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zangethefate · 1 year

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I lost my home.

Well, let me explain some things first. I’m a turkhis person who learned english as a second language, so bare with me if I write wrong or have mistakes in general. I don’t know if any of you know but turkey had a major earthquake a few days back and it’s still happening constantly. Even they are after shocks, it still happens alot. So, I was living in this apartment at the top floor with my mother, and we had a lovely syrian family as a neighboor. We moved there after our grandmother kicked us out and we had to live on the streets for some time (I think two to three months?) untill we got the house. (The reason it took long was because the previous owners was still leaving the house.) After we got the house, we didn’t had lamps to shine our rooms, or furnitures or anything in our house. It was ours though, and we were happy about that, it was better than the streets of turkey if you ask me. It had three bedrooms, two bathrooms, one kitchen, two living rooms, so imagine how this house is. I’m saying house because it was our house, not just an apartment, it felt comfy, cozy, it felt everything to me. I never had my own room untill we got that house, and I felt how one can have their own house, own things, even a bed, or a carpet, I was so happy and you can imagine my happiness as a young kid who didn’t know shit expect living and surviving. I made a make shift futon the first night, and our furniture came after a week. We added lights after three days, and to that point we were using candles. I burned myself like a idiot twice, it was an accident, and I’m a very clumsy person. We lived there (with my sister as well, she’s 6 years older then me now, and she’s married.) I think 5-6 years, maybe more, but I had so many memories that I kept inside that room of mine. Small rocks from where I visited, my clothes, some of them were given by my mother, from 80′s and 90′s, old news papers that was from 2000′s, and my father’s lovely discs of movies, I remember few of them but I know I watched all of them, my drawings from my school years, my pictures with my family, my favorite plushies that were given me by people who cared about me alot. I’m not going to talk about my past life, but more on this apartment, what happend in there, and how I’m here right now. So, before a week ago, my sister wanted us to come to her (now) husband’s city, since she was living in there. I hate traveling, because I hate to put bags and move, sit in a buss for a day, no, not for me, but since it was my sister’s special day, I had to. My mother didn’t wanted to go either because she’s sick, her legs and her back got broken by a car accident that happend when I was 13. Since then she’s okay, healed, but still has her problems, such as not holding heavy things, getting tired easly, more so and fort. So staying in a car one day was not for her, but she had to go, it was her daughters special day and well, both of us decided to accept it. I have a pet Budgie, his name is Charlie, and he came with us as well, because it became my sister’ budgie, but we were taking care of him because she was busy with her work and all that. Taking him with us was a great choice. I didn’t bringed too much, my laptop, equipment, some clothes to wear, other things that you took with you when you travel. But I forgot one thing. My Graphics tablet, my drawing tablet, Wacom, and at the time I thought, “Oh, I’m gonna be back anyways, might as well not take it, no one will steal it.”... I don’t remember when, but the first eartquake happend, it was two days after my sisters wedding. It was 04:23 AM. I felt the shake while I was sitting on the ground, talking with my friends, about some random shit that I don’t remember it now. I couldn’t realise how that was just, horrible and serious, untill I was... Too late. We talked about the earthquake for a bit, most cities that felt was alot, and one of them was my city, my home, and I thought “Okay, my apartment building is old, but it won’t fell, nothing will happen.” I was totally wrong. Then I went to sleep. Thinking that everything is fine. When I woke up by the sudden cries of my mother, I was confused, like wtf is going on, and my sister’s cry came, and my father who came to visit my sister for her wedding, looked at me like I’ve done something wrong, and my father, never looked at me like that, ever. I got up, asked what happend, then with a horrifyingly, my mother screamed at me, telling me that, our house, is now gone. I couldn’t believe it of course, like how can you believe it when a person suddenly says that you lost your damn home, a damn building, like how?? Then I learned by my father that there was a second earthquake happend, which caused my whole apartment building falling into cracks of nothingness, my memories? my mothers car? everything? yeah, all gone. Poof. As of now I’m writing this, I’m still staying with my sister, and her husband, while my mother is back in my home city, and my building? It went on the news, because It was placed in the middle of the most populated area of the city. My belongings? They are gone, with my clothes, my memories, my drawing tablet, everything. The only funny and grime part is the fact that while the earthquake was happening second time there was a thief who was going to rob some of the houses, I think ours but I don’t know, he died in there. Suffocating to his death, while he tried to stole. Does he deserve it? I don’t know, I’m no god. If you are asking for my neighboor, she’s fine, her kids are safe, but I don’t know what happend to the other home owners, everyone knew each other in the apartment so no one recognised the thief, that was the funny part to me. I don’t feel pity, not anything along those lines, I cannot, that’s just not in my book. I’m not writing this to get attention, or pity, or that or something else, I cried for days after ages, even if I was homeless, I didn’t cry, but this? Not just me, my friend lost his home too, he had this bright carrier, a photographer and a videographer, a director, a streamer, he did so much, he loved cars, gaming, you name it, sounds very charming isn’t it? I am only happy, that my bird Charlie and my dear mother is safe, for other things? No. I slept on cold hard floors for that house, tried to decorate as much as I can because I didn’t know much about it, I couldn’t grasp the concept of it so, my dear sister while she was staying with us, helped me to decorate my room. She even put a smiley face on my flicker, I still remember the image. I am sorry, for to those who lost their homes, to ones who lost their important belongings, their loved ones, their pets, maybe even themselfs, I didn’t do anything but I am sorry, and no I cannot no longer draw anything digital. I don’t even have the head to write anymore properly like I did in the old times, my shining times of my day, I was going to get my drivers license, go to the univercity, get a constant proper job. A normal, teen adult life, that’s all I wanted, all I ever wanted, I never wanted more or less, and I’m sure some of you didn’t either, maybe did, I don’t know you, you don’t know me expect what I say, but, please, take this as a message to yourself... Always think that you are on your last day, live everything in the best you can, apprish whatever you have, care for yourself, your mind and body, everything you can. I cannot, not anymore, but you still can, kiss or, hug, or fist bump to those you love so much, call lost long friends if you needed to, drink your beer and look out for yourself, because really, I didn’t know what could’ve happend, neither can you, nor anybody else. I love you, I hope you live the best life, live in the best. I’m sorry again, making you read this long shit, but I had to write it. Good bye, and farewell, my friend.

#turkey #earthquake #my story

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orionsbrassiere · 3 years

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Cast your mutuals as... Harry Potter characters 👀 (if you want to play ❤️)

Mutuals as Harry Potter Characters

I do want to play.

Iz @pedrosgirlx as a Garden Gnome

First up we have Iz. Iz im casting you as the garden gnomes. something about them just screams "creative geniuses" to me. like you know their burrows are sculpted and straight up works of art. still waters run deep, my friend. the real reason is because I can see you liking to be thrown around a bit, which is fantastic because you're an air sign.

Beff @light-yaers as Aragog

God, Aragog is hot. Leggy, Loyal, Loves DILFs, Looks great in roller skates...wouldn't hesitate to eat a man if he was being a little piss boy.... I wouldn't cast you for anything else. You ARE Aragog.

Mia @rattlethe-stars as a Pixie

I cast you as a Pixie because you most definitely can be clever and I think if some misogynistic asshat like Gilroy Lockhart tried to catch you, you'd definitely going around biting people. According to GL, pixies sound like screaching budgies, but he probably just thinks that because he's getting served truth.

Sol @bewitchedbodyandsol as Fluffy

Sol you're Fluffy because you're fierce and loyal and like Beff, you have a soft spot of DILFS If two hot gay wizards handed me a stone and were like "hey hold on to this stone with insurmountable power," I would give it to you, 100% of the time. I don't know how to play the flute, but I was taught how to play "English Country Gardens" on the recorder in 3rd grade so HMU if ever have trouble sleeping.

May @uncle-kenobi as a Niffler

I cast you as a Niffler because I think Nifflers are cute, and I think you are really cute as well. I could try to tie in personality traits because I also think you're inquisitive, clever, and lovely but really the base of it is me thinking you're cute and fun and I like talking with you.

Mack@clints-lucky-arrow as a Selkie

i think you'd be a great Selkie Merperson because they are 7 feet tall with greyish skin, yellow eyes, and long green hair and YOU are 7 feet tall with greyish skin, yellow eyes, and long green hair. you know when the merpeople kidnapped and tied up brought all of those people together at the bottom of the lake? you did that with us, and now we're just floatin' along together, enjoying the underwater currents of this crazy thing we call life. You and the selkies also have hissing and being beautiful in common. P.S. stole your seal skin and i'm never giving it back because i love you and want to be friends forever. P.P.S. I know. Look, I took a shot at the morph thing and the results came out better than i could have dreamt. It has that "Botched Jesus Fresco Restoration" Aesthetic that was so hot for awhile

#naboo picnic squad #darth dale #lee loves beff #lee loves mack #lee loves sol #lee loves may #lee loves iz #lee loves mia #general fuckery

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inwintersolitude · 3 years

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- July 28th 2021 -

- Past - Are you happy with your upbringing? Yes, I had a really great childhood.

Who was your first best friend? A neighbor kid named Broghan.

Who was your first love? My husband.

Did you ever attend any school dances? Just one. The homecoming dance during my sophomore year. I didn't find it to be a particularly enjoyable event, and never bothered going to another dance after that.

Did you play any sports growing up? Yep, I played softball, soccer, skiing, and English hunter/jumper horseback riding.

Did you have a special blanket when you were younger? Not that I can remember.

What movie reminds you of your childhood? The Lion King.

Were you a picky eater as a child? I don't think I was.

What's your favorite memory with a family member? Going peach picking with my Granny and Granddad at the orchard across the street from their former house, and baking peach pies together. Trips to my family's vacation house on the island. My dad teaching me how to play checkers.

Did you ever have to share a bedroom? No.

Are there any smells that remind you of the past? The first smell that comes to mind is that of vanilla extract. It reminds me of helping my mom bake cookies. Also the smell of pine trees, because my parents and brother and I would always have a family outing to a Christmas tree farm every winter, to choose and cut down our own Christmas tree.

Did you play outside or inside as a child? I probably spent more time playing outside than inside. My childhood home had a large yard that backed up to woods that I loved to go exploring in.

What was your first favorite song? I don't remember if I had a favorite. I don't know if I've ever been able to decide on just one top favorite song.

Were you ever pranked at a sleepover? No.

- Present - What's your favorite color to wear? Black or dark blue.

Who is your favorite musical artist? Pink Floyd.

Do you have any pets? Yep.

If so, how many and what kind? Two budgies.

Do you live with your parents or on your own? I live with my husband.

Are you in school? No, I finished my degree 9 years ago.

Do you have a job? I'm a self-employed stock trader, but it's just a very casual part-time job.

If so, do you like it? Yes, it's great. I've always had a talent for working with numbers and data, plus the freedom of being self-employed is freakin awesome.

How often are you on the internet? Daily.

On average, how much time a day do you spend on your appearance? It varies. Usually just 5-ish minutes, but occasionally up to 10 minutes if I'm putting on any makeup, and sometimes up to an hour if I'm washing/drying/straightening my hair.

Do you have any children? Nope, I don't want any.

Are you in a relationship? Yep.

Are you subscribed to any streaming services? Yes, Netflix and PBS.

What time do you usually go to sleep and wake up? I go to sleep anywhere from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m., and I wake up between 10 a.m. and noon.

- Future - Do you have any long term goals? My longest term goal is for my husband and I to retire early, around age 50.

Do you want children? (or more if you already have any) Nope.

Where would you like to be in your career five years from now? Still doing what I do now.

Do you think you'll ever move from the city you're in? We're planning on moving soon. If my husband gets awarded the airport transfer he bid for, then we might be moving as early as 7-8 weeks from now. But it could also be 6 months from now. Not sure yet.

How do you hope your life will look in 10 years? Living in Ohio again, in our dream house. And still traveling and doing hobbies and living a fulfilling and relaxing life.

Do you think you're heading in that direction? Definitely. We're moving back to Ohio soon and buying a house (after renting for a while while we house-hunt). Other than that, I'm very content with life and I hope that continues.

#survey #surveys #themed survey #personal blog

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tams-writeblr · 3 years

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Once I'm gone

Rating: M(ature) Warnings: major character death Category: F/M (main couple), Multi (side characters) Fandom: Attack on Titan / Shingeki no Kyojin Relationship: Mikasa Ackermann / Eren Jaeger | various side couples Characters: Eren Jaeger, Mikasa Ackermann, Armin Arlelt, Zeke Jaeger, Hange Zoe, Floch Forster, Ymir, Reiner Braun, Pieck Finger, Historia Reiss, several others will make a cameo Additional Tags: Modern AU | established relationship | toxic behaviour | Eren suffers from Huntington’s disease and tries to settle his matters before he dies | suicial blockhead Eren | aged up characters (by ten years) | suicide tw | depression tw | mental diseases tw | deathly diseases tw | this is clearly not write what you know, but I’m giving my very best to representate the topics as good as I can | this all basically came to me as a fever dream | you remember Thirteen from House, M.D.? I still have a huge crush on her so this version of Eren is greatly inspired by her <3 Language: English (not native, I’m trying my best you guys) Stats: ongoing - Chapter 2/15 - Part 3/3 - 1094 of 2811 words Summary: Eren Jaeger knew for years that he inherited Huntington’s disease from his late mother. When he first notices symptoms on him, his long protected plan, to end his life before reaching the critical state of his illness, awakes. But there is still Mikasa, his girlfriend and the only person in the world he cares about more than about himself, and he can’t leave her alone and grieving. It’s time to find a substitute for when Eren is gone. With the help of a new friend Eren tries to scare away Mikasa while driving her into the arms of someone new.

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His brother, the psychologist - Part 3/3

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Eren’s mouth flipped open during Armins story. What a chatterbox. “I still don’t get why”, the threw in when Armin had ended. “You are perfectly healthy. Everyone here has got something, that’s really fucked up but someone just thought you were a girl. That’s nothing to commit suicide for.”

Eren heard his brother clucking in protest. “We are not in the position to judge someone! Armin is fighting for every day, just like the others in this room. If you want to be part of this group, you’ll have to learn to open up and accept the stories of everyone neutrally!”

Eren quickly blinked over to his brother then he looked at Armin who finally had his face turned away from the wall and returned his glance. His big blue eyes were watery but other than Reiner he was able to hold back the tears.

“Then let's hear your problem”, Armin muttered between clenched teeth.

Eren sighed. Technically he really wasn’t in the mood for this. It had got nothing to do with anyone what was happening in his head. But the stubborn look on that sissy's guy next to him didn’t let go of him and he knew he wouldn’t shut up until he knew what he wanted to.

“I told my doctor that I’ll kill myself before the illness I’ve got get’s so worse I can’t do it on my own anymore. I can be a chatterbox at times, i should probably have shut my mouth once in my life. Now they’ve sent me here, hoping my great big brother will bring some sense back into me. I don’t think it’s gonna work but who knows?” With a smug grin he crossed his arms in front of his chest and gave Armin’s staunch glance right back to him.

Finally it was the blond that ended the staring and looked back between his feet.

“What you’ve got?”, Pieck asked when Eren looked around the circle with no less smug look on his face.

“Huntington”, he said toneless.

Most of them didn’t give him a reaction. He knew what their first query on their smartphones upon leaving this room would be. But Pieck smiled at him pityingly - disgusting.

For a Moment complete silence fell over the room, only the scratching of Zeke's pen on paper was to be heard.

“Good”, he finally said. “Armin was talking to us about his new habit of taking an one hour long walk every day, when we were interrupted. Please, continue telling us. Got some recommendations for nice routes?” Armin didn’t look up. His voice cracked as he started to speak. “I’m always going after university. Usually the same way every time. It totally doesn’t matter where to go, the main point is to move. Listening to music is immensely helpful. I’ve got a playlist for every mood.”

“Oh, your back to university!”, Pieck noted with a huge smile. Eren already had a pretty good image of the person she was, she probably acted as the mom-friend in the group.

Armin nodded and finally looked at her. “Yeah, the summer term started last week.”

Pieck smiled warmly and even Zeke looked pleased. “What Armin said, moving really is the Alpha and Omega. Being active definitely helps pushing away somber thoughts and fresh air helps getting the head empty. Follow Armin’s example, everyone.”

The circle applauded, what Eren thought was absolutely ridiculous and boycotted.

Finally Zeke took a look at his watch and did some other notes on his pad. “Well, time sure flew by today. We weren’t even able to talk about everything I wanted to. But we’ve got a new member around us, what I’m really glad about. I’ll see you all next week, same time, same place.” He placed the clipboard on his thighs and while the other four took their stuff he looked firmly and with contracted eyebrows at Eren. “And please be punctual next time.”

Eren rolled his eyes then he stood up. His glance met Armin who was the first one to leave the room, one hand placed over the lover half of his face. Eren grinned wonky. What a wimp. He still found himself hurrying up, to keep up with him. On the second floor he finally caught up with him. “Hey Armin! Wait a sec’!”

But Armin didn’t slow down and didn’t even look at him. “I have to catch my bus.”

Eren ran after him. “You said it was your third attempt at suicide. Explain it to me, I still don’t get it, you're not lacking anything.”

Armin finally looked at him. His watery eyes were pulled together. “Maybe not physically. But it’s called depression, you insensitive ass.”

Eren was surprised by his fighting back. He continued following Armin as he left the building. “My neurologist always tells me, I also got some. But I don’t believe that. I just wanna kill me before I lose control of my body. Is that so unusual?”

Armin looked at his bottomless. “Pieck could say the same, but she wants to make the best out of her life. Ymir is only still alive because of her girlfriend. Everyone’s dealing differently with a deadly disease.”

“Why did you try it in the first place?”, Eren asked when Armin sat down at the bus stop.

“You’re pretty cligly, aren’t ya?” He laughed with a huff. “When I was eight, I thought about what being dead must be like. My budgie had just died and my mom told me that he had gone to heaven. When I was twelve, the thought about dying still hadn’t left me alone. I took my mom’s lady’s shaver at the tub and cut my wrists. Way not deep enough and the wrong way round, like you can sometimes see it in the movies. When I realized I wouldn’t die from it, I just was full of panic how to explain all the blood to my parents. They sent me to a child psychologist. Since then I didn’t spend a full year without therapy.”

Eren whistled through his teeth. “You’re really quite the gloomy brat, aren’t ya?”

Armin looked at him through narrowed eyes and the tip of his nose had turned red. “You’re feeling really cool, aren’t you?”

Eren grinned back and shrugged.

“There’s my bus. See you next week, Eren Jäger.” Armin stood up and got onto the bus. While walking past the windows, he gave Eren a last bottomless glance, his face in deep reds under his eyes.

Eren scoffed. What a whiny brat. But he liked him.

>>next

__________________________________________________ Author’s Note: Yeah, Eren is very much a dork. I hope I got Pieck's character alright, I know she's got some fierce fans but I really struggled getting behind who she really was though out the series. I love some at the brink of tears - Armin. The next chapters will be more EreMika, I promise xD

#attack on titan fanfiction #aot ff #eremika #eren jaeger #armin arlelt #pieck finger #zeke jaeger #ymir aot #once i'm gone #once i'm gone chap 2 #once i'm gone chap 2 part 3 #eren jaeger x mikasa ackermann #writers on tumblr #fanfiction on tumblr #fanfiction #fanfic #writing #mentions of suicide tw #depressions tw

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happyhollow-mellowmarsh · 3 years

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A Day in the Life of Gumi

“Zzzz……”

The camera continued to film the sleeping bunny for a while longer, before a small banana was brought into the frame, closer to the camera. The stem was cracked, and immediately the rabbit woke up with a start, looking around for the source of the banana… Before letting out a yawn.

“Awawawa…”

Yawn finished, the rabbit hopped over, and began to munch on the banana. A smattering of Japanese kana floated across the screen, with the corresponding English translations captioned.

“Ohayou, everybunny! It’s me, Bubblegum, everyone’s favourite bun-bun!” The subtitles spelled out even if the rabbit herself didn’t actually vocalize anything. “Sorry for waking up late, peko! I was celebrating my third birthday yesterday… There was so much soda and I tired myself out partying!”

As she continued to munch, the camera was set down on a table. Their owner stepped into the frame of view still holding the banana, revealing a young Japanese woman in a white dress and a black hair bow: those of you who had knowledge of the idol scene (or had just read the channel’s about page) recognized her as the underground idol known as TASOGARE, or Dusky to others.

“Mama’s here! I mean, she’s always behind the camera, but she’s here now! And I love her so much!” Her free hand gently ruffled the back of the bunny’s ears. “Awawa! She always pets me just right!”

A soft melody started playing over the two of them, before the overlaid intro card spelled out just what you were in for:

The next scene faded into a lounge room, where Bubblegum was being chased by what looked to be a tiny italian greyhound, barking as he went. Watching them frolic from atop a couch was an interesting animal, one that looked like a large cat the size of a boxer dog, but had fluffy wool much like a sheep possessed. She regarded the two on the ground impassively, as if waiting for the perfect time to strike, or simply because there was nothing better to do.

“Today, I want to introduce everyone to my familiar friends! The iggy chasing me is Bucephalus, though most of us usually call him Buce as a nickname. Say something cool, Buce-kun!”

“Yipyipyipyipyiphellohellohello!!” The tiny dog finally caught up, and booped his snout onto the fluff of Bubblegum’s tail. “Tag!”

This prompted the bunny to turn tail and chase after him back, and would not have been able to catch up to his superior speed if not for the sudden appearance of the sheep-cat, who bounded off her couch and down to block one of the greyhound’s escape routes.

“And this is my cousin, Baaby! She’s a really strong and magical sheep-cat hybrid! Please don’t call her a shat, she doesn’t like that.”

He dodged the large feline with a whine. “No fair! Why are you on her side?”

"Because you slept on me... again. And you drool in your sleep." Baaby mewled lazily, licking one of her paws.

The chase continued for a few seconds more, before Buce bounded straight into the camera and knocked it into a black screen, setting up the next scene transition.

An underground lake framed the scene this time, as Bubblegum hopped along the water’s edge. Finding the first of her two friends, she thumped a foot in a high-five against the tailfin of the winged magical fish that leapt out of the water.

“This is Astrid! She’s a fairy koi, and she likes to swim down here. Mama likes to help her friend feed Astrid whenever she has the time to.”

The camerawoman, presumably Dusky, holds out a handful of apple blossoms towards the water. The fairy koi’s eyes light up from a distance, and she jumps out of the lake in a miniature water bubble controlled by her own magic, before swimming in the air over to munch.

“OMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM!!”

Finishing up all of the flowers, the fish let out a burp and smiled. “Thank you! Much appreciated! Astrid is very happy and full.” She blew some water bubbles into the air above Bubblegum before swimming back to the lake, popping her own water bubble as she did.

“See you around, Astri-tan!” Bubblegum waved, before continuing to hop along the perimeter.

Eventually, she came across a majestic horse-like creature resting on the side bank of the lake, with mottled green skin and a mane that looked more like seaweed than hair. A bright red eye cracked open at the sudden presence, as the sea-horse lifted her head to regard the rabbit.

“This is Undaria! She’s a kelpie, and she’s also my sister! Well, technically, half-sister, her dad and my mama are dating and all, but she’s my sister all the same! Say hi, Unda-chan!”

The kelpie neighed softly, prompting Bubblegum to hop closer. “What is it now, Bubbles?”

The bun hopped onto her half-sister’s back, before beginning to run her face through the kelp. “I’m helping to groom you! Because I can!” As she continued to trim through the kelpie’s mane, Bubblegum chirruped softly, “I love my sis so much! She’s the tsun-tsun to my dere-dere!”

“What does that even mean?” Undaria whinnied haughtily. It did not stop her from allowing the grooming to happen, or from gently setting the rabbit back down onto shore once she was done.

“See you later, nee-chan!” Bubblegum thumped happily, before skittering away to a new setting.

Now she was in the middle of a pumpkin patch, nibbling on some pumpkin leaves. “Hello again! My next friends are flying at the moment, so I’ll introduce you to them when they come down!”

A few seconds later, and they did. A white pigeon with streaks of purple and red in his wings glided down to land on a pumpkin, followed shortly after by a pale yellow budgie with a dash of small white spots on his head. They raised a wing in greeting.

“I’m Berry!” The pigeon coos, before he scratched his head. “Still don’t know what kind of berry I’m supposed to be, but I guess it depends on the day.” He eyes the camera, and the person behind it extends a baked cracker, which he comes over to eat.

“And I’m Alkonost! I- ooh, cracker.” Distracted, the budgie hopped over to munch on the cracker. “Where was I? Oh yeah, I’m visiting today! Mom works somewhere else usually, but her girlfriend was in the area so I tagged along.”

While the birds were busy, Bubblegum moved further down the pumpkin patch; once they were done consuming the cracker, they led the camera over to their next pair of familiars.

Unsurprisingly, the massive clydesdale horse stood out first. Towering over Bubblegum and the two birds by a magnitude of at least ten, he had a dark brown mane with a matching brown tail, and a chocolate brown body with white patches around his face and legs. A loose red bandana was tied around his neck, and part of his mane had been braided to rest behind one of his ears.

At his feet was a strange snake-like creature, but this one was distinctly less long and slithery, and more compact and chubby. A glow stick necklace circled around this one’s neck, and his forked tongue stole chunks of pumpkin flesh as he vibed, brown and green stripes vibrating.

“This is Johnny Kane!” Bubblegum introduced, gently thumping her paw against the stallion’s leg. “I’ve been trying to get him interested in Unda-chan for a while now, but since he only comes to visit every now and then, there’s never really been much time to schedule a date.”

Judging by the long face on the horse, both metaphorically and literally, she was the only one in support of the idea. “Charmed.”

“And this is King!” Despite the natural tendency for rabbits to fear snakes, she approached him with no fear whatsoever. “He’s a tsuchinoko! Yes, tsuchinoko real. Do you wanna say anything?”

“Flpflpflpflpflp…” Retracting his tongue, King gave a toothy half-smile. “I mean… party rock is in the house tonight? I dunno, but I’m always down to have some fun.”

While rabbits weren’t usually capable of smiling, Bubblegum could trill happy vibes very well. “Aren’t we all? Thank you guys for showing up, I’m going to go find the others now. Stay sweet!”

Hopping away, she sped past the camera to the final pit stop in her adventure quest, a snazzy recreation room that contained a karaoke machine and a countertop bar. As she hopped inside, something ran outside, a black blur of an animal with the briefest flash of yellow eyes.

“That was Teto! It’s alright if we didn’t get to see her, she’s not very sociable.” Bubblegum sniffed. “Unlike the other black cat in the mansion… my mom’s boss, Trouble!”

She pauses in her tracks, scrunching up her face. “At least I know I’ve seen her as a black cat at some point a while ago… Maybe she likes transformation magic? Or maybe that’s just her fursona.”

Hopping onto a bar stool, the rabbit came face to face with a rooster on another stool. This was no ordinary rooster however, as instead of brown or white feathers, every inch of the sun bird’s body was covered in multicoloured flechettes. Both his comb and tail feathers had little balls of what looked to be concentrated fire, and he let out a cocky crow at the sight of the camera.

“This is Bata! He’s a sarima… sarima…” The subtitles were clearly poking fun at Bata’s species, even if both rabbit and mistress probably knew what he was. “Sun chicken! He’s a baby.”

“I am not!” He clucked back. “I am a very proud rooster who eats lots of big man food and can still find the time to give my Dad feather hugs whenever he wants them!”

Bubblegum blinked. “That’s… oddly specific.”

“Shush, don’t judge me, you get hugs from your momma all the time too.” He stuck out his tongue.

“Fair enough!” Bubblegum conceded with a trill. “And you will always be a baby because that’s what I remember you as when you were still a chick. A baby!”

Bata let out a squawk, preening his feathers. “Lies! Slander! I’m bigger than you, Bubble-brain!”

The two continued their friendly banter as Dusky stepped into view and pressed the service bell on the bar’s top. A little scratching noise was heard, before a mouse scampered up onto the bar: this mouse looked to be a little old, with a small witch’s hat that had probably seen better days, but he nonetheless squeaked cheerily to ask for orders.

“A tall glass of apple cider, please. And some water for them.” Dusky requested, giving the mouse a gentle pat on the head. The mouse moved to go make those drinks, and seconds later the order was set out in front of all three of the bar’s current occupants.

“And that’s Jeffrey! He was, um… he belonged to mom’s teacher before she passed away, but he’s still working here out of loyalty to my mom’s bosses. Really great mouse, who serves great drinks!” Bubblegum happily starts lapping at the water.

Once they were done, the idol scooped up her rabbit, waved goodbye to the other two familiars and walked out of the door. The scene cut back to the inside of their room, where Bubblegum is set down gently, and the bun hops around the room to exercise, just a little.

“As you can see, there’s a whole bunch of friends here with me in the mansion, and they come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and some of them are plenty magical, too!” Rubbing the back of her ears with a paw, Bubblegum yawned. “Familiar or not though… we’re still like everyday animals and we all have our own needs. Food, sleep, and of course, love!”

Dusky shows up one last time, simply to press a kiss onto Bubblegum’s eager forehead. “And I’ll always give you as much love as I can.”

“Yay! That’s all for tonight! I’ve been Bubblegum, and I wish you all a gumi-goodnight. Goodbye!” While the outro music played, Bubblegum hopped around in a circle before she binkied herself into her bed, waving at the camera one last time before the ending card signalled the vlog’s end.

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justdyingslowly · 4 years

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1. Name justdyingslowly obviously come on

2. Nationality Australian

3. Age 22

4. Birthday nnnah dont feel like it

5. Zodiac sign (or your primal zodiac sign) Libra/Scorpio cusp

6. Gender wamon

7. Sexuality very very hetero

8. Your looks (add a picture or describe yourself) androgenous

9. What do you/did you study? Psychology (focus on sexology) and art.

10. What’s your current job like?/What job would you like to have? I am disabled you think I can work ha sexologist would be awesome. When I was a kid I wanted to be a fireman but Australias always burning

11. Your birth order head first

12. How many siblings do you have? 1

13. Do you have good relations with your family? yeah dads finally out of his abusive relationship, nearing age 70 and his emotions and his sexuality are finally opening up for the first time and that makes me SO happy.

14. How many friends do you have? what kind of fucked up question is this.

15. Your relationship status relationshipped. Fiance? got the marriage papers in a drawer somewhere with the car rego but can’t be fucked filling them?

16. What do you look for in a SO? empathetic, mature, calm. Always open to discussion. Prefers to be blunt rather than secretive. Emotional age over 14 (incredibly fucking rare apparently). Puts an importance on context and understanding other views above all else.

17. Do you have a crush? Hellll yeah Crush on my partner and got a crush on a mutual friend of ours who don’t even know hes cute af hehe one day partners gonna accidentally spill the beans and embarrass me coz hes shit with secrets RIP me.

18. When did you have your first kiss? You think I can remember this bullshit? Its not that big a deal

19. Do you prefer serious and meaningful relationships or casual dating/one night stands? One night stand sex almost exclusively sucks. Just. SUCKS. Because neither of you know what the other likes and it ends up being an awkward mix of trying to please yourself while trying to also be considerate.

20. What are your deal breakers? Plugging your ears to anything that feels gross, uncomfortable or disagrees with you. How can you grow as a person without introspection? How can you mold what you think and believe without taking in other arguments and comparing them to your beliefs to see how they stack up? Its pathetic.

21. How was your day? cute mutual friend had a fall this morning and were both worried about him. His back is bad and he’s getting a little older, he can’t be getting dizzy and having falls like that. other than that im anxious about seeing my gastro. He’s lovely but... specialists are specialists. Good at knowing what they know but not always great at listening.

22. Favourite food & drink you think im allowed to eat or drink? water and... foods a touchy subject.

23. What position do you sleep in? Usually on my side with a body pillow to grip so I don’t end up choking my partner in his sleep.

24. What was your last dream about? uuhhh...going to italy and being unable to get into this tiny basket boat properly.

25. Your fears does PTSD to medical shit count haha

26. Your dreams ... going to italy and being unable to get into a tiny basket boat thingy?

27. Your goals - get some sort of diagnosis eventually. Its been 3 years of trying and im tired. - get back to studying art part time for my bachelors. - pass JLPT N3. - go back to university for psychology. - do the dishes when I get home.

28. Any pets? two budgies. we also take care of any orphaned or injured birds.

29. What are your hobbies? feeling nauseous drawing writing a little bit im making a little gameboy game in C atm too

30. Any cool places in your area? i live next to a national park with waterfalls and koalas and emus and stuff

31. What was your last awkward situation? mutual friend made a comment on his chest i playfully smacked it (related to the comment) it was surprisingly hard “O-oh wow, thats... I didnt expect that” my partner laughed at me. it was awful.

32. What is your last regret? getting embarrassed at friends pecs stop making me think about it 33. Language/s you can speak english. N4 Japanese.

34. Do you believe in astrological stuff? (Zodiac, tarot, etc.) of course not what the fuck

35. Have any quirks? Quirkless. I do wiggle when im happy though apparently.

36. Your pet peeves open doors.

37. Ideal vacation spend a months chilling in an old japanese house in autumn hokkaido oooooof that sounds nice

38. Any scars? internal? yes

39. What does your last text message say? peepee poopoo ustinky

40. Last 5 things from your search history how do i find this

41. What’s your [device] background? Sam Porter Bridges walkin around Sam Porter Bridges cuddling BB-28 Louise while he sleeps my chicken

42. What do you daydream about? all might

43. Describe your dream home an old japanese house in autumn hokkaido oooooof that sounds nice

44. What’s your religion/Your thought about religion its a comforting thought having a parent-figure who cares about you and looks after all the big things you can’t manage yourself, but institutionalizing it runs a severe risk of becoming harmful cults. And it often does.

45. Your personality type me

46. The most dangerous thing you’ve done i saw the lost bunny that was on all the posters in the neighbourhood looked thin and patchy so i grabbed him to take him home. im allergic. sent me to hospital and I almost died.

47. Are you happy with your current life? feeling sick sucks and partners having a depressive episode but things are pretty good

48. Some things you’ve tried in your life living

49. What does your wardrobe consist of? blacks, reds, whites and pinks

50. Favourite colour to wear? at the moment pink. Red is always comforting though.

51. How would you describe your style? mix between lazy alternative punk, teenager with band shirts and harajuku peach kawaii uwu

52. Are you happy with your current looks? kinda wish i was a bit shorter but what can you do

53. If you could change/add something to your appearance - impossible or not - what would it be? bit shorter

54. Any tattoos or piercings? lol no PTSD

55. Do you get complimented often? by who? partner constantly, family haha are you kidding im australian so a friend’s version of showing affection is calling you a cunt and slapping your ass in public

56. Favourite aesthetic? all might

57. A popular trend that you dislike blocking because you disagree or find them distasteful. Ignoring all context to opposing thoughts and arguments. taking a personal feeling of disgust to mean something is evil. Blocking your ears to anything that isn’t a circlejerk of what you already think - and trying to isolate anyone who even just listens to something other then the noise of your sloppy dicks to have a thought of their own.

58. Songs you’re currently obsessed with? The Machine by Low Roar

59. Song you normally wouldn’t admit you like. why wouldnt i admit i like a song

60. Favourite genre? probably enka haha

61. Favourite artist/band/genre? probably enka haha oh and tatsuro yamashita

62. Hated popular songs/artists? why the hell would I hate something like a song? I hate aspects of the music industry as a whole I guess?

63. Put your music on shuffle and list first 5 which playlist they aren’t all together in one place

64. Can you sing or play any instruments? piano, saxophone... uh... partners good at making music and playing shakuhachi

65. Do you like karaoke? no.

66. Own any albums? yes? many?

67. Do you listen to radio? What stations? no. but triple J, ABC Jazz and Classical. sometimes they even play final fantasy and JRPG music on classical which is pretty neat. -

68. Favourite movie/series? can i make this about games because then the answer is Metal Gear Solid

69. Favourite genre of movies/books/etc ...shounen?

70. Your fictional crush/es if they’re over 40yrs old, male and happy and bubbily or grumpy and sad then there’s a big ol fat chance I wanna bone. Solid Snake from MGS4, All Might and pretty much anyone drawn by Tarou Madoromi.

71. Which fictional character is you? uh

72. Are you a shipper? List your otps, if so what does this even mean what language is this

73. Favourite greek god? idk hades seems chill

74. A legend from where you live that you like the story of Tjilbruke is funny and good. all Kaurna stories are good.

75. Do you like art? What’s your favourite work or artist? im in a big egon schiele mood atm.

76. Can you share your other social media? no i am incapable

77. Favourite youtubers? many

78. Favourite platform? not too high up. actually i like being a little lower than ground level in corners.

79. How much time do you spend on the internet? too much

80. What video games have you played? Which one’s your favourite? look i just want to say that MGS4 is the best one in the series and Death Stranding is phenomenally engaging.

81. Your favourite books (manga also counts) these are all so goddamn definitive how can I pick? Oh wait the answer is One Piece

82. Do you play board/card games? I play DnD atm and know 15 yr old rules to Yugioh

83. Have you ever been to a night marathon in cinema? that shit dosn’t happen here

84. Favourite holiday golden week coz its a week also easter because thats when all the glucose based sweets come back

85. Are you into dramas? what kind

86. Would you use death note, if you had one? no. thats called being a murderer.

87. What changes would you make in the world, no matter how impossible, if you had the power to? chill people out a bit. when people feel unsafe they get really depenfive and territorial and block their ears to everything, making in-and-out groups for themsevles that end up putting them in more harm.

88. Could you survive a zombie apocalypse? im disabled with a disabled partner. we arent funny sure we can survive normal everyday life when society is angled so sharply against us.

89. If you had to be turned into a paranormal being, what would it be? id like to be a mimi spirit

90. What would you want to happen to you after your death? spooky time

91. If you had to change your name, what would be your pick? toshinori yagi

92. Who would you switch your life with for a week? anyone healthy

93. Pick an emoji to be your tattoo that cursed one with the intense eyes and the hand

94. Write 3 things about yourself - only one of them must be true im me im not me im pee

95. Cold or hot? cold.

96. Be a hero or be a villain? both are distasteful ideas in reality

97. Sing everything you want to say or rhyme? i can’t do either partner speak sin bad puns and its hell, these both sound about equal

98. Shapeshifting or controlling time? shapeshifting. controlling time is eithe rmanipulative or lonely. shapeshifing is every other superpower at once.

99. Be immortal or be immune to everything aside from natural death? both are deeply upsetting ideas

100. ….. or …..? jiji or ossan? generally Jiji, but ossans can be lovely too.

#personal #stupid

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Read This Before Buying A Bird!

There are some things to be considered before going to a pet store and buying that cute little conure or cockatiel in a cage, adopting a bird from a shelter, or homing a bird from a small independent breeder. Addressed questions: How much money are you willing to spend? Are you okay with the possibility of having a furniture-destructive animal in the house? How much space do you have? What is the climate and your neighborhood like? How long are you away from home per day? How much time can you commit?

How much money are you willing to spend on your pet per month?

- I probably spend about $50-$100 on my bird a month on average. On big trips to pick up perches, trees, or cages, it’s more along $200-$800.

- Birds are not cheap. They can range in price, but typically a healthy hand-reared budgie will cost anything from $50 to $100. My Peach Faced Lovebird was $140. I have a male Solomon Eclectus that was almost $2000. African Greys, Congo and Timneh, range $2500-$3500. Macaws range $2500-$23,000, etc.

- Cages are expensive! A good quality cage that is not full of harmful metals or paints, will cost between $200 and $5000. My SL Eclectus’ cage is pure acrylic and was almost $800. He will be getting a larger cage and that is $1500.

- Birds do need annual vet check ups, and they require exotic veterinarians specialized specifically in Birds. Because they need a special doctor, it also costs more. Co-pays are usually around $150-$400, and procedures and medications can be off the roof expensive.

- If you cannot afford to feed yourself, provide yourself with necessities and a couple wants, and are living comfortably, a bird is not the pet for you.

Are you okay with them possibly destroying a few beloved things in your home?

- Birds are often described as animals that take and don’t give back. They are natural foragers, and need stimulation to keep them entertained. Your parrot may chew at your door frames, your door itself, couch cushions, Leather materials, kitchen supplies, etc.

- Birds have extremely sensitive respiratory tracts, so if you aren’t willing to give up that lovely PFAS chemical we Environmentalists like to call The Devil We Know, AKA Teflon, then a bird is not for you.

- If you aren’t willing to trade in bleach, vinegar, non-stick, cleaning sprays and window cleaners, for something organic, trusted and approved by your avian vet, then a bird is not for you. It is much more expensive, but it would not only keep your bird safe, but also you safe!

How much space do you have in your home?

-Even if your bird’s wings are clipped, you need enough space for your bird to spread its wings and maneuver about.

-Birds talk a lot, so if you appreciate your quiet time, don’t get a bird if you live in close-quarters.

-Talk to your neighbors first before you buy a parrot if you live in an apartment or townhome. Yes. The birds will scream. Yes, your neighbors will hear it.

-If you want more than one bird, even if they’re the same specie, never house them in the same cage, even if it’s giant! Birds are NON DOMESTICATED animals, and it’s important we mimic their habits in the wild as to not frustrate them. Birds are animals that while in flocks, are incredibly spread out unless they’re mates or conversing. Birds are always alert, and are watching and listening. They need their space.

What is the climate like yearly?

-Where do you live and what is the temperature in each season?

-Do you get snow in the winter? Many people up north have birds, but it’s also more pricey to own a bird up north due to the extra expenses needed to keep the bird warm.

-How warm/cold do you keep the air on in your house?

-What species of bird are you considering? They come from all different habitats. The Peach Faced Lovebird, for example, is native to sub-desert regions like Namibia and Angola. Probably not a good idea to get a Peach Faced Lovebird if you keep your home below 19°C/66°F.

-Birds NEED vitamins (D3) they get from the sun, just like people! If your weather is consistently unable to provide these vitamins to your birds, you either need to purchase a UVB/UVA lamp, or you just should not get a bird.

What is your neighborhood like?

- Down in Florida, Texas, and many other states with high-demand parrot breeding and shops, there’s a lot of thievery. Make sure you live in a safe environment.

- If you live near chemical/manufacturing plants, or has an immediate family member that does, a bird is not for you.

- Birds are very sensitive to pollution. Please make sure your neighborhood is clean, because not only is it bad for the pets, but also the people!

- How noisy is the neighborhood? Do you live in New Orleans and pop big celebrations for Mardi Gras? Do you live in areas with lots of fireworks or loud noises? This can startle your bird. It can bring them stress!

- If you plan on flight training and/or bringing them outside on a harness, is your town/city very busy? Is there a lot of traffic? Are there birds of prey that live nearby? Hawks WILL and HAVE swooped down to snatch a parrot off of someone’s shoulder for a snack, and have even snatched them out of the sky while free-flying. Please be careful!

How long per day are you away at work/school?

- If you work a full time job and are a college student, you will not have time to take care of a bird and be able to grant your bird’s needs.

- How many hours a day do you work/are away from home? Parrots on average need AT LEAST six to seven hours a day out of their cage!

- Birds need attention, but not in the sense where you need to throw them a ball or cuddle with them. Being in the room with them out of the cage is even plenty to make them happy. They want you to be with them, but not on them!

How much time can you devote to your bird? How patient are you?

- Birds are a lifetime commitment. Depending on the species, your bird can live between 15 and 100 years. Do not adopt a bird unless you have accepted that this bird will be with you through everything. If you move, if you get married or divorced, if you have children, if you get other pets, etc.

- If you don’t think you’ll want the same bird for twenty+ years, do not get a bird. There are countless in avian shelters and sanctuaries right now, and it’s heartbreaking to see. If you wouldn’t sell your child because you got bored of them or were struggling to care for them, don’t sell your parrot.

- Parrots grow extremely attached to the people they’re used to being around, and in that case have many emotions similar to humans. They put trust in you, and rely on you, and love you. Rehoming them after multiple years of building that relationship can cause self-mutilating behaviors, depression, aggression, and even death from loneliness and feeling abandoned. If you cannot handle strong emotions and a deep attachment, a bird is not for you.

- Many parrots love to learn, and many are stubborn. They are extremely smart animals and among the most intelligent in the world, so keeping them stimulated with daily training is essential.

- Birds bite, and when they bite, it hurts... A LOT. I have been bitten until bleeding by an African Grey, I have been bitten by a previously abused Yellow-headed Amazon, I am constantly bitten by my Lovebird that I am trying to train to be less aggressive. Birds bite, and no, if you don’t understand why you aren’t allowed to scream “Ow!” when it happens, a bird is not the pet for you.

- Birds are not dogs, nor cats, nor horses. Negative reinforcement will only enable Negative behavior in your parrot! You must have the patience to, even when they bite you, praise them for it. You want them to know that biting doesn’t get a reaction out of you and that it won’t make you give them more or less attention. They will eventually learn this and try to find other ways of communicating with you.

- Birds do not bite to communicate by nature. You must take time to learn your bird’s body language. They will always give you at least FOUR warnings before they bite you hard. Please, learn to speak to your bird. They cannot learn English fluently like everyone else.

Please, let me know if I should do some more of these helpful pointers! By no means am I insinuating you should not get a bird, because I love hearing about people’s emotions and excitement toward them. They’re wonderful companions. I merely aim to inform people before they make a big lifetime decision like adding a feathered friend into their family!

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ramblingrybo · 4 years

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Happy Birthday, Green Manalishi

Fifty years ago today, on May 15th 1970, one of the most haunting singles ever to appear in the British charts was released. It was ‘The Green Manalishi (with the Two Prong Crown)’ by Fleetwood Mac, written by Peter Green, a brilliant singer-songwriter and blues-rock guitarist. I can remember the first time I ever heard it. My next-door neighbour, Nicky, played it for me on his Dansette record player. It made me shiver. There was something dark and disturbing about it. Both the lyrics and the manner in which they were sung suggested pain and paranoia. As soon as it had finished, I asked him to put it on again. I was possessed and have been for the last fifty years. It was one of the first times I had ever been transported by the the words of a song or, to be more precise, by three lines of a verse. They have inspired a love of language ever since.

Before 1970 I have very little memory of literature. I hated reading at primary school and found writing difficult. In fact, I was one of the only children not to feature in the June 1963 edition of ‘Around Our School’, the St Nicholas School Newspaper. I have the evidence in front of me. ‘The Owl’ by Judith Cunnington appears, as does ‘My Budgie’ by Michael Parkinson. Likewise, ‘What I have seen’ by Gregory Swain. Even an appalling untitled two line poem by DW is there. But I am conspicuous by my absence. I hate to think what I had produced that was so bad it had led to my exclusion.

It was much the same in the first three years of secondary school. I think I perked up twice. Once was in the second year when our English teacher read us ‘The Thirty Nine Steps’ by John Buchan, and the next was in the third year when the same teacher read us ‘Christabel’ by Coleridge. It was just one image I remember, a single leaf on an old oak tree in the wood which Christabel visits in April late at night: ‘There’s not wind enough to twirl/ The one red leaf, the last of its clan/ That dances as often dance it can’. That’s all there was until the Green Manalishi came along.

So, here they are, the first three lines: ‘Now, when the day goes to sleep/ And the full moon looks/ The night is so black that the darkness cooks’. How about that for an introduction to a song? ‘The darkness cooks’ is so ominous. It makes me think of witches’ cauldrons or blood boiling or a mind melting. Even better, the words are reinforced in performance by the chugging threat of the guitar riff and Peter Green’s soulful, tortured voice which is as smooth as polished leather.

Unfortunately, after these first three lines the lyrics become less clear but seem to describe Green’s fight against the demons of addiction. Sadly, this was the case. Eventually, his experimentation with LSD led to a mental breakdown and he left Fleetwood Mac on 20th May, five days after the release of ‘The Green Manalishi’. He had been with the band for three years. During that time he had written some truly wonderful songs which are still firm favourites with many people today, ‘Black Magic Woman’, ‘Albatross’, ‘Oh Well’, and ‘Man of the World’.

Nevertheless, if the man was gone, we still had his songs. Inspired by this flawed genius, I joined a rock band eight months later. We were called Curiosity Morgue and advertised our gigs with cardboard coffins. We also wrote our own songs influenced by the likes of Uriah Heep, Ten Years After and Led Zeppelin. Many of the songs expressed our anger at the constraints placed upon teenagers by parents and teachers or the woeful inability of governments to tackle such problems as poverty and pollution. Occasionally, we even made personal attacks on members of our own families. I remember one gem. It was a vituperative assault upon the toupee-wearing father of our lead guitarist. And for what reason? Because he regularly turned off the electricity when we rehearsed in his lounge. Meanwhile, at school, we led the crusade against stuffiness, trying to persuade our music teacher that listening to the album,’Paranoid’, by Black Sabbath was an infinitely more pleasurable musical experience than having to endure yet more hours of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Fantasy Overture. In the end, he relented for one lesson and I remember him squirming as we played him ‘War Pigs’, urging him to listen carefully to the lyrics. Ah, happy memories.

After that came A levels and a degree and since then I have enjoyed a literature-fest on a daily basis. But do not worry. I am not going to treat you to an endless list of my favourite writers. I will just mention one, Holly McNish, and an incident when I was suddenly transported back to the realms of teenage fandom. First, you have to know that Holly McNish is a performance poet so that you can only fully appreciate her when she is performing live. Two years ago, I had a chance to see her at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln. I went with my friend, Lynn. When we were taking our seats in the auditorium, I recognised Holly immediately. She was talking to some local poets. Desperate to tell her how much I admired her poetry, I attempted to leave my seat. Unfortunately, I was paralysed by embarrassment and remained stuck where I was, wringing in my hands a copy of ‘Plum’, her latest work. I made my excuses, ‘It would be rude to interrupt her’, vowing that I would try to catch her at the end of her performance, ‘I’ll catch her in the foyer. If I’m quick enough, I’ll be the first in the queue’. I was and she was there. But I hesitated, tongue-tied, so by the time I had plucked up enough courage to speak to her, somebody else had stolen her away. ‘Shucks’, I thought, ‘maybe next time.’

It was different with Peter Green. I have never seen him so that I have never had the opportunity of thanking him for writing ‘The Green Manalishi’. But, why not now? Come on, courage, you can do it...

O.K. here goes. Thank you, Peter Green, wherever you are. Oh, and while we’re at it, can I have your autograph, please?

#The Green Manalishi #Fleetwood Mac #Peter Green #teenagers #Holly McNish

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For Immediate Release

ComiXology Originals and Comicraft Announce Season Two Of The Hit Series Elephantmen and Ask For Mercy

Elephantmen 2261 Season Two: The Pentalion Job#1 debuts today Ask For Mercy: Ask For Budgie One-Shot debuts May 8th with Ask For Mercy Season Two: The Center Of Everything That Is debuting this summer

Elephantmen 2261 Season One: The Death of Shorty is now available in print for the first time via Amazon.com Print-on-Demand with Ask For Mercy Season One: The Key To Forever available in print May 8th

All comiXology Originals titles are available exclusively on Kindle and comiXology and are included in Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited and comiXology Unlimited

May 1, 2019 – New York, NY – ComiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comics service, and Comicraft announced today Season Two of the hit comiXology Originals series Elephantmen and Ask For Mercy, with Elephantmen 2261 Season Two: The Pentalion Job #1 out today, and Ask For Mercy Season Two: Ask For Budgie One-Shot debuting May 8th, and Ask For Mercy Season Two: The Center Of Everything That Is #1 debuting this summer. Elephantmen is written by Richard Starkings with art by Axel Medellin and covers by Boo Cook while Ask For Mercy is written by Richard Starkings with art by Abigail Jill Harding – both series were part of the creator-owned comiXology Originals launch last June. Elephantmen 2261 Season Two: The Pentalion Job #1 is digitally available to read now for members of Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited, with Ask For Mercy Season Two: Ask For Budgie One-Shot also available for members upon release, May 8th.

Today, Elephantmen 2261 Season Two: The Pentalion Job #1 kicks off the next adventure of the long running pulp science fiction series featuring the human/animal hybrid Elephantmen.Weapons of the war between Africa and China’s transgenics have surfaced and are being transported from the East Coast to the West Coast to be delivered to the Museum of Tolerance. In the vein of a Western heist, this new 4-issue miniseries follows ex-con Burba on a mission to steal three Pentalions (giant robotic exo-suits) before they reach their intended destination. The finale of this story will be the 100th issue of Elephantmen and with issue #1 artist Axel Medelin surpasses the 1,000 page mark!

And starting May 8th, the new season of Ask For Mercy kicks off with Ask for Mercy Season Two: Ask For Budgie One-Shot – spotlighting the breakout star of Season One, posing the questions: who is he and where did he come from? Following that, Ask For Mercy continues this summer with Ask For Mercy Season Two: The Center Of Everything That Is – a 5-issue miniseries in which Kasa takes Mercy, Ratmir and Budgie on an adventure where the course of history is at stake! Summoned by Lakota shaman, Medicine Bear, Mercy and her band of monsters discover that Ikto’mi, the Spider-trickster, is interfering with the lives of the people of the Black Hills and the American soldiers intent on driving the Indians out! “Ask For Mercy wasn’t just Comicraft‘s first title for comiXology Originals, it was the first comic book series for my young collaborator, Abigail Jill Harding,” says writer Richard Starkings. “Her artwork went from strength to strength and, now that we’ve completed season one, we can’t wait for readers to see what we’re putting our band of monsters through in season two, set in North America in 1876! Demon Buffaloes! Spider-tricksters and the US Cavalry!” "I've known Richard for years and am a huge fan of his work across the comics industry,” says Chip Mosher, comiXology’s Head of Content. “Richard's excitement and passion since we launched comiXology Originals with both Elephantmen 2261 and Ask For Mercy was integral to the launch and success of comiXology Originals. It's great to have Comicraft back for more!"

Additionally, Elephantmen 2261 Season One: The Death of Shorty – collecting the 5-issue whodunnit miniseries, where Hip Flask and Jack Farrell are drawn into the curious death of an Elephantman known to his friends as “Shorty”– is available today for the first time in print from Amazon.com print-on-demand, and digitally for members of Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited, and for sale on comiXology and Kindle.

“Just a year ago, the idea of seeing Elephantmen 2261 Season One: The Death Of Shorty printed ‘on demand’ was both exciting and nerve-wracking!” says writer Richard Starkings. “Now that I have a copy in my hands, I’m just astounded by the Amazon Print on Demand’s quality and turnaround time! I’m very happy to be back with comiXology Originals for Season Two — alongside Ask For Mercy, Comicraft is building a whole library of titles for comiXology Originals!”

Ask For Mercy Season One: The Key To Forever – a World War II fantasy horror story in which Mercy is snatched from her own place and time to join a team of Monster Hunters who are actually Monsters themselves, and together they have to take on a Pantheon of Hideous Creatures summoned to our world by Nazi evil – will also be available print-on-demand via Amazon.com, for members of Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited, and for sale on comiXology and Kindle, starting May 8th.

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About the Elephantmen Creative Team Richard Starkings is the creator/writer of ELEPHANTMEN; co-creator, with Abigail Jill Harding, of ASK FOR MERCY! and co-creator, with Tyler Shainline and Shaky Kane, of THE BEEF. In the course of a distinguished career in comic books, Richard edited a line of original titles for Marvel UK in the 80s, founded the COMICRAFT design and lettering studio in the 90s and established the foremost source for comic book lettering fonts at comicbookfonts.com. He has worked as a lettering artist on just about every mainstream comic book you might care to mention, including BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, and has written comic strips for THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS, ZOIDS, TRANSFORMERS and DOCTOR WHO. With Comicraft’s Secret Weapon, John Roshell, Richard created the indispensable guide, COMIC BOOK LETTERING THE COMICRAFT WAY as well as the Artist Retrospectives TIM SALE: BLACK AND WHITE and J SCOTT CAMPBELL: TIME CAPSULE. Richard loves Yorkshire Tea, Cadbury’s Flake and Lori Perkins, but not necessarily in that order.

Axel Medellin has been creating art for the ELEPHANTMEN series since 2010 and is probably meeting a deadline right now. Nevertheless, he has somehow managed to fit in drawing and coloring other comics for HEAVY METAL, Zenescope, Boom! Studios and Image Comics’ FIFTY GIRLS FIFTY with Frank Cho. Boo Cook studied illustration at Art college in Cambridge where he felt he was learning a lot as his artistic imagination was beaten out of him — which caused him to retreat to play drums for five years while he spray-painted the unspeakable parts of ceramic beagles at a factory in Scotland. In the year 2000AD he approached the British comics weekly 2000AD with his portfolio and was soon drawing notable characters such as Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson, ABC Warriors, Harry Kipling, Asylum and, most recently, BLUNT for the Judge Dredd Megazine. Boo has also illustrated strips for Titans Doctor Who line and covers for various Marvel books including WOLVERINE. Boo is a talented musician and frequently performs with his bands, Forktail and Motherbox.

About the Ask For Mercy Creative Team Richard Starkings is the creator/writer of ELEPHANTMEN; co-creator, with Abigail Jill Harding, of ASK FOR MERCY! and co-creator, with Tyler Shainline and Shaky Kane, of THE BEEF. In the course of a distinguished career in comic books, Richard edited a line of original titles for Marvel UK in the 80s, founded the COMICRAFT design and lettering studio in the 90s and established the foremost source for comic book lettering fonts at comicbookfonts.com. He has worked as a lettering artist on just about every mainstream comic book you might care to mention, including BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, and has written comic strips for THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS, ZOIDS, TRANSFORMERS and DOCTOR WHO. With Comicraft’s Secret Weapon, John Roshell, Richard created the indispensable guide, COMIC BOOK LETTERING THE COMICRAFT WAY as well as the Artist Retrospectives TIM SALE: BLACK AND WHITE and J SCOTT CAMPBELL: TIME CAPSULE. Richard loves Yorkshire Tea, Cadbury’s Flake and Lori Perkins, but not necessarily in that order.

Abigail Jill Harding is a young English illustrator and comic book artist from Yorkshire, whose first professional comics work appeared in ELEPHANTMEN #72, written by Richard Starkings whom she met at a signing at Travelling Man in York. Abigail graduated from York College with a BA honours in 3D Art and Design in 2015 but continued to concentrate on her illustration work and did small comic projects. Abigail had been showcasing her mixed-media skills at the yearly Leeds Comics Arts Festival, Thought Bubble and it was the short strip she contributed to the festival’s 2015 print anthology that caught Richard’s eye. Since then she has done cover work for Titan Comics. Abigail is currently illustrating ASK FOR MERCY, a comiXology Originals title which she dreamed up with Richard Starkings while they were visiting The Royal Armouries in Leeds.

About comiXology ComiXology, an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is a revolutionary, cloud-based digital comics service. With content from over 125 publishers as well as thousands of independent creators from around the world, comiXology provides an unrivaled library of comic books, graphic novels, manga and bandes dessinées. The company’s first-in-class innovations include the exclusive Guided View technology which provides an immersive and cinematic reading experience and a new monthly subscription service. ComiXology is based in New York City, with operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. For more information, visit comixology.com and follow the company on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.

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taylorswiftsthighs · 4 years

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I was tagged by @lostkate815

Are you named after anyone? — I am! I got my first name from a friend of my parents who passed about a year before I was born, and my middle name from my grandma’s aunt.

When was the last time you cried? — yesterday.

Do you have kids? — No.

Do you use sarcasm a lot? — Never. ...

What’s the first thing you notice about people? — I guess their face?

What’s your eye color? — Dark brown

Scary movie or happy ending? — Happy ending!!

Any special talent? — I have many talents, not a single one of them is super special.

What country were you born in? — Norway

What are your hobbies? — Writing, singing (in a choir), the sims 4 100 babies challenge 😂

Do you have pets? — I have a male budgie named Lilia. He’s green and yellow.

What sports do you play? — None. I used to dance though.

How tall are you? — 5′0″

Favorite subjects in school? — Science and english.

Dream job? — Genetic counselor (and it might come true soon!!) Tagging @princessmishaps, @reputation2017, @ihavebeenalotoflonelyplaces, @amaryllis-daydream, @last-kisss

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xkuja · 5 years

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15 QUESTIONS, 15 MUTUALS

Tagged by » @burmecias-protector u v u

Tagging » First 15 to read this get to be tagged.

⭑ are you named after anyone ?

Vervain is a pretty little herb. All my online aliases are named for similar plants, though Vervain is pretty much the only one I use.

⭑ when was the last time you cried ?

Hrm... I was cry-laughing at a youtube video the other night, does that count~?

⭑ do you have kids ?

Thankfully no. I’m looking into getting sterilized so I never have to worry about them. If I had a child I would sell it for maximum profit.

⭑ do you use sarcasm a lot ?

Yes. For the record, the part about me selling my own child was not sarcasm.

⭑ what’s the first thing you notice about people ?

Whether or not they are standing in my way.

⭑ what’s your eye color ?

Dead leaf hazel.

⭑ scary movie or happy ending ?

I’d rather watch a weird documentary to be honest~.

⭑ any special talents ?

I know how to kill skeletons.

⭑ where were you born ?

The sixth circle of hell.

⭑ what are your hobbies ?

Drawing and shopping and collecting strange, obscure video games and artbooks~.

⭑ do you have any pets ?

Currently looking after my Grandma’s elderly budgie until he dies. His name is Brutus and I’m starting to think the little bastard is immortal.

⭑ what tattoos / piercings / body mods do you have ?

Ears and lip pierced. Considering a tattoo but whenever I save up the money for it I always end up buying other things...

⭑ how tall are you ?

Acceptably.

⭑ dream job ?

Trillionaire.

⭑ favorite subject at school?

Art for sure~ Though I did enjoy English because it was easy... I rather hated school by the time I got to 7th grade.

#|| Is this Memes ||#mun related things

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tasmanianstripes · 5 years

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Tagged by @the-goddamn-robot (thanks!)

Nicknames: Most often I'm called Kris or Krys, but sometimes Fidget and one of my boyfriends calls me Booty because of my old Skype name

Height: 173 cm

Last movie I watched: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Favourite musician of all time: I don't really have a favourite, I used to like Jared Letto but that went downhill after he was casted as The Joker

Song stuck in my head: Stromae - Formidable

Other blogs: Too many to list all, but I most often use @tr3nd3r-p1kachu (my trendercore blog), @queer-star (my warrior cats blog), @opisaslug (my blog all abt nature, mostly bugs though), @m0w0nster (my creepypasta/slenderverse blog), @angel-sal (my Sally Face blog, was supposed to be an Au ask blog but oh well) and @the-frankenstein-project (my horror, body horror and gore blog, mostly centered around creepy ass creatures (seriously, don't look it up if you're easily frightened))

Do I get asks: Oh boy do I...

Who I am following: Art blogs, warrior cats blogs, sjw blogs, trendercore blogs, horror blog, and probably some more but these are the main categories I'd say

What am I wearing: just underwear (hey its hot and I just took a shower, don't judge me)

Dream job(s): A vet, a doctor, an animator ( can't animate for shit tho), a teacher (lmao can you imagine), an astronaut (I think everybody wants to be one at some point), astrophysicsist (I'm horrible at math though, so...), graphic designer (what I'm actually going for), biologist, archeologistand a palaeontologist (what I'm actually going for too, yes I will be a palaeontologist AND a graphic designer, fucking fight me on that)

Dream trip: I always wanted to go on Safari trip (I love animals) or to Disneyland/Disneyworld, also to France and America to meet my boyfriends and friends, and to UK to meet my friend

Do you play any instruments: nnnnope, but I always wanted to play a guitar

Do you speak any languages: Polish for my first language and English for my second, I know very little German (it's mandatory in nearly every school here and its a pain in my ass) and I'm starting to learn Russian

Favourite foods: Chicken, pineapple pizza and mint ice cream

Favourite songs: I don't have a one favourite song, it changes overtime so I can't give you a definite answer

Random fact: I fucking love thylacines and hell pigs

I tag @space-ace16 @crying-budgies @fivefootfite @hotstuffhotdog @bluethepearldiver @timeslive-inhouse

#thylacines can talk

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inwintersolitude · 4 years

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- July 22nd 2020 -

~ Section 1- Food ~

Do you like pineapple on pizza? It depends on the style of pizza. It's sort of okay-ish on the delivery types of pizza (like Pizza Hut or Hungry Howie's), although I'd prefer just plain cheese or veggies. But putting pineapple on an authentic margherita pizza or a Chicago deep dish pizza would be an abomination.

Have you ever had a doritos locos taco from Taco Bell? I've had it once or twice.

Pepsi or Coke? I don't really like either. But I dislike Coke less than I dislike Pepsi.

Do you like milk? Yes.

Do you like syrup or powdered sugar on your french toast? Both.

Do you put jelly or butter on your toast? Either. It depends on what I'm in the mood for.

Have you ever tried beets? Yes.

Do you like baking? Yes, but I don't do it super often.

What is your favorite flavor of cake? My mom's recipe for cinnamon cream cheese coffee cake.

~ Section 2- Family ~

What are you grandparents names? My maternal grandparents' names are Gerald and Carole. My paternal grandparents' names were James and Barbara.

If any, How old are your siblings? My brother is 26.

Are your parents still married? Yes.

Do you have any children? Nope. I don't want any.

What color is your dad’s hair? Gray.

How old was your mom when she had you? She was 29.

Do you live with any of your family members currently? I live with my husband.

What is your favorite cousins name? I couldn't decide on just one favorite. But the two I'm closest with are Ryan and Maggie.

Who are you closest to in your family? My husband.

~ Section 3- Love ~

What is their name? Brian.

How long have you been together? A bit over 10 years. Married for almost 8 years.

Do you live together? Yes.

Where do you meet? We met back in college, through the university's flight school. I joined the competitive flying team that he was captain of at the time, and we flew together as pilot and co-pilot in competitions around the country. He was also one of my flight instructors for part of my commercial pilot training, and we also worked together in airport operations.

What is the first movie you watched together? Airplane, hahaha. Back in the winter/spring of 2010, we worked the Sunday morning operations shift at our university's airport, and it was almost always just the two of us there during that particular shift because students didn't usually fly on Sundays. So since there wasn't much to do, he'd sometimes bring in a movie for us to watch in the ops office, and Airplane was the first one he brought in because I had never seen it before and it's kind of a cult classic amongst people in aviation.

How old are they? He's 33.

~ Section 4- Yourself ~

How old are you? 30.

What is your middle name? My maiden surname. Prior to getting married and changing my middle/last names, it was Elizabeth. But I'm thinking of doing a legal name change and adding Elizabeth back in as a second middle name, so I'd be Kelly Elizabeth MaidenSurname MarriedSurname.

What are some things you enjoy doing? Reading, hiking, biking, gaming, traveling, and working (I'm self-employed and I really enjoy my work).

What is your favorite color? Dark blue.

Do you have your own place? Yes, with my husband.

What state are you from? I'm originally from Ohio, but I've lived in Virginia for 7 years now.

What year did you graduate? I graduated from high school in 2008, and from college in 2012.

Are you shy or outgoing? Neither. I'm definitely an introvert, but I'm not shy.

~ Section 5- Animals ~

Do you have any pets? Yes.

What kind? Two budgies.

What are their names? Apollo and Luna.

Have you ever adopted an animal? Yes.

Have you ever taken in a stray? No.

What is an animal you are scared of? I can't think of any.

Have you ever been bitten by a dog? No.

Have you ever ridden a horse? Yes, I did English hunt seat and showjumping when I was a teenager.

#survey #surveys #personal blog

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bevrijdme · 5 years

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① ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE ? My real name came from some Italian coffee tv advert, apparently? But it’s so bland and unoriginal, so gahhh. My current alias, Nix... I can’t actually remember where it came from? Lol. Maybe after the InFamous 2 character of the same name, as I remember loving that game to bits. ② WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED ? About a week ago. ③ DO YOU HAVE KIDS ? Nope! ④ DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT ? Sparingly. ⑤ WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE ? Hmm. Probably accents. ⑥ WHAT’S YOUR EYE COLOUR ? Uhhh they’re like a? Forest green colour? With speckles of orange in them? It’s hard to explain, ahah. ⑦ SCARY MOVIE OR HAPPY ENDING ? Me, a glutton for angst; gimme the worst ending, always! ⑧ ANY SPECIAL TALENTS ? I can twitch my nose. Does that count as a talent? haha. ⑨ WHERE WERE YOU BORN ? Limerick, ireland. ⑩ WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES ? Writing, reading, video games, coding. ⑪ DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS ? All I have left is a pet budgie. Had a dog, but he died two years back. ⑫ WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED ? Basketball & badminton, in the past. Used to be big into running, but that stopped after one time I tripped and broke my left arm in three places. :’) ⑬ HOW TALL ARE YOU ? 5′9″. ⑭ DREAM JOB ? full stack developer. I’m about to start a job next month in such a role, so I’m pretty damn psyched for it! ⑮ FAVOURITE SUBJECT AT SCHOOL ? Gotta be English. It was the only thing I felt I was good at, tbqh.

TAGGED BY: @thehangedhero (tysm!!!) TAGGING: Ehh,,, steal it, yo! Tell me about yourselves, me @ the dash!

#mun meme

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pao-pao-pao · 5 years

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Tag Game

miRules: answer 21 questions and then tag 21 people

tagged by @darkestelemental616

Nickname: just "pao" of course!! idk if i should put my irl nickname here!💦

zodiac: taurus🐂

height: 4'11"

last movie i saw: Us

last thing i googled: “cake"

fave musician: …i don't have favorites, i like many many many musicians!!

song stuck in my head: (does sora's voice count as a song?)

other blogs: @daily-soras (this blog hasn't been started yet!! this blog is where i will receive asks from you all about a bunch of different soras you want me to draw, i think it will be alot of fun✨)

followers: 841

following: 110

amount of sleep: way too much

lucky number: i'll say.....17!

dream job: i...dont know yet.

what i’m wearing: im wearing a t-shirt with shorts rn (id rather be wearing my blue budgie kigurumi though)

favorite food: shellfish!! Like crabs, lobsters and shrimp! 🍤✨

can i play an instrument: i used to play the flute in 4th grade...i gave up on that. Im currently learning how to play the ukulele!!

language: English and a little bit of french

fave songs: anything by yoko shimomura

random fact: i got into kh at a super super young age, like maybe i was 3 or 4 when ive seen it for the very first time! It was the very first video game introduced to me. I never actually knew who sora was until i was 7, i was taken back by his positive attitude and his personality, he was my role model pretty much! I loved watching my dad play and eventually i started to copy sora's mannerisms, i carried my toy broom like it was a keyblade and put my arms back behind my head sometimes like he does haha One day, i asked my dad to draw a picture of sora for me. He did so and gave it to me, i was amazed at how my dad was able to get every single detail right. Like the picture was the most treasured thing i had, i wanted to make my own drawings of sora as well. Thus, it began a new chapter of my life, my pathway to becoming an artist. I know my childhood is completely uninteresting but i just thought you all needed to know why im so attached to sora

describe urself in aesthetic things: soft pillows and comforters, crying, pastries and cakes, the moon, neon lights, pink sunsets, waking up late, seashells, stars, beaches, birds, rainy weather, holding hands, white lace, and holographic stuff!!

Tagging: im really sorry but i don't know enough people....also i don't know if anyone wants to be tagged in this...désolé! that means sorry in french💦

#aahhhhhhhh #this was fun

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