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[astrhae]

hi so i just read your hanahaki fic and it ruined me and like i am actually crying it was so so so good but also i read your deleted scene with jespers pov and that was amazing too!! and i saw that you said that you had another deleted scene and i would love to see that too (and any others that you have) if you wanted to share them?

(also i actually adore the entire vibe of your blog it's so pretty)

hi hello thank you so much *slides tissues over* i'm so glad you liked the fic so much and that you liked the deleted scenes too!! there are... quite a lot of them that i literally made an "appendix" section in my word document 😅 this fic truly was a monster to write because of how many scenes and jumps there were, and while that was a whole lot of fun, i also had to test and remove many, many scenes too keep it manageable. most of the deleted scenes are just dialogue without much prose to them though, because i had a Vibe but then realised the fic was going to be too long --- but here's a deleted scene that i polished up just for you 💙 it's in jesper's POV too because you all really are enabling me to write more of that 💕

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“You kept it,” Jesper stared at Wylan.

Wylan’s gaze skittered away, hands clasped behind his back as they stood there, side by side, at the threshold of the mansion’s storeroom. He looked every bit a mercher, now: all the soft lines Jesper used to tease him about were gone, replaced by a gauntness from the sickness.

It had been a month – a month since the embassy, since Wylan had lied still on the bed, and the Shu Princess’ fiancée had come under the cover of the night. Do it, Jesper had told her to save Wylan’s life.

They’ve gone too far for me to save him, she had warned Jesper. This might not work – he might never feel again, never –

Do it, Jesper had repeated. Wylan had wanted this, had counted his own life worth more than his heart, and Jesper had to agree. Jesper had to be grateful that Grisha didn’t get sick: if Wylan came out of this not being able to love, then at least Wylan came out of this.

Then Jesper would still love him, anyway, whatever happened.

So she had done it, and Jesper had watched as a delirious, barely conscious Wylan had coughed and coughed – Wylan wouldn’t remember it, later, feverish and shivering, from both the sickness and the canal waters, and Jesper had promised, over and over again: I love you, I love you, I love you.

And Wylan, eyes clouded with fever, had tipped his head blindly toward Jesper’s voice, and apologized.

Now – now, a month since, Wylan was still recovering. He showed no signs that he remembered any of it. Jesper had been careful not to linger, unsure if Wylan wanted him, but he had stayed in one of the guest rooms that Marya had forced him into.

They ate meals together, Wylan staring at Jesper silently all the while before he disappeared again into his rooms, closing himself off as Kaz scrambled to keep the business afloat and Jesper tried to keep out of the way. With Nikolai and Zoya pleased that things had gone as smoothly as they could, Jesper wasn’t expected back in Ravka anytime soon, and he stayed in Ketterdam to pick up what pieces he could, trying to at last keep his promises.

Marya showed him the cracks in the house – the places where paint had started peeling, floorboards creaking, the carriage rattling, and Jesper placed his hand over them. He placed his hand, and called on his blessings: an act of prayer, an act of penance. He couldn’t heal the places where Wylan’s ribs had cracked from the roots that had wrapped around them, but he could at least fix the foundations. Could at least strengthen them.

He hadn’t known what to expect when Wylan had called for him earlier today.

He certainly hadn’t expected Wylan to lead him up to the attic, to show him a room full of everything he’d left behind. All the coins he’d turned into lopsided keys sitting in a jar by the far end of the room, the bullet fragments and shrapnel from his failed attempts at distracting himself. The mess of a canvas from when Jesper had tried to paint for Wylan, all those years ago, eighteen and too young to understand the weight of it. The weight of this.

His powers reached out to them all, now, the room a riot of metal and memory and color, all his hats and all the ledgers from his debts –

Wylan had kept it: all the good things, and the bad.

“I wanted to burn them,” Wylan spoke to him for the first time in weeks. “I wanted to burn it all.”

Jesper took a step inside, his feet leaving footsteps in the dust. “I wouldn’t have blamed you.”

“I broke some of them,” Wylan admitted, staying at the threshold, gaze shifting toward the broken glasses to their right, the shredded fabric, the shattered frames. “But I – I didn’t have anything left.”

When Jesper had left – so quickly he’d terrified even himself – he hadn’t had to time to bring much. He had thought it was for the better: a new start, without all his things, all his memories trapping him. He turned around to face Wylan, now, their past in scattered pieces around them.

Jesper didn’t need any of this. He just needed –

“I would have come home,” Jesper promised again, confession turned into sin, into vice, because even now, he still loved Wylan like an addiction. Like benediction. “I would have come home, if you asked.”

“And you would have resented me for it,” Wylan’s smile was a knife. Jesper wasn’t sure if it was a knife meant to cut Jesper, or himself. Did it matter? Either way, they both hurt.

His powers itched, needing to reach out, crawling beneath his skin, clawing at it. Grisha didn’t get sick: their fevers just burnt through bone, through soul – their powers demanding more than they could give. Wylan couldn’t love again. Not after the sickness. That was fine: Jesper would love him enough for the both of them.

“I already did, a little,” Jesper admitted, because hadn’t Wylan wanted him honest? “I resented you, but I missed you more.”

Wylan studied the floor. Eyes fixed at the distance between them.

“You stayed,” Wylan whispered.

“Do you want me to?”

He had stayed in Ravka for himself, but for Wylan too. He would stay here for himself, and for Wylan too. He owed it to them both to see whatever was left between them through: Wylan wasn’t a debt to be repaid, or a broken thing for Jesper to fix. He was a chance that Jesper wouldn’t let himself lose. Not again.

A strangled noise escaped Wylan, so similar to the cough that Jesper flinched at it –

“I want you to stop hurting,” Wylan said, just as he had all those years ago, when push became shove became fall. And then – “I want to stop hurting.”

Jesper stumbled forward, stumbled closer, pulled into orbit – pulled out of it, until distance became touch and his hand reached for Wylan’s – and Wylan’s reached for his, trembling, trembling, trying.

“I want you to be happy,” Jesper took the words, and made them his own. Made them his wish. “I want to be happy, too.”

Because he was selfish, because he was certain. Because he was trying, too.

#asks #voidtraveller #wesper #six of crows #fic: ammonium nitrate #sorry it took so long to answer i needed to make the scene a little more presentable #originally it was the first few paragraphs + dialogue + a whole bunch of keyboard smashes in capslock #this scene killed me to cut but i couldn't get it to fit into the pacing of the fic #one day you all are going to enable me to write a proper coda to this fic #and i'll thank you for it #no but really thank you it's truly such a compliment to be able to move someone to such feeling #and i'm very honored that you want more of the fic 💙 #also i don't know if you mean desktop or mobile theme #but if desktop then you can go to the little &. symbol on the bottom for a link to the theme download!

[discordhelp]

is there a way to make a thread tracker on discord?

hi! we have had a post about thread trackers on our to do list for a hot minute, and we'll get to something more robust when we're able, but in the meantime i thought i'd give you a quick overview on my personal preferred way of thread tracking on discord -- so see below the cut for how to use your discord mentions as a thread tracker!

a mention is when any user @'s your username on discord. this will highlight the message, as well as give a little red bubble in the channel name and the server's icon. but what you may not know is that discord also keeps a list of every post you've been mentioned in for easy reference!

there are, of course, pros and cons of using this method. the biggest pro and the reason it's my preferred method is that it does it automatically, instead of you having to go into a thread tracker you've made and update it yourself. the cons are that if you don't delete unwanted messages out of there regularly -- including when anyone uses the reply function on one of your messages -- it can get messy quick. also, the mentions tab will only store posts that have been made in regular channels for 7 days, and posts that have been made in threads will go away if the thread auto-archives (usually after 24 hours of inactivity). it also does rely on making sure your partner tags you every time they reply, or you can use a tupper to tag yourself (if you tag yourself in a normal message, it won't show in your inbox, but if you use a tupper to send the message then it will).

to find your mentions on desktop, click the little inbox just to the right of the search bar, then change the tab from unread to mentions.

in the mobile app, you can find it by clicking the @ symbol next to your user icon at the bottom of the screen.

some other handy features:

by clicking the X in the top right of each mention on desktop, or tapping and holding on mobile, it'll let you delete each mention from your inbox. i like to delete ones i've already replied to (and other mentions i receive that aren't thread-related) to keep the inbox nice and tidy!

if you hover over the mention on desktop and click the jump button, or simply tap the mention on mobile, it'll automatically bring you to the right channel and server where your thread is!

if you click the icon that looks like some lines with indicators on them, it lets you filter your mentions like so: (if you uncheck “include all servers” it’ll only show mentions from the server you’re currently in)

another reason i like to use this feature to track my threads is once i've finished all my replies and cleared out my inbox this message always makes me feel very accomplished :)

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[fallen-gravity]

Hey, I saw how you made questionnaires and wanted to know now to do that too (looks cool) Pls, show me!😄

sure thing!!

so there's actually two different methods on creating polls on desktop vs mobile, and I think it should also be made clear that I use Chrome on a PC, so if it's a different method on Macs/Safari/Firefox/etc, other people are welcome to correct me or add on to this post.

But essentially: if you're on mobile, you're gonna wanna click on the "Create New Post" button on the bottom toolbar, which should look like a blue box with a pencil in it. Once there, you're gonna wanna look to the bottom right corner for a symbol that looks like this:

the one I've circled in red. After you tap that, it's gonna provide you with a blank poll for you to fill in to your pleasure. add a goofy title, fill in at least two answers, and you're all set to go!

Desktop, on the other hand, has an extra step. Because polls are an add-on to text posts, rather than their own category, you're gonna wanna click here first:

and then, once you get a popup, you're gonna notice a popup in the top right corner. It's either going to encourage you to "try a shiny new post editor", if you haven't enabled it yet, or it's going to show a switch that you can enable or disable

to enable the option to create polls, you're going to want to turn this option off. Legacy Editor means you're using the old format, and polls are only supported by the new format.

Once you hit "Let's go!", you'll be presented with another blank text post with a colored toolbar of options to edit your post.

and the poll option should be the three little orange lines, right next to the pink camera, and all you'll have to do is follow the same simple steps! make up a title, give your poll some options, and voila! you have created your very own #TumblrPoll

#asks #polls #tumblr polls #I hope this helped!!

[shibitct]

Add Alt Text To Your Posts!!!! Here's how!!!!

The ability to alt tag your photo's or gifs has been around for a while and yet it is still not common place on tumblr which is a shame. Adding Alt text is important for people who use screen readers such as blind and visually impaired people (and others!). Unfortunately, it's not something I was even aware you could do till recently as on desktop it is a bit hidden. Here's how you can do it and make your posts more accessible!

For Desktop

To add alt text to your post you must have the new BETA editor on. This is why many people, such as myself, were not aware of it's existence as many still use the normal editor.

To add alt text you go to the 3 dots in the corner of the editor

Which will bring up this menu where you click on 'Update Image Description' which will bring up a pop-up text box where you can add alt text.

Top tip: If it's text heavy image and you don't have access to copy and paste the text, there are image to text converters available online to save you the typing!

For Android/IOS

This is a lot simpler as it the function is already available as standard.

First off once again go to the 3 little dots in the corner next to the pallet symbol and click on add alt text.

I am aware that alt text doesn't always work with screen readers but hopefully the more people that do it, the better the function will get

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1)An outline of a black labrador guide dog on an escalator. It shows a picture of the tumblr editor button with an arrow pointing towards the symbol of 3 dots in the bottom right corner

2) An image of an open menu with a faded 'Image options' and 'Update image description' button enabled

3) Screenshot of a mobile with a darkened picture of a yellow goldador 'Reggie' with a red collar and lead looking at the camera panting in a autumnal wood. It is in the tumblr editor with the Image options menu open with the item of 'add alt text' being visible ]

#It's actually a coincidence the last image I did was of a guide dog I swear #Reggie is a good boy yes #I really wish they would add the functionality to open the alt text similar to twitter so it can also act as an image description #which can be suitable for a lot of images #anyway im gonna do the annoying crosstagging which I hate cause y'all need to get better at this #miraculous ladybug #mcyt #star wars #the dragon prince #stranger things #twitter #pokemon #mcu #the witcher #warrior cats #cottagecore #anime #bnha #sk8 the infinity #spn #ahh those were the days (i hated but loved) #interview with the vampire #good omens #actually neurodiverse #actually autistic #dnp #helluva boss #fuck what fandoms aren't dead idk #bbc melin #that never dies

[justused]

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I would like to show you how to program a simple but entertaining game that will introduce you to the Xojo programming language.

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[monsternahas]

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In-depth: How to customize notifications for each app.

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Assuming you have a pc, inspect the cards and sockets for the PC (front and back). If your desktop computer has a powerful video credit, it's very likely to have what exactly you need.

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Click "Full Screen" from the bottom proper corner from the Netflix person to get rid of the menus and backgrounds. Click the center with the screen to begin with Play. Push the sensitive mouse to the computer Desktop to make the controls disappear altogether. If you have fine speakers, join them over the headphone port of your notebook to obtain richer audio. You may even listen because of headphones, or maybe a double-headphone jack port (Radio Shack, $5).

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If the Display screen Saver appears, right-click on a blank part of the laptop desktop, click Buildings, and set the screen savings to 2 hundred minutes. Be sure you change it back when you're done.

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To drag the browser time for the notebook monitor, you've got to click the box/double-box to make the idea less than complete screen. You can even launch an additional instance of your browser thus you'll have a single on each Desktop/monitor.

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[yamagucji]

some tips for writing blogs, especially those who are just starting out. these are some things that works for me and may or may not work for others.

how to add a read more link on mobile

type :readmore: on a free space, then hit the enter or return button

personally i think they’re very helpful because it lessens the space you take up in your dash, and might encourage more people to rb

+ you can also add this on a spot where it gives a sort of cliffhanger, essentially making people want to ‘read more’

headers, banners, and dividers

though not necessary, it’s good to have a title for your work. make sure it’s bold and doesn’t blend in with your notes (aka pairing, warnings, etc.). this also helps when someone wants to look up one of your works in your search bar

i don’t really make banners or covers for my works. but some good apps that i know of would be picsart and canva. if you’re looking for ideas, i definitely recommend going into canva

wondering how to make those really small, thin dividers? you can make them using picsart! to make a divider hit tools > free crop > brush > size (adjust it to your preference > then draw a line along the edge of your photo > save

using the divider you just saved, go back to picsart and edit it again > draw option > hit rainbow square at the bottom left corner > hit suction/droplet symbol right below the check mark > color in the white spots bc for some reason picsart glitches and makes dividers look white-ish

new blog? just opened an account?

this is gonna sound really frustrating. but... tumblr needs to check if you’re a bot or not. what does this mean? it’s likely that your first few posts won’t show up on the search bar. you may not even get to edit your header/pfp yet ://

this happened to me and there was no visibility on my account at ALL. what helped me get ‘verified’ is that i followed a LOT of accounts, liked a bunch of posts, made some posts here and there. now that lets tumblr know you’re not a bot

visibility

the tumblr tagging system usually only allows the first 5 tags in your post to show up. so, what can do you about this? only use FIVE or less tags in your post. wait about 15 minutes or more until you can add some more tags in your post, and they usually all show up like that

another important thing about using tags is not to generalize! especially if you’re using a popular tag. but also don’t specify it too much where barely anyone looks it up. for example, if you’re writing a gn piece about oikawa, i recommend you use the tags such as: oikawa x reader, haikyuu x reader, oikawa x gn!reader, haikyuu headcanons, etc

a good rule of thumb is to use character x reader tags first, then leave the full name or fandom tag last

FOR NSFW: tumblr doesn’t let any tags with nsfw show up. so, give your nsfw works another tag. maybe #namegetspicy idk, you figure it out

FOR WARNINGS: especially if you’re a dark content creator, i highly encourage you to add tw:xyz tags. if you already have a warning note at the top then that’s great. but even better for readers who prefer to actually block these tags that way they never get to see it

another important thing to note is that people have different timezones. it helps if you rb your work at a different time of the day, in case people missed it! (icymi) i’ve noticed that reblogging helps to make your post show up in the tags

interaction + feedback

first and foremost, you are not obligated to write for your followers, and neither are your followers obligated to interact with you. remember that everyone has their own individual lives, and they have their own things to do— so do you, too.

make friends! become mutuals with other writers, visit their ask box. i know it can be daunting having to initiate these things, but you might just turn out to have fun! you can’t expect people to interact with you if you’re not interacting (back). it’s... kind of a two way thing yk? no need to be afraid to interact with other writers. oh, and rb other writers works!

pspsps join tag games or do ask games. it’s fun and very interactive

it never hurts to ask for feedback. i usually do this in a more subtle way because i don’t really expect a full on analysis on my works. maybe a little, is this okay? or feedback appreciated. sometimes it takes a little bit of coaxing for the silent readers

formatting your posts and blog

i generally put in the title at the top in big, bold letters

then comes the header/divider. helps to make the post more... visually appealing ig?

it’s important to add warnings (if any) and the pairing. the audience is not all female, and it might be a little frustrating for male readers having to find out its an x fem reader piece like halfway through your fic

if you have multiple works posted, it’s really really helpful to have a navigation page!

you can organize the posts you make with tags! for example, if you’re shitposting, you can use a specific tag for that. if you have a nsfw related post (ESPECIALLY when your blog is open to the general audience) please make a tag for it

themes + colors

if you have a color in mind but don’t know which direction to go from there, i recommend looking up color + aesthetic

looking to use the same color? download a name color app that’ll give you a hex code for any color you want to use. then, you can type in that hex code for when you’re choosing a color for your tumblr bio

wondering how to make your header image small like mine? just choose a photo for your header and turn off the stretch image option

want to use a different text color that tumblr doesn’t offer? it’s not as complicated as you think. you’ll have to go on a desktop to do this and do some html (but trust me, it’s not very difficult). look up “HTML noob but trying my best - how to use colored text on desktop”

^^ i don’t have the link for the color text tutorial so you can try looking it up

how to make an aesthetic navi and masterlist

step 1: decide a theme! if you’re stuck, think about a character + color/season/mood or look up “[insert] aesthetic” to find some inspiration. or you can try looking at other blogs too

step 2: find a color scheme! it’s easier if you choose fewer colors. if you want to use the same color for both divider and text, download a color name app in order to get the hex code of that color.

step 3: add categories to your navi! most navigation pages include a link to masterlist, about/byi, and rules. your navi should have a title that indicates that it’s... a navigation page. you can add thin colored dividers with the same color to make it easier for followers to navigate

step 4: you can choose to create a ‘cover’ or a picture for your navigation and masterlist! again, i recommend you use the canva app as a starting point

extra: search up emoticon symbols to spice up your titles!

reminder for you as a writer

you’re not obligated to do any of these things. i’ve noticed that we tend to build pressure on ourselves when it comes to content and interaction. remember, this !! is !! for !! fun !! when you realize that it’s no longer fun, then know that it’s time to take a break. and there’s nothing wrong with a bit of self care.

^^ c/p from this post lol

at the end of the day, follower count and interaction doesn’t define you. again for the love of beings, you’re here on your own accord.

will be adding more if needed/asked.

#cupid; talks! #cueuepid

[pettyrevenge-base]

IT manager made my life a misery so we auto-insulted him hundreds of times a day.

TL;DR at bottom

This happened a few years ago. And by few I mean a lot. I was student in the mid 80's and I got a job for the summer working for a major electronics company; it was low skill boring grunt work but it was a foot in the door and paid good money.

I worked in the IT department next to a very noisy room filled with very wide dot matrix printers that buzzed and chattered all day long. It was the central printer room for the VAX system that we used back then. One of my jobs was to take the huge fan-fold printout (each stack was about 2x1 feet and about a foot high) and separate it into individual print jobs, lay them out on a table for people to pick up and also to refill the printer with new paper. The noise drove me nuts so I closed the door. The IT manager found out and insisted that the door stay open so that I could hear when a printer was out of paper, the printer gave out a series of beeps when the paper had run out. Lets just call him Dick because a) his name was Richard and b) he really was a Dick. A real petty tyrant.

In a nearby room was Bob. Bob was an an odd guy, he was an absolute hippy, a relic from the 60s. Bob was a slacker, he appeared to do the minimum work necessary to stay employed but he was also a genius, a hobby electronics experimenter, proper old-school coder (COBOL and FORTRAN), radio amateur, he wrote for electronics magazines, designed and built his own computers, radios and hifi gear, he would happily fix any electronics you brought him and refused payment and he was the go-to person for almost anyone in the company with a technical problem. The odder the problem the better he liked it. Senior engineers would come down to Bob with a question and go away with an answer, sometimes he was seconded to a project to consult and on more than one occasion co-authored a technical paper and was named on a patent or two. Most of the time Bob didn't want any recognition or fuss but usually you got to hear through the grapevine that it was his work. He liked his little room and liked to be his own boss.

I liked Bob, he was a genuinely nice guy, he had a lot of power in the company through a lot of favours but he never wielded it. He was always helpful to anyone who asked from MD to summer students like me, in fact he really liked students and often mentored us when we had a problem or just taught us how to work the system.

I told Bob about the noise in passing. Bob went away and designed a remote Out Of Paper system that would indicate a paper outage on a light-board where I sat. He didn't have to but Bob liked a problem to work on. Dick rejected it out of hand. I resigned myself to a summer of noise but Bob just quietly turned to a new solution.

Bob proposed an improvement to the printing system to Dick.  The print header was a line of hash symbols, the print job name, the user name of the person who printed it and another line of hash symbols. Sometimes you could pick up on the Hash symbols sometimes not. It was hit or miss.

Bob had experimented with a mix of text and ASCII block characters and came up with a distinctive 'song' that the printers could make by printing apparent gibberish. Based on his amateur radio experience he theorised that even someone untutored in Morse can recognise a Morse code phrase very quickly and the ear picks up on the phrase even when not actively listening and so someone could pick up on a distinctive tune or rhythm. He ran a test and it worked. Dick could see the benefits and so authorised Bob to code it into the standard print footer.

In production I could hear the end of every print job as the printer changed it's random screeching buzz to the distinctive sounds and I pulled them off the printer as they finished instead of the finished paper stack speeding up the print job process and reducing the wait time for those waiting on the job. Dick was nominated for an innovation award (about £200 bonus) and accepted without acknowledging Bob. Bob didn't care and neither did I, after my ear had tuned in Bob gave me a Morse alphabet and just smiled at me. He had coded symbols for 2 lines at the end of the print that sounded like "FUKDIK" in morse code. It didn't reduce the noise but it made it bearable that every print job was an insult. It also made me happy that there were a few radio amateurs in the company who all know Morse they all knew Bob so I guess he told them. When they came to the print pick up point you could see some of them catch the phrase and smile. Sometimes it the petty revenges that mean the most.

I rejoined the company after I graduated 3 years later. Bob had medically retired after a massive heart attack and died shortly after, Dick had moved on and we were beginning to move to the massive computing power of desktop 386 pcs with local printers instead of the VAX system but I went down to the print room one day to hear "FUKDIK" over and over.

It made me so so happy. I may have shed a little tear at that moment in memory of Bob.

TL;DR

I worked next to a noisy printer room, the manager would not allow me to close the door or use noise reducing measures so a colleague coded an insult to the manager in the sound of the end of print block.

Source: reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge

#pettyrevenge #lol #omg

[solomonish]

hiii! ^^ I'm really new to Tumblr and wanted to know how you make the dividers for your masterlist post? like the line with the symbol in the middle.

I'm not sure what programs to use or dimensions, yadda yadda.

thank you!

Hi! Before we start, I need to mention that it has been a long time since I made these and I've tried to make this as complete as possible BUT I use photoshop by clicking around until it freezes so be warned there might be some shortcuts or something I don't know about lol!

I'm using Photoshop 2020 but I have friends who use Photopea in desktop browsers and say it works just as well!! I've used it once or twice and most of the features are similar to Photoshop so hopefully you'll be able to figure it out from there.

Canvas Size: 2048 x 164

Rectangle Size: 1028.50 x 80.50

Okay, so first you want to draw your rectangle using the rectangle tool in the bottom left, as I've already done. The size of this doesn't matter, just do whatever looks right.

To make sure your rectangle is centered, You can create a background layer, shift + click both layers, click the select tool at the top left of the toolbar, then click this button at the top to center your top layer on the vertical axis. (When I create my background layer, I give it some sort of color so I can see what I'm doing and make sure the program doesn't mess something up because it's empty.)

Next, go to File > Place Embedded > and select your icon. I'm using Cat icon by Icons8. Center it on your canvas by ctrl + clicking it and your colored bg layer, then follow the steps as you did above.

Once your icon is sized the way you like it, take the eraser tool and size it until it fits around your icon. Click once behind the icon, creating a rounded edge on both ends of the rectangle.

Next, chose a gradient you think fits the character, and create two layers - one above the rectangle and another above the icon. (I create one gradient and then copy that layer so I can ensure they're identical.) Finally, make those into clipping masks and you're good to go! (Both the 'duplicate' and 'make into clipping mask' options appear when you right click on a layer!)

Don't forget to make your colored bg invisible and save as .png so the background it transparent!

You can also get a little fancy and play with shadows or put anything in the middle!

(gif credit: gifgenshin on twitter)

Let me know how they turn out! Good luck with your blog!

#edits #asked and answered #anon

[imagesbyele]

the theme I don’t know how to describe because it has too many things featured in it and it will take a year or 

aro-ace theme!

note that you are allowed to use the theme for whatever you want, change all colors, images (you want to make it a marvel thing? go for it! It’s personal and you want to use other flag colors? go pick those rainbow colors!), but my inspiration was, well, not having seen aro-ace themes before and wanting to make one. I didn’t upload background images but you have the option. Feel free to edit as you please, just don’t remove the credit or claim it’s yours!

as always in the source you’ll find the link to the post with static preview, code and instructions/extra credits.

theme is contained, responsive, super customizable. It’s free! But as always consider donating to my ko-fi as this was a lot <3  like or reblog if you use! (or just if you like it, if you want to!)

 this post will have: what you can edit from custom page, the widgets/scripts used with credits and some explanations. Asterisks * next to something will indicate that more about it will be said in the linked post. I’d apologize for the length but it’s due to how many things I added to the theme and that you should know about. 

now, what can you edit from your customization page:

-nearly every font and its color and size, so that if a font is by default bigger than others you can easily reduce the size. There is a select menu for the body font with all the fonts present in this blog, so you know what they are and can type the one you want for other eleents. I think I only left a couple to be edited from the editor, like your quotes posts if you reblog them a lot. This includes h2 as it’s what you use as ‘big font’ in your posts and h3 in case you want to personalize it and use it for something on purpose, as it has to be added to the html of the post.

-one of the new things:I used a gradient for the backgrounds of the big container, the sidebar and the posts container, but also of tumblr’s default music player (latter done initially following @octomoosey​‘s tutorial then messed with by me hence no album art).  See static preview posts. You can type the colors straight from the costomization page like this:

if you want one solid color you can just write, for example: black, black as it needs at least two. To bottom/To left/to top/to right change the direction. The only thing you need to edit from the html is if you want to go from linear-gradient (like you see in the sidebar) to radial-gradient (like in the big container which has green in the center and purple on the outside) and vice versa, if you want. 

-you can also upload background images of the sidebar, container and bigcontainer and select the optional blending with the colors, which can be none and you only see the images or something like screen or hard-color and check the results (bigcontainer as an overlay gif on Screen now)  -more typing: you can paste the symbol or the symbol code for the list items and the decorations around the post title, right now both being spades. *

-you can upload up to five background images if you enable the ‘changing background’ function otherwise only the first one counts. They will change when you refresh the page, thanks to @lmthemes​

-you can turn on and off the music box (player3 by @glenthemes​​ ), and if it’s enabled you can add two songs from the customization page (or go to the html editor and up it to four before it can get messy as it shows on hover), typing url, author, url of the album art, and song title. You already have We Are Golden by Mika as an example (takes a second to start due to the recording, watch out not to get scared if there is silence and then the first note)*

-optional searchbar in the sidebar with optional suggestions when you click on it (if you want them though you’ll need to go to the editor to type links and names, but you can turn it off and just keep the searchbar, like I said) also by glenthemes’ tutorials. 

-the separator between text posts image is also optional and if turned on, you can also turn on and off whether the image is the avatair/portrait of the person who made the post, with a link to the original if it’s a reblog, or if you want the image to be one you upload yourself, 50x50px and it should resize to fit in (also with a link, in this case to the post itself so you can open it from the top of the page). One is the toggle button ifshowtinyimage, and the other is ‘tinyimageisthesource’, if you turn that off you upload the image yourself. If you add a source to your posts, it will appear among the permalinks regardless.

more under read more!

-besides all normal colors and borders you can pick the color of the border/glow/shadow (call it as you want) of three different categories, or turn it off: the mainglow for big elements like containers and sidebar and sidebar images, the audios glow for players like spotify, regular one or soundcloud. Finally the images shadow when inside your posts. The latter is set on inherit because it means that if an image is also a link like your tiny-image it will be of the same color of your links and change on hover. That is something you can only change on the editor by searching for color:inherit and change it to what you want, if you don’t want to turn it off. 

-askbox colors have been changed with @eggdesign​‘s tricks! look for ask_form in the editor and try changing the number of filter there to see more effects. Also the askbox never shrink, a fix by @whateverhtml​ -pinned post has a little banner, styled like permalinks. 

-you can pick a color for top-info which are the date and notes. I left it empty because it automatically gets the default links color but you can pick it yourself. 

-turn on and off unnested captions looks for textposts and for all other posts (as people who use xkit to edit previous posts will get blockquotes anyway and may not like the final result) thanks to @annasthms​ code. -blockquotes are of alternating colors, by @bychloethemes​. You can obviously choose the same color if you want them to just have the one. You can also select the type of blockquote, if a solid line or dots or dashes.  -you can choose if your smaller sidebar image, sidebarimg2, is an image you’ll upload or if it’s your avatar/portrait by toggling it on and off. If you don’t want sidebar images and you don’t upload any, there are instructions on top of the html to delete the border so you only see the sidebar bg. (basically just delete their box-shadow) -speaking of which, your title will wrap around the second image like in the preview. If that doesn’t work for you you can try changing sizes and font or by going to the editor and changing the margin-top so it’s out of the sidebar image’s reach and can be a “straight line” again (in case it doesn’t fit and the long title is cut in the wrong place)

-you can turn on and off a copy link of the post button on the far left of your permalinks bar, so people can copy the permalink from dash - also by glenthemes.

-navigation links have two alternating colors, odd links right now are black, even links are white, and their hovers are the opposite of that. You can make them all of the same color, in which case you’ll need to look for .navilink a:hover and change the hover color for both. If you have custom pages and enable the link to show it will be automatically added. To change the cat icons just search for ‘cat’ and replace as pleased. To change the ask icon because maybe you don’t have them enabled look for ‘envelope’ with your ctrl + f. You can type urls and titles of navi links from the custom page, the first two are automatically home and ask, there are three more under the description. All icons from font-awesome have a black border so the white ones don’t disappear on light backgrounds, you can change that looking for .fas 

-you can select post-sizes: 400, 450, 500, 540. Whether the sidebar is next to the container or on top will depend on your post size and the screen width as at some point they may not fit. They always do fit on desktop though, and on screens that are smaller than 800px the sidebar is assumed to be on top and will have a max height of 300px (but you can scroll down). I couldn’t make the bigcontainer get bigger for giant screens as I can’t calculate the right size in which all post-sizes + sidebar will look good.

-lightboxes show images with a glow too. Speaking of which you get lightboxes as always, pxu photoset fix and video resizing fix all by @shythemes​ and with the bychloethemes fix. npf photosets fix by glenthemes. No href.li addition from tumblr when you add a link to a post by @magnusthemes​.

-soundcloud player is minimal and its play button is the same color of your permalinks icons thanks to shythemes tutorial. spotify is also minimal, instructions to change it are there. 

-tumblr controls are small and semi-transparent until you hover, also dark regardless, followed painthemes tutorial.

-chats are styled like imessages by ncrthlanes now deactivated, submit posts have at least the submitter’s url recognizable, reblogged asks also get a background for the answer as well as borders, link posts are styled as much as a link-post can be styled. 

-there are already links and similar things written to be an example in your customization page but in any case you get instructions in the editor and everything is divided in sections as much as possible. Also I’m here for any questions. 

#asexuality #aromance #aroace #lgbt #aro-ace #themes #free themes #free resources #evansyhelp #dailyresources #rp themes #rph theme #rpc #main theme #lgbtqia #dustyresources #onlyresources #completeresources #my themes #tumblr theme #rp theme #theme 08 #mine

[andawaywego]

Would you mind writing a fic or ficlet about dani x jamie wedding? Your recent atonement au was brilliant✌🏾👏🏾

don’t mind if i do! thank you so much, as well. i really, really hope you like this. it should be noted that it takes place in an AU where everything is the same, save for Dani’s sacrifice.

..

It’s a Tuesday when the news breaks. Dani is going through their mail in the back office, flipping through the junk mail and weekly savings coupons, and she pauses when she gets to the newspaper. Unfolds it carefully on the desk in front of the desktop. Blinks down at it thoughtfully.

“Huh,” she breathes, reading over the headline—bold, black letters saying words she’d never actually thought she would read.

It’s not that she hadn’t known—or even been a part—of the fight against the laws and the courts keeping so many people apart from one another. People like her and Jamie, like some of their friends, like everyone in the pulsing crowd parading across Burlington every June. There’s a ring on her finger, yes. One that’s been there for the last seventeen years, and a bundle of documents tucked in their safe at home declaring their civil union but…

Huh.

In a sort of dreamy daze, Dani gets to her feet, tucking the newspaper under her arm, and goes out into the shop. Jamie is sitting in the chair by the window, a book open on her lap. They’ve only been open for an hour and, with all their orders filled for the week, there’s precious little to do but sit around and enjoy the sunny September day. 

There’s no reason to be nervous, not really, but the sight of Jamie has never failed to make Dani’s heart sing in tone and pitch too fevered to make her feel anything less than woefully in love. Even twenty-three years later. 

Dani bites her lip and drifts over, closer, toying with her necklace—diamond, in the shape of an infinity symbol, the bottom shaped with the same hands, crown, and heart that adorn the ring on her left finger. A ten-year anniversary present that she’s worn every day for the last thirteen years.

Jamie looks up as she gets nearer, her smile as dazzling as the light shimmering on her graying hair, pulled away from her face for the day. She looks a little confused, and Dani knows it’s because they know one another far too well. There isn’t any way that Jamie can’t read her body language or read what is likely a very anxious expression on her face.

“Hey,” Dani greets, trying to sound collected. “Um…”

Jamie closes her book and frowns. “You alright?” she asks, always so concerned. So ready to jump to Dani’s defense.

Dani nods. “Yes. Perfect, actually, I just wanted to…” She trails off. Thinks it over. Finally, she says, “I know I’ve already...done this, but…” and then she gently lowers herself to one knee, setting the newspaper down on the ground so she can grab Jamie’s hands in her own.

“Dani, what are you—?” Jamie begins, but Dani cuts her off.

Says, “Jay, will you marry me?”

A sputtered laugh is the first response she gets. Then a, “We’re already—”

But Dani shakes her head. “No, I mean...I know we are, but...Would you want to...do it legally?”

“Legally?” Jamie asks, dumfounded.

Dani pulls one of her hands away from Jamie’s and picks up the newspaper, handing it over. She watches as Jamie opens it and looks it over, silent for what seems like forever. And then she looks up, all watery eyes and tearful smile and nods, the wrinkles around her eyes and mouth crinkling in that beautiful way they do.

In an instant, she’s out of her chair and kneeling on the floor, too. She wraps her arms around Dani’s neck, trembling in her arms as she tucks her face into Dani’s shoulder. She can feel the warmth of Jamie’s tears as they land on her neck and slip down her skin and into the fabric of her blouse. 

“Is that a yes or…?” she jokes and Jamie pulls away, clutching her close the way she did all those years ago with that first proposal, standing there in the kitchen as the world shifted beneath their feet.

“It’s a yes,” Jamie says. “Of course it’s a yes.” She leans in and presses a quick kiss to Dani’s mouth. “That good enough for you?”

Dani gives a breathy laugh, cupping Jamie’s face and brushing away some of her tears. “Yeah,” she says. “That’s enough for me.”

They stay there together, kneeling on the floor, for a long while—hugging and kissing and marveling at the distance they’ve crossed together over the years. The life they’ve built. 

_________

There’s an inn in Warren, just an hour away, that they decide on and Henry flies in from California. Owen flies in from Paris. Flora, expecting her second child, sends her congratulations via her uncle and Miles calls them both from Los Angeles. Their most important friends make the drive, but the only real thing that matters is this:

Their fourteen-year-old daughter, Jack, serving as Maid of Honor to them both. 

She insists on wearing an old dress of Dani’s, the one—she’s told—her mother wore that afternoon three years before she was born when she proposed. When her other mother said yes. It’s a little big on her, still growing and just as scrawny as Jamie, but she doesn’t stop grinning the whole time. Doesn’t stop sweeping in to hug her parents, squeeze them tightly and happily.

There are some traditions they allow for. Others that they break. They refuse to spend the night before apart, because they’ve been married, really, for so long already. There’s hardly a point to willful separation. The ceremony is just that: a ceremony. A chance to do things they hadn’t had the option to do almost two decades before. And, importantly, it’s for the legal document they’ll sign at the end, that they’ll file and keep a copy of and have for the rest of their lives.

Dani buys an actual wedding dress for the occasion, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to have the real wedding they’ve been denied so far. And even though Jamie had been there when she’d picked it out, tried it on, and bought it, the sight of Dani wearing it as she comes down the aisle on Jack’s arm is almost too much for her to take.

When they’re standing there in front of the white arch covered with flowers they’d both picked out together—in front of the officiant and their daughter and their friends—Dani smiles, trying not to cry and says, “I love you.”

The ceremony hasn’t even really started yet, but already Owen is dabbing his eyes with a handkerchief, Henry is giving them a proud, beaming smile, and their daughter—

And Jack is sitting in the front row crying and smiling and holding Owen’s hands, watching her mothers as they are finally, finally given this simple, monumental privilege.

The cool, October breeze whispers through Jamie’s graying hair and she’s still the most beautiful thing Dani has ever seen. 

“I love you, too,” she says. “Now shut up and marry me already, will ya’?”

..

#dani x jamie #dani/jamie #damie #damie fic #damie prompt #the haunting of bly manor #thobm #damie wedding! #woo #and a... #child. #wow wow

[sleepysnk]

Both if possible posts and bio-😁

okay sounds great! i'm sorry if this post is extremely lengthy, but i hope i can explain it in the best way possible 😭.

so for the bio:

1. you want to make sure you have the post already done, so make sure you have your masterlist or navigation posted. you'll need the link for this to work!

2. head to desktop tumblr OR safari or google! this doesn't work on mobile tumblr, so you'll have to head there.

3. once you're logged in you're going to head to the "edit appearance" option:

4. once you click that it will take you to your blog settings, you want to click on the "edit theme" option.

5. once you're there it will take you to your description box, you'll see it like this in the screenshot. what's important is that you have to use a specific lettering/linking for it to work.

6. as you can see it seems very complicated, but it really isn't. you want to type in <a href="(your masterlist link)">masterlist</a>

7. you paste the link to your masterlist or navigation where the bold is. then make sure to hit save and check the link to make sure it works! this can ONLY be done on desktop and or google/safari.

8. you can add other links of course, but make sure to keep them separated and follow that same format to link the posts!

now for the posts:

1. this can be done on mobile as well as desktop! i'll explain mobile, if you'd like to know on desktop i can show you as well :)!

2. first you'll need to copy the link of the post you want to add, once you have the link head over to the masterlist for the character, i chose Eren for this example. you'll need to click the little pencil at the bottom of the post to edit it.

3. once you have clicked it type in the name of the post, so this was a fic i did so i'd type in the title! then you'll want to hold down until the text lights up like this.

4. you'll see the little symbol at the bottom where the arrow is, you want to click that and it will open up this box for you to link the post.

5. you want to paste the link of the post and click "add link" once that's done the text should have an underline beneath it.

6. then click save! i recommend refreshing for a quick second to make sure it saved properly, also click the link as well to make sure it pasted properly!

if you need ANY help i'm here to assist! i know it looks confusing and i'm sorry if i explained anything that doesn't make sense 😭. feel free to send in another ask or message me! ♡

#summer responds #advice #if this was confusing i'm sorry

[jackiietaylor]

Hi! Can I ask how you make your gifsets? (program, process)? Hope you have an amazing day, your Daisy gifs are gorgeous btw ❤️💔

hello!! hope you also have a great day, and thank you!! and sorry this took a little longer to put together than i thought it would!!

i'll try to explain my process as best i can, and hopefully it makes sense.

program(s)

first, i use photoshop 2021 to make gifs, and i use mplayer osx extended for screencaps. also, i try to avoid using clips from YouTube because the quality usually isn't as good, but if I do have to use that I use 4k video downloader

process

first, first thing you need is the clip that you want to make gif from. the easiest way to find this (in my opinion) is just to search "[...] scene pack" or "[...] mega link." I usually try to make sure the clips i use are 1080p because anything less than that is lower in quality and the gifs aren't as sharp.

second, i open the clip in mplayer to get the screencaps ill use to make the gif. i do this by pausing the video right before the part i want to gif, then pressing and holding command+shift+s (for mac) until ive got the full scene. if you want, you can create a folder on your desktop for screencaps, but I usually just leave them there and delete them once im done.

the next step is when i actually open photoshop. to start, go to file>script>load files into stack

this is where you're going to load in the screencaps you just took. go to browse, then select the first screencap and hold down shift until you select the last screencap, then hit ok

after that i usually crop my gifs. in general, i use 540px x 400px, but that changes based on what exactly im giffing. the way i crop gifs is by clicking the crop icon on the left side, then, above the workspace, selecting W x H x Resolution > 540 px x 400 px > px/in

the next parts so the most complicated part to explain so im gonna use a picture for reference

click create frame animation

next, go to the three horizontal lines across from the word “timeline” at the bottom. once that menu opens, click “make frames from layers” at this point the gif is backwards, so you’ll want to go back to that same menu and click “reverse frames.” 

now that your gif’s frames in the correct order, you can set frame delay. select all the frames in the timeline, then right click so get a box that looks like this:

i almost always set frame delay to .05, but if i have less than ~20 frames ill set it to 0.06    

next, click the symbol in the bottom left corner (you can see it in the photo above) to convert the frames to a video timeline

after this, on the bottom right side, select each layer of the gif under the “layers” tab. right click, then select “convert to smart object.” this will allow you to sharpen your gifs. to do that, at the top of the screen go to filter>sharpen>smart sharpen. the settings i use are 500% at 0.4px, then i sharpen again 10% at 10px  

here's the gif before sharpening:

sharpened 500% at 0.4px:

sharpened 500% at 0.4px then 10% at 10px

coloring

once this parts done you can start coloring your gifs/adding adjustment layers. the main ones I typically use, in order, are curves, brightness, levels, selective color, and vibrance. the first three adjust the lighting of the gif and the last two adjust the color. other layers i use are saturation, color balance, and photo filter, which all adjust color.  

to add adjustment layers, you can either  1. go to layer>add adjustment layer>select the layer type 2. pick a layer type from the icons on the right side (above the layer list)

honestly, the easiest way to do this part is to just select “auto” and photoshop will automatically adjust curves, brightness, and levels, but i usually slightly tweak it from here until im happy with it. 

curves: use the white dropper to select the lightest part of the gif and the black dropper to select the darkest part. you can manually adjust the curve within the little graph too, but typically you don't need to (i only do when the actual scene the gifs from has a tint i don't like, ex. if its really green ill go to the dropbar, go to green, then adjust it until ive mostly neutralized it)

brightness/contrast: brightening too much will sometimes decrease the quality, where increasing the contrast will sometimes help increase the quality

levels: honestly you can almost always get away with not using this unless the lighting in a scene is really bad/weird. use auto then adjust as needed 

this is what the gif looks like after adding adjustment layers: curves: input 85, output 92 brightness: brightness 19, contrast-32 levels: 0,1.11,255

now you can get to actually playing around with colors! 

the first thing i do is add a layer of selective color, go to black, then increase black. this is one of the last ways to increase quality slightly, as it can make the gifs look a little sharper.

next i add vibrance. typically, unless the scene itself is already pretty colorful, ill increase vibrance almost fully, and slightly increase saturation. the issue with increasing saturation too much, especially when your giffing people, is the colors start to look really unnatural 

for this particular gif, i added a hue/saturation layer, then decreased red and increase blue and cyan, because there was a lot of both of those colors in the background and i wanted it to stand out more. i then added another selective color layer and increased cyan for both blue and cyan.

these are the specific adjustments i made: selective color: black>black +9% vibrance: vibrance +76, saturation +10 hue/saturation: red -15 selective color: blue>cyan +75%, cyan>cyan 49% hue/saturation: blue +4, cyan +5

saving

 once you're done coloring, you can save your gif. to do this, go to file>export>save for web (legacy)

these are the save settings i use:

also, the gif size limit for tumblr is 10M, so make sure your gifs are all under that size. if they're too big, you can either adjust the image size on the save page (or while making the gif) or shorten the gif 

and here's the final product!

i hope this was helpful :) 

#anonymous #answered #gifmaking

[samuel-dean]

21 Questions

INVOLVED: Samuel Evans and Mercedes Jones LOCATION: Evans’ Estate; Irving, Texas TIME FRAME: - NOTES: Mercedes tries to pull Samuel away from work, which she’s successful at.

Samuel's office was French Country style to the core.  The rich, deep woods, stone fireplace and stately furniture might seem dated to the untrained eye.  To Mercedes, it symbolizes wealth on a scale that boggles the mind. This old world warmth of this decorating style was a show of wealth. But rarely was it a true depiction of its owner's temperament.  Yet, it suited Samuel to the teeth.  Mercedes entered, nuzzling at Nouvel’s soft oversized cheeks. She closed the door behind her and moved across the hand knotted, Persian rug. Smiling, she pointed at the man behind the desk. "Whose that?"   She asked the baby, stealing another kiss.  She switched the position of the baby in her arms as she prepared to hand her over to the man. “Busy?” 

Samuel leaned against the desk gently, his hand holding up his head as he scrolled down the list of potential assistants. He blinked hard for a moment before he sat up seeing Mercedes, stretching he smirked and said “never too busy for you two” with a smile holding his hands out for their daughter.

Mercedes quirked an eyebrow. “So you say.” She said, gently putting the little girl in the man’s arms. She kissed the baby’s cheek once more, then stood admiring the pair for a moment. “You’ve been locked up in here for hours.” She sat on his desktop, crossing her legs at the ankles.  “Is everything...” Her eyes shifted to her dangling feet and she tossed her head from side to side “Progressing as expected?” 

Samuel hoisted the little girl up pecking her cheek lovingly, “you look so cute today” he cooed at the child as bounced her slightly. “10 billion” he said to Mercedes as he continued to hold the child up smiling at her. He rested the child in his lap and looked at her “it’ll work itself out” he offered. “I have to attend a memoriam” he added before he looked back down at the child stroking her plump cheeks gently. 

Mercedes body jerked, shoulders rolling her into an upright position. She reviewed the list of the dead mentally, then factored for the man in front of her. It was to be expected, she supposed. She exhaled, but took little comfort from his words.   Adding stress wasn’t her goal at the moment, she reminded herself.  He was already under enough. “I know.” She said quietly reaching out she ran her hand across his beard. “Of course.  When is it?”

“I have to get the set date and time” Samuel replied back to her “you don’t have to go if you don’t want to, however” he said still eyeing their child. 

Mercedes turned her head, swapping her nails back through her hair.  “If you have to plan the memoriam I can help." Her face went blank as a new canvas. “However?” Was he saying he didn’t want her to go or that she should? Her lips turned down,   “I won’t say anything.” She offered trying to read his mind.

“No, I just have gotten the date or time, I guess they are still working on all of that. We settled out of court with a few of them. So, you know they have all gotten whatever money they seeked” he said sighing. He shifted the little girl gently “funerals have been paid for” he added as he toyed with the child’s head of hair. “It’s not that” he said shaking his head “you have the option baby, I am just saying you don’t if you don’t want to” he breathed softly. Hell he wished she could go in his place right now, as harsh as it sounded he wanted the shit to just blow over. 

“Oh…” Mercedes laughed off her misunderstanding with a relieved sigh. She laced her fingers around her knee, swinging her legs back and forth. “I have options?” She said, playfully.  She watched the pair with a loving smile on her face.  “Thank you, but It’s fine.  I think it's best I go." She said after a moment. Honestly, every higher up in the company should. ” She caught herself, hand darting up to her mouth as if she could recall the statement. She cleared her throat, glancing over the desktop “Are you done for the day?”

“Yeah, you always have options” Samuel smirked though he didn’t look at her directly. “You may be right about that” he told her honestly they were putting it all on him, but he assumed that is just what people like them would do. He looked at the computer screen, then at her “yeah” he said honestly, he’d never find someone that Mercedes liked and anyone she would he hated. 

Mercedes giggled, “I’m going to remember that…”  There was a tug to question him about what the board was doing.  They all seemed surprisingly uninvolved.  She didn’t, however.  This was his thing, and she couldn’t risk overstepping.  “What are you working on anyway.” She asked, getting to her feet.  “I don’t want to pull you away from something important.”  

Samuel held the little girl in his arm, pulling his long locs from her small hand, pushing his hair out of the way. “Looking for a new assistant” he told her cooly, she had to appreciate this sentiment, he was finally getting rid of Patty like she truly wanted him to. 

Mercedes back stiffened, eyes darkening as Samuel words took hold. “Oh!” She squeaked 3 octaves higher than usual. Reaching for Nouvel.  “Why?” She asked, trying to sound nonchalant.

“Because that’s what I thought you’d want me to do?” Samuel asked her, very confused, she took the baby and asked him a question he didn’t get. “Why’d you take her from me?” he asked without thought, was it a defense mechanism. 

Mercedes handed the baby back to the man and stepped away from him abashed. “I… I wanted to show you something.  That’s all. It’s in the other room.” She told him, pointing stiffly to the other side of the house. She hugged herself, unsure of what to say or do next. 

Samuel looked at her “oh” he said “sorry” he added “I thought you were getting upset with me” he told her honestly. “Sorry” he told her again feeling bad now. 

Mercedes dropped her arms, then rubbed her hands down her bare face. Baby steps, she thought. Twisting her lips and moving around the awkwardness that just transpired, she reached her hand out to him, wiggling, perfectly manicured nails. “Come on.” She said, a hint of sadness in her voice she couldn’t hide. 

Samuel stood up, all six-foot seven inches of him and he gently hoisted their child up in his arms. Looking her over her grabbed Mercedes hand saying “okay” to her simply, though he was curious as to what was going on. 

Mercedes pulled the large man along behind her.  She bit her bottom lip as they exited his office, making their way to the opposite end of the sprawling mansion.  Outside of the room she’d prepared for Samuel, stood Brent as instructed.  He nodded kindly to the couple, “Mr. Evans.” He said, eyes going to Mercedes as he waited for instruction. “Take Nouvel to her room.  She’s ready for a nap.” She told the man, still holding Samuel’s hand.

Samuel followed behind Mercedes, his eyebrow still raised at her but he didn’t say anything of course. When he saw Brent he puffed out his chest a bit, he still didn’t like the boy though he’d done nothing wrong and actually took really good care of their daughter. He handed the child over relectuntantly and said “Brent” in a gruff voice, he wanted to squint at him but didn’t. Instead he looked at Mercedes trying to figure out where she was going with this. 

Brent accepted the child, who cooed and drooled as she went to her caregiver happily. “Have a nice evening.” He said, moving off down the hall, have an impossible conversation with the child. “I know you had fun with daddy and mommy. I know. What? You want your giraffe?  Okay.. I guess.”

Mercedes exhaled before pushing the door open.  Inside, the floor was covered with a white drop cloth. Three large tables formed a trapezoid-like triangle in the center of the room.  

Draped, two were covered with paints of every hue and color.  The third held brushes. Some were  from Samuel's personal collection. Others were new.  She also had them add sponges and rags to the assortment.  Against the wall there were canvas of all sizes. Some, large as the wall itself, others smaller.  She didn't know which he would prefer so she got all of them. “I thought you needed some time away from everything.  Travel is off the table for the moment… Maybe this would be relaxing?” She said, gazing at everything, still questioning her idea.

As she opened the door Samuel looked around it, wow, that was not expected at all. He looked at her and then back to the art supplies, shocked a little. A big grin spread across his face, honestly he didn’t know when the last time he picked up a brush. “Wow” he said to her finally, he pulled her closer to his side “thank you” he said before he kissed her full lips. He pulled away and chuckled “wow” he said moving to the canvases. 

Mercedes looked at the man, grinning as relief flooded through her body.  She warmed, fingers slipping into his long, loose hair as he favored her with a kiss.  As he moved away from her, she couldn't help but ask “You really like it?” She snapped her fingers, then pointed to the other side of the room.  “There are clothes for you to change into over there.”  She moved over to the table filled with paints, “I didn’t know what kind of medium you like to work with.  So, I picked up oils, acrylics… Heck, I even got some body paint.” She laughed, going over the selection.

“I love it” Samuel told her truthfully “no one has ever done something like this for me before '' he said picking up a canvas. Which was a realization he had just made honestly. He looked where she pointed and nodded his head at her. At the mention of body paint he looked over at her, hiding his smirk he looked away from her and looked back at the canvases. “Thanks” he told her again as he moved towards the table “are you joining me?” he asked purposefully. 

Mercedes shook her head, blushing.  Her fiance was so modest and kind.   And he lied so well. She didn’t deserve him. “It’s up to you. You strike me as a solitary creator.”

He looked at her and said “I want you to stay” lovingly, and he meant it. Maybe he could teach her, if she didn’t already know. She was like an onion she had so many layers he still hadn’t peeled back yet, and he knew that. “Hey, I might even be able to put that body paint to use if you do,” he said, setting up a few things for him to use. 

“Your wish is my command.” Mercedes looked over the colors.  “I haven’t painted since college.  I wasn’t ever really good at it.  Now, I mostly use color pencils and markers or SketchUp on the computer." She chuckled, looking over to the man,   “You had me at stay, sir.” She told him, in response to his cheeky comment. 

“Maybe I can teach you some techniques” Samuel said rolling up his sleeves, he could change but he didn’t care. Pricey shirt and pants or not, it was what it was. He chuckled at her “we will have fun” he told her as he rested his canvas on an easel. He really didn’t know what to paint honestly, he usually thought of a picture on concept. 

“That could be fun.” Mercedes said, moving to stand beside Samuel.  She stared at the blank canvas, turning her head this way and that.  “Paint what you are feeling.” she said thoughtfully. “Complete expression with no bonds.”  her eyes drifted to the large canvas resting against the wall. “I feel adventurous.” She said, stepping in front of the blank white canvas.

Looking away from the medium sized canvas, he looked at her before he chuckled “I should be telling you that” Samuel said. He contemplated what he wanted to paint for a very long time before he made up his mind. He grabbed a brush, using a small amount of brown paint to draw out the structure of her face. 

Mercedes laughed, shoulders shaking.  She turned away from the canvas and moved to the uncovered side of the room.  Toying with the diamond band of her ring, she eased it off her finger and laid it on the shelf carefully. She then toed off  her shoes and swapped out her top for the T-shirt Samuel was supposed to wear.  She might as well not let it go to waste.  Dressed, she moved back over to the table, smiling as she saw Samuel was already hard at work.  She was quiet as she collected her paint, loving the way the silence between them felt natural.  

Samuel looked over at Mercedes as she changed her top, generally he hadn’t looked over because of her doing so. He was really trying to take in her features if nothing else for his painting. He licked his lips as he drew subtle lines for her upper half, getting his starting blueprint down. Looking at her again, he moved to his phone and pulled up his camera roll. He'd just use photos of her he had in his phone for a reference, that would be far easier. 

Mercedes collected her paints, hues of blue and moved back the gigantic canvas the 5 cans of paint on the floor in front of the large canvas, her desire was to add color to the canvas until her feelings drew themselves. Or until she made the color brown. Which was always a possibility. She opened the blue paint and dipped her brush.  She made the first mark across the page an aggressive brush stroke of dark blue.  Hmm, she thought, adding another stroke of color.  What was she going to create?

Samuel propped his phone up where it was in his view and out of hers, her skillfully began to paint the woman’s features in, starting with her almond eyes, before he worked his way into creating her perfect button nose. He asked what compelled him, deciding he’d take this moment to learn more of her but he knew he’d have to be slick with it. “20 questions?” he asked her with a smirk. “Unless I’d be ruining your focus at the moment…” 

Mercedes moved to the next shade of blue, periwinkle. She took another brush and swirled on the canvas, adding depth to her vision. “This isn’t concentrating, it's falling with style.” she told him, laughing, turning to wink at him. “Ask away…” She said, bending to pick up more dark blue paint.. 

Samuel smirked at her comment as he picked up various shades of brown, some yellow, even red. He used it to build her complexion as he began to sculpt out her cheeks a little. “What is a memory you keep going back to?” he asked her, as he eyed her eyes. He moved back to her left one, fixing it. 

Mercedes brushed on a thick glob of paint. It roughed up the picture making peaks and valleys on the canvas. “The first Christmas after my mother left my sister’s father.  My mother went out of her way to make up for what she thought was us lacking.  She brought us matchy matchy pajamas, with little candy canes all over them." She giggled, recalling how they look like Christmas hams in those tight fitting sets. "Christmas Eve, we stayed up late and watched It's a Wonderful Life. Then on Christmas morning, there were 4 presents from ‘Santa’.” She said, stopping to look over her work. “My sister got a cabbage patch doll. And I got Legos. Fitting… We were just a regular family.” she smiled abandoning her project for a moment, she pushed away thoughts of her step father… “Same question.”

Samuel painted over her eyes he’d have to fix the symmetry later, instead he moved back to her nose. He shaded what needed to be and added light in other places before he moved to paint her lips. Making sure he painted her perfect cupid's bow accurately, before he looked over at her. So much sadness was there in regards to her family, he’d have to expand upon that one day. Accompany her at their gravesite, find old photos of them to frame, paint them even? He nodded his head at her response, as she stated that it was her turn and he had to now answer his own question. He grabbed another brush. “Hm…” he thought “when I had my surgery” he told her honestly. His eyes were fixed on the panting as he decided what color he wanted to paint her lips “I thought I was going to die, and time after that I wish I had…” he shrugged. “I guess in the end of it all, I was glad to not have been cancer stricken… but the other issue is just as draining” he said a bit harshly he assumed after it left him. He licked his lips as leaned down a bit deciding he’d mix a color up. Maybe plum. “What’s the biggest lesson life has taught you?” 

Mercedes turned to listen to Samuel holding the paintbrush a little too close to the side of her cheek.  His truth made her feel just that much worse for her actions at the press conference.  She chewed on her lip. Then stopped. Spit it out.  That little nervous tick was becoming an annoying habit. Her eyes shifted to the ring where it sat, perfect dazzling even from so far away.

“You’re outstanding at other things.” She said, raising an eyebrow. “May I ask, what you were like in bed before this…” 

Samuel mixed a few colors together on a palette to get the shade of plum that he wanted to use on her lips before he began to paint in her lips. She asked him a question he didn’t quite understand and he looked up at her confused “huh?’ he asked her. “What do you mean?” he chuckled lightly at her. 

Mercedes didn’t waver. “Don’t play with me.” She told him, hands going to her ample hips. “You’re this." She said, gesturing towards him like Vanna White. "But you're something else entirely, in our bedroom.  Have you always been so...  Aggressive?” She smiled, biting her lip again. 

Samuel stopped and looked at her again, he dropped the brush from the painting. He licked his lips and sighed, sitting the palette down against the table. “I guess so…” he said to her, blushing a bit at the statement. “I hadn’t really thought about it I guess….” he told her as he moved to paint in her lips more quietly. 

“OH…” Mercedes purred, hand moving to rest low on her stomach. She eyed the man, going from one end of him to the other.  “I may need to rethink the idea that I can’t be broken.” She shivered at the thought of him, but couldn’t decide if it was fear or want. “Let me see.." She said, pulling her eyes away from him.  "You asked about the lessons I have learned. She went back to her painting. Taking a few strokes with the brush, she mulled her answer over for a moment, then said,  “Basically, I've learned endurance is everything. That -and sometimes bad things do happen to good people.” 

Samuel cleaned off his paint brush a bit and picked out another color he wanted to use to add more dimension and detailing in her lips. He looked up at her again and shook his head at her antics before looking back down. He didn’t really have a response for her though he felt like she was being quite amusing at the moment. “Mhm” he nodded at her as he guided the tiny brush with subtle strokes. 

“I thought you were going to give me some pointers?” Mercedes said standing back again. “What do you think?” She asked, tapping her chin. 

Samuel looked up at her again and sat his paintbrush down before he moved over to her. He looked at the canvas and smirked “not bad” he told her “you picked a huge one didn’t you” he said as he continued to look at it. 

Mercedes shifted her weight from side to side, as she tried to decide if she liked her work or not. She felt Samuel  approach, and move to the right to give him the best view of her artwork. 4 “It seems to be an ongoing trend.” She said winking at the man.  “I was going for water, -waves… Is that what you are getting?”

Samuel looked at the side of her face before he looked back at the painting. “Yes, I see it” he told her with a head nod tilting his head a little “I like it” he complimented. He figured that was the look she was going for when he first saw it. 

“You’re being kind. I’ll take it for the moment.” Mercedes went to her tiptoes and tugged at his collar, bringing him down to her height. She claimed her kiss softly, but released him a moment later.  “My next question is…  Who was your role model growing up?” She asked with a twinkle in her eyes.

Samuel kissed her back tenderly pulling away only when she did, “I am telling you the truth, I don’t know why you don’t ever believe me?” he asked her as he moved back to his current work. “Hm, my grandmother and grandfather, you’ll have to meet her sometime. My grandfather is no longer with us” he spoke. “She was always picture perfect to me… “ he breathed. 

“Because you’re not being entirely truthful.” she shrugged.  “It’s okay. I think i need to lighten the sky a bit.” Mercedes began pouring gray paint into the navy. She looked over to Samuel. “I’d like to. But I’m not sure. What if she doesn’t like me?” 

“My grandmother isn’t like that” Samuel said honestly to her “she’ll love you simply for loving me” he told her. “What do you wish you could re-live?”

“Then I’d love to meet her. The next time you’re free we should go.”  She finished mixing the paint, and moved to get another brush. “My first trip to Hawaii.  I should have loved to stay longer " She responded matter of fact.  “What makes you truly happy. Besides our child.” She said turn her brush on him challengingly. 

“Of course, no problem” Samuel said to her as he switched to another brush adding more detailing as he moved back to repaint her eyes. He looked down at his phone for a moment before he looked up quickly at her “huh?” he asked her, confused. Maybe she meant a time before there’s. “What do you mean?” he asked her, needing understanding. Her question had an obvious answer but he reminded himself of who he was dealing with and said “you” to her. “And before you say it, I said what I meant and meant what I said” to her easily. 

Mercedes giggled.  “It was a beautiful island. I didn’t get to spend nearly enough time there.” She went on playing dumb. At his second response she rolled her eyes, dropping her arm.  She should have known. She thought, pursing her full lips into a hard pucker.  “I meant besides 'ME 'and Nouvel. What else? What makes you want to get out of bed?”

Samuel formed her cheeks, high and plump on the canvas, adding some shade and lighting. “I will take you back no worries” he told her, assuming he had to read between her lines. “Hm” Samuel said chuckling at her a little “I don’t know” he shrugged “life is a gift within itself” he said. “We are lucky to get up and experience another 24 hours with the people we love those most…” he told her simply. “I guess my short answer is the ability to do it all over again and choose different options and adventures.” 

“You better.  This time I’d like to at least pack a bag.” Mercedes snorted. She sat on the floor in front of her work and added in more white capped waves.  “I’ve never thought of life quite like that before. Tell me something you like to do that you haven't yet.” 

Samuel looked at her and nodded his head with a smirk “yes, I will allow you to do that” he told her before he sat his brush done. “I would really truly love to get married, to the love of my life” he said matter-of-factly. “However…” he trailed off. 

Mercedes stiffened, caught off guard.  “I’ve been thinking about that… Do you think it’s the right time for us to plan a wedding; Honestly, we haven’t even set a date yet..” She rambled. “-Big wedding -Or small. I don’t even know where to start.” She gathered herself, looking to the man, “Let’s set a date.” She said calmly.

“You know,” Samuel said, trying to gather his thoughts as he listened to her ramble. “We can’t put things off because of Exxon” he told her honestly “our lives have to still go on” he said. “Beyond that, if you need help we can pay for a planner to assist you” he said. “I thought when you get married your future wife puts all of her wildest dreams into one celebration and I just show up and pay” he chuckled. “Look handsome in my suit or tux” he said as he looked at the paint selections. “Let’s set a date” he repeated to her calmly, a smirk on his face. “You aren’t chickening out are you?” he asked next. 

Mercedes nodded. Samuel was right, “I know… I worry that they will label me disrespectful and that will embarrass you somehow.” she shook her head, “No, I can handle it.” she tried to smile, actually she’d never dreamed of being a bride. So those plans had never entered her mind. “Tell me what you want.” She asked, wrapping her arms around her knees. “No, I'm not trying to back out.  My sister was the kids and wife one.  I was the work and take care of everybody one. I don’t really have a dream wedding in mind.  Anyway, let’s set a date. April or June?

“Look, you and I don’t owe anyone anything. And no I would not get angry over that because again, life will still have to proceed. But if you think we should be focusing on that right now that is fine too babe” he said softly. “I want what you want babe” he stressed to her. He began to paint once more, one hand on his hip. “You are whatever you answer to, not what people label you” he told her “you don’t think you are the wife and mother material. However we have a beautiful child and I want you to be my wife so… in actuality you and your sister both are the married with kids one” he said. “February 14th” he said to her. 

Mercedes closed her eyes and listened to Samuel. He ministered to her in that all to calm manner that he’d perfected.  A benevolence she’d often wondered if he was born with.  “I agree. I’m still concerned, but I agree.” Opening her eyes, she rose and walked over to him. “Oh… And if I’d say let’s go to the court house.  You’d  be okay with that too?” She asked  Stepping in front of him. Her hands ran over his stomach, then stopped holding both sides of his shirt at his waist. “February 14th of next year sounds perfect. I’m going to marry you! Mr. Evans!”

“Stop being concerned” Samuel said to her simply, “I know it’s in your nature but...it doesn’t fix anything” he warned. “I wouldn’t deny you a courthouse wedding. It’s you and I right? That’s all that matters” he told him, swiping the brush against the canvas. She moved in front of him and stopped his task looking down at her “next year then” he told her as he leaned down to capture her lips sweetly. “Pinky promise” he said with a smirk lifting his pinky up at her. 

Mercedes looked up at Samuel, through her lashes. Her big hazel eyes innocent. She bit her bottom lip a sly smile on her face. “Yes, sir.” She said quietly, the sly smile, giving way to a whole grin. She laughed, head shaking.  “No… I don’t think the court house will do.”  Air was a trivial thing. Especially, if the alternative meant not kissing Samuel. He broke the kiss, then asked for another kind of promise. Locking her pinky around his, she giggled and kissed his larger digit. “Promise.” She turned to look at the masterpiece he’d been working on. Paint still wet, the woman taking shape looked like her, but was far more beautiful. She covered her mouth with a trembling and leaned into Samuel's frame, as tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. “It’s beautiful.” She said not because it was her, but because she knew this was how he saw her. Suddenly a year felt too far away.  

Samuel looked at her and nodded his head gently as she swore to him. “I love you” he told her before she turned to take in his painting. “You looked too soon” he said with a slight chuckle before he looked at her face again “don’t cry” he said as he hugged her tightly to him. “Thank you” he said to her lovingly as he held her close to him.

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