#prepacks

[ckret2]

What is the equivalent of the phrase "Oh my God" that Bill uses? Is he mentioning some god figure from his home dimension or is he using “Oh my me” or “Oh my Axolotl”?

He doesn't use anything.

Have you ever heard an atheist say "oh my big bang" instead of "oh my god"? In common usage, the word "god" in "oh my god" is merely part of a stock phrase and not a declaration of belief. In fact, changing "god" to another term would instantly make it more religious, since if you just say "oh my god" it's like "well maybe they believe in a god or maybe they're just using the phrase," but if you say "oh my [something else]" it's like "they DEFINITELY believe in [something else] so passionately that they changed the phrase just to emphasize how much they believe in it."

If Bill ever used the phrase, he would use it like a foreign word pronounced omaigohd that's just an exclamation that communicates a specific emotional meaning to English-speakers (anger, shock, excitement)—and he's not going to get all cutesy while speaking a foreign language to draw attention to something irrelevant. This exclamation isn't an avenue to announce his religious beliefs.

There ARE issues he feels passionately enough about that he'd break away from common English. Unless he's in "pretending to be human" mode, at any place where a human would naturally refer to themself as "a person," "a woman/man," "female/male," "she/he," Bill will refer to himself as "a shape," "a triangle," "triangular," "it," even in contexts where that sounds weird to the humans. His gender is triangle and that matters to him. Religion does not.

At any rate, there's no [something else] he could fill into the phrase. He knows for a fact that there are figures powerful enough to alter reality—he is one. He suspects on good evidence that there are even more powerful figures that can conjure an entire universe from nothing—he is not one. He considers "power" and "divinity" to be separate things, he doesn't think powerful figures are divine, and he doesn't think the divine is real. He thinks "god" is an artificial social label, like "king," that only exists when enough people concur that it's real and stops existing when enough people stop respecting it. He thinks "god" is what the weak call the powerful when they've been fooled into thinking the powerful deserve worship. He thinks he's one of the powerful that fools the weak. He doesn't think he's a god—except when he's lying to himself very well—but he loves how it feels when other people call him a god, so he encourages it. He doesn't consider anybody god, he doesn't obey or respect any authority, and generally the more powerful a being is, the more he dislikes them on principle. One trillion years ago, the beliefs he was raised with were the sort a white American boomer experiencing a religious crisis would insist are "spiritual but not religious." He briefly thought gods might be real in his youth, but never worshiped any.

But all that aside—his vocabulary simply doesn't include the phrase "oh my god." He doesn't want to imply he even might worship something—he's too proud and that pride is too fragile. If he has to make an exclamation, it'll be something entirely different—"Oh boy." "Oh, come on!" "You're kidding me." "Seriously?" "Whoa!" "Wow!" "No way," maybe hysterical laughter—whatever's fitting in a given situation. Several times in the fic I've had to go find a different phrase where if he was another character I could've just put "omigosh".

#(it's interesting when i occasionally get a question that comes prepacked with several assumptions—) #(—that bill would use 'oh my god' at all; that bill believes in something; and that bill thinks changing the phrase is normal/necessary—) #(—and in order to answer the question i first have to unravel all the assumptions and explain why they're incorrect.) #(like that's not a complaint. I got to talk about bill's thoughts on alien language & beliefs even tho that wasn't the question.) #(but it's interesting how sometimes you can ask things that only make sense when you've assumed an answer to a question that wasn't asked.) #anonymous #ask #about my writing #bill goldilocks cipher

[bookishjules]

do you think they're swapping cheese for roast beef(?) so that grover can eat his sandwich? (if not, i'm going to pretend that's what's happening, anyway)

#i watched this so many times just confused about why they were building sandwiches on a field trip #they would definitely have prepacked lunches?? #but then this came to mind and it makes my heart warm <3 #pjo tv #pjo tv show #percy jackson #grover underwood

[irradiatedsnakes]

ooo what kind of soup is that??

going to be tonkotsu broth!! :] using this resippy

#we got a really good prepacked tonkotsu ramen thing from costco a couple months back and ive been itching 2 make some myself since

[penofdamocles]

Of course! I'll send a bottle your way.

#Prepacked with boops. #No Strings (ic) #fuckingshutup

[pastel-pinku]

I made myself fruit chaat without the masala

#hhhh #I am a cretinous being for not adding the key ingredient #but I really prefer it plain #also prepacked masala isn’t allergy friendly and I can’t make it right

[jedi-bird]

Ordered groceries to be delivered from my least favorite service, but it's the only one guaranteed to be delivered this morning. We've pretty much burned through most of what I picked up the other day and I hate the market closest to us so I refuse to go unless I have no other choice. I tried to stock up on easy to make things because partner is still sick and I'm not feeling great again. It's supposed to rain a lot this weekend so I don't plan on leaving the house for a while.

#birdy tries to be a good adult #stocked up on bread and lunch meats and prepacked salads #we're still good on soup and i for some stew meat to make either more curry or beef stew #also got some decent tiny cat food cans for my skinny one because I'm not ready to make a big order from chewy #I'm just trying to make sure we're ready to be sick for a while #because if i don't do it no one will and we'll be in trouble

[eusarca]

It was an almost unreasonably warm day for February, but spring was right around the corner. Taking advantage of the weather, they called Raven out to the Netwalk and waited for them on a bench. "It's a nice day out, and I'd like to show you something neat!" had been their hook.

In one hand, they held a small basket. With the other, they waved to the arriving invitee. They didn't appear to have anything else out of the ordinary.

"Don't you think it's a nice day, too?"

★ @echoesofcoral

#echoesofcoral #echoesofcoral o3 #kyrie got one of the prepacked-nics from the star marketplace a while back #it is time to try it out!!

[pencilofawesomeness]

Okay so a bunch of you are definitely familiar with fun little FT in TWST AU stuff, and with all the enabling, I feel like it's something of a group effort at this point.

So riddle me this

I've figured out the other dorms, but Savanaclaw was giving me a pause, because it's the dorm for repression, so I got options. (Though my first instinct was to give Loke the whole housewarden treatment, lol. He's definitely a contender.)

Though I also haven't fully developed everyone's in-story backstories yet so how emotionally messed up they are is up in the air. So I have some biases but without divulging any of my thoughts just yet, I want to know who y'all think is the most likely to snap.

What is an overblot?

(For those are watching me spin in my chair and are here for the FT portion.) Long story short it is characterized by:

—having a large supply of magic and being a good mage —having years worth of emotional stress and/or trauma, built up and ready to burst —a suitable impetus that forces all that emotional stress out in the open, usually in a dramatic way, and usually while using way too much magic —and then it is a matter of getting overrun by the icky stuff and gaining a super-powered evil form and then almost dying in the most dramatic way possible, usually while inflicting unspeakable AoE violence

#fairy tail x twisted wonderland #crossover au #polls #fairy tail #overblot #I have my own shortlist but honestly I just wanna see #it's possible I do my own thing anyway but also I'm not treating this au as absolute or anything #anyone of these guys could be stressed enough potentially #or i'll spruce up their backstory and make it so lmao #and while two of these guys definitely come prepacked with a superpowered evil form #or one mostly because i don't subscribe to the evil end thing personally #it is unreasonably fun to design phantoms #the essence of their fears but also that shadow lurking behind them #i've mostly just been playing with Jellal's thus far but still #it's challenging but so fascinating #also technically I threw Nakia in as a 4th year but she won't be around #I just figured out I could be nice for once to this snek family XD

[daisybeewrites]

me having a break down because the grocery store didn’t have my silly little apple juice with carbon dioxide

#YES i am talking about appletiser #or izze apple #theyre so good and i just. #i just want an appletiser with my apple berry harris teeter prepacked salad #okay?!???!

[leafatlaw]

ooh rand was fine with staying and thought rolan was too, and thats why it hurt so much. Because rolan wanted to leave, he wanted something more than gallaway. But the proabblem was rand was galloway, born and raised, so by leaving rolan was not just leaving rand, he was saying rand wasnt good enough. Rolan was saying he need no wanted something(someone) more than rand. And it hurt because rand was galloway and he could never be worth staying for.

#oooh ugh #rand keeps getting lefta ndn rolan keeps leaving #rands so depressed and psycotic and rolan wasnt #rolan has his own issues #and those issues came with a prepacked suitcase #sparrow speaks #jrwi bitb #sparrows soliloquy

[nektaarr]

this week has been so draining no time to chill at. all.

#my brain is overheating #and its even gonna get busier and faster next week #gonna go on a climbing weekend tomorrow morning until sunday evening #and onmonday (at 3am!!!) i have to get a busbc we‘re going on a studytrip in milano until wednesday #so i haveto already prepack today for that tooso idonthave to stress too much on sunday #and parallel to that i have to somehow manage to get an appointment with my dr for friday #and rethink our project bc today we found out it doesnt work how we‘ve plnned it #and then there‘s this other work i have to finish until 2. nov that i havent even started yet #and somehow i also have to find time in between to get a new phone bc mine broke #etc etc #thinking about cooking and cleaning too #honestly my brain feels swollen its pressing against my skull i can feel it #yxc

[awkwardinot]

merry shitscram

now waiting for: говно с дымом

#i am broke both mentally and financially #i only bought prepacked sweet gifts for my fam #that's the most i could do

[sharkie-stay]

I keep thinking about the spider in the sandwich

And I cried because of it again

Truly the greatest fear

#we get prepacked sandwiches at thw cafe i work at #and a client found a spider in her sandwich today #and i used to eat those sandwiches every day #but now i can't #i will be too scared to eat them #literally had a panic attack because of that situation #and talked about it in therapy #it got me shaken so badly i can't get over it #leo adventures #moon talks

[caracello]

icant stop thinking about his terrible little corner. tthe storage container as a bedside table. the single bottle of whiskey. his little bag of clothes. the dumbbell?!?@?!!

#i wish icould fuckintg. see whats on that paper it looks like a newspaper maybe? #hes either reading abt himself in the newspaper or scanning it for any mention of talon #s76 vc Soldiers dont need a lot... #ihate himm i hate him the way rverything here is set up to be moved at a moments notice #even his clothes are prepacked #gush:{🎯}

[aidenwaites]

Scheduled for Monday and Tuesday BUT I've got Wednesday/Thursday off so I'll,,, survive until then

#theyve got me scheduled for opening but i.. kind of want to ask for the midshift #not USUALLY my thing but i liked prepping sandwiches and prepacking sliced meats and all a lot better than handling the cold case and #mixing salads dhshSNSN

[abysswatchers420]

was thinking abt the money aspect of cyberpunk again:

makes ~~4000e a month. 300e a week at minimum

2000 a month for rent, split with santi. -1000e

-100e cellphone service

-430e utilities (including fuel for car)

-750e fresh food and prepack mix

cost of living 2280e a month total

left with 1720e per month

saves freq, thrifts and takes from work

the rent for the house was fought for to be that low, seeing as the haunting lowers the value. nobody wants to live there, and santi uses that against the landlord, seeing as they do fuckall and dont even have the balls to step foot in the house. some months, they pay even less depending on their quality of life (the argument in rent is ongoing)

according to Da Rule Book, cel's fashion style falls under the category of bohemian (with generic chic and urban flash mixed in) my bohemian weirdo 🥴

id say that cel keeps anywhere from 5 to 10k in the bank, depending on bullshit happening. i get the 4000e a month from that she does tech work on the side of her junkyard job + occasional money from ghost stuff. sometimes its over 4k on if its a productive week.

#40e for a chromanticore in 2077 #food cost based on red's manual. 600e/m is the cost of good prepack but they like to splurge and get fresh food #they never once call a phone an agent in 2077 do they? well im not calling it that either lmao #these are just daily life numbers before she starts getting roped into gigs and stuff #totals arent accounting for fun money costs #ttrpgshit