jasmine & chia for desiree and bat💙
jasmine ⇢ do you have a movie or book you loved but will never watch/read again?
[Desiree has to consider this question incredibly carefully.]
Desiree: "...Truthfully...no, I cannot zhink of anyzhing zhat fits zis question. I have not watched many non-Magique moving pictures, but ze few I have zeen are pleasant enough. And as for books -- mon Dieu! Even zhose books zhat I have read a million times, I would be happy to read again. Even zhose books I have read and not enjoyed as much as ozhers, I would be willing to try again at zome later date. If I end up not liking zhem again, ah! C'est la vie. And zhere are zo many more wonderful zhings to read, in zheir place."
Bat: "Robinson Crusoe. I read it quite a few times as a young lad, largely because there weren't that many fiction books in print appropriate for boys my age back then, Muggle or otherwise...but over time, I've found both the main character and his outlook on the world and the people in it who differ from him less and less pleasant. From what I've been able to research about the author of the novel, it seems Mr. Defoe was an intellectual to a degree, indulging in political satire and championing the ideas of religious freedom at a time when people were arrested for speaking ill of the nobility and violently persecuted for their faith...but the character Defoe created sadly embodies the painfully racist, imperialistic attitude that many non-Britons came to associate with England in particular, when it was a world power."
chia ⇢ what’s an inside joke you have with someone else?
[Desiree can't bite back a wry smile.]
Desiree: "I do not know if zis counts...but ze very time we first met, Monsieur Aquila told me to call him by his nickname alone. I refused, zince we were still but strangers, and it would not be appropriate -- zo I only called him 'Monsieur Aquila.' Even when I joined his crew, I zhought it would be best to call him 'Captain,' for zhat is what he is."
[Her long-lashed black eyes twinkle with something almost girlish, with how much amusement dances through her expression.]
Desiree: "Even now, he ztill tries to coax me to just call him by his nickname -- but I never do."
Julio Aquila is a very handsome name. Zeems a great shame, to shorten it.
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[Have a fanged smirk.]
Bat: "Oh, my old school friends and I had plenty, back in the day. Most of them at my expense...but hey, it was all in good fun! I laughed just as much as anyone else."
Sometimes all you can do in the face of having eternal bad luck is have a good sense of humor about it...
[Memories of Barty and Cecelia swooping in to save him from the consequences of yet another lost bet flicker over Bat's mind, making a bittersweet smile twitch at the corners of his lips.]
Bat: "For a more modern example, though, I can always point to one I've got with Grim. I very often have to go up to the school in dog form -- I'm an Irish Wolfhound Animagus -- and quite a few the portraits have found me rather cute, especially when I come bearing gifts for Grim in my teeth. So several of them started calling me different things, such as 'Mutt' or 'Wolfy' -- "
[Bat's fanged grin spreads.]
Bat: " -- nicknames that Grim occasionally will also 'adopt,' when we're out in public with me as a dog. He always gets such compliments about how well trained I am."
[It's clear this amuses Bat greatly.]
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Plant Ask!
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What are your favourite houseplants at the moment?
My haemanthus! Idk I just love it so much, it has grown to look so good since I got it I adore her. Second favourite is my variegated crassula ovata, I check on her constantly I'm obsessed. And third is a little prop I stole cause I saw a plant in a public space that desperately needed to be pruned and I wanted a piece. Don't worry I took the most awkward little branch and the space had three huge plants of the same kind so I'm going to say it's allowed. I haven't posted it yet but I'm pretty sure it's some kind of peperomia
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Try my best to have nice vibes,,, ur a cool person my friend of spider :)
(also...for the plant game,,, im!! Lugh and i like the diseases... May I perhaps get the plant assignment?)
HOMIE ❤️ we legit need to talk more imo, you're free to dm me anytime
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I assign you Devil's Ivy (I associate them with pests and disease cause everytime I'm at plant stores there's always one who's sick with something lmao) but also they're very nice and pleasant
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hello there hellsite genetics! i need some inspiration for an oc, and im stumped. theres simply too many great creatures out there! so instead of worrying abt what creature cld possibly be the best fit, i’ve come to you in search of help :) whatever Beastie or Organism this ask generates will be my new oc inspiration hooray
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Closest match: Fragaria x ananassa cultivar Benihoppe chromosome 7
Common name: Strawberry
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Sometimes, talking about religious trauma with other people is really funny for me (not funny, haha, more funny 'I should probably talk about that more in therapy) because it feels like I'm playing with a stacked deck.
Like, Mothman will talk about growing up with Catholic Guilt™, and another friend will talk about the shit they encountered in a Baptist church, all awful, truly horrific, damaging stuff.
Then they'll ask, "What about you?" and I hesitate because it's like, well, my dad was raised by his strict patriarchal Irish Catholic grandfather and Austrian Jewish grandmother* because his Jehova Witness mother was deemed unfit, so like, he'll argue with God, but feel really bad about it while also feeling the need to tell everyone about it.
And then there's my mother, who was raised Calvinist but fell into Christian Science for a while before falling fully into New Age Occultism tinged with insane family lore** while still holding onto the purity of Calvinism and the faith healing of Christian Science, which led to my parents raising me as an indigo starseed child sent to earth by angels to absorb the pain of others as God intended and that's why I never got taken to the doctor because it wasn't my body that was in pain, it was my soul.
And it's like, I swear I'm not trying to one-up you, I SWEAR. My family tree is just a smorgasbord of poor life choices and questionable reasoning ability.
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*Arguably, the only normal one in the entire family who did her best to keep a lid on everything.
** Apparently, there was some family curse on my mother's mother's side from pissing off a fairy that caused all kinds of health problems that no one looked into because it was "the curse."
They're still somewhat mad at me for going to a doctor and getting diagnosed with a genetic connective tissue disorder. Though, arguably, what is a genetic disorder if not a familial curse?
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I went to a botanical garden a while back and saw this beauty. I said aloud, "That is a botanical shitpost!" Then I misread its ID plaque and thought "Yes! Tree Euphoria is the emotion I'm experiencing!" Anyway, please witness this Tree Euphorbia (Euphorbia bourgaeana) with me
ok i doubt this is the true shape of the creature in question-- the fan shape looks like fasciation, which is an abnormality that can happen when a growing tip of a plant gets damaged or infected in a certain way-- but the absolute SHAPE this has taken as a result, like..... my god..... shapes that inflict tree europhoria upon ye for sure
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the way you draw argos and mr plant is so!!!!!!!!!!! they're so silly and we love them for it AH
mr plant is v v protective we love that for him
could you draw mr plant being a protective boyfriend with argos (my question mark isn't working lmfao)
i want to consume your artstyle
have a nice day<333
Oh Goodness! This Ask is LONG overdue! (Been here since June 19th to be Exact!) But Here it Is! A little Off-WH but to be fair, Before I was fixating on Welcome Home, I was generally into Analog Horror/Args, and that Includes TWOMP! Ashur’s been a little less active lately so I’ve been Starving for Content myself BWHAHAHA so the Fanart kind of Froze Over 😵💫 But after a Long Time… Finally…
Argos and Mr Plant my Beloved 🫶🫶🫶
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