#and i'm working on the label for the quilt i'm making for my cat

[swashbucklery]

Have you seen the queer baseball show? There are butches! On TV! And like good storytelling and everything. Teamy goodness! People trying to figure out how to be queer! Some of them together!

Anon I mean this in the kindest way possible but like. Yes. Oh my god, yes. I have blacklisted that show to avoid spoilers and my dash is a wall of invisible posts. I'm extremely aware that there is a new show that has lesbians and it's good.

I also have had just. A really garbage August. And I really want to watch the thing, but what I've found through COVID as a HCW is like. If I'm super overwhelmed by work + life commitments and I just force myself to watch the thing On Time because that's what everyone else is doing, I don't enjoy it as much. I know my life and my heart and I know when I'm ready to sit down and enjoy a new story. And when I let myself have the time and space that I need, I have so much more fun and enjoy the thing so much more.

I know it means that by the time I get around to it, the internet will have moved through 423094 different fandom cycles and the show will be Over. But also, rushing and rushing to consume the media just to spare myself from internet FOMO is honestly a terrible way to live. TV isn't an emergency. There are important IRL things that are time-sensitive that I am perfectly able to push myself to do, but in my downtime one of the greatest gifts I can give myself is moving slowly.

It's on my list. The gay pirate show is on my list. Finishing CR Campaign 3 so that i can prove to the internet that Im*dna is Superc*rp is on my list. I want to watch S2 of Picard and also the new Trek show with the butch pilot and also the RDM show about the sad lesbian astronaut president. I want to rewatch Legends from the beginning and I want to do a Buffy/Angel rewatch and I want to rewatch Supergirl S6 straight from the box set without the internet screaming about Supercorp not being canon the entire time. When I make the time, I'll be sure to share.

#honestly the thing I'm managing is 20-30 minutes a night of critical role #because i can do it while i cross stitch #and i'm working on the label for the quilt i'm making for my cat #and that makes me really happy #i haven't had time to binge watch tv since march 2020 i'm really sorry anon #i want to be encouraged + excited about the new things #but there are so many demands on my time right now and 2022 is the year where i'm prioritizing my rest more than i have #bc my soul needs it #night of the living anons

[twst-the-night-away]

"you are a work of art" for SparkyJo please!

Ignihyde was likely the last dorm anyone at Night Ravens College would visit for makeup advice. And yet, there Joker was, sitting in the cavernous lounge of blue light and steel, making the cutest puppy eyes at the curly-haired sophomore sitting across the table from her.

"Pleeeeease, Sparky?" Joker pouted. "Show me how you do your eyeliner!"

"Why should I? Yours looked fine enough last time." Sparky shrugged.

Joker sighed and fiddled with the quilted red pouch she'd brought along.

"Yeah, but last time, Punch's eyeliner looked better! And when I asked him, he said you did it. I can't have my baby brother looking hotter than me, now can I?"

Sparky let out a little snicker. He reached over and pulled the little pouch that Joker held across to his side of the table.

"All right, let's see what we're working with here."

He zipped it open and pulled out the eyeliner pen. He uncapped it, examined it, tested it on the back of his hand, and frowned.

"Geez, where'd you get this? Dollar Queen?"

"It's worked just fine so far," Joker huffed.

Sparky shook his head. "It won't work this time." He reached into one of the pockets of his ceremonial robe and pulled out a brush and a little pot. Joker craned her neck.

"Ohhhh," she said. "You use that gel stuff?"

"Yeah, I use that gel stuff, and it works great. Stays on better than pencil, too. Ever tried it?"

Joker put her chin in one hand and picked up the little pot of inky gel, turning it over and looking at the label on the bottom. She shook her head.

"Seemed like too much mess. But if it looks as great as it did on you ... and Punch," she added quickly, "then it oughta be good. Can I try it out?"

"It takes a little time to get used to," Sparky said. "And we don't have a lot of time. Here, I'll do one eye and you can try the other one."

He scooted his chair over to the same side of the table where Joker sat. Though she was able to stifle the cry of success at her plan working, Joker couldn't fight the flush in her cheek. She grinned and turned to face Sparky. "Ready!"

"All right. It's a little cold, so don't flinch, okay?"

Sparky took the top off of the pot, dipped the brush in, then gently took hold of Joker's chin.

"Keep your eyes open, and look up."

"Mmm." Joker didn't need help looking up at Sparky, watching him concentrate as he slowly pressed the brush along the edge of Joker's eyelid.

"See what I'm doing here," he said, his voice softer than before. "I'm just pressing it along the line, not dragging it. One or two dips should be good enough to get it across the top." Sparky pulled back for a moment.

"There. I've got it lined. I don't do smoky eyes or cat eyes or anything, so if you wanna get fancy with it, you've gotta do it yourself."

Joker reluctantly leaned back in her seat, away from Sparky, away from the warm presence that smelled ... a little like Cool Water? He even wore perfume? As if he needed to charm her any more. Feeling her cheeks flush again, she reached for the compact in her makeup pouch and flipped it open. Her eyes widened.

"Whoa! Mr. Aetos, this looks slick!"

"Of course it does. The stiff brush is way more precise than a dulled pencil. Think you can handle the other eye?"

" ... I mean, I wouldn't say no if you decided you couldn't trust me with such precious material."

Sparky scoffed and handed over the pot of gel and the brush. Joker grinned, twirled the brush in her fingers a bit, and then dipped it into the pot. Sparky had done the left eye, leaving her right eye for her to do. Joker smiled at her reflection as she finished pressing the brush along her lid, as she'd been told. Such a gentleman, leaving her the easy one.

"Whoa, you're right! This stuff goes on smooth." Joker closed the pot back up and handed Sparky's materials back over to him.

"So how'd I do?"

Sparky grinned. His hand closed briefly over hers as he took the eyeliner and brush back from her.

"You're a work of art, Miss Carder. I'll make sure to make your brother less hot this time."

#twisted wonderland oc #twst oc #joker carder #sparky aetos #once again these two are awfully cute together :3c