#peas and queues

[toxicanonymity]

happy birthday, raider joel ❤️

bday cake by @not-a-unique-snowflake-blog

Raider (3/24/23) / Joel POV

y'all have given him so much over the past year, and your investment in this universe means the world. to thank you and celebrate joel + sweet pea, I'm queuing some beautiful things you've made for them.

love you all so much ❤️

#ty sweet pea 🩷 #hbd rj 🧁 #raider!joel #raider!joel miller #dark!joel miller #joel miller x reader #my tagging system hasnt done yall justice #i dont want to leave anyone out #plz nudge me if yours isnt posted by weds #totally in my queue zone

[ofbakerst]

peacoat appreciation

#he's feeling so sassy #the red headed league #granada holmes #wardrobe #jeremy brett #sherlock holmes #baker street #my posts #queue #peacoat #pea jacket #hunting crop #gifs

[emperorofthedark]

Tank comes from a notoriously difficult family situation. He is stubborn and self-righteous, but still desperately seeks the approval of his peers, particularly the members of the elitist, powerful and ambitious Black Moon Society.

#sims 2 #ts2 #simblr #tank grunt #project: rule of sims #pixelatedpanic #tank was the first one i cast because i knew immediately #he and amanda are two peas in a lonely emotionally unstable desperate for approval stray dog brand pod #queue

[sidetongue]

my love

#queue that black eyed peas song #harold #dogs

[hashileio]

pringle & pea are off to cause mayhem and promise to be back before 8pm

#hashiart #bittybones #bitty bones #bitty bones au #bittybones au #bitty pringle #bitty pea #pp squad #pea was originally meant to keep pringle out of trouble but now seeks it #instigator and enabler duo 😔 #they are besties now #yall are not understanding the irreversible change to my brain chemistry bitties are doing... #like i love these little rats sm #they are also skipping the queue because this is fulfilling psychological needs rn #drew all the bitty stuff last night and my neurons have been activated i got the brainrot fkgjhdfjkhdf

[fantastic-nonsense]

So one scene that always confuses me is the geraniums scene in crooked kingdom. ppl love this scene and think it’s so romantic but did kaz do that on purpose? i always read it as he just happened to dump a flower bucket or whatever it was that had geraniums in it and it was sorta a coincidence. but then like i never understood why he dumped that flower thing into the canal in the first place either. so idk can you explain how you interpreted it?

To answer succinctly: No, Kaz didn't drop them onto a flower boat specifically populated with geraniums on purpose. Until Inej tells him, he has no idea that they're her mother's favorite flower. His plan was "drop off the bridge onto a barge. Wait for the Mister Crimson ruckus to begin. Pop back up wearing disguises and escape."

Kaz dumps the flowers into the canal because he's trying to get to the Mr. Crimson costumes and "wants the crowd in a very good mood." In his mind, I think it adds to the chaos, flair, and 'prettiness' of the scene. It also provides a distraction and some additional cover for him to put their disguises on. The fact that those flowers happen to be geraniums is pure coincidence:

He heaved a flat of wild geraniums into the canal over the protests of the flower seller and grabbed the clothes Matthias had stashed there earlier that morning. He swept the red cloak around Inej’s shoulders in a rain of petals and blossoms as she continued to strap on her knives. She looked almost as startled as the flower seller. “What?” he asked as he tossed her a Mister Crimson mask that matched his own." "Those were my mother’s favorite flower.” “Good to know Van Eck didn’t cure you of sentiment.” “Nice to be back, Kaz.” “Good to have you back, Wraith.” -Ch. 9, Crooked Kingdom

A lot of people see this as a romantic scene because of the imagery: Kaz and Inej are "alone" on a boat with flower petals raining down on them as they basically confirm that the other is alive, okay, and ready to escape. It's also somewhat romantic because it's a callback to the "many boys will bring you flowers" quote Inej ponders in SoC.

To go into a bit more detail about this scene though, I think it's easy to interpret the geraniums as being the thing that's important, but it's important to remember that a) geraniums are her mother's favorite flower, not her favorite flower, and b) the quote about boys and flowers isn't about the flowers. It's about finding the person who will take the time to get to know you well enough to know what your favorite flower is:

Many boys will bring you flowers. But some day you’ll meet a boy who will learn your favourite flower, your favourite song, your favourite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won’t matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart. -Ch. 10, Six of Crows

So why the geranium callout? Because I think Inej is subconsciously thinking about what her "geraniums" are and gets startled when literal geraniums start smacking her in the face.

The scene is from Kaz's POV, but think about it from Inej's: she's spent a week being held hostage, 24 hours of which she spent terrified she was about to be tortured. She then witnesses Kaz outsmart Van Eck again and leave a very simple note: Noon tomorrow. Goedmedbridge. With her knives. They show up to the bridge where Kaz confirms she has her knives, and then they promptly work effortlessly in tandem to escape the stadwatch and bail over the side of the bridge with nothing but a look and a single comment: "West side flower boat."

Inej is clearly thinking about a lot of stuff in this moment, but there's at least 3 things running through her mind: one, Kaz came for her. Two, he explicitly made sure that Van Eck gave her back her knives. Three, they just executed an escape plan flawlessly with basically no communication while showcasing incredible mutual trust.

The boat moment, of course, comes on the heels of Inej having a crisis of faith that Kaz only cares about her because of her usefulness, which culminates in her "he won't trade if you break me" confession. Is she thinking about her knives as an extension of her usefulness in that moment? Probably. But she also might be thinking about how Kaz knew her well enough to know how much she loved her knives and wanted them back. And then geraniums smack her in the face.

Because why is the geraniums moment here, of all places? Why does Inej tell Kaz her mother's favorite flower now, after two years of living and working side-by-side with him? Why is this comment important enough for Bardugo to write but seemingly not important enough to write from Inej's point of view, especially when she spends Inej's next POV chapter repeatedly driving home her fear over whether Kaz would discard her if she was useless?

Because in that moment, Inej isn't thinking about her usefulness. She's not thinking about revenge on Van Eck or her own safety or whether her friends are okay. She's thinking about Kaz, and I think her thoughts are too wistful and fanciful to make sense in any context other than their chaotic escape sequence. The second they're out of danger she's back to ruminating about her usefulness in a way that makes the geraniums comment seem like a complete non-sequitur...unless you think about Inej's knives:

Kaz had taught her to crack a safe, pick a pocket, wield a knife. He’d gifted her with her first blade, the one she called Sankt Petyr – not as pretty as wild geraniums, but more practical, she supposed. -Ch. 16, Six of Crows

He’ll never trade if you break me. She was grateful for the weight of her knives. She touched her hands to them as if greeting old friends, felt some of the tension inside her ease. -Ch. 11, Crooked Kingdom

So what do I think Inej is thinking of in that moment? I think Inej is subconsciously thinking about what her geraniums are in the context of her relationship with Kaz. And we aren't privy to that moment because Inej's geraniums are her knives and it's too early in their story for the explicit confirmation that Kaz knows Inej well enough to know that given Inej's doubts and Kaz's chronic inability to showcase emotional vulnerability; that only gets resolved with Kaz promising her "knives drawn, pistols blazing," the Bathroom Scene, and Kaz showing up at the harbor after the Auction to gift her the Wraith with ungloved hands.

Anyway, Inej's geraniums are her knives and Kaz made sure she had both his knife and her own knives during the escape sequence. Connect the dots there and the geraniums moment makes a lot more sense.

#thanks for coming to my ted talk #I could do a whole meta all on its own about how Inej's knives are her geraniums lmao. there's a LOT of relevant quotes #my personal headcanon is that Inej's favorite flower is something super pretty but also incredibly practical btw #like sweet peas or chamomile or lavender. maybe even pansies #inej ghafa #kaz brekker #kanej #six of crows #crooked kingdom #soc meta #long post #asks #queue #otp: on the seas and in the city

[the-doom-of-mandos]

Celegorm, in Caranthir’s window: I thought I’d find you here!

Curufin, climbing past Celegorm: WE COULD HAVE USED THE FUCKING DOOR-

#celegorm #curufin #silmarillion #incorrect quotes #silm incorrect quotes #queue #caranthir: is this about the peas?

[fierceathlete]

Muse as a Drink

Tagged By: @havvkinsqueen

Tagging: @darkstarsrise (for Sable) @kcrlcv @deathb1ooms (for Jenny) @retrologists (for Casey)

#it's butterfly pea tea <3 #queue : lusted by many but loved by none #dash game : delightfully chaotic & a beautiful mess

[totalspiffage]

I wanna thank my drafts and Tumblr having a queue function for allowing me to appear more normal about my interests amen

#queue and drafts really straining to keep me from reblogging 20 one piece posts in a row I'm so sorry for how i am #the peas are won okay?

[iii-days-grace]

one of my professors had a saying, 'what do we do when we don't know what to do?' [a crowd of undergrads cheers] 'Research!'

it was partly practical to help us get used to easily use the various research databases and stuff, learn how to find papers, keep track of citations, etc

also generally for office hours, if we came to her, she asked that we have like one paper or something that we had found trying to answer the question ourselves [easier to figure out what we know then and how to help, but again to get us used to casually using our research tools and build our citations]

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and just in a general scientific sense, if you don't know what the right answer is, it's not like class where someone knows and you have to guess and be wrong. a bad grade in science is just 'not getting funding'.

you are building new information, part of that is by definition making educated guesses and seeing where they fail. well-cited guesses ideally, but hypothetically speaking (literally) you also prepare to be incorrect about your guess.

#original post #i think i remember a project i did for that class and i might actually have it on a stick somewhere #i wrote a pseudohistorical diary of [what if gregor mendel had modern genetic research technology while doing his thing with the peas] #love you professor R you were a G #i've worked for a handful of research facilities now some very well run and some very poorly #some PIs could admit they were wrong and others couldn't #i'm a little anxious that somehow someone could put together the dots and figure out my CV now but #thats really unlikely unless we were already coworkers #wizard shit #this post was revealed to me from my queue

[toxicanonymity]

raider 1-3

by @iamasaddie 🖤 | raider masterlist

raider

ty for capturing his dark humor lol

failed rescue

(btwn this and failed escape, could early chapter names be any more spoilery/less compelling? Lmao)

stash house

#💝 #ty sweet pea 🩷 #hbd rj 🧁 #iamasaddie #joel miller x reader #dark!joel miller #totally in my queue zone

[leagueofdccm-togo]

[ 📲 sms: ]  what would you do if i were with you right now? // toni to sp

𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 || accepting || @pagesturncd

[ 📲 TEXT : BABY GIRL ] : What would I do ? Fuck.... baby. I'd make you scream my name, over and over again.. that's for fucking sure. You have no idea the things I'd do to you, baby girl. I'll touch every inch.... leaving nothing untouched. I'll remind you just how much I fucking love you.

[ 📲 TEXT : BABY GIRL ] : Fuck.... you got me all fucking horny. Shit, where are you? I'm coming to get you.

#pagesturncd #🐍◂Sweet Pea┊You got mail┊Inbox Ic #🖤◂Mun┊𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓾𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮┊queue

[stxrlxrds]

❛  how are you so happy all the time?  ❜

He certainly doesn’t feel like he’s happy all the time. Not with the amount of grief that sits inside him, like he’s swallowed a rock and just can’t get rid of it.

Peter forces a smile, something he shouldn’t be able to find so easy to do and yet…

“You know what the secret is, kid? You always have to keep one thing in your mind. Envision it, and it will instantly put you in a good mood. Want to know what that is?” He grabs her, one arm around the back of her neck and draping over her other shoulder as he pulls her in close to whisper this secret to her.

“Fart jokes.”

#{ ask: ic } #{ aapothic } #{ i look around and queue know what i see? losers } #// look its what makes him laugh every single time #// this man has a brain the size of a pea #// a really really small pea #// and i love him for it

[stxend]

FINALLY going back through all of my old posts and tagging things based on shows/movies/etc. got up through may of 2022 so far and will hopefully get through the rest tmrw <//3

#him.txt #i also have to get through my queue bc i went insane waiting for the peas in my bio lab to finish germinating #and queued up well over 120 posts #'why not start at the newer ones and go back' because i will never finish that way. hope u understand #anyways deepest apologies to my mutuals who have had to tolerate me posting gifsets of every single movie and show i watch #i promise you can block them soon #ALSO. such a pain to think of tags to differentiate different franchises for dd and sp-man #anything else. i dont post about enough to worry abt it #the dd (tv) tag might change eventually to netflix's dd but we'll see how it goes #who give a shit

[shuinami]

The sudden urge to write an AU fic where Mariano's entanglement with the Madrigals is a result of Joe Goldberg-esque antics and Dolores is a cross between Marienne and Love Quinn...

Anon that sent the "Mariano would cover up a dead body for Dolores" message, look what you've done to me 😭

#now i'm adding crack to writing queue great #too many ideas for my pea brain #i'm never going to get out of the encanto brainrot at this rate #shui meta

[rroechan]

Uh oh! stuff in my queue is actually running out, i may actually have to get off my ass and draw instead of pretending my art with improve by doing nothing but doom scrolling 😨

#i say as if i haven't already been working on other things #i have. so many ideas flying around my pea brain #why cant i just project my ideas onto a pc and be done... #my brains is so beautiful and creative #my hands. not so much #if i posted only wips id fill out the queue for a month or more i think.