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losingitinjersey · 2 years

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My apologies for keeping you all in suspense - we are COVID free over here!

Erp is still a little snot rocket but she’s been fever free for four days now, thank goodness. I didn’t take her into daycare today because I don’t know if I should? She’s been out of daycare for 6 days but I expect she’ll still be snotty for a good week or more until it’s completely run its course. I’m planning on taking her back tomorrow since I asked my bff, who’s a PK teacher, if kids come to school with runny noses and she said they do.

Every day has been spent trying to keep up with these littles since they’ve been home with me all day every day. I was able to take them on a few walks but, sadly, the sickness ran through us all so I wasn’t well enough to keep up with outdoor activities as much as I wanted to. Thankfully we’re now all on the mend and working back towards 100%.

Crowdsourcing Request: We’re thinking of starting potty training soon since the speech therapist says Erp has been showing signs of being ready for it (taking off her diaper constantly).

Do you guys have any reading / articles / short bursts of easily consumable advice on how to start this process?

Would you recommend getting a stand-alone toilet for her or the insert that goes onto a normal seat?

Anything else we should know before starting in on this chapter?

We won’t be doing anything for a few weeks at minimum. I want her to get more time adjusting to daycare under her belt before we change up her world again.

I have to call out these ADORABLE outfits the girls are wearing in the first two pics. These were actually the first gifts I received after getting pregnant with Aug back in December and I’ve been waaaaiitting till it got cold enough to use them and that time has finally come! And who got them for us?? None other than @nycnomad! Thank you, Zero, for keeping us stylish. I was telling her that I need to get my own raglan shirt (thank you google for helping me find a name for it other than “black sleeves white body ringer neck”) so I can be super cool, too.

ALSO, check out the absolutely perfect toy that came in the most recent Lovevery box (photo 7), the Buckle Barrel! Erp is obsessed with buckling anything she can find (her sister’s carseat, the double stroller, single stroller, mamaroo, swing, etc) so having this easily transportable all different types of buckles at her fingertips is magnificent! So grateful for that subscription!

In other news, I reached out to a realtor in Philadelphia to start our first homebuying experience! I was originally planning on starting this process in January but I was scared it would be too late since we need to be moved in by mid-June. Figured more time is better than not so here we go! It’ll be hard since we can’t easily view properties in person but I hope the better the realtor knows us, what we want and like, the better she can help find us a home that will work well for us.

So, of course, being the type-A personality that I tend to be in these types of situations, I reviewed all of the homes in our portal and added them to a spreadsheet detailing each home’s pros / cons and rankings so she has all our preferences. While being completely nervous about if we’re adult enough to own a home instead of being renters, I’m also really excited about getting a house!

If you recall, we were going through the decision of living in the city of Philadelphia in a 3-4 story townhouse or on the outskirts in a house. While we’ve leaned one way or the other every month or so, I know I’d be much happier in a suburban home so I’m moving full steam ahead in that direction. If we could rent a house, that would be ideal but from studying Zillow every day for the last 8 months only townhouses are available to rent. So, I guess we’re buying a house! I look forward to keeping you updated of this process!

#please don't reblog #momblr #erp is 22 months #aug is two months

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the1918 · 4 years

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Bespoke, Chapter 5 is taking me a stupid amount of time to finish, and I feel so bad about it that I’m going post post a teaser here :) This is about a quarter of the chapter. Hope you like it!

Teaser for Bespoke, Chapter 5

[Story No. 2 in the Compatibile A/B/O Universe]

Pairing: Shrunkyclunks (Cap Steve Rogers / Modern Bucky Barnes), of the bearded Alpha Steve and Omega twink!Bucky subvariety

Rating: Story Rated E for Explicit, this excerpt Rated T for Teen

Tags: A/B/O, sugar daddy!Steve

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December 15

Thursday - 2:15 P.M.

Elevators in medical buildings always smelled like rubbing alcohol and iodine, which was definitely not Bucky’s favorite smell. He breathed through his mouth instead of his nose as the elevator descended the fourteen floors from Dr. Pete’s office suite, down to the ground floor.

Bucky had left work early that day to catch his monthly blood work appointment. Unpleasantly sterile smells aside, he was breathing especially easy that afternoon, for two reasons. First, he had finally wrapped up the enormous project he’d been working on in his lab for almost eight months, and he’d passed it off to the StarkTech testing department. Getting that load off his plate was a massive relief, and it came at the perfect time; he could now embark on his Vermont vacation (tomorrow!) with Steve and leave behind the weight of work on his shoulders. Second, the results of Bucky’s blood work had shown his hormone levels right where Dr. Pete had expected them to be, based on the Heat time-table they were anticipating. No early Heat.

Bucky was more stress-free than he could remember feeling in six months.

As he stepped out of the elevator to the ground floor, Bucky immediately felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He pulled it out to find a text message from Steve.

[2:15 P.M.] Stevie: Done at Pete’s yet?

Instead of walking out onto the cold, winter-time city streets, Bucky found a bench in the lobby and sat down to respond.

[2:16 P.M.] Sent: Yep, just finished.

[2:16 P.M.] Stevie: Great. Any surprises?

Bucky knew Steve was referring to his blood work. He typed out his response knowing Steve would be relieved by the results, just as Bucky was.

[2:17 P.M.] Sent: Nope. Everything was where Dr. P thought it would be.

[2:18 P.M.] Sent: He says I look on track for April, maybe February if it comes early.

Bucky watched his phone. There was no response from Steve for a while, and Bucky worried that he may have spooked him with details about their time-table. The two hadn’t talked about Bucky’s next Heat much at all since their first and only therapy visit with Dr. Welsh, but Bucky knew it was hanging over their heads. If his Heat came within the conservative margin of error that Dr. Pete had estimated, they could theoretically be dealing with it in less than 60 days. With it would come Steve’s rut, and if they didn’t make any significant, tangible progress on the knotting issue before then, they could very well be dealing with something they weren’t ready for emotionally. The pressure, however silent, was there.

His phone vibrated again just as he was pulling out his gloves to head out onto the street.

[2:22 P.M.] Stevie: Good to hear. You got any other plans this afternoon?

Bucky frowned. He wondered if Steve was going to ask him for a late lunch, and he wished he hadn't already eaten.

[2:23 P.M.] Sent: No. Was gonna come home for the day, help you out with the lighting installation.

[2:23 P.M.] Sent: Why?

[2:24 P.M.] Stevie: Because you have plans now.

[2:24 P.M.] Stevie: [Blue Serenity Spa] - You’ve Been Sent a Link on Google Maps!

His confused frown deepened as he clicked the link. It took him to the location of some sort of day spa in northwest Brooklyn, not far from their apartment. Before Bucky could text back a ‘???’, another text from Steve came through.

[2:25 P.M.] Stevie: You have an open-ended appointment starting at 3:15 P.M. Any and all services you ask for. I got you scheduled for a massage already, but you can change that if you want.

[2:26 P.M.] Stevie: They have my card info. Don’t you dare to even think about looking at the price list.

[2:26 P.M.] Stevie: Better go catch the next train baby ;)

Flabbergasted, thumbs paralyzed and seemingly unable to type out another text, Bucky decided to just hit the call button on Steve’s contact. He placed the phone to his ear and he suddenly felt antsy as he waited for Steve to pick up. There was no ‘hello’ when the ringing stopped, only Steve’s teasing voice.

“I thought I told you to head for the train?”

“Steve,” Bucky began, emphatically. “What is this? You booked me a spa appointment?”

Steve was silent on the other end of the line for a long moment, and Bucky wondered if it was because he was more nervous than his confident communication let on.

“Yeah, angel. I did. Look,” Steve sighed, “you really don’t have to go if you don’t want to. I shouldn’t have assumed you’d like this, I’m sorry. I just thought—”

“Woah,” Bucky interjected. “Hang on, I never said I didn’t like it. I just… I guess I don’t know why you want — why you think I deserved—”

“—You don’t know why I think you deserved to be pampered, Buck?” Steve interrupted, incredulous. “Really? After you just worked your ass off at work for months to finish a project that no one else could have even dreamed of doing? The technology that Tony’s been yapping to me about since before I even knew you?”

“It’s still technically in R&D,” Bucky muttered, blushing. Steve had always been supportive and enthusiastic about Bucky’s engineering work, but it still never ceased to make him feel a little bashful when Steve got to actually raving about him and his skills.

“Yeah, and the finished product is going to be amazing, because Bucky fucking Barnes developed it.”

Bucky laughed and fiddled with a thread on his sweater.

“You… you’re sure? I’ve never really been to a spa like that before, and it looked really nice on Google…”

“And it will be nice for you, which is exactly what I want.”

“Stevie…” Bucky smiled to himself and shook his head, a little at a loss for words. “I really was going to come home and help, you know. It takes more than two hands to put up some of those bigger fixtures.”

“Doesn’t have to be your hands, though. That’s why Sam is here.” Sure enough, in the background of the phone call Bucky suddenly heard Sam’s voice, hollering something that sounded a lot like, ‘go get a fucking rub down, Barnes!’.

Steve chuckled, and then Bucky thought he could hear him walking away.

“Also…” Steve said, volume lower, “last night, you put a plug in your ass and begged me to nail you on Tony’s conference room table. I think treating my baby to a spa appointment is the least I can do when you’ve just fulfilled multiple fantasies I didn’t even know I had.”

Bucky barked out a laugh at that. He looked down at the clock on his new smart watch—another gift from Steve—and realized that he really did have to head for the train if he was actually going to do this. He stood up and grabbed his bag.

“Alright… alright,” he conceded. Steve’s smile was almost audible through the phone. “You’ve convinced me. Thank you, Stevie.”

“No thanks necessary, baby. I wish you would let me treat you like this all the time, but I’ll take what I can get.”

Finally walking out onto the cold and busy sidewalk, Bucky was just about to say his goodbye and hang up when Steve chimed in again.

“By the way, I just put in a call to Tony. You’ll be hearing from him very soon.”

Bucky’s stomach dropped. “Shit. Did he figure out what we did? I mean, cleanup was a bitch, and we definitely had to throw away that undershirt after using it as towel, but I think we did a pretty good job covering our tracks? God, I’m gonna be in such deep shit with him—”

“No, nothing like that,” Steve chuckled. “I mean, there’s no way he doesn’t know, but he also knows damn well that he better come to me first if he’s got a problem with it. Besides… He probably considers it payback.”

“Payback? For what?”

“A story for another time,” Steve promised. “Are you at the station yet?”

“I’m walking there right now.”

“Alright, I’ll let you go. Have a relaxing time, baby. You deserve it. And use your time there, okay? I don’t want to see you home before six. Hell— keep ‘em ‘till they close, if you can manage it.”

“Okay,” Bucky laughed. “Thank you, Steve. Seriously… and I love you.”

“I love you, too, and I really love you when you let me spoil you.” Bucky could practically hear Steve wink. “Bye, honey.”

As Bucky walked the familiar route to the subway station, his phone dinged again, this time from Tony.

[2:44 P.M.] Tiny Snark: I literally cannot look at your face after what you did to my conference room with your jackass boyfriend.

[2:44 P.M.] Tiny Snark: Do not come in tomorrow.

[2:45 P.M.] Tiny Snark: Consider it extra paid vacation, you disgusting pond scum.

[2:45 P.M.] Tiny Snark: Seriously. I better not see you or your vile beau again until January.

Bucky probably looked like an idiot laughing so hard alone in public, but he didn’t care.

[2:46 P.M.] Sent: Thanks Tony. Merry Christmas.

[2:47 P.M.] Tiny Snark: Yeah, and Happy fucking New Year.

Bucky stuffed his phone in his pocket and abandoned himself to his thoughts as he jogged down the steps into the station, marveling at the wonder that was his boyfriend. Sometimes, he still could not believe that Steve was his. Steve—who had not only been a supportive partner to Bucky from the very beginning, but who was also a powerful and attentive lover, and—most importantly—the single greatest source of Bucky’s joy. By the time he reached the subway platform, waiting for the train, the sudden enormity of his gratitude for Steve had begun to bubble up and spread within the depths of Bucky’s chest, and he felt fit to combust with it. He had to remind himself just to breathe.

How had he gotten so lucky?

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I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek! Their relationship is about to head in a very special direction, starting in this chapter.

#my fic: bespoke #bespoke teaser

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princecharmingmendes · 4 years

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Paris | Day Eight

When your parents decide to travel with your best friend’s family that you haven’t talked to in a while, who you have a massive secret crush on, what could go wrong, right? Right?! (best friends to lovers)

*Word Count: +1.8K

*Warnings: cursing, fluff, and I guess that's it.

*Posted: January 23rd, 2020

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When the phone started buzzing due to the alarm we did set to wake us up for Disneyland Paris and I wanted so bad to press the snooze option, but I just didn’t had the strength to move, I was so damn comfortable it was insane. But suddenly I felt something move and the sound stopped. That’s when I actually noticed that I was practically on top of Shawn, with his arms engulfing me in warmth and his scent, and then it hit me. We slept in the same bed and cuddled. FUCK.

“Baby?” He mumbled lightly, stroking my hair gently.

“Hm?”

“Why are you so tense?”

“Oh, sorry, I don’t know” I lied completely, I guess I just, I don’t know”

“Okay, weirdo” he said chuckling lightly, making my stomach do flips, why did he had to be so perfect “we still have fifteen minutes till we need to get up and change”

“Are you sure?”

“One hundred percent, do you want a massage or something? Today is a long day, honey”

“I don’t feel like moving, I’m actually quite comfortable” I said nuzzling my face on his chest, not wanting to move at all, but mostly because I don’t think I’m ready to have him on top of me rubbing my back.

“C’mon, don’t want you in pain, and you can sleep here again tonight if you want, I wouldn’t mind”

“I’ll think about it”

“Lay on you tummy for me, baby” he said gently taping my lower back and I did as he said.

Suddenly I felt the bed dip on both sides of my hips and something pulling my T-shirt up.

“Shawn?”

“Just relax and trust me, okay?” He asked and I nodded, suddenly feeling his calloused hands rubbing the whole expense of my back, trying to soothe all the knots I might have and applying just the right pressure, and it was so so so good that I didn’t even think about it when I let a little moan scape my lips, freezing instantaneously when I noticed “baby, it’s okay, just relax and don’t think about it too much, can you do this for me?” He asked in a low tone, making me shiver and nod quietly.

He resumed to his work, sometimes gently kissing my head when he knew it would hurt a little as a form os soothing the pain. When I was starting to melt into the mattress I decided it was enough.

“Hey, Shawn, it’s okay, I’m already better, thank you”

“Are you sure?” He asked stopping with his hands on my waist.

“Yeah, thank you” I said as I rolled my shirt back down and felt him getting up and laying beside me, so I just turned my face in his direction to see him.

“It’s okay” he said placing my hair behind my ear and I bit my lower lip, turning my face to kiss his hand gently, making Shawn smile.

“Thank you, Shawnie, for last night and everything else”

“Oh, you don’t have to thank me, darling”

“No, I mean it, you know that’s not something I tend to do, I hate talking feelings and stuff, but I just, you mean a lot to me and I don’t even know why I’m talking about it right now, I’m just, I don’t know, okay? I just really like you and really missed you”

“Hey, it’s okay, honey, I love you so much and missed you more than anything, okay?”

“Okay”

“Wanna get ready?”

“I don’t, but I have to” I said and he chuckled

“We don’t have to go if you don’t want to”

“I want to, I just wish I could get up and go, you know?”

“I do, want me to carry you to yo ur bedroom?”

“Nah, I can do that” I said kissing his cheek and getting up “just go to my bedroom when you’re ready”

“Okay” he said as I closed the door between our rooms.

I changed quickly and we went downstairs to have a nice breakfast before we had to leave and spend hour in lives for attractions, after all, we’re going to Disneyland.

Arriving, we got in kinda fast and ran to the main attractions so that we could be free to shop and take some nice pictures during the afternoon and wait for the fireworks at midnight. I grabbed the opportunity to talk a little bit more with my sister since I’ve been a lot more with Shawn this past few days, so we took some nice pics, ate some ice cream and laughed so much. Lyiah and Shawn did the same, eventually separating to do some family stuff but at the end, we were stuck together.

Around six we sat down on the sidewalk to the main street near the castle so we could relax for a bit while we waited for the parade and the final firework show. We were all pretty tired and filled with bags with tones of Disney products on them. Shawn said he needed to see something alone, so just me and the girls were sitting there.

“You and my brother are closer than ever, right?”

“I guess so, this trip was nice for us”

“I’m not talking the past days, but today specifically”

“Really?”

“Something happened? Did you tell him?”

“No! Nothing happened and there’s nothing I need to tell him!”

“Tell who what?” Shawn said approaching and taking the place beside me.

“No one, did you find what you’ve been looking for?” I asked turning to him.

“Uh?”

“You said you needed to find something” Flo said looking at Aaliyah.

“Oh, yeah, found it” Shawn said smiling and placing his hand on my thigh.

“So... what is it?” Loyal asked eyeing him curiously.

“Not your business, young lady, and also... not for you”

“Come on! You gotta tell me!”

“No, I don’t, is there any water left?”

“Here” I said fishing my water bottle from my backpack and handing it to him.

“Thank you, honey, do you want me to buy you another one?”

“No, I still have one left”

“Okay” he said giving it back to me and leaning back into his hands.

We spent a few more moments just enjoy Ning each other’s company and chattering about random stuff. When the parade started, we got up and Shawn’s hand bumped with mine, and seconds later I felt his fingers lacing with mine gently. That warmth that only he provided started rushing through my whole body. I’m officially going insane.

The fireworks started sooner than I imagined, making me jump scared lightly and Shawn chuckle lightly, wrapping one arm around my shoulder. I couldn’t stop the tears from rolling down my face. First of all, it’s Disney in Paris, second, I’m literally being held by the love of my life who’s my best friend, and last but not least, I’m overly sensitive. Shawn soon noticed and placed both of our bags at our feet and wrapped both of his arms around me, and I did the same around his middle.

He quickly started petting my hair, combing through it with his long fingers and placing light kisses in my hair line. I just layer my head on his chest while he rocked me back and fourth and hummed along some Disney melody on the background. As soon as I calmed my breathing, I placed my chin on his sternum, feeling his heart beating calmly on his chest and looking at his gorgeous face being illuminated only by the colorful lights that came from the castle.

“Whatcha looking at?”

“You?”

“Me? Why?” He asked with a boyish grin on his face.

“Because you’re beautiful”

“Then I should be staring at you”

“Stop being silly, I mean it” I said tapping his chest lightly.

“So do I, you’re the most gorgeous girl I’ve ever seen, and you’re right here in my arms, in the middle of a crowded park and a show, I’m the luckiest man alive”

“You’re something, aren’t you?”

“Me? No, honey, I’m just me” he said resting his forehead in mine and the hand that was previously petting my hair, was now on the back of my neck, holding my head in place.

“I know, that’s exactly why”

“God, I wish I could do something” he mumbled breathlessly, and he was so close that I could feel his breath on my lips, making me go dizzy.

“Do it”

“Right now?” He said lowering his gaze to my lips and I simply nodded “are you sure, baby?”

“Mhm” I said wrapping one arm around his neck feeling his lips brush against mine and then the fireworks started, Making me jump slightly and bump my forehead on his “ouch, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, Shawn”

“It’s okay” he said laughing and kissing my forehead where I hit him “I’m sorry, but you should have seen your face”

“Oh, shut up” I said pushing him gently and he pulled me back to his chest, hugging my tight and taking me off my feet.

Over his shoulder I saw my sister and Liyah just starting at us and smiling like freaks. I just shook my head and they showed their phone screen with a picture of our almost... incident. I just shook my head again and squeezed Shawn even tighter, kissing his temple and looking up to see the actual show.

Back at the hotel, Liyah didn’t say anything else, just kept starring at us, so we said goodbye and went to his room. I placed the bags down and turned to him, but he was already taking his shirt off along with his shoes. I told him I was going to take a shower and come back as soon as I was done. At his bedroom again, I was with my arms wrapped around my self with goosebumps covering them.

“Honey, here, grab my hoodie” he said stretching it in my direction.

“It’s fine, I just came here to say goodnight and ask about tomorrow”

“Aren’t you going to stay?”

“Am I?”

“Didn’t you say in the morning that you liked sleeping with me and that you’re going to think about tonight?”

“Yeah...”

“Never mind, I just thought you’d stay”

“I can stay if you want”

“No, what do you want?”

“To stay” I said grabbing the piece of clothing he was still holding out for me and putting it on, being engulfed by his scent.

“Them come lay down with me” he said making grabby hands in my direction, leaving me no other choice other than to lay on his chest, being held tight to him by himself, not that I was complaining.

“I’m so tired” I said suppressing a yawn.

“Then sleep, let’s wake up naturally tomorrow, have a nice breakfast and meet our parents for launch at three, and at night I can take you somewhere nice if you let me”

“I’d love that” I said nuzzling my face in his neck and relaxing against his warm form while he petted my hair.

“Great, now sleep, baby, we can talk in the morning” he said kissing my head and I dozed off right there.

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gotmilk5101520 · 3 years

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Miraculous Ladybug Rewatch Episode 78 Miracle Queen Part 2 (The Battle of the Miraculous Part 2)

Part 1

“Give me a hug, Luka!” “Not with Cataclysm activated!” “Opps”

Only the Monkey Miraculous can make you fear normal toys.

And Snake Noir was the first Miraculous Holder to go to the sun.

Adrien using the Snake Miraculous now, and unlike his time as Aspik, shows he’s more focused. When he was Aspik all he wanted to do was impress Ladybug and that led to him being stuck in a never ending loop. But here as Snake Noir? He’s focused on the battle, not Ladybug. Both the Ladybug and Snake Miraculous requires someone to be focused, to not let anything distract them, for the holders to be strategists. That was something Adrien was not, hence Mister Bug and Aspik. But now he’s more focused, he’s learned from those times and has gotten better, and thanks to him Miracle Queen was defeated.

“Well, what are you waiting for? Transform me!”

“She doesn't even know our names!”

“And you didn't give the right commands!”

“Or say please, for that ma-a-atter!” “Fine, can you please tell me your commands?” “Like we would-” “Okay” “Ziggy!” “What? She said please”

“I'm sorry! I'm so useless!”

“If I hadn't forgotten to de-transform myself to go see Master Fu-”

“Ladybug, no!”

“Hawkmoth wouldn't have taken him hostage. He wouldn't have taken the Miracle Box”

“I'm the worst Ladybug that has ever existed!”

“Ladybug, you are the best Miraculous holder I've ever met”

“You made mistakes, but who hasn't?”

“What matters is to fix them”

“And you always, always miraculously knew how to fix everything, right?”

“But what should I do, Master?”

“You hold all the keys, Ladybug. You always have”

“And you will be the most magnificent of Guardians”

“What!?”

“Master!“ “No!” “Don't do it!”

“I, Wang Fu, hereby relinquish the Miracle Box”

“And name Ladybug the new Guardian!”

“Master!” An era ends.

“I'm no longer your fan, Ladybug! I don't love you, anymore!” “In the fan way or the gay way?” “Both!”

“There's a deciphered version of the grimoire stored on the Guardian's tablet!”

“Now we can fix the Peacock Miraculous! And i can finally rest in piece” “And you can continue to be Mayura no matter what!” “Why?”

“Master!”

“Master?”

“Oh! Master Fu!”

“Oh! Such pretty costumes! Who are you?”

“Has he... lost his memory?”

“It's the rule of the Guardians”

“Their memory gets erased when they pass on the box, to protect the secret identities of the Miraculous holders” If I learned anything from the ending of The Promised Neverland is that the Master Fu we all know is dead. He is just Wang Fu.

“Goodbye, Master” *Cries in Turtle*

“We've undoubtedly made our share of mistakes along the way, but then who hasn't?”

“What matters is to fix them, right?” Hmm possible foreshadowing?

“Ew!”

“This is despicable! Utterly despicable!” Chloe being a mood part 12

When you really think about. The Battle of the Miraculous is Hawkmoth’s win. Heroes Day was a win for the heroes, hence why it felt more light and positive. But here in The Battle of the Miraculous I felt more of a dark and negative feeling. Hawkmoth activated nothing in Heroes Day. But in The Battle of the Miraculous he: Found the Guardian, successful manipulated Chloe to join him, and now she can never be Queen Bee, found out the identities of the other heroes (Save Bunnyx) forced Master Fu to name Marinette the new Guardian a lot sooner, has a fully translated version of grimoire, and with it translated he can learn everything about the Miraculous, and now he can fix the Peacock Miraculous, and according to the season 4 summary Hawkmoth uses both the Butterfly and the Peacock to become Shadowmoth. This finale was Hawkmoth’s win.

“As we grow old, we realize life doesn't always give us all the gifts we hoped it would”

“I would have loved to tell you all this in person, Marinette”

“But if you're reading this, it means I've already lost my memory”

“But you mustn't be scared, and you mustn't be sad”

“As I was telling you at the beginning of this letter”

“Experiencing loss is a part of life, but it doesn't define it”

“Because what really matters isn't whether you win or lose. It's the ability to...”

“accept changes in ourselves”

“It's accepting that even if life doesn't always give us the gifts we were hoping for, the real gift is life itself” And there’s the explanation for the random narration from last episode and the beginning of this one.

“Marianne, I've never told you this but I... I...”

“Shh. Save it for when I get back”

“It's incredible! I've only just met you and yet my heart is beating as if I've known you forever”

“You should always trust your heart”

“Take this sir, for the journey”

“Mmm-hmm”

“Thank you, young lady. I will never forget you”

“I'm not going anywhere until Hawkmoth is defeated. I'll never leave you”

And now, Marinette is alone.

“Even if life doesn't always give us the gifts we were hoping for, the real gift is life itself”

“You okay?”

“So, how about that tune? Will you let me hear it?”

“Are you sure you really want to hear it?”

The Wall Between Us.

“It's perfect!”

“As good as new!” Uh oh.

And that’s the end. That’s it. My Miraculous Ladybug Rewatch, after 11 months, it is finally over (It was suppose to end back in March) I feel a bit empty, but also free. This was something i decided to do all the way back in September of last year. I wanted to rewatch every episode in a order i wanted to watch (Till i got to season 3 cause the order is based on production code) I started November 22 want on a small hiatus in January to wait for the rest of season 3 to come to Netflix, promising to return in March. Which it did, but after 2 episodes it went back on hiatus cause my keyboard wasn’t working and cause of Covid, to this day, i still don’t have a new keyboard. But in August i said “Fuck it, i want to finish this” and starting working on them again. On September 24 i was officially finished Rewatching the episodes (And ironically the New York Special aired the next day so perfect timing) Truth be originally the Rewatch was going to continue September 3 but i delayed by a month so i have more time to work on them. And it was a good choice, I'm glad everyone (And by everyone i mean the 3 people that actually likes them) stuck with me to the end. I plan to make a Master List of my Rewatch expect it sometime tomorrow. And i’m going to do some editing on my old Rewatches to fix some mistakes that i only just noticed and change some old jokes made in the past (For example in my very first Rewatch when Marinette realized Ivan was Stoneheart i put *Laughs and Cries in French* But everytime they know who the Akuma is, i always say *Rage in French* things like that are getting changed)

But now what? Well before anyone asks. Yes i do plan to do a Rewatch of the New York Special. However it’s going to take a while. At first i thought to Rewatch it before the Shanghai Special aired, but now I'm thinking of Rewatching it after Shanghai. But i haven’t decided yet. If i decide to Rewatch it before Shanghai, then expect it one week before Shanghai airs. If i decide to Rewatch it after Shanghai, then expect it one month after Shanghai. But when i Rewatch Shanghai it’s going to be before season 4 airs. But there’s still time cause the Shanghai Special isn’t airing till early 2021 and season 4 Fall of 2021 sadly. “But that’s it” Is what you’re thinking. Well truth be told it isn’t over. I’m planning to Rewatch the Miraculous Secrets webisodes. That’s right, the short webisodes, i'm going to Rewatch them as well. I’ll put them up every now and again. But that’s it for now. Until the webisode Rewatch, until whatever shitpost i make, I'll see you guys later. Bye!

#miraculous ladybug #milk rewatches miraculous ladybug

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crazyfishmaiden · 6 years

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Happy New Years and...

Stuff right?

So what a year! Wish I could sum it up, but all I can really do is sum up the last few months. Seems like only yesterday I was staring the new year in the face wondering what tomorrow brings.

So I could post about resolutions, but I don’t believe in (or make them). Most resolutions fail, because it’s the wrong mindset. Rarely does anyone stick to anything just because they decided around the new year start that “This time, this time I will!”.

Still plugging along at my goal to get down below a certain weight, while still enjoying family time, and the holidays. It’s a fine balance but I put myself down to 111 so that when I do eat extra I don’t go up too bad. I’m at 112.8 but I still have some water weight due to ahem, girl things.

So the happy news is senpai noticed me (only my closet friends will understand this). Senapai is not a person, more so an place that I hold dear to my heart. It’s my long term goal of where I want to be job wise. It’s not a job yet, but being noticed is a good step in the right direction.

As of today I finished the last bit of major painting. The back of the new tank is painted black. Once the last bit of paint is dry I can carry on with cutting wood, and finalizing certain pieces. I have a goal to have to it done with Pop Top home mid January or earlier if possible.

Still trying super hard to keep things together at work. My back got pulled over the Christmas Eve holiday but it’s mostly better. Unfortunately my co-worker who got hospitalized after...things happened is not likely to return to work any time soon. So I’m still plugging along running morning shift somewhat alone. However, she woke up, and is making progress bit by bit. I can’t wait to take her gift up to her. I found a gorgeous wooden fish statue that can go nicely next to her betta set up. It’s like her little fish shrine.

I’ve backed off on all exercise after my back got tweaked(it was pretty bad), but tomorrow I’m going to get back into jogging. Should be interesting seeing as how it’s finally gotten cold proper.

I go into the new year resolute that I will continue to make good choices for myself mentally, and physically (and nutritionally). I will continue to push myself to always improve in fitness, and be the best I can be to my friends, and customers.

As always I will strive to be the best fish mom I can possibly be, both to my fish at home, and the fish at work.

My biggest challenge this year are likely to be my extreme anxiety around men.

Now that I am approaching going down into the 100′s weight wise I know the attention is going to start up again, just like last time.

I HAVE NO INTEREST IN DATING. I HAVE NO INTEREST IN PURSUING ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS. That is my choice. If people cannot respect that, than they need to stay out of my life.

This society is not set up to accommodate this. This is not a problem with society. This is perhaps more a problem with me being a way that does not fit in well with how the rest of people operate. So it’s expected people are going to chase someone they happen to like (or find pretty). For me it’s anxiety inducing when men start to show interest. I quickly and politely shut them down, and when I pick up on the signals I try to steer it away as quickly as possible.

But just like last time, some of the kind of people interested are also the kind of creeps never taught how to properly interact with or respect women at all. They think if they keep trying, keep showing up, etc that eventually no becomes yes.

But, I could have worse problems in life. So one way or another I will find a way to deal with it so it doesn’t eat me up with stress or anxiety. At least I have support at home, and at work to deal with this kind of thing. There are people out there who have no one to turn to. It’s worse for them.

So that’s my New Years post, now to go back and enjoy what little free time I have till my coursework starts up. Enjoy the new year, and be safe!

#new years #life

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bloglifekelseyylynd-blog · 7 years

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Turning 18 and Starting College

Well tomorrow, January 6th is my 18th birthday. I can’t believe I have made it this far already into life and honestly I’m really excited, I will be starting a college class at The Art Institute in Novi on Saturdays starting the 14th of January. I am really looking forward to starting this next little chapter of my life. We are finally hitting the year of graduation, with only 150 days left till.

I think my parents are planning on taking me to Secretary of State as soon as possible to get my permit, I’m kinda nervous, but also excited for that. My dad was also talking about a car for graduation, I really hope that happens.

The class I will be starting at Ai is Digital Color Theory, I am able to get the class for free due to the fact that I am still in high school. The class lasts till around the end of March and then I start another class In April and that one lasts till May. By that time I will be finished with high school and preparing for graduation in June on the 4th, and college starting in July, which sadly means I only get one month of a free summer before I start class. That just means that I will be graduating earlier to its all good with me and I can’t wait to see what The Art Institute has in store for me.

The only thing that will be upsetting about starting classes is I will be having class six days a week now with only Sundays free. The class is from 9 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon every Saturday. I think I will be able to handle it though and if not I’m sure I can eventually figure it out.

So wish me luck and also Happy New Year! Make 2017 your year!

#college #the art institute

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pappebrisco · 4 years

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winter rut

The drop off after my first semester has been so depressing.

It got off to a bad start because I severely stubbed my toe on the Friday two days after my last final. I thought I broke it, but I got a call the next week saying it wasn’t broken, fortunately. I am dreading the bill to come.

On top of that, I’ve had chest pains related to difficulty in breathing (residual pain from several lung surgeries as a teen). After about a week of feeling very drained, I think my breathing is getting back to normal. About as normal as I can be.

Here’s more: two factors have compounded my phone addiction. I reactivated tinder and I started reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. I’ve been wanting to read something by Haruki Murakami for a while, having heard good things about his books, and I figured the winter break would be a good time for checking out a library book. So I’ve been reading it on my phone. I’ve also been thirsty, hence the tinder. But tinder is a different experience in Baltimore. I have far more matches than I did in Olympia, and I must not have been ready for the change. It’s way too much. The app is a monster.

Finally, I’ve obsessed over checking my student portal. Someone let slip that grades had posted for Contracts. Of course I immediately logged in, and I found out I got an A. This was a shock. When I first saw it, I hugged my brother and then I couldn’t think straight the rest of the evening. I couldn’t believe it, I kept refreshing the page, daring it to change to confirm it was just a fluke. Since that time four days ago I’ve been checking to see if any other grades have posted, but none have. I suppose I wait till January for those, but then, who knows! Why did the Contracts grade have to post early? Why did I have to find out? I shouldn’t complain, though, I kicked ass.

Anyway, per the above I have problems!

I have struggled to get cover letters completed for the employers I’m trying to get with this summer. It seems like it should be so simple to get a cover letter done, but I have this issue every time I try to complete a cover letter where I obsess over the details and l look for distractions to get me off task (especially since I’m using my free time, which feels so expansive, temporarily). And I have found ample distractions. I have a couple of drafts done for my top two choices, but then I know I can’t rest on just two applications. So I’m conflicted on trying to enjoy my break versus getting shit done that I won’t have time to do once classes have resumed.

I’ve also struggled with getting Christmas stuff together. Although I’ve had an easier solution to that issue. I just say fuck it; I’m not going to worry about getting people perfect gifts. I have established a good precedent of not giving a shit for the past ten years or more, so why stress over it now? Plus I am so so broke. I am living off of income borrowed from my future self.

And I’ve struggled with taking care of myself in terms of cleaning and doing what I pledged I’d do over break: exploring Baltimore. Well at least I have pretty good excuses. Fucked up toe, trouble breathing, and... and... I’m just exhausted. Winter sucks.

But I’ve got a date tomorrow night, so that’ll be fun :)

#essayp #winter #law school

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alunclewe · 5 years

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Goblin Week 2019 Retrospective

Okay, so @evandahm, creator of @goblinweek, has officially announced that Goblin Week is over. He’s apparently in a different time zone than I am, because here it’s still January 26 for a couple more hours, and I was intending to get another goblin or two up to make up for the days I missed, but I’ll take his announcement of the week’s ending as an excuse mandate for saving those goblins till next year. It’s possible I could get two more goblins done before midnight; it’s possible I couldn’t. (I probably could have gotten them done earlier today if I hadn’t been working, but, well, I was; the last one and a half goblins I posted were done on a film set using my Intuos and my laptop.)

So I didn’t manage to get a goblin done every day, so I can’t consider this year’s @goblinweek to be an unqualified success for me. But it’s a lot better than last year, when i didn’t post anything for Goblin Week at all. (Nor, in fact, anything for the entire months of January through September.) And I’m reasonably happy with what I did get done.

This got to be a much longer post than I’d planned, so I think I’ll put the rest of it behind a “Keep reading” tag...

Anyway, the end of Goblin Week doesn’t mean I’m going to stop posting; I’ve started 2019 strong so far in that regard, and I hope to keep my momentum. Starting tomorrow, I’ll get back to finishing off the Alphabetical Challenge, silly and pointless as it is, and by the time that’s over it’ll be almost February, when... well, we’ll see where things go from there.

(Oh, dang, still never did get around to posting the @terasterrace character that was supposed to go up last Monday... uh, I’ll do that tomorrow, I guess. The day before the next character is supposed to go up.)

There is one thing I’d like to comment on. Well, maybe two related things. I said in my first Alphabetical Challenge post of this year that I’d been doing the Alphabetical Challenge drawings in Toon Boom Harmony to get used to its drawing tools, but that I didn’t like them as well as those of Adobe Illustrator. Well, the goblins I drew in Adobe Illustrator, and now having used both programs in relatively quick succession and having them fresh in my minds... I’m not sure I really do like one more than the other. Each program has features that I miss in the other. I guess for really complex drawings Adobe Illustrator definitely takes the prize—that’s not what Harmony is for—and of course Harmony has tons of additional functionality for animation—that is what Harmony is for—, but for just general drawing of single, relatively simple pictures it’s hard to pick an overall favorite.

Features of Toon Boom Harmony I miss in Illustrator:

Single-keypress shortcuts for zooming in and out

The cutter tool, which, among other things, allows the easy removal of extended parts of crossing lines

The ease of filling in outlines made of disconnected lines, even if there are small gaps. (I think Illustrator actually may be able to do something like this, but it’s not as straightforward as it is in Harmony... still, I ought to look into it.)

Features of Illustrator I miss in Toon Boom Harmony:

The ability to change lines by just selecting them and drawing over them

Feathered edges (this can sort of be emulated in Harmony with blurs and multiple objects, but it seems more complicated)

Gradients (Harmony can do gradients, but in a very limited way compared to Illustrator; Illustrator has much richer and more powerful gradient tools)

Speaking of Toon Boom (this is the second, related thing), I’ve been going through the online tutorials to finally try to better teach myself the program. I sort of went through some tutorials before, years ago, but now there’s a more formal learning system on the Toon Boom site that gives you quizzes, keeps track of your progress, and is organized into numerous discrete courses which in turn are collected into “journeys” that focus on specific skill sets. So far I’ve completed the Storyboard Pro Kick-start and Harmony Premium Kick-start courses, and I’m almost halfway through the Storyboard Foundation course, which is the first course in the Educational Curriculum - Harmony Premium journey.

I’m also (though a bit more slowly) going through the Blender Essential Training course on Lynda.com (available for free with a Los Angeles Public Library account), and the digital painting tutorial videos on Ctrl+Paint. Like Toon Boom Harmony and Storyboard Pro, Blender and Photoshop are programs I’ve used before, but I’d never really had any formal training in them, or even semi-formal self-training, and I figure I can use some improvement in my skills with them (and with art in general).

So... that’s what I’ve been up to, art-wise, and some of my plans for what’s ahead. And now, I should probably get some sleep pretty soon.

#goblinweek #goblin week #Goblin Week 2019 #art #drawing #Toon Boom Harmony #Toon Boom Storyboard Pro #Adobe Illustrator #Ctrl+Paint #ctrl-paint #lynda.com #Blender #Photoshop

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cjjc-devo-blog · 7 years

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feelings n’ stuff

January 10th, 2017

Okay, now that I have the username & password, (LOL it’s been that long since i’ve signed on my bad seriously ><) It’s finally time I get back on here!! First off, I love your word and I support you all the way. Hopefully I can be a friend that will hold you accountable for it--I shall do my best hehe :) I think for me I want to focus on being proactive about my future and take responsibility. Also going along with that I want to go into life with an attitude of giving to God so wherever I may be I can do all things for him.

Okay so about my feelings right now. So it’s the second day of student teaching and to be honest things have gone smoothly but for some reason I kind of lowkey dread what is to come. I’ve been thinking about why I feel that way and I think its this sense of loss of freedom for these next few months and then it hit me that growing up is exactly that. I’m definitely going to miss the freedom of college life where you could go to lecture and fall asleep or just space df out and think about what lunch in the dining hall will be and what time you should schedule your nap. For this reason I realized I need to build my stamina for being at school for the entire school day plus extra time after to plan and attend meetings. I think especially because these past two days have been gloomy/rainy, I wake up and I feel dread and then on my drive to school I’ll try to pray that I feel uplifted. But usually when school starts that feeling goes away--its just before and after when my free time is limited.

Some other things-- so my teacher is really nice and on top of it which is good because I feel like I can learn a lot from her. That being said, she’s super organized and purposeful so in that way its been slightly overwhelming because I didn’t realize how many procedures there are for third grade but then again it’s just the beginning for me so I’ll get used to it with time. But yeah, like in the past what was really nice is that we had a set time we go into school and leave and my teachers have been super chill so I could like wing things and get away with it plus middle school is less teaching time and more student-led (at least in my classroom) so I didn’t really have to plan all that much. Also I’m not that detailed oriented and I forget things easily (b/c i effing space out so much) and then I feel stupid because the task is so simple but i’m like wait...huh? So YEAH I know I shouldn’t jump to all these conclusions but I kind of feel like younger elementary is not the most fitting for me, however, I’m going to try my best to take this as a learning experience (which it is) and that I can afford to make mistakes now because I won’t have to pay for the consequences as hard as opposed to if I were to have my own classroom. Which brings me to my next point... because it’s not really my classroom, I’m kind of hesitant to like really jump in. Again I know I just started so hopefully it’s normal to feel that way in the beginning but whenever she says “feel free to jump in” I really can’t see myself doing that unless I am scheduled to teach, ya know? Also I’m not entirely comfortable with the staff~ which is fine but because I eat lunch with them I’m slightly uncomfortable haha. Idk, the makeup of the staff at my last placement was much more diverse in ethnicity, age, gender, and I naturally felt more comfortable in that environment whereas most the teachers here are middle aged white females that talk about their family drama over break LOL. No one is mean or anything but like I just sit there and just listen and nod my head lol. I wish I were more casual haha, oh well.

But yes, tomorrow will be a long day because after school it’s planning with the team and she says sometimes they’re there till 6 :o) nooooooo haha. Please pray that I stay optimistic and not have this dread feeling (I honestly also think its bc lack of sun like I NEED THE SUN) and just pray to god myself.

There is my VERY long post but just had to get that off my chest.

Thanks for listening Christine! I am very lucky to have a friend like you. I LOVE YOU FOREVER!!

WITH ALL MY LOVE,

joy

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