#but it was just in my discovery weekly so idk

[mossears]

haven’t i given enough?

#i posted this on the wrong account #sigh #frostpaw #frostpaw warriors #warrior cats #warriors #warriors fanart #riverclan #my art #asc spoilers #a starless clan #also is this song popular? #it has 3m views on youtube #but it was just in my discovery weekly so idk #anyway i have lots of feelings about this girl

[heymrspatel]

✨weekly tag wednesday friday✨

thanks for the tag @energievie @sleepyheadgallavich @deathclassic @jrooc @sxltburn and @y0itsbri 🥰

Name: julissa 🤘🏼

Age: treinta y tres. por un mes más. el tiempo pasa y uno no se da cuenta. déjenme tranquila.

Location: ny

Latest music discovery: the last dinner party! they're fun and dramatic and catchy 💃🏻

Latest movie: poor things

Last TV show you finished: i think the last full show i watched was "one day" which absolutely destroyed my entire life (and i already knew what was going to happen... having read the book more than once and watched the movie. i was still ripped to shreds 🥲)

Most recently started book: the charm offensive - which i started weeks ago and immediately forgot about asdlfkj i used to be such an avid reader man... how do i turn that back on?

Most recent trip out of town: uuuh does visiting my sister count? lol i was just there a couple days ago

Most recent trip out of the country: london in january!

Most recent gift you made yourself: the coffee i made myself this morning. best gift.

Most recent gift you made to someone else: i think it was the drawing i made sam for the gift exchange! 🥰

Most recent text message you received: it was from ray 💙

Most recent text message you sent: it was to ray 💙

Last fic you read: currently trying to catch up with "electric blue"! i love those boys so much!

Last drink you had: water

Last thing you ate: cheese 🧀

Latest piece of clothing you bought: a new pair of platform converse sneakers 😉

Latest piece of advice you received: "you deserve to treat yourself once in a while" I'M TRYING TO OK!

Latest piece of advice you gave: i... am blanking out. idk? have i given advice lately? surely? or no?.... *backing away slowly*

Latest thing you promised yourself: not much of a promise, but a hope. i'm hoping to be less scared, to put myself out there a little more, to go for the things i'd like to experience. to give myself space to do so and grace if it doesn't happen as smoothly as i thought it would.

i am very late so i’ll skip the tag! but if you’re reading this i’m giving you a cool rock 🪨

#weekly tag wednesday

[lingy910y]

Weekly Tag Wednesday

tagged by @energievie

name: ling

age: 17

location: ny

latest music discovery: swallow and ribcage by kevin atwater go hard

latest movie: have not watched anything new since the eras tour movie

last tv show you finished: also have not watched anything new since shamey

most recently started book: they both die at the end by adam silvera

most recent trip out of town: connecticut in the 5th grade for my senior trip, those were the good times 🥲

most recent trip out of the country: visited my grandparents in the 2nd grade

most recent gift you made yourself: drawing for myn's birthday

most recent gift you made to give someone else: same thing

most recent text message you received: if you mean directly received, it's this from my friend bc there's a character in honkai star rail named gallagher who's described as untidy appearance wise and likes tobacco, candy, and alcohol 💀

most recent text message you sent: in general it's a tumblr link in a fanart channel of a discord server

last fic you read: fragile little fate the portrait of a marriage updated and i was abt to send it to jade until i saw her in the comment session already 💀 it was 5 so i read some and went to sleep so i can absorb it better tomorrow. AND IT WAS EVERYTHING I WANTED AND MORE, WOULD WAIT AGAIN

last drink you had: water

last thing you ate: egg sandwich for breakfast (i finally used corn oil again, my dad thought olive or avocado oil was healthier but it tasted so bland)

latest piece of clothing you brought: september of last year right before school started to buy some autumn clothes. also was the first time i shopped for clothes by myself

latest piece of advice you received: last night i told my dad that when i brush my teeth there would be blood and he said it was prob gingivitis 😬 i figured, and he said to just brush my teeth more often and carefully and to use mouthwash

latest piece of advice you gave: idk, prob telling the same friend above to play the newest genshin event cause she was worried abt missing it but not playing it when it's currently here 💀

latest thing you promised yourself: to wash my hair after a long time, and i did it :D (as you can see i have very poor hygiene, i don't have the energy to do anything)

okayge tagging @creepkinginc, @mybrainismelted, @deedala, @michellemisfit, @mmmichyyy, @iansw0rld, @jademickian, @vintagelacerosette, @lupeloto, @sgtmickeyslaughter, @doshiart & @blue-disco-lights 🫡

[preciouslandmermaid]

I don’t think Watcher has enough content for an independent steaming service.

I look at Dropout - a service that came to be after CollegeHumor WENT BANKRUPT - whose CEO Sam Reich has not taken pay raises for the past like three years if I remember right to ensure the company continues to be successful, creatives are paid, new shows are produced etc etc. There are HOURS of content on Dropout, even beyond the Dimension 20 series, which has some entire seasons still on Youtube.

I watch Watcher for GhostFiles. And it’s likely an expensive production with travel, equipment, editing, etc. It might even be their most expensive production tbh.

So, from a business standpoint, I understand why they’re trying to have their own service outside of Youtube. Youtube (like Twitch) has a monopoly on streaming content. You need a video of something ? You goto Youtube.

I assumed that they were supplementing Youtube monetization with Patreon. But now I’m not too sure.

Unfortunately, the market as it is with DOZENS of streaming services, is not sustainable.

Like off the top of my head we’ve got : Amazon, Hulu, Disney, Netflix, Peacock, Paramount, HBO, Starz (granted, some of these started as streaming services while others like Peacock branched out from NBC/Cable). There’s even streaming inception where you have let’s say Amazon Prime but then add “Discovery plus” to it.

Adding another $6 might not seem like a lot, but there’s the added risk that we, the consumers, don’t know if this service will be successful or not !! Will it work for three months then shut down? Is the amount of new content going to warrant the price? I don’t mind subscribing to DropoutTV because there is so so so much content to watch on there, including new content on a REGULAR AND WEEKLY basis!

idk i’m just rambling now and i truly hope it works out for them because they took such a big risk becoming Watcher in the first place, and it’s paid off to an extent, but I don’t know :/

Ideally we need a whole new service that’s not Youtube to give them some competition lmao

#watcher #ghost files

[mickeym4ndy]

Weekly Tag Wednesday Thursday☘️

(It’s technically almost Friday here lol. Sorry I’m late this week has been absolutely insane)

thanks for the tags lovelies!! @sgtmickeyslaughter @iansw0rld @mickittotheman @sleepyheadgallavich

Name: Tee

Age: 25

Location: Ireland

And now...

Latest music discovery: not rly a discovery but I’ve only just started listening to Chapell Roan

Latest movie: i haven’t had time to sit down to watch a movie in so long, probably anyone but you which was a major let down

Last TV show you finished: Big Mood!! So so good, it’s on channel 4 if ur Ireland/uk

Most recently started book: haven’t had time to read anything besides academic articles and fics in so long. Once I’m finished grad school in summer though I wanna get back into it bc me & my friend are gonna do a book club so send any recs pls x

Most recent trip out of town: Went home for Easter❤️

Most recent trip out of the country: Spain last summer!

Most recent gift you made to yourself: I did treat myself to a takeaway tonight

Most recent gift you made to someone else: the shoes I got for my brother

Most recent text message you received: jokes in the siblings group chat

Most recent text message you sent: "I don’t get it" (^I didn’t get the joke bc I haven’t seen dune yet lol)

Last fic you read: ‘both sides now’ by @sgtmickeyslaughter and ‘motherhood and what comes of it’ by @em-harlsnow (both so good!!)

Last drink you had: water. wild

Last thing you ate: a spice bag lol. Idk if anyone outside of Ireland will know what that is

Latest piece of clothing you bought: vintage denim jacket!! I love it sm

Latest piece of advice you received: idk about advice but my professor told me I was a good presenter today

Latest piece of advice you gave: telling my friend he didn’t need to decide his career right now and that he could just live his life and see what happens

Latest thing you promised yourself: that I was never gonna pull an all nighter to get something done again because I stayed up for 38 hours straight this week and felt like I wasn’t in my body during a class lol (we’ll see how well I do on this one)

super late so I’m skipping the tags bc I think most people already have been but here is me giving u all a big hug🤗

#weekly tag wednesday #tag game

[girlvinland]

Got tagged by @intakeofbreath! Thank you so much!

Favorite colour: 🔮💜🪻☂️💟

Last Song: “Terms and Conditions” by Seb Lowe. It came on my Discovery Weekly. It’s good!

Last movie/TV Show: Dungeon Meshi! I mean like. Actively watching it as it airs.

Next on my watch list: Friends recommended I watch Ergo Proxy, so that’s next.

Last game: I play PJSK literally every day. I know it’s mobile so it doesn’t actually count, but it’s the last game I played since I don’t have so much time for other games during the week. I did also start Fear & Hunger though!

Sweet/savoury/spicy: Spicy…and savory

Relationship status: I just left a thirteen year relationship last year, so currently single and it feels really crazy but also honestly nice.

Last online search: I looked up something about PPL because I just started that workout routine this week to try and push myself more. Trying to build something I’m satisfied with. Idk if this will be it but going to give it a proper go.

Current obsession: Dame Aylin, my neighborhood and new place, a rainbow slug fidget toy a coworker gave me, wearing rings on every finger and playing around with my ear stack.

Greatest flaw: I can be reactive when stressed and lately I’ve had a pretty low stress tolerance with everything that isn’t work or workout-related. Ironically work and working out ease my stress a lot bc I enjoy those things.

Tagging @badbadsomegood @busyfish @deluxinn @ruruss

#by bug

[lookedlikethebins]

🤮🐱🎲

hi! thank you so much for sending these in!! they cover quite the range; had me contemplating a lot of the boys Looks this afternoon x

🤮 -what is matty's worst hairstyle in your opinion?

When he was growing out the bleached hair and it was so fried it didn't have a single curl to it... And I say "worst" because when I look at those pictures, I can feel that texture and I cannot imagine how long it took for his curl pattern to come back oh my god (actually I can and for me it was like three years. Although, I didn't shave it so maybe he had some luck with All That business)

🐱 -do you have a beta reader?

I don't! Frequently, I think about putting out feelers for one, but most times when I post my writing, I just want to talk/get excited about the ideas/fun (or realistically kind of angsty) parts of the fic! I'm a "discovery writer" so even though I wrote the fic sometimes little details weren't things I started with/intended on exploring, so even after posting it, it all feels new and fun to me. All that is to say, I don't know if I'd be very good at sharing my work with someone and just talk Shop afterward lol.

Also I'm an editor as part of my day job! Not to say that makes me the Best Editor of My Own Work, but I'm used to hashing all that Story Stuff out with authors, so sometimes it's nice to just put something up and say: Here it is! It's done! Now let's talk about what these guys got up to this week...

🎲 -do you picture a specific era when you’re writing for each member?

I really like writing about or with an accompanying photo of the moment/era surrounding a scene (because I love looking and finding a little detail [mostly in clothes idk why but it's always clothes] that sparks something new for me), so I don't know that I have any one specific era that I go for immediately? Also usually when I have an idea, my first thought is "what is the era/timeframe/ages of the guys?" to orient myself, so any era is "specific" only because it's tied to the idea, if that makes sense.

Although, I will say I think I am always "hearing" Matty in his iliwys/"Oh, love me!"/Neon Pink and Lowrise Pants era for his dialogue-- but recently I've been writing more bfiafl era fics so that's been funny. Just thinking of the speech cadence of this flouncy 20-something that's... got gray hair and probably sore knees and back pain and any time he needs to speak it's because he needs George to grab him his glasses because he just can't read the wine list at their weekly date night...

|| 1975 writer emoji asks ||

#asks #answered #thank you love!!! have a great day!!!

[pharawee]

Ohhh, can I ask several Top 5s?? Top 5 books. Top 5 countries you want to travel to. Top 5 bl shows. Top 5 dishes/recipes... Haha, sorry for being greedy. >_< Hope you have a nice sunday!

Hiii & thank you! ♥ And of course! If you don't mind my faves changing like, weekly, and probably not being v accurate lmao

Let's see...

Top 5 books (ok so these are probably more permanent - I read all of these ages ago but they influenced me a lot)

David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

Stephen King, The Stand

Colin Dexter, The Remorseful Day

Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat (not a novel but Oliver Sacks' writing is amazing)

Top 5 countries I want to visit

The gf and I had planned to visit Dublin before covid hit so I guess that's still on the agenda once things have calmed down some more

Chiang Mai looks so beautiful and I really want to go there some day 🥺

Greece & Croatia because I'v never been and that is an outrage

I'd love to go hiking in Japan and just enjoy as much food as I can tbh lmao

Top 5 BL shows (oh no don't make me choose)

Love By Chance (because it's one of the first BLs I watched so I'll always have a soft spot for it)

Our Days (it's still running but it's so beautifully done)

ITSAY & IPYTM

Not Me

Something in my Room

There's lots and lots of other shows I love (Manner of Death, 1000 Stars, Bad Buddy...) but I think I prefer quieter, drawn out stories that... kind of linger on its characters.

Top 5 dishes

Pho (I can't get enough of it atm but I haven't made it myself yet... but the place I go to always gives me extra so no complaints here)

Pumpkin Soup (now the only reason why I'm looking forward to autumn)

Green Curry (I have a lot of food intolerances but for some reason I can eat spicy so ever since I made that discovery I've been going to town lmao)

Tom Kha Gai (yeah ok I bought a Thai cookbook last year can u tell)

Also, for some reason kimchi and mashed potatoes. Idk I tried it once because I had leftovers and it's so good? Like, I know it's about as sophisticated as rice and egg but it gives the same level of warm comfiness

#ask #about me #i hope you have a nice sunday too! 😊 #i really had to think about these lmao #callout to myself for the distinct lack of european cuisine #but i can't eat a lot of it because it's so heavy and rich and/or has stuff in it that i can't eat #so i've kind of given up on it for the moment #plus it's fun to try new food/recipes

[ramuoto]

TOP 10 MANHWAs

if anything good came out of 2020, it’s my discovery of manhwas. 

well, it’s not like i’ve never read a single manhwa in the past 15+ years but tbh, the ratio of manhwa:manga i consume on a weekly basis has jumped exponentially this year. previously it was like 1:99 and now it’s like 90:10 LMAO. 

so, just to remind myself that the world is still full of good things, i had to make this list. which i will probably edit in the future, if i can be bothered to. :) 

anyhow, this list was not made in any particular order, just whichever came into mind. it’s loooong so be prepared! (I’ve read way more titles than mentioned but just included the ones worth checking out)

for whoever stumbles across this list, i hope some of these resonate with you and i hope they make you as happy as they made me. 

pic credits: https://geekculture.co/geeks-guide-to-transmigration-novels-avoid-death-at-all-costs/

1. Ebony

https://mangadex.org/title/41838/ebony

Bahahah omg he looks evil there! But our dearest archduke is hardly that aww. Soz, I just ripped off the covers of the manhwa cos I can’t find a panel I liked more than another. I mean, this manhwa is a GEM. I can’t even begin to describe this because everything about it blew me away. This is not something you read when you are craving for fluff, or just wanna have something brainless after a hard day at work or if you just wanna have some eye candy lol. This is something you pick up on a weekend, when you have time, because you need those hours to digest, appreciate, clutch your chest, tear a little because you find yourself falling in love with these characters. It doesn’t have any of that cliche isekai, romance, revenge themes going on. It has a solid plot, backed by incredible characters, beautifully woven by the authors and artist with incredible pacing that keeps you on your toes and keeps you looking forward to the next chapter. Maybe I would have been happier if I found it after it was completed lol. HAVE I CONVINCED YOU ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU WANNA READ IT?! like, idk, just go. JUST GO READ IT GDI. 

p.s. it says there romance but naaaaaaah, dont go in with that expectation. :) this story is so much more than that. 

2. Bring the love

https://mangadex.org/title/44472/bring-the-love

This...this!!! THIS MANHWA NEEDS MORE LOVE. If you need a lot of fluff, a little, ok maybe quite a bit of sadness and tragedy, sweet sweet romance, cutie pies, please, look no further!!! Again, pacing, character development are so important to me and this manhwa aces it. I love the 2 MCs very much. And the side characters too. :)

3.  A Stepmother's Märchen

https://mangadex.org/title/39474/a-stepmother-s-m-rchen

When I first read this, i fucking cried. like please don’t ask me why. it’s not like its an absolute tragedy but I was just rooting for the MC so much and I really want for everything to go her way. That’s how much I adore this MC!!! I LOVE HER. I LOVE HER MORE THAN YOU DO NORA! HAHAHHA. okay soz. I need to keep this spoiler-free.

Anyhoo, there is nothing typical about this time travel plot. Sure, she goes back to try to undo the stuff that went wrong but phew, she certainly changed things so much everything that comes her way have made it so her previous experiences can hardly help aaaaaaand that’s what makes it fun! I sometimes wish the pacing could be a little more consistent, and there could be more characters I could love a little more wholeheartedly (so i wont have to be in so much despair when i read this sometimes lol) but omg the art, isn’t it pretty?! I’ve re-read this soooooo many times but the art blows me away all the time. And have I already mentioned how much I love her?! I LOVE YOU SHULI! AND I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY!

4.  Lady Baby

https://mangadex.org/title/34691/lady-baby

I literally LOL-ed when I saw this cover. WHO THE HELL ARE THEY. WHAT LADY BABY?! ehehehe. okay anyway, uhm, this is already incredibly popular. im not sure if i need to elaborate but yes, it’s adorbs!!! i dont think i like the MC as much as i love her family lol. and everyone else who adores her. im looking forward to when they get older. :) actually not really. please stay cute for as long as yall can! but yeah, i do wish the plot can move a lil faster. i want to see more character development in the other kids too COME ON! 

5.  Death Is the Only Ending for the Villainess

https://mangadex.org/title/47754/death-is-the-only-ending-for-the-villainess

am i allowed to reveal how shallow i am rn? like the previous choices were all like ‘wow-deep-plot’, ‘wow-character-development’ and this one i just included cos of AESTHETICS ALONE?! the novel covers are breathtaking!!! the manhwa art is amazing as well. and the harem is great! LOL. as for plot... uhm... it’s alright. it’s pretty engaging and i quite like the MC, she’s smart and independent and i love how she views them all antagonistically at all times HAHAHHA. her past is kinda... weird though and i do wish they’d stop referencing it. cos... girl why do you wanna go back to reality!!! stay here! it’s way more exciting! 

i love the whole isekai/reincarnate/transmigration theme and this is honestly one of the better, not-so-cliche or cheesy ones HA.

6.  Beware of the Villainess!

https://mangadex.org/title/47286/beware-of-the-villainess

do you already see the whole villainess theme?! am i suppose to start feeling embarrassed about my choices?! NO! cos this one is AWESOME!

again, another wildly popular title. for good reasons. it’s hilarious, our MC is as real and candid as it gets and LOOK AT THAT BLUE HAIRED BEAUTY. DO YOU SEE HIM?! IMPLANT HIM INTO YOUR MEMORY NOW!

it’s highly entertaining and breaks all isekai-reincarnation-villainess plot stereotypes. definitely one of the titles i look forward to every week.

7.  Who Made Me a Princess

https://mangadex.org/title/32506/who-made-me-a-princess

what? why did i choose this?

BECAUSE OF CLAUDE OF COURSE. ahahaha. okay aside from the amaaaaaaazing art and the beautiful people, the plot is not too bad. a little extreme at times but it’s interesting enough to keep me going. it’s currently on hiatus though and i was highly annoyed by how the first season ended. (YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? NOTHING.)

i hope the plot can move faster in the next season! and that our dearest MC athanasia can you know, finally be a little more useful... like omg just tell lucas already!!! and tbh girl, no matter which guy you choose, i approve. :D 

8.  The Flower That Was Bloomed by a Cloud

https://mangadex.org/title/37648/the-flower-that-was-bloomed-by-a-cloud

i featured this before, mostly out of frustration HAHAHA. do you see why i chose this cover?! yeah, i support this (unpopular) pairing okay! the other one is doomed!!! no matter what the author is trying to do now!! I DONT SUPPORT IT!!! lol.

anyway, i had to feature this cos the art is unique! and the story is great. :) and i looooooove listening to the ost while i read it. it starts out kinda slow but as the pace picks up, you won’t be able to stop. and you find yourself conflicted at various points. it did win an award for a reason. 

no matter what, i still think dowun is best for her okay. it’s dowun or nothing. he’s devoted to her, we all know that! he just needs to ditch that annoying female guard!!! ok yknw what, maybe nothing is better. :/ *cries*

9.  Solo Leveling

https://mangadex.org/title/31477/solo-leveling

why do i even bother? this manhwa is popular enough. 

the art is great. the MC is great. i use him and his gang as my wallpaper. 

im just not sure i like how this season’s plot is progressing. :/ but i guess it brings us nearer to solving the mystery in the first leg of the manhwa. i just enjoyed the whole part of him leveling up and now that he isn’t really leveling up anymore... idk. am i hoping for more plot shit like bleach (oh wow now u quincy?)... idk man. anywho, no regrets starting on this series and marathon-ing it to death. 

cross fingers the plot picks up and doesnt get too complicated for its own good.

10.  The Reason Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion

https://mangadex.org/title/31606/the-reason-why-raeliana-ended-up-at-the-duke-s-mansion

okay, tbh, by the time i reached 10, i still have like 15 other series i was considering LMAO. i even considered lengthening this top 10 to top 15. but that would just be more of me and my nonsense. so... why did i choose this?

COS I LOVE THE 2 MCs!!! they’re adorable. the plot is again, kinda far-fetched at times (i literally laugh my head off at some parts) but it’s isekai-reincarnation okay! anything is possible in whatever magical crap country you end up in! lol. and i like how straightforward it is... in the sense there’s no 2nd lead. like okay i mean they are there but we all know they have no chance. oops. sorry!

and cos i can’t give up on the other titles i have, imma just list them down, without pictures... cos im tired. HA. 

11. Doctor Elise 

https://mangadex.org/title/29474/doctor-elise 

Kudos to the huge improvement in art style lmao. The good... lovable MCs, engaging plot. The bad... sometimes lengthy, incredulous medical moments (i work in the medical field so i... idk. sometimes this borders on iryu LMAO and i need to remind myself this is romance) otherwise, this is a highly highly entertaining read.

12.  Seduce the Villain's Father

https://mangadex.org/title/46775/seduce-the-villain-s-father

This is another of my ‘father-love’ whims. MC is adorable and ML is handsome. enough said.

13.  The Villainess Lives Twice

https://mangadex.org/title/49644/the-villainess-lives-twice

This is like a lesser version of Ebony and Bring the Love combined HAHAHA. The plot and premise is great and it’s awesome to marathon! I don’t find myself loving the MC as much as I should but the ML is a darling! I just find her a little toooooooo gloomy. Like come on girl, be more spunky! 

14.  The Stereotypical Life of a Reincarnated Lady

https://mangadex.org/title/46790/the-stereotypical-life-of-a-reincarnated-lady

I dont know why I like this so much HAHAHAHA. It hardly has a plot. I just find the MC and ML amusing i guess lol. 

15.  I'm Stanning the Prince

https://mangadex.org/title/45586/i-m-stanning-the-prince

Sometimes I wonder if I should be ranking this higher but I kinda feel this manhwa is trying to achieve too much with an underpowered MC. I love her... but I just don’t like how she’s just a pawn of everyone else and I dont know how she can change this situation of hers. It’s cute though. the MC and ML.  and the ML reminds me so much of american/jap Mackenyu. 

16.  The Villainess Reverses the Hourglass

I HAD TO. the art is so pretty! but girl, dont use the hour glass so much! you look a little too old! i would appreciate it if MC stops basing too much of her moves on the “past” tho like idk you are gonna sound unoriginal soooooon like develop your own thoughts soon okay? <3

17. Inso's Law

ANOTHER ONE. omg. im a lil on the fence regarding this but i like MC too much. and her harem LOL. i dont see where the plot is going either but i just hope for a happy end... ):

18.  Why Are You Doing This, Duke?

HAHAHA. this is sooooo sooooooo cute, i would have ranked it top 15 if it wasnt licensed by tapas tho cos they are a joke. WHY NOT TAPPY GDI. 

19.  Miss Not-So Sidekick

Uh-oh. Is this a top-20 list now? anyway, the MC for this series is GOLD. im not liking where it’s currently heading tho thus the lower ranking.

20.  IRIS - Lady with a Smartphone

omg IVE NEGLECTED THIS FOR TOO LONG. lemme go buy more chapters hahahaha. it’s a tad too lengthy... otherwise i like the MC and yummy ML!

still not enough?

Special Mentions - Okay, these will be unranked cos I don’t think these are that good but probably still worth a read.

I've Become the Villainous Empress of a Novel - this is new, im looking forward to how it progresses wheeeee.

Lady to Queen - It’s a ruthless manhwa. There was a point i started reading all sorts of sadistic content (i was running out of content i swear) and this was one of the better ones. I appreciate the MC very much. the plot now is a little weird and im a bit wary of the MC’s sister... hopefully the ML can be more useful. he’s pitiful though. but dude come on, dont rely on the wrong gal.

Goodbye, In-law - I’m not sure if i like the current progress buuuuuuut MC and ML are cute so who cares.

The Duchess' 50 Tea Recipes - plot is still engaging. MC and ML are cute. i dont know where the plot is heading towards though. 

A Falling Cohabitation - this is interesting and fun but a lil lengthy.

Light and Shadow - the sequel is out!!! i highly enjoyed this entire series!!! i would have probably ranked it a lil higher if i did this post earlier but too many series have overtaken this in my heart lol.

This Girl Is a Little Wild - is the hiatus ending yet? i would add it back to top 20 if it came back LOL. it’s highly entertaining tho. ML is adorable.

The Duchess With an Empty Soul  - pretty nice. MC and ML are a little boring. i think it can end soon. LMAO.

A Capable Maid - it’s amusing how she gets her powers for all sorts of situations lol. the prince is creepy tbh. and im secretly rooting for the other king hehe.

Beware of the Brothers! - it’s cute and heart-wrenching at the same time! not too sure im digging the latest plot development but okay... i’ll take it. they’re all cuties.

Living as the Tyrant's Older Sister - hehehe. it’s cute. duke is kinda silly but the latest chapter made me squeal!!!

The Evil Lady's Hero  - idk where the plot is going but MC and ML are adorable!!!

The Dragon Next Door - HAHAHA. it’s hilarious.

The Youngest Princess - she’s growing uppppp noooooooooooo

Virtues of the Villainess - ginger is hilarious. i dont see where the plot is going tho... and cant say i like the ML yet. i dont even get to see him much, hello?!

The Justice of Villainous Woman - pretty wholesome... i like the MC! (the ML is fine. no one else to contend with so...) can u end already?! lol.

Amina of the Lamp - hey, what happened to this? it’s pretty inconsistent but i do like the MC and ML... and the art...

The Villain's Savior - this is some sadistic shit. i reserve it for when i feel sadistic. i pretty much wanna see MC happy but idk if she’s making the right choices. :/

I Don't Want to Be Empress! - HAHAHAHA uhm it’s getting interesting. i just want ML to step up more... 

La dolce vita di Adelaide - I FINISHED THIS! and it’s wholesome, feel-good and cute. some parts felt a lil extra but ah whatever.

The Black Haired Princess - plot. move. faster!!! otherwise the MC and ML are pretty cute.

The Abandoned Empress - im a lil on the fence but i know how popular this series is. it started out HORRIBLE. i hated the ML so much. and then i found the green hair boy creepy. like MC, you need better taste in boys. it’s certainly getting more interesting now though. so please, continue to make my money’s worth!!!

Lucia - i. am. not. guilty. of. anything. *smut warning* anyway go read the novel. it’s better. hehehe.

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim - i do not need to elaborate any further. 

Past loves 

I created this section just to remind myself, that what i could like one day, i could hate the next LOL.

The Monster Duchess and Contract Princess - I know this is wildly popular. but i lost interest in it once she grew up. i dont think she’s particularly lovable. soz.

Survive as the Hero's Wife - another popular choice. I find the plot kinda boring now. MC and ML are cute though. 

Sincerely: I Became a Duke's Maid - another popular one. again, boring plot. like cant it end yet? oh you mean we need to wait for the real female lead to show up? dont need luh.

I Am a Child of This House - wow. the plot is shit now. and i do not support the MC and her guard. soz. she’s OVERPOWERED tbh. 

This Is an Obvious Fraudulent Marriage - idk what happened but my enthusiasm for this died.

Charlotte and Her 5 Disciples - i don’t get it. i dont get their obsession for her. 

#manhwa #fav manhwa #ebony #bring the love #a stepmother's marchen #lady baby #death is the only ending for the villainess #beware of the villainess #who made me a princess #the flower that was bloomed by a cloud #solo leveling #the reason why raeliana ended up at the duke's mansion

[mitchtheficus]

I remember watching interviews with sasha in 2016 where she'd say main eventing wrestlemania was her biggest dream and ultimate goal, and how confident she was that that was possible. I was never as certain just because i never trusted wwe to give the women their due but she did it!!! She did it I'm so happy for her

The first wrestling moment i ever watched was her surprise return at the royal rumble because I'd heard the crowd reaction to her entrance music was insane and I wanted to hear it

The first time i tuned in to wwe on a weekly basis was to watch the progression of her relationship with becky as they went from enemies to allies against sasha's former stable

the first wrestlemania match i ever watched was her three way match for the newly re-established women's championship against charlotte and becky

the first match to ever make me cry was Sasha vs Bayley in brooklyn

She's one of my favorite wrestlers. Idk Sasha was so fundamental to my discovery of wrestling. I never got tired of seeing her live her dreams and now she's done something i never dared to hope was possible. I'm just so so happy for her. Thank you for everything @justmercedes

#dont mind me just crying over wrestling #sasha banks

[sawtual]

HAHA OK UM. ivy exposition time hehe… come read my thoughts i put down in text for you all to read about what i perceive this fictional woman’s backstory to be (this is a lil more cohesive than my harley one but. YEA)

smal cw for VERY brief mentions of abuse (ivys dad + the joker r mentioned)

Ivy grew up in an emotionally vacant house. Her father was very emotionally abusive + occasionally physically. Her mother was hardly around. This caused her to have to take on a lot of responsibility for herself and basically grow up way sooner than she should have

She put a lot of effort into her schoolwork. She had a very caring and helpful science (either biology or environmental science) teacher, she nurtured Ivy’s love of botany

She got a scholarship to acclaimed college and essentially got a free ride? she worked on the side to pay for any spare expenses.

Woodrue was one of her teachers, he was academically lauded for his work in botany but hadn’t been very relevant in the recent scientific discoveries, essentially he was a big shot who got kind of washed up, but Ivy had studied his research extensively and found him incredibly inspiring.

They end up fostering a very intense relationship STRICTLY focused on their scientific research. (SHES LESBIAN.) They’re trying to prove a hypothesis Ivy’s presented about idfk.. accelerating plant growth. Harnessing toxins certain plants create for their healing properties…IDK I DON’T KNOW SCIENCE <3</p>

Their entire work relationship and all the shit they do feels like going 120 mph down a road the wrong way and she loves it. This is truly the first time she’s had full control over her own life and has someone who actually (as she believes) sees her as an equal and recognizes her intellect.

They end up escalating things because they’re both so desperate to prove Ivy’s hypothesis, and Ivy volunteers her own body for them to test their work on. She refuses Woodrue’s offer because its her theory, so she should be the one to suffer if things go wrong…

WHICH THEY DO. Shit goes sideways and Ivy experiences adverse reactions which cause her to become bed stricken (she refuses to go to the hospital because she’s afraid that the toxins could be extremely dangerous, and doesn’t want anyone to suffer because of her science).

She also tells Woodrue to keep his distance, because she wants him to be safe from it too, and he essentially just ghosts her. She’s upset about it but first blames herself because she feels like she’s done nothing but prove everyone right about what a failure she is.

She starts noticing changes affecting her, and its all kinds of fucked up. I can elaborate on this later <3. But essentially her physiology starts warping due to the green encompassing her, growing up from her hands and feet. I think the green parts of her body are cool to the touch, have a plant like texture, and MAYBE? Have plant cell structure ingrained in them vs animal cells.</p>

Also, the green initially starts slowly spreading up her body but she’s able to halt its progression, in order to lose herself completely (think of the kinda deal in annihilation, instead of sexy green plant lady ivy).

She catches wind that Woodrue had HER research published and is taking full credit for her hypothesis, without naming her whatsoever, and it essentially breaks any semblance of humanity she had left.

At this point she’s kind of crazy powerful and can control plantlife as we all know and love <3 She figures out that Woodrue is having a conference where he’s holding some kind of really important lecture on ‘his’ hypothesis, and plans to unmask his deceit in front of the entire scientific community. </p>

She also discovers that he’s warped her discovery from something she wanted to benefit humanity and the environment, to something to gain profit from, essentially going against everything she believed in.

She bursts into the conference and when she sees Woodrue, she essentially blacks out and next thing she knows she’s essentially pulled a Carrie…. NOT EVERYONE DIES!!!! But its brutal and fucked up and she 100% absolutely slaughters Woodrue and makes an example out of him. This is the point in her story where she officially loses any chance she had of her past life as Doctor Pamela Isley.

She uses his desecrated corpse to warn everyone in Gotham, in the world, that the green has woken and will no longer stand by and be desecrated by humanity.

Ivy does a lot of work trying to collapse industries that harm the environment across the world for a while but it’s also hard for her to much alone, and she almost gets bested a few times @_@ She’s absolutely a formidable threat, but she’s also one person with a massive weakness to fire

She ends up slinking back to Gotham to recover after a particularly nasty encounter

Something abhorrent happening in Gotham catches her eye and she can’t stop herself from making an appearance and attempts to wreak havoc before ultimately getting caught and shipped to Arkham for her “extremist beliefs”

Dr Harleen Quinzel is paired with her for weekly meetings.

Harley realizes very quickly Ivy is most certainly Not insane and repeatedly tries to get it appealed, but no one will listen to her. (Ivy was locked up in Arkham specifically bc of her environmental activism/terrorism)

Ivy’s very snide at Harley at first, looking down on her for being so bright eyed and bushy tailed about everything. She’s very much bitter about how she’s repeatedly been wronged, and always cast as a villain despite her believing she’s doing what she can to save the earth.

Ivy and Harley argue about if women can ever achieve anything in this world, the way its built. Harley says she’s sad ivy feels that way but knows she’s going to make a difference. She’s different and she’ll change things.

Ivy doesn’t entirely believe her but seeing someone so downright full of life and hope really does spark something in Ivy that never really dies down.

Eventually Harley gets reassigned and taken off Ivy’s case. They didn’t have a lot of time together but I think that Harley makes a worthy impact on Ivy. This is also before Harley has interacted much, if at all with the Joker

Time passes, Joker’s manipulation ensues, Harleen becomes Harley.

Ivy sees Harley Quinn during a run in with the Joker but doesn’t recognize her at first.

Until she speaks.

Ivy gets hit with a wave of nausea upon realizing how Harley’s fallen from the proud and bright girl who was sitting across from her in Arkham.

After that she uses the green to try and keep tabs on Harley and one night after a particularly bad beating, Joker kicks Harley out and Ivy manages to swoop in and rescue her from near death.

ALSO, IMPORTANT! Ivy struggles a lot with her disgust toward humanity vs her desire to protect Harley. It’s the reason it takes her a while to actively seek a hurt and broken Harley out and rescue her. (she resents herself a lot for not acting sooner, when she realizes how extensive Harley’s injuries are)

TOSSING THIS HERE . about Ivy’s sexuality. I can’t see her ever really opening herself up to any romantic relationships any time during her school life. She’s very driven and focused on her studies and her research. She never really gave her attraction to anyone much thought, so I think that she just expected she would never feel attracted to anyone? Until she meets Harley. I think that meeting Harley kind of opens her eyes like. Wait I can feel this? I deserve this kind of love? With a woman?… she has to work through some shit but she is a big lesbian in love with her weird little clown girlfriend

um i think thats all hehe…. i have more but i kinda wana write a fic about harls and ivy getting together from my interpretation so…… TUNE IN NEXT TIME <3</p>

#poison ivy #harley quinn #harlivy #dc #text #IM FEELING A LITTLE.. cwazy over them <3 #IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I SAID.. or what im thinking. please engage with me.. #talking about this stuff is.. EXCITING AND NICE #UM IF I MADE ANY MISTAKES OR ANYTHING.......cringe.. i am tired and i can only do so much #writing

[ultfreakme]

Extremely incorrect assumptions I had made about Teen Wolf from only reading fics(before watching the show) for your entertainment:

Thought the Alpha Pack fight was the final arc of the show

Jennifer Blake/Julia deal was completely separate from the Alpha Pack

Sheriff NEVER found out about the supernatural stuff- I didn’t even know Melissa knew tbh. I thought the kids were fending for themselves. On that note; did not know Rafael was a real character and just assumed he was an OC

Thought Sheriff’s name was John.....this one’s obvious.

Erica and Boyd were alive the entire time and they had seasons long build up to their relationship( didn’t know that either of them would die).

Thought young Derek would stick around for around 4 episodes.

Did not know that Allison was dead

Thought the nogitsune arc happened at around season 4 and that it was a lot less depressing & way more- ‘Stiles is totally fine and is fighting a battle of minds with this fucker’. I was not prepared for the tears and angst let me tell you.

Thought that all omegas had blue eyes, like how betas have amber and alphas red

Thought Derek was the alpha for most of the series, at least up until season 5

I thought Pack Nights where the entire crew chill and cuddle on a weekly basis with junk food and watching movies was something that was canon in the show......my goodness was I disappointed. 

Did not know that Malia and Stiles dated. 

I assumed ‘monster of the week’ really meant, well, monster of the week(one monster per episode). Thought that the plot structure was more character driven, with the monsters acting as catalysts to self-discovery and that they weren’t exactly a priority, rather they were easy trouble that could be dealt with in the span of one episode. 

Thought Stiles really was split between supporting Derek and Scott and that he didn’t belong to either of the packs. 

Cora stuck around for about 2 seasons minimum in my head. 

I thought Lydia and Stiles remained best friends after he stopped looking at her through rose-tinted glasses. Them dating was a shock. 

I didn’t even know Aiden and Ethan ACTUALLY did the voltron thing- it sounded way too impossible to be canon so I though they just did the normal wolfy thing and the voltron thing was an extra bit authors used to amp up tension.

This I still don’t know so someone please confirm- Derek hates Stiles calling him ‘dude’ and is always like “don’t call me dude”. 

Faeries and pixies were canon occurrences that actually happened one way or the other. I thought the faeries(or whichever spelling fic authors choose idk) were in Mexico and that’s why Young Derek happened.

I full-on believed, with no doubt in my mind that Meghan Ory was indeed, Laura Hale, that she acted for reals in Teen Wolf AS Laura Hale, and every ‘Laura Hale’ screenshot of her that I saw (specifically the one of her in the red plaid jacket and white shirt) was a screencap from the actual show.

I thought Erica and Lydia had a not-friendship where Lydia and Erica constantly bickered- rivals(?) Like ‘Only I can insult her, no one else can’. Thought Boyd and Derek were very close too.

Here’s what I thought the pack was in canon: Derek is the alpha, Erica & Boyd are his cooperative betas, Isaac is split between Derek and Scott(mostly scott), Jackson begrudgingly sticks around because he needs to learn control(he hates Derek), Stiles, Lydia(sort of) and Danny(but he doesn’t know he’s part of the pack, they all just decided to protect him without any communication because Danny is nice).

Thought the Hale house definitely got rebuilt- not the exact design, but another place was being made on the same grounds. 

Thought that the pack hung out at the back of the rebuilt Hale house to train while Lydia and Stiles did their research at the same time. I also thought Allison trained along with the werewolves with her archery. 

Thought Allison’s mom had a whole arc of her own, I did not believe she died after the bite. I thought she didn’t die and came back as a werewolf just to kill Derek and then later kill herself after exacting revenge.

I thought Eichen House was solely for torture made by some psycho dude to entrap/jail supernatural people. I thought the whole of Eichen House was hidden away by some sort of glamour because i thought it was a PRISON. And that Stiles and Malia’s first meeting was actually in Eichen House and he had no idea that Malia was a were-coyote until she told him about it. I also thought Eichen House was where the nogitsune possession happened. 

That’s it for now but I’m sure I missed a lot. Enjoy this clusterfuck of AU fanon Teen Wolf which is most often what fic writers use

#i was fully convinced fairies and pixies were a thing #thought the neon party was the fairies putting a spell on the crew #thought CAITLING was a faerie of some sort #tw #teen wolf #I also thought Derek had a major in architecture #and that he liked history #teen wolf headcanons #scott mcall #stiles #side note: though stiles being a spark would be a much bigger part of the story

[ecoamerica]

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[skyphile]

12 People I’d Like To Get To Know

ONE ( ALIAS / NAME ): HAM!

TWO ( BIRTHDAY ): sep 13 !

THREE ( ZODIAC SIGN ): virgo!

FOUR ( HEIGHT ): 5′3″

FIVE ( HOBBIES ): so much frickigng art (lately lots of digital illustrations, pixels, crochet and needle felting) and TAMAGOTCHIS (im only missing one or two for my dream collection and a pair to share w eden when we’re outta the house again fhgf)

SIX ( FAVOURITE BOOKS ): the neverending story by michael ende... need to reread soon!

SEVEN ( LAST SONG LISTENED TO ): legit one of edens discovery weekly songs idk which one tho dfgdgf

EIGHT ( LAST SHOW WATCHED ): gordon ramsay hell baybie!!!!! we’ve been on a huge cooking show binge sfkgf

NINE ( INSPIRATION FOR MUSE ): he used to be a john egbert!! you can find his kin page here which is an assortment of characters that probably inspired him to an extent

TEN ( MEANING BEHIND YOUR URL ): this man just frickigng loves the sky ok

Tagged by: @endoosteologist thank u kefkaaaa <3

Tagging: @velcrounit @nemorialex @liliumsunshine @thatsillyjohnkid @agreste-image and u 8)

#ooc

[jlf23tumble]

Hey Jen! I love seeing everyone doing monthly fic recs but yours are my favourite! I know I'm sending this three days early but I can't wait!! x

Yes, I love that!! I’m a bit of a date stickler, so I sat on this one until the very last day, but here’s a mixed bag of things that I read this month and loved...hope they work for you, too!

500 Words of Harry Styles, by haemophilus/ @they-them-pigeon, One Direction, Harry Styles/various pairings, 1.5k. These 3 works are 500 words each, and, like...how??? What kinda sorcery! They’re all perfect mini worlds, w/ gorgeous explorations of Harry and gender and pairings you wouldn’t expect yet totally work.

Heartstrings, by @vondrostes, One Direction, Harry Styles/Sarah Jones, 2.6k. This one totally gave me the Mulder/Scully vibes of some my very fave fics in that pairing, idk why, but brb, gotta jump into some old fic servers.

Here to Take My Medicine, by Throwthemflowers/ @hazzabeeforlou, One Direction, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, 3.7k. U know what? I totally buy the concept of Harry reading goop and Louis going along with it (bonus points for unexpected yet totally welcome daddy kink).

go as slow as you want, by whensheflies/ @choface, One Direction, Harry Styles/Nick Grimshaw, 5k. Most gryles fic, especially lately, is steeped in angst, but not this one! A touch of it, sure, but sweet, sexi, AND tender gender? Sign my ass up for more!

Sweet Baby, by jishler, One Direction, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, 5.4k. It’s harder and harder to find these days, but I’m always down for some good old-fashioned kink discovery, X Factor house era, and this was sweet and hot, perfect combo.

let me be yours, by @louhearted, One Direction, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, 6.6k. Canon Girl Direction is always a win, but this one features pube talk, too? Huge bonus points for daddy kink, not enough of that, if you ask me (and you didn’t, but there you go).

More of a Comment Than a Question, by abrighteryellow/ @a-brighter-yellow, One Direction, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, 8.7k. I know this wasn’t what the author intended, but I am missing all the fan convention stuff that isn’t going to happen this year, and this story perfectly captured it, so thank you AGAIN!

in its lonely and ramshackle head, by objectlesson/ @alienfuckeronmain, The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield, 9.8k. The only thing I know of this movie is the hilarious write-up Phoenix and Blake crafted, but it doesn’t matter, this fic is so beautiful! A five times with so much pining and yearning, beautiful!

bathed in blue light, by delgay, Star Wars Sequel, Poe Dameron/Finn, 17k. The lengths I go through to avoid all things Reylo means the pickings can be slim in this fandom, but this felt like a callback to the heady days of early 2016, sigh.

Harriet and Louise, by blake/ @newleafover, One Direction, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, 28k. Words fail me, I was lucky enough to see this before it went up, to yell in the google doc, the long-awaited regency Girl Direction fic does NOT disappoint, so gorgeous!!! Massive hugs to the hero who commissioned it!

The Stars Look Very Different Today, by @kingsofeverything, One Direction, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, 43k. Easily my fave so far in the big bang pack, but here’s some real talk, I love it when Lauren writes space fic.

I’m gonna jump on my soapbox here for a quick sec and tell you that you don’t have to reblog this fic rec list if you don’t wanna, liking it for further reference is okay by me if you aren’t comfortable, but PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD leave kudos and comments on fics for authors. Read a wip and cheerlead the author along and revel in the heart-stopping thrill of receiving an ao3 email. I’m blessed *regularly* by all the ones I’m subscribed to, but these two were my absolute faves this month:

Say Something, by @kingsofeverything, One Direction, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, 6 chapters//27 chapters in. Look, I’m gonna level with you, I had some high expectations for this one (50YO omega Harry hooking up with 28YO alpha Louis, eventual mpreg, lactation, and everything else in those tags), and in just six chapters, I wanna yell with how much I love it, talk about dreams surpassed!

Leave a Voicemail after the Song, by @vondrostes, One Direction, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, 13 chapters// ??? chapters. Okay, this is on Patreon for now, it might jump to ao3 down the road, but for the low price of $1/month, you too can get a weekly update to in the heart-breakingly BEAUTIFUL companion to Terran’s epic Call Answered (which *is* on ao3), this time from Harry’s POV. It hurts so good, especially at this point in the story, god.

#fic rec #girl direction #finnpoe #stormpilot #baggenshield #gryles #larry #april 2020 #god there is some great shit out there #thank u authors!!!

[calliecat93]

So with March now here, I’m ready to get back into being productive. Here are the upcoming plans for the blog. Of course how far these go will depend, but this is the general plan that I hope to follow.

Resuming the Disney Princess Retrospective. I have Beauty and the abeast sitting halfway done in my drafts and hope to have it done and posted by the end of the month, though no promises. After we continue forward. I also decided that despite my intentions to do so... I’m cutting Frozen out for now. Mainly of how massive and time consuming it would be, and I’m already struggling. Also I have to determine if Raya is going to count as am official Disney Princess and if so, that will be taking Frozen’s place. I’ll do Frozen and Frozen II another day (I AM consideirng reviewing the Disney Animated Features, so I’d include it then maybe). If Raya doesn’t count, then it will end with Moana.

RWBY Reviews are remaining on hold until the volume is over. I will go back and do it then. I am making a few changes like shortening the overview to just a basic paragraph instead of a play by play and onviously predicitons will be cut all together. There will be one mass volume review when completed. I am sorry to have dropped the ball on this for multiple reasons, especicially since I did so well with keeping momentum up during V7. Guess 2020 and some certisn events took their toll on me. But I AM going to grt it done even if it takes me until V9.

As I announced not too long ago, I am beginnign a Star Trek TOS Review Project. This I am doing for fun. I’ll be critical nd analytical, but this is simply for my own enjoyment. These will be longer and more detailed than my brief watchthrough thoughts and expect opinions to change from those first viewings. Unlike last time not only am I going to watch the oriignal pilot that I skipped last time (and already have a plan on how to review The Menagerie two parter which consists of mainly footage of that pilot), but this time I am going in production order listed on the Alpha Memory Wiki. Whenever I review something, I like going in the intende dorder since there’s always these little things that affect characterization and development even in an episodic series like TOS. So I will watch it as it was intended... with ine exception at the very end, but that’s for later. The movies will also be reviewed if I make it that far. Reviews are planned for a weekly release. Got some other TOS related posts I’m consideing, but those will come later.

The ST Watchthrough will continue. First with the Kelvin Timeline films, then we jump into TNG. As it is over 170 episodes and four films, this is very much going to take me a while. After that if I still have the urge to continue the plan is to proceed to Deep Space Nine, then Voyager, Enterprise, and finally Discovery. I’m on the fence about apicard after looking it up and Lower Decks and TAS don’t appeal to me. I will likely be watching Strange New Worlds when that starts, but I hope to be done with the watchthrough project by that time.

Again, IDK if these will go forward or not. But we’re gonna try!

[purplesurveys]

1047

What’s the most historic thing that has happened in your lifetime? I can think of a few things. There’s 9/11 though I was barely conscious then, Osama Bin Laden’s death, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, 2011 Japan earthquake, and the H1N1 and Covid pandemics. In my country, there were typhoons Ondoy and Yolanda, the Manila hostage crisis, and the Hello Garci election corruption scandal. Out of these, though, I’d say the heaviest ones to bear have been 9/11 and Covid.

What happens in your country regularly that people in most countries would find strange or bizarre?

We use a spoon and fork to eat and only really fancy shmancy restaurants give you a knife and a fork. Many eat with their hands as well, though this is way more common in provinces.

Everyone is late to everything and punctuality isn’t a thing, which is a big culture pet peeve of mine and I still like arriving early/on time anywhere.

This applies to Asia in general lmao, but shoes typically aren’t allowed or at least frowned upon if they go beyond the main entrance of houses.

We start Christmas as early as September, and we end it by the last week of January

When families get together, aunts/uncles will usually greet their nieces/nephews by asking if they already have a boy/girlfriend and/or telling them that they got fat. Horror relatives will greet you with both.

People generally like to keep to themselves, so striking a friendly conversation with strangers even if you have the pure, genuine intention to be simply friendly will just lead them to think you’re being a creep lol

What has been blown way out of proportion? The effects of video games and the question of it increasing violence among kids. Sure there’ve been gruesome accounts and no one’s invalidating those, but the overwhelmingly vast amount of people who play video games end up okay. I had so many killing binges on GTA but to this day I can’t even look at a real gun without shuddering, lol. When was a time you acted nonchalant but were going crazy inside? This is me every morning at work. 9 AM-11 AM is always the busiest period and it’s a lot of shit happening at the same time and a lot of morning deadlines to meet, but unlike college I can’t exactly call for a timeout whenever I want and have panic attacks anymore.

What’s about to get much better? I hope my fucking life is next in line. I’m tired of being tired of being tired.

What are some clever examples of misdirection you’ve seen? Probably all the times WWE would mislead viewers on a rumored return or debut of a big name by saying they’re in another city, implying that there’s no way they’d be appearing on a WWE show. This happened with Ronda Rousey and it was so fucking exciting when she finally showed up, haha.

What’s your funniest story involving a car? I don’t know, really...I don’t try to be funny when I’m on the wheel lol. Probably the time I let Angela use my car on campus, and when she needed to make a u-turn she ended up doing an awkward 90º turn and had an SUV nearly crash towards us. She had only driven a handful of times at that point so she was a little clumsy, but neither of us had any idea she’d fuck up a simple u-turn as badly as she ended up doing lmao.

What would be the click-bait titles of some popular movies? I can think of more clickbait posters than titles, but I can’t seem to remember what those films are called right now.

If you built a themed hotel, what would the theme be and what would the rooms look like? Themed hotels generally make me cringe. The most theme-y place we ever stayed at was the lodge in Sagada and it was really just more homey than anything. I’m not into themes when it comes to hotels as I find it a little cheap lol and I’ve always preferred a straightforward experience in the places I stay at for vacations.

What scientific discovery would change the course of humanity overnight if it was discovered? A way to live forever. < This is a good one. Also, maybe a huge asteroid or meteor bound to hit the planet that will make widespread extinction a certainty? I can’t even begin to imagine the panic that will rise from something like that.

Do you think that humans will ever be able to live together in harmony? I doubt it. It sounds difficult especially when you realize we’re 7 billion in total.

What would your perfect bar look like? As long as there aren’t any annoying younger college kids, who are almost always the loudest crowd and not in a good way, I’m okay with any kind of bar.

What’s the scariest non-horror movie? Some shots in 2001: A Space Odyssey are freaky as fuck. There were several scenes that included sudden HAL shots, and I did not enjoy those. How the fuck Kubrick managed to make a computer scary is beyond me. I’ve also always skipped the vortex scene with the creepy face shots after seeing it once.

What’s the most amazing true story you’ve heard? This is a really vague question... a few months ago I watched this video diary of parents who had a child born at like 25 weeks. Just way too early, basically. And they recorded the kid’s weekly progress, how she kept fighting, and her journey of being transported from one machine to another while she still needed them. It was beautiful to see her get bigger and plumper with each week that passed and it was just such a feel-good story to watch. I was so relieved when they showed footage of her as a normal, healthy toddler by the end of the clip.

What’s the grossest food that you just can’t get enough of? I know balut is pretty unpopular in the Western part of the world, but I’ll gladly eat a dozen of them in one sitting. In general Asian street food is usually considered gross - pig intestines, chicken intestines, chicken feet, pig ears, etc., but all are normal in the culture I was raised in.

What brand are you most loyal to? It’s annoying and I can’t help it, but Apple.

What’s the most awkward thing that happens to you on a regular basis? I try not to make it regular, but sometimes a mistake on my end will slip through in an email I’m sending and I have to send another email correcting myself and apologizing for the oversight. One of my least favorite parts about work.

If you had to disappear and start a whole new life, what would you want your new life to look like? I’m not wishing for much. I just wish it was easier to remove any trace of me on social media sites and have it be as if I never existed because I think that would make it easier for me to move on from...well, you know what. I still have trouble verbalizing it and I don’t feel like mentioning it tonight.

But idk, I like staying connected to my family and friends, so idk if I can ever achieve that. And that said, I think I’m bound to always keep seeing her around.

What movie or book do you know the most quotes from? I memorize a pathetic amount of dialogue from Love Actually, Twilight, Titanic, and The Proposal.  What was one of the most interesting concerts you’ve been to? I guess Coldplay? They gave assigned lightsticks for each section and the crowd looked amazing when the production crew activated the lights for certain songs. I still have some of the clips because I posted them on Snapchat, so I’m really glad I did that; otherwise I would’ve lost the videos forever.

Where are you not welcome anymore? I’ve felt pretty unwelcome around her. How she could do a 180 and just not be interested in having anything to do with me is really soul-crushing.

What do you think could be done to improve the media? Fact fucking check, please. Also keeping sources balanced, avoiding clickbait headlines, being more objective than neutral, and don’t fucking sensationalize. How timely that this landed on a journalism graduate, hahaha.

What’s the most recent show you’ve binge watched? Start Up but I haven’t continued in the last two weeks :/ I think it’s because I know I’m nearing the finale and I subconsciously just don’t want to run out of Start Up episodes to watch lol but yeah, I still have four episodes left and I have no clue when I’ll watch it again.

What’s a common experience for many people that you’ve never experienced? Being close with their mom and considering them as their rock.

What are some misconceptions about your hobby? I don’t know enough about embroidery to know misconceptions about it.

What did you Google last? 2001: A Space Odyssey because I needed to be sure of the scenes I planned on citing in the question above that made me mention the movie.

What’s the dumbest thing someone has argued with you about? Not being able to find a restaurant to eat at. The backstory is a little complicated but it’s the same fight that led my younger brother to slap me across the face, and what subsequently led me to stop speaking to him.

If money and practicality weren’t a problem, what would be the most interesting way to get around town? Probably a tank.

What’s the longest rabbit hole you’ve been down? It’s always the ones on Wikipedia lol. I find weird and interesting articles on there all the time; there’s always something new to read.

What odd smell do you really enjoy? The rain, though sometimes it can be too overpowering when the humidity has been high. I like it for the most part, though.

What fashion trend makes you cringe or laugh every time you see it? Streetwear is so fucking dull to me. I never saw the appeal.

What’s your best story of you or someone else trying to be sneaky and failing miserably? Hahahaha this happened just a few weeks ago actually. My parents and I were headed out to have some ramen, and I opened the car door to hop onto the backseat. They didn’t prepare beforehand and they left the Christmas gift I asked for - a corkboard - in the backseat, so I was able to see the whole thing, unwrapped and with price tag and all. Their mortified faces knowing that their secret’s been blown were hilarious. They had no choice but to just give it up, and the corkboard has been on my wall since.

If you had a HUD that showed three stats about any person you looked at, what three stats would you want it to show? I guess the stability of our relationship, their general mood for the day, and erm how badly they need a hug because I’m always willing to give some.

What’s the best way you or someone you know has gotten out of a ticket / trouble with the law? My mom fake-cries her way out and it’s always been hilarious to see a grown ass woman do it and pull it off every time.

Tear gas makes people cry and laughing gas makes people giggle, what other kinds of gases do you wish existed? I don’t really want to manipulate people’s action in this way, so pass.

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