket from costco)

The duck wears a Christmas hat.

Let me repeat it: The duck wears a Christmas hat😭

You have no idea how much I love your themes. They are always ✨ exquisite ✨

SHE DOES AND SHE LOOKS MAGNIFICENT

(me: keep in mind.the angle! of the light source!!! keep in mind the angle!!ofthelightsource!!!keepinmymindtheangl- me, adding yet another highlight: uhh yeah... the light suuure comes from somewhere)

oh my god bro im gonna say this one last time: the coffee theory fucking SUCKS it's bullshit and it'd be cheap writing and yall are fucking weak.

Merry Crisis everyone! Have a festive Moon and Pebbles

Tw: Food/Sensitivity Discussion

Can’t wait for Holiday dinners when everyone starts talking about dieting/weight while I’m trying to eat—

I’ve got a good following count, so lemme hop on my soap box real quick for a little psa.

Some advice from a dietetic student specializing in ED recoveries:

You’re 100% guaranteed to like your meal/snack/dessert much more when someone isn’t commenting on it and making you feel guilty for eating it… even if it’s second hand comments not meant for you. (i.e. “I’m so jealous you’re eating that, I wish I could, but I’m bla bla bla bla”). Just put your hand up and stop them from talking, let them know you don’t appreciate their thoughtless comments, and leave. You’re allowed to walk away. You’re allowed to say something. You are entitled to eat your meal in a safe and comfortable environment.

If you or someone else is on their own personal journey that deviates from intuitive eating, please do not let them or yourself force it on others. It’s great to be proud, set goals, and have achievements, but remember that EDs are the most sneaky and harmful, and your/their journey could be someone else’s nightmare. This isn’t just telling people to not try and sell it (i.e. “Look how much I’ve lost on Keto/Exercise Program/etc.!”) I also mean it can be damaging to be presented a “gluten free/dairy free/carb free/keto friendly/ridiculously high protein meal” and have it used like a weapon. Grandma or whoever isn’t the enemy on Iron Chef, unless they/you/or someone in the family has specific intolerances/allergies/dietary restrictions (religious or by preference), there is no need to shove that dish in anyone’s face as if it’s better than a regularly used recipe. It isn’t better, it’s just different, if someone decides to make a dish like that and bring it, it should be treated like a normal dish and save everyone from hearing about it’s “health/detox/nutrient” benefits. If you see someone doing this, go ahead and call them out on their insensitive behavior.

Commenting on someone’s weight is not a compliment, whether they/you think it is or not. We’ve come so far, we can totally compliment someone on something other than than that right? If not, getting to know someone better or having them get to know you better is a great step in finding where to compliment away from someone’s weight. “You’re so beautiful! I love your boots/nail color/makeup/etc.” is so much better than “You’re so beautiful! Your waist looks thinner/butt bigger/etc.”

I am not a board certified dietician and therefore can not mention more on this topic (until I am~), but remember your time with family and friends should be spent enjoyably, and while we joke about the arguments and drama that comes with a big gathering like that, it’s good to remember that enjoyment from food is not evil and you should never be shamed or have to endure nonsense while spending time with loved ones. Those topics, if so important, can have their own separate time given to them, not while you’re trying to decide what to eat/plate up/eating.

Long rant about season 4, Johnny Lawrence, and the deterioration of the writing below so feel free to ignore this, but I just feel like I haven’t actually coherently expressed my main gripe with season 4 here.

In season 1 johnny is introduced and he’s racist, misogynistic, bullies kids based on their physical appearance, etc. etc. etc. And these are clearly his Bad Traits that are explicitly condemned by the narrative. When not portrayed as something that has explicit negative consequences (ie basically causing Hawk to go full incel), at the very least the story mocks and pokes fun at him for having such backwards ideals. And as the character grows through the story, so do his values. The show explicitly shows him moving past his racism in regards to Miguel, his sexism in regards to Aisha and then Tory. The story clearly articulates that these are all things Johnny learned from Kreese, and as he distances himself more from Kreese and his teachings, he learns and grows and leaves a lot of that ignorance behind.

And then season 4 comes along, and all of that just…goes away. And I don’t mean to say that Johnny necessarily regresses. But the way the narrative depicts him has completely changed. Johnny goes to Piper talking about how Karate can empower women, but it just turns into a joke about how he “learned feminism for this.” This is not meant to poke fun at Johnny, but to poke fun at feminism. The entire joke is as basic as “haha, of course Johnny’s not a feminist! Why would he be?” Later on, he makes a gendered statement to Sam and apologizes and corrects himself. But then the narrative literally undoes that by having Sam validate him! Tells him it’s fine, she understood what he meant and he didn’t need to change. Later this season we are even explicitly told that we should just accept Johnny as he is. Johnny’s ignorance has gone from being something explicitly condemned by the narrative to something they want us to love and accept him for.

And you know what? I don’t. Because Johnny Lawrence is not a real person. He’s a character in a story. I don’t have to accept the negative parts of him, because as an individual I don’t care about him at all. And that’s not to criticize him for being a flawed character, a flawed protagonist is fine—it’s great, actually! But when the show itself goes from criticizing those flaws to treating them as anything but, that’s where I take issue. Because I really don’t care about any of these characters as individuals. I care about the story that’s being told, a story I used to love about toxic masculinity and radicalization and cycles of abuse and how they all interplay with each other. A story that actually seemed like it was trying to say something important. But season 4 watered it all down so much to the point where I can’t even find a coherent central theme in the show anymore. At least not one the writers seem to have a solid stance on.

I've reached a point where I am two eps behind on Burrow's End and it's starting to feel like the point of no return. If I'm not faced with deadline pressure to watch something, I am well and truly fucked. All because I forgot what week the first ep was airing :( and I'd been so hyped :((

Merry Todaybor Day Is Labor Day's Eve from Kiki and Aerin

Stolen Hot Chocolate Recipes 🍫

Ingredients 4 Serving recipe

3 tablespoons cocoa powder (preferably Dutch-processed), plus more for serving

3 cups whole milk

6 ounces semisweet chocolate (preferably Scharffen Berger), finely chopped

3 tablespoons demerara or granulated sugar

Lightly sweetened whipped cream (for serving)

Preparation

Step 1

Bring ¾ cup water to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Whisk in 3 Tbsp. cocoa powder until no lumps remain, then add milk and return to a simmer. Whisk in chocolate and sugar and cook, whisking frequently, until mixture is smooth and creamy and chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes.

Step 2

Divide hot chocolate among mugs. Top with whipped cream and dust with cocoa powder.

Bless us with a boobs selfie mommy please 😊

LOL .

Whaaaaa?

Seven Sentence Sunday

I finally have something new I can share a little bit of!! <3 thank you @shortsighted-owl for the tag <3

I'm working on a Christmassy fic (that will hopefully be finished and/or posted tomorrow?), soooo:

While he may only have to wear the costume for three of the six hours that they’re going to be offline, Eddie thinks it’s still too long; he’s hot and sweaty, hasn’t spoken to anyone but strangers for an hour, and he can’t even find Buck (or Bobby, Hen, or Chim) to watch while suffering through the long line of children waiting to sit on his lap. A child—Kasey, maybe? Eddie wasn’t listening when she told him her name—kisses his cheek, and it takes all of his willpower to hide his disgusted reaction (not that he dislikes kids, but hello—Covid is still a thing, despite the general public’s willingness to ignore it!). Her mom apologizes but isn’t much better herself, considering the way she trails her hand up his arm and squeezes his bicep for far too long to be appropriate before skipping away towards the holiday-themed photo booth that’s set up in the corner. Eddie changes his mind—it isn’t the kids or the heat that makes this awful—it’s the parents, who know that it (obviously) isn’t Santa under this suit but a presumably attractive firefighter for them to feel up. He’s annoyed and bored, and he really wishes he had someone with him dressed up as an elf, just so he wouldn’t have to be alone. A few more kids cycle through, Eddie putting on his fakest smile and hoping it doesn’t show through, though he’s not sure how successful he is when multiple parents give him sympathetic grins as they usher their children away from him. Luckily, Carla shows up with Christopher and Denny not too much later, and Eddie breathes a sigh of relief when they instantly catch his eye and start walking his direction to join the line in front of him—which is, unfortunately, just as long as it was twenty minutes ago.

no pressure tagging @ajunerose @lilbuddie @the-likesofus @prettyboybuckley @mooshkat @two-cut-lines if y'all haven't been tagged yet, and anyone else who wants to join!! <3

I’m honestly appalled by the state of this community now

Me too, nonny. Me, too.