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agendabymooner · 9 months

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sweet little similarities ! sebastian v. x ofc (filipino!ofc)

summary: the little kimuel vettel is becoming more like his dad sebastian as the days go on. AND the vettels go on family trips with the schumachers while everyone dote on the little man.

content warning: dad!seb and mom!ofc, seb is at his beekeeping/country living phase (not age), tooth rotting fluff, gina and ofc (barbie) being besties, brief mention of ofc (barbie) x mick schumacher relationship, the parents being matchmakers, the vettels are just amazing lol, uncle lewis in the comments, baby!vettel is sebastian coded and i love them ur honour

note: i’m back in town, now i have to pack my stuff before moving in two weeks :) enjoy xx

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user1 POUTY BABIES 😭😭

user2 i’m scared of the day kimi becomes a driver— god knows what can happen when a vettel steps into the room

user3 a lot of kindness and feral energy for sure 🥹

barblanco no wonder why i’ve seen kimi’s pout before! it’s from seb! 🤣 liked by belongvettel

belongvettel you’ve seen it way too many times in the past eight years 😂

mickschumacher he definitely is seb 2.0 liked by belongvettel

belongvettel no doubt!

lewishamilton he might be shy but he is so much like seb because of how tight his hugs could get 😂 liked by belongvettel

belongvettel he learned from the best! ❤️

scuderiaferrari who did it better?

belongvettel definitely kimi 😂

scuderiaferrari we agree 😩

barblanco posted a story !!!

tagged ginaschumacher, mickschumacher, belongvettel

liked by pierregasly, arthurleclerc, logansargeant

ginaschumacher omg best friend we looked so cute in that first pic 😭 liked by barblanco

barblanco i agree best friend !!!

mickschumacher ginaschumacher 😒😒😒

user1 i live to see gina and mick fighting over barbie like yes bby i love me some sibling rivalries

user2 mother bel 🥰

user3 kimi kimi kimi a man after midnight liked by barblanco

logansargeant jealous of your trip not gonna lie 😅 liked by barblanco

barblanco from one person from a hot weather area to another, i’d never recommend going to a cold weather place without any preparation 😂 me and kimi were practically wrapped around the thickest jackets ever and i thought i had to waddle around with them

alex_albon i’m not the type to be all protective but YOU gotta be careful lad 😳

user4 that’s alex warning logan about mick schumacher in case y’all looking for a context

arthurleclerc is that you teaching kimi how to snowboard?!

charles_leclerc is that you trying to “make conversations”?!

user5 i’m being promptly fed with bel, kimi and seb contents 😍✨

belongvettel some much needed vacation with you girls!! ❤️ liked by barblanco

ginaschumacher next time we’ll take kimi and leave the other two behind 🤩

barblanco ginaschumacher but that would mean that we’d have another seb in the trip 🤨

ginaschumacher no headaches though 😍 just spoiling bby kimi

tagged barblanco, ginaschumacher, mickschumacher

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oscarpiastri mick you’re getting TOO lucky mate

landonorris why am i seeing too much barbie and mick?? 😭

user1 bro don’t complain about it 😭 they might get scared

user2 where??? which one are the mick and barbie content?

user1 photos 6 and 8!!!

lewishamilton look at seb and kimi!!! he must be the most energetic person out of all of you 😂 liked by belongvettel

belongvettel kimi or seb? because either way they are always extremely energetic whenever they’re together 😂😂

user4 if kimi’s a mini sebastian then you must have the sweetest people loving the shit out of you 😭 i like the thought of that sm liked by belongvettel

belongvettel barbie is just as sweet too so i’m pretty much spoiled! 🥰😍

user5 barbie is the original sebastian jr. confirmed?!?!

user6 i’d say she’s half bel and half seb. she acts more like bel though!

user7 st. belinda of quezon, patron of the angels (sebastian and kimi)

bonus !!!

fun fact: kimi calls gina ‘gee’ and mick ‘kie’ (from mackie)

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happygirl2oo2 · 6 months

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Every reference I could find to Sherlock's love of bees in Elementary, organized by episode number

season 1 episode 1:

Watson, walking onto the Brownstone's rooftop to find Sherlock and surprised to see beehives there next to him: "Um, did you know that honey was dripping through the ceiling?" Sherlock, sitting and looking at his beehives: "Yes. Happens sometimes." Watson: "I take it beekeeping is a hobby." Sherlock: "I'm writing a book. Practical Handbook of Bee Culture with Some Observations Upon the Segregation of the Queen. Up here. I've just started Chapter 19."

season 1 episode 5:

Sherlock, explaining how he knows someone: "We frequent the same beekeeping chat room. He has an impressive collection of Caucasians. Species of bee."

season 1 episode 7:

Watson: "There was a client back here a little while ago who was also interested in beekeeping." Edson: "Sure. You mean Sherlock."

season 1 episode 9:

*Sherlock is wearing a shirt with the writing “Bee 92” on it*

season 1 episode 12:

Sherlock: "Our six weeks together are very nearly up, Watson. In a matter of days, your room will be vacant. I'm very seriously considering turning it into one large apiary."

and

M, about Sherlock torturing him: "You figured out where you're gonna start yet?" Sherlock, looking over his table of torture devices that he brought that is shown to include a few beehives: "I have not. I had hoped to use the bees in some fashion, but then it occurred to me you might be allergic."

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Sherlock: "Watson, what is it?" Watson: "I called your father last night. Given everything that's happened, I recommended staying on longer." Sherlock: "And?" Watson: "He agreed." Sherlock: "I suppose the apiary will have to wait."

season 1 episode 17:

Crabtree: "Delivery for you, Mr. Holmes." Sherlock: " Thank you, Crabtree, but I'm afraid I c… Oh, my God. Is that…?" Watson: "A bee in a box? Yes, it is. Fairly unimpressive as far as bribes go." Sherlock: "Not if you're an apiculturist. That's an Osmia avosetta. Solitary bee famed for building exquisite nests from flower petals. It's on the verge of extinction. Crabtree, this is exquisite. I cannot accept it. Please, tell Mr. Lydon not to contact me again."

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[BEE BUZZING] Watson: "Hey, why do you have the box with the bee in it?" Sherlock: "We took Gerald Lydon's case." Watson: "We did?" Sherlock: "Well, frankly I couldn't say no to him. It would have felt like denying a dying man his last wish. We are taking this home, and then we are going to the genetics lab which confirmed his diagnosis."

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Sherlock: "Close that door immediately!" Watson: "What's up? Sherlock: "I was examining the Osmia avosetta that Gerald Lydon gave me and it got loose." Watson: "Oh, so there's an almost-extinct bee flying around in here?" Sherlock: "Yes, and I would rather it didn't get out."

season 1 episode 19:

Miss Hudson, to Sherlock: "Oh, and I stacked your monographs that you wrote on your desk. I liked the one about queen bees."

season 1 episode 20:

Sherlock: "Another reason to dislike Milverton. He keeps cats." Watson, sarcastically: "Well, he should get himself a real pet, like a beehive." *Sherlock gives her a look*

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[CELL PHONE RINGING] Sherlock, answering his phone: "Brownstone is on fire, my bees have escaped, and there is a giant comet headed for Manhattan." Watson: "Excuse me?" Sherlock: "The way the evening is going, I thought you could only be calling with more good news."

season 1 episode 21:

Sherlock: "What kind of an allergy requires a medical alert bracelet?" Watson: "Uh, anything that could bring on anaphylactic shock, certain foods, medicine, insect bites." Sherlock: " Exactly. A moment ago, I could have sworn I saw an Africanized honeybee." Watson: "How do you "Africanize" something?" Sherlock: "It's a term to describe a particularly aggressive species. It's odd to… Odd to see them here. They're not native to New York. It's almost as if someone has placed it here on a route known to be frequented by Hillary Taggart." Watson: "So you think he's planning a murder by bee?" Sherlock: "The hive will be facing southeast in dappled sunlight with minimal wind. And here they are, newly formed and flourishing. Oh, yes. And here is the food source. Someone's feeding them sugar water so they multiply even faster." Watson: "Well, it's pretty baroque way to kill someone, isn't it? I mean, cultivate bees, feed them, and then poke the hive with a stick every time Hillary Taggart runs by?" Sherlock: "Well, he might be planning to swipe her with lemongrass oil beforehand, make sure they're attracted to her. It's actually quite a tidy plan. You know, she flees, bees sting-- tragic accident." Watson: "If she's that allergic to bee stings, then she's gonna have an EpiPen." Sherlock: "Well, an EpiPen would work against one or two stings, but how effective is it gonna be against an army of bee assassins?" Watson: "If the man we are looking for is feeding these bees, he's gonna have to come here eventually." Sherlock: "Yeah. Quite soon, I'd imagine, 'cause the sugar water's getting low." Watson: "Ugh, great. So we get to stake out a hive of killer bees."

season 1 episode 24:

[Watson walks onto the brownstone's rooftop to find Sherlock sitting and looking at his beehives with a magnifying glass] Sherlock: "Do you remember the rare bee I was given for proving that Gerald Lydon had been poisoned?" Watson: "The bee in the box, sure." Sherlock: "Osmia avoseta is its own species, which means it should not be able to reproduce with other kinds of bees. And yet, nature is infinitely wily." Watson: "So box bee got another bee pregnant?" Sherlock: "Quite so. Which means, they should be reclassified as an entirely new species. First newborn of which… is about to crawl its way into sunlight." Watson: "Oh, my God." Sherlock: "As the discoverer of the species, the privilege of naming the creatures falls to me. Allow me to introduce you to Euglassa Watsonia." Watson, surprised and then touched: You named a bee after me? You named a bee after me." Sherlock: "Should be dozens more within the hour. If you'd like, I could come and get you once they're all here. Watson: "That's all right. I think I'll just watch."

season 2 episode 12:

[sherlock is shown taking a box out of his beehive]

and

Watson: "You didn't show me these letters. You hid them in a beehive."

and

[sherlock is shown taking the box back into his beehive]

season 3 episode 10:

Barbara: "Barbara Conway. I'm senior vice president of…" Sherlock: "Senior vice president of AgriNext's GMO research division. Quite the corporate monstrosity, AgriNext, hmm? In addition to your dominance in agricultural industries, there is powerful evidence to suggest that your neonicotinoid insecticides are the culprits in the ongoing bee genocide known as colony collapse disorder. Would you care to comment on that?" Barbara: "When you told my assistant you had some questions, was that just a lie to get in and harass me?" Sherlock: "Ms. Conway, are you familiar with the name Clay Dubrovensky?" Barbara: "No." Sherlock: "What about the Wutai Pingtung orchid?" Barbara: "I'm sorry. What?" Sherlock: "You are very good at feigning innocence. Perhaps it's all that lying about the bees."

season 3 episode 11:

Watson: "Can you imagine how she feels when she looks at it?" Sherlock: "I have done. Repeatedly. My name is Sherlock, and I have allowed empathetic thoughts to clutter my mind and reduce the clarity of my perception." Watson: "So you called in the bees to crowd out caring." Sherlock: "To no avail."

season 3 episode 14:

Mr. Joseph: "Mr. Holmes, thank you for agreeing to see me. We've actually met before-- sort of." Sherlock: "You're BeeBeeKing17." Mr. Joseph: "I am. (chuckles) You're a detective. I know from your posts. I have a bit of a problem…" Sherlock: "I'm gonna stop you right there, Mr. Joseph. I can't help you." Mr. Joseph: "You don't know what I'm asking." Sherlock: "I don't need to. In the four years I've frequented your Web site, I've sent you no fewer than 13 letters detailing my proposed solutions to the phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder. You have sent me exactly zero replies." Mr. Joseph: "You know how much correspondence I get?" Sherlock: "I've got no idea. I do know, however, that mine is backed by quality thinking. If you'd bothered to find that out, you wouldn't find yourself without a detective in your hour of need." Mr. Joseph: "Is there some way that I can make this up to you?" Sherlock: "I suppose, if you were to publish my theories on gamma rays as a potential solution to CCD, then I might be able to hear you out." Mr. Joseph: "Gamma rays? They… they've worked in a couple instances, but they… they don't scale as an answer. They're too dangerous. You give John Q. Beekeeper access to gamma rays, he'll melt his face off." Sherlock: "A fact I addressed in my most recent letter." Mr. Joseph: "Fine. Yeah, I'll put it on the site." Sherlock: "I also require that you change your online user name. The cheap punnery of "BeeBeeKing17" is offensive to musicians and apiarists alike. You'll make the change?" Mr. Joseph: "I guess." Sherlock: "Good. So what seems to be the problem?"

season 3 episode 20:

Sherlock (on the other line of the phone): "Watson, you still over there?" Watson: "Yes, I'm still here, because I can't go home, because of you. Why did you bring the bees in the house anyway?" Sherlock, shown to be standing in their kitchen while wearing his beekeeper suit and surrounded by bees: "Varroa mites are a pernicious threat to the colony. I intended a thorough inspection, as well as an application of baker's sugar as a preventative measure. My thoughts were concerned with colony collapse. I failed to see the more urgent threat of table collapse." Watson: "Wait a second. You're not talking about my table, are you? The one that I bought for my apartment?" Sherlock: "Two hours should be sufficient to return the hive to stasis. I'll be in touch."

season 3 episode 23 (the entire episode but especially):

Unnamed cop: "If you guys work for the USDA, why didn't you just say so?" Watson: "We don't. My partner's on a beekeeping message board with a few of their researchers. They asked us to come and have a look, since it's one of their colleagues that died."

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Sherlock: "You might want to tell your colleague that the apiarist is not a strong suspect. Unnamed cop: "The hell she isn't. She was the only other person out here when this thing happened." Sherlock: " And as far as Watson and I have been able to discern, utterly devoid of any motive-- unlike the soulless corporate golem that is AgriNext." Unnamed cop: "You think a company did this?" Sherlock: "It wouldn't be the first time they'd harbored a killer." Watson: "He's right-- we found one there a few months ago. So what makes you think they did this?" Sherlock: "Elevated levels of Colony Collapse Disorder along the Northeast." Watson: "You putting that on AgriNext, too?" Sherlock: "Everett Keck did. His notes strongly suggest that the company's neonicotinoid pesticides are the cause." Unnamed cop: "So this guy was killed over some dead bees?" Sherlock: "A hundred million dead bees. The regional numbers are so anomalous that an international apiary summit has been convened at Garrison University to discuss the problem this week. Everett Keck's notes suggest he was willing to cut short that debate and lay the blame squarely at the feet of AgriNext."

and

Watson: "Oh… Looks like you opened up a satellite office for the Department of Agriculture in here." Sherlock: "25,000 species of bee-- always much to learn." Watson: "Well, if you're planning on picking up where Keck left off, it might be nice to solve his murder first."

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Watson: "So you think that Keck tried to kill his boss to cover up poisoning a few bee hives?" Sherlock: "More than a few. I've come to believe that Everett Keck was not just studying Colony Collapse Disorder. Everett Keck was Colony Collapse Disorder incarnate. You might recall my recent concern over varroas in my own hives. These fears were born out of rumblings on BeeCircuit.com. Most of the talk on the spike of this season's colony death rate centered around the spread of deadly mites." Watson: "Okay, but I thought Keck was gonna prove it was pesticides. Sherlock: "That's what his note suggested. That's what he intended to report, but the data suggests that the parasites were appearing in greater than expected numbers everywhere he went." Watson: "You did all this overnight? Sherlock: "You know I outsource arithmetic to Harlan. Okay, so, that's Keck. And there are three other ASI researchers. He found more mites than the others. Many more. According to Harlan, the variance between Keck and his colleagues cannot be explained away by known confounds. The odds that Mr. Keck was not actively spreading varroa mites everywhere he went approaches one in 29,000." Watson: "So, there isn't a spike in Colony Collapse Disorder after all." Sherlock: "Every dead hive is a tragedy. But outside of one nefarious USDA field researcher, no, the CCD baseline would not be inflated at all." Watson: "Why would he do something like this?" Sherlock: "I don't know. I'm fairly certain, however, he had help. The heart attack that almost killed Calvin Barnes occurred whilst Mr. Keck was doing his rounds in Connecticut." Watson: "He had a partner." Sherlock: "We've solved one murder. Now we just have the remaining 100 million."

and

Tara Parker: "No. No way. You can't just write off a global issue because one guy went on a bee-killing spree." Sherlock: "I share your concerns about Colony Collapse Disorder writ large, I do. I have hives of my own. But your degree is in entomology, and, uh, the mathematicians have spoken."

and

Sherlock, excitingly surprised: "His Highness Sheik Nasser Al-Fayed is making an appearance?" Tara Parker: "Supposedly." Sherlock, explaining to Watson: "Nasser is an emir. He's a member of the royal family of Al Qasr in the United Arab Emirates. He's a black sheep. He's not trusted with state business, like his brothers." Griffin Parker, to which Sherlock is shown nodding in approvement: "He's also got the most expensive apiary on the planet. State-of-the-art hives." Sherlock: "He's a recluse. Rumors on BeeCircuit.com are that he never leaves his family's estate." Griffin Parker: "Well, I wouldn't, either. He has almost 1,000 species."

and

Sherlock: "I'm friendly with the moderator of BeeCircuit.com. You deleted your private messages, but he was able to dredge these off the server."

and

Sherlock: "You got away with kidnapping the sheik. You won't get away with what you did to Calvin Barnes. Or millions of bees."

season 4 episode 13:

Trent Garby: "I moved out because of you two. I couldn't take it anymore. The weird noises, the strange smells, the explosions, and the damn bees on the roof."

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Watson: "Robert Frost said that fences make good neighbors. But maybe that's because there wasn't sound-dampening insulation back then. Since you are rebuilding anyway, we can have it installed for you as a belated housewarming gift. So a quieter home for you, and a neighbor who knows what he's getting into for us." Trent Garby: "You don't even know me." Watson: "We'd like to." Trent Garby: "All right. When I get the insurance settlement, I'll let you know." Watson, giving him a jar of honey: "This is from Sherlock. He wants you to know that bees can be good neighbors, too."

season 4 episode 23:

Bell: "We think he crossed with Krasnov, who was there to steal a barrel of pesticide. There's one missing." Watson: "Clothianidin is used to treat corn crops. I've heard Sherlock rail against the stuff. It's bad for bees. But it is good for explosives."

season 4 episode 24:

Morland, looking at Sherlock's hives: "They stay here even during winter, do they not?" Sherlock: "Excuse me?" Morland: " The bees. This is their home… rain or shine." Sherlock: "Yes, let's talk about bees, instead of the execution you just carried out in Yonkers."

season 5 episode 21:

Sherlock: "You might not know what Mr. Leroux looks like, but I assure you, those photographs of you showing my friend around will have the FBI and Interpol swarming your property like bees."

season 6 episode 8:

Kelsey: "I'm sorry if that sounds judgmental, but… judging you is kind of the whole point of this trip." Watson: "It's okay. I mean, you have to go through your process, right?" Kelsey: "Am I crazy, or did I see a bunch of beehives on your roof?"

season 6 episode 17:

Watson: "He named an inchworm after her?" Sherlock: "It’s not uncommon for scientists to name species after people they care for or admire. I named a honeybee after you. But I, of course, was honoring my work partner."

season 6 episode 18:

Sherlock: "We need to talk about what happens after I die." [cut to them now in the kitchen, with Watson holding a pile of pages] Watson, reading the title: "“The Last Will and Testament of Sherlock Holmes”?" Sherlock: "According to Mr. Horowitz, in three days' time, I am to be riddled with bullets by an unknown assailant in an unnamed part of the city. While I doubt that will happen, reading it did remind me that you should have a copy of the appropriate paperwork to ensure a smooth probate." Watson: "You didn't write all this up today." Sherlock: "No, I wrote it several years ago when we formalized our partnership. I just didn't give you a copy." Watson: "Am I reading this right? You left me everything?" Sherlock: "You're surprised?" Watson: "Uh… I guess I'm touched. Sherlock: " There are some directives in the back that you should review. Watson: "Instructions on what to do with your cerebellum? Sherlock: "Mmm. Also my bees. They will need a proper home."

season 6 episode 21:

Sherlock, walking into the room to find Watson filming a close video of his bees while playing a loud song: "Something I should know?" Watson: "Everyone got back to us while you were out. They said they would look into Agent Mallick if I gave them an up-close view of one of your beehives and put this song on repeat. I mean, I had to get movers to get it down here, but at least we did not have to humiliate ourselves this time." Sherlock: "Oh, you've been humiliated. You just don't realize it. One of the founding fathers of Everyone, StingSquat, is an admitted melissophiliac. He's aroused by bees. You just arranged a sex show with a cast of thousands."

season 7 episode 13:

Sherlock, sounding touched, after seeing that his hives are still in the brownstone after his years away: "You kept the bees." Watson: "I thought Arthur might find them interesting. Plus, the free honey.

#dude really loves his bees huh #cbs elementary #elementary #elementary sherlock holmes #sherlock holmes #sherlock and watson #joan and sherlock #joan watson #johnny lee miller #lucy lui #kitty winter #you named a bee after me #he named a bee after her #bees #save the bees

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eldritch-spouse · 9 months

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I’m terrified of bees, wasps, and stinging insects in general. So if one of Colmei’s bee children buzzed up to me I would probably-

https://www.tiktok.com/@bbeabeee/video/7129097886352051502?lang=en (the sound of someone hitting a giant wasp with a metal bowl is honestly really satisfying ngl)

-Not because I have anything against Colmei or his kids, I just get surprised easily and would forget that the random bee hovering next to me isn’t trying to attack me.

[I WISH I WAS THAT BRAVE.]

NO, don't hurt his colony!!!

Colmei will immediately know when one of his colony members has been injured or killed, because the rest of the group will quickly pass signals around to their strongest member, him. Since Colmei sees you as his Queen, so do his bees/wasps/hornets, and they're very confused as to why you're making distressed noises when they try to interact with you!! Why did you hurt them?!?!

The beekeeper is very stressed about this and will quickly usher you away from the main hive. He needs to somehow make you understand that you're not in danger. He can guess that maybe you've had negative experiences with the varied species that are a part of his colony, especially because some are notoriously aggressive, but they're under his control. They work well together, like little puzzles pieces all molded together, loyal to him and you. Colmei keeps himself close to your figure as he calls the smallest bumblebee of his colony to his dark finger, allowing it to move into your palm. Colmei rubs your shoulders and tries to buzz in a soothing manner while the small insect explores harmlessly.

After a few minutes of this, a bigger one is called, then a honeybee, even a blue orchard bee. Then come the wasps, which albeit usually bigger, are just as docile as their counterparts. And, finally, hornets approach, poising next to the others curiously. You'll be surrounded by a third of the hive at some point. Not a single one of these insects appears agitated, though they do pause whenever your fear spikes, as if trying to make themselves smaller.

Colmei hopes you understand this demonstration for what it is, a sign of immense trust and acceptance. But, just in case the message isn't clear yet, you'll start to get little presents from the less busy colony members. Sometimes a tiny flower, other times small shiny things they can lift into flight. They also tried to give you a sugary yogurt they stole from someone...

#Beekeeper boie

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stephiethewephie · 20 days

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We Certainly Aren't in the Hundred Acre Woods Anymore: Chapter 1

I JUST PUBLISHED THE FIRST CHAPTER OF MY FIRST AO3 FIC LETS GO!!! After writing, rewriting, and revising this for MONTHS, the first chapter of Piper Finch's Twisted Wonderland Story is now of AO3 for everyone's enjoyment! Here is a quick sneak peek at the first few parts. If you are interested after reading it, please consider going to the link below to read the rest of the chapter!

Here we see Piper Finch as she spends her last moments of summer in the woods behind her house.

With her, some of her best friends in the whole world: An owl, a donkey, a piglet, a rabbit, a tigger, a kanga and roo, and, most of all, a pooh bear which she had since she was a wee babe. All her friends were plush and stuffed with fluff (in the donkey's case, sawdust), but to her, they were just as friends as those of flesh and blood.

All of them were sitting around a picnic table, which has been dressed in a white table cloth. Plastic silverware, dishes, napkins, and cups surrounded the sides of the table. A cake was placed in the middle of the table, infused with honey, with a pitcher of honey lemonade which stood beside it. Honey flavored frosting adorned the top of the cake with writing that said, "Happy Last Year of Boarding School!"

Piper got up from her seat to slice the cake. She gave a slice of cake as well as poured a drink to each of her friend, who were dressed with party hats and white bibs, before serving herself. She herself was also dressed in a white bib and party hat, plus a pretty blue sundress. She raised a glass before giving a speech.

"My dearest friends," she started. "It has been a great pleasure to have you by my side again for this, our last summer break, together. For I may be gone, have joy that this is my last time away. While adulthood and university will be within my grasps, and with that comes the fact that we may need to... say goodbye to these woods for a while longer..." She lowered her glass as if to mourn the loss of a loved one before continuing. "Know that when that time comes, you shall be with me on my journeys. Till then, let us enjoy this final get together, before the one that will be forever. And I will wish you farewell! Cheers!"

She took a sip of her glass before sitting back down at her place on the bench. She began to eat her slice of cake. But, before she could swallow her next bite, she heard a voice in the distance shout her name. The surprise caused her to choke on the piece of cake she had in her mouth. She pounded her chest with her fist to get it out before looking at the direction of the voice.

"Piper!" The voice yelled again, upon glace she saw her mother walking angrily towards her. She wore a beekeeper suit and still had a few bees swarming her. "I kept trying to call you! We leave for boarding school in 10 minutes!"

READ THE REST ON AO3:

I Hope you enjoy it and have fantastic days ahead!

#twisted wonderland #twst #twst wonderland #oc #twst oc #my ocs #twst mc #twst yuu #twisted wonderland yuu #disney twst #twst fanfic #fanfiction #ao3 fanfic #fanfic writing #twst fanfiction #Piper Finch #winnie the pooh #christopher robin

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alynnl · 10 months

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So I imagined a Sherlock AU (in which I borrow heavily from Discworld, but hear me out) - "In which Watson's marital status stays consistent, leading to him and Mary having a son."

Watson's son is born shortly after one of the cases. Watson is there to hold his son for the very first time and Mary tells him "His name is John, and no argument."

So we now have a John Watson Jr. who features in a lot of Watson's "this is what's happening in my life" beginning paragraphs.

At least one of the cases happens at his boy's school, where he gets to see Sherlock's deductions for the first time and absolutely admires "Uncle Holmes" for how smart he is. (The case was a theft, not murder this time.)

(Imagine Lestrade's ever growing headache. First there were two Holmes and now there are two Watsons.)

Watson is even more interested in solving cases after his son is born. Because he thinks "my child has to grow up in this mess, time to clean it up." But he's also extra cautious because he's got a family to think about and he doesn't want to leave them behind.

This fact makes the events of The Final Problem sting more, since Sherlock definitely has Watson sent away to protect him from Moriarty's machinations.

This also makes Sherlock's eventual return more joyous, because the whole Watson family is there to greet Holmes.

As John Watson Jr. grows up, he knows he wants to be a doctor so he can help people. He's seen his dad at work a few times and there were even a couple instances where Watson made a "house call" to take care of his son and/or Mary.

By the time Sherlock retires to become a beekeeper, John Watson Jr. has gone to one of the best universities to study medicine. And he's gotten copies of his father's writings about all the adventures with Sherlock Holmes to read between his studies.

#Sherlock Holmes AU #Watson has a son #Letters from Watson #inspired by Discworld #Lynn's writing #AU

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the-ravens-requiem · 7 months

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Plague-Tober 2023 #3 - Honey

The beekeeper was somewhat of an enigma.

They'd been settled in Darkwood for several years, setting up their apiaries in the rolling fields of the northwestern corner of town, where many of the farmers tended to their crops and lived. A welcomed neighbor.

They were tall and thin, always covered by their garb, like Doctor, though they rarely revealed their face. Once, they confided in Doctor, they felt comforted that there was someone else like them, who always wore the marker of their chosen path. They explained that they liked the enclosed nature of their garb; It was like a soothing weight on their shoulders, the woven basket-like mask a shield from the glare of the sun and prying eyes. It reminded them of home, of the broadleaf shrubs that protected them from the withering heat without completely denying them the satisfaction of the view.

To say the Doctor and the beekeeper were friends was easy. Few had seen their face, and even fewer had been invited to their home, unlike Doctor. It was not that the beekeeper -- named Ambrose -- was inhospitable, it was more of the fact that Ambrose liked to keep to themself.

"Lovely rain we had yesterday." Doctor mumbled, settling down into the chair Ambrose had invited them to sit at. The beekeeper bustled around their kitchen, preparing tea for the two to share. When they placed the tea and sweets onto the table-- what appeared to be honeyed shortbread decorated with dried rose petals and a pinkish tea made with a blend of flowers -- Doctor held up their hand as if to deny them.

"You never share tea with me." Ambrose admonished, clearly hurt but in a playful way. Their voice was mellow and rich, the vowels and consenants precise. "You must, at the very least, take some to eat later."

"Of course, my friend. Sorry, I always have lunch just before visiting and my appetite is quite small."

"Like a bird." They chuckled, sitting across the way from Doctor. Their hand reached out to swat gently at the 'beak' of Doctor's mask. "I swear, it seems as if you could simply look at food and become full."

"It appears that way, doesn't it?" Doctor replied, voice light and joyous.

Ambrose poured fragrant tea from their porcelain pot decorated with hand-painted flowers. A betrayal of their riches, but the only splurge they had allowed themself in their otherwise humble abode. "Anyways, I know this is a business call and not a personal one, so what can I do for you?"

"A simple transaction. I feel autumn's chill slowly arriving, and I must resupply. Has your harvest been plentiful?"

"It has. And…Summer wanes, yes. I too can feel it in the wind. Many of my flowers have gone dormant." The beekeeper glanced out the window momentarily, their masked face turning away. "…I always feel so sad to see one less bloom in my garden. They are like children to me, and I miss them when they sleep."

"Seasons come and go, my dear. It will be summer again before you know it."

The beekeeper leaned back in their chair, drawing their full attention back to Doctor. "I know you love the autumn, preparing your winter crop, but I grow restless. I feel the ache of losing hours of the sun." They drew a delicate gloved finger over the rim of their tea cup, contemplating it. The mask was then removed with little fanfare, set aside without much thought.

Revealed to Doctor was a plant-kin lesser fae, 'skin' a greenish, golden hue. Their laughing eyes iridescent like a prism. They had a nubian nose, wide and somewhat flat, and thick beautiful lips that looked much like rose petals. They brought the steaming tea cup to their aformentioned lips absently, then set it down onto its saucer.

"How much honey do you need?" Ambrose pulled down the white hood of their garb and shook free their 'hair,' a mass of flowers in the style of goldenrod blooms. Doctor knew it was not polite to stare, but they were pleasantly captivated by their passive beauty.

"Oh, a case of jars would be fine. And a few bundles of the glass sticks would be lovely. My customers love when I include them for their tea. Speaking of, do you have any need of seeds? I have plenty to spare. As a gift, between friends -- not my attempt at receiving a discount."

Ambrose laughed at that, but recovered quickly. "I have plenty as well, but thank you for asking." The plantkin rose up from their chair, then. "I'll go pack the case and grab the bundles for you, and we can settle the cost afterwards when I fetch my ledger. Feel free to entertain yourself."

"At your pleasure, friend."

#plaguetober #plaguetober2023 #filled

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smolsleepyfox · 6 months

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GWTD Transcript "Most intimidating client ever"

[Entrance to the shop, low angle shot. A large wolf enters. It has dark greyish-brown fur with prominent scars over the right side of its face. Its head is lowered as it steps inside, its gait calm, prowling almost.]

Voice-over: I’ve worked with a lot of clients others thought scary, but today I was reconsidering my job choice.

[Close Up of the wolf's face. It is observing the situation coolly. Its eyes are a prominent light blue, making its gaze even more eerie.]

Groomer in video: At least you actually fit in the shower.

VO: Since you were all so excited about the last video, I decided to invite another one of my werewolf friends. This is Sasha, and if I didn't know him I'd probably have run already.

[They step into the shower. Sasha sits down while the groomer warms up the water. He licks his lips, observing her closely. He does not move while she soaks his fur, only his ears twitching slightly, but his eyes remain fixed on her.]

VO: The full moon was two days ago so he's in dire need of a little wellness treatment.

[She puts her hand into his coat, pulling out some loose undercoat.]

Groomer: You’re not shedding as much as I expected. [pause] I'm not gonna lie, your staring is freaking me out a bit, man.

[Sasha tilts his head slightly, but stops staring at her like a stuffed turkey. She begins soaping him up, her hands vanishing in the thick fur.]

VO: I am using Fluff This! Cozy Creature shampoo, because it was Halloween last week and I'm not ready to go into the Christmas season. Last time I talked about how important establishing boundaries is before working on a new client, because once shifted, it can be hard to communicate in words. In Sasha's case, his pack leader called to tell me something we forgot, but this level of preparation is certainly not the norm.

[Sasha stands up at her request while she rinses off the shampoo. He is still alert but more relaxed than before. The groomer shuts off the water and looks at him for a moment.]

Groomer: Your alpha said you won't like your face washed, is that true?

[Sasha turns his head sharply at the words.]

Groomer: Don't be mad at me, I'm just repeating what I was told. So are you gonna rip my face off if I do this? Because I wouldn't like that very much.

[Sasha stares at her for a moment, entirely still, then he huffs and flicks his ears. It almost sounds like he's saying "fine".]

[She begins washing his face. Sasha has his eyes closed for most of it, and his posture is stiff. He is clearly stressed.]

Groomer: I’m working as fast as I can. Is that a werewolf thing, because your brother also didn’t like this.

VO: After going through a stack of towels, it turns out Sasha actually fits on my big table. I got this one after I realized I’d get more lycanthropic clients. It has a maximum weight limit of just over 500 kilos and can theoretically keep a werewolf still if they freak out. It’s not something I’ve used before aside from practice and I hope I never need to, for everyone’s sake.

[She puts a rubber mat onto the surface and Sasha steps onto the table, lying down and dangling one paw over the side. There is a band of scar tissue around his ankles.]

VO: Sasha is an old werewolf and like many of his kind suffers from the beginning stages of arthritis, so I pad the table down to prevent him from slipping. I put on the happy hoodie and my beekeeper’s hat and once again cover my shop in fluff.

[Long sequence of blow drying set to majestic music. Sasha has laid his head down but is still very much alert, his tail twitching on occasion.]

Groomer: I’m afraid you have to stand up.

[Sasha obliges, claws digging into the mat to stabilize himself. He sniffs the air and suddenly growls, loudly. He puts his paw on her shoulder.]

Groomer: What?

[Sasha’s paws shift to semi-hands nearly instantaneously. He switches the dryer off and pulls down the happy hoodie in one motion. Hands shifting back, his claws scrape the metal of the table. He stares at the door, entirely still.]

Groomer: O-kay, that was mildly terrifying.

[The camera cuts to the hallway, only showing the groomer’s and another person’s legs.]

VO: Turns out another client mixed up their schedule and came in a day early. My shop is neutral ground, but that doesn’t make people like each other. After that mildly terrifying incident, I finish blow-drying him and begin on the haircut. Sasha is in great shape even so shortly after the moon and only requested very minimal trims. Much like his brother, he has very long tail fur, so I give that a good brushing and shorten it with my chunkers.

[The brush makes a satisfying ksh-ksh sound going through the fur. The groomer holds the long fur between two fingers while she cuts it.]

VO: Working on werewolves is an incredibly special task that requires mutual trust and a lot of knowledge. That said, I’ve never seen a partial transformation like this. You really never stop learning.

[Switch to full view of the table. Sasha has sat down while she brushes out his back. He is once again observing her cautiously.]

VO: Sasha has collected a lot of scars in his life, so I had to switch between several tools before finding something that was comfortable for him. Once again, the AquiGroomer proved its worth, removing a ton of undercoat without hurting his skin. I used the dematter on the long fur on his chest and then cleaned out his ears.

[Sasha clearly enjoys the feeling, turning his head while she moves the pad.]

Groomer: So, you gonna let me touch your feet?

[Cut to a close up of her removing the fur between his paw pads. Noticeably, he’s missing two toes on the left front paw.]

VO: A few of you asked if shaving out the paw pads is necessary since many older wolves have trauma surrounding their paws being hurt. I wouldn’t say it’s absolutely necessary, but there are advantages depending on your location. A rural pack that mostly walks in the forest or even on snow is probably better off keeping all that extra fluff. It is more work to keep clean, but it can help with sinking into the snow. If you live in an urban area, shaving it out gives more traction on smooth surfaces. Sasha comes from a rural pack, but will spend some time in an urban area, so he’s decided that he wants more traction, especially since he’s only got three claws here.

For that extra wellness factor, I rub some balm on his paw pads and let it sit for a bit while I start cleaning the massive furnado.

[Timelapse of the shop filmed from a high angle. Sasha is lying on the table, letting his feet dangle over the edge while he observes the groomer moving large tufts of light gray hair with a broom.]

Groomer: I swear I need to get a bigger trash can if your kind keeps coming in.

VO: I spray Sasha down in Spooky Pumpkin cologne, because Sasha is a spooky guy, and we’re all done. From beginning to end, this groom took four hours, with a short break for snacks in between.

[Sasha sits on the table, observing the camera in that same cold manner he has before.]

VO: And all that’s left to say is thank you for watching, I hope you enjoyed the stern Sasha.

#my wolf boys #girl with the dogs #writers on tumblr #werewolf #foxy speaks

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indigoinka · 7 months

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Hi! I’m finally getting around to that intro post I promised months ago, and honestly, you could be here for some time.

I’m squatting on a whole bunch of social media accounts, but this is the only place I feel safe anymore, though I do have a little reader group on the Meta-hole (🤢). I wish I could get my AuDHD head around Discord, but it feels like the old Yahoo boards mated with a speeding train, and I'm just too tired for that.

Wherever you look, I’ll be indigoinka or Inka York there.

This is me:

About me, then:

I love tea. Would I even be British if I didn’t?

I love cake. British.

And cider. British.

Yeah, and pie.

Food. I like food.

Please rec queer TV shows to me because I don’t watch as much as I should, and sometimes I just need to refill my crusty old well.

I love supporting indie authors, and rarely read trad stuff these days unless the blurb and sample are god tier.

Feel free to ask questions and tag me in writing games, or whatever shenanigans you get up to around here.

What do I write?

I write queer books, mostly urban fantasy, and usually set in the same storyworld. I also write contemporary gay romance, sometimes with an alien twist. And I’m wide with my books, so you can find them at all the major online retailers and in library catalogues.

I write what I like to read, which sometimes includes problematic tropes, but mostly includes wholesome shit like twin stories, sibling banter, ride or die friendships, a hearty mix of fluff and angst, found families, annoying ghosts, salty supernaturals, cinnamon rolls with knives, and sentient vehicles. Oh, and goats. I love me a judgemental goat.

My favourite tropes

Well, it started as a love triangle/square/dodecahedron, but now everybody's fucking (I don't know what this trope is actually called)

Forced proximity/only one bed (or coffin, in my case)

Friends to lovers (AKA idiots who took too long to notice how perfect they are)

Grumpy/Sunshine

Secret twins

Rivals to lovers

Hurt/comfort

My storyworlds

Cascade Apocrypha (queer paranormal/urban fantasy in many subgenres from pirate adventures to cosy mysteries to paranormal romance)

Feverish (contemporary gay romance)

Dracate System (AKA Gay Space Bridgerton)

My books

My first series, Not the Same River, is urban fantasy, upper YA/crossover, set in the Cascade Apocrypha storyworld. It features angels, demons, vamps, vaewolves, goats, succubus nuns, and villains to cry over. Book five is out this month, and the final book is out in February. This is the story of my heart, and the one that spurred a thousand spin-offs that I'll never have time to write.

The first book in that series, A Storm of Paper Starlings, is complete on Wattpad and Inkitt. I was gonna put it on AO3, but it feels weird because I tore all my Potter fics down when JKR started flashing her arse at the entire world, and everything I had on there felt dirty. Anyway, I digress. I might go back. Talk me into it.

I also have two other books updating on Wattpad:

🩷 Victorian Vampire Daddy (MM historical romantic suspense/Cascade Apocrypha)

🩷 My Ex & His Boyfriend (MMM/Feverish storyworld)

My other current series, Tales from the Noctuary (Cascade Apocrypha), has two books out at the retailers:

🩷 Secrets at the Door (historical mystery/suspense with lesbian romance): fat, beekeeping lesbian vampire, queer well-demon with a bad haircut, nonbinary treasure who sometimes makes bad decisions, everybody be gay.

🩷 Puddles in the Pavement (historical mystery and outright shenanigans): queer archangel brother detectives, a perky butler, an escort of indeterminate gender with the worst singing voice in the known world, a vampire duke with terrible table manners, and a Home Secretary with an unasked for appendage (let's hope that doesn't get around).

I have two more books written for this series so far, which will likely debut in my subscription.

Getting to that...

My subscription

13 Club: After Dark is hosted at Ream Stories, the only subscription platform designed specifically for authors and readers, and it is amazing.

You just click on the book cover you want, and the app will drop you into the social e-reader right where you left off, so you can comment right there inside the story. It’s like Patreon + Wattpad + a community board + extra sauce.

Honestly, I could gush about it all week.

This is also me:

So, what’s there?

Well, first, you can follow me there (which is free, obvs) and get access to:

The Weakest Link (Not the Same River #0): features the series MC’s twin sister and the coven she grew up in.

The Cursed Bones of Sergeant Boom!: a contemporary paranormal mystery involving a ghost who gatecrashed a funeral and got followed home by a necromantified corgi (as one does).

Pride’s Treasure: a series of mini adventures with characters from all the stories above, where all the chaos is your fault, because the MC of this story is YOU!

In the paid tiers, there’s 8 weeks early access to the two stories updating on Wattpad, the whole Not the Same River series so far (book 5 is updating now, before it hits the retailers at the end of October 2023). There’s also a 13 Club exclusive story called Earth Render, which is MMMMF (but not reverse harem), again set in the Cascade Apocrypha storyworld. That one features a witch with no beginning, a raven shifter with the best taste in pets, a vampire with memory issues, a vaewolf who can’t control his wolfism, and a nephilim with a huge secret. I promise not to give the Archangel Gabriel a horse penis in this story 👀

There are also physical welcome packs for some of the tiers, and all members are rewarded with After Darkling points, which they can save up each month for sweet treats, like a personalised drabble, or a one-shot featuring their favourite character, or some mystery merch. I love my After Darklings and my little club so much.

My main WIPs at the moment are:

Earth Render serial (mentioned above)

The Dryad's Curse: Pirates of Siorai trilogy (paranormal pirate adventure with romance/Cascade Apocrypha)

Gay Space Bridgerton (space fantasy romance with interplanetary political intrigue and hapless humans/Dracate System)

Almost done... maybe

That was a whole lot of intro (mate, do I love the word shenanigans), but I’m a busy goblin, and though my days are only marginally more comfortable than my painful nights, I still feel grateful that I get to do this every day.

I’d love to chat with you here, on Wattpad, in my FB group (same name as my sub) or over at 13 Club: After Dark. My subscription is what keeps me and my writing going, so if you’re here because you already love my stories, and you have the means, I’d love to see you over there. Your support would mean the world to me, whether it’s a follow or more. I love in-story comments more than life.

I’d love more friends on here, though. So if you’re into queer media and love reading, feel free to follow and I'll follow back.

That’s it from me. I’m finally shutting the fuck up.

Come chat with me whenever you want.

Stay safe!

❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

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butterfly-bandaid · 1 year

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I read the confidence post, and op I just wanted to come here and personally say thank you for the banana fact. I think it is very neat and necessary. I'm not going on anon so if you want you can tell more bee facts. have a wonderful day and thank you(also ignore my name fusbdhsndhsjdh-)

Hello! Sorry it took me SO long to answer this, I kept forgetting about it. Thank you! And I do indeed have more bee facts. These are mostly off the top of my head so take them with a grain of salt. Also, all of these apply to honeybees, not necessarily other types of bees. Also, I haven't had a beehive in several years, so some of these may be outdated.

This is a two-in-one fact. Male bees do not have a father but they do have a grandfather. The way this works is that male bees are from unfertilized eggs, so the queens father is their grandfather but they have no father. The worker/female bees come from fertilized eggs.

On the subject of male bees, also called drone bees, they are pretty useless to the hive so they get kicked out by the worker bees at the end of summer because the hive doesn't have the resources to feed bees that aren't contributing over the winter. Drone bees' purpose is to mate with new queens from other hives, so while they are useful to bees as a species, they don't do anything to support the hive they're born in.

You might already know this one, but drone bees only purpose in life is to mate with a new queen, and after he does this, he dies. His reproductive organs get ripped out and remain attached to the new queen. This is how she can have fertilized and unfertilized eggs, because they don't all get fertilized at once.

In the winter, bees keep the hive warm by huddling in a ball and "unhingeing" their wings from their wing muscles and vibrating their wing muscles to generate heat. They do this all winter.

Honeybees are not native to North America, they were imported from Europe. There are several subspecies of honeybees from different parts of Europe and they all have different temperaments. It's very interesting.

Africanized honey bees, which you may have heard of under the name 'killer bees,' are generally not as scary as the name implies (unless you're allergic to bees). They were bred by Brazilian reaserchers in the '50s by breeding aggressive African bees with more peaceful European honey bees in order to create a honeybee that could thrive in Africa. Several of these hybrid queens escaped captivity and bred with wild honeybee populations. The resulting bees are more protective of their hives, attack more easily, will travel long distances to pursue threats, and stay annoyed for far longer than 'regular' honeybees. These bees can be very productive when managed properly and have been beneficial to Brazil's beekeeping industry, but they can be lethal to animals and in rare cases, humans. They have moved from Brazil all he way up to the southern United States. (Source for this fact is the boom Keeping Bees with Ashley English, by Ashley English, page 31)

When bees swarm, they aren't angry. They're actually in one of their most peaceful states, and are looking for a new home.

Bees have five eyes: two large compound eyes to see with, and three smaller, more simple eyes on the top of their heads that detect light.

When it's hot outside, you might see bees that live in hive boxes doing something called bearding. The bees literally hang off the edge of the hive entrance in a clump that looks like a beard. I would encourage you to look it up, it's funny.

There are several ways to acquire bees if you want to start your own hive. One way if doing it is to order them through the mail. A package of 3lbs of bees would contain a little over 12,000 bees. (I also checked this fact in the same book.) You literally place an order online and then the bees get shipped to your local post office in a box made of wood and screens, with the queen in a separate queen cage, and with a tin of food. If your queen dies, you can order just a queen through the mail as well. I have done both.

My last fact I did look up to make sure it was true, so if you're interested you can read the Wikipedia article. Apparently there's an ancient Chinese medicinal practice called Mellified Man which involves mummifying a person in honey and eventually the body will dissolve, and the honey can be eaten to cure ailments. I don't know if this was a real thing or if it's made up, but there is a Wikipedia page about it.

I hope you don't mind that I answer this publicly so other people can also read random bee facts. Thank you for your ask, I love info-dumping about bees.

#bees #honeybees #bee facts #beekeeping #beekeeping facts #fun facts #mine #answered

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seraandthebees · 6 months

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11, 16, and 24 for the writer asks ✨️

Thank you for the ask!! 💛

I answered 11 here!

16) are there any characters who haunt you?

So many tbh but it’s primarily Rinaldo degli Albizzi from Medici (tv) atm! And I wouldn’t necessarily use the word haunt for Sera but she’s def a presence on my mind 😅 Merrill sometimes pays me a visit though

Javert used to haunt me back in the day but it’s been a while since that was the case

24) have you ever become an expert on something you previously knew nothing about, in order to better a scene or a story?

Well I definitely know a lot more about 14th C Italian banking and politics than I ever thought I’d know before haha! But I wouldn’t call myself an expert bc obviously that’s a very complicated and nuanced field and I certainly haven’t engaged with enough scholarship to earn that title

Back in my les mis days, I did learn a lot about 19th C French medical practices to write a post Seine fic (which I don’t know if it’s still up/I ever posted?)

In future, I’ll probably be doing some research about beekeeping in order to write some SeHerah but that idea is on the back burner at the moment

#answered asks #thank you 💕💕💕#ask meme

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purplekoop · 1 year

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I still owe myself to get out a full Overwatch figure ramble but I just realized that the "Carbon Fiber" 4-pack of the Ultimates (hasbro) line isn't just the Carbon Fiber skins.

The set contains Genji, Zarya, Pharah, and D.va. Zarya's default skin was a solo box before, but Genji and Pharah's default looks are exclusively available in 2-packs with Hanzo and Mercy, respectively. D.va, depressingly, is only available in this 4-pack, meaning there's no Ultimates figure of her normal skin (though she does have the Figma if you insist on accuracy at a higher cost)

What I just realized though after 4 months of having these figures is that uh... They're not all the "Carbon Fiber" skins for these heroes.

Obviously we all know Carbon Fiber Genji, it's probably the most iconic Epic skin in the game. simple, effective, very cool gamer look.

Probably the single best recolor they could've gone with for any figure in the whole line.

Then there's Pharah, who got the less iconic but still nice Carbon Fiber skin.

This one's interesting, as this skin actually is one of the most recent designs that got an Ultimates figure. It came out in the Anniversary 2019 event, and this figure set came out in September 2019, meaning it was less than half a year from in-game to figure for this one! Part of me wonders if they made this relatively basic skin just so they could round out this 4-pack.

Okay now here's the part where I'm just stupid: the other two skins technically aren't "Carbon Fiber" skins despite being in the Carbon Fiber 4 pack.

Zarya's skin is officially titled "Midnight", which the box outright says. I'm just dumb.

It was one of her original base game two Epic skins too, so it's been around for a while.

Then there's D.va, which is what initially got me down this sudden spiral. The skin in this figure set is Midnight, another from Anniversary 2019 just like the Pharah skin.

But the thing is... D.va also has a skin called Carbon Fiber.

It's a pretty popular one too, been in the game since 1's launch, and it looks strikingly different from the Midnight skin, so uh. Yeah I'm just dumb I think.

While on this subject, I think I should go over the rest of this Carbon Fiber and Midnight saga, since there's a lot of skins with that name.

Orisa's Carbon Fiber is actually a Legendary skin, with its striking feature being the apparently floating limbs. It's one of her initial defaults, and its counterpart is "Protector" (the one with a genji face in the torso).

Zenyatta's funky-faced Carbon Fiber comes from a unique place in Overwatch content history: the January 2018 Blizzard World content drop, which added a bunch of new cosmetics into the base year-round loot pool in addition to the new map. As such, Zen appears to have 3 "default" Epic skins.

Brigitte's is another Epic skin of her default two. This one has some extra details though (as was the case with most post-launch heroes), namely with some extra cybernetic-looking details on her face.

Here's Doomfist's Carbon Fiber, also from Anniversary 2019. Oddly enough, his seems to have some extra paint details. He never had an Ultimates figure, so maybe my theory about the simpler recolors being made explicitly for the figures is onto something?

Echo's is one of her two default Epics she's had since her release. Funny enough, this is the one that actually looks the most like actual Carbon Fiber.

And then finally is Sigma's Carbon Fiber skin, which was one of the weekly challenge rewards from Anniversary 2020. I'd say it reminds me of bees if he didn't just get a full-on beekeeper skin.

Oh, and Reaper technically also has a Rare skin called "Midnight", but it's one of the basic recolors and very clearly not meant to be part of the same theme as the Zarya and D.va skins.

...

Yeah this is how quickly I go on a spiral over fancy palette swaps in a video game and its adjacent merch.

#overwatch #overwatch 2 #overwatch merch #overwatch ultimates figures

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mushlandsandbeyond · 2 years

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can you give me a general overview of the characters?

ok so this is gonna be a bit big so i'll try to section them off by region (where they currently live rn)! and also keep in mind that some characters here are in development, not all of them will be mentioned, all of this is subject to change so yadda yadda-

here we go! (and sorry for such a long ask !!!! 😭😭😭i am just glad i can properly introduce most of them finally)

🍄The Mushlands

Leopold Drummond - Archaeologist, author, researcher! He's responsible for creating the in-universe Mushlands guide series. He hails from a far away town called Rooteletor. Currently staying in Meadowview

Ethel Schwabacher - A wizard from Frosta Pinto who is living in Meadowview. An editor and good friend of Leopold

Voras - Shapeshifting spider, local carpenter living in Meadowview :) a chill guy

Kazashi Chaki - A witch who can trans ur gender and moved in from far away :) owns a cafe with animated dolls (and may or may not be a doll herself). catgirl :3

Dorian - A human who's also partially an Enderman from a curse! Not originally born in the Mushlands, and traveled with his sister and what remains of their village to seek refuge. Is a beekeeper for the Bee Kingdom! (also this is mod dorian's minecraftsona!!!)

Bubble - Dorian's little sister, founded the Mushroom Village right outside of the bee kingdom! (mod dorian's sister's character!)

Prisma Greensmith - One of the many crewmates for the Birates (Bi Pirates)! Originally from Nuvola Rosa, but left a long time ago. Adept engineer and lightning manipulator, and is also a wizard.

SeaLanternz - Captain of the Birates, assembled a crew not long before departing their homeland, Astoria. Just a frunky glow squid guy :) (mod sealan's minecraftsona/oc!)

Emerl - The current identity of the sculk originating from the city under Deepmine. As the mayor of Deepmine, she holds great power over the settlement, and her mind-controlling spores help ensure she stays that way. However, she is relatively young for an immortal creature, and with that comes a misplaced sense of invulnerability.

Cinnabar Draconis - A doctor working in Deepmine’s only hospital, and someone immune to sculk’s effects. She’s aware something is wrong with the town, and is trying to find a way to fix it without arousing suspicion.

Raven Piedra - Blaze lady from the Nether, was an outcast before making friends with Ophelia in Floralbourne!

Ophelia Blumenthal - A potionmaker from Floralbourne and beekeeper for the Bee Kingdom!

Zephyr Marcello - Current head/templekeeper for Ametista Curativa, an amethyst temple in Mystic Mauve. He is a medium (in this case, one who gains power from an other source) and can heal and protect others.

Marisa Jansson - Current Mayor of Mystic Mauve. One of many immigrants from Old Maelstrom after the sea rising event, and direct daughter of Samael Jansson, the last mayor for Old Maelstrom.

Neifion Van Der Zee - A man living on the shores of New Maelstrom. He was taken away to help provide weapons for a war and was shocked when he came back home to Old Maelstrom now underwater.

💭Damgo Archipelago

Selenea Somnolento, Electra Burdain, Fajra Justinia, Lorelei Liliales - The first four high wizards of the Damgo Archipelago, Selenea was also the founder and first head wizard. In order they established Nuvola Rosa, Turtle Haven, Frosta Pinto, and Mossten. All of them are gone and have ascended to become gods or god-like, protecting over their respective islands.

Antony Wisp - Current Head Wizard of the archipelago and High Wizard of Nuvola Rosa.

Maverick Burdain - Current high wizard of Turtle Haven! He likes to host parties and is a turtle whisperer. Antony assigns him as the acting Head Wizard whenever he's absent.

Elisabeth Sommer - Current high wizard of Frosta Pinto. Literature fanatic and feline enjoyer, becomes acting Head Wizard if Antony and Maverick are absent.

Roe Egglovett - Current high wizard of Mossten. gra 🐸! Does a bit of mischief when she feels like it. Becomes acting Head Wizard if all others are absent.

Polaris Tang - Apprentice under Antony, set to be the next High Wizard of Nuvola Rosa once she completes her training. Found under mysterious circumstances, adopted by Antony.

Arthuria - A humanoid phantom living in Nuvola Rosa. She brews levitation potions. As a phantom, she still feeds off of insomnia, but since she lives in a big city she doesn’t have to harass anyone for it like a wild phantom.

Vega Somnolento - Great granddaughter of Selenea, she is the current priestess of the moon church on Nuvola Rosa. Somewhat enigmatic but doesn't take things too seriously.

🗻Astoria

Lady Irene - A legend in Astoria's history who protected the country during times of war. She was the first paladin and established order and peace throughout the country. She ascended as a goddess of peace and strategy.

Laurance Zvahl - A paladin for the knights. Has been searching SeaLanternz for an unknown amount of time. (???)

Cadenza Zvahl - Laurance's adoptive sister, a renowned seamstress. Her top clients are the knights.

Garroth Ro'meave - A scout for the knights. As a child he was cursed to become a werewolf by Zane, however this has proven to be a great asset for his duties later down the line.

Zane Ro'meave - Former high priest, and Garroth's younger brother. He has been sent to prison for conspiring against the royal family.

Zenith - A ranger for the knights. Goat guy, best friends with Garroth.

Lucinda Avenue - A witch who lives by the outskirts of Astoria with her owl familiar.

🌵Echino Mesa

Samson - The current identity of the sculk which resides within Echino Mesa’s borders. A powerful and enigmatic figure, not much is known about him. He mentors Maristela, and while he is generally laid back, he has an aura of menace around him. It would be wise to stay on his good side.

Marisa Caelum - Former bandit turned bounty hunter. Wizard gunslinger who uses gun-shaped twigs to fire magical bullets and can transmute sand into explosive glitter.

Maristela Aphros - One of the last few descendants of the decimated Aphros clan of wizards. Being mentored by the very same creature who almost wiped out his line.

Maysie Meadows - Wandering trader. She doesn't really live in Echino Mesa but was born there :)

Leticia Addams - Takes care of her family business (carpentry) and also runs The Drippy Spoon, a saloon located in Thornton.

Lottie Carpenter - Assassin for hire and certified wifegirl, may or may not have split from her family in the past.

Coleman Burdain - Younger brother of Electra Burdain and the grandfather of Monstrology (no relation to wizard101. sorry again). Established himself in Echino Mesa and set the basis for studying the undead, the otherworldly, and the unknown. He's dead

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