#member of the tea family!

[aisling-saoirse]

Franklinia Alatamaha - A Plant Extinct from the wild due to habitat loss from cotton farming

#the human and environmental toll of slavery #Franklin tree #franklinia Alatamaha #it actually comes from the altamaha river plains but there was a typo in the latin #the flowers smell beautiful #member of the tea family!

[spacedace]

“Hey, I need to get married for bullshit Infinite Realms reasons, you two in?”

“Tt, of course.”

“Sure thing! Do we need to get going for that like, right now? Or later?”

“Eh, like in a couple of hours? The Observants are demanding some Royal Ball or something and they pulled out some stupid old laws out of their collective asses that if I’m not married by the time it starts they can assign me spouses of their choosing, can you fucking believe that shit?”

“Woah, what the hell? Can they even do that?”

“I was under the impression they were only permitted to observe.”

“Right? It’s total crap, but apparently there’s like this super old law on the books and they didn’t bring it up until now when there’s like no time left to try and force me to marry someone they pick.”

“They are training to gain influence over you?”

“Eh, more like they’re trying to get control of my Dad by way of me. But still fucked as hell.”

“So why do you need to marry both of us? Or do you just need to marry one of us and we should play rock paper scissor for it?”

“Technically I only need to marry one of you, but I don’t want them pulling out any loopholes or something. So, it’d be great if one of you could be my consort for my role as Queen of Mirrors, and one could be my consort for my role as Crown Princess. You two can figure who’s who on that all that, I’m good with whatever.”

“Oooh, can I be consort for the Mirror Court? I can annoy Kon more that way.”

“I am amenable to that. Grandfather will have a fit when he learns that I can cut his access to the Pits off at my discretion and there’s nothing he can do about it.”

“Awesome, okay are you two good for meeting up at like, three? We can pop over to my Lair and get everything sorted out there.”

“Works for me, my only class til this afternoon is at one and the professor already said we’re cutting out early because she has to go out of town this weekend.”

“Four would be more agreeable if possible, I have to take Titus to the vet for his checkup.”

“Okay let’s aim for four then. It’s just signing some paperwork, making some quick blood-slash-ectoplasm pacts and swearing a couple binding oaths… Should only take like five or ten minutes?”

“They’re not gonna make you have a huge royal wedding or anything?”

“Nah. Dad keeps things pretty chill so as long as the paperwork is all in order we’ll be good. Though once Auntie Dorathea finds out she’s absolutely gonna make us have one. She loves planning weddings. Swear its what she makes her hoard out of somehow.”

“So long as we have a say in some of the proceedings I have no issue with that eventuality.”

“Same, it sounds like it’d be a fun way to annoy the Observants even more.”

“Don’t for get all the weirdos trying to be my suitors and all that bullshit.”

“We have an accord then. We can reconvene at the usual place.”

“Awesome, you two are the best! I gotta jet and let everyone know and get the ball rolling on the paperwork stuff. See you guys at four!”

With that, Nomad - Stella Phantom, Crown Princess of the Infinite Realms, Queen of Mirrors, Core of the Speedforce and ghostly hero of the Titans and the Justice League - tore a rip in the fabric of space and time and darted out of the room the same way she came. Through the mind-bending tear in reality the eerie, eye-searing green of the Infinite Realms glowed in all its unsettling glory, Phantom Keep a glittering expanse of night sky made solid in the distance.

Jon waved at her cheerfully as Damian gave a nod of farewell before both silently turned their attention back to their respective tablets as the portal closed behind their friend and teammate and the glimpse of the Ghost Zone disappeared again. Completely unbothered by the conversation just held or the life changing implications that came with them.

Jon was humming as he tapped away at something on the screen before him, Damian propping his head up on his fist in vague boredom as he frowned down at the information he was reading.

The rest of the room Nomad had left behind was caught in a frozen, stunned silence in the wake of the baffling conversation they’d all just been witness to. All eyes in the room darted between Flamebird and Pheonix seated calmly at the end of the table, then to the space where Nomad had disappeared to, back to the young men, and then towards the head of the table where Superman and Batman sat looking bewildered and a bit on the verge of heart attacks.

The short status update meeting was about to become much, much longer it seemed.

Though a lot more entertaining.

#dpxdc #dani phantom #danielle phantom #elle phantom #jon kent #jon el kent #damian wayne #justice league #super serious chaos #possible platonic super serious chaos it's up to yall #clones are called mirrorborn in the infinite realms #elle is the ancient of the speedforce #Dani Phantom is the Ancient of the Speedforce #I will make this happen if it kills me please someone else write something for this I'm going feral #impulsively marrying your friends to fuck with some of the most powerful entities in existence is a fun pass time everyone should try #their friends and family are exactly as unhinged as these three - sometimes even *More* unhinged - and can't say shit about it #so many justice league members are torn between sobbing because 'This was going to be a short meeting for once!' 😭 #and being SO EXCITED because the chaos that is about to break out in this meeting room is going to be SO GOOD #There is so much tea that is going to be spilled at the cafeteria after this

[dumplingsjinson]

Character A separates from Character B to take a breather from the kiss, only to laugh in surprise when Character B starts pulling them on top of them.

"What are you doing?" they question, straddling Character B; feels Character B pressing against them. They blink, swallowing heavily; it doesn't take much for them to understand what that means, as they cautiously grind their hips down against Character B's, testing the waters.

Character B's hands sneak up their torso, hands cupping their clothed breasts, massaging them gently as Character A lets out soft little sighs and breathy moans, hips quickening with speed; ducking down to bury their face on Character B's neck every now and again out of embarrassment and to muffle the noises they were making.

"Wait, wait, wait," Character B breathes out, holding onto Character A's hips to stop them from moving. Character A sits up, looking down at them, heart skipping a beat at the way Character B stares up at them with hooded eyes. "We shouldn't be too loud, yeah? How about we go somewhere else?"

#based on personal experience lmfaoofeneklnwf #bc one anon asked me to spill the tea so UHHH #his family members were in their respective rooms and the walls aren't sound proof and considering how noisy i was last time... welfnwelkfn #we ended up going to some park which is like a 10-15 minute drive from his house to hug and makeout #i'm pretty sure he wanted to Do Other Things but in my head i was like “this is a public fucking place so absolutely not ewlkfnwelkfn" #like i'm pretty sure he had other intentions with the context i've given in the prompt lol #cat guy chronicles #writing prompts #prompts #dialogue prompts #smut prompts #suggestive prompts #otp prompts #writing scenarios

[atherflame-theconcubus]

How would the swap shuffle people react to the twins eating rocks

Panic from most excluding lune. It isn’t the strangest things someone has eaten. (Radiant has eaten batteries at one point)

#ather answers #reblog chain #swap shuffle au #canonically speaking the only members of the celestial family with normal addictions are nova & line #nova with tea #& line with noodles (his same food) #**lune.. not line #sams au #shattered bloodmoon #sun and moon show

[localguy2]

I hate my brain sometimes because my favourite pairing keeps changing every 5 minutes depending on my mood

Feeling good? Echo and Zane

chaotic? Jay and Cole

Need of angst? Zane and Lloyd

Desire to see an idiot and their functional braincell partner? Kai and PIXAL

I think you get the picture...

#Should probably point out #But for me it's strictly platonic/family types #I don't mind romantic but it's personally not my cup of tea #There are rare exceptions where romantic is right out no #Such as any ROMANTIC pairing with Lloyd and a member of the ninja #Or one of the ninja and their family (Kai and Nya or Zane and Echo etc) #In that case #Ew #Guy talking #ninjago

[randomnameless]

Typing about a certain support, I wanted to share some nuggets :

The only reason nobles enjoy the status they do is because their bloodlines carry Crests. If Crests lose their value, so will titles of nobility.

Supreme Leader's "logic", there are no nobles in Fodlan who don't have crests, so if crests = nobles, no crests = no nobles.

Even a mooner could understand it!

I suppose someone who lived in Leicester and heard many heroic tales about Judith, the Hero of Daphnel who was noble even without a crest, and sat at the roundtable until she was replaced by another crest-less noble, would disagree with her, right?

I really agree with your thinking.

The ills of having two crests : it makes people lose their grasp on reality - hopefully the formula was refined thanks to House Ordelia's participation, so Supreme Leader doesn't suffer from the same symptoms.

My parents have suffered throughout their lives due to their nobility.

Remind me why her parents suffered ? And who did it ?

Eighteen years ago, House Ordelia was involved in a civil conflict within the Empire. All we did was respond to a call for aid. We weren't involved politically. But once the rebellion was crushed, my family was held responsible for the aid we gave, and the Empire gained some sway over us as a result.

Or

Ah... I imagine it was when the Empire was meddling with my family. We lived in shackles back then. I have no doubts. We weren't allowed contact with anyone from the outside. It was strictly forbidden.

Surely House Ordelia suffered a lot because they were nobles, and not because they helped people, and Ionius took it wrong so sent some of his people there to control said House and use its children as guinea pigs.

Tldr : Crusts BaD, Lizards BaD, Church BaD

#the difference between Tru Piss Lys putting her brain in sleep mode and other routes Lys is staggering #like i wonder if you can get the Big B support in Tru Piss? #and it's hilarious because in the Supreme support she sides with Ionius' daughter and the people who killed her family members #against a third party because apparently said third party is the reason why Ionius and Thales ruined her family? #Because they wanted to get rid of the third party??? #tl dr : Rhea BaD bcs she exists #and the fact Supreme Leader knows everything about Lys' situation but stil gaslights her in their support is priceless #that's Arvis levels of manipulation and cunning to make someone side with them against all logic #FE16 #but to keep the uwu and tea flowing the writers had to erase Judith and Edmund Sr from Lysithea's mind

[feluka]

i want irl friends.

#and i want my family to stop being so cruel to me. amen. #and i want my mother to stop thinking it's my responsibility to deescalate the violent actions of male family members. amen #OH and i want something that has cinammon in it and tea with oat milk. amen

[asinglesock]

the heart of the issue blocking my development is a fear of being wrong. under the fear of being wrong is a fear of hard work, the work of correcting myself. under the fear of work is a fear of futility, which is not so far removed from my fear of being wrong.

#a sock speaks #bitter work #local construction #surely if I ruminate about this for several weeks things will get better #I am so physically anxious this morning that I had a hard time eating breakfast. chamomile tea save me. save me chamomile tea. #this post is about academia but it's also about my whole entire life #when things are hard I give up not because I can't stand to work hard but because I don't have enough hope that they're possible #and I can't stand to waste my efforts #this is one of my two greatest flaws. the other is that I'm kind of bratty especially around close family members #if I can just get over this I'll be set for life. or at least until the next time I face a slight hardship.

[dullahandyke]

yet another story falls victim to the disease of 'i misread the summary and thought it was way cooler and more interesting than it actually was'

#prompt was that a werewolf is a member of a found family of monster hunters #and i thought it was that they were the oldest brother #that they had been taken in by this hunter and taught how to hunt their own kind #and they then went and taught the same ruthless lessons to their younger siblings while never telling them #but it turned out to be an age reversal thing so they were the youngest and new to it :/ #and also it turned out that the monster hunters were only pretending to be monster hunters and were actually also werewolves or summat #idk i didnt read that far but those were the vibes i was getting #someones cup of tea im sure but :( Family Is Actually Sweet And Nice And Its A Misunderstanding? #no being made to either sacrifice this figure youve looked up to or to compromise the morals that they taught you? #booooooooooooo #well ive added it to my list of story prompts to write someday ayway

[70snasagay]

to continue the i'm feeling terrible posting, how do y'all deal with being sick? put it in the tags not just because i wanna feel better but also out of curiosity

#i personally make a shit ton of tea #binge watch comfort content #mostly citation needed #and the unhhh eps about being sick #and beg family members for cuddles #an overall pretty effective routine #val's yellings

[bumblingbabooshka]

Photos

#T'Pel #st voyager #st voyager art #I don't know what to say about this so I'll give you a headcanon #Both parents are typically encouraged to be present at the birth #and the non birthing parent typically is encouraged to 'share' the pain with the birthing parent in order to help the process go smoother #Picture Tuvok and T'Pel holding hands - both screaming #T'Pel art #or perhaps bc they 'share' they pain - birth is less of a scream-y process #Tuvok can also be pregnant as a treat (for him) #he and odo are the only star trek characters I'm interested in vis a vis pregnancy - both for different yet intersecting reasons #Tuvok #Tuvok art #[REDACTED] family shenanigans #Asil #Sek #Asil is playing with one of Janeway's family members on earth! #also one of the kids put flowers in one of their parents' teas #bea art tag

[spacedace]

Alright so I know a lot of peeps aren't going to like my take here, but the thing to remember about Azula smiling at the Agni Kai between Zuko and Ozai is that we're shown Azula smiling only because that's how Iroh imagined her reacting.

Thr flashback we see is from Iroh's perspective, everything we see is what Iroh saw. Except that Iroh looked away when Ozai burned Zuko. He told us this and we say it in his flashback. Specifically he turned away from where Azula is standing next to him, so there's no way he could have seen her smile.

But we did see her smile in his flashback which, to me, means that her smiling while her brother got burned was just what Iroh imagined her to be doing at the time.

Now, I want it on record that I don't hate Iroh (I love him and his tea so much yall, i just think he's a lot more complex and interestingwhen you acknowledgehis character flaws) and I'm not saying that he purposefully lied to make Azula look bad either. I think it's simply a matter of how Iroh sees Azula, which pretty consistently has been shown he doesn't seem to like her very much. He favors Zuko, but I think Iroh - much like a lot of other people - see Ozai favoring Azula and think that his brother does so because Azula is like Ozai, and holds that belief against her. So much so that he can't see the child beneath the image projected on her (by herself and others) like he can with Zuko.

TL;DR: we have no idea what expression Azula really had during thr Agni Kai and are only seeing Iroh's skewed ideas of what she looked like in the scene.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #azula #iroh #fire siblings #my personal belief is Azula dissociated out of her own body during the whole shit show #because holy fucking shit can you imagine how traumatizing that would be to see #this is not to down play Zuko's trauma (boy needs so much therapy) #but just to point out that witnessing horrific acts of violence committed by one family member on another is traumatizing #both these kids have ptsd and you can't change my mind about that #also one of these days i'm going to write my full manifesto on iroh #and how much more interesting a character he is when you acknowledge that he has flaws #as well as what those flaws are #shining beacon of tea pouring perfect father figure is fine #but complicated man haunted by war and loss and his place in causing/maintaining it while still wanting to be good and kind #IS SO FUCKING NEAT

[venacoeurva]

I bought a painting palette that has holes to stand your brushes up in and has a close-able thumb hole so you can hold it. Idk if this is the standard for them now, but the cheap plastic ones we used to be able to get were just the little rounded sections or just had the palettes and mixing area, innovation man

#It was like $4 #vena vents #I did/do (?) have a vintage metal one I got from a family member but that one is pretty creaky and clearly meant to be set down #also dollar generals just have wood burning craft kits now??? huh. They have a lot of weird specific stuff #not art #Also I tried those folgers coffee tea bag type things. Considering what they are they're not bad #Def weaker than regular but they'll do for such a price

[torgawl]

was angry but ate a little treat. now i'm still angry but my belly is full and i am amazed by culinary wonders <3

#that one meme with the broken heart and the noodles but for me it's a pizza pastry from lidl or cinnamon cookies and black tea #delicious food gives me strength to not grab my things change my identity and move to another country on a whim when having to interact #with family members #also the fact i am broke but mostly the food 😂 #it's okay i'll be back to the routine of being mostly alone by monday :')

[sibeal]

is kiss of death twilight fanfic?

"this is the tattoo of a killer, MC"

"you're not evil enough for me, MC"

#playchoices kiss of death #maybe its that im rewatching the twilight movies.... #playchoices #im losing my mind #when its members of an organized crime family getting revenge aka torturing p*lice it's just kinda gross #like #the whole organized crime romantisation genre just gives me the ick #in a modern day setting #it's fine that it exists just not my cup of tea

[dailycupofcreativitea]

May I share my thoughts on a Gohan becoming the God of Destruction after the Cell Games AU?

Hi! Hmm...I'm honoured you want to share with me, but I might be the wrong person for this, because I dislike anything to do with the "God of Destruction" kind of topics. 🤔🤔🤔 I won't be able to give your thoughts the attention/weight they probably deserve.

#asks #i am a beerus hater i admit it #and I dont like the idea of any members of the cast becoming the new god of destruction #especially because goku rejected the role kami offered him of being the new god of earth #so goku wouldnt do it #and gohan rejected the cell spotlight #and just wants to live a normal life #so gohan wouldnt do it #and vegeta has better things to do and he has a family and goku to train with #so he wouldnt do it #its really just not my cup of tea #sorry!