#I could trim off some of the screenshots but

[sodalite-lite]

wip of the stupid fucking random bedroom. it's too bright though

#probably not going to finish this because so much is off angle-wise #like. hmm. gestures to that shelving and that wood accent #speaking of accents i'm missing the trim along the bottom of the walls. alas #this isn't too bad but my finger disagrees #doing the bed WAS fun however <33 but that was before the 1 hour mark i think. it could use some fixing as well but i think it looks nice a #as is. just not comparable to the actual bed because the blue fitted sheet is actually over the whole bed but whatevez #the environments in cof are actually so nice and interesting to look at. but it'd probably be more helpful if i actually HAD the game to ta #to take screenshots for reference #soda draws #<- sure

[jiihu]

﹅ 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲; 𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮

﹅ summary — karina uses her idol status to coerce you into a relationship. her friends tell you that she isn't a good person, yet you decide to find out for yourself.

﹅ content — abuse, manipulation, power imbalance

﹅ word count — 5.2k

﹅ a/n — okay, i trimmed down the word count a bit by cutting out some scenes, i hope it still comes out good! there will definitely be a part two, so feel free to send plot ideas that you want to see! i also barely proofread, but it went through grammarly so it should be alright

From the moment you saw Karina in an advertisement on a busy street, you were immediately drawn to her. Thereafter, you began attending all of their concerts, media showcases, and even their airport departures, even if to stand in the back of the crowd and take pictures. You were infatuated with her, watching every single piece of content with her in it. You felt your days slowly being consumed by her, spending every waking moment of your life keeping up.

Although you knew that this level of infatuation wasn't healthy, you endured it, even if just for a moment of happiness. "Jesus Christ, Y/N. Have you really been sitting here all day waiting on Aespa's comeback?" Your closest friend, Gyuri, muttered as she walked into your apartment. You glanced at her as she opened up your refrigerator, letting out a sigh as she closed it. "You didn't even touch the soup I made..." You huffed, scratching the bridge of your nose.

"Sorry, Gyu. You know how important this is to me though. I've been waiting months for this. They also have a QR Code that we scan before the show starts, and I could get a free ticket to their fan sign! Isn't that exciting?" You beamed, taking glances back at the screen to check the timer. You looked up at Gyuri as she shrugged, before falling on the couch cushion beside you.

"I guess that's worth it," she emphasized, glancing over to the stacks of albums that you bought, hoping to win a fan call with Karina. "But I don't think the rest of this stuff is worth it. Nor do I think it's awfully healthy." She paused, taking a quick look at you. "But I guess if it makes you happy." You didn't respond as you heard music start playing from your TV, and your head snapped to see what was going on. You watched as Aespa did their introduction greeting, and your eyes were immediately drawn to Karina.

Once they began talking about the QR Code that we would be able to sign, you quickly pulled your phone out and aimed it at the screen, hoping the faster you caught it, the higher your luck would be. You chewed on your lip as you stared at the screen, groaning when you realized that you would have to wait until after the show is over to get the results.

Gyuri chuckled at your reaction, before standing up and stretching. "I'm leaving now. Text me later if you finally get lucky after all these years," she joked before kissing you on the forehead and heading out of the door.

Although you'd usually be over the moon during any Aespa performance, you couldn't help but feel impatient as you waited for the ending to reveal who won. To take your mind off of it, you walked over to the kitchen and prepared some snacks to eat during the performance.

After what felt like hours of watching their show, it finally got to the end and you quickly opened your browser to see, "Congratulations! You've won the AESPA fan sign tickets!" You gasped, standing up from your seat. You muttered no way under your breath, sending a quick screenshot to Gyuri. You opened your phone and scrolled down to Ryujin's contact number, pausing for a moment before you chose to call anyway.

"Y/N?" You heard her tired voice come through the phone speakers.

"I got the fan sign tickets!" You rushed out, hearing Ryujin's exhausted groan on the other line.

"Y/N, that’s great and all but you remember what I said, right?" You rolled your eyes, despite her not being able to see you. Ryujin, and many others, told you that Karina was bad news, but you couldn't be bothered to listen. Even if she was, it wasn't like you would actually have a chance with her, so it didn't matter to you anyway.

"I know, I know. You've told me a million times. But it's not fair you get to know her and I don't." You whined, pulling the phone away from your ear as Ryujin snorted.

"Yeah, that's why I'm telling you, Y/N. Because I know her, and you don't. I know how she is and how she treats people, and I don't want that to happen to you." You heard someone in the background call Ryujin over, telling her that break time is over. "Listen, Y/N. For my sanity and your safety, don't get involved with her. I love you." That was the last thing you heard before she hung up and you couldn't help but feel your excitement die down after her words. She couldn't be that bad, right?

You stood outside of the venue, your bag clutched tightly in your arms, and you looked around at everyone who seemed to be just as nervous. You thought back to Ryujin's words, becoming paranoid, wondering if they were true. What if she's mean? You bounced from leg to leg, moving forward with the rest of the line. Shaking the thoughts out of your head, you tried to remember what you were going to say to them when you made it to the front.

"Nervous?" You looked to your right and saw a girl with a camera pointed toward one of the members. You nodded, before quickly saying 'yes' after you realized that she wasn't looking at you. "Is this your first time?"

"Yeah. You?" You asked before you heard her chuckle.

"Not at all. I'm at just about every one of their events. For photos, of course." She zoomed in on the camera a bit, before taking a picture. "One word of advice though, don't try to remember a pre-written script. Just go with the flow, it'll make it more natural. Plus, you'll probably forget it, anyway."

Once you reached the front of the line, you realized that she was right. You didn't remember anything that you planned on saying. You sat down in front of Ningning, watching as her face morphed from a smile to a shocked expression. "I've seen you before!" She exclaimed, staring at you for a second before her expression changed to one of realization. "You're that one Karina fan page on TikTok, right?" You nodded, opening your album photobook to her page.

"Yeah! You've seen my page before?" She scoffed, looking down at the book as she wrote something down.

"Who hasn't? Winter just sent us one of your videos earlier, she'll probably recognize you." You were speechless, not knowing how you should respond to her words. You didn't expect any of them to see the videos you made, let alone see enough of them to recognize you. When the next person moved, you stood up, giving your goodbyes to Ningning before you sat in front of Winter. When you sat down, you saw Winter's face light up before she addressed you using your TikTok username.

"The video you posted earlier," she trailed off, laughing as she wrote on her page of the book. "Karina's been talking about it all day." You laughed, shaking your head in embarrassment.

"That was probably the worst video for you guys to have seen." She wrote something else on the side of the page before, glancing over to Giselle.

"Maybe not. Karina seemed to have loved it." You stood up and took your photo book from her before you took a seat in front of Giselle. You saw her eyes open in shock when she saw you, her hands pausing as she flipped through the pages.

"I didn't expect to see you here,” she smiled, stealing a glance at Karina. “Karina literally won’t stop talking about your account.” You crossed your legs, scratching your jaw as you felt awkward and put on the spot for some reason.

“Does she really talk about it that much? Ningning and Winter said the same thing too.” Giselle playfully groaned, throwing her head back.

“Anytime she takes out her phone, we know it’s most likely one of your videos.” She paused, glancing up at you before smiling. “No offense, of course. The videos are great, but she’ll talk for hours about them.” You smiled before you watched as her facial expression became serious as she leaned closer to you. “Listen, I didn’t tell you this but if she tries to pursue something with you, don’t trust it.”

“Wait, what-” You were cut off by Giselle sitting back in her seat, giving you a smile that may have seemed friendly to anyone else, but you could tell it meant don’t press any further. You nodded, taking a move to stand up and sit in front of Karina. She smiled as you took a seat in front of her, opening the photobook to her page. She frowned when she looked down, and you followed her line of sight to her page with the outline of her face cutout.

"Do you not like me that much?" You gasped, your jaw dropping when you realized what you had done.

"No, wait! I brought the wrong one! That's the one I use to make posters..." You trailed off when you heard her laughing, and you looked up to see her with the back of her hand pressed to her lips, trying not to laugh too hard.

"I'm kidding," she reached for your hand laying on the table, rubbing her fingers over your knuckles. "I saw the video of you making it." You let out a breath of relief, watching as she observed you for a second before smiling and going to write something on the page. You felt someone's gaze on you and you turned your head to see Giselle staring at you with a disapproving look. You frowned, confused before her line of sight moved down to your hand that was held in Karina's grasp.

You pulled away, giving Karina a smile when she looked up at you. Even though you had just met Giselle today, you felt like you didn't want to disappoint her for some reason. Karina started to pass you the book back before she paused and reached down to take out a sticky note.

She used her hand to cover up what she was writing on it, before discreetly slipping it inside of the pages. Smiling as if nothing had happened, she waved you goodbye as you stood up. Instead of sitting back down to witness the rest of the fan sign, you walked to the back and left through the door that you'd entered, feeling your heart pounding in your chest.

"Gyu, she gave me her number!" You exclaimed, holding Gyuri's shoulders as you shook her shoulders. You observed her as she sat silently with a shocked expression, holding the note between her fingers. You snatched it away, tucking it back into the pages of the book. "Don't memorize it," you joked, watching as she rolled her eyes.

"Maybe I was wrong." She toyed with the end of her sleeve, nervously looking around the room.

“What’s the matter?" You questioned her, watching as her eyes flickered between you and the wall.

"Nothing!" You gave her a knowing look, prepared to refuse to drop the conversation until she told you. "Fine! Ryujin told me that she was probably going to give you her number, and to not let you call her."

"What? Why?" She shrugged, turning to face you.

"I don't know. No one is saying why, but don't you think it's a little weird that everyone's saying she's bad news?" You thought about it for a second, until you realized that you didn't have a rebuttal.

"I mean, I guess they could be right. But shouldn't that be something I figure out for myself? She seemed sweet enough at the fan sign."

"But come on, Y/N. Her actual idol friends are saying she's a bad person. Hell, even her bandmate said the same thing! Don't you think there might be a little truth to it?" You stayed silent, looking back down at the book again. You heard her let out a breath of air, shaking her head. "I can't stop you, but please be safe. And if anything goes wrong, Ryujin and I are always there for you." You nodded, leaning into her hug as she stood up and walked towards the front door, giving you a last glance before leaving.

You took the sticky note out of the page after she left, twisting it in between your fingers. You stared at her number on the page, debating if you should contact her or not. Taking a deep, you typed her number into your phone, sending her a text saying, 'hi! this is y/n btw'.

Before you could even put your phone down, you'd already received a text back that read, 'y/n! i thought you were never going to text'. Your fingers hovered over the letters on the screen, trying to figure out what to say next. Even though you did want to get to know Karina yourself, Giselle and Ryujin's words wouldn't leave the back of your mind. While you were wrapped up in your thoughts, your phone started ringing and you looked down to see that it was Karina calling.

"Hello?"

"Hey. Sorry for calling, but I just wanted to hear your voice again," she timidly said, and you could tell that she was shifting around on her bed. You froze for a moment, being caught off guard by the fact that Karina of all people wanted to hear your voice again. Maybe she isn’t as bad as people might say.

“Don’t apologize! I don’t mind calling.” She let out a breath of relief before she started asking you about the fan sign. You made sure to tell her how much fun you had since it seemed like she was nervous about what you thought of it. “Yeah! Gyuri told me not to call, but I assumed nothing bad could come out of it anyway.” She paused for a second before humming in agreement.

“Gyuri?” You made a noise of confirmation, wondering why she repeated her name.

"Do you know her?" She snorted, a humorless laugh following.

"Nope." You stayed silent for a moment, thinking that she was going to follow up with something else. Although you didn't believe her when she denied knowing Gyuri, it didn't seem like she'd let you in on any more information, so you let it go. You two continued having a conversation for a couple more minutes before she asked you if you were busy tomorrow.

"I'm not busy at all. What about you?"

"Not at all. That's why I wanted to know if you wanted to come to a café with me?"

"Of course! What time?" You confirmed a time and said your goodbyes, turning around and squealing into your pillow.

"So? I'm assuming it went well." You jumped from your position on the couch and turned to see Ryujin standing in your living room.

"How did you get in? You've got to stop doing that," you groaned, fluffing the pillow back into its original position. Ryujin gestured over to Gyuri who was standing by your refrigerator with bags, diligently restocking it. You shook your head, leaning back into a comfortable position on the couch.

"Plus, there's no need to worry. Even if she is a piece of shit-" You were cut off by a clap from Gyuri.

"Language!" You huffed, shaking your head.

"Even if she is a bad person, I wouldn't let her do anything to me." Ryujin and Gyuri shared a look before Ryujin wandered off to the kitchen with an exaggerated, drawn-out sigh.

"If you say so."

You sat on a small wooden bench outside of the café that you and Karina agreed to meet at, absentmindedly picking at the skin on your nails. Despite agreeing with her to meet at 3:00, your nerves got the better of you and you showed up ten minutes early.

While you were lost in your thoughts, a car pulled up in front of the restaurant, stopping in front of you. You looked up as the driver let down the window, making eye contact with Karina who gestured you over.

"Y/N!" You stepped into her car, pulling the door close as you felt yourself become nervous at her presence. "I've been thinking about you all morning."

Before you could respond, she put the car into drive and started leaving the café. "Wait, Karina. I thought we were eating here?" You questioned her, half disappointed because you were starving and wanted to eat before you two went anywhere else.

"We were. But I thought about it and it'd be much better to get to know you in a more quiet place first, then we could start going on dates in public later on." You felt like your head was spinning at the word "date", your eyes glued on the dashboard of her car. "You can call me Jimin too, by the way."

"Not that I mind, but where are we going that's quiet?" Jimin smiled, her finger tapping the steering wheel to the beat of the song softly playing in the background.

"My dorm."

You stepped into the dorm, your heart pounding in your chest. Just yesterday you were winning your first fan sign, and now you're in their dorm. You moved aside as Jimin locked the door behind you two, slipping your shoes off. Walking into their living room, your eyes were drawn to the clothes hanging in front of the wall. You squinted, focusing on an off-white colored jacket. Isn't that Gyuri's?, you thought to yourself, your train of thought being interrupted by Jimin pulling on your sleeve.

"Come on." She guided you down the hall to the room she shared with Ning Ning. You looked around, trying your hardest not to focus on her soft hands wrapped around your wrist. She tugged you into the room, closing the door behind her softly.

"No one's here but us." She smiled, gesturing over to her bed. You sat down, picking at the fibers of her comforter. "Don't be nervous. It's just me." She grabbed your hand that was fidgeting, running her thumbs over it.

"Are you hungry?" She questioned you, nodding her head when you answered. "We only have noodles and leftover gopchang, if you're okay with that."

"I don't mind at all." She walked over to the kitchen, pulling out a pot and pan. While she was filling it up with water, your eyes slowly traced her figure. Even though you already knew she was beautiful from pictures and videos, her visuals seemed magnified in person. While you were zoned out, observing her side profile, she turned around with two packets of noodles.

"Spicy or not?" You pointed to the non-spicy ones, not wanting to embarrass yourself in front of her. She opened the packets of noodles, dumping them into the pot. You turned around and walked over to the table to sit down, rather than ogle at her any longer. You heard the gopchang sizzling in the pan, the rich smell following shortly after.

"Jimin?" She hummed, using tongs to remove the noodles from the water. "Are the others coming back anytime soon?" She shook her head, adjusting her glasses on the bridge of her nose.

"Nope. I specifically told them not to come home because I had a date today." You felt your stomach twist at her words again. Even though this was a dream come true, a dream that many others would never get, you couldn't help but feel nervous. Not only because of the word date again, but also because you couldn't get Gyuri and Ryujin's words out of your head. On top of that, the jacket that looked almost identical to Gyuri's was plaguing your thoughts.

Jimin walked out of the kitchen with your bowl and plate, setting it down in front of you. "I made both of us some so you weren't eating alone." After she sat at the table, you two ate in silence, Jimin stealing glances at you now and then as you tried to ignore them. Once you were finished eating, you stacked the plates and bowls and tried to bring them to the kitchen before you felt a grip on your elbow.

Jimin guided the dishes back down to the table, pulling you back towards her room. "Leave it." Once you two passed the doorway, Jimin closed the door, swiftly locking it behind you two.

"Jimin?" She maneuvered around you, sitting down on the bed before pulling you down onto her lap.

"What?" Her fingers toyed with the hem of your shirt, sliding her hands under your shirt.

"Don't you think this is too fast? Too much?" She looked up at you, her thumbs tracing shapes on your waist.

"Do you want to stop? If you're uncomfortable, we can stop now, and I'll take you home and you don't have to see me again." You chewed on the skin of your lips, your eyes darting around the room.

To be honest, you did feel like you two were moving too fast, but you also didn't want to miss out on what was probably the last time you'd have an opportunity like this. Despite what Ryujin had said, you felt safe in Jimin's arms, and you felt safe knowing that she was giving you the option of leaving.

"No, don’t stop."

"You did what?" Ryujin shrieked, her actions almost fish-like as she searched for words.

"I don't know! It was so sudden but she just made me feel, secure?" Ryujin groaned, rubbing her fingers across her forehead.

"That's what she does! She'll make you feel safe before she reveals her true colors. I already told you this!" You scoffed, crossing your arms over your chest. You didn't appreciate the way Ryujin was treating you, the way she'd always treated you like you were a toddler who needed protection.

"Ryujin, I said I'm fine! I swear that if she does something, you'll be the first one to know." She shook her head, running her fingers through her hair.

"You don't get it, do you?"

"Then help me understand!" Ryujin's words began to irritate you, her cryptic behavior confusing you.

"No. This is something you'll have to figure out for yourself." She grabbed her bag from the couch and walked over to the door before turning around to face you. "If anything happens, please don't be scared to talk to us. No matter what we're here for you." She closed the door behind her, leaving you standing in your living room, alone and confused. So, you did the only thing you could think of at the moment, pulling out your phone.

"Jimin? Can I see you?"

You sat in Jimin's car, your phone propped up on the gearshift as you two watched some cliché romance movie to take your mind off of things. Despite you not telling Jimin anything was wrong, she could sense your mood and suggested a movie night, but in the car, since Winter was home. "God, I forgot how much I hate these types of movies," Jimin groaned, taking a bite out of her corndog.

"It wasn't that bad. Maybe a little corny, but aren't most movies these days?" She smiled, her eyes tracing your face. "What?"

"Nothing. You look pretty today." You looked away from her, getting flustered like the day you'd first met. Jimin hooked her pointer finger under your chin, her thumb tracing your jawline.

"Go out with me. On a proper date." You stared at her like a deer in headlights, the sudden confession catching you off-guard.

"Like, a non-quiet place?"

Jimin nodded, laughing at your choice of words.

"Yeah, a non-quiet place." You looked away from her, feeling nervous and put on the spot at her proposition.

"Now?"

"If that's okay with you." You agreed, your fingers playing with the stitching on her seat while she pulled off. Her hand moved from the center console to your knee, rubbing circles over it. Your nerves had calmed down almost immediately, noticeably relaxing into her touch as you stared out of the window. "I've never done this with anyone before. Never felt this way about someone before." Your eyes flickered to hers, her impromptu statement taking you by surprise.

"Never, with a fan? Or with anyone?" She paused for a moment, her gaze intense as if she were blindsided by the question. She turned back to the road, shaking her head.

"With anyone. Idol life is pretty difficult, so I never have time for things like this. But, when I saw your TikTok, I was drawn to you. I wanted to message you, but I thought that was too risky. So, I got you into the fan sign." You looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"What do you mean got me into the fan sign? I won the raffle from the QR code."

"Oh, didn't mean it like that. I just meant that..." She trailed off, her grip on my knee becoming firmer. "It's not important."

"We're here." You walked into the restaurant in a daze from her words, your arm tucked securely under Jimin's.

"What can I get for you two?" The waitress mumbled, dragging her feet over to the table with her head buried in her clipboard.

"I'll get a butter croissant, and she'll take an order of strawberry bingsu," Jimin interrupted you as you started to order. You looked up at her with furrowed eyebrows, your finger still hovering over the menu. How did she know?

The waitress's head shot up as she heard Jimin's voice, her posture immediately straightening. "Karina! I'm a huge fan!" She blurted out, the end of her clipboard coming to rest on the end of the table. Jimin smiled, taking her hands into her own.

"Thank you so much for supporting us. I promise we won't let you down." You watched as a blush spread across the waitress' face, her hand clinging to Jimin's. With a pang in your chest, you turned around to face the window, your dejected expression showing in the polished glass.

The waitress moved to another table by the time you turned around, her eyes flickering back to Jimin's now and then. "Are you okay?" You nodded, quietly thanking the server when he brought out the food for the two of you.

"Sorry to bother you again, but can I maybe get an autograph?" Jimin smiled, taking the paper and pen from the doe-eyed woman.

"Of course. It's the least I can do." Jimin signed the paper, writing something small on the end of the paper before handing it to her again. You watched as the woman's eyes grew wide, a gasp slipping from her lips as her eyes scanned over the note. You scoffed, stabbing your fork into a piece of strawberry.

So much for a great first date.

You silently sat in Jimin's car, your mind racing with thoughts as you thought back to her interactions inside the café. As much as you wanted to believe her when she said she'd never done this with anyone before, it was hard to when seeing how natural she was when flirting. You shook your head, feeling embarrassed by your jealousy.

"Y/N?" You turned your head to face her, realizing that you had already arrived back at your house. "Ah," she trailed off, playing with her fingers as she tried not to make eye contact. You frowned, still holding a slight one-sided grudge against her. "Can we hang out again tomorrow?"

"Jimin, I'm sorry but I don't think this is going to work out. I mean, you're really great, but I don't think... I don't think I'm ready yet," you stumbled over your words, trying not to say the word "uncomfortable".

"What?" Jimin looked at you as if you'd grown a second head like that was the last thing she'd expected you to say. "Are you serious?" You started to feel nervous, her tone making your heart skip. She shook her head, staring at you with an expression that looked like she'd snap at any minute. "You can't just leave like that."

"I didn't say I was leaving, Jimin. I just need more time to think about this."

"More time? Do you know how many people would kill to be where you are right now? Don't pretend like you didn't see what happened in the café."

"You're ridiculous." You turned to step out of her car, before being caught by the wrist and harshly pulled back into the seat. You grunted as your back hit the leather, your arm pulled across the console into Jimin's grasp.

"Y/N, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..." You took Jimin talking as a chance to escape her grasp, opening her car door and bolting towards your front one. You quickly punched in the code, looking over your shoulder to see that Jimin had already left. You ran into your house, slamming the door behind you while you tried to catch your breath.

"What's wrong with her?" Your head snapped up to see Gyuri and Ryujin sitting on the couch, a bowl of popcorn laying across Gyuri's lap. You felt your phone buzzing and pulled it out of your pocket, your heart pumping from adrenaline.

| jimin

y/n

im sorry

i want to apologize

ill give you time to calm down but

meet me tomorrow

please

You made a beeline for your room, feeling like you could burst into tears at any moment. Despite the way Jimin acted in the car and restaurant, you couldn't help but want to respond to her message. You couldn't tell if it was because you genuinely wanted to see her, or if it was because you knew, deep down, that she was right. People would kill to be in your position, and you felt that you couldn't miss out on such a golden opportunity because of something that could easily be a misunderstanding.

You heard a knock on your door, followed by Ryujin entering your room, Gyuri not far behind her. "Y/N, what happened? And don't lie to me, I saw you get out of Jimin's car."

"I don't know. Just something weird that made me feel uncomfortable. But, I'll talk to her about it tomorrow so it's not that big of a deal." Ryujin moved closer to you, her hands coming to firmly hold your own.

"Y/N, like I said, we're here for you. If it's not that big of a deal, just tell us what happened." You took a deep breath, feeling her hands comfortingly caress yours.

"When I was getting out of the car, she grabbed my wrist and pulled me back into the seat. That's all." Gyuri sighed, shaking her head as she looked down at her feet.

"Told you." Ryujin shooed her away, standing up from her squatted position.

"I'll give you some time to process. If you need anything, don't hesitate to talk to me about it." Ryujin slipped out of the door, closing it behind her.

You sat in silence with your thoughts, your mind replaying the incident with Jimin. Jimin seemed like an amazing person, and you didn't want to let what could've been a bad day for her define your relationship forever. You grabbed your phone, your thumbs hovering over the keyboard as you thought of how to respond. You started typing, trying your best to ignore the tingling in your wrist which kept bringing you back to the moment. She wouldn't do something like that twice, would she?

| y/n

its fine

see you tomorrow?

#fem reader #aespa karina #karina x reader #karina imagines #kpop imagines #girl group imagines #gg imagines #aespa x reader #aespa imagines #⸻ writes! 📄

[20dollarlolita]

20dollarlolita pattern school step 3) prep and pattern selection.

NOTE: Here's a link to the pattern school discord. If this link has expired, please message me off-anon and I can send you one. I like to get to know everyone in the pattern school and so I don't let too many people in at once, so that I don't get overwhelmed.

So quick summary of where we were: Pattern School is a project that I'm working on in this blog, and that has an accompanying Discord server. The purpose of Pattern School is to teach people, though hands-on experience, the consistent conventions that sewing patterns use. It also teaches basics about how to transform patterns into designs that do what you want them to do. Pattern School is divided up into steps. Each step builds on the skills of the previous one, and each one teaches new elements.

Here's the pattern school tag, in chronological order.

In step 1, everyone follows a commercial pattern with notches, grainlines, and written instructions. This pattern is for something that is not fitted to a human body/is not multi-sized. In this step, we make sure that everyone has a basic foundation understanding of how commercial patterns are made. We choose a non-fitted item so that selecting the correct fit and adjusting for body shape is not necessary. If the student wishes, an additional challenge for step 1 will be to look at a pattern, see if it's usable in lolita fashion, and make good fabric and trim selections to make a usable lolita item.

In step 2, we take a pattern for pajama pants and use it to create bloomers. This step introduces the basics of pattern manipulation. We go into how to remove seam allowance, measure ourselves for fullness, and assemble a garment from a modified pattern. Once again, there is a challenge of choosing good trim and fabric options to build a usable lolita garment.

In step 3, we will be making a lolita or lolita-adjacent garment for ourselves. This garment will be a fitted item, and it will have a closure. What's a closure? Closures are something that opens and closes to allow the wearer to get in and out of the garment. Closures can be zippers, button plackets, hooks and eyes, IDK freaking magnets or something, if you want to put velcro as a closure then more power to ya, but your garment needs to have some kind of closure. I've made resources for how to put in zippers, but other closures are probably also acceptable. Pullover elastic is not a closure. We are making a garment for ourselves because it's a lot easier to make a fitted garment when you have the body you're using right there with you at all times. If you are always with another human being while you sew, you could probably use them, but the critical component is that you have the body accessible to you all the time.

This time, the challenge is also to make something that either can be part of your lolita wardrobe, or that forces you to choose and style something that has a lot of lolita fashion aesthetics. If you want to pick a lolita-adjacent concept, like Aristocrat or Fairy Kei, you're probably fine? If you're doing this on your own, the person who decides if you're cheating is you. If you're in the Discord, you can ask if something's acceptable and like 15 people will disagree with it before tagging me and then I make up an answer on the spot. I firmly belive that Ouji is just lolita with pants and doesn't need to be stated separately.

I previously made a very long list of garments that you can make EGL fashion with, but it's older and some of the patterns are out of print. So, here's a few hours of me going through the big 4 pattern website and finding stuff that has potential.

Dresses:

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So quick note: my image editing software kept refusing to function with images off simplicity.com, so we're going to alternate between funky screenshots and semi-competent images. I'm not sorry.

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Any time you're making a lolita dress from an existing dress pattern, you'll need to check that the skirt will hold our petticoats. Frankly, most of them don't. You've done the bloomer step, so you do have experience with this kind of modification, but I'll do a tutorial later about checking this and drafting your own skirt onto an existing bodice. For step 3, doing a commercial pattern for the bodice and then following a web tutorial for the skirt totally counts. What we're looking for in a dress pattern is the ability to mod it into a working lolita dress. Please note that Simplicity 8444 (the pirated-but-not-pirate lolita dress) and Simplicity s9735 (the “why'd you use Derpy-chan??”) dresses are not eligible for Step 3, as they are both elastic pullovers.

Top Left | Top Center | Top Right Bottom Left | Bottom Right

Blouses: However, Simplicity 8444 and s9735 both have blouses that work for step 3. If you want to build the JSK on your own and then follow the blouse pattern for step 3, you're good.

The McCall Titanic looking thing is a really fun blouse to make for this, and it's got a back zipper, so if you're not confident in your button-sewing then it's a good option.

Any button-up that goes all the way to the neck has some lolita potential. M8463 is actually pretty loliable on its own.

Top Left | Top Center | Top Right Bottom Left | Bottom Right

Vests are easy to make, don't take a lot of fabric (so you can use some really fancy fabric and have it not break the bank). You're going to have to find a good reference image for lolita but they're really good for ouji and aristocrat, so they get a category.

Top Left | Top Right Bottom Left | Bottom Right

I've just always wanted to make my own lolita coat so they get a category. Once again, you're going to need to double check that the flare fits your skirts.

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Welcome to the weird shit category. There's a costume shop near me that sells these funky bolero steampunk things and I've always wanted to put it in a coord, so it's on here. The other one is a top that you could probably use as the top half of a JSK, so if you want to make a coordinating skirt then you could have some fun separates. I think handmade lolita needs more coordinating separates. They're a real thing but I want them to be more common.

So that's in no way a complete collection of patterns you can use, but I hope that's got some kind of inspiration about pattern. My test garment was made off an etsy pattern. There's plenty of other patterns out there. This was just the fastest way for me to showcase some patterns that do work.

We'll do a little more about looking at style lines and finding how to understand this a little better in the future, but for now here we are.

#dollar chan's pattern school #step 3 #pattern school #long post

[dabisbratz]

sonny-bunny!! i would luv to hear some of ur gojo headcannons hehe!! [also hiiii i absolutely luv your work nd youre super adorable *kisses* (ɔˆ ³(ˆ⌣ˆc)]

WAAH ME??! no!! you’re the cutest!!!! thank you so much sweetpea!! mwuahh!! <33 side note: wrote a whole lot n then tumblr crashed): mso upset):

even though i kiiinda give this trait to all my favs cause i think they’re so cute-hegehshs go has dimples!! right in the middle of his cheeks, deep when he smiles n he often pokes them when he’s thinkin. he won’t admit it but he really likes gettin kissed there!!

he’s real into jewelry!! watches, rings, bracelets— but he especially likes chains! the thinner ones, but plated with real silver/gold. s’a settle flex on his part, specially cause he only really wears the chains. the rest are occasional! plus he likes when they dangle in your face. speakin of!! his ears are pierced. he’s got glimmerin rocks in each ear, subtle but a nice touch!!

he moves a lot in his sleep. starts off cuddlin you, then ends up on his tummy, then his back, then the opposite end of the bed.. he takes the blankets with him too. if he’s fightin in his sleep he’s fightin in bed, kickin around n probably accidentally punchin you on several different occasions):<

gets all soft n mushy for nicknames. he could be mad at you— real mad even, but toss in a ‘honey’ or ‘baby’ n he can’t stay mad for long… least not at you.

go has long fingers, n his cock is equally as long (duuuhh how else d’you think he got them that way? all that practice wrappin em around his dick!!), but not painfully so. the perfect size! n he curves upward. most japanese men are uncircumcised but i feel like gojo isnt!! his cock is pretty n pink (though his nipples are dusted pinkish-brown), n his balls are symmetrical. you could even say they’re pretty. wanna say he has breeder balls (hehe that’s so silly) but mgonna give that one t’toji—

nyway! he has a happy trail too! he keeps it trimmed around the edges n shaved clean, not a hair out of place or overgrown! go’s a real pretty boy, in a way!

he has it bad for pouty lips. somethin about em— maybe it’s cause that’s where he looks when someone’s talkin? he’s not sure, but he loves em. specially after kissin em or bitin em or havin em wrapped around his dick— theyre so pretty. s’probably why he keeps his own lookin so shiny— he wants pretty boys with pouty lips t’ask him what he uses. may or may not have used that one on you

prefers sloppy sex. tha’s it. the messier the better. unrelated but since he works a lot he keeps a bunch of… homevideos of the two of you on his phone. n a screenshot from one is probably his lockscreen. you’ve caught him smilin at it of all things!! smilin!!!

secretly bakes as a hobby!! his treats are kinda hit or miss, but he eats em all up anyway! whenever he’s makin somethin you have to sit on the counter n watch (cause he “said so”), but he’ll eventually feed you the ingredients once he’s decided they taste good himself!

#ALSO THATS THE CUTEST NICKNAME V’EVER HESRD?! #ahhh i love him)); #𐂯 ! ⊹ 𝓉𝑜𝓎𝒷𝑜𝓍 — ᵎᵎ ₊˚

[suzie-shooter]

Finally caught up with the Screaming Meals Indy GP commentary, so have some highlights:

The fact that they spent the morning with James taking sexy shots of Clem emerging from a pool is just - asaljdgkfdk.

C: Yeah, it's my backbone, well stiff. Yeah, nah, I've been walking around with a little bit of a kink. J: Hardly unlike you on any normal day mate, walking around with a bit of a kink.

C: Obviously Marcus starting off P11. What's new? J: Prince of P11. Fuck me, if I had a dollar for every time he's started P11. P11 or P13, he only deals in odd numbers.

J: I can sort of lubricate the process for you. The learning process, take you through that sort of, we're going to go in pretty hard.

C: Marcus, the biggest dur-brain on the football front, if you could say. J: Not just on the football front. C: Well, no, on plenty of fronts.

J: I tuned into the SidePod earlier this week - the bastard's wearing my shoes.

J: We were all a little bit - let's say distracted by the events of the afternoon. C: Bamboozled. J: Yeah. Shitfaced.

J: He's quite a fit looking young man.

C: Have we got a lot of content to talk about? J: No not particularly mate which is somewhat intimidating for sort of junior commentators like ourselves, but veterans in the sport of talking complete shit  so I'm not feeling too nervous about it.

J: Has [Sting Ray Robb] noticed that the front of his car doesn't look the same as when he got in it? C: Hey, I've made that mistake a couple of times there. (his little giggle kills me)

J: I thought I'd throw that information in there to sound intelligent, but if it turns out to be false then I'll look like a real dick.

C: I think he's been dadooshed from behind. J: It's always difficult when you're not expecting to be dadooshed from behind.

C: Marcus has picked up 2 spots, he's now back to P11, and it's same old same old for Marcus Armstrong.

J: The McLarens all stacked up in reverse order of the team favouritism.

J: [Harvey's] going to feel like an OnlyFans model at the moment, that car's going to be doing all sorts of vibrating.

C: Sometimes it do be like that. J: I forget that you're three years younger than me.

J: We're officially out of tequila now. C: Shit. That's no good....jeez you poured a lot in there!

J:  I thought you looked fabulous (about Clem in the swimming pool)

I love how they switch between ripping the absolute shit out of Marcus to being utterly ride or die for him in the race.

C: A chunderous amount of understeer there. J: A chunderous amount? What's a chunderous amount? Is that a word? C: Yeah. Chundersteer.

J: I've been referred to as motorsport's premier social climber. C: Probably yeah, you could be called a motorsport socialite.

Did Clem genuinely manage to miss the fact there was a live shooter incident next to them in Long Beach omfg. C: Thanks for not telling me about it, 'cause I would have freaked out.

J: He's not learned from his mistake, which is on brand for Marcus Armstrong.

C: We're unlapping! J: Have we unlapped ourselves? (I love that it's a team effort 😂)

No you took a screenshot of Clem's crotch.

C: We got friendship bracelets. J: Yeah, they both snapped within a week. C: Which obviously is not really good omen to our relationship. J: I've still got the beads.

C: Tell you what, I won't be walking straight tomorrow. J: What have you got planned??

C: Palou was like well in front, he's already won this fucking race, I don't know why we're still watching. J: Oh, we've got a few ponies in this race mate.

J: The indycar graphicing system sucks balls.

C (trying on James' glasses): I look quite French. J: You are French.

J: I'm going to sell [Herta] into the Parisian sex trade.

J: You know that meme? C: About? J: ...yeah, a bit broad, wasn't it.

J: I've ordered two brand spanking new pairs of white chinos for the Monaco Grand Prix weekend. I figured I'd keep one pair in my bag at all times. In case I shit myself.

C: That's what Marcus is going to end up with. A willy. J: Huh? C: A willy trim. (Prince William's haircut)

C: Ibiza, great place, I'm going Ibiza. J: Course you are. Scumbag.

C: Sechs, my favourite number.

C: Show us Marcus! I want to see a bit more of Marcus.

J: Careful mate. You're not allowed to not know who people were any more. (ouch 😆. also that went completely over Clem's head 😭😆😂)

J: Mr Double-Fister with the celebration.

#screaming meals #clement novalak #james harvey blair #marcus armstrong #long post #screaming meals recap

[strawberry-cowmilk]

(I have no idea how to reply to an ask being sent like this you guys, so here's a screenshot. If anybody knows, please do tell me.)

the obey me cast with a weapon-maker mc

mc's gender is not mentioned, not proof read

a/n: I feel like this goes without saying but just in case, don't try to replicate some of the stuff in this fic at home.

content warnings: weapons, guns, barbatos wanting to use weapons on rats, I feel like this is lowkey a crack fic??

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Lucifer

I mean, this information was in your files, but he did not expect the weapons to be this extreme

and honestly lucifer is cool with it as long as you don't cause any problems

also please don't bring anything to rad, that school is chaotic enough as is, we don't need lightsabers there

Mammon

he thinks it's the coolest thing ever

mammon asks you to make some sort of tennis ball pitching machine out of leaf blowers to keep some of the witches who want his money away

it's up to you if you want to make it for him

Leviathan

at first he didn't think much of it

but then he realised you could probably recreate some insane weapons from his anime, and those would make great props for his cosplays

just don't make them functional or else levi will be banned from cons (if he even goes to them idk)

Satan

'look, mc, me and belphie want to prank lucifer and we need something-'

maybe don't listen to him because you will get in trouble and regret it

also it would be nice if you could modify something to be kind of a cat food machine, just imagine a nerf gun that shoots fish

Asmodeus

weapons aren't exactly his style, so he doesn't really care about your hobby, as long as you're happy

but one day he thought it was a good idea to burrow one of your bags

later that day said bag turned out to be some sort of gun, he figured this out in the majolish dressing room

Beelzebub

he's kind of scared to go in your room ever since he tried to eat a donut that was secretly a taser of some sort

but he admires how talented you are

'mc, it would be great if you could make me a portable cheeseburger bazooka, in case I randomly get hungry during the day, thank you :))'

Belphegor

he thinks it's cool, and would want to learn how to make weapons himself if only he wasn't too lazy

only too bad the weapons make noise though, he hates being woken up by them during good dreams

'mc, I forgot my pen at home do you have something- this is a laser'

Diavolo

he's really fascinated by your talent and passion

and diavolo wants to burrow your extreme weapons for the tiniest tasks

one time barbatos had a day off and he asked for your double-edged chainsaw to trim the plant in his living room

Barbatos

the human has a hobby? okay, as long as they don't cause trouble for the lord

barbatos didn't think much of it until solomon burrowed the kitchen one day and the room became rat-infested an hour later

that's when he shows up at your door, asking you to help him with the problem

Simeon

he thinks all those crazy weapons are just decoration and don't actually work for a good while

the truth was quite the surprise

simeon thinks it's impressive and all, but please make sure luke doesn't come near the weapons

Solomon

he wants to make something together

you know those splash potions in minecraft? maybe you could make some sort of gun together that shoots potions everywhere

but when lucifer found out, he put a halt to it immediately

#obey me #obey me shall we date #obey me scenarios #obey me swd #obey me imagines #gn!mc #obey me lucifer #obey me mammon #obey me leviathan #obey me satan #obey me asmodeus #belphegor obey me #beelzebub obey me #obey me barbatos #obey me diavolo #obey me simeon #obey me solomon #tw weapon #tw gun

[diana-fortyseven]

Yuletide Reading Bingo

The 2023 Yuletide collection is about to be revealed, and many of us love to read more than just our own gifts and treats.

If gamification is your thing, why not enhance your Yuletide reading experience with a fun challenge?

Yuletide Reading Bingo Yuletide Reading Bingo 2023 (permanent link to this year's version)

With this bingo card generator, you can generate your own Yuletide Reading Bingo Card and try to finish it over a timespan of your choice. If you like, you can challenge yourself to not only reading the fics, but also commenting on them.

There are no fanfic/fandom/Yuletide-negative or bashing items in the lists. This bingo card is meant to be a positive experience and celebrate fanfiction and fanworks in general and Yuletide in specific.

Details and screenshot of the mobile version under the cut!

Happy Yuletide! <3

How to Play

Generate a new bingo card until you're (mostly) happy with the results. If some fields are duplicates or contain items you don't want to have in your card, you can then re-roll every single bingo field separately by clicking/tapping on it. Once you have a card that fits your reading habits (or that takes you out of your comfort zone, if you want to challenge yourself), take a screenshot of the card to keep it.

Closing the page and reloading it will reset the card.

Cross off the bingo fields on your screenshot as you read (or read and comment on) fics that you think count for a field.

Items like "Fandom with over 500 works" mean works in the fandom tag, not in the collection. There are specific versions for the number of works in the collection. Items like "Fandom with over 1,000 works" doesn't mean qualifying works. There are specific versions for the number of qualifying works. Items like "Highest number of hits in fandom" or similar however mean in this collection, not in the fandom tag.

If a work you read has a tag that's similar but not identical to a tag on your card, let it count. There were some almost-duplicates that I trimmed.

The Lists

Canon (options like canon released this year, book fandom, etc)

Category (the AO3 categories and their platonic versions: F/F, F & F Gen, etc)

Challenge (the unofficial mini-challenges like Yuleporn, Crueltide, Wrapping Paper, etc)

Creator (only if you checked the "After Reveals" box; options like favourite author, mutuals, etc)

Discovery (various ways you could've found a fic)

Fandom (options like previously ineligible fandom, uncategorised fandom)

Length (wordcounts from drabble to 30k)

Meta (a fic's front-end and stats, also "citrus scale for rating" xD)

Reader (your relationship with the fic; is it your comfort fic, or your first fic in a fandom?)

Style (chatfic, iambic pentameter, custom workskin, stuff like that)

Tag (roughly 2,000 tags from the 2023 main collection; Madness tags to be added)

Trope (roughly 100 tropes)

What do the Checkboxes Mean?

NSFW is basically what it says on the tin. If you tick this box, the NSFW tropes will be added to the mix. If you also ticked the Tags box, NSFW tags will be added.

Tags is also what it says on the tin. It's a list with currently roughly 2,000 tags from the Yuletide 2023 main collection. Around 250 of them are currently marked NSFW and can only be generated if you ticked both the NSFW box and the Tags box.

After Reveals includes items that only make sense after creator reveals, such as "work by last year's recipient" or "creator is your Tumblr mutual".

Leaving the NSFW checkbox unchecked should remove all NSFW tags and tropes, but you could still come across content you find objectionable. Leaving the Tags checkbox unchecked removes all tags, but you could still come across tropes you find objectionable.

This bingo generator can be used to generate totally safe-for-work or family-friendly bingo cards, but it was created by an adult with an adult audience in mind.

If you run into any issues or come across any bugs, please let me know.

If you find something that should be in the NSFW category, but isn't, please also let me know. It's possible that I missed a few tags when I worked through the list of over 2,000 tags in the 2023 main collection. Please don't ask me to remove content you find objectionable.

If there's anything unclear, feel free to ask! I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible, but please understand if it takes a while; it's a busy time for all of us. :D

Just FYI, the platform I'm using, Perchance, recently added AI options for their generators. This is a regrettable decision that I don't condone, and I'd like to emphasise that this generator is 100% handcrafted chaos.

This generator is based on my Fanfiction Reading Bingo I made as a little practice piece. It's responsive, which means it should work on desktop and mobile. The mobile layout isn't ideal yet; I'm trying my best to make it better (but I'd also still consider myself a newbie and I'm learning by doing).

The background image is an edited version of this photo by Berny Steiner on Unsplash.

I hope you'll find as much fun in using this generator as I found in making it! Happy Yuletide!

#Fandom #Fanfiction #Yuletide #Yuletide 2023 #Yuletide Bingo #Fanfiction Bingo #D47 Codes

[saltiestsoprano]

I know I’m probably too late but please do not waste your money on that PhantomCon Coney Island Designs is promoting. She is a horrible human that threw the entire wardrobe team under the bus recently. While a lot of folks have come forward with not nice interactions with her, I can tell you first hand she is a narcissist and a scammer. I commissioned an London/Hampton Court SIX Anne Boleyn costume from her in July of 2023, she charged me $2800 dollars which I did not haggle or disparage, and paid in FULL 45 days from the due date of commission. I provided her with a massive Google drive of reference material, access to social media of the actual costume makers, handles of cosplayers that had made professional grade reproductions, access to me for fittings, and a 24/7 line of communication in case she needed my input.

She procrastinated starting until 30 days before the due date and made massive errors. Never asked me for all the measurements she actually needed. When I spoke up about the errors in the costume, she flipped out on me and guilt tripped me over something I paid nearly $3000 dollars for. She also smeared me on her Instagram claiming I “wasn’t happy with her and won’t talk to her and she just doesn’t understand why” which was a blatant lie.

After the melt down, I received a shoddily made costume that didn’t fit with tons of holes, tears, size issues (the skirt was massively too short and the bodice twice my size). The trim she claimed to have sewed on was glued and I had to resew every single piece. There was zero boning in the skirt as she had claimed. The shoulder pieces had no reinforcement and flipped around like a party city costume. I put an additional 60-80 hours into the costume to make it fit and make it sellable for after my events. The underspanks had to be completely retooled as they were made like boxers not spankies.

She also charged me $100 for hair crowns, which she never made and clearly purchased for $10 off Amazon. The only item that was well made was the stoning on the boots I provided.

Honestly I could go on and on and on. Most of the receipts for this are in a Google drive I will link. I have requested a refund, and I will return the costume which is in MUCH better shape than I received it. I am bringing a lawsuit against her for breach of contract.

I am BEGGING you not to give her any piece of your money. Raquel is an amazing teacher, so please save your money and take private lessons with her. This PhantomCon is a not where it’s at. I stayed quiet because I am a professional actress and this industry is SMALL and catty, but I just cannot sit back and watch her scam passionate people again. I cannot sit back and let her use Raquel and the entire Phantom team to move up the ladder as an IATSE member AND a potential influencer. Please do not spend your money on this event, ask for a refund if you already have.

Please reblog to save some folks their cash and dreams.

#phantom #phantom of the opera #phantom Broadway #PhantomCon #Broadway #musical theatre #poto #Coney Island designs #cosplay #phantom cosplay #Christine Daae #raoul de chagny #six the musical #six cosplay #anne boleyn #six Broadway #six London #commission #please reblog to save a phan #phandom #Phantom phans #phans #phannish things

[desultory-novice]

Magolor's (Apology) Theme Park

I'm sure it's been written about elsewhere, but here on the anniversary of the release of Kirby's Dream Collection (JP) it's time to lay to rest the question of why Magolor's theme park was built!

Follow the Read More for lots of screenshots!

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“Hi, Magolor!”

“Well that’s just great!”

“I see. Sounds like some story...”

“Aww! That was sure nice of you!”

“One sec, Magolor! Mahoroa is here! Gotta translate for him...”

“Hi, my name is Mahoroa.”

“I’m a traveler from another dimension who wound up on this planet after an unexpected turn of events.”

“As I was getting a little bored, I built, in a corner of Dream Land...”

“...a super special fun theme park!”

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So, there you go! There’s a little more dialogue where he describes how his theme park works, but it is not noticeably different in either version.

One thing I'd like to point out is that (...for once... :grumbles about the loss of pause screen text:) the English version crams in more words than the Japanese script does. Often times, the English script has to trim stuff down or trim it out entirely. Usually because of character spacing/the font.

Here, each English line can fit around 30-32 characters, where as the Japanese can hold only about 15. That’s normally pretty good, as the rule of thumb is x2 the amount of EN characters per JP “moji,” but that’s for typical Japanese writing that uses a mix of kana and kanji.

Kirby, being an all-ages series, tends to avoid heavy usage of kanji so that young kids who are still learning their joyo kanji can understand the text without assistance. The same philosophy is in use here with Magolor’s dialogue. Words that would typically be written in kanji (like “name”, “bored”, and “fun”) are now twice as long. So you’ve got LESS room for words in Japanese!

They don’t fill every text box to bursting in Japanese, like they do in English, of course, and it's possible that we get that extra fluff dialogue from English Magolor because his lines in Japanese are so short and broken up across multiple lines. Like in the last two. In order to read more smoothly, they make each text box a complete thought and thus, he needs to say SOMETHING.

So, they include the apology just to have him be conversational.

OR perhaps it was an understanding of the reactions of the different playerbases and their reception of Magolor? I know I'm completely biased when it comes to Magolor, but I gotta say, he comes off as darn CUTE in Japanese.

Of course, he was designed to be lovable.

Now, I put a lot of the love for Magolor on the good direction of RtDL, though I attribute some of this to his general cuteness too, but whether it’s an ingrained love of kawaii-kei or a culture of sympathy for the baddy present in most of their children’s media, it feels to me like there's a lot more sympathy for and, most relevantly, forgiveness toward Magolor in the Japanese fandom...? 

I'm not saying we don't also cuddle and coddle the adorable, microtransaction-selling, lying, egg cat over here, but I feel like I see a lot more arguments on whether he can, should, or could ever be forgiven. Also, what would be required from him first before he can be allowed back in everyone's good graces -- from the Wii group and from Kirby themselves.

In contrast to this, you don't even have to search the JP fandom that hard to stumble across some :cough unusually gorgeous cough: fanart of Kirby forgiving Magolor - sometimes portraying the last boss fight as a battle to save him rather than stop him! 

No fandom is a monolith and there are plenty of people who draw "Magolor has a LOT of repentance to work through" art. Or just have Kirby throw a pie at him for misbehaving! But the above has generally been my experience.

Fandom and how we enjoy things aside, the change could also stem from the same reason we have "American Kirby is Hardcore!" Maybe NoA thought "adorableness" wouldn't be enough to get people softening up on Magolor for this game - and that was important, since the ending cutscene walk back treats Kirby and Magolor as true friends now. If he's still the guy who backstabbed us without remorse, we're going to take that credits scene differently.

Thus, NoA injected an extra, err, rather a single apologetic action on Magolor's behalf. The theme park is now an apology gift to Kirby and the gang. As people have pointed out, it's not the same as an actual apology, and he still comes off as flippant and maybe a little self-obsessed with his own work. 

(After all, he seems more interested in you checking the park out than going into his history or the reasons behind its construction, so even in English, you don't get the feeling he's all THAT burdened with regret...)

Still, it's a nice touch! And before this is used to say "Ah, okay, so Magolor's a jerk and doesn't feel sorry at all about what he did and never intended the theme park as an apology" I'd like to add one thing!

...Sometimes, an addition made to the localized version of a game can become popular enough that it gets re-adapted back into the original canon later on. It's here I'd like to take us to Dedede's Drum Dash, where it is heavily hinted in the last level (and outright confirmed in Miiverse) that this is a mini-game that Magolor, theme park designer, made for King Dedede.

What I’m getting at is that the existence of the full version of Drum Dash could have stemmed from the fact that Kumazaki et al saw EN Magolor's "apology" theme park and liked it so much they decided afterward Magolor WOULD make custom theme parks to apologize to the RtDL group for what he did!

...And there you go!

Actually, one more thing. Speaking of forgiveness and beautiful Magolor fanart, you may have seen any number of pictures of Magolor in a field of blue flowers or being given a bouquet of blue flowers.

These blue flowers in particular:

These are Nemophila or “Baby Blue Eyes” and in English, they mean “success.” ...But in Japanese? 

They mean “I forgive you.”

And now you know why Magolor + Nemophila is such a common aesthetic!

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As a bonus, here’s a shot of a very unenthusiastic Magolor I accidentally captured while gathering screenshots for this post. 

(Credit for them goes to RetroArchive (EN) and しゅーや (JP) btw.)

#Kirby #Kirby series #Magolor #Kirby's Return to Dreamland #Dess Text Post #Translation Comparison

[microsuedemouse]

I don’t know if you guys recall the pants nonsense I’ve been up to, but I wanna show off another pair! today’s was the third pair I did, and I tried something a bit different and of course made things more difficult for myself :)

new thing: wedge-shaped inset going down to the knee, rather than a stripe down the full length of the leg, as the last two pairs have been.

actually, for that matter, I never showed you guys the second pair—

have some screenshots from my ig story highlight bc apparently I’ve already deleted the original pics from my phone. (also. hm. I guess this is my Sewing Shirt. in fairness I do wear this shirt a lot)

anyway. today’s process pics and other nonsense under the cut in case anyone is interested!

okay. so. this whole half-leg thing came about partially bc this particular pair of jeans was already pretty roomy in the leg, but actually mostly bc I had some fun fabric kicking around that I wanted to use but that wasn’t long enough for the entire pant leg. I’m still using upholstery scraps of my mom’s - while the first two pairs were done with fabric she never got around to using, this fabric is leftover from when she recovered the seats on our dining room chairs, like, a decade ago. I’ve always loved the patterns we used for that project, and I’m kinda delighted I have another use for some of the remaining fabric.

decent, actually-sharp pinking shears have made a world of difference to this project, btw.

also, something neat about this fabric in particular is that it doesn’t have a wrong side! I could’ve used either side on the outside. I chose the side that’s facing up in that pic on the left there - with the continuous pattern in colour and the off-white parts broken up. I also cut the pieces along the same axis that the colour stripes fall, which is why - as you can see in those pics at the top - one inset is mostly blue and one is mostly green.

I’ve been doing my best to Be A Grownup about this project and actually pin things in place before sewing. I hate pinning, and it was particularly challenging this time, but I did do it. :|

you may notice I also safety pinned the pockets together. this is bc when I removed the side seam from the pants, I also cut out the pocket rivet so I wouldn’t have to sew around it, as that was a real challenge in my first pair. with pair two I removed the rivet but then had the pocket layers flopping around and not wanting to line up anymore. so, pair three, pin those layers together. She Can Learn!

something I didn’t do, but wish I’d done, is sew the bottom of each wedge/V-shape before the sides. would have made things simpler and probably also tidier. but hey, I learn something new with each pair.

basted the seams, which was kind of a bitch - again, I could probably have done things in a different order to save myself some trouble. checked the fit, then finished the seams with a zig-zag stitch. fought with the thread tension a lot. such is life. did the bottoms of the V-shapes by hand at the end - they’re not perfect, but they’re good enough. do you know how many people will compliment you on visibly altered clothes even when you know there are big mistakes in them? it turns out almost no one actually knows how to do this stuff.

trimmed off the excess fabric from the seams at this stage. I wanted to do it sooner, because I was struggling to mentally match up the exterior wedge shapes with the interior rectangles, but I think it was best to leave things untrimmed until the end - leaves me space to fuck up, lmao.

I also strengthened the waistband a bit, in the same way I did with my second pair - by folding the fabric over a couple times at the top and (carefully) stitching lines to at least approximately match the seams on the original waistband. I rarely tuck in my shirt, and I’m usually wearing a belt, so I’m not super fussed about that part being really tidy, but I like the continuity of the lines. (also: I even busted out the iron to get those creases nice and clean. christ, I must be serious.)

and that’s about it! I’m pretty happy with the result, and they feel really comfy to wear. I was playing some good music while I worked, and did a little dancin’ around once I had them on… I think they pass the test :)

#cowboy sewing #Courtney liveblogs art #Courtney’s face

[magicmindless]

I need more headcannons! I really love reading some of them and imagining if that were real from the Flipverse characters! 💖💖

Well I guess as long as someone asks then I can keep making these

-During Mocharia Life, for April Fool's day Didar did the old “not prank anyone” trick, he just made everyone think he was gonna prank them but never did

-Speaking of which, for Halloween, the spotlight was placed on Didar. As much as Petrona dreaded it, she asked Didar to come up with a few elaborate pranks to play on passing customers. The best prank they played was similar to this prank

-Isadora wants to be an actor like Budwin formerly was, however, Budwin really hopes that she doesn’t due to his past experiences

-Koilee has fantasies about being a siren, luring men to her koi pond and killing them. She doesn’t hate men or anything, nor is she crazy about them, it’s just something she thinks about

-Back in middle school kids tried to bully Xandra and Xolo for their looks. It stopped very quickly due to them showing their capabilities on how quickly they can traumatize people

-Sue’s hair used to be a lot longer, but then she had a meltdown and cut her hair short. (Yeah she was one of those people), and now she keeps it at the length it is

Edit: Ok I kinda don’t like the reason that Sue had her hair cut (but if you do I’m keeping it up) so I made another reason

-The reason Sue had her hair cut was because she was getting her hair trimmed while Mindy was an amateur and she accidentally cut off a long piece of her hair so she was like “well time to cut the rest of it off” so then her hair was super short. But then it grew out to the hair length she has now

-Petrona secretly likes sex jokes. She’s mostly a sarcastic person with dry humor, however, any humor that involves sex is almost guaranteed to make her burst into laughter. For professional reasons however, this usually isn’t known

-While thinking about what to be for Halloween, someone told Sue (don't know who but it was probably either Trishna or Didar) that she was already scary enough and that she didn't need a costume. Later she was seen chasing said person with a knife. (It was a fake knife but it was still scary)

-While hiring, all Mocharia crew members (everyone in credits) had to sign a contract by Papa Louie saying that they will never mention how they got hired to anyone outside the production (hm…)

-NuMarcus doesn't sell NFTs. He takes screenshots of them and THEN sells them

-Foodini once collaborated with Duke Gotcha to make a game show called “Not-funny News” (which is basically “Don’t Laugh News” from College Humor). There was even an entire episode exposing Duke

-Nick has gotten to a point in his life where every time he gets hurt, instead of crying out for help or reacting much, he just lies on the floor contemplating his life for a few minutes

-Timm isn’t a good dance teacher. He goes way too fast for the person

-Each city and town in the Papa Louie universe has different stereotypes about the people. Mentioned below is basically what people will think about you if you grew up in one of these places

(DISCLAIMER) These are all stereotypes for a reason. They’re not meant to be taken seriously, and they’re not factual):

Burgerburgh: It’s so incredibly boring that you just have to do things. You’re really really good at one thing, but then you’re terrible at everything else. Or you’re just decent at everything

Calypso: You’re nice friend material but you wouldn’t be able to keep a partner. You’re either super sweet to tourists or lowkey a prick to them

Frostfield: You’re a huge pushover who is way too trusting of people, but you could throw hands if you must

Maple Mountains: You’re brutally honest and always on edge for some reason

New Pepperton: You are INSANELY into geek culture

Oilseed Springs: You may be slightly passive aggressive and you got bored of chickens super quickly, but you know how to work with your hands

Oniontown: You like to joke about your trauma and you probably need therapy

Portallini: You think love is super important and believe in something that involves some sort of spirituality or paranormal whatever

Powder Point: You’re rather laidback for someone who lives in an amusement park, but that doesn’t mean you can’t go crazy

Sakura Bay: You care about the environment and like to keep things clean and perfect. Also you just know how to make things look pretty

Starlight City: You are competitive over everything and like to indulge in alcohol and fancy parties

Tacodale: You have some sort of rags to riches story or sob story everyone pities you over

Tastyville: No matter how different you may be from others, you have this energy that just screams you’re from Tastyville. You probably have some sort of big-shot dream but you can’t quite make it yet so you’re just here for now (Edit: You know what? I agree with people saying Tastyville is Ohio-coded, and from the absurd memes, I guess these people live in super hell. Papa Louie’s here after all)

Toastwood: You like to constantly put yourself in danger for fun. Also you’re a general risk-taker

Whiskview: You’re either annoyingly charismatic or you’re super shy around people. Also you’re probably gay

#papa louie #papa louie headcanons #flipline studios #asks #I am going to milk headcanon lists to oblivian am I? #yep. I can feel it

[dribs-and-drabbles]

Vice Versa ep 8

Sorry folks, it’s a long one today...but mainly because I wanted to include so many screenshots.

I was happy to see that the ep’s colour this week was Cloudy Grey, since I’d been saying for a couple of weeks that I felt like a black-charcoal-grey scale was due...(so I was almost right) and I just love the way thai nicknames can be anything and everything, giving Talay a potential love interest called ‘Cloud’ - Mek in Thai.

As usual, in this ep blue/red, black/white, and yellow/green were all used in various ways...and following a stretch without much red/pink whilst Talay had been pushing Puen away in ep 7, ep 8 starts straight off with Talay in red trousers now that him and Puen have reunited. Note his grey sweater also has a blue and red trim. It was nice to see Tess’ brother again...even if he looks more like he could be Talay’s brother than Tess’...

I loved the little details in the board room scene - Tess’ father has a blue suit with some orange on his tie (the colour of last week’s ep) and when the other board members leave, they take various things but not the red notebook or the file with the yellow stripe along the edge, leaving us with the main three pairings. Of course brown also featured, with Puen’s trousers, due to the serious nature of the conversation.

Brown is also present in the following scene when the Friend Credits group are talking about how to finance the film. This scene also has all three pairings (the blue being on Up’s top), which is very common with the Friend Credits group, and I love this shot in particular because it shows clearly how it’s Up’s thing to wear colourful socks...and of course they would be yellow on a green wall.

In Tun’s room, all three pairings are present again in various amounts, and Talay has what looks like a brown striped top, reflecting the seriousness of when Puen directs him to think about the person he likes. And Up brings in the playfulness with his orange hat (and fantastic rainbow socks!)

The locations in general during the series have been great...and not just because they’re not the usual ones we’ve seen a million times. But this café below...was it not used in Y-Destiny with the actors Perth (the other one), Talay, and Yoon? I haven’t seen it myself but I’ve seen clips and it looks like the same place. I wonder if they did this on purpose as a little easter egg with the names... Anyway, I love the red and blue details, and I was absolutely delighted to see Perth appear. I also love Talay’s sweater and I’ll come back to it later...

I thought this shot was particularly great - subtle but fantastic... A white car with black (and blue trim). The yellow lines on the floor and the green of a building and of some trees behind, and the pastel red of a roof above against the baby blue sky. It’s honestly incredible how they have framed some of these shots to include all these colours.

Of course, there is plenty of grey this ep too...as well as a few purple and green complementary pairings, like the below (which also has Mek’s blue jeans against the red-y brown sofa)...

And I doubly adore Fuse’s “Just Quit” t-shirt here because not only does it add commentary on the scene - both to Talay and Fuse himself - but the green print complements Talay’s purple top - maybe this is more indication that Aou and Fuse will get together (which is who they end up talking about).

I’ve written another post specifically about Fuse’s shirts, but when I first saw his “Ordinary” t-shirt in ep 2, I thought it was black. I like that it’s actually green...and here it’s paired with the yellow of Aou’s top...with Aou’s blue vest having a small red insignia on the left side (hidden by the laptop screen). It’s interesting that the sofa looks more brown than red, perhaps showing how Fuse is trying to be serious with Aou...

And so we get towards the end and for the first time Talay and Puen are dressed alike, more than likely indicating the inevitability of them getting together. (And because the show can’t go for long without having the ‘base colours’ of course Tong’s bike is red against the blue wall behind, wearing a brown uniform with yellow sunflowers and stood next to a green gate. Tick tick tick.)

Puen and Talay even comment on their similarities themselves.

And since it was foreshadowed, I guess the show needed to include a little uncertainty with two potential love interests for Talay...and in order to show this Mek and Puen are dressed in opposites at the ‘Greyllery’. Both have a white t-shirt but Mek has white shoes, blue jeans, and a black jacket...and Puen has...wait for it...vice versa...black shoes, black trousers, and a blue denim shirt.

Having already pointed out the above in a separate post, I then re-watched the show to gather screenshots for this one. In the process, it hit me that during the matching outfits scene, Pang is dressed in the opposite to them...but the same that Puen is dressed later at the gallery. Again another little subtle hint showing that the potential love interest for Puen wasn’t actually a threat to Puen and Talay’s relationship anyway.

And finally, we got the long awaited confession and kiss...and if it couldn’t be in an archway I guess in front of a painting which has black, white, blue, and pink will do...and with Talay bringing the brown for the seriousness of the moment. Despite the absence of red or pink for a while, I love that it’s been included here and in the form of a painting in which the colours look like they’re blending together.

And so for next week. It’s difficult to make a prediction this time...I feel like we’re due for a proper red episode (but I’m wondering if they’ll leave that to one of the last ones) and with Puen’s birthday in ep 9 and Talay trying to find out more about Puen maybe the ep colour will be a red palette...but a tealy/minty green has appeared this ep (Talay’s sweater in the plane cafe...and maybe the wall can be included in this) and also in the preview of the next ep, so it might also be something like that. Who knows!

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#vice versa #vice versa the series #vice versa ep 8 #vice versa colour theories #there's less 'interpretation' and more just *shakes you vigorously* 'hey look at this. isn't it cool!' in this post #but I don't think there's much more to interpret #it seems pretty clear how they're using the colours #I just hope it continues #mjtag #userjjessi #userconcrete #userlinnea #tosnimeat #I hope I haven't forgotten anyone #and also if you don't want to be tagged then let me know! #also if you do I guess

[n7viper]

Hey Viper,

I was intrigued by Hair trimming and Pouka Pond, if you'd like to tell me a little more about them?

Also good on Mihri for graduating to D2 ;-)

Hi Cat!! Thanks for asking :3 Three asks for the price of one in this one -- @greypetrel and @confusedlucifer also wanted to know about both of these (I had to screenshot because both of them ending with a little variation of the :o emoji made me laugh)

And yeah!! I think she'll fit in pretty well. It's interesting exploring her personality in a different setting and one where she's just a companion. I'm biased of course, but I think her true personality gets to shine a little more here than it does in DAI's setting :)

(WIP Ask Game)

For the hair trimming - this requires a little suspension of disbelief depending on personal headcanons about Guardian hair growth. I don't really have a solid opinion about whether or not Guardians' hair grows like normal or not. I'm more inclined to say no, actually. BUT one of my personal weaknesses, both irl and in fiction, is any kind of non-sexually intimate hair care--shaving, trimming, hair washing, etc. It just gets me every time. I recently revisited one of my favourite hairstyles irl with having half of my head shaved. So... like Crow lol. When having someone else shave down one side of my head, I realised what a lovely scene it could be. I really don't have any words written for this. I would just love at some point for Crow to trim up one side of his hair on his own only for Mae to find him and do it for him. I think about it more than I attempt to put words to it, unfortunately.

Pouka Pond behind the cut because it got lengthy with images 😅

For the Pouka Pond - these are poukas, for my non-Destiny friends:

They're little... idk? Butterfly fish like things. They fly around but in a fishy way. And in Lightfall, there is a meditation pond where we can, well, meditate and improve our Strand abilities while poukas fly around the room:

I see Mae splitting her time between the Lightfall campaign on Neptune and the Season of Defiance story on Earth, with a majority of time dedicated to Lightfall. Everyone else can handle things on Earth.

I started this to cope with how much I didn't care for the story direction in Defiance, if I'm being honest. And to try to figure out how the story would go with Crow not being implied to be pining for Amanda like the story wanted.

I wrote a few things down for this but haven't given it much thought for a while since I finished Defiance and then just kinda moved on to bigger and better things 😅 I'll probably revisit it soon when I have to redo the story on my warlock.

The idea was set after the week 5 audio log between Mara and Crow. Mae is back on Neomuna, relaxing in the pouka pond, and has been texting Crow off and on. She's describing the pond to him, and he asks to see it, so she calls him and shows him the area. It's a bit of an underwhelming description, I know, but like I said - I'll revisit this when I redo the seasonal stories on my warlock soon :3

#ask game answers #maezi

[silverskulltula]

I made a new world for 1.20 that's ONLY desert and honestly it's pretty fun

I spawned next to a village, desert temple, and ruined portal. I ransacked the village for some torches + crafting table + doors that weren't crucial and found a golden pickaxe at the portal. I found two flint and steels as well which may have been at the portal. I mined as much stone with it as I could and then used dead bushes for sticks to have tools. I tool all the hay bales at the village for food and stole some seeds for later. Next I pillaged the temple and took the TNT to start blast mining. Eventually I found a mineshaft and carefully took as much wood and loot from it as possible. (Also found diamonds and lava so i finished the nearby portal and have a way to the Nether but haven't explored it much). I have some saddles too so soon I'm gonna build a camel pen and start bringing them over from nearby villages to breed. I've also found cows and pigs at far off villages so someday I'll bring them over as well. I'm not sure if there's any way I can get chickens but I know I can get feathers from cat gifts/maybe random mob drops?

I NEED the wandering trader to show up with a sapling for sale so I can actually have some trees. I keep the Emeralds for it on me in case he spawns while I'm out. If I can't get one soon I'll grab some warped/crimson stems but I'd rather get oak or jungle trees first to stick to the desert palette. Of course I want all of the trees eventually for completion's sake.

I now have a nice little house made from different kinds of sandstone and terracotta with a small amount of oak wood. I'm enjoying this desert world way more than I thought I would. I've seen a lot of suspicious sand that I haven't been able to brush simply because I don't have feathers yet but eventually I'll get to it and make some pottery. If I'm correct I can also get at least 7 different armor trims in this world (desert temple, 2x ancient city, nether fortress, pillager outpost, stronghold, end city) so that's another long term goal. I'm proud of my little desert house and I'll share some screenshots when I'm home from work!

#texttula

[ashton-slashton]

We FINALLY got approved for our new apartment, so that's a massive weight off my shoulders. Our current leasing office has been blowing us off for the last two weeks that I've been trying to get them to email the other leasing office back, and yesterday was the last straw when they told me to call them back at 5:30, I did (ten times to be exact), they didn't answer, so I RAN THREE BLOCKS TO THEM only to find they'd closed early. I ended up calling my partner while they're on vacation with their mom crying about it, and they finally managed to get it sorted out themselves because my mother in law is basically our Attack Karen.

It's worth noting; for the last year, my partner and I have been dealing with a leasing company that is comprised of, to put it politely, a bunch of slumlords.

Here's a list of all that's happened so far, in chronological order:

When we applied (paying a collective $200 for the applications, $50 for each of us and our guarantors), our applications sat in limbo for two months, and it wasn't until I called and called and happened to run into the leasing manager while the office was closed that we got some answers.

The REASON why our applications were in limbo was because the cunt we handed our papers in to basically quit without notice and disappeared without putting our info into the computer system. The leasing office was unable to locate the papers. You know, the ones that had ALL OUR SSNs ON THEM???

In the time that our applications were in limbo, the rent had jumped from $530 per person to $645. Thankfully we had screenshots from when we applied and they sort of* gave us the place at the previously listed price. That asterisk will come in handy later.

We were told that we were to hand our keys in at 10pm on our move out date, only to be informed THE DAY OF that it was actually going to be 6pm or we would each have to pay a FULL MONTH'S RENT for the extra time spent there, leaving us to scramble. Thankfully one of the leasing consultants gave us her personal number and address for us to drop the keys off on her porch, god bless her. (We would then find out that nobody would move into that apartment for more than a month.)

When we applied, we were originally told our apartment would not be available until August 15th. The day we moved out, the move-in date suddenly turned into August 25th, leaving us homeless for that time and causing unnecessary tension within the household we had kindly been allowed to stay in because suddenly two weeks was closer to a FULL MONTH (thank you so much to my buddy Jazz and their roommates by the way y'all were amazing and so kind and made us feel human during the whole ordeal).

We were also told that they would not prorate. So we had to pay two full month's rent BACK TO BACK. A full month... for six days.

We were told that they would get us a downstairs apartment, only for us to find out a week before moving in that it was upstairs, leaving two disabled individuals scrambling to figure out how we were going to move all our furniture upstairs on a narrow concrete pathway. It was dangerous, and I had to call in several times due to pain afterwards, nearly costing me my job later on.

When we finally got to the "renovated" apartment, it was really demoralizing. It was smaller than what was listed by nearly 200 square feet (we were told 500... it's actually 314). Everything was filthy, nothing had been cleaned. Like. The floors would make our socks BLACK. The trim was coming away from the walls and floors in several places. It was crawling with baby german roaches, and none of the appliances were caulked properly, so they could just live in the gaps just fine no matter how much we cleaned. It reeked of old food, which we later found out was because the intake vents for our neighbors behind us were connected, and directly above the stove. Several cabinets in the kitchen and bathroom were missing doors. We had no smoke alarms. The tub was painted with just regular acrylic paint, which promptly started to peel the moment we tried to clean the tub. The bedroom doors are on the hinges crooked. My ceiling fan was improperly installed, so our friend had to help me fix it, during which we had to purchase our own supplies because ALL THE SCREWS WERE STRIPPED. We also did not have an oven, and when we were told we would have it by the next day, we ended up having to wait a MONTH. So we had to buy nothing but microwave meals for that time.

They also blatantly lied to us about the price of our apartment. Remember that asterisk? Yeah, turns out rent was NOT going to be $530, it was going to be $553, because they "failed to inform" us that the price for trash, pest control, and renter's insurance was not included in the price.

They also "failed to inform" us that after December, utilities would not be included! :)

In the year that we have lived here, we had to deal with our AC being broken more than it worked... which is a big deal considering this is Texas. They're also on a chiller/boiler system, which means they shut the AC off entirely during the winter, starting in late October... you know, when it's still getting up to 80°F during the day. We have also had to deal with noise from both frat parties and the constant construction RIGHT IN OUR PARKING LOT (during which we were trapped in our parking space several times)... and we had to keep our windows open during peak allergy season in our region, so we were sick constantly. Our air filters were never changed, and when they finally were, we still get thick dust coming out of the vents. I wake up covered in it and have to comb it out of my hair in the mornings. At one point they shut the hot water off for 10 days in the dead of winter because of a gas leak, and our only compensation was a pizza... which was cold by the time we got it. My partner and I had to take ice cold showers in the dead of winter while we were both sick and the water was so cold it would give us heart palpitations.

Speaking of gas leaks, the place reeks of gas pretty much constantly. We know it's not from our apartment specifically, but because all the vents are connected, we still get the smell. We're pretty sure we've had constant low-grade carbon monoxide poisoning all this time, because our psychosis has been a lot worse.

And to top it all off, there was this two week long clusterfuck where they would just refuse to take care of any of this application business. I had to call them EVERY DAY for two weeks, and they still never got it figured out. Our next leasing office finally just pulled some strings and accepted us because they felt so sorry for what we'd been through.

So yeah, that's been our situation the last year. If I've seemed off, that's why! Coupled with working at Walgreens, which is content to fuck their employees over, things have been... not great.

Our next place is going to be $1,165 (we're FINALLY on a joint lease!) For 840 square feet! We'll be paying nearly the same price we were collectively paying before for more than double the size, in a much quieter and safer area. I'm so excited, and I really hope this is the start of a new chapter, because God... I'm so tired.

Anyway, if you live in Denton, do NOT rent from Denton Student Apartments. You will suffer needlessly.

#long post #like VERY long post #personal #we have been STRUGGLING...

[diana-fortyseven]

Candy Hearts Bingo 2024

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Fandom (options like tiny fandom, uncategorised fandom)

Length (wordcounts from drabble to 30k)

Meta (a fic's front-end and stats, also "citrus scale for rating" xD)

Reader (your relationship with the fic; is it your comfort fic, or your first fic in a fandom?)

Style (chatfic, iambic pentameter, custom workskin, stuff like that)

Tag Roughly 1,500 tags from the 2024 main collection)

Trope (roughly 100 tropes)

What do the Checkboxes Mean?

NSFW is basically what it says on the tin. If you tick this box, the NSFW tropes will be added to the mix. If you also ticked the Tags box, NSFW tags will be added.

Tags is also what it says on the tin. It's a list with currently roughly 1,500 tags from the Candy Hearts 2024 main collection. Around 200 of them are currently marked NSFW and can only be generated if you ticked both the NSFW box and the Tags box.

After Reveals includes items that only make sense after creator reveals, such as "work by last year's recipient" or "creator is your Tumblr mutual".

Leaving the NSFW checkbox unchecked should remove all NSFW tags and tropes, but you could still come across content you find objectionable. Leaving the Tags checkbox unchecked removes all tags, but you could still come across tropes you find objectionable.

This bingo generator can be used to generate totally safe-for-work or family-friendly bingo cards, but it was created by an adult with an adult audience in mind.

If you run into any issues or come across any bugs, please let me know. If you find something that should be in the NSFW category, but isn't, please also let me know. It's possible that I missed a few tags when I worked through the list of over 1,600 tags in the collection. Please don't ask me to remove content you find objectionable. If there's anything unclear, feel free to ask! I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible, but please understand if it takes a while; it's a busy time for all of us. :D

Just FYI, the platform I'm using, Perchance, recently added AI options for their generators. This is a regrettable decision that I don't condone, and I'd like to emphasise that this generator is 100% handcrafted chaos. It's possible that the site asks you to disable your adblocker to be able to load properly. There are exactly zero ads on any of my generators and it's safe for you to allowlist Perchance.org for using this bingo generator.

This generator is based on my Fanfiction Reading Bingo and my Yuletide Bingo; which I made as little practice pieces for funsies. It's responsive, which means it should work on desktop and mobile. The mobile layout isn't ideal yet; I'm trying my best to make it better (but I'd also still consider myself a newbie and I'm learning by doing).

The background image is an edited version of this photo by Laura Ockel on Unsplash.

I hope you'll find as much fun in using this generator as I found in making it! <3

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