#or that one chocolate company

[yuriinadress]

Remember when yuri on ice was canon in steven universe

Yeah me too

Steven Universe (2017-2020) #4

#2017 was a good year for yoi inthe western media you least expected #anyone else remember the arbys ad? i do #or that one chocolate company #yoi #yuri on ice #yuri!!! on ice #steven universe #yuri plisetsky #victor nikiforov #yuuri katsuki #otabek altin #victuuri

[arsonist-chicken]

When your coffin gets opened and all the Fazer chocolate falls out (weird transport choice for you and your souvenirs from Finland, but hey, travelling is expensive nowadays).

Ich packe meinen Koffer coffin und nehme mit

Maybe we just have to befriend a vampire, they can either sponsor our Finland + Lapland + chocolates + tattoos trip with their centuries-old money or they can smuggle us along in their coffin so we can at least save the transport + possibly accomodation money.

#it's a very large coffin. i'm sure it has a bathroom with a shower in it. #or we can just wash in some almost-freezing finnish winter lakes; I'm sure you'd love that #all those chocolates look so good and i want to try them all but also the plain one? 1000/10 I could only eat that for the rest of my life #and be happy #it's so GOOD how do they do it. can they share the recipe with austrian chocolate makers or open a store here please #i'd be such a good customer; I'd drag everyone i know there and would always have an answer to what i want for my birthday #fazer company pspsps #would even be enough if they opened a store in munich or something. i go to concerts and buy my cassis iron powder and chocolates #10/10 photoshop laura thanks #chaoslaura #asks #they have a sale on a box for 18 bars of chocolate now for 40€ so about 2.2€ per bar #which yes is a sale and cheaper than usual but it'd still be 50+€ with shipping which. is just not justifiable now is it

[miss-mossball]

the moocows in love show!!

#doodle heaven #moocows in love #my ocs #sephia #bunilla #bunny lapin #hail #its bunny watches tv-core #I was perusing through my ocs on toyhouse and wanted to doodle something simple #since i watched a lot of sanrio stuff as a kid then bunny canonly watching a lot of sanrio-like characters on tv #one of them just being these chocolate and vanilla Sapphic cows #hail could just leave bunny with diana but hes pretty insistant on keeping his kids every now and again #even if its just to have some company while hes studying in law school

[yuukimiyas]

*ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩ happy monday bbys!! & happy first full wk of oct!! sprinkling nothin but EXTRA love & light on you today as the universe & the cosmos begin to shift into the autumnal season <33 have a great day!!

#GOOD MORNIE!!! im up so super early but i don’t go into wrk for another 4 hours ໒꒰ྀི𖦹﹏𖦹꒱ྀི১ #but i think its bc i was dreamin ab breakfast sandwiches last night & now that its morning…i need one #sigh ​bacon egg & cheese bagels…my kryptonite…໒꒰ྀི ϱ॔﹏ᵕ๑॓ ꒱ྀིა #gonna stop by lots & lots of inboxes today w flowers & chocolates & MANY THANKS for the love on my fic ‧⁺◟( ᵒ̴̶̷̥́ ·̫ ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀ ) #idk what i did to deserve you all but im eternally grateful to be in the company of such talented & lovely ppl ૮ ྀི ´ ˘ ` ྀིა #ᕱ⑅ᕱ.* journals!

[planetsallalign]

A tub of thawed cool whip with 1-2tbsp of pudding mixed in then put back in the freezer to freeze has NO right being as delicious as it is.

#I used chocolate fudge instant pudding #and it’s dangerous I could probably eat half the tub in one sitting because it’s so freaking good #listen I know cool whip is basically plastic but sometimes i just need a little something #cause today was A DAY in terms of family stuff and I don’t wanna write about it but let’s just say it was rough #and now I have some fun anxiety to keep me company tonight

[monty-glasses-roxy]

If Roxy can have milk then Chica could give her some on horror movie nights to make her calm down and go to sleep 🥺 as soon as she finishes it she's snoring with her head in Chica's lap

The hot chocolate gets her every time.

#this is the cutest mental image... #fnaf security breach #horror movie night is now nap time for her #she's fully aware of what chica's goal here is #she's very appreciative for getting an excuse to time travel through the horror every time #chica probably knows she knows #it's just become a thing they do now where in the hour or two leading up to horror movie night #they sit together in the theatre and drink hot chocolate and relax #until roxy dozes off #roxy speeds up the process by just being super fucking active the entire day leading up to it #actually you know what? #this started because roxy fell asleep right before a horror night one time and learned she could get out of it like that #so she was running around all day leading up to it to try and tire herself out but it often didn't work #because the relaxing enough to sleep right before a horror movie night was fuckin' hard #so chica noticed and caught onto what she was trying to do and made it easier by providing the hot chocolate! #now they have a bunch of time to wind down and relax before the horror! #and with all the running around all day #the hot chocolate and the company gets her to sleep so easy! #she gets to skip it all now!! #it's great!!! #horror nights got so much more comfy and cosy!!! #and roxy doesn't have to put up with the nightmares and shit now!! #gsdgsdfsdf monty gets in on this too because of his own fears and now the two of them are just napping on the floor together #and the others think its the cutest thing #bonnie teasing them repeatedly over it #chica gets roxy to sleep and monty can nap anywhere he just never thought of doing this before #and now it's a big cuddle pile on the floor #with chica kinda stuck there because roxy fell asleep on her and monty on roxy #so now she can't fucking move without waking both of them lmao #anyone crushing on monty so fucking jelly it's not them in the cuddlepile instead

[alpaca-dave]

What was the most memorable thing (that was good) you ever got for Halloween in your treat bag?

#we had this one guy who regularly gave our stock certificates #like to Coca Cola or McDonalds or toy companies #and another house that gave out cans of pop #and one that gave out regular-size chocolate bars

[britishchick09]

the rewrite phamily and marseille soap scents :)

bonus:

#guess who's who! ;) #christine is lilac erik is rose raoul is marine meg is lemon madame giry is vanilla and nadir is sandalwood #and for the bonus ones eristine is lavender megstine is strawberry and raoulstine is chocolate! #cestlefantome made an insta story of petit erik and his scent was from this soap company (he's a honey pop!) #in the rewrite christine used pears soap for her bath but that's british so i changed it to marseille since that's french! ;) #pears looks super cool though (it's transparent!) so i'm saving it for my sherlock holmes inspired story since they're brit bois ;) #i found a listing for marseille soaps on amazon and there are 32 scents! :o #and that's not even counting chocolate! (which i found through google) #idk if all of these scents were around in the rewrite's time but i sure hope so #i know strawberry is since that's christine's new bath soap! ;) #poto rewritten

[quilleth]

So I unboxed Ying Zhou (my phone once again going “girl no. please don’t make dick jokes” by refusing to record another cursed video at all xD) and he’s really pretty!  Buuut I feel like i overestimated the 5 cm difference in height he has with Xie Lian because i have 0 spatial reasoning and forgot that that’s only like...2 inches. Oh well. With the bookshelf I have for display, they’ll be on separate shelves so hopefully that won’t matter xD 

The urge to make Hamlet style “alas, poor Yorrick jokes” is strong (my phone probably also saving me from recording any of those for posterity in refusing to record xD)

I will be modding his ears to be pointy, but I need to decide if I’m going to dye him first, since the apoxie sculpt will take dye differently than the resin and i can just color match that with paint and pastels. I think the listing says he takes 16mm eyes, but I kind of feel like 14 might be a better fit, so I’m going to make some of that size and see what i like better. On the plus side, the extra dicks he came with can be used for testing dye baths if i do decide to dye him, since other than finding them hilarious, i have no use for them xD

#quill's bjd adventures #dollbei jun #featuring my thematically appropriate woflbei socks from silice b on etsy in the background xD #seriously why DO dolls this size come with so many interchangeable dicks? #like...doll companies please explain why this is necessary xD #i need to get some of the chocolate colored rit dyemore for the formulas that looked promising but the local joanns was out #part of me though feels like maybe the white won't be so stark once he's painted (why i ordered white in the first place tbh) #but i am once again being fickle #also he's an ice demon sooo...if he's super pale it fits? (also part of why i ordered white in the first place) #but he'll have really dakr hair and i don't want him to look dead :/ decisions decisions #i also realized i could probably give him fangies too with the sculpt but i'm not sure about it xD #on the one hand demon fangies. on the other he's not a vampire and it might diminish the rbf some if his fangs are too big for his mouth lma #the hands are also really nicely sculpted and have longer nails which solved my conundrum of whether to give him claws or not #they're not pointy like claws but do extend past his finger tips so i think i'll just paint them black or very dark blue #instead of trying to give him a manicure with uv resin xD

[yuriinadress]

I know there's no info yet, but I desperately want to know Bernard Dowd's birthday. He should be Celebrated ™!

Damn anon, I'd love to know too

I headcanon his birthday is in February

According to Google, cancers (tim) are compatible with Pisces and scorpios and Pisces are February babies and Bernard first appeared February 2004 so Bernard's birthday is now in February 👍/hj

Or it's December 17 because that's the publishing date of Robin 121 (Bernard's first appearance)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Take your pick

#anyway #thanks for the ask! #anon ask #bernard dowd #tbh i hc specifically as a valentine's day baby #bc i feel like he would be someone that despises valentine's bc it lands on his bday #but once he starts dating tim he actually gets to celebrate both without feeling like he has to sacrifice one for the other #bernard: you know that valentine's day is just a capitalist scheme created by greeting card companies to make more money right? #tim: i know bern. more chocolate cake? #bernard: ooo yes please

[softniall]

bruh how am I meant to eat lunch in this state the pantry is crowded with white people

#i specifically mentioned white people because 🤨 i live in Singapore? most of my colleagues are chinese? #yes ok my company is a european one but werean asian branch so where did all these white people come from fr #it me #anyway i should've brought some chocolate to work wth im craving some rn #and i KNOW I have some at home so the regret is strong

[oranberrie]

Enjoying work so much that I’m not even gonna call out sick when I should.

#and tbh I should 🫠 I cook #but I already feel a bit better #and I didn’t throw up #and I will bring med #I just REALLY wanna make this pastry #I made homemade puff pastry dough #and so fucking much of it #six batches #bc I’m feeding like 30 people #it’s a special heart pastry for Valentine’s Day #it’s two layers of puff pastry sandwiching a homemade chocolate peanut butter spread cut in long rectangles and then shaped into hearts #skewered go hold shape and brushed with butter and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar before baking #then served with mixed berries and powdered sugar #maybe ice cream? idk #I’m gonna do the first batch early to test the dough #I fucked up the first one I tried #I used over 2 lbs of butter on the company dime #:))

[exculis]

oh boy only a couple hours till my snacks arrive

#its actually mostly groceries #but there is ONE no wait. TWO snacks #i forgot i got chocolate #WITH GOOP!!!!!!! #bc that chocolate bar i had was so disappointing i have to give that company MORE of my money

[ktempestbradford]

I have been on a Willy Wonkified journey today and I need y'all to come with me

It started so innocently. Scrolling Google News I come across this article on Ars Technica:

At first glance I thought what happened was parents saw AI-generated images of an event their kids were at and became concerned, then realized it was fake. The reality? Oh so much better.

On Saturday, event organizers shut down a Glasgow-based "Willy's Chocolate Experience" after customers complained that the unofficial Wonka-inspired event, which took place in a sparsely decorated venue, did not match the lush AI-generated images listed on its official website.... According to Sky News, police were called to the event, and "advice was given."

Thing is, the people who paid to go were obviously not expecting exactly this:

But I can see how they'd be a bit pissed upon arriving to this:

It gets worse.

"Tempest, how could it possibly--"

source of this video that also includes this charming description:

Made up a villain called The Unknown — 'an evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls'

There is already a meme.

Oh yes, the Wish.com Oompa Loompa:

Who has already done an interview!

As bad (and hilarious) as this all is, I got curious about the company that put on this event. Did they somehow overreach? Did the actors they hired back out at the last minute? (Or after they saw the script...) Oddly enough, it doesn't seem so!

Given what I found when poking around I'm legit surprised there was an event at all. Cuz this outfit seems to be 100% a scam.

The website for this specific event is here and it has many AI generated images on it, as stated. I don't think anyone who bought tickets looked very closely at these images, otherwise they might have been concerned about how much Catgacating their children would be exposed to.

Yes, Catgacating. You know, CATgacating!

I personally don't think anyone should serve exarserdray flavored lollipops in public spaces given how many people are allergic to it. And the sweet teats might not have been age appropriate.

Though the Twilight Tunnel looks pretty cool:

I'm not sure that Dim Tight Twdrding is safe. I've also been warned that Vivue Sounds are in that weird frequency range that makes you poop your pants upon hearing them.

Yes, Virginia, these folks used an AI image generator for everything on the website and used Chat GPT for some of the text! From the FAQ:

Q: I cannot go on the available days. Will you have more dates in the future? A: Should there be capacity when you arrive, then you will be able to enter without any problems. In the event that this is not the case, we may ask you to wait a bit.

Fear not, for this question is asked again a few lines down and the answer makes more sense.

Curious about the events company behind this disaster, I took myself over to the homepage of House of Illuminati and I was not disappointed.

I would 100% trust these people to plan my wedding.

This abomination of a website is a badly edited WordPress blog filled with AI art and just enough blog posts to make the casual viewer think that it's a legit business for about 0.0004 seconds.

Their attention to detail is stunning, from how they left up the default first post every WP blog gets to how they didn't bother changing the name on several images, thus revealing where they came from. Like this one:

With the lovely and compact filename "DALL·E-2024-01-30-09.50.54-Imagine-a-scene-where-fantasy-and-reality-merge-seamlessly.-In-the-foreground-a-grand-interactive-gala-is-taking-place-filled-with-elegant-guests-i.png"

"Concept.png" came from the same AI generator that gets text almost, but not quiiiiiite right:

There are a suspicious number of .webp images in the uploads, which makes me think they either stole them from other sites where AI "art" was uploaded or they didn't want to pay for the hi-res versions of some and just grabbed the preview image.

The real fun came when I noticed this filename: Before-and-After-Eventologists-Transformation-Edgbaston-Cricket-Ground-1024x1024-1.jpg and decided to do a Google image search. Friends, you will be shocked to hear that the image in question, found on this post touting how they can transform a boring warehouse into a fun event space, was stolen from this actual event planner.

Even better, this weirdly grainy image?

From a post that claims to be about the preparations for a "Willy Wonka" experience (we'll get to this in a minute), is not only NOT an actual image of anyone preparing anything for Illuminati's event, it is stolen from a YouTube thumbnail that's been chopped to remove the name of the company that actually made this. Here's the video.

If you actually read the blog posts they're all copypasta or some AI generated crap. To the point where this seems like not a real business at all. There's very specific business information at the bottom, but nothing else seems real.

As I said, I'm kinda surprised they put on an event at all. This has, "And then they ran off with all our money!" written all over it. I'm perplexed.

And also wondering when the copyright lawyers are gonna start calling, because...

This post explicitly says they're putting together a "Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory Experience" complete with golden tickets.

Somewhere along the line someone must have wised up, because the actual event was called "Willys Chocolate Experience" (note the lack of apostrophe) and the script they handed to the actors about 10 minutes before they were supposed to "perform" was about a "Willy McDuff" and his chocolate factory.

As I was going through this madness with friends in a chat, one pointed out that it took very little prompting to get the free Chat GPT to spit out an event description and such very similar to all this while avoiding copyrighted phrases. But he couldn't figure out where the McDuff came from since it wasn't the type of thing GPT would usually spit out...

Until he altered the prompt to include it would be happening in Glasgow, Scotland.

You cannot make this stuff up.

But truly, honestly, I do not even understand why they didn't take the money and run. Clearly this was all set up to be a scam. A lazy, AI generated scam.

Everything from the website to the event images to the copy to the "script" to the names of things was either stolen or AI generated (aka stolen). Hell, I'd be looking for some poor Japanese visitor wandering the streets of Glasgow, confused, after being jacked for his mascot costume.

HE LIVES IN THE WALLS, Y'ALL.

#long post #Willy Wonka #Wonka #Willy Wonka Experience #Willy Wonka Experience disaster #Willy's Chocolate Experience #Willys Chocolate Experience #THE UNKNOWN #Wish.com Oompa Loompa #House of Illuminati #AI #ai generated

[stevieschrodinger]

Part One of Rock Star Eddie and Baker Steve wrong number AU

Link to Part Two

Eddie's got dubious history with picture messages. Only a very small group of people have his number, considering he's the front man of a multimillion best selling metal band, he doesn't ever want his number to be public knowledge.

So yeah, picture message from and unknown number? Dubious.

Eddie's had enough dick and...vag...pics in his time that he, honestly, doesn't really want another. But when the picture is followed by a message, "were you thinking something like this?"

Well, Eddie's a curious guy. So, committing himself to the idea that this might be new number time, again, he opens the message.

To be confronted with a cake. A really fucking cool cake actually, it's got a car dashing around a muddy track on top with a big '5' in the middle. All of it looks edible, made out of...cake stuff. Eddie has no idea what it is, but it looks delicious.

"One layer chocolate, one layer red velvet? I can do any combination of flavours you want."

Well. Eddie isn't anything but impulsive and he was trying to figure out what the fuck to do for the 'quiet' celebration they were planning for going platinum. Again.

"I think you have the wrong number'" Eddie types, "but I definitely want to order a cake from you."

"Oh my god I'm so sorry, unsolicited cake pics are the worst 😉"

And Eddie can't help it, he laughs, and types back, "if I told you I wanted three tiers of the darkest, spookiest, cherry chocolate what would you come up with?"

It takes a couple of minutes, but Eddie's phone pings twice in quick succession, the first picture is of a spooky orange cake clearly Halloween themed, covered in ghosts and skeletons and stuff. The second is jet black and has a coffin on top that looks like it's leaking green corrosive stuff and Eddie nearly throws his phone in excitement. "That! The second one!"

"🤣 that's an old pic, I was just starting out then, but everything is edible, the green slime is made out of jello"

"Where are you based and can you make it for the 15th? I'll get a courier to collect."

"Sure thing, how many portions? And I need a deposit up front. I'll do chocolate ganache and cherry filling."

"Errr...like, 150? Maybe?"

Eddie sits and watches as the dots appear and disappear, appear and disappear, and then there's a pic.

It's a selfie of the most beautiful man he's ever seen. And he's standing in a kitchen, holding a cake pan. Suddenly Eddie's phone is ringing in his hand and he is panicking because beautiful man is calling him. "Hello?"

"Hey, man, it's Steve, the cake guy?". Eddie assumes he makes an affirmative noise because Steve keeps talking, "anyway, that cake pan I'm holding is literally the largest one I own, even if I did three tiers, no way will it cater that many, I'm a small business, you know, it's just me. I can recommend you some companies I know would do a great job."

But then, Eddie will never get to talk to beautiful man ever again, "what if you made like, three cakes?". He asks desperately.

There's a long beat of silence on the phone, "I mean, in theory, I mean, it might cost you more than-"

"I'll pay it. I'll pay double, for, inconvenience, or whatever-"

And oh no, beautiful man has the most beautiful laugh too. Eddie's fucked. He's so fucked.

"I'll raise you, two cakes and fifty muffins?" Steve laughs again, and Eddie laughs right along with him.

Steve grabs his phone when it pings, hoping for Eddie. It is Eddie. It's a selfie from the neck down, like always, Steve still doesn't know what the guy looks like, but Eddie's wearing a deep red shirt that he's clearly just dumped a whole cup of coffee down, "hope your days going better than mine, sweetheart,"

Steve sends back a selfie with a lump of uncooperative modelling fondant in the background, "that depends, can you tell what this is supposed to be?"

Steve's pretty sure it's wierd to talk to a customer every day, but he's started to find he's looking forward to Eddie's messages. Even when they turn flirty. Especially when they turn flirty, maybe.

And maybe it's not exactly professional that Steve's found a lot of reasons to call Eddie. He just, needs to get this right, and if Eddie wants chocolate covered cherries on the cupcakes, well, Steve needs to call him and check, right? Right.

Steve heads out into the lounge with flour on his nose and a mixing bowl under his arm, Dustin, Lucas and Max are sprawled on the couch, El lying on the floor. He can hear Mike and Will fucking around outside. He spoons up some cherry mixture, "hey will you try-"

"Shhhhhhhh!"

Well. Rude. Steve looks to the interview they're watching on the TV. It's some metal band Steve vaguely recognises, and when the lead guy speaks...Steve has to sit down. Because that sounds a lot like-

"So, Eddie," the show host guy starts, and Steve's knees would go weak of he wasn't already sitting down. He's certain his stomach has left the building. "Seeing anyone?"

Eddie laughs, says no, but the band mate next to him makes a show of nudging Eddie and sharing a look.

The host picks up on it immediately, "so there is someone," Eddie's still shaking his head, but he's got a shy smile on his face that makes Steve feel like he's melting. "Come on Eddie, give us something."

"It's not a thing," Eddie flaps his hands, "don't make it a thing."

"Oh it's a thing alright," the audience laugh, "come on, give us something!"

Eddie looks uncomfortable for a second before shrugging, "they, uhm, they make the most amazing cakes you've ever seen."

#eddie munson #stranger things #steddie #steve harrington #baking #baker steve Harrington #rock star eddie munson #wrong number au #fan fic author #my fic writing #fan fic stuff #fan fiction