#Blue Flower Dumpling

[absolutebl]

Thai Food You Should Eat Because of BL

Firstly most of these dishes have multiple spellings in English (and also often many different names within Thailand). I just picked one spelling, that will be enough to do a search, if you want to find a recipe for yourself. 

Som Tum in What’s Zabb Man

AKA Green Papaya Salad 

I think this is the one most people will know on this list. Unlike overseas, in Thailand there are many varieties of som tum (I’ve had an ocean-side version served with little blue crabs, raw and in the shell, AMAZING). It’s often a street food, and it’s usually quite spicy. You order by either asking the vendor (it’s traditionally served from market stalls just as we saw at the beginning of this show) for a heat level or number of chilis. The ingredients are then pounded together with a massive mortar & pestle. The order and amounts of the different ingredients are chef-specific, so the variety and uniqueness is immense with this dish. There are fans of it who make a point of trying as many different versions in each city they visit. Like being a wine taster.

Som Tum highlights what I think is best about Thai food - it’s bright forward freshness and deep complexity of flavors. Som Tum is the firework-in-your-mouth of salads: sour, sweet, salty, spicy, umami, herbaceous. It’s a spectacular dish (which has been ill served by it’s ubiquitousness outside of Thailand). It should be made fresh, (this is NOT a slaw), because if it sits at all the elements become soggy and the flavor muddled. 

What’s Zabb Man emphasized the important aspects of this dish. Its spiciness and its freshness, the uniqueness of its flavor, not to mention how each chef makes it his own. 

After all when Poon goes missing, Athip finds him again because, after one taste of his Som Tum, he knows who is in the kitchen. 

Kao Soi in Bite Me

AKA Northern Thai Curry Noodle AKA Chiang Mai Curry Noodles 

Did I do this post because I want to talk about this dish? Probubly. Here in the states it’s a rare to find on offer but it’s one of my absolute favorites. 

I’m obsessed with diaspora foods in general - AKA fusion foods that highlight immigrant, colonial occupation, and/or blended communities. Lamb Vindaloo and Banh Mi are some famous examples of this. There was one banh mi place I found in Nor Cal run by a Chinese/Vietnamese couple that made a char siu pork + pâté banh mi, it was WILD and wicked good! Sorry, I digress.  

This is a Northern Thai dish, common in Chang Mai, influenced by both Burmese (Myanmar) cuisine and local Chinese communities. It’s wildly variable by family and by region. This is also possibly one of my favorite foods. It’s notable in that it is one of the few traditional Thai dishes you will find served with chopsticks. (When I order it here in the states that’s one of the things I look for.) 

It is a noodle soup/stew. Can be rice, egg, or flour noodles, usually ramen style (but sometimes fettuccine), topped with a thick coconut forward curry broth, stewed dark meat chicken (usually on the bone) and raw onion. It has fried crispy flour noodles on top and is served with pickled vegetables, extra spices, fresh herbs, lime wedges, and raw shallots (or some combination thereof) - either on the top or on the side (banchan style). The curry element usually has more in common with Chinese or Japanese yellow curry powers (like those used for Singapore noodles) than red or green Thai curries. It combines what we would think of as traditional Thai flavor profiles with Chinese, and can also uses some Indian spices. It is a very layered dish, with more depth and earthiness and slightly less brightness than a lot of other Thai food. It tends to have a rounded heat to it (hitting all of the mouth, like Indian cuisine). I am a particular fan of the pickled greens element. 

Bite Me is not a great BL but Aek sharing his Chiang Mai roots with Chef Aue, most specifically around this dish, is key to the plot (what little there is). But this is not a dish that is served in Chef Aue’s restaurant. 

Khai Palo in Enchanté 

AKA 5 Spice Pork & Egg Stew

This is the dish Theo remembers from his childhood that Akk’s family cooks for him. It’s a fascinating dish because it’s retains a very strong Chinese influence and is noted for using soy sauce as its salt element (rather than the more ubiquitous fish sauce) and for NOT being spicy, also it involves 5 spice.

It’s also often associated with children or childishness and comfort food. It’s most commonly found as a street food or homemade, and is relatively rare in restaurants outside of Thailand. It has a similar flavor profile to Moo Gratiem which is one of my favorite dishes. (It’s that white peppercorn and garlic thing = NOM.) It’s also very easy to make, I recommend it. There is a Mama ramen noodle version you can sometimes find and buy, but I always need to add more five spice. 

In Enchanté this dish is a plot point and is interesting because it highlights both the time when Theo was last in Thailand (as a child), Akk’s interest in courting and caring for him, and Theo’s somewhat childish nature/behavior.  

Gaeng Tai Pla in Close Friend 2

AKA pickled fish sour soup 

A famous dish developed in the fishing communities of Southern Thailand. Traditionally it involves pickled fish bladder (Tai Pla) + large chunks of dried fish meat, Thai eggplant, bamboo shoots, and/or seasonal greens, with a spice profile similar to tom (lemongrass, lime, shrimp paste, red chili). 

I've never been lucky enough to eat this, but it's on my hit list. I think I could make something like it, but I can’t get hold of the the Tai Pla for love nor money.

Luk Choup in La Cuisine (& Until We Meet Again) 

AKA no other name, really, but this is also the main characters name in La Cuisine, ลูกชุบ (translation, coated pieces) but the meaning of this dessert is “loved by all, or adored.” This aspect of the name is a plot point in the series. Choup’s older brother, aunt, and grandmother all refer to him as the family’s beloved one, or special one, or most loved. 

Luk Choup are tiny imitation fruits/vegetables (or occasionally star shapes) these are made of mung beans cooked with coconut milk and sugar. Once formed, they are dipped in gelatin and painted with food coloring to resemble other food. Recipe here.

This one appeared multiple times in Until We Meet Again, on the bus, at the fair, and at the very end during Dean and Pharm’s separation.

I’ve eaten these.

Consistency wise the exterior is like a gummy but much tougher, and with a bite to it. So like if you made jello into sheets but with too much gelatin. I’ve actually never had anything else to compare to this texture, perhaps like some of the bits in bubble teas? The interior is like very thick humus meets the inside of a peanut butter cup. 

As for taste, the gel outside has no flavor and the inside tastes a lot like red bean paste. They are not very sweet.

Here’s a YT vid on how to make these.

Chor Muang in Until We Meet Again 

AKA Blue Flower Dumpling

Chor Muang is a purple or blue flower-shaped dumpling that is savory, stuffed with a spiced minced chicken. These days it is a popular appetizer but it was once served as a dessert. The coloring is done with butterfly pea flour. Recipe here. 

Chor Muang is a major catalyst food for the plot of Until We Meet Again. It is featured in a play starring Del and Manaow and is the reason Pharm meets and befriends Del. This allows him to start helping fix Dean’s strained family dynamic.

Later he feeds this dumpling to Team, Win, and Dean in front of witnesses. This is the first time he feeds Dean (it will not be the last.)

I did a post all about the sweets in this show. Here’s a YT vid on how to make these. 

Nom Yen in SOTUS (also 2 Moons, 2 Moons 2) 

AKA Pink Milk 

Pink milk is pretty ubiquitous in most Thai BL series. Technically, its origin for association with BL is the original y-novel of 2 Moons. However, most international watchers are familiar with it from SOTUS (more recently it has shown up associated with side characters in Nitman and Love Area). 

After watching SOTUS and both 2 Moons installments I got curious. Here’s the full post I did on pink milk, how it’s made and my experience attempting to recreate it. I can see why it might be thought of as a childish drink, it reminded me a bit of birthday cake flavoring, ice cream bean, or cotton candy. It’s very sweet and not a whole lot else. 

THAI LANGUAGE CORNER 

I haven’t learned the minutia yet but around ordering food in Thai but the Thai bestie always complains the monikers (also verbs?) for dishes have to do with what the dish is usually served inside. So some dishes have names/consumption verbs that have to do with bowls and others with plates. 

Much as in English we would use the verb “drink” for broth but “eat” for soup. (And also argue about which one is appropriate under which circumstances.) 

To train your ear for BL food:

gin = to eat or to have a meal (also under certain circumstances/sentence structures is slang for to sexually consume or fuck). See Pharm misuse this one in UWMA when Dean first visits his condo. 

khao or kao = food but also actually rice, also a name and also third person he pronoun

talay = the ocean and also mixed seafood and a name 

pad = usually means a stir fried (dryer) dish 

pak = veggies! 

kai (sounds like gai) = chicken ไก่ but also egg ไข่ (yes they are different in intonation and spelling, but really I find it darn near impossible to hear the difference) 

A list of some common dishes is here. 

Please leave a comment if any other dish has shown up you want to talk about, because this is basically my favorite topic EVER. I love to eat and cook Thai food so, yeah. Also the oft mentioned Thai bestie is an AMAZING cook. I often act the part of her kitchen goblin. 

(source) 

#thai food #thai cooking #thai bl #thai dishes #thai lanaguge #thai words #SOTUS #2 Moons #Nitman #Love Area the series #2 Moons 2 #Until We Meet Again #Blue Flower Dumpling #Luk Choup #La Cuisine the series #Close Friend 2 #Enchanté #bite me the series #noodles #What’s Zabb Man #Green Papaya Salad #food in bl #food in thai bl #plot point food

[tastesoftamriel]

Talviel's Tamrielic Anniversary Banquet

In lieu of an updated jubilee cake for the 30 year TES/10 year ESO anniversary, here's a banquet menu fit for the nobility of Tamriel! Dig in!

Summerset

Soft Indrik cheese and caramelised onion and pear chutney vol-au-vents, with sundried tomatoes

Auridon Blue Monkfish, poached in Russafeld Heights chardonnay

Shimmerene cherry blossom snowskin mooncake, with an apricot mousse and lemon crème filling

Black Marsh

Crocodile dumplings, with a spicy peanut and sweet saltrice dipping sauce

Stormhold jerk kagouti haunch, with guar fat vegetable fried rice

"Kueh cendol" chewy tapioca rice cakes, with dark palm sugar and coconut milk and jelly layers. A Black Marsh specialty!

Valenwood

Wild venison Greenshade carpaccio, with whipped bacon-honey butter

Stone-baked timber mammoth tail, slow roasted for 48 hours with a honey and mammoth butter glaze

Frozen honeyed "bingsoo" yoghurt, with sweetgnats, candied bacon, and deep fried lard bits, drizzled with sweet condensed milk

High Rock

Alcaire smoked pea soup, with bacon lardons and fresh garden herbs

Flambéed foie gras à la Shornhelm, with a blood orange and goose fat reduction

Gorapple tarte tatin, with golden butterscotch sauce and Bantha vanilla bean ice cream

Morrowind

Smoked kwama egg yolk carbonara, with scrib bacon

Spicy Ashlander-style shalk and ash yam stew, served in a shalk carapace

"Baked Vvardenfell" guar milk ice cream and kwama meringue cake, flavoured with comberries and gold kanet flowers

Elsweyr

Old Anequina jerboa and "lap cheong" sausage pie, with a saffron rice and an ale-and-moon sugar gravy

Terror bird egg "foo yong hai" omelette, with an array of Pellitine seafood and a bhut jolokia moon sugar caramel dipping sauce

Frozen samar pekoe tea custard, with hot moon sugar fudge

Cyrodiil

Bruma barley soup, with homemade herbed sourdough foccacia

Barbecued Blackwood cavy, basted with a rich Surilie Brothers port and habanero barbecue sauce

Abecean sea salt, dark chocolate, and Cyrodiilic olive oil ice cream, with wild strawberry coulis

Skyrim

Markarth goat cheese and pine nut crème tartlets, with smoked juniper salt

Lake Honrich salmon steak, hot smoked over maple wood with Goldenglow honey, served with dill remoulade

Snowberry panna cotta, with spiced Whiterun apple-akevitt compote

Wrothgar

Echatere Gruyère and rosemary mini soufflés, with smoked Vorkhiposh roe

Echalette steak, served medium-rare, in a ginger wine jus

Kurog's wild berry chocolate gateaux, with whipped echatere cream and drenched in wrathberry brandy

Hammerfell

Port Hunding roasted red pepper and harissa hummus, with spiced lentil flatbreads

Spicy Alik'r giant snake tikka, with mint yoghurt dipping sauce and pickles

Coconut and medjool date kulfi, with a slice of rosewater and pistachio baklava

#the elder scrolls #tes #food #Menu #fantasy #Fantasy menu #skyrim #cooking #Morrowind #Oblivion

[spiderbirdo]

Thinking about all the mxtx fics that gave effy names to their ocs/bg characters or straight up named them something that could not exist in Chinese pinyin again...

Just so you know these are the basic pinyin combinations that exist.

That's not even going into dialects which is a whole other thing but as far as I've seen no one has tried to write LWJ speaking in gusu dialect yet which is the irl suzhou dialec

And please be careful what you name your characters, I've seen someone name their characters Blue Book, Blue Radish, Blue Smell, Blue Bag, Scenery

Also be careful with naming them after flowers because they might end up sounding like prostitute names

The thing is WWX's birth name is literally the character for baby so weird literal names can and do exist

Hell my aunt's Chinese name is literally 'rainbow', my yeye's name was 'genius' and my nainai's sworn sister (idk how to describe it they were basically such good friends they basically call each other sisters alongside like two other women and their and my family have reunion dinner once in a while) her name was literally High Cloud 高云

Even in svssss (not counting six balls) LBH's name is literally 'the icy Luo river'

But even then they at least have nice meanings even if they ate very literal, and not like objects (tho ngl 蓝香 lan xiang, is very pretty but the author intended it to be mean spice xiangliao香料 but xiang by itself really just means smells/fragrance)

Just, please please note that Chinese words meanings changes when paired with other words and lose that meaning when it's by itself.

Like 包 bao by itself means bag. 包子 baozi means dumpling. You cannot take out the zi子 away from baozi and keep the meaning of dumpling.

But the thing is, they were all not educated. I feel like educated ppl or people with money to go to a fortune teller get nice poetic names if not then the child gets a very literal name. Though I guess birth names could get away with being more literal. LooKING AT YOU CCSR AND WCZ YOU LITERALLY NAMED YOUR CHILD WEI BABY

#Text post #Mxtx #Mdzs #mo dao zu shi #Research hard but... #I stg if I find another character with a Japanese-ish name in danmei fic... #Idk I'm feeling ranty these days #Language #wei wuxian #can you imagine naming your baby 'baby'? #i got my chinese name from a temple fortune teller #apparently i eas supposed to change it once i hit 12

[goron-king-darunia]

Eggtober 10th 2023

"Wisps": Hot and Sour Soup

(Clip Studio Paint, Gouache brush, Gouache Blender, some pencil brush detailing, circle tool for the bowl. 18 colors. About an hour.)

Cousin of the Egg Drop soup. I think the eggy wisps are properly referred to as "egg flowers" and that's cute as hell.

Anyway, hot and sour soup is that, only "what if we made it spicy and sour and also added more stuff?" One of my family's favorites. And a great way to eat tofu. Borderline vegan and tasty as hell. 10/10, would recommend.

Leaving it pleasantly warm for @lady-quen's breadbugs. Not hot. We don't want to cook the poor creatures. If a breadbug swims in your soup, does it become a dumpling bug? Or a noodle bug? We must explore this for science.

As always, proud to present many eggy dishes to @quezify on this lovely Eggtober. Enjoy!

Edit: Forgot the speedpaint. You can see I was really inspired by the blue of that bowl.

#Eggtober 10 2023 #Eggtober 2023 #Hot and Sour Soup #my art #art by GKD

[toasttt11]

my au’s facts and favorites

sebastian boldy

favorites

pizza, specifically pepperoni

coffee or anything caffeinated

grilled chicken

is not a big fan of flowers but doesn’t mind roses

favorite color is a soft orange

fall is his favorite season because hockey season starts

facts

If Sebastian didn’t play hockey he could of made a career with his art abilities.

Sebastian was planning to live alone when he went to the NHL but Jack begged that Luke and Sebastian both lived with him for at least their first season.

Sebastian has a bad habit of being bored and starting to draw on himself or his shoes, Luke loves when Sebastian will draw on him or Luke will give him his hockey stick to draw on.

Sebastian can try to deny it but it was obvious to the whole Umich team that he did care for all of them like brothers.

julianna hughes

favorites

potstickers or any kind of dumplings

mint chip icecream

sugar cookies

daisies are her favorite flowers

her favorite color is anything pastel

summer is her favorite season

facts

Julianna absolutely loves self care, she’s very consistent with her skin care and always makes the boys do spa days with her.

Julianna almost flies out at least once every other month to visit her twin for a few days.

If she could she would wear a sundress everyday.

Julianna growing up was only ever called annie by her family but when she started making her own name and friends it switched to Jules or Julia but her family still calls her Annie.

lucia hughes

favorites

steak and vegetables is her absolute favorite

her moms cookies are her favorite sweet

any type of soft serve

her favorite flowers are tulips

favorite color is bright blue

warm weather is her favorite making summer her favorite season

facts

When she started played hockey her mom would put her hair into a braid crown so you could see the back of her jersey, it’s a hairstyle lucia still does most days and always her hair styled that way for games.

She’s always just had simple suits for game days and usually in comfortable clothes most days but she does enjoy dressing up.

Lucia never lets her brothers forget that their baby sister is taller than both of them.

lucia has always hated her name thinking it sounds like a old lady name and has demanded since she was young to be just Luce.

Lucia has never been a big jewelry person but she has a few rings from people that are important to her that she wears most days.

Lucia would willingly sleep 23 hours of the day if she could.

cameron crosby

favorites

absolutely loves her dad’s banana bread

loves goldfish

a big fan of watermelon

favorite color is purple

favorite season is summer

favorite flower is lavender

favorite animal has always been cats

facts

she barely knows how to do anything for her hair then very simple things because Sidney has always done her hair for her.

her cat mack loves wearing a harness and just being on cameron’s shoulders or in her arms, he’s always traveling with her.

cameron can be quite awkward around new people something she picked up from her dad.

she’s the oldest by a lot out of all of her cousins so they all look up to her a lot and always following her around like like ducklings.

while she doesn’t mind physical touch with her family, she doesn’t like cuddling and would always squirm away from anyone that wasn’t Sidney, fraser becomes the second person ever that cameron tolerates cuddles for.

asher leonard

favorites

pineapple is his favorite flavor for anything

coffee, specifically black iced coffee

favorite season is fall and winter

favorite color is black

favorite flower is irises

loves trail mix and cheese it’z

facts

has always been very interested in astronomy and knows so much about it, always likes to find places to see the stars.

doesn’t mind shopping to much and likes to put some thought into his clothes, can make just a hoodie look classy.

he has a lot of little white scars on his face that you can’t see unless you are right in front of him.

has always been a really good fighter, and while he does usually get some type of injury on him, he always wins his fight.

asher’s little niece daphne is a big fan of her uncle and she is always squealing when she sees him.

#sebastianboldyau #sb2 #juliannahughesau #luciahughesau #lh43 #cameroncrosbyau #cc87 #asherleonardau #al8

[monocaelia]

philophobia.

you've come to a realization: you're in love with childe. but the fear of the unpredictable when it comes to being in love roots you to your spot despite how much your heart yearns for his affections.

feat. childe

genre : angst, hurt/comfort.

warnings : self-doubt in mc, lots of overthinking, but a happy ending <: w.c. : 2.4k

note : happy bday childe!! i love you so much, my wittle pookie bear TT anyways, please enjoy this short birthday fic i wrote for him! this holds a lot of personal sentiments that i share with mc, so it is quite indulgent and personal, in my opinion at least <3

Thump. Thump.

You aren’t quite sure when your heart began beating against your chest with the same force Rex Lapis had when he uprooted mountains and launched them into the sea, but you’re certain that Celestia had somehow placed a curse on you for always crying her name out in vain in every situation possible; stubbing your toe in the morning, dropping a dumpling while munching on lunch, or just even when the kids playing in the harbor decided to startle you for fun.

How could you not? It’s not like she was real, was she?

You just wished your heart didn’t want to leap out of your chest whenever you bumped into the Eleventh Harbinger of the Fatui.

A tuft of orange peeking out from the crowd, a flash of red when you turn the corner, a boyish giggle from above when you’re strolling through the harbor. A sea of blue engulfing your entire being. Even the mere mention of his name was enough to send crystalflies fluttering from your stomach to your chest.

“Hm, are you sure you and Childe aren’t anything more?” Jia, your dear friend, comments while folding her laundry neatly into her drawers. “Because to me, it seems like you have a thing for him.”

You can feel the blood rushing to your face at her remark and quickly turn your head to face the window to hide your flustered expression.

“Y-You’re jumping to conclusions. I do not like Childe in that way,” you stammer, not helping your stance in any way possible. “Besides, we both have more important issues to focus on. A relationship is not at the forefront of our minds right now.”

“And how do you know he doesn’t like you at all?” Jia sends you a deadpan expression. “Would you gift a friend flowers and chocolates on your birthday? Would you drop everything and rush to a friend’s workplace, not their house, when you hear that they’ve been struck with a high fever and collapsed because they refused to go home?”

You wince at that memory, embarrassed at the spectacle that you created at the shop when you passed out. In your defense, you didn’t think your fever was that bad and you wore a mask and gloves to prevent yourself from spreading your sickness to anyone else. Your boss had lectured you about working in your condition, but you brushed his worry off.

You were sure your boss was shouting “I told you so!!” when your vision blurred and slowly began to black out. You woke up tucked in your bed, a striking red scarf snuggly wrapped around your neck and a familiar gray jacket on top of your comforter. The scent of citrus with a faint hint of the sea engulfed your entire being and you’ve never felt more at ease than now.

The door slowly swung open, revealing Childe in all his glory holding a tray with a bowl neatly displayed on it. Silvery wisps of steam gently rose above the bowl and you could feel your mouth salivating at the thought of what it held.

“Oh, you’re awake!” It was hard to not notice the gleam in his eyes when your gazes met or the slight skip in his step when he walked towards your bedside. The mattress dipped slightly when he sat down beside you, the heat radiating from his body near yours was comforting despite the throbbing in your forehead.

“Childe… what are you doing here?” you questioned. He hummed in response, fingers gently lifting the covers of the bowl off and revealing the meal he had prepared for you that evening. Soup, you had noted, made with tender chicken and green vegetables. Though it looked unfamiliar to you, the aroma of the broth was luring you in and your stomach growled in response to the meal in front of you.

If you could, you would have punched the Harbinger in the head for laughing at your reaction, but your arms were too heavy to even lift.

“You know, when you’re sick you should stay home and rest,” he murmured softly, eyelashes clouding his expression as he looked down at the soup. His fingers picked up the spoon and scoop a spoonful of the soup. “You really worried me back there. Nearly dropped heavy bags of mora on my employee’s foot when I heard you collapsed.”

His chuckle was soft in the silence of your bedroom. With a whisper of your name, your gazes met again and your breath stilled; tidal pools of deep blue peered back at you, calm and welcoming like the waters you would find bubbling at Luhua Pool.

“Promise me you won’t do that again? I can always help you if you need me.”

You don’t quite remember what you said in response to his request, but the memory of fighting against being spoon-fed by Childe [and losing] is clear as day; his hand firmly wrapped around your wrists after you had flailed around for a bit and the other gently tipping the spoon with the now lukewarm soup into your mouth.

It was delicious.

“Jia-“

She holds a hand up to stop you. “I’m just saying; maybe he likes you a bit more than just platonically, at least that’s what it looks like from an outsider’s perspective.”

Your friend’s words imprint themselves into your memory, echoing around your skull and haunting your subconscious. There was no way you really had a thing for Childe of all people, right? Sure he’s… good with kids, always makes you laugh regardless of your mood, kind to your parents and handsome, especially when you catch him on the rare times he’s rushing to something and his hair is a mess from the wind. A sea of tangled orange tufts sticking in various areas, tempting you to run your fingers through them to smooth them out. Or especially when Liyue gets warmer and you’re subjected to the sight of Childe’s freckles that dust his visage when he smiles and waves you over to him. A flurry of darker spots that settle across his cheeks and nose, enticing you to press your lips over each and every one and hopefully bringing out his boyish laughter that you love so much-

Oh, dear.

Was Jia right about this? You couldn’t believe it at all, you didn’t want to believe it at all. Even if she was right and you did like the Snezhnayan, what reason did he have for liking you back? Were you even likable like that?

The call of your name interrupts your thoughts from spiraling even further down into the pits of the Abyss; a blessing, but a curse because the person to whom the voice belonged to was the entire reason why you were spiraling in the first place.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

There he is, in all of his glory. It’s a warmer day in Liyue so his grey coat is off, loosely hanging off of his shoulders. How they were staying on was a mystery to you. His red buttoned up shirt remained, though his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows and there were fewer buttons done leaving your eyes to wander a bit lower than they intended.

Oh, so his freckles trail down to his shoulders. Interesting.

This time, the blue in his eyes are warmer than ever; blue, like the calm, warm blue you’ve seen at Yaoguang Shoal. And his smile… Celestia, his smile is the most radiant you have ever seen it, and it is directed at you, for you, and because of you. In his gloved hand, he holds a singular sunflower; its petals are the brightest shade of yellow you have ever seen and its bloom is huge, almost as big as the young man’s head. But even its beauty dulled next to the grinning Harbinger next to it.

With a shaky breath, you come to the conclusion you’ve been dreading most.

Jia was right. You’ve fallen in love with Childe, and you sure as Abyss don’t know how you’re going to deal with this situation now.

Love and romance was something you’ve never been familiar with; you had no interest in romance outside of the novels you’ve read and Jia’s relationship problems she often came to you for were the only experiences you’ve ever had with relationships. It was… a strange emotion, you would say. Strange and unnecessary.

Your mentality for straying the farthest away from anything romantic and from anyone who ever showed you romantic interest was that loving others romantically was tedious. The romance in novels were seldom a reality, and you’ve only ever heard bad things from Jia’s relationship struggles in the past, so why bother dealing with romance at all?

So, coming to terms with what you feel about Childe was… unfamiliar to you. It’s strange, unnerving.

Love is terrifying because of the endless possibilities it could give you, and you are a coward.

Weeks had passed since the last time you saw Childe. Since these new feelings were foreign to you, your best idea was to push them to the back burner of your subconscious and pray to the Archons above that you have moved on.

“A terrible idea, in my opinion,” Jia had told you, flicking a piece of a seaweed chip at your forehead. “You’re only going to make the situation worse and hurt his feelings in the process.”

Even if it was, it was better than confronting him about your feelings and having him outright reject you. Or worse, if he was disgusted by the love you harbor for him.

Besides, what did Jia know about anything? It has been weeks since you last seen Childe and it has also been weeks since you last thought about him. No crystalflies, no heated skin, no quickened heart rate. Getting over these feelings were going to be a walk in the park.

Except it’s not when a clearly upset Harbinger is leaning against the wall outside your door, arms crossed across his broad chest and his fingers tapping a steady beat against his forearm. Before you could turn on your heel and spend the night at Jia’s, not like she would allow you to stay after this entire predicament anyways, the shuffling of your clothes alerts him of your presence.

Steel, cold cobalt meets your gaze, a huge contrast to the warm smiles and laughter that usually envelops you in the adoration he holds for you. It’s hard to read his expression, save for the obvious hurt that swirls deep inside the trenches held inside his eyes. It’s striking and it sends a shiver down your spine.

Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.

You greet him curtly, nodding your head to acknowledge his presence before you brush past him to get inside your house.

His hand firmly wraps around your wrist, pulling you back and away from the door. Any attempts to get your arm out of his grip is futile, as expected considering the many, many years of training and fight he had during his Fatui recruitment and your lack thereof.

“You’re avoiding me,” Childe comments, breaking the silence between the two of you. You don’t answer, half because you know you would start crying if you opened your mouth and the other because you were terrified of his response to you.

“Look at me.” You don’t budge, and didn’t plan to. “…Please, [Name].”

And so you do. The usual calm tide pools that Childe holds in his eyes are dark, murky waters clouding his expression and distorted by the waves of unease. His gaze flits around, examining every orifice of your face, your eyes, your expression, anything to get the answer he was looking for.

Maybe it was the desperation in the way he was looking at you or the expression slowly falling from his face when you remained silent, but you take a shaky breath. The fist that remained at your side clenches and unclenches in uncertainty, but you knew this moment was now or never.

You tell him everything, from the fluttery feelings that began whenever you were near him, to your conversation with Jia, to the realization of your feelings regarding him, to the great-but-turned-not-so-great solution that you came up with to resolve your own feelings without ever confronting Childe about them and keeping him away from your feelings.

You didn’t know when you had started to cry, but, by the end of your explanation, your cheeks have become stained with crystal tears that fell from your eyes and hiccups interrupt your breathing. Your hands, you didn’t even realize Childe had let go of your wrist, cover your face, furiously wiping away the tears.

“I’m scared, Childe. Terrified of what you’ll think of me because I like you, terrified of the future that Celestia has in store for us,” you take a shaky breath and fail to calm your breathing. “I don’t want you to hate me, Childe. I’m so… so scared of love, of loving you.”

Calloused hands grip your wrists again, but this time they pull you flush into Childe’s chest. His arms firmly wrap around your body, embracing you and surrounding you with the warmth you didn’t know you missed.

“You’re quite clueless for someone I thought was so smart,” the Harbinger teases, easing back into the personality that you’re used to. “I’m unsure too, even though I might not look like it.”

Thump. Thump. Thump.

“You can hear it, right? My heart beat. I’m new to love too, and I don’t know how things will turn out after this.” His hand comes up to run his fingers through your hair and he presses a kiss on the top of your head. “But if I have a say in anything, I'll figure out a way to make things easier for the both of us, and we'll conquer it. Together. I love you, [Name]. Truly, I do.”

At this point, the tears have come again. Jia was right again, you really are an idiot.

Apologies spill from your mouth, broken up only by the hiccups and sobs that tear through your body. Apologies for avoiding him, for hurting the one you love, for being so dumb and not realizing both of your feelings sooner.

But each and every apology was met with a gentle kiss from your new lover and a promise for a better tomorrow.

#genshin #genshin impact #childe x reader #childe fics #tartaglia x reader #tartaglia fics #genshin x reader #genshin fics #didi writes #if you saw this being reposted no you didn't :( #i'm so frustrated !!

[babybulbasaur920]

Twst Boys playing Pocket Love

this might be shitty, its late and i did this in one sitting, but combined my two favorite phone game apps. Ill probably redo this when im not about to hit the floor, enjoy what you will of it

TWST boys playing Pocket Love (and my favorite ships) part one

trigger warning for internalized homophobia in Ace´s part

Heartslabyul (Cater made them all get it)

Riddle: has a nice organized house. Spends very little time playing it because he doesn't collect all the clothes and furniture. Sad that Jess only gives you a cat or dog, my boy wants a hedgehog 🙁. His house is, as you can imagine, very red, and fancy. He will take the free gifts and refuses to spend real life money. He only has 2 floors cuz he thinks it's ridiculous to go any bigger. He has the typical stuff downstairs and the second floor is all outdoors stuff. One room is just a fancy table surrounded by roses and other flowers. Only interacts with his character's partner (Floyd) when it's required for a mission or date because the dialogue is so sweet, and the teapot tyrant refuses to be a blushing mess, even alone. Also has a library, with couches and the wallpaper from the international women's day pocket surprise, he got lucky enough to get it as a free-bie. Cleans the trash in the neighborhood religiously, spans the whole around his house. Wishes there was some way to penalize whoever is tossing that trash to begin with, Trey tells him the coins he gets for each piece of trash, was fined from the litterers and that seems to pacify him 

Ace: Chaotic as hell, are we surprised? In the beginning he picked out a gray cat and named it Grim to annoy real Grim. Has Deuce as his character's partner but refuses to admit to any feelings beyond friendly ones. It's nearly sad how much he fights against the idea of him and Deuce (repressed gay, we have a repressed gay here), and claims it's just because Deuce is the best friend he's got, who else could live in his super awesome house? (note, it's not awesome, it's a mess). He can barely keep a room in order, cuz he has so much random stuff. Has a penchant for getting the same date items every single time so he has multiples of shit that he just puts up. Like the dragon dumpling date- he refuses to call them dates, they are hangouts dammit!-, he gets the same dragon head so now he has 7. He has them all hung up in a row in Deuce's room, cuz of course they separate rooms, so they stare at him when he sleeps. 

Deuce: It's blue time baby! He enjoys the game as a relaxer and decorates it pretty simple, or tries to but he gets so many things it gets a bit cluttered, no matter how many times he uses the moving truck. Once again, is in it with Ace, and gives Ace a separate room, because he thinks having his sprite and the Ace sprite sleep together would be disrespectful when Ace is so blatant about it. Loves outdoorsy space like Riddle and has at least one room as a park, complete with a duck pond. Another one who has a cat named Grim purely to be a dick. Has a room devoted to vehicles, and even has a road patterned floor, is bi and proud so he doesn't mind that the road and the cars are all rainbow-y since they come from the pride parade date. 

Trey: You know the two most done up rooms in his house are the kitchen and the bathroom. Sad he can't actually bake but the pancake minigame satisfies that urge for him. Collects the clothes he likes but lets Cater do the dressing up stuff for him. Tries to keep it simple and fun. For the bit he googles ¨ normal things to have in a house¨, cuz he's normal. Totally normal, run of the mill, average. Totally. Has some rooms that are ¨weird¨, like what appears to be the waiting room for a dentist office, and one that seems to be a cellar, with the wine glass chair and buckets of berries. Actually, the 2nd one isnt that weird

Cater: Do I have to say it? Aesthetic king! Always dresses him and Trey up so fly,  is sure to change outfits everyday. Spends $20 a month on this thing because he has to have all the fresh new furniture from the pocket surprises. Both loves and hates how affectionate the characters are, he feels that he can't really have that and Trey only sees him as a friend. Someone just love this boy, he needs it. His favorite date is the cat cafe one cuz its cool and trendy but also fairly romantic, and coffee shops carry not-sweet food, like bagels, so he can actually enjoy eating there

#twisted wonderland #riddle rosehearts #trey clover #ace trappola #deuce spade #pocket love #riddle x floyd #Ace x Deuce #Trey x Cater #headcanons #cute #gay

[kukuandkookie]

wip titles meme

RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Tagged by @crimsonrainseekingflower! 💕💕💕

Thank you for the welcome surprise—another one I finally discovered once I looked at my notifications and stuff! Fortunately this time I’m remembering to make my own post haha. 😆

I hope you don’t mind if I also divide by fandom, and these only vaguely include a couple art wips!:

SVSSS:

Grave Matters

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time AU!?

Just a Dream (is this unfortunately a lame-ass title 😔)

Haunting You

Singles’ Day

TLJ/ZZL/LBH/SXY ADDAMS FAMILY AU??????????

Bingqiu White Snake (animated movie) AU

Waiting for the Tree Branches to Bloom Again

Safe from the Storm

I See in Both Your Eyes (Something Indigo)

AU: The Lion King II??

Family Meal Goes “Wrong”

TLJ’s Lament

LBH²

狗哥狗哥，你真了不得 (Gou-ge, Gou-ge…)

Slavic Vampires…

CNY Dumplings Competition

Enchanted (because we’re doing this now, I guess)

Limb Regeneration What If?? 🤔

Of Costumes and Candies (Something Orange)

Something Old, Something New, and… (Something Blue)

SV OTGW AU

I Ship My Rival x Me AU

I Have to be a Great Villain AU

Happiness Just Out of Reach

Lost and Found

Words to Heart

Breathing Smoke Into the Lungs

HORRIBLE NEW IDEA: Maybe title: Just Enough. Just Enough for Me

Love Letters (that’s all I got so far *insert deepfried emote here*)

Daycare AU???

Hmmm. Prince x Princess AU?

Xi Yang Yang AU

Gongzhu

Followers Milestone Celebration

Teacup scene

I Think My Uncle Ships Us Help

Unattainable

I’d Like to Try Staying Awake (for You)

Breaking the System (aka Fuck the System? Literally or—jk jk lmfao)

Bonuses include the latest chapters for I’d Rather Spend My Whole Life Asleep (With You) and To Tame a Beast, except the former doesn’t have a wip title. The latter does in the sense that the chapter title is Pixiu!

Erha:

Putting the Musing in Amusement Park

This Venerable One Will Not Be Outdone

What You Left Behind/Do You Also Miss Me?

[The] Romance of Wolf/Husky and Haitang

Ghost Bride (Corpse Bride but Chinese?? And Reincarnation)

Reconciliation

Fifteen Growing Up Flirty

Out of the Closet (and Into Your Arms)?

The Prince and the Pauper (but based on The Princess and the Pauper because I’m a criminal who hasn’t read the original 😂)

Wo Jia Dashixiong Naozi You Keng but with an Erha Twist

TW WARNING FOR THIS ONE but Passive suicide ideation fic

IDK WHAT TO WRITE FOR CWN’S BDAY… GOD SOMEONE SEND HELP GFGKDFHGKSDFHG (this one has a more polished but still wip version titled CWN Birthday Fic: Past, Present, or Future, I Want to Celebrate With You 😆)

Jiaoren CWN

Priest CWN & demon MR…hehehe (now a Dianran AU?)

More Than Just Puppy Love

Flower Shop…Redemption…Thingy?

From Wanton Wants to Wonton Wonders

A Taste of What Could Have Been

Screwdriver

First Bow to Heaven and Earth

Hidden Love AU

Mo Ran pulls a Bing-ge

Mind(-Reading) Games

Stone Lion

Swallowed Flowers

Confessions (Role-Swap AU)

TXJ Week (help we’re way past that now 😔): De-Aged Fic

A Tear in My Heart aka Read You Like an Open Book aka To Leave a Piece/Page of Me in the Nooks and Crannies of You?

Shi Mei Jiaoren Fic: [I’m] Afraid to Live Without Breathing

I also have a lot of Erha and SVSSS fic ideas that are unfortunately just blurbs in my ideas document right now and not full-on wips so they don’t have any titles I can share. 😔

Misc:

First Times, Second Chances, and Third Time’s the Charm…s (?) (Link Click)

Missing a You of Another Time (Link Click)

Danmei, xianxia-esque story (Link Click)

Suriel/Sariel

Call of the Wolves (specifically chapter 78)

Chuju the Chou

Papillon and Akuma’s Story

Papillon and Akuma Role Reversal AU Story

Circinus and Pyxis

Smoke & Mirrors

Dimension Hoppers

Take Me Back to Hell (All Saints Street)

I’ll Love You Until All the Stars Fall from the Sky (The Legend of Luo Xiaohei?)

Fengxi like Shade in Firewing (The Legend of Luo Xiaohei)

Mafia AU Xuanli x Laojun (The Legend of Luo Xiaohei)

Continuation of Falling for You (White Cat Legend)

How Could I Ever Ask You to Love Me? (White Cat Legend)

My Shadow It Follows Me

The Us of the Present Could Perhaps Be Just as Tender as the Us of the Past (Scissor Seven)

A Conversation With a Dead Man (MDZS)

Magical Girl AU (MDZS)

Xue Yang’s Regrets (MDZS)

Ao Bing and Nezha in a shoujo high school AU… That’s it. That’s the whole idea (Nezha 2019)

Surprising the Un-Surprise-Able (I Have to be a Great Villain)

Xianxia AU (Kiss the Abyss)

Breathing New Life (Kiss the Abyss)

I Will Chase You to the Ends of Time and Space (Kiss the Abyss)

A Family Outing (Beryl and Sapphire)

Just Some Gay Little Dudes (Beryl and Sapphire)

Steven Universe AU (Beryl and Sapphire)

Something as Sweet as You (I Ship My Adversary x Me)

A Present to be Cherished (I Ship My Adversary x Me)

I Ship My Adversary x Me and 严禁造谣 Crossover? AU Swap?

Additional misc wips I haven’t touched in forever are the latest chapters for The World Doesn’t Deserve You (MDZS) and Frostbite (All Saints Street). 😅

And as a bonus, these aren’t at all “official” yet but the more I read for some manhua the more I’m tempted to write fics for them… For example, a fic for Blemishing the Contaminated or My Lovely Troublemaker season 2 would be so cute, even if I don’t exactly have any clear or obvious ideas for them. 🥺

Phew, wow. I had way more wips than I expected AKFJSKFHSJS. Some are honestly just super half-baked documents tucked away in a folder with only a title and outline, but I hope something here was of interest to you guys. 😆💖

As for tagging…

I also don’t think I’m capable of tagging as many people as I have wips otl. So I hope you guys don’t mind if I tag just a few of you!

@ezrathesplit @levia-kun @yumichanhamano @softdekus @rongzhi @azunshi

(Of course, if you would rather not, feel free not to do this!)

#kuku rambles #kuku88 #fanfiction #fanfic #fic #svsss #erha #2ha #scum villain’s self-saving system #人渣反派自救系统 #the dumb husky and his white cat shizun #erha he ta de bai mao shizun #bingqiu #ranwan #and a bunch of other ships 😆 #beryl and sapphire #kiss the abyss #I ship my rival x me #I ship my adversary x me #我磕了对家x我的cp #I have to be a great villain #严禁造谣 #link click #shiguang daili ren #时光代理人

[geraniumplant]

. ₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕖𝕒𝕣!! . ₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁

Hohoho! It's that time of year, friends! The man in red is here to give out some gifts.

...Oh, you thought I meant Santa? No, I'm talking about this handsome devil right here.

Vash pulls out a large bag of presents. "Let's get started!"

Of course, I have to mention my lovely band of Woowoos. ( @adventures-written, @curseisms, @nothinglikegod, @crosspunisher ) thank you boys for putting up with my Vash.

"Of course, you get a new pack of cigarettes!" Vash tosses them each their own as well as a knit sweater with a pattern of pine trees. "To keep you fellas warm." He picked them out himself. Vash reaches into the bag again & pulls out... a pair of red lace underwear?? "Ahhh-forget you saw that!!" He stuffs it back into the bag. "That's a present for later, eheheheh!"

"Oh! You'll like this!" The Wolfwoods are also given a bottle of bourbon. "Drink up, my guys! You mean the world to me!" ❤️ Because nothing says I love you like,

Next is my dear Meryl ( @adventures-written ). Vash hands her an oversized sweater; dark blue with polar bears. "This will keep you nice a warm. Thank you for always busting me out of trouble." A delicate kiss is planted on Meryl's cheek by Vash, followed by tickles down her sides. ❤️

Looks like there's a little something for my friendly Livio: ( @bone-pile-rp ) "This is a gift from both Wolfwood & I," Vash proudly states, placing a new leather hat onto Livio's head. "You look great! Hope you enjoy it, Buddy." ❤️

Now, we can't forget my fellow Vash brethren. DONUTS FOR ALL OF YOU!! ( @melpcmene, @surevive, @needlenxggin )

"You boys..." SNIFF! "...Have been through so much. We deserve it, yeah?"

@needlenxggin - Gets a matching red scarf & hat from big brother Spikey. "Don't get into too much trouble this year, little bro."

@surevive - Gets a golden pocket watch from Blondie. Engraved on the cover is an outline of a geranium. "I will chase you through time & space. Always." ~ reads the card. Blondie might seek out Hemlock later for a little alone time.

@melpcmene - This is from Wolfwood. The card reads, "Try to stay out of trouble, Needle Noggin. You can always count on me to find you & kick your ass." Aww! & there's a metal glasses case & lens wipe. Very fancy looking. He must have saved up quite a lot of money for you.

We can't forget my precious Hakkais! ( @shouga-nai, @melpcmene ) Vash digs around in his bag for their presents. "It's from Sanzo! It's a..." he stares. "A back scratcher."

"..."

"WHAT A THOUGHTFUL GIFT! It must mean something important, right?" Unknown to Vash, Sanzo worked very hard to find the perfect back scratcher. He tested many.

& let's not forget my lovely Gokus. ( @ofdraiocht, @worldly-diversity ) "Looks like Sanzo has left you a box of steamed dumplings. You boys must have been good this year." Vash chuckles. "Oh, & there seems to be a card attached. It reads, "'To Goku, these should last you for a few hours so don't even think about bugging me. With love, Sanzo.'" Vash may have added in the "with love" part.

"What beautiful fatherly-love." sniff!

Last but not least, lets give a shout-out to some awesome OCs!

@healingbrews - Is gifted a basket of goodies from none other than Vash. He'd never forget his Onee-san. Wolfwood gifts her a warm sweater dress. It's a nice burgundy color to match Hinoka's hair. Sanzo gives her another beaded protection bracelet. Not that she needs it, but you can never be too careful. Lastly is a present from Konzen. It's a vase of flowers from the Garden of Heaven. & there seems to be a nice little love poem written in his handwriting. Goku must have slipped that in there.

@strywoven - Verona is gifted a golden comb by her devoted Plant twins. A pattern of flowers & a deer is engraved on the handle. Kaen is gifted a hunter-green sweater with patterns of trees embroidered across its center. Vash may have dragged Nai along for them both to pick out the softest material to sew together. Only the best for their darling friend!

& that concludes our little gift-giving New Year post! I hope you all have a safe & happy new year!

-- Wolf & muses ❤️

#yeah this was a lot of work #sorry for the length lol #but i hope it makes some of you happy #new years 2024

[ohdudehesflirting]

remind me of you 중 천러<3

wc: 0.2k

warnings: mentions of food and kisses idk what else pls tell me if i missed anything

genre: fluff fluff so much fluff purely self indulgent

note:i love chenle thats the only thing i will say

iseul is an oc u can imagine her how ever u want

Dozing off in Chenle’s arms Iseul slowly muttered “do you like me?” to which Chenle softly laughed sleepy, but clearly more awake than Iseul “of course I do babe why wouldn’t I?” “I don’t know” the girl started “you know what you remind me of” she continued “what do i remind you of my love” Chenle muttered in love, and clearly amused by his girlfriend.

“Daisies, sunny picnics, watching cartoons before going to school, the beatles, being exited at a basketball game, the sea, boring mundane activities that suddenly become fun and more but Im too sleepy to remember” Iseul finished before hiding herself on her boyfriends chest that vibrated with his laughter “ur so cute you know that” words that made the girl blush hiding even more from her lover.

“You know what you remind me of” he started gaining her attention “rainy days, reading, blues music, jasmine by dpr live, getting exited by little things like a flower on the road, coming home after a bad day and seeing ur favorite meal, dumplings, little trinkets and souvenirs, the color green, the moutains and so much more” the boy finished before carresing her face and making his lover look at him.

“You are always on my mind you should start paying rent really” Chenle joked just trying to make Iseul laugh, to what he succeded in “you have me wrapped around ur finger my love” he slowly muttered before leaving the softest kiss on his lovers lips.

#chenle imagines #nct imagines #nct scenarios #nct smut #nct fluff #nct headcanons #nct smau #nct #nct fuff #nct angst #nct aus #chenle scenarios #chenle soft hours

[goldenshrine]

temari

yoshimitsu and yari find an abandoned ball during their walk home ♪

content warning: none

word count: 659

Another late afternoon. The last fringe of summer, knotting itself in a seasoned wind traveling south. 

And two figures, half burdened with baskets full of sugary spring water and dumplings, goldfish and morning glories, a drink made from dried loquat leaves—allegedly it makes the tongue curl and teeth dance, but Yoshimitsu never cared much for sweets to begin with, so Yari wonders—and a handful of fireflies.

“Oh, look,” They say. Their basket bounces in tandem with their steps to keep the handle from searing their arm. “That breeze... do you feel it?”

“Ah, the changing of the seasons,” Comes their companion's bell of a voice, “Spring flowers, the autumn moon, summer’s warm breeze and winter’s snow… if thy mind is unclouded by unnecessary things, ‘tis the best season of thy life.”

Yari laughs. “How sage.”

“Such is the wisdom of a demon, naturally!”

The Manjitou residence lies yet another hour or so past the horizon, but they’re in little rush. Their sandals languidly thread rows upon rows of fertilized yarn, staining the soles pollen-green, so deep one might think they’d somehow cut the hills and stepped into its open wound. 

In this boundless stretch of green and slurred cricket-song is, curiously, a bright speckle. Yari breaks into a march to greet it.

“Treasure! Something troubles thou?”

They spin around, lifting the object to their face. “Oh, no, there’s just… someone left a ball all the way out here.”

Upon closer look, the ball blesses them with a myriad of colorful tessellations. An interweaving blue grid dissects it into several neat shapes, each bursting with embroidered dots of pink, red, and orange. It’s quite extravagant looking, actually, and they’d be inclined to treat it with a more delicate hand had it not already modestly sunk in between their fingers.

“Is it worth sending to the nearby village? I’m sure someone misses it… mm, then again, maybe not. Hm.”

They can feel Yoshimitsu watching them, amused. Her mirth seeps through her plated mask, knitting the cracks of her prosthetic as it stretches forward to take the ball. She hums something about appearances and deceiving before her other arm, the one encased in skin instead of wood, releases her basket.

Then, with the spirited grace of an athlete—or perhaps that of a mischief-laden ninja—she launches the thread ball at them.

“Oh—Yo—Yoshi!” They half giggle, half cry, all but curl themself so as to catch it without spilling anything. They touch the ground, step back, toss. Two more steps, another catch.

And so her little trick is rewarded with this: from their belly a dozen dragonflies unfurling, wings abuzz with laughter; from their heart a lick of fire, blue as cornflower and swirling faster, faster; and yes, the hissing of their nostrils; and yes, the fields’ cross-stitching their bare toes while they run. Oh, how Yari wants to run forever. With Yoshimitsu at their side, they feel like they really can.

The Manji leader, however, seems to have other plans.

Their ball, once a fiery spot of sky zipping through the hillside, now warms the earth alongside a long forgotten sandal. Yoshimitsu’s back meets deep shadow and Yari joins her. The grass purrs under their body, tousling the locks growing at their nape. It tickles, but not uncomfortably so—they close their eyes and feel the occasional brush of their sister’s knuckles as she braids their hair. They open them and brown fingers thin into stalks of September-green; and anyway, their hair hasn’t been the proper length for braids in years.

“A beauteous day, indeed,” Yoshimitsu sings abruptly. “I thank thee for the accompaniment.”

Yari shifts onto their side, a smile gracing their dotted skin as they reach forward to hook their fingers over hers—easy to pull tight, easy to let go, and the ninja rarely does. Rolling back, feeling the ground pattern their shoulder blades and their heart pulsing in their nail beds from where the two are joined, they reply, “You’re welcome.”

#my writing #🪶👹 heaven knows your name

[twistedweels]

The foods/drinks everyone makes me think of

Riddle - a package of strawberries, sometimes there's a ripe sweet one, but most of them are super sour and even bitter

Ace - Red hots, painful spicy cinnamon

Deuce - Blue Gatorade

Cater - tteokbokki, chewy ricecake dumplings in a savory-sweet-spicy sauce

Trey - saltines, salty and bland in a not entirely unpleasant way

Leona - getting sand in your mouth at the beach, earthy and salty and vaguely fishy and just pretty gross

Jack - the taste of pine pitch in the back of your throat when you smell it deeply

Ruggie - pizza crusts, yeasty with a little of the toppings, but mostly just dusty

Azul - like eating clams and you get one single clam with a ton of sand but you eat all the rest anyway cause clams are so good

Jade - Mushroom cream sauce for a steak, creamy and savory with thyme and pepper

Floyd - like brushing your teeth after you ate something chocolate, kinda weird but not really as unpleasant as you might think

Kalim - coconut rice with jerk chicken

Jamil - Spicy curry

Vil - Eating a flower when you were a kid, kinda sweet, grassy, floral, and bitter

Epel - garden fresh sweetcorn with lots of salt and butter

Rook - getting a fly in your mouth when riding a bike or something, just really no likey

Idia - A marshmallow you stubbornly ate even after it got burnt and fell into the fire, mostly just charcoal, but with a sweet gooey center

Ortho - Licking a spoon you stirred something sweet with, like jam or something

Malleus - Burnt caramel ice cream…. While sitting next to a campfire where the wind keeps blowing smoke in your face

Silver - Like an ice pop when you’ve sucked out most of the syrup out of it

Sebek - Getting a pill stuck in your mouth and it dissolves and is awful and bitter

Lilia - a bloody mary (or what i think a bloody mary tastes like since i don't drink and I'm not sure I would like it even if it didn't have alcohol in it- tomato and clam with savory spices)

#twisted wonderland #i hate tagging everyone why do i do this to myself #riddle rosehearts #ace trappola #deuce spade #cater diamond #trey clover #leona kingscholar #jack howl #ruggie bucchi #azul ashengrotto #jade leech #twst floyd #kalim al asim #jamil viper #vil schoenheit #epel felmier #rook hunt #idia shroud #ortho shroud #malleus draconia #twst silver #sebek zigvolt #(sorry sebek just infuriates me every time he shows up) #lilia vanrouge

[zacharybosch]

Tasseomancy inspo part 2: Clothes and stuff

Part two of my post detailing the inspiration behind my Ed/Stede sugar daddy AU fic Tasseomancy. Part one (covering the setting) is here.

This part covers all the clothes, accessories, tea, and other stuff that Ed and Stede wear/buy/consume in the fic. Like Stede, I am unfortunately a bit of a clothes horse, so gird your loins for some over-enthusiastic gushing about fabrics.

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Teas

Ed and Stede enjoy a few different tea blends in this fic, and it’s where the title comes from - tasseomancy (aka tasseography, tasseology) is the practice of reading fortunes in tea leaves.

Blue Lady is the first tea they share together. I picked it because 1. it’s really yummy, and 2. it’s a little bit floral and a little bit citrus-y and I think that suits Ed and Stede nicely :) I first started drinking this tea about a year ago and it’s so fucking delicious. My favourite variety comes from HR Higgins, but it’s pretty pricey so I try to drink it sparingly. This tea is also incredible as a cold brew - the flavour is more delicate, but it also makes it a lot easier to taste all the subtle little notes in there.

The three teas that Ed brings to Stede during his formal seduction are all from Bird & Blend. Tea Wells is an interesting one, sometimes if I drink it too quickly it makes me feel a little bit drunk?? which is very weird, but I have also had this experience with other green teas in the past. If you drink it at a normal pace though it’s a nice little pick-me-up, and the flowers and fruit pieces cancel out any bitterness that can sometimes develop in green teas.

Also it is very pretty, look at it:

Mint Choc Rooibos is the next tea that Ed brings, at lunch time. I’m actually not particularly keen on this one, but my boyfriend is obsessed with it and it’s the blend that managed to convert him into a tea-drinker. It’s sweet and creamy and even has cocoa shells in it, although when I had a little sippy I couldn’t really taste any chocolate coming through.

Finally, Ed brings a cup of Lady Lavender for Stede at the end of his work day. This is just a traditional Earl Grey blend with lavender added in. I drank a lot of this while writing the fic :)

Recipes

Ed makes boil up for his and Stede’s date night. The recipe I referenced is by Maori chef Cameron Petley, from his book ‘Hunter from the Heartland’. Boil up is a traditional Maori dish, basically a broth or soup with dumplings, and I haven’t made it myself but it sounds yummy as fuck. I love stewy soupy things, and I especially love dumplings. 

It’s around the middle of October when Ed cooks this for Stede, so it’s perfect for a chilly night. It also represents home, comfort, and love for Ed, so of course he wants to give those things to Stede as well :)

Ed also makes some Sidecar mocktails. When I saw that the recipe called for both tea and marmalade, I couldn’t not include it in the fic. I haven’t tried making this either - I’m not 100% sure if I’d like it tbh, since the one time I tried lapsang souchong tea I just found it way too smoky for my tastes.

Clothes and thingies~

I’m going to do the rest of these by chapter, since there’s quite a lot :’)

Chapter 3 - the trip to the department store

Stede is, of course, wearing this AU’s version of the pink bird robe. I picked a camp collar (or cuban collar) shirt as it’s a bit more casual, and because Stede wears suits all the time it can be very easy to fall into the trap of looking like he’s always on his way to a formal event or something. 

I knew I wanted the shirt to be silk, but since it’s already quite loud with the bright pink and all the birds and flowers, I didn’t want it to also be shiny in the way that a silk satin or charmeuse are. So I picked a sandwashed silk instead - it has all the gorgeous drape and delicate fluidity of a charmeuse, but its sheen is much more subtle.

And then I decided his suit should be a kind of bronzey-brown, since in the episode where we first see Stede in the robe, the suit he (briefly) wears after taking the robe off is kinda bronze.

Ed wears a pair of Dickie’s overalls for the shopping trip, similar to the pic below but a bit more shapely and sexy since this is my fantasy world and I can do whatever I want. 

I specifically wanted Ed to wear and look good in something that he already owned in order to try and avoid Pretty Woman-ing him, implying that he doesn’t look good until his clothes are completely swapped out for a load of expensive designer stuff. I also wanted to show that his natural personal style is already solid, and Stede isn’t there to change it, just to help him nurture and develop it.

Then of course we also have the Yves Saint Laurent sunglasses, which Ed very quickly decided belonged to him forever. If you want to buy these, they will set you back a cool £335!

Ed buys several things for himself from the department store, but the only things I properly envisioned were the cashmere-silk blend crop t-shirt, and the medusa belt.

The t-shirt is just this AU’s version of his sexy pirate crop top, obviously, but the belt is a Versace belt. The medusa is a recurring symbol in a lot of Versace’s stuff and they’ve made tonnes of belts over the years, mostly with a less-detailed cast of their medusa symbol, but I found this more detailed one on an auction site which I thought was very cool. And snakes, because of course.

The silk scarves that Ed bought for Stede (and which Stede then wears constantly forever because he and Ed are such good buddies 😇) aren’t based on any scarves in particular, but I was thinking about Liberty, their lovely illustrative silk scarf designs, and also their extensive archive of heritage fabric patterns for their haberdashery.

Chapter 7 - the trip to the Old Quarter

The perfume that Ed buys for Stede from the fancy shampoo shop is Decadence & Debauchery, made by the perfume house For Strange Women. Please believe me when I tell you that this. Perfume. Smells. So. Fucking. Good. I got a bottle of it a few years ago and I just. Hhhhhhhhhhhh. It’s very deep and sexy and a bit masc and I just. Get feelings when I wear it. So I had to include it in the fic, because Reasons 🥴

For Ed’s purple suit, I was thinking about that peachy-coloured suit that Taika wore, and more specifically I was thinking about the cute little crossover element. The peach suit looks like it’s made of a cotton-linen blend or something else fairly structured, but for the purple suit I picked a light wool crepe so it would be softer and more fluid and drape really nicely. I ditched the three-piece and kept it to just trousers and a jacket, and chose a shawl collar instead of the classic notched lapel to keep up the soft vibes.

I KNOW I don’t need to put a pic here of Taika in the peach suit because we are all well aware what it looks like...... but I’m going to anyway because he is very sexy and I enjoy looking at him.

And here’s some purple wool crepe fabric, see how the folds here are soft and rounded, while in the pic above the folds are much sharper? Fabric 👌

Chapter 8 - date night at Ed’s house

The boys are both wearing Bottega Veneta for their date.

Stede is in this gorgeous light wool pistachio green suit that I am very much in love with. The colour, the lines, the cute breast pocket flap, I am honestly just enchanted and I think Stede would look lovely in it. I thought it would look nice with a lilac t-shirt just because I’ve been really digging pale green and lilac together lately and I reckon it’d look great with Stede’s colouring, and also because if I put Stede in a shirt-shirt then he’s going to look too formal and this is a cosy and relaxed date night :)

If you want to buy it, the jacket alone costs almost £2000!!! Can you believe that Stede jerked off in this??!

For Ed’s look, I wanted something that was a bit cosy, a bit comfy, a bit cheeky and sexy - he’s at home and having fun and feeling himself, and also planning on absolutely boning down with Stede. I actually couldn’t find a product listing for this sweater on the Bottega Veneta website, it’s just worn by this model in a product listing for some (rather questionable) leather shorts. I didn’t have anything specific in mind for his jeans - they’re probably just a pair he’s had forever and that are perfectly moulded to hug all his good bits.

Chapter 9 - egg-smashing breakfast

I didn’t have a specific brand in mind for the jewellery that Stede buys with Ed’s credit card, but I was thinking along the lines of Alighieri, Ottoman Hands, and Schiaparelli - they all make beautiful, interesting stuff with that molten gold texture. To be honest, Schiaparelli is probably a little bit too out there for Stede, but I can totally see Ed wearing some of their huge weird earrings.

#my fic

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Nicknames With The Obey Me Brothers’ Part 2

Younger Brothers Edition!

Satan, Asmo, Beel, Belphie

A/N: You don’t have to agree, again these are just my head-cannons. Just know you’re wrong though

Also not proofread (;￣ー￣川

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Satan <3

Satan to MC

Little Flower  (Okay I kinda need to explain this one)

I have a HC with my MC and Satan, that when he's talking about his birth a little bit after that my MC sends him a message through flowers (I'm a florist lol) It had Begonias (meaning intelligence, since he’s smart) Blue Iris (meaning wisdom, from all that information from reading) Daffodils & Lilies (meaning rebirth & new beginnings representing his birth and how it was a new beginning and that's why he’s here. He doesn't have to hold onto how he came into the world just that he and his brothers started a new life in Devildom after the fall.) and Purple Lotus (meaning knowledge since that's his driving force in life to find meaning) And since he reads so many books I bet he's learned some floriography, therefore he knew the meaning behind the flowers. So because of that he calls MC his little flower! :)

Sweet Siren (Okay I kinda need to explain this one)

Okay so again since he reads a lot I figured he'd be familiar with folklore and mythology right? And so he would be using this to refer to how MC was “luring” and “enchanting” him to fall in love with them. Though he does end up entranced with MC despite knowing they'll be the death of him. (like the sirens) (+ in some cultures they are also associated with having hidden knowledge! Gosh I just feel like this fits perfectly! :D)

Pet

Kitty/Kitten (You saw nothing)

Little Minx (Flirty/teasing)

MC to Satan

Sadie (Teasing)

My Beloved 

Tiger (Hey he gets to call me kitten!) 

Detective (Teasing)

Casanova/Romeo (Okay maybe I like teasing Satan a little too much)

Asmo <3

Asmo to MC

My Goddess 

Darling 

Dearest/MC dear (Like mine would be Ella dear)

Bombshell (Teasing/Lowkey kinda serious) 

Cupcake 

MC to Asmo

Darling

Drama Queen (Teasing)

Momo (Teasing)

Cutie 

Heart Throb

Beel <3

Beel to MC

Princess

Little One 

Dumpling (Based on his surprise guest dialogue) 

Pumpkin

Little Lamb (Hehe since we're a sheep? :p)

MC to Beel

Bub(s)/Bubba(s)

My Heart

Big Boy (For more reasons than one ;)

Sugar/Honey

Love bug (Since he's a fly? God I'm a genius) 

Big Teddy Bear (Teasing)

Belphie <3

Belphie to MC

My Dream Girl 

Sunshine 

Bright Eyes

Dork 

MC to Belphie

Snuggle Bear

Starlight

Moo moo (Teasing)

My Sleepy Boy

#obey me asmodeus #obey me #obey me simp #obey me shall we date #obey me solmare #obey me swd #obey me brothers #obey me headcanons #obey me shitpost #obey me beelzebub #obey me belphegor #satan obey me #obey me satan #beelzebub obey me #obey me beel #obey me belphie #belphie obey me #asmo obey me #asmodeus avatar of lust #beelzebub avatar of gluttony #belphegor avatar of sloth #satan avatar of wrath #obey me younger brothers #obey me nicknames #obey me beel headcanons #obey me satan headcanons #obey me asmo headcanons #obey me Belphie headcanons #obey me shall we date beel #obey me shall we date Satan

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hello legend.

writing a wholesome mlb fanfic but trying to make it very meticulous in terms of details. do you think it’s appropriate that i ask for small things that i could include to highlight marinette’s connection to chinese culture.

things like certain clothes/phrases/names her parents would authentically call her/little things around her room /small habits/comfort foods/stories her mom told her growing up/thoughts on confucianism, taosim, buddhism/if she includes traditional chinese fashion in her designs/etc

i really hope this doesn’t come off as ignorant/offensive! i’ve been researching chinese culture but there’s a difference between reading about the “text-book” examples and actually being part of a culture where you just wouldn’t understand things unless you were surrounded by it and a part of it and grew up with it. and i don’t want to play into stereotyping, you know? i want these things to be specific to chinese culture AND to marinette & her moms side of the family.

any answer would be helpful because i read that you are chinese yourself and you are so well versed in the creation of marinette’s character that if you think she would do/say/keep/etc certain things i would love to hear your thoughts!

oh sure! note that i’m singaporean chinese, so there might be a little bit of difference in culture. but having been to china (and attended chinese culture heavy schools) before, i’ll do my best!

- nicknames: baobao/ bao bei, meaning “precious”. first one is babyish, second one usually used by couples but parents also use it to call their kids. also, easy and common nickname is just repeating their name. for example, if marinette’s mandarin name was “ma li” (though i don’t think any parent would want to name their child that), the nickname used by family, relatives and friends would be “lili”

- small things around her room: chinese literature books on shelves, maybe a blue-white porcelain vase to put flowers in? and maybe a maobi (calligraphy brush) sticking out of her pencil holder.

- small habits: switching to chinese when surprised/ stressed. oh and def using chopsticks eating (only use for asian dishes tho). make sure she doesn’t stick it upright into the food though, cause of some superstition, and general etiquette. she could get slightly stressed when she sees people use chopsticks incorrectly, i know i do lol.

- comfort foods: congee and you tiao (fried dough). she could eat it when she feels under the weather. also, an alternative to the classic dumplings is pan fried pork dumplings (sheng jian bao) which i personally love to death. oml. its also a cuisine pretty unique to shanghai iirc. here’s how it looks

- bonus: one nostalgic food could be tanghulu, or candied hawthorns. munching on a self made version using strawberries and other small fruits with hardened candy syrup while working. although it’s more of a northern snack rather than a southern snack… (shanghai is south)

- stories mom told: as in… children’s stories? or mom’s personal stories? for children stories, or common folk tales, chang e, the legend of nian, the cowherd and the weaver girl, the twelve zodiac animals, etc. personal mom stories not sure lol.

- thoughts on religious stuff: hmmm…. tough cause i’m personally not much of a religious person myself, though i’m familiar with taoism and buddhism. it’s not necessary to include those inside. oh yea just random thing i was reminded of, one small detail you can add is burning incense. for example, use of joss sticks to pray is common in taoist and buddhist religion. there’s also incense burning as an art form. personally my mom does that whenever i have major exams coming lmao.

- design: i think it’s cool if marinette learnt the art of embroidery, like shown below. it’s pretty commonly seen on qipaos, with different patterns but most commonly flowers. it’s a dying art form. having marinette use embroidery to make images on her outfits rather than have them printed on will be a neat detail.

hope this helps! good luck on the fic too, if there’s any more questions feel free to dm

(oh and though i find the movie mid, turning red has accurate representation so you can check it out)

#miraculous ladybug #asks

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Soft "Get to Know You" Asks! 1. What song makes you feel better? 2. What’s your feel-good movie? 3. What’s your favorite candle scent? 4. What flower would you like to be given? 5. Who do you feel most you around? 6. Say three nice things about yourself (three physical and three non-physical). 7. What color brings you peace? 10. What’s something you’re excited for? 12. How are you? 13. What’s your comfort food? 21. If you could tell your past self one thing, what would it be? 22. What would you say to your future self? 23. Favorite piece of clothing? 24. What’s something you do to de-stress? 25. What’s the best personal gift someone could give you (playlist, homemade card, etc.) 28. Hugs or hand-holding? 29. Morning, afternoon or night? 30. What reminds you of home (doesn’t have to mean house… just things that remind you of the feeling of home)?

1. What song makes you feel better?

Depends on what kind of upset I am. Music that reflects my mood tends to level me out emotionally because catharsis. I'd say-- and this is a song I very rarely listen to --"On a Good Day" is a song that just grabs my heart different than any other.

2. What’s your feel-good movie?

"Tangled" if I'm feeling animation, "The Princess Bride" if I'm not.

3. What’s your favorite candle scent?

"Den of Thieves" from Cantrip Candles. (Smoke, Red Wine, Aged Leather)

4. What flower would you like to be given?

I LOVE chrysanthemums

5. Who do you feel most you around?

Toss up between my best friend, and my therapist.

6. Say three nice things about yourself (three physical and three non-physical).

Hey, this is a trick! That's six things!

Okay, I've got pretty eyes, fairly straight teeth that have never needed work, and my hair looks damn good no matter what color, cut, style, or level of bed-headedness. It is very agreeable.

I'm charming, I'm clever, and I'm so goddamn funny.

7. What color brings you peace?

Robin's egg or steely blue

10. What’s something you’re excited for?

I'm going to see IDK How in concert in April!

12. How are you?

Pretty fine, thank you! Cold. It's not supposed to be cold here.

13. What’s your comfort food?

Matzo ball soup. Or chicken and dumplings. Put balls of flour in any gravy, sauce, or broth and I'm there.

21. If you could tell your past self one thing, what would it be?

Please oh my God. Stop. Just. Cease.

22. What would you say to your future self?

Do it, bitch. I dare you.

23. Favorite piece of clothing?

I have a maroon t-shirt I thrifted. It definitely used to just be a plain t-shirt. But someone bleached a detailed depiction of buff Hello-Kitty on the front. It says "Hella Kitty"

24. What’s something you do to de-stress?

Showtunes in the shower. Adult beverage and aggressive music while I cook. Long night walks with a cigar and headphones.

25. What’s the best personal gift someone could give you (playlist, homemade card, etc.)

Playlist. Oh my God. A playlist. My first love burned me 2 CDs in high school. She wrote the names of all the songs and drew little pictures on the discs. I have one of hem a decade later. I made playlists specific for my and other people's D&D characters in multiple games. I made playlists for their interpersonal relationships. Playlists are my love language.

28. Hugs or hand-holding?

Hugs! I love long hugs (when I'm feeling up to it). Hugs put the focus on that moment and that touch. Hand holding often feels restrictive to me.

29. Morning, afternoon or night?

I love all 3 depending on the day. Consistently afternoon. Sleep in until afternoon? Awesome. Afternoon nap? Indescribable. Afternoon is when my regulars come in, and I'm almost off work. Afternoon is not too early, but still plenty of time to do things in the day.

30. What reminds you of home (doesn’t have to mean house… just things that remind you of the feeling of home)?

This one umbrella I have with a devastating origin story. My previous therapist gave it to me. It is probably my most meaningful possession.

#answered #th3p0rtalmaker #thanks for the ask!