#the big chop

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WIP Excerpt

tagged by @oh-no-another-idea to share an excerpt from a WIP!

from a fic I'm working on for The Succession of Us called The Big Chop:

Iffy didn’t realize the razor had turned off until a big hand gently petted the top of her now bare head. She flinched. “Is it bad?” she asked in a wobbly voice. Nate moved his hand from her head to her cheek, and with his other hand signed, “You’re beautiful.” She turned to D, who was standing proudly with his hands on his hips, and GerBear, who was grinning brightly. “I know this is gonna sound weird,” D said, “but you have a really nice skull.” Iffy snorted. “What?” “You do!” D flapped his hands around for a few seconds, as if trying to whack the words he was looking for out of the air. “I just mean. When I shaved my head, there were divots and stuff. But you don’t have that. Your skin is so smooth and pretty.” A smirk pulled at Iffy’s mouth, and D threw his hands in the air. “Fine, don’t take my awesome compliment! Your skull is stupid! Is that better?”

@venomdoves @delusionisaplace @amaiguri @athenswrites @klywrites I'm tagging you to share an excerpt with writeblr!

#my writing #writeblr #writeblr tag games #wip excerpt tag #excerpt #wip #iffy jackson #gerbear and d #nate paine #the big chop #the succession of us #holding our hearts in our hands

[evilmannodasmybabygirl]

i keep getting told my markings are cute .. (ノ*°▽°*) im to nervous to wear my short shorts outside but i bought some to show off my squares ! ignore my tail. im getting rid of it soon ^^ !

#rp blog #in character #murder sim #murder sim oc #the big chop

[fleshmonger]

Rotating Sandwich Mood Board

Rotating Sandwich Mood Board

#moodboard #sandwiches #pit beef #eggplant parmesan #hot sausage and peppers #turkey and cheddar #smoked meat sandwich #big mac #club sandwich #salt bagel with lox #philly special #vegan root vegetable hoagie with carrot provolone #spicy cumin lamb burger #swedish hot dog with shrimp salad #chopped cheese #sausage mcmuffin #the hebrew hammer #grocery store sub #shrimp po boy #tuna salad hoagie #dolma on pita with feta cheese tzatziki #top round and swiss with gravy #mortadella prosciutto and burrata #torta milanesa #half smoke egg and cheese #lamb souvlaki #banh mi #reuben #pork gyro #hot muffuletta

[bigskycastle]

the covers i was allowed to do for the "a year in hyrule" planner project (preorders closed now)

#loz #botw #the legend of zelda #zelda #link #they form one big image but i kind of like it better chopped up like this #perhaps stay tuned there might be some leftover sales or something one day

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

oh right, technically i sell t-shirts

i forgot about that

#holidays are coming up and it would make a terrible gift #that's the main selling point #anyways these exist and can be exchanged for legal tender #the cost is the listed price + the emotional expense of knowing that i am judging u #bc i am. i am judging u #why would u want this. why would u exchange currency for this #there are so many other things you could exchnage currency for instead #a grocery store shrimp platter for instance #with the nauseatingly red cocktail sauce that is SO much better than a t shirt any time #hmm chicken picatta at a local Italian Eatery perchance? i am. a big fan of anything picatta #oh oh i know! 3.6 POUNDS OF FRESH OKRA #FOR THE COST OF THIS FRIVOLOUS T SHIRT U COULD INSTEAD PURCHASE 3.6 POUNDS OF FRESH DELICIOUS OKRA #and then --hold on i have a recipe--and then what u do is #so it is basically sacrilege to suggest this but what u do is u skip the cornmeal entirely #my southern ancestors are shaking a wooden spoon at me right now but LISTEN. u skip. the gotdang. cornmeal #instead: wash chop and soak (for 10 min) the okra in a mixture of 1 egg to tblsp water #then coat in flour #THATS IT JUST FLOUR #No cornmeal. i am betraying my heritage rn but I'm RIGHT #coat in flour sprinkle liberally in S&P and FRY that suck in veg oil high heat #until crispy & brown & u hear your arteries clenching in apprehension #so. so yeah #that's what u should do instead of buying this shirt go fry the shit out of some okra #(but buy local and young & tender if u can bc the grocery store is full of old-and-therefore-super-stiff specimens #pro tip (aka grandma tip): if u can't chop okra smoothly with your normal cutting knife then it's too old and tough. #...i mean u probably CAN still fry the shit out of it I've certainly done that before it's just much less delicious #ANYWAY. anyway ANYWAY. shirt. okra. farmers market. that reminds me of a post i made back when we first started selling these dang shorts #shirts. shorts shorts. oh shit i should make a crop top option. #i. i don't Know How to make a crop top option #HUH . . . i need to lie down now and contemplate the constant and irreconcilable limitations of the human experience good night

[konivae]

#jayda cheaves #jayda wayda #big chop #thickwomen #black tumblr #black girl moodboard #black girl fitspo #black girls of tumblr #black beauty #black women #accessories #melanin #black woman appreciation #black women are beautiful #cheeks

[zarla-s]

I've been playing a lot of Palworld lately, it's so addictive! It scratches a certain itch for me perfectly, haha. These are the three that have stood out to me so far, which probably doesn't come as a huge surprise.

[patreon]

#palworld #maraith #cawgnito #swee #z art #i played an absurd amount of valheim so this came as no surprise to me #love doing big floaty jumps on my maraith like wheee #i keep forgetting its name so i'm like the thing... the weird looking thing... you know #me and mal have set up some neat bases #i love just watching em walk around and do stuff #carry things or chop trees or whatever #sometimes other ones steal swee's bed and we're like hey! get outta there!! #that's for swee!!

[bonetrousledbones]

yeah ok i'll jump on that trend

#trousled arts #undertale #papyrus #silver the hedgehog #14 y/o hedgehog that tries very hard to kill someone based on a rumor & skeleton that will be so so nice to u after u chop his head off #one will hit you with an entire meteor and one will knock you unconscious and put you in a shed #i think they could hang out #this was gonna be part of that doodle dump i mentioned the other day but it was taking too long so here it is while it's still relevant lma #ive been on a big sketch-as-lineart kick lately if u cant tell

[nightmaretour]

Daily reminder that fruit and veggies don't have to be "healthy" to be nutritious. Drink that fruit juice from concentrate. Eat that jam and nut butter. Use fruit and vegetables out of a can. Eat a dessert with fruit in it. Snack on salted nuts (in moderation) or dried fruit. Literally any way you can get fruit and vegetables into your body is better than none at all.

If fresh fruit and veg aren't available to you, take too much energy to eat or prepare, or if you just can't bring yourself to eat them, whatever way you can eat them is good enough.

#cripplepunk #cripple punk #disability #actually disabled #neurodiversity #Personally I buy two big bottles of different mixed fruit smoothie every week because I know I have the energy to drink them #And I made a trail mix of my favourite fruit and nuts to take my meds with in the evenings #I also keep a pack of those microwave steam in the bag vegetables in the freezer for a side with certain meals #I really like the broccoli carrot and sweetcorn one #And they're chopped up small enough to be easy and low energy to eat with no cutting up required

[paellegere]

the fact that the supernatural showrunners were too cowardly to let sam and dean hunt in the bible belt means we were robbed of the potential for them to go to buc-ee's. they would love buc-ee's. cheap gas, clothes and supplies suitable for hunting, a huge variety of cheap food and snacks, the "best restroom in america" as voted in 2012, a whole damn wall of jerkey (sometimes many walls!), a million and one dessert options. it'd be like going to disney world after dealing with all the other horrifying gas stations they'd end up at on the road

#supernatural #buc-ee's is like an oasis for the road tripper #the cheap gas is another huge plus #they would love it there. i know this because buc-ee's is the last bastion of true goodness in this world #rip dean winchester you would have loved the big buckin' brisket XXL chopped brisket sandwich #.txt

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Short Story: The Big Chop

Summary:

Iffy has been wanting to do something about her chemical damaged hair for ages, now. Every time she decides to cut it and go natural, she always backs down, afraid of what other people might say.

Not this time. From now on she's only going to look like what she wants to look like.

A short story that takes place after The Succession of Us.

Iffy’s hands gripped tight on the vanity counter as she stared herself down in the mirror. Around her were all the products she used to straighten and tame her hair, to make it more palatable to the people she worked for, to fit in, to be treated better at school. She was sick of it. She frowned and turned her head this way and that, running her fingers through coarse, damaged hair. GerBear and D were right. It was time for the Big Chop. With a deep breath and one last squeeze on the counter, she picked up her phone and sent out a carbon copied message. Hey guys. I’m ready. You coming over?

read it now on Ao3!

if you'd like, please also read The Succession of Us on Wattpad or Ao3! it's not absolutely necessary, but it's only four chapters and it will make the character dynamics make a lot more sense.

Current taglist: @abalonetea @only-book-lovers-left-alive @poore-choice-of-words @leadhelmetcosmonaut @jasperygrace @drippingmoon @athenswrites @magic-is-something-we-create @idreamonpaper @winterandwords @revenantlore

#my writing #writeblr #ao3 #original fiction #one shot #the big chop #the succession of us #holding our hearts in our hands #iffy jackson #nate paine #gerbear and d

[ventique18]

"Tears? Where did these tears come from? Why? I am not at all sad nor hurt.

... Or is this because my body is wracked in such pent up, centuries-old agony that the tears spilled by themselves? Is it that though my mind no longer remembers, my body still grieves the loss of both my mother and my father? That I still yearn for the love that I have accepted I could never have? Or is it the childish, selfish wish that I could have had what Silver had-- that Lilia could have joyfully celebrated my childhood with me like he did with Silver, instead of making me memorize an entire dictionary of an obscure language in a single daylight? When I was but thirty (3, in human perspective)? Or tossing me off a cliff to hasten my flight?

Indeed, perhaps there are times when I wish I could go back to the past and spend my days more warmly with him. Sitting on the grass and snacking on berries and acorns and whatnot.

Ah tears, tears. The honesty that I could never, as a man of my position, say out loud."

🌸: "Hornton... We're slicing onions. That's... That's what they do. They make anyone cry. It's science."

🐉: "I see. How humiliating."

🐉: "Don't tell Silver. Or Lilia. Or Sebek. Or anyone, for that matter."

🌸: "Don't worry, I didn't hear anything."

#I just finished chopping 8 big onions #20 minutes before ssr grim #twisted wonderland #ventique rambles #malleus draconia

[afrodesiacworldwide]

#afrodesiacworldwide #submission #natural beauty #pretty #natural hair #cute #black beauty #beautiful #beauty #black girls rock #pixie cut #short hair #big chop #waves #wavy hair #afro hair #afro #afrocentric #brown skin women #melanated #melanin #locs #locdwomen #locd #locdqueen #locdcommunity #locdwithmelanin #women with locs

[smilesrobotlover]

Some designs for my four swords sequel idea. Since the colors have permanently split, their eyes are now the same blue Link used to have and they have more individuality in their clothes!

#Lily and blue said chop chop #blue never cut his hair cuz he couldn’t #but he finallbdid #he’s not supposed to as a knight but he’s not a knight yet #lily on the other hand… #that’s gonna be a big deal #but that girl had SO much hair she feels so much relief with short hair now! #also shadow!! :D #his design might change idk #Vaati’s wrath #four swords #four swords adventure

[solargrove]

only marlowe would start working on a knitting project mid-date

#ts4 #ts4 gameplay #ts4 legacy #*marlowe #*lark #*eunoia save #*eunoia save gen 1 #notice marlowe's big chop hehe #simblr #sims 4 #r

[lastoneout]

this is my entire stance on the "american food is bad" discourse summed up

#there are two distinct times when american food is bad #when it's people who are well off or rich enough that all they care about is appearances and how expensive the ingredients are #bcs they don't care about taste anymore it's a status thing #and also when it's stupid gentrified gimmick restaurants basically following the Cesare from Big Top Burger formula #where it doesn't matter how it tastes #it's just about it looking cool or having a gimmick so influences will come take pictures and give you tons of free advertising #that's when american food is bad #bcs rip to y'all but I grew up dirt fucking poor around other dirt fucking poor people of all races and backgrounds #and we COULD cook y'all under the table with these things #when all you have for food is hamburger helper and canned soup well damn you learn how to make it taste good #also those two bad times are NOT unique to america AT ALL #remember the Australian fish and chips that had activated charcoal and looked like actual shit? #this ain't an american problem this is a fucking rich people problem send tweet #this is also why I can't watch chopped anymore #the way they talk about ingredients like those like they're worthless and they can't believe people would eat them #like cool glad you grew up well off enough to afford real people food #the rest of us had to learn to make velveeta taste good and you know what #I could cook your ass under the table with velveeta and all those other 'cheap' ingredients you're mocking