#if we had it our way

[boysssofthemonth]

if we had it our way update

i know part thirteen just came out but i might post the fourteenth part to ‘if we had it our way’ just cause its more of a filler part. and dont want u guys to wait another day for nothing.

so i’ll post the fourteenth part in a couple hours but in the mean time. check out the thirteenth part here

and also give some love to jjxreader soft launch on socials here 🤍

#if we had it our way #rafe cameron #outerbanks #jj maybank #drew starkey #drew starkey x reader #outerbanks rafe #rafe obx #rudy pankow texts #jj maybank fluff #rafecameron #boyfriend rafe

[theshadowrealmitself]

I like to think that Vulcans who come to understand that Humans just can’t try to process emotions the same way as them, it’s just healthiest to let it out in harmless ways, decide that venting and stuff should be taken just as seriously as Vulcan’s meditation time, and will encourage the Humans around them to complain about what’s upsetting them

People who are used to aloof Vulcans who avoid Humans at all cost running into one comforting a Human

“-and then they said my cheesecake was subpar, and they didn’t even bring a dish!!!”

“The purpose of this event was that every participant brings a food item of sorts, correct?”

“Yeah!!”

“And they did not follow this rule while insulting dishes that were brought?”

“Mostly just my dish but yeah >:(“

“How illogical”

“That’s what I’m saying!!!”

#star trek #Vulcans #Humans #not based on a specific thing #but I used to know this annoying couple that were ‘family friends’ #who would show up to potluck dinners and the like and would either bring nothing or bring something really just. out of left field? #like a bag of frozen chicken to a bbq #and then proceed to make sure they are first even if it was stated to let kids go first #would take HUGE amounts before anyone else got a chance to get a plate #and then make off with the leftovers again even if they were already claimed for #and it wasn’t a food insecurity thing trust me I would never speak bad about a person getting food if that was even a remote chance #the adults who raised us knew them really well and we’d been to their house a ton of times #they were just dicks #and yeah. they’d occasionally insult the food. while eating the MAJORITY of it. #it was so weird at their home they would go out of their way to get the healthiest options possible #you know the really bland tasteless expensive stuff that apparently was healthier #but then if they were visiting our house they would. eat all our unhealthy snacks. #that always pissed me off so much as a kid because we actually had a food insecurity thing going on #and also a variety of other reasons that are a bit too depressing to bring up on this post #but anyways we’d hardly ever get to have nice snacks #and this couple would just take them all??? even after we’d tell them repeatedly that it was ours and those snacks weren’t gonna be #replaced #hated that couple #if you’re wondering why they were ‘family friends’ it’s because the couple who raised us #(it feels weird to type it out like that but apparently legal guardians doesn’t fit since they never finished petitioning 💀) #liked having them around because it made them look like ‘such great Christian’s’ being nice to the people #that no one else wanted to be friends with #I always thought that was a really weird and fucked up reason to be friends with someone #this got long sorry 😭

[inkskinned]

probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.

we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."

at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.

the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.

the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.

what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.

here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.

#this is true #writeblr #warm up #relatedly for some reason one of our Favorite Jokes #amongst the Siblings #is like - ''this is so good u will love it'' #while we are reacting to something we OBVIOUSLY find viscerally disgusting #like we will be actively retching and be like ''nooooo it's so good'' #to the point that i sometimes get nervous if someone outside my family is like oh u should try it its good #(obvi we never force each other to eat anything. we are all just curious birds and #like. we're GONNA try the new thing.) #edit to answer why we had so much vanilla: #my mom is a very good cook and we LOVE to bake. so she just had a lot of staples in the house. #it's one of those things that's like. have u ever continuously thought ''ah i should get butter im probably out'' #even tho u are not out of butter. so u end up with like 5 years of butter. #my mom would do that in a costco but like with vanilla extract #to be fair we WERE always using WAY TOO MUCH bc we were kids #so like she was right to stock up #ps. yes we were VERY sick after this lol i just didn't want to include it in the post in case ppl had an ick about that #u can tell it's real bc we knew "oh no we fucked up that's too much vanilla to waste'' but our reaction was to just. keep drinking it #> sibling understanding that vanilla extract isn't free > knowledge mother doesnt mind if we use it for milkshakes #> sibling choice to maybe get in a loophole of ''not wasting it'' if we drink it bc that's the same as using it (not throwing it out) #listen bud i was like 13 and my sister was like 9 #when my mom discovered this we. got in. A LOT. of trouble. a lot of it. a LOT of it. #3rd edit bc i guess it isn't clear - i am 1 of my brother's 2 little sisters #i am the middle child #out of all the ways i have had to explain a post before being like ''did u forget a middle child can happen'' is my favorite

[deadmomjokes]

PSA: tomatoes are not spicy. Tomatoes and tomato products should not be spicy. Pizza sauce isn't inherently spicy. Tomato-based pasta sauce is not spicy. Ketchup is NOT spicy.

If tomatoes are spicy, you have an allergy to tomatoes.

This announcement brought to you by my almost 29-year-old husband learning for the first time in his 2.8 decades of putting food products into his mouth that spaghetti and saucy pizza aren't spicy foods

#his amazement at our daughter eating spaghetti willingly #when apparently he's been suffering in silence over there his whole life #and i'm like ???? #and he's like ''you didn't make this spicy?'' #NO #NO I DID NOT #and he just blue screens for a minute #and i'm like YOU THINK SPAGHETTI IS SPICY??? #and he's all ''yeah that's why i prefer we don't have it very often'' #the absolute SHOCK i tell you #turns out he hates ketchup because it's spicy and he never understood why people wanted to dip fries in spicy sauce #i was like ''DUDE ketchup is supposed to be sweet and maybe a touch tangy but also cool and refreshing'' #and he's like ''SWEET?????'' #so uh yeah turns out dude's allergic to tomatoes and he just assumed everyone had a way higher spice tolerance than him #cuz he can find ''non spicy'' food too hot #and it's just all tomato based stuff and we never thought to connect the dots #mild salsa? too spicy. IT'S THE TOMATOES. #tacos? too spicy even at baby heat levels. IT'S THE TOMATOES. #prefers alfredo to marinara despite alfredo having objectively more pepper in it than marinara #he thought his spice tolerance was just so wimpy that my 'normal' was too spicy for him #so he's just been dealing with 1-3 meals a week being spicy to him our entire marriage WITHOUT SAYING A WORD #because he didn't want to offend me with his wimpy palate #IT'S THE TOMATOES #it's always been the gosh darn tomatoes

[petrichara]

Trying to remember the last time I played hide and seek. The last time I said hi to everyone on the street or saw the girls I spent every day of six years with. The last time my dad picked me up, or my mum brushed my hair. When was the last time I dressed without consideration? There is so much to think about now. I remember falling on the grass at school and making stories with the clouds. Hanging upside down from the swing and realising how big the world was. I wonder on the path of growing when we stop feeling big. I am taller now, smaller still.

#growing up #girlhood #grief #I saw a childhood friend yesterday #she was working #and after twelve years of knowing her it had been a year #her hair is longer #her smile brighter #and the intense sincerity of the happiness we shared for one another was heavy and freeing all at once #I don’t know when we stopped playing #and I know life has gotten in the way #but at some point all our dreams became options #with the life I choose daily I am happy #and still #I wish we could go back once to when nothing mattered but how fast you could run #childhood friends #they know you even when you don’t know yourself #mine

[fefairys]

inspired by the poll asking if you would tell your best friend if you were in love with them

#cuz a lot of ppl on that poll were like #'no way id be afraid of ruining the friendship' #but idk man ive told friends i had a crush on them #and got rejected and like #we just. continued being friends like normal. nothing changed #except they would sometimes tease me about my crush haha #but it wasnt a big deal and didnt effect our friendship #and also getting rejected helps me get over an unrequited crush #so it eventually faded after being told theyre not interested #and we were just best friends still #nbd! #poll

[tsuchinokoroyale]

Happy new years… let’s stay hydrated together ✨

#I didn’t end up going to the rave just stayed in with my buddies and had KFC (( Korean fried chicken )) and laughed til we cried so #it was still a wonderful start to the new year 💞🥰💞 #but the fwb wanted pics of my potential rave look so I figured eh I brought the stuff anyways #and now I’m imagining locking eyes with a stranger on the warm and writhing dance floor #the beat thumps and shakes and rattles the air in our breath as the spotlights dance in the reflections of our held gaze #he pushes his way through the crowd with a singular stare and a wicked smile on his face #I smile and turn my back on him arching myself so he knows I am giving what he’s looking for #I take careful steps through the revelry toward the edge where the crowd thins out #I prop myself up on an available stool in a lonely corner of the club as he closes the distance between us #“now I wonder why you dragged me all the way here” he utters in a playful growl “trying to get far away from the crowd?” #I smile and I nod. “obviously. can’t really do what I want with you out there” #his eyes perk up and his smile gives away the desire building inside him. “yeah? why don’t you show me then.” #“I thought you’d never ask” I smirk. I reach down into my pants and pull out my phone #“so this one is blue. he’s the oldest but he’s sooooo sweet. and that’s Eva. my only girl she’s sassy but she loves swea-” he leaves #whaddahell I say demurely whimpering even… whaddahell… #gpoy

[winterstaryu]

WHERE IS. THE RELEASE DATE. WHERE IS THE FUCKING RELEASE DATE?????

#ofmd #our flag means death #I AM GOING CRAZY I STG #REMEMBER HOW STEDE HAD JUST FOUND HIS CREW? AND WE HAVE LITERALLY NO IDEA IF LUCIUS IS ALIVE? #AND IZZY JUST LOST A FUCKING TOE #AND THEYRE STUCK ON A TINY ISLAND WITH NO WAY OFF EXCEPT STEDE'S STUPID LITTLE ROWBOAT? #AND JIM AND FRENCHIE ARE BEING HELD PRISONER???? #AND OLUWANDE HAS NO IDEA WHERE THEY ARE!? #IM. I NEED. I JUST. #WHERE IS THE RELEASE DATE

[lesbaurinkos]

we really need to have some more respect for our bravest warriors and by that i mean phil. can u imagine the agonies he went thru upon first receiving pictures of sister daniel and just having to live with it cause he was on a whole other continent? can u imagine his torment in this world? dyeing everything in the house green in a fit of madness would be the least i would do in his shoes. personally

#he's so strong hes so brave for enduring that. truly when u think about what he went thru (sister daniel) the green dye madness is normal. #in a way. in a way hes normal. i understand philip i understand #of course if the green was pre-halloween thats even funnier. im not sure which i will choose to believe #because its also incredibly funny to believe pj and sophie had to stage their intervention on account of The Green Adventure. so #but either way know that i do think hes our bravest soldier and we oughta have sympathy. for his woes. for his green woes.

[saltpepperbeard]

Stede + His Babies

#OFMD #Our Flag Means Death #Stede Bonnet #Alma Bonnet #Louis Bonnet #Rhys Darby #ofmdedit #ofmdaily #ofmdblog #ofmdgifs #Edit #...Do y'all randomly get emo over Stede and his babies #BECAUSE I DO LMAO #I SURE DO #The little interactions we get absolutely gut me #Because like #Had the circumstances been different I'm sure he would have been an amazing father #And I'm sure he wanted to be way WAY better than HIS father #So I'm sure not being able to be fully present because he was so pained was horrible for everyone involved #But I'm still glad he tried to play with them and share a little piece of his world with them #A little bit of what was going on within his heart with them #And then I'm so glad that a little piece of his heart stayed with them always #I'm really just glad he reconciled with his family PERIOD #But man the bit with Alma and the orange #Because she was mature enough and old enough to resent him for being absent #But maybe some part of her recognized that he cared #And that it just...couldn't work out #But that they'd still be in each other's hearts regardless #Like MMMMMMMM :)))

[bo0zey]

we as a society moved past motor oil gerard waaayy too damn fast for my liking

#when i first saw these images i was like…..o….oh my god…but??????? n o one?? was going feral???? #LIKE WHY ARENT YALL GOING FERAL THIS LOOK IS MEANT FOR US TO LOSE OUR MINDS N GO COMPLETELY FERAL #this is why i can’t deal w this new generation of mcr fans on twt they’re so focused on clown/tampon gerard that motor oil g just????? #shorts gerard got some recognition thankfully but like we already had a shorts gerard era so?? #but a MOTOR OIL GERARD??????? #this look is literally right up in the rankings w priest gerard but y’all skipped past it way too damn fast to appreciate it smh #gerard way #mcr reunion #mcr reunion tour #mcr tour #mcr #my chemical romance #mcr gerard way #mine

[boysssofthemonth]

if we had it our way ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

new part comes out tomorrow guys!

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but i did post a lil something - it’s a rafe x reader click here if you want to read it. lmk your thoughts, i love to hear feedback and if u guys want a second part. I’ve had a couple request it already so i’m already thinking of it.

also coming up in a couple days is gonna be another lil one shot of boyfriend!rafe, look forward to it. you guys really liked the previous one i made so i did snapchat version for u guys to enjoy.

#rafe cameron #drew starkey #if we had it our way #outerbanks #jj maybank #outerbanks rafe #rafe obx

[souryellows]

there was a room in the old family farmhouse that was technically my uncle’s office but we just called it ‘the clown room’ because it was decorated floor to ceiling with clownery. clown paintings and posters. piles of clown magazines. clown statues. and even worse is the house was burnt down at one point and when they finished fixing it up they put the clown room back together with the same decorations, now all at least somewhat damaged in the fire, the worst of which were the horrific partially melted clown statues

#real ‘we dont have a kid take our clown statue and get out’ type of family #the fire was started by a disgruntled handyman who broke into a safe stole the family jewels and burnt down the farm on his way out #then he moved in next door to one of my cousins #and put our aunt’s horse trailer (which he had also stolen lol) #for sale in his front yard lmao #self #text

[littlenimart]

// even if this is something that cannot be allowed, the flames jump higher still //

(my friends had a Good Omens S2 bingo where the winner chose their prize. @bargainbinsquid got the highest score and asked that the rest of us make them “good omens yuri.” this is my tribute.)

#good omens #vocaloid magnet #vocaloid #ineffable husbands #all good omens. is Yuri. to me. #I spent way too long on this trying to get that weird over-dodged 2010 internet anime art style #I love rachel tho so all time spent was time well spent lmaooo #bingo rules were we all made our own bingo cards and the person who got bingo first or barring that had the most boxes checked won #boxes were all s2 predictions of various levels of seriousness. ranged from /god is on earth/ to /A and C kiss with tongue/ lmao

[anglerflsh]

get Apollo'd idiot @sheerunfilteredhubris

#[.art] #^ if the didascalia is unclear this is meant to be a portrait of sorts. Of my friend. Technically of the greek god too but same thing #Juno #<- goes in my tags soley in this way I don't have a clue of what else to put on here #with added closeups! This took me one afternoon and some. I think about four hours in total if I add up all the last-minute editing #it was going to have a more complex background but it ruined the constrast and the shapes got lost in it so I had to scrap that #alas I don't think this will work as a way to achieve endless youth but we can't /all/ turn art into devil deals #no I'm not going to stop making that joke. I think it's hilarious. #also my soundtrack for this was the Hozier youtube automated playlist. we are not escaping with our lives I fear /j #is it neoclassical or more baroque? The main inspiration was the first but the harsher contrast reminds me of the second #ah well. You can tell me that. I can't analyse my own art #my art #greek mythology #classical mythology #painting #apollo #<- i'm putting these tags back here so it doesn't show up in the search it's just for my blog organisation

[utilitycaster]

I must admit that despite my typical hesitation to make direct comparisons from fantasy d&d worlds to modern politics the best analogy I can find for the people joining the Ruby Vanguard is the modern (20th century to present) support of right-wing populism. I think many of the people who follow those leaders do have legitimate concerns and needs that aren't being met; I think the frustration and disillusionment is very real; but also they are latching onto an extremely powerful guy who is using them, isn't actually helping them, and to follow him requires a willingness, bordering on eagerness, to fuck over your neighbors. And in the end he's not here to help you, he's just bringing in a force of psionics who will mind-control anyone who dissents. The only rather cold comfort is that they'll probably kill him first.

#i also think a factor is that we haven't had a character like the schuesters as a PC #just a religious person who gets nothing from it; Molly is really the sole example and we didn't dig into it #like... it's actually not terribly common as I understand for people to expect something in exchange for worship #certainly not a single general prayer the way our current PCs seem to expect #critical role