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findelyfantasy · 8 days
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Farawyn Headcanons!
Requests are open!
Just some things I was thinking about for Farawyn day (based on my very limited knowledge of these two interacting. I have yet to watch the extended editions of the films lol).
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They’re always nervous to approach each other. Faramir becomes bashful around her, for he admires her so much, and Eowyn struggles with being perceived due to her experience with Grima. 
Faramir will teach Eowyn new tactics for battle that he learned as a boy, just in case Eowyn is ever in a situation where she needs to defend herself once more. 
Eowyn and Faramir spend many an afternoon together lying in the grass and just talking. They feel comfortable in each other’s presence. 
They’re definitely unashamed when it comes to displaying their love for one another. Not in a “that one annoying couple from high school” type of way, but in such a way that displays just how much they love each other. Their eyes light up when they see each other, and they are not afraid to give each other a quick kiss where others might spot them. 
They often speak to each other in soft tones when it is evening time and they’re relaxing after a hard day. 
Faramir is always showing his affection for Eowyn in small ways, like gifting her flowers or making her dinner. Eowyn hasn’t really been fawned over in this way before meeting Faramir, so she appreciates these small but thoughtful moments greatly. 
Eowyn does similar things for Faramir, except her plans are a bit more adventurous. She likes to plan out days in their schedules to give Faramir her undivided attention. They go out for a hike or spend a quiet day inside. Either way, the two of them enjoy each other’s company. 
They’re always reassuring each other because neither of them really got that when they were growing up. Words of affirmation are a staple in their relationship. 
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no-psi-nan · 1 year
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@disgruntled-twig I've posted about Akechi and Kuboyasu specifically a couple of times (uh. wait a few years lol) and a few more times as a general "all the Psychickers have a huge crush on Kuboyasu" ship haha! It's on my ship chart and everything XD
I just think it would be SO funny if the Psychickers simped for Kuboyasu HARD on main and he's just completely oblivious and thinks they're platonic besties for like. Years.
The Psychickers aren't even mad about it because Kuboyasu's internal limit for what is acceptable to do with homies has been highly skewed by being in gangs from all-boys schools (imo), so they get to cuddle with him whenever he comes over to hang out. They put on their cutest fits, fight over who gets to sit on his lap this time, and flirt like hell and Kuboyasu is just like "hahaha these guys are great!".
It's just a total clown show and it's so so funny to me personally. They'll eventually get him in the polycule but the journey is long and hilarious.
So this is a thing that will canonically happen in my Moving Forward universe (I think it's already been mentioned that the Psychickers have lil crushes on him in Extra Love Stories 2 iirc?) and I've doodled it because it tickles my funny bone so much:
But as for Akechi and Kuboyasu specifically, I totally think they could have chemistry, but they need to spend more time together for that to happen.
It seems like Akechi can definitely dial down his chatter if he wants to– note how he behaves himself with Saiki's mom! So I think once Akechi officially joins the friend group post-canon, he'll try to limit his monologuing at first to give them all a chance to get used to him lol. EXTREMELY difficult for him but worth the effort since these are his Kusuo-kun's beloved friends.
Kuboyasu will be getting more patient over time, plus he'll be able to put up with Akechi a lot more once he learns to trust him and isn't on the defensive. That's the shadow leader's homie after all, if Saiki trusts Akechi then that's enough of an endorsement for him!
Once they're comfortable around each other, I think they'd get along really well! Kuboyasu is curious and kind of a romantic by nature, so I think he'd be fascinated by Akechi's knowledge of the natural world (as seen when he identified the bug in the sweet potato episode).
Akechi's nature knowledge seems to be based mostly on encyclopedias vs personal experience, so it would be SO fun for them to go hiking and find all of these creatures and plants in nature together! I usually include Nendo and Mera in the hiking club, but there's no reason why they can't go on solo adventures together haha.
Also, we know Akechi likes Cyborg Ciderman, which is an advertisement disguised as cheesy action anime (is it an anime in-universe actually?? hsfjdlshfks hard to tell). So I bet he'd have fun watching action flicks with Kuboyasu, and Kuboyasu would definitely like watching anime with Akechi, he clearly likes Dragonball and I can see them talking fan theories and stuff!
Another point of connection, and I've posted about it before but I can't find it, could be self-defense. Akechi would definitely ask Kuboyasu for some fighting tips n tricks, so he doesn't have to resort to ...chemical warfare... any more. And Kuboyasu wants to be a teacher, so this is good practice, and they start practicing and sparring.
Akechi isn't physically strong, and he'll never be as fast as Kuboyasu, but his ability to predict the opponent's moves are uncanny and he's clearly good at strategy, so he might be able to dodge and land hits unexpectedly. Not enough to rival Kuboyasu but enough to keep himself safe and be a fun challenge!
Anyways, I think it's an interesting and fun ship! Plan to write some formally eventually, just have a LOT of WIPs already and I've been more on a comics kick lately than writing so we'll see lol. Thanks for the ask!!
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wolfimprints · 10 months
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Hi! May I please request a ship?
I'm 21, genderqueer (they/them, pretty feminine presenting), and bi. I'm really short but tend to wear pretty tall platforms so I'm 5' 6" in public, lol. I have angel fangs (piercings) and I adore tattoos. Generally, my sense of style is pretty alternative but in a really casual way because I prioritize comfort over aesthetic and I have sensory issues (black comfy clothes and no makeup for the win).
I cuss a ton and have a very horrible sense of humor (dirty jokes and shock/dark humor, I'm not allowed near the kids table anymore, I have no filter and it's gotten me in trouble), I also vape, and I drink socially. I'm autistic, so I have trouble reading social cues, have limited facial expressions, have trouble with empathy, and tend to infodump about random things.
I'm usually pretty chill, I like to complain a lot but it's all lighthearted. My idea of an ideal date is hiking while talking mindlessly about anything, then going home to make dinner together and eat it on the couch while watching Rick and Morty or an anime or something. Also, I get crushes easily. Even in a relationship, I'm loyal as can be but I do tend to gush about fictional characters or the cutie that I saw at the coffee shop because I think that attraction is so normal and natural and human that it shouldn't be an issue. I'm also REALLY straightforward when I have a crush, I'll tell them "yeah, I totally did that thing so that I had an excuse to look at you some more because I think you're hot, lol" and I really don't see the big deal, facts are facts.
I'm also an artist and I love to cook. I read a bit, bit I get bored too quickly so I tend to drop books a lot. I like silly movies (Monty Python or Bill and Ted or something like those) and cartoons (Adventure Time, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Rugrats, etc.) and generally unserious things. I like anything that looks whimsigoth, and I'm an extreme introvert.
That's all I can think of. I feel like I simultaneously rambled for far to long and like I didn't give nearly enough information. My bad, lol. But thank you in advance if you take the request, and sorry to bother you if you can't/aren't taking requests!!
I ship you with... QUIL!
I feel like he'll appreciate your clothing style (I see him being into grungy stuff) and your interests (films/cartoons with black humour). He's also pretty sarcastic/blunt so he'll see you as a partner-in-crime in mischief.
I picture him as an observer, so he'll understand after a while of spending time with you what gets you going and what not. He'll always get the conversation going even after you've made quite a comment that freezes the mood.
Thanks for requesting!
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thomas-j-nook · 2 years
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Okay day. Went hiking in the morning and I was hesitant to be honest but I did fine. Like it was a good length and a nice path. Not too buggy either. I did run into a tree branch with my face though lol. I have some issues walking since my brain surgery. My neurologist says I’m lucky it was not worse because I was I diagnosed for 2 years and what I had can actually kill people. So I had very minimal damage. My head was numb for almost a year. I pretty much just got feeling back last September. You could slap me and I’d feel nothing. They thought it was permanent nerve damage but it slowly started to come back. I see my neurologist once a year now and I do walk to the right. So straight lines are hard so I have to focus on where I’m walking now because if I don’t I do end up not being where I want to be. He said it’s not bad enough to be concerned or to take action I just have to be aware and I am. Also I fall more. I almost fell once today but caught myself. It was from looking behind me. I actually did fall at the autism walk with gabby lol the video I posted I actually fell at the end of the video and edited that part out. Sometimes I stand still and suddenly I’m stumbling backwards. I’m good at catching myself though! So I don’t fall. But I can definitely tell the difference before and after the brain issue. I also need to focus when I’m walking. Like focus on walking which is why I ran into a tree branch because I was looking at the ground to made sure I didn’t fall. If I did that trail at this time last year I would not have enjoyed it. I’ve lost almost 60 pounds and I’m in better health. So I’m hoping it continues to get better. Just fyi for like program that path was totally fine anything less groomed would probably have been an issue like with tree roots, rocks, ect. That type of terrain is probably about where I’d say my limit is. For now anyways. But yeah I didn’t really get out of breath either and I kept up. So definitely seeing the changes.
Gabby asked me to walk a 5 mile walk with her sometime in mid June and I declined nicely. I told her that seemed like it may be too much for me at this point. I can walk 5 miles if needed., yes. Would I like to no? Will I commit to that? It’s also mid June and I won’t commit to anything like that due to the heat. Because if it’s 90 and I’m walking and got I’m gonna be pissed. Today the weather was perfectly fine for walking. That being said I’m an animal at Disney. I will walk from 7am rope drop to 11pm park closing. It’s all about the sweet sweet reward I must admit. I’ll walk from one end of a park to another with no complaining and no bitching but if I have to walk a quarter mile at the campground to use the showers or bathrooms I’m not into it. I’ll jog from fast pass to fast pass. Hell I’ve done 3 parks in one day. Everyone always laughs at Disney because. I’m usually slow moving and timid and I stand back and at Disney I’m up and leaving for the parks to get to rope drop before Judy’s alarm even goes off. They sleep until 9am some days at Disney!!!! I know it’s a vacation but damn girl. Im gonna be in the parks from the second they open until they close and even after I’ve bought special tickets for after hours events. I also manage Disney very well like I plan my days out and get the most of each day. So everyone’s waking up and trying to figure out what park they want to go too and who’s open latest when I’ve had my schedule written down for 3 months prior to arrival. I’m just so into Disney. I know the history of the park and most the rides history. I can list off the resorts. Hell I even have the bus line memorized to the point where Pete’s family waits for me to get one or off a bus because that way they know it’s the right stop. Lmao. It’s a number and color system that I have down. I know where everything is at Disney like you could ask me how to get to….adventure land and I’d point you there. Meanwhile I can’t figure out how to get to my parents apartment and they live two blocks away. I just can’t lol. Or sometimes Pete will driving and I’ll be like “where are you going!?” And he’s like Walmart…..this is the way we take every time kasey. I’ll be honest though. If I’m not interested in it. I won’t put much effort in. So I have such a fire and drive at Disney and at home I’m like. ….”Pete. Hand me the remote”
The afternoon was good too. I did some keyboard which had me nervous at first but I actually really enjoy the sound it makes. And I did get three cords down pretty well. I did okay Mary had a little lamb which I thought myself when I was like 8 by using a fisher price toy. My mom said I could never play keyboard because my fingers were to short. Eventually I would like to learn more instruments. I definitely have the goal of owning my own flute again sometime in the near future. We will see. I did also enjoy the talk today about umm bias. It confused me a little at first because I was having a hard time understanding that bias is not always negative. Like I’m biased because I think calliope is the cutest girl in the world” also the trump part confused me because I had a hard time understanding if he was bias or is his followers were. I honestly looked it up on my own after the conversation lol. Because my brain was going. I just thought there was one type of bias and that was hating another race or group of people but I guess there is more to it then that. But I think I got it now. Some of that stuff goes over my head and some of it I digest for too long and I get lost on one part. We also did talk about mental health today and how people that have mental health issues are not bad people. Which kinda reminded me of my mom. I’m very harsh with my mom. She obviously has a mental illness so me being brought up the way I was and how she treats me now is based like off her mental illness. I tend to think in black and white. There is a right and a wrong and when people break laws I have trouble understanding why they did it. It’s like “I would not do that so why did she” that’s kinda how my brain works. I had a fucked up childhood and I’m starting to admit that. It’s hard though because for years I felt terrible talking about it because “others have it worse” it a fine line of “they are my parents. I want to respect them” and “my parents really fucked me up” I feel a little weird around program because people talk about their parents and stuff and I have not had any physical contact with either of my parents in probably 20 years. I see them. I do not allow them to touch me. Ginny or mark would have a better change of giving me a hug then my parents. I will not except it from my parents. And I think that’s where my mom has her issues with me because I’d go to school and get close to staff over the years and I’d allow them to touch me when I’d push my mom away. She tends to have issues with anyone I form a trusting connection with. Like she gets pissy when I bring up mark of ginny or program because “she’s done more for me then mark and ginny ever will don’t idolize them” and I’m like….not comparing them or idolizing them I’ll just say like “ginny helped me realize this and I never thought about it that way before” like self discovery shit and communication stuff. Like today for example ginny explained to me that when she and mark raise their voice at other clients it does not mean they are mad at them. Some clients needs a the firmness and some need a softer approach. Which did help me. Somedays I’d see them show frustration or raise their voice with another client and I’d think “ginny/mark is mad today. I definitely don’t want to bother them. And I better be 100% today” I’d be walking on egg shells. But I do get it now. I’m trying to also move on from my past. When I was younger I was punished for not speaking or having issues related to autism. Even now my mom will tease me about things related to autism. Like me needing my own space on vacation or having to take breaks it bringing a stuffed animal with me to a hotel. I can be very childish but I also act like an adult in the community. So if I come home and watching tv with a stuffed animal helps then who cares? That’s how I relax. I don’t bring stuffed animals with me everywhere I go. Only overnight. I think her main issue has always been she’s trying to get me to conform to society and act his a person should act.
Where at program I’m told that it’s okay if I need to take a minute. Or that having anxiety is valid. That’s another thing. I was nervous about wondering if I locked the door and my moms like “that’s fucking stupid get over it. You add anxiety to yourself. You ask for it” and it’s like NO NO NO. I do not ask for anxiety. It’s a very unpleasant feeling. My mom also went threw this phase where if someone would see me in public they would be like “aww she is doing so well compared to a few years ago. She’s a totally different kid” and my mom would be like “well you know I work really hard with her and I get her the support she needs” and it used to piss me off. I was like 16 at the time and I was my own support lol. The gains I made had nothing to do with her. It hurt. I had to work so damn hard to be able to cash out at Walmart. I did it myself over months of time and my moms like standing back like “yeah. I did that” and I’m like no lol. I did it. Me. Just myself. Don’t take credit for what I worked so hard to do when you say there and disencoursged me.
Sorry I’m going off again. I get in these moments if feelings and I have to write them down to get them out.
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oflgtfol · 3 years
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i think a large part of why all these cave accidents get me so badly is that like. long island has zero caves. i have never stepped foot underground at all unless by "underground" you mean like. the basement of somebody's house. and my lack of experience underground is not even a choice, it's that there's literally no naturally formed underground spaces here, at least none that i know of. nothing at all like these huge caves that are apparently like, family day trips in other areas of the world?? the idea of just going into a fucking cave underground as a fun family activity BOGGLES my mind, nevermind the actual exploring of Never Before Charted cave areas
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writing-in-april · 3 years
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Woodland Adventures
Santiago ‘Pope’ Garcia x Female Reader
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Summary: Santiago and Reader go on a camping trip to relax after everything that happened in South America.
A/N: Hey! This is my thirteenth fic for my 30 fics in 30 days for April!!!!!!! This is my first fic I’ve ever written for Santiago so I’m kinda excited 😆 he’s one of my favorites and it’s taken me a while to figure out what I wanted to write for him. I actually had this finished for a while and then there was a convo I had that made me change it because of that video of Oscar licking a knife- so I changed it lol 😂@writefightandflightclub I just couldn’t help myself 🙈 Feel free to drop me an ask about anything here!! Thanks for reading and hope you enjoy!
Warnings: 18+, Mentions of Santi struggling with PTSD, Smut, Dom!Santiago, Size kink, Knife kink, Masturbation, Unprotected sex, Outdoor sex
Main Masterlist Word Count: 2.4k
Everyone had their own ways of finding an outlet to escape to whenever times were tough, and even when they were good. Some would rather stay at home to curl up to watch television or read a book. Santiago had other ways of escaping, ones that were a bit more taxing and long.
He had dragged you out into the middle of nowhere to go camping in the woods. He had told you many times before that this was his favorite way to relax, saying that the fresh air breathed life back into his lungs. You weren’t going to complain though, after what had happened in South America you knew he needed it. You couldn’t deny that the scenery was gorgeous and he was right, the fresh air did make you feel like you could finally breathe again.
Santiago however, had been trying to test your ability to breathe this entire trip. Every morning he’d choose a different area of path in these woods to hike through, which would inevitably exhaust you. You weren’t necessarily surprised that your boyfriend, a veteran, was in much better shape than you. He still had to keep himself in somewhat great shape because of his current job working in private security.
Despite knowing all of that, you couldn’t help but bellyache and moan after a certain point each day, when your knees ache too much to go any further. You also preferred basking in the sweeping scenery that encompassed everywhere around you rather than walking right through it. It sounded like heaven to just stop and stare at the world around you, but this trip was for Santiago so you tried to not get him to stop unless you were exhausted. You’d ask on the next trip to sightsee more, you at least got to watch the sunrise and the morning dew get to form before you went out each day. And, you wanted to help Santiago in any possible way that you could, even if it did test your physical limits.
Today in particular was testing those limits, your forehead glistening with sweat that had begun to drip down the rest of your face. You kept trying to wipe the beads of sweat with a rag and force your knees to go just a touch further. When your knees began to buckle under the weight of the backpack, even with the light load, you knew you couldn’t go any further without potentially dropping to the ground.
It pained you to ask, as you had done this everyday you had gone out, but you absolutely could not go any further. Your energy was completely shot, not even your consideration for Santiago’s penchant for hiking could force you to take another step, “Santiago? C-can we go back? I’m not feeling good…”
Your words must have made him even more concerned than any time before as he had shot to your side immediately to help prop you up. You opened your mouth to say something else, but he quickly cut you off, “You don’t need to say anything else cariño, I’m taking you back to our tent.”
Somehow even though you both had taken the same exhausting path to get to this spot in the woods, Santiago still had enough energy to pick you up. He tapped your thigh twice, like he did whenever he asked you to jump to wrap your legs around his waist, which on a normal day happens when you want him to exhaust you. Almost immediately after you had jumped and he had you in his arms your eyes began to droop close out of sheer exhaustion.
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When your eyes blinked open you groaned, then you moved a hand over your eyes to block out the sun that had peeked through the tent. Confusion was your next thought, wondering how you had gotten back to your tent and onto the cot to sleep. Santiago must have carried you all the way back to your tent and tucked you in so you could sleep. You slowly sat up with a groan, you were sore but now much more energetic as you must have gotten a few good hours of sleep.
Traipsing out of the tent you looked around the small camp you had both set up to find Santiago. When you turned your head to the right you found him, sitting on the ground sharpening small sticks with a hunting knife, most likely out of boredom. He must have felt his eyes on you as his head snapped up quickly, searching for whoever had been looking at him. He flashed you a small smile when he realized that it was only you, his hypervigilance had gotten worse again after coming back, along with his nightmares. But, seeing you and being with you made it all seem better.
You went over to sit next to him, your own back now to the same tree. He went back to work on the sticks he had been mindlessly sharpening, though this time he wasn’t silent as he now had company, “You had me worried for a while cariño, thought I had worn you out too much.”
“Nah- I was fine.” You joked to try to help lighten the mood and the unnecessary guilt he was feeling. He didn’t have an answer to your joke, just continuing to peel the bark of the sticks with the sharp metal. Turning to face him more you leaned forward to press a small kiss on his cheeks that were scratchy from his light stubble. You frowned a little when you still got no answer and decided to cup his face in your hands so he’d have to stop what he was doing to listen to you, “I’m fine, I promise. I was just tired- you did nothing wrong baby.”
He nodded his head in confirmation, his eyes slightly glistening because of the unnecessary guilt he was trying to let go. You then leaned forward to press another soft kiss on his forehead, mutual understanding now flowing in between you both without having to say it out loud. You didn’t know exactly what he was going through, some of the details were kept from you, but you’d be here with him through it all.
After you had both let yourselves be silent for a while, you spoke up and changed the course of the conversation, “What are you doing with those sticks?”
He shrugged his shoulders, “Just passing the time.”
“You could’ve hiked some more while I slept you know.”
What he said next made your heart swell and almost break, “I know, I wanted to make sure you were safe.” You knew he was trying his best after a horrible situation that had left him in pieces.
“Thank you, Santi. You always take good care of me, just remember I’m not fragile.” You did appreciate the gesture, only adding the last part at the end as a reminder. You pressed one last chaste kiss to his face in thanks, this time to his nose, before going back to your original position against the tree. He looked like he wanted to perhaps argue with you, but decided to accept your gratitude.
Santiago was soon testing your breathing in a different way than before, arousal creeping up inside of you as you watched him go back to destroying the sticks with his knife. Sometimes the way he did things reminded you of how strong he was, how easily it could be for him to break you. He cared about you so much to not want to break you, but you wanted to put your trust in him so he could hurt you in a way that felt good.
You wriggled a bit, causing Santi to look over at you for a second before going back to what he was doing. This was going to be the death of you, you were already soaking through your panties and soon it would be your shorts too. Deciding to test the waters once you were too turned on to ignore you snuck one of your hands down your shorts, discreetly unbuttoning them so you could continue to watch.
At first you just rubbed small circles into your clit to try to satiate some of the arousal coursing through your veins. It made some pleasure spark through you, biting your lip to make sure you didn’t make any noise. When you slipped your fingers to curl inside you was when it started to feel really good, pushing you close to an orgasm while you curled them upwards.
Your eyes slipped closed after a while of you staring at his hands while you played with yourself. You started to fantasize what Santiago might do to you with those hands, maybe he’d wrap them around your neck while he fucked you. An orgasm was fast approaching you, that was until you were cut off by Santiago speaking, “What are you doing?”
When you froze because of being caught your release that you had been close to achieving then abated. You answered in the most innocent voice you could muster up, “Nothing.”
“Get up and strip.” His tone told you that there was no room for you to argue, not that you really wanted him to anyway. Quickly you shucked off all your clothes, while Santiago stood up as well. All Santiago did was free his now hard cock from his cargo pants, not bothering to strip off any of his own clothes.
When you turned around to face him he instead grabbed hold of your shoulders, making you face the tree. Another order was then barked at you, “Bend over.”
You scrambled to bend over, only getting a few seconds to get comfortable in the position before he notched his cock at your entrance and began to sink inside you. Your walls stretched around his thick length as they always did because of how girth he was, but you were wet enough already that it was easier than usual.
His pace was rougher than usual once he worked himself all the way inside you. You weren’t going to question or complain though. It was exactly what you wanted, what you needed, and again you bit your lip hard to try to contain your moans.
“Don’t you dare hold back those pretty noises, Princesa, no one’s around to hear them.” Almost immediately you let out a moan that was so loud it might have bounced off the trees and echoed. He was right, if no one was around to hear it, the only people that would know how unrestrained you were letting your loud noises be, were you and Santi.
The bark bit into my hands harder as you gripped my fingers harder into the tree to try to keep yourself propped up. Everytime he thrusted into you, your eyes were tempted to roll back into your head. You tried to fight that urge because you couldn’t help but want to keep them fixed right on the hand that Santi was using as leverage for each of his deep thrusts inside you. In his hand he still held tight the hunting knife that he had been using.
You felt filthy being turned on by how he could do anything to you with that knife while you were small underneath him. Each time the front of his thighs hit the back of yours, his grip on your hip, and the one on the knife would get stronger. The veins in his hands became more prominent each time he strengthened his grip, making you think about what else he could do with his hands, and the knife. Your knees started to buckle when his cock brushed up against your sweet spot inside of you, but you kept your gaze strong.
Santi must have noticed at some point where you were looking, seeing what you couldn’t take your eyes off of. You figured out that he had noticed when he suddenly pulled out of you, turning you around roughly before speaking gruffly, “Did you like watching me with the knife? Hmm?”
You whimpered and nodded your head, admitting wordlessly your filthy desires. You already had felt small underneath him earlier while he took you from behind, but when he tapped your hip twice to signal you to jump you felt minuscule with his body crushing yours against the tree. The bark was now biting into all the skin on your back, though the slight stinging pain you felt was ignored when he sunk back inside you. This time he wasted no time in building up his pace, slamming his hips into yours with brutal efficiency.
You had almost forgotten about the knife that was still being held in one of his hands, until he brought it up back into your line of sight. Again, it was hard to keep your eyes focused on him as his cock railed into you, building your orgasm behind the scenes. Though, when he slowed his pace for a second so he could drag his tongue across the blade your drooping eyes snapped open, wide with astonishment. He then threw it to the side, landing somewhere in the pile of sticks he had cut apart and picked up his pace again.
“Can’t believe you trust me enough to have that knife so close to you.” He breathlessly spoke in disbelief, making you let out a moan which he again had no intentions of stifling, “Yeah, that’s right, moan while I use, Princesa.”
It wasn’t long before both of your releases hit hard. You tried to writhe and wriggle underneath him, but he had you trapped underneath him as he filled you. His broad shoulders did most of the work to pin you down as he finished letting you both ride out your highs.
When he began whispering sweet words into your neck laced with some obvious sadness, you were worried he might feel guilty for using the knife. He often treated you like glass, afraid to handle it roughly in case it shattered because of him. So, just to banish those thoughts swiftly you cupped his cheeks again after he had let you down, then giving him a similar reassurance as before, “I’m fine, I promise. I wanted you to do that. I promise I had a good time Santi.”
He ducked his head a little at your words, probably out of embarrassment that you had caught his guilty feelings swirling again. Mirroring his previous actions he nodded his head in confirmation, then wrapping his arms around you in an all encompassing hug. You whispered your own sweet words into his neck for a bit, without sadness, until you pulled him back in the direction of your tent, “Come on, let me clean up and then we can try to sleep. I’m tired, you wore me out again.”
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oldsmobile-hotdogs · 3 years
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Willex + ⛵️💍💫
ohoho bestie i had fun with this (also it’s almost 2k oops lol)
it’s also available on ao3!
may i present to you:
Two Ghosts... Having a Date on a Stolen Boat... They Might Kiss...
Alex had to admit: even for Willie, this act of delinquency was a lot.
When he’d first floated the idea of joyriding a sailboat under cover of night to Alex, albeit somewhat casually and hypothetically as they strolled along the pier during a mild June afternoon, Alex had gone along jokingly in that way you do when a friend asks who’d be eaten first if the whole group were trapped on a desert island.
But then Willie had brought it up again on their next- Date? Outing? Meeting?
(Alex was vehemently avoiding putting labels on their spending time together, just in case Willie were to put a different one on it to the one he ascribed it.)
And then on their next, next… hanging-out session… Willie had mooted a date for the grand theft boat and didn’t phrase it much like a question. And then he’d gently pointed out when the sailing class stopped for the night on said date: a Sunday, no less, so it closed before the sun even got close to setting, meaning anyone inside the little shed where they stored the paperwork and lifejackets would certainly be gone by the evening.
This wasn’t accounting for how objectively shocked Alex had been to learn that Willie knew how to sail, of all things. He knew Willie knew how to skate, though that was hard to miss, and he knew Willie had mentioned he used to surf a little when he was alive, but as far as Alex was aware, and he was sorting through all of their conversations just to be sure that he was sure, Willie had never mentioned he could sail.
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In retrospect, that could have largely been because he couldn’t, strictly speaking. Alex had watched on in a strange mix of awe and terror as Willie had untied a small sailboat that lent itself easily to being pitied, if he was honest- all chipping paint and scuffs on the body and sunbleached sails- from its docking, and then suddenly he'd been yanked onto the vessel by his arm and made to crouch just behind Willie, close enough for the wind kicking up to whip his hair occasionally in Alex's face, and then Willie had knelt behind the sails and done something, Alex couldn't be sure what, that meant they were off. It was pleasant at first, which had surprised him immensely. Initially they were travelling relatively slowly, but still smoothly, not too far out from the shore, and the longer the joyride had lasted at this pace, the closer Alex had been to letting himself relax.
But then it had very quickly become apparent that Willie was somewhat out of his element: not majorly- he'd probably taken a few classes in a summer, maybe- but enough that he had psyched himself out. And whenever Willie felt psyched out, he turned reckless. Well, more reckless.
Despite the fact that he was a ghost, which meant that even if they had capsized they would have both been able to breathe, and that even if they had crashed no one would have been hurt and it would be physically impossible for the crime to come back to them, Alex had found himself with a white-knuckled grip on either side of the boat as it had picked up speed almost exponentially and began coasting erratically from side to side, the sail changing direction so obviously and violently that even an absolute novice, which Alex was, could have seen that something was wrong.
'You alright up there?' Alex had asked, even though "up there" was about four inches from his face.
'Yeah, I'm just- hold on-' And then Willie had let go of the tiller, which had filled Alex with the fear of God for a good six seconds, before rolling his shoulders back, shaking out his hands, exhaling a quick breath through his mouth and grasping it again. Willie must have gotten himself out of his Beserker state in that time because the boat had then begun moving in a relatively straight line again and, after a little while, had eased itself back down to a manageable speed. Alex would have to ask about that coping mechanism when he got the chance.
After what felt like maybe ten more minutes of sailing lightly around, but may have been quite a bit more, spent mostly in comfortable silence, Willie had pulled clumsily back into where the boat had previously been docked and Alex had clambered out from the little space he had been guided to originally and had remained in the entire joyride, tying the rope back around the little wooden pole that tethered it to the beach. Sailors' knots Alex could do. He'd been so afraid of getting lost in the woods one spring when he was a child, although an opportunity had never presented itself for him to go into the woods, that he'd read a Boy Scouts handbook cover to cover to the point where, even now, if he closed his eyes, he could see the passage on how to sterilise river water laid out in front of him.
'When you're done come back onto the boat. I wanna sit here for a little bit.'
Alex had looked up from his handiwork to meet Willie's gaze. His eyes had been bright, filled with the leftover mischief from their escapade, and a soft smile which had made Alex wonder if Willie had something else up his sleeve had played on his lips.
'Okay, yeah, I'll be back in a second,' he had replied, leaning down one last time to tighten the knot in the right places.
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Willie had genuinely expected Alex to tell him to stop at some point, but the more Alex had gone along with what was originally at least partially a joke, the more Willie had wanted to see if he could actualise what had previously only ever been a poorly planned pipe dream. When everything started more or less crashing down around them, however, and their outing previously slated as some dangerous, blockbuster-level adventure had fizzled out into the anticlimax of the season, Willie couldn't help but worry that he had done something to threaten what the two had going for them, which would be poor timing, considering.
Now sitting sideways on the boat together, ghost legs phasing into the shallow water below, hands in touching distance if one of them just worked up the courage to splay their pinky finger a little more, Willie was getting nervous. A little giddy, too, at the possibility of this going right, but mostly nervous.
'Alex?' he began, a little embarrassed, though he knew that was needlessly so, at how his voice hiked in pitch from the nerves.
'Yeah?' Alex responded, his eyes suddenly fixed on him. Willie felt his face grow warm at this, and hoped the relative darkness afforded him some ability to hide the blush he knew was developing.
An added problem was that now Willie had no idea what to say next. He was great at listening to people divulge their emotions, sure, but he always struggled a little with expressing his own, preferring to offer solutions to the other people in his life's struggles and pretend like his own feelings weren't always too close to overflowing for comfort. Willie was suddenly hit with the overwhelming urge to backtrack as quickly as was humanly possible.
'No, never mind, actually. It's not important.' Willie attempted to sound casual, but was unsure of how successfully it actually came off.
'Well, see, now I definitely wanna hear what you had to say,' Alex retorted jokingly.
‘No, it’s stupid. Really.’
‘No, it’s not,’ Alex was now looking Willie pointedly in the eyes. ‘I don’t think you’ve said a stupid thing ever-’ Willie opened his mouth, ready to counter him- ‘Not when it counts.’
And it’s not like that admission of blind faith in Willie made the next words out of his mouth any easier, but they were now propelled from hiding by an added energy that wasn’t there before.
‘Okay, so I went to Tokyo a few weeks back-’
‘You- ...okay.’ It was obvious that this anecdote would have Alex wanting to throw himself into one of his crises about the afterlife and ghost powers and the limitations of poofing, but he was, so far, very valiantly, in Willie’s opinion, holding back. ‘You’ll have to tell me about that later.’
Willie couldn’t help but giggle at how resigned Alex sounded. ‘Oh, I will, hotdog, don’t worry.’
'Anyway,' Willie began again, more confident now that the conversation had taken on some humour. 'So I went to Tokyo, and I was walking down a street with a bunch of vendor stalls, and I saw this one stall and I, uh.' He paused a little, taking a few gentle breaths to build up the courage necessary to continue. 'I remembered my Mom telling me about these, uh, these rings.' Willie could almost feel Alex's eyes widen as he drew out the small, purple pouch that kept them safe from his hoodie pocket. He rushed to clarify. 'They're not- it's not a big thing in Japan. They're not like promise rings.' Alex audibly exhaled. 'Yeah, don't- I wouldn't... spring that on you.'
'No, yeah, I didn't... think you would.'
A silence came over them, uncharacteristicallly awkward, and Willie felt a little hopeless to save the moment.
Eventually, it was Alex who broke it. 'So, these rings?'
'Yeah,' Willie quickly responded. 'I stole them.' Alex chuckled under his breath. 'They're called couple rings, and people- well, couples- they buy them to mark the fact that they're- well, that they're couples.'
'Seems simple enough,' Alex joked, evidently warming to the idea.
'Oh yeah, very simple.' Willie could feel a smile spreading across his face. 'And there's no implication that you're gonna, like, do anything else later on either, which I like because, I mean, we're ghosts.' He gestured at how their legs became translucent where they dangled into the water. 'And that's probably already enough thinking about "forever" on its own, without the added pressure of any big promises.'
'Yeah, I agree.' Alex let out a sigh.
There was a beat of quiet before Willie continued.
'But obviously actually seeing them and putting them on is the main event, so I'm going to get them out of the pouch now, finally,' he joked, pulling open the hole in the top and lightly shaking two thin, silver bands out onto his hand. He then placed them gently onto the edge of the boat, and turned them so that Alex could see clearly what they looked like, or as clearly as was possible at this time of night.
'They've both got this line engraved in them almost the whole way 'round, and then one has a star stamped into it, and the other has a moon,' Willie explained, the nerves returning now that his gift was out in the open.
'I can see that,' Alex responded breathily, leaning a little closer to the rings. 'Willie, these are- they're beautiful. Thank you.'
'I thought you could be the star,' Willie suggested, the arm of his that was further away from Alex reaching up to rub at his neck, lightly avoiding how to respond to Alex's gratitude.
'Okay.'
Gingerly, Willie closed the gap between their hands and slipped the band onto Alex's ring finger, and then donned his own. Neither of them spoke for a little while, both stunned into silence and afraid to break this air of closeness they'd achieved. Once again, Alex was the first to move.
'So, this definitely means we're dating, right?'
Willie flung himself backwards into the hull of the ship, his hair somewhat cushioning his head as he landed, his legs sticking up over the top, now opaque. 'Ugh. Yes, hotdog, we're dating,' he called back up in fake annoyance.
'Cool, just checking,' Alex called back.
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tiredbiostudent · 2 years
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Abbey... I'm taking a road trip to Northern Norway next summer (if covid allows), and I was just wondering... if it would be too much to ask you for your fave places to visit there. I'm a biologist, so feel free to geek out in that respect if necessary. Thank you so much if you do take the time to answer, if not, no worries <3 happy new year!
hii that sounds so exciting!!! and you'll get to be there during the midnight sun :') I can recommend some places I visited and some I didn't- sadly I was only spent time in troms & senja when I was there and I was only there for 4 days. I'll include my answer under the cut bc I'm rambly and want to add pictures too :D
some places I really wanted to visit but never got a chance to in northern norway were lofoten (this one is at the top, I'm still heartbroken I never got to go and am very much thinking about another trip to norway just to visit), nordkapp, the lyngen alps, kvaloya, and svalbard (NORTH north!!! lol). but those are just broad areas and there is sooooo much else, esp tiny little magical places, to explore. specifically for northern norway I have to recommend looking at Helenemoo on instagram, she's one of my favourite accounts and she currently lives in lofoten so definitely check her travel/adventure/hiking stuff out!!! planning wise: some things I did as a slightly neurotic type A virgo organization freak to plan my trips were go through the location tag on instagram + search tons of different websites about places to visit + possibly the most genius/over the top thing I did was literally go onto google maps and just click random spots to see what pictures pop up. eg if you see a little town at the edge of a fjord click it and see if it looks nice! then for my trips I would put every location pin into a new google map, colour code it for days, etc. and then it's super easy to follow when you're travelling and you can also see what places are nearby! biology -wise when I was there in the winter there wasn't too much going on but in the summer it'll be so cool to see the landscape and the plants and animals (reindeer !) and birds and whales !!!!! ahhh you will have to fill me in :) you could try downloading an app like merlin to see what birds will be around when you're there and then seeing how many you can spot.
ok now onto the boring stuff, here are the places I visited & loved in northern norway weoooo sorry in advance for not including accents etc in the place names I'm on my laptop and don't have the letter shortcuts and am too lazy to copy paste them oops. also tragically I'm limited to 10 pictures here </3
tromso- such a beautiful city, I wish I got to spend more time exploring! also wish I could've hiked up mt floya but we were there during a snowstorm so gondola it was. when I tell you I see these mountains in my dreams......
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honestly not really a place but just driving around up there is so surreal ! if you can't tell, before I lived in norway I had like never seen a proper mountain in my life bc every time I saw one there I was just :000000000
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my airbnb was in maselv so two days we went cross country skiing and snowshoeing and it was sosososososo fun. when I tell you this was one of the best days of my life I am not joking. not sure how feasible that'll be in the summer but I have to include it anyways >:)
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senja my beloved. unfortunately we were a bit limited by daylight and could only really drive through the national route that runs through but ohhhh man it was indescribable anyways. and if you're there in the summer you'll actually get to hike!!!! so cool
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I hope you have the best time ever and you'll have to let me know how it goes so I can live vicariously through you! ps where are you starting your roadtrip from? I did a lot more travelling in the south of norway and can definitely recommend even more places if you're starting near bergen or somewhere on the west coast :-)
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bunny-xoxo · 3 years
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Bunny’s 200 follower event
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request: hi hi congrats on 200! i seen ur event and was wondering if i could join if that’s okay! could i have 2 male haikyuu matchups if that’s okay? i’m 5’4, she/her with long dark brown hair with the front half of my right side dyed white, green eyes and tan skin! i’m super bubbly, loud, naturally v flirty and my love language is physical touch! i love working out and i’m a huge foodie. i’m stubborn and impulsive, love rain and storms, coffee and i’m pretty open to pda! i’m emotional, super confident (in myself and socially), bold, giggly, energetic and observant (especially of people feelings) i tend to ramble a lot especially if i’m passionate about something but i’m a super good listener and love comforting others! i’m a night owl - love late night adventures, i’m super playful and love teasing people! i’m a bit of a goof ~ i’m spontaneous, optimistic, passionate and ambitious but i have super high standards for myself so sometimes i tend to overwork! i’m sooo competitive - even just playfully, wear my heart on my sleeve but i try to hide it behind my ego but in reality i’m a HUGE SOFTIE n get easily attached! i’m self assured and super straight forward - especially about my feelings. i can be a bit of a drama queen but it’s just for fun and if i’m feeling annoying (always) my favourite seasons are autumn/winter, i LOVE boba, the outdoors and walks/hikes - i love cosy nights at home though! my ideal type is someone tall, who can make me laugh, doesn’t mind physical touch and is protective! tysm <3
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a/n: omg hi! I read your request and IMMEDIATELY knew who I had in mind for you :) I hope you enjoy sweetie!
Reading your request, you have been matched with...
(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ Tanaka Ryūnosuke
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Y’all are so compatible it’s unreal
You made him so nervous when you first met cause yeah this guys bold but the way you just ~flirted with him right back? He started stuttering and blushing and his eyes went all wide cause he was NOT expecting that
And now whenever you’re in public and holding hands and say something a little sweet or saucy he just gets a little blush going and is all omg stoppppp hehehehehehe ☺️
You make him feel so confident it’s unreal
Late night adventures? Check ✔️
You could call him up at any hour and he’s driving to you at least 10 above the speed limit, pulling up like 🙂 snack? Hoodie? Blanket? My arms?
He would totally play into your drama queen act like 🙄 omggggg babbeee you’re so annoying ugh 🙄 but is like :3 teehee I know she’s just being a butthead cause she wants what a cutie
You and Suga tease Tanaka endlessly and he does pout E V E R Y time, but just give him a kiss and he’s back to normal like nothing happened LMAO
God he’s just as competitive and playful
He did break a monopoly board once when he took his competitive theatrics too far and you both were just 😯
Yeah he went to Walmart that night to buy a new one while you just stared at him in the checkout the whole time like 😒
He also forgot his wallet LMAO so you paid
And then the drive home he was nervous , just constantly looking at you from the side the whole time like 👀
Let’s just say he cuddled you extra hard that night and said sorry TOO many times LMAO
This man LOVES to eat, y’all have a tradition of trying new foods at home/eating out at new places every other weekend - sometimes it’s a disaster LOL
Your vibe reminds me of...
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Another suitable match for you would be...
(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ Bokuto Kōtarō
Y’all are . SO . Loud LMAO it’s unreal
People are always looking at you guys in public like 😯 cause you’re just making each other laugh SO hard , it’s really cute
He will not shut up about how your hair kind of match’s cause you have that little bit of white LMAO
Workout buddy workout buddy!!!
He loves talking to you when you’re at the gym together cause he’s a talkative guy and omg his baby’s coming with him!
But no seriously he does NOT shut up
Once he went to the bathroom and this girl came up to you like 👀 um, he’s not bothering you is he?
You assured her he was just your very sweet boyfriend who never left your side LMAO
Ok twins? Y’all are both drama queens
It happens all the time where you’re both being dramatic like usual and it’s just a matter of who breaks first
It’s usually Bokuto cause he forgets LMAO
Like he’s “mad” at you and then he remembers this really funny story and he’s moving on so fast LMAO
This baby needs someone who can comfort him !!! He’s so appreciative of it frfr
He especially loves when you ruffle his hair or cup his face
He feels like YOUR baby when you do it and he is almost instantly in a better mood
Omg take care of him pls LOL
Your vibe reminds me of...
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Hi sweetie!! Thank you for being so patient and I hope you enjoy your matchups!!
requests are closed
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mini-oddity · 4 years
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Just wanted to say that I love your blog and all the Dani/Grace content, I'm a very thirsty gay and your posts give me life lol! If you happen to have any more headcanons about them I'd love to hear them, it can be anything :D
Thank you! I’m also a very thirsty gay so I’m happy to contribute lol.
I do have a few posts in my drafts that I’ve been meaning to work on and a couple of them are related to headcanons. I just need to find the time and energy to finish and post them is all. However,
here’s a cute headcanon for you:
After the events in Dark Fate, I think it would be cute if Dani and Grace ended up going into hiding for a while (as that was originally what Grace wanted to do). Sarah agrees just to be on the safe side, so they decide to separate for a while with Sarah going her own way and Dani and Grace going off together.
They end up staying in a tiny cabin together by a lake that Grace mentions use to belong to her grandparents, but after they passed away, her family stopped coming here and just never found the heart to sell it. So she knows that they’ll be safe from her potentially crossing paths with her family and her younger self.
Grace ends up taking some precautions by enforcing the house and making sure that if the machines were to send anyone back again that they would be more well equipped and ready to take it down, or to escape if need be.
Several months go by and in that time Dani gets to learn more about Grace. She shares with her the memories she has of this cabin, she takes her on walks around the lake like she use to do as a kid, she talks about the adventures she use to have in her backyard with her little brother, about wanting to be an adventurer like Lara Croft and use to pretend that the trees were mountains and the boulders were cliffs.
Dani notices that whenever Grace reminiscences there’s always this deep sadness hidden behind her eyes, as she knows that all of this will soon be wiped out and reduced to ash. Sometimes she finds Grace lost in thought around the house or out by the lake and she knows that it must be painful for her to be back here. Not just at this cabin but also during a time when she knows that her younger self is living the life she desperately wishes she could go back to.
How excruciating it must be to know that the people she loves are alive and well, but she can never go to see them as it could end up having cataclysmic consequences to her future. So, she stays away.
As time goes on Grace helps to teach Dani certain skills she’ll need in order to prepare herself for the inevitable future. She hones her shooting skills and even learns how to drive, which Grace finds amusing since in the future it’s Dani who teaches her these things, so they’re essentially teaching each other.
One skill though that Grace isn’t the best teacher at is medical. The way she explains how to bandage and clean a wound is very much how someone with limited resources, and who had to scavenge and survive in a post-apocalyptic world for most of their life, would explain how to do it. Dani decides it’s better if she leaves that particular skill up to her to learn on her own as she jokingly describes her efforts as being “so uncivilized a caveman could do better” which causes Grace to pause in the middle of their session. When asked why she went quiet, Grace looks at her and explains that in the future Dani was always the one to help patch her up when she needed it and use to say that exact same sentence to her.
The more time they spend together the more all of it feels natural to Dani. Not just the training but also her closeness with Grace. That connection was something that she had felt immediate when they first met, but now spending months together, it felt like she had known her a lifetime. Everything about the way Grace would touch her body to help re-position her whenever they would practice shooting or fighting, as if their was never any personal boundaries between them. How whenever they sat on the couch together Dani would just naturally gravitate towards her which Grace accepted and they always ended up snuggled against each other. The way in which Grace would hold her whenever she found her crying from a nightmare about her family, or on a few rare occasions when Dani would do the same for Grace when her past memories became too much for her. Everything about being with Grace just felt…right. And that terrified her.
As much as Grace taught and shared information with Dani about what she needed to do to prepare herself for the future and what to expect, the one topic that she seemed to never want to discuss was them. She tried a few times to get her to open up about what their relationship was in the future, or to expand on what she had told her back in the plane, but each time Grace would end the conversation with “There’s nothing else to tell. You know what you need to know.”
Something unspoken began to fill the air between them that neither wanted to address, or at least, felt brave enough to bring up, but both could feel it. It was felt whenever there was a quiet moment between them. It was felt in a gaze that was held for a bit too long, or in a touch that lingered for more than what would be considered friendly, or in the way they spoke to each other and how their always seemed to be more that was left unsaid than spoken. It wasn’t until they began to finally make plans to reunite with Sarah after four months were those words finally get expressed.
It happened late one night when they decided to take their jeep up into the mountains to go for an evening hike. They ended up finding a nice cliff side that oversaw the lake and they spent hours sitting there talking to each other. At one point they were laying down on a blanket with Dani snuggled deeply into Grace’s body, her head resting against her chest and her hand on her stomach, as Grace had her arm wrapped around her. Part of them being so close was to keep her warm from the midnight cold since Grace naturally ran hot from her augmentations, but also because they both found comfort in their closeness.
They were looking at the stars and Grace was telling Dani how in the future when she was out on missions, any time she was able to have a moment to herself she loved to look up at the stars. It allowed her to escape the reality she was living in even if just for a minute. As much tragedy and destruction that was happening around her the one thing that never changed were the stars.
These were the same stars she looked up at when she was a kid and that fact always comforted her. It was the one constant in her life, the one thing that neither human nor machines were able to destroy and take away from her. They were hers to keep.
As she said this Dani felt Grace hold her tighter. Again, something unspoken passed through them but this time Dani wasn’t about to let it go. Not again. After a few seconds Dani finally spoke up, “We’re in love in the future, aren’t we?”
Silence filled the night sky. For a split second she would’ve assumed that Grace hadn’t heard her, but she had felt Grace’s body stiffen which she knew indicated that she definitely did. She allowed her to take her time as she didn’t need a verbal confirmation, they both already knew the answer.
“I…I never had the courage to tell you.” Grace’s voice was barely a whisper but her words rang loudly in Dani’s heart. “I wanted to…but you were my Commander and I was a soldier, destined to be your protector. It never could’ve happened.”
Dani sat up on her elbow as she looked down at Grace whose eyes now held a soft shimmer to them with the tears that had now formed. Her heart broke for the woman who laid before her. Even without Grace having need to explain she had always felt her devotion to her. Not just in these past few months but even during those first two nights when they met. She knew that she would’ve follow her anywhere, had risked anything to keep her safe, which she almost did. Had it not been for Grace’s emergency back up system being able to be re-started by the electrical wave her power source caused after frying the Rev-9, she wouldn’t have survived.
But she did survive. And she was here, with her, laying in front of her. Her lungs being able to take in the night air, her skin being able to touch hers, her eyes staring back at Dani’s. This is what mattered. Whatever the future held in store for either of them she cared not. For Grace was alive now, in this moment, and fuck fate if it dared to take that away from her.
“It can happen now…” Dani said. She moved her hand up to cup Grace’s cheek which, even in the cold, held a soft warmth to it. She watched a wave of emotion wash through Grace’s eyes before she copied her movement and quickly pulled Dani down to finally allow their lips to meet one another.
There was a brief pause afterwards where both took a second to register what had just happened before they allowed their passion to take over. Dani could feel the desperation from Grace in their kiss as all that pent up agony of all those years of yearning to experience this love but never allowing herself to finally was able to be released. Dani matched her eagerness as it didn’t take long before she ended up on top of Grace and both began desperately pulling away at the others clothing which now felt like a nuisance to have even put on in the first place.
As Grace sat up to help Dani remove her jacket, Dani softly placed her hand on her chest which caused her to stop and look at her. Both of them were breathing heavy and Dani took a second to allow for both of them to calm down. After taking a moment she slowly ran her hands to the back of Grace’s neck and into her short hair, softly gripping it before moving back down to kiss her.
This time the kiss felt different. They took their time to really feel one another and allow themselves to explore the other. As much as she was eager to finally be with her she didn’t want to feel like they had to rush out of the fear of not knowing how long they had with each other. She wanted to savor every kiss, touch, and emotion that they were going to experience that night as one.
While both of their futures remained uncertain she knew that she wasn’t going to allow their fate to dictate the love that they had for each other right now. If they truly were going to try to live again then they had to start reclaiming what was theirs, and that meant starting with this night. For this night belonged to them.
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Okay, so I intended for this to just be a cute headcanon about them sharing a cabin together but it ended up turning into a small fanfic. So, there you go lol.
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alexandreamarlow · 3 years
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Task 24 - OOC About Your Character
1.     What do you want to get out of playing this character(s)? 
To see her story and character evolve and develop. 
2.     Describe your character(s) with three words. 
Passionate, Protective, Troubled.
3.     What made you decide to write this muse? 
She was the first muse I created and I literally came up with her on the hoof. I’ve played her for about 5 years now. Crazy how fast the time has flown by! 
4.     If you could change one event in your muse’s life (in their main or canon verse), what would you change? 
I don’t believe there is an event I would change as it’s all contributed to making her the character she is today. 
5.     If you could tell your muse one thing, what would you tell them? 
Don’t be afraid to rely on someone other than yourself.  
6.     If you could give your muse one gift, what would you give them? 
Possibly her eldest brothers war medal? She has very few belongings from her former human life and she is rather sentimental.      
7.     If you had to take one positive thing away from your muse, what would you take away? 
Her compassion for others, it’s a beautiful trait to have even though it has caused her great grief. She hardly cares about being caught in the crossfire if she can prevent someone else's suffering.  
8.     If you could “borrow” one aspect of your muse and apply it to yourself or your own life, what would you borrow?  
Her compassion again.
9.     Do you genuinely want your muse to be happy? What do you think would make them most happy in life? 
I do want her to be happy although at times it seems the odds are against her. I don’t think being a family woman is in the cards for her. I’ll admit she is a workaholic but I think she would appreciate a slower pace and perhaps share a quiet home with someone. She’s lived alone for too long and I think she’d appreciate some company even though she’d never admit to it.  
10. Do you enjoy putting your muse through angst? What do you think would break their heart the most? 
I do enjoy angst and challenging the limits of my muse within reason. 
She’s been through a tremendous amount of grief and pain even before she was turned into a vampire. She’s suffered heart break a lot and losing Clay recently has really done a number on her. 
11. What do you love about your muse?
Her passion which radiates from her pores. She’ll encourage anyone to pursue their dreams and will help them along the way. 
12. What do you hate about your muse?
Her stubbornness and self-destructive behaviour.
13. What about your muse amuses you?
The fact that she will do just about anything in heels... hikes, dog walking and vacuuming around the house. Her teasing nature and she’s pretty fun when she wants to be. Although she is pretty old, she has a young and adventurous spirit.
14. What about your muse makes you sad?
Well for one, misery seems to follow her and that she closes herself off from the world in order to protect others.
15. How would you describe your muse to someone about to meet them, in person, for the first time?
She can come off a little distant at first but once those walls come down and she gets going. She’s a real keeper. A mama bear for sure. 
16. Would you like your muse as a person if you met them in real life?
Possibly, she’s very down to earth, approachable and has so many interesting stories to tell.  
17. In what ways are you better than your muse? In what ways are they better than you?
We are similar in many ways but she’s really self-destructive and has a real issue with commitment. 
18. Why do you think you connect to your muse?
We are both passionate, artistic, British and workaholics. 
19. What aspect of your muse’s personality is most important to you? What aspect of your muse’s personality do you think is most important to them? Is it the same? Why or why not?
Her compassion and she would probably agree with that. It’s one of her best redeeming qualities. Without it she would be a real piece of work leaning more towards evil than neutral. 
20. Has your character(s) changed over the time that you have been playing them? How have they changed?
Her fundamental attributes haven’t changed but she has evolved over time. She’s come a long way as a Sire and is incredibly protective of her protégé. She now embraces what she is and feels no shame in being a vampire. She’s more mature and assertive now. 
About You!
1.     What is your name? 
Jazmine / Jaz
2.     What is your profession? 
Interior Designer and Illustrator
3.     What do you do to relax? 
Listen to music, draw, read, watch films, learn to play the cello (badly), eat good food and drink good beer. 
4.     What is your favorite treat (desert)? 
 Crème brûlée is my favourite desert but I’m more of a savoury person. 
5.     Favorite movie - 
‘Leon The Professional’ but I’m a massive film buff so honestly this is a mean question to answer. 
6.     Favorite book - 
Possibly ‘Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist’. 
7.     Favorite vacation spot - 
Marrakesh or Rome
8.     Favorite Disney movie - 
Mulan 
9.     How did you first get into role playing? 
Funnily enough I’d watched Venom do Indie roleplaying like 7 or so years ago and it intrigued me. They suggested we both try out a new group and so we both joined TI when it first opened and then I fell in love with roleplaying and the wonderful muns here!  
10. What was your first platform? If it was something other than Tumblr, what made you get into Tumblr?
Tumblr - Answered above.
11. What’s a grammar rule you find yourself breaking or ignoring a lot?
All of them?! Lol! I use far too many ellipses... I think I also use a lot of British colloquialisms and slang without realising it - sorry guys :D
12. Are there any languages besides English in which you think you could comfortably roleplay?
Sadly, just English.
13. Do you listen to music while your write?
Yes, always. The music genre differs depending on the thread. 
14. Are you a morning, day, evening, or night writer?
Evening definitely. I’m not much of a night owl these days though due to work kicking my ass.
15. How does tiredness affect your writing?
Massively. Grammar errors galore and I write at a snails pace.. But it gets worse when I’m tired. 
16. What is your biggest obstacle to writing every day, if time doesn’t count?
I wish I could write everyday but work and life in general gets hectic for all of us sometimes. Plus I’m one hell of a procrastinator.
17. How many drafts is a paralyzing amount? 
Anything above 25. Not because of lack of muse but due to my slow ass writing!
18. Is there anything character-wise or writing style-wise that you can’t stand? 
Godmodding. And then I wouldn’t describe this as something I ‘can’t stand’ but I don’t do one liner replies. I get why people do it, I personally just need more to work with.  
19. What kind of anonymous questions are your favorite?
Things that challenge me to think about how my muse would react. 
20. What is your weakest point in writing? Angst, fluff, dialogue, etc.?
Fluff and introduction threads possibly. Starters are definitely a weak point for me. I can’t remember the last time I wrote an open starter... probably when I re-joined the group like 2 years ago oops.  
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(my amazing sister)
The Maligne Pass Trail is a well known, now partially decommissioned trail, located in the world renowned Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is a highly sought after hike, known for its alpine meadows full of amazing wild flowers and spectacular scenery. In 2018 I had the privilege experiencing this amazing and historic trail not only with my sister, but also an impressive group of female backpackers. In total we spent a full 3 day weekend hiking; one day hiking the Potokan Creek Trail to Avalanche Campground where we setup camp, a second day of day-hiking further up the pass, and day 3 hiking back to civilization. 
A Little History Blurb 
There is a significant story nestled in Canadian history about a woman explorer named Mary Schaffer that makes the Maligne Pass Trail just a little bit more magical. You may have never heard of her but, you could almost say little Miss Mary could be credited in large part for the later development of Jasper National Park, literally a Canadian jewel. In Pennsylvania, 1861, then Mary Townsend Sharples was born into a time when it was considered improper for woman to be on expeditions, much less leading them. In 1889, shortly after being introduced to her then future husband, Dr. Charles Schaffer, the two married and began the first of many trips together through the Canadian Rockies. They collaborated on a labour of love, a joint book of regional wildflowers, aptly named ‘Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies’ which would eventually be published in 1907 (a historic version can be found online via open Chung Collection of UBC). After Charles’ passing in 1903, Mary set about to complete the guide book in his honour. In her endeavour to do so, she forged relationships, and friendships, with local Nakota tribesman whom assisted in guiding and helping her through her travels, most notably Sampson Beaver and his family. As a result of these expeditions, Mary is considered equally as famous for the “discovery” of Maligne Lake and for being (likely) the first Caucasian person, albiet female none the less, to chart a path to it, as she is for the completion of the botanical guidebook. Her additional, and possibly most famous publication, Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies, recounts her expeditions between 1907-1908 and is credited not only as leading to the protection of the Maligne Lake area, but as being a key, first hand account of social standards of the era. In 1911, a 49 year old Mary was approached by the Geographical Survey of Canada to survey and document the lake area and in doing so name the lake, mountains, peaks and other geographical features for her guides, family, friends and sponsors. You can read more about these details, and Mary, including some fascinating quotes and other points of interest here.  
About the Trail
Our party of 10 tenacious women parked in a parking lot located on the western side of the bridge over the Poboktan creek. We suited up, grabbed our packs and walked over the bridge to the Poboktan Creek Trail Head and began our adventure. The trail primarily tracks alongside the Poboktan until you reach its confluence with Poligne Creek where you will shift direction to head northwesterly along Poligne until you reach Avalanche Campground. Although only an approximate 11 km to our destination at Avalanche, the elevation climbed from about 1540 meters at the trailhead to approximately 2037 meters at the campground itself; it is important to note that the elevation continues to climb as you continue further down the trail past the campsite. The best advice is pack light, the terrain was very firm, I was thankful I had bought some good quality, hiking grade insoles for my Lowa’s, but my feet still came away pretty sore. It took us most of the day at a steady pace (roughly 6 or so hours, not rushing and accounting for brief breaks and lunch riverside) to reach Avalanche. Both black flies and mosquitos are plentiful residents here, so be sure to pack, and liberally apply, a broad spectrum insect repellent (unless maybe you like bitey friends!). 
The creeks provide clean and plentiful water sources all the way to Avalanche, though water tabs are always recommended. In total we passed few other hikers along the way, most closest to the trailhead, including a young couple with a new baby (brave, admirable... Park lifestyle, who knows!); but for the most part, as we ventured into more remote areas, we were on our own and very secluded, passing only two or three other parties the remainder of the weekend. The trail was fairly clear and easy to see, though some of the bridges were not in good shape. Although we were still able to cross at the expected spots, being a partially decommissioned hiking trail means the Park is no longer doing formal maintenance on the trail; bridges may not be upkept or repaired and fallen debris may not be cleared, so be prepared, if necessary, to find safer routes if required. A special reservation must also be made through Parks Canada to stay at the Avalanche Campsite. Only single party reservations for specific time frames will be allowed at a time with a limited number allowed each year. 
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(map courtesy Parks Canada)
Wildlife and Plantlife
Oddly enough we actually did not encounter much wildlife on our trek. If you’re like me, wildlife and photography are a huge part of what I enjoy about hiking, so this was a bit unfortunate. I believe this may have had to do most likely with our party size. However the area is very well known for elk, moose, bears (both black and grizzly), cougars, pikas (at higher elevations), ground squirrels and many other amazing creatures. We also spotted some amazing wildflowers including wild columbine, willow, lilies, and much, much more! Even with the lack of animal appearances, trust me, there is no shortage of stunning scenery and photographic opportunities - beauty is literally everywhere.
However, I think its worth mentioning, even if you don’t come across much in the realm of animals, it doesn’t mean they aren’t still around. It is important to ALWAYS remember and exercise bear safety. Ensure you have the proper equipment, this includes bear bells and other noise makers to alert wildlife to your presence, and keeping readily accessible bear spray. Travelling in groups is always recommended, there is safety in numbers and no cell service for emergencies. Do not leave your garbage on the trail and do not bring food or scented items into your tent, this can attract animals of all kinds, including bears, that you may not appreciate sharing your supplies with, or cuddling next to, at night. One of the ladies in our party shared a tale of the time they left their bike helmets outside to dry overnight, only to awaken the next morning to find raccoons eating the salt soaked foam padding (I couldn’t help but imagine it must not have been a comfy wear after that - lol) ... mice, skunks and racoons are also common campground scavengers and have been known to get into even the best hung bear bags. 
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(small animal tracks)
Why Decommission Trails? 
This is something I was curious about when I read up on the Maligne Pass Trail. Why suddenly decommission a popular trail with so much history? In short its because of its popularity and the rare and unique wildlife and fauna put at risk by the people traversing through. I learned that it takes years (6+) for the tundra to recoup from a single misplaced step! Obviously this area is special, and because of this Jasper National Park has decided now to make it accessible only to the most well versed and savvy backpackers in hopes that it will remain protected and safe for years to come. This means removing it from common maps and advertising it significantly less. Please be cognoscente of the purpose behind this as you pass through and remember to keep your impact on the area to a minimum. Pack your garbage back with you, burn fires only in provided pits, do not feed or approach the wildlife, and... beware of where you step ;) . 
Avalanche Campsite 
Avalanche Campsite was beyond amazing... I was so saddened to realize I didn’t actually get a good shot of it, so this magical photo of the path into it will just have to do (sorry!). Perched atop a hillside overlooking a bend in the creek, this amazing spot snuck right up on us. There were about 4-5 tent-ready pads. A couple picnic tables and 2 fire pits. There were 2 bear bag hanging areas further to the left of the site (as you face the tent pads) with stainless steel cord and fixing carabineers. There was also a surprisingly nice toilet facility located above and slightly to the right of the tent pads, well concealed in the forest. One of the articles I read prior to the hike describe the facilities as ‘having the best skylight you’d ever seen...” took us a bit to clue in, but rest assured the view is definitely boundless (lol). There was also a pretty sturdy fallen tree across the river that one of the braver ladies turned into an impromptu yoga study... just be sure if you give it a try that your balance is spot on because the water is brisk!
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Beyond Avalanche 
After setting up camp, having a hearty meal and crashing for the night, day two was a welcome adventure into the great beyond of The Pass. Ensure you have ample water setting out on your trek as further along the trail you stray away from the creek supply. You will eventually come across some fresh springs and small pothole lakes as you enter the higher altitude, valley-like area just above the tree line. The path leaving the campsite was a bit tricker to find for the first while and winds through some scrub brush and light coniferous forest. Eventually we made our way past this and the path opens up into a small valley-like plain, congratulations, you have set eyes on something few will now see, The Maligne Pass! With peaks on either side and a well trodden, dirt path which passes by a chain of tiny little lakes (almost more the size of large ponds) the wild flowers are stunning and the view is breathtaking. Here you will be treated to an array of various colours of Indian Paint Brush, willows, Alpine Heather, Alpine Aster, Western Pasqueflower, numerous awe inspiring fungi, and I was told by a biologist in our group, a very rare beauty she was literally mind blown to find, known as Teal Gentian, amongst much, much more. 
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 We passed much of the day away climbing the nearby mountain peaks, making snow angels and looking down on the stunning view of Maligne Lake which was visible in the distance. We even enjoyed a brief dip in the tiny lake, brief being the operative word since it was also freezing! Having throughly explored The Pass, as the day came to a close we turned around and headed back to base camp. On our way back we came across a young solo German hiker making his way through the valley and continuing along the pass trail. This was worth a mention as we briefly spoke with him and he inquired about safe places (or rather the lack there of at this point) to make a camp and bear proof your supplies. What trees there were, were spindly and not high enough to adequately hang or keep safe a food bag. If you intend on continuing through the trail do keep this in mind as you will need to have enough time to make adequate arrangements to keep you and your supplies safe for the night.
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Noteworthy Points
The majority of the women in my party had camel backs (If you’re not familiar, these are large refillable water bottles able to be stored inside your pack). I used two large Nalgine water bottles which were very sufficient but not as easy to access on the fly. After returning I did some research and invested in a Platypus collapsable hydration pack; it just seems so much easier on the move and these babies weigh literally nothing empty (which is a major objective for me!).
Pack sunscreen and be prepared to reapply it mid-day. Although I’d applied ample sunscreen, I found out the hard way that skin burns faster at higher altitudes due to the thinner atmosphere. I was teased by friends the rest of the summer for my awesome half-tanned legs (courtesy of my gaiters).
If you plan on making a base camp as we did at Avalanche and doing some day hiking, consider packing a lightweight, compact daypack or camelback pack.  
While the days were hot (+25/27 celsius), the nights were much colder than I expected. I have a Marmot Womens’ Trestles mummy bag (which I ADORE! it just wish I’d brought the warmer one!) rated for +5 celsius and a charcoal bag liner, and even with layers on (tee shirt, sweat pants, socks, merino wool sweater and leggings) I was STILL cold (much to my surprise and dismay). The mountains can be deceiving, pack warm and consider the temperatures drops significantly at night.
Final Thoughts
I consider this as one of my most favourite hiking experiences to date and I only wish we could’ve spent a bit more time and extended our stay to explore the full trail. The scenery was spectacular and was only made better by the great company. 
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You can find more of my photography from the Maligne Pass Trail and more on my website at KatrynaJones.com 
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all or some of: 10, 18, 19, 20, 25, 28, 30, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42 for the ask meme =) lay all the ari facts on me
ty indigo ilu… shepardposting no limits (HOPEFULLY THE READMORE WORKS?)
10. What kind of friend is Shepard?
the “will give you shit but also go to the ends of the earth” for you type i suppose…he shows his affection thru gentle bullying. he can also be kind of genuinely an overbearing asshole at times, but he gets better with it; it takes him a while to, uh, adjust to having “friends” in the first place. he’s a dad friend if your dad is kind of a grumpy punk with a rude and morbid sense of humor
18. Share a headcanon about Shepard and their LI.
[struggling to come up with something i haven’t talked about a million times] uhhhhhh
kaidan wanted to propose with one of his dad’s old rings but he figured out it wouldn’t fit ari’s finger, so (with his mother’s blessing/assurance that his dad would have been more than happy abt it, etc) he had the gold melted down to make a new ring. in my mind it looks smth like this and yes ari totally cried a little
it also took kaidan weeks of near-misses to work up the nerve to propose even tho he Knew ari was gonna say yes, he was just really worried about getting it right. eventually he just did it on their balcony and ari got surprised and dropped his cigarette and kaidan got a cool new engagement burn scar on his arm but it was nice
19. Why did they fall for each other?
ari fell for kaidan bc he’s not just intelligent, but perceptive; he’s a realist who errs toward optimism and making the best of bad situations; he believes people can and should be better; he has a surprisingly understated sense of humor; he can keep up with ari’s teasing; ari asks him if he’s a romantic and he denies it and then gives, like, the most romantic answer in the world. he’s cute.
kaidan fell for ari bc……. he has big arm. ok but uh i think it’s because he’s, pretty practical and matter of fact and doesn’t care all that much about the social trappings that kaidan continually tortures himself with… he makes kaidan feel Seen and Understood but doesn’t make a big dramatic deal out of everything kaidan tells him, he just treats him… like a person. for someone who’s been living with & defining themselves by their issues for as long as kaidan has, it’s pretty incredible to find someone who just makes him feel like a human being again
20. What are their common interests or hobbies?
a lot of their relationship is like, meeting each other in the middle haha, but there are some things they both enjoy a lot with no caveats:
- cooking! kaidan’s a foodie and it becomes ari’s therapy hobby after me3, so it’s smth they enjoy doing together a lot. they try to do it more often if possible, but their general friday night tradition is to come home, crack open a couple beers, and cook a big meal together
- they are both outdoorsy Adventure Dads… it takes a while before ari can handle more than a walk around the park but eventually he and kaidan can go hiking again and they both rly love it. i imagine theyd be into stuff like camping, swimming, kayaking, etc too dfjnfg
25. Is there something they fight about?
well, everyone gets into arguments occasionally, but i don’t really think they fight all that often… not that they agree on everything all the time, but they’ve both gotten pretty good at talking things out and also deciding whether or not something is even worth arguing about in the first place. when you are dating someone during the apocalypse and don’t have to any time to waste those are both pretty valuable skills haha [i think the most they ever fought in their relationship was post-me3, when ari got out of the hospital and they’d both started to ‘settle in’ to their new lives but it was a bumpy adjustment and they were both going thru a lot of trauma and stress and bottling it up etc. it wasnt a great time but they worked thru it]
28. What would they like to change about the other?
it’s a double-edged sword, bc it’s part of what attracts kaidan to him as well, but sometimes kaidan really wishes ari had more a self-preservation instinct!! sometimes his tendency to charge headfirst into trouble is sexy, sometimes kaidan is tired and sad and it just gets really old
ari wishes kaidan would loosen up a little although, again, the straight-laced military thing (unfortunately) kinda does it for him. he would also take away kaidans chronic pain if he could
30. When did they realise they fell in love?
fr kaidan it was shortly after virmire and it absolutely scared the shit out of him ahaha
ari is dumb so he didn’t really realize until after horizon, which was probably a bad way to figure that out,35. Is there anything they dislike about the other?
ari appreciates how thoughtful kaidan is but sometimes it’s like… a bit… much lmao, he’s not as navel gaze-y as kaidan is so sometimes the process of having to talk everything out gets tiring. for kaidan it’s kind of the opposite, he sometimes perceives ari’s lack of forethought as a lack of care, which isn’t really true, he just works differently
on a much pettier level, ari gets annoyed that kaidan wants to sleep in all the time and kaidan gets annoyed that ari drowns all his food in hot sauce. hello, i worked hard on that steak36. What are their best memories together?
advtykefd cheesy but i like to think they got to take a little bit of leave after me1 so… they rented a log cabin somewhere (not sure if they went back to earth or just a colony planet somewhere?), turned off non-emergency comms on their omnitools and just chilled for a bit… went hiking, had drinks at the tiny bar in the closest small town, holed up in the cabin all day and had sex lmao it was probably the most peaceful week of aris entire life and it left a big impression on him
ofc later there’s stuff like their wedding day, their son’s birth, adopting their daughter etc. kaidan would probably even say, with the emotional distance provided by time, that horizon counts cuz even tho it sucked at the time nothing could have been better than realizing ari was alive
40. Is there someone in the squad of ME/ME2/ME3 Shepard dislikes? Why?
MIRANDA LOL… they just. do not see to eye or get along at all. i find their relationship very entertaining for this reason bc the dynamic of commander & XO who are both trying to be professional but do not respect e/o even the tiniest bit is so funny. theres a convo w her in me2 (i think it might be the one where you can initiate her romance?) where if you choose the renegade dialogue is hilarious to me… miranda makes some snide, passive aggressive comment about shepard based on their background (it’s like “it’s amazing how you’ve managed to succeed despite being _____” lmao) and then shepard is like “OH i get it, you’re jealous bc i’ve been more successful than you and TIM likes me more even tho i’m a big piece of shit idiot?” i love it it’s so funny. they both suck. eventually they do build some kind of mutual respect btwn them but theyre still… not exactly friends. i think in me3 ari was like “damn i hope miranda’s ok” and then when he actually met her again remembered why he used to be so pissed at her all the time lmao. (after me3 tho she saves his life Again and they probably have a lot of time in the hospital to just talk so maybe they do become genuine friends)
41. Are there any important relationships in Shepard’s past that defined their character? /42. Is there someone who had a great influence on Shepard?
just gonna try to combine these i guess,
- his parents, although he only got an unfortunate short time with them, he takes after both of them a lot, and the things his parents imparted on him stuck with him, but especially as he gets older he’s also really aware of the mistakes they made
-the reds, in general. not a really positive influence lmao but. they were his home for years & he learned how the world works through them, for better or worse… it’s why he’s a bit of a cynic, although later he is able to characterize it more as “this shit sucks But we can make it better” rather than just “this shit sucks”
- anderson was the first person ari ever felt saw him as a human being, and it was… a slow-going thing to learn to trust him ahah, but wanting to be worthy of anderson’s approval shaped a lot of his career decisions
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Name: Laverna "Lav"
Birthday: 5. May
Age: (600 a.A.) 434
Epithets/Nicknames:
Darkclaws
Queen of Dessert
Queen of Hearts
Lady of Sunsets
Flower (by family)
Positions/Titles:
Princess of Spring
Princess of Night
Future High Lady of the Night Court
Magical Abilities:
Winnowing
Glamouring
Healing
Plant Manipulation
Shapeshifting
Daemeti Power
Family: (alive ones)
Tamlin and Rosary (Parents)
Primula and Briallen (older/younger sister)
Elliott (uncle)
Lavinia and Florence (in-law aunts)
Violetta and Batten (cousins)
Rhysand, Feyre, Arianna, Rubin, Asteria and Jaicen (in-law)
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Romances:
Auden (ex-boyfriend)
Jarek (ex-boyfriend)
Artemas (Mate/Husband)
Best Friends: Fiona, Morena, Isolde, Della
Squads:
Night Court's Future Inner Circle
Perranna Cousins
Future High Lords/Ladies of Prythian
Spring Sisters
Hobbys:
Baking
Dancing
Horseback riding
Three characteristics to describe them:
Optimistic, Kind, Vivacious
Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff
Aesthetics: 1 & 2 & 3
Lavemas
Masterlist
I can't really edited this so the links will come later.
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So i have "decided" to make a profile for Laverna. Yay. .... God I need to sound more enthusiastic lol. So now where do I start with this ball of sunshine, since I explained a lot about her already when I describe her and Art. But I will try my best 😉
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Laverna looks a lot like Prim and a lot of people would think of them being twins than them having an age difference of 98 years. And most would also think that Lav is the older one, since she is the more "responsible" one, the "patient" one, the """quieter""" one.
But the last one is not necessarily true, Lav has a quite loud personality. She is slightly impulsive, very active and energetic. She can't really sit still. Always moves, bounces and twirls around. Always loves to be outside, breath in fresh air, go for a walk, a hike, an adventure.
Laverna is a sunny ball of sunshine. She always smiles. Always. Almost nothing upsets her. People are always blinded by her as soon as she is smiling in their direction. All eyes are drawn to her as soon as she steps into a room. People are insisting that she literally shines and glows on her. To which Lav laughs and says that that could not be possible, since she isn't from day and then bedazzles them with a smile.
Laverna is well beloved in all of Prythian. But especially in the Spring and Night Court. She loves to make people happy and help them. She will not only go a mile out of the way to make some happy but three. She will also not hesitate to her loved ones. She has already probably did half the things you want to ask her help before you even have asked her.
But don't for one second think that she is a pushover, because Lav knows her limitations and what she will and won't do. She will not be walked over or she will let no one abuse her kindness.
You also should think that she is fragile or not a thread. Because I can garantee you, you will regret it the second you underestimated her. Not only will she rip you limb for limb or make you her enemy, you will also have both the Night Court and the Spring Court as enemies. Subsequently you will be on whole Prythian's watch list. You should also remember that Art - the most powerful being - would do anything for Lav, so don't be surprised when you will feel his wrath upon you and I can promise you, you will not survive it.
Well that made her sound really aggressive. But she is actually not. She barely has a temper at all. She likes to resolve things as peaceful as possible. There is almost nothing that can rattle her to lose her temper. Sure she has her snapping point, but you need to do a lot to actually get to that point.
Lav is an absolute sweet tooth. Her mother actually told her when she was little, that if she made the desserts and candies herself, she could all of them. And that started Lav's Love of baking since she so much fun making a cake. So that's how she became the Queen of Desserts. Because people would literally start crying or a fight because of her treats. She bakes everyday and brings treats everywhere she goes. This also increases her popularity a lot.
Not that she wouldn't popular without it. Lav has a natural charisma about her. She is graceful, kind, patient, optimistic and vivacious. Nobody really can resist her.
Lav loves everything to be as big and glamours and dramatic as possible. All her formal dresses are big, colorful and dramatic. And she loves them, despite them being completely over-the-top. She is totally eye-catching on every event. She also doesn't care if people think that her dresses are to much. She loves them and that's all that matters.
Laverna sees the good in everything. And is also very optimistic. Nothing can put her into a bad mood. And nobody feels down when she is around. She brightens the room not only with her smile but also with her attitude and personality.
Out of the three Spring Sisters, Laverna is the strongest in magic. Yes she has stronger magic than Prim, but she didn't let anyone find out, because she didn't want to get in the way of her sister on her to become the High Lady. Since Tamlin's Court would have had her as the heir than Prim. So she hid a lot her magic when the Court was there.
You are also probably asking why Lav is Daemeti. That because Daemeti are not that rate in her mother's family, which (in my headcanon) are one of the most powerful families in Spring but also in whole of Prythian. Some is Lav's ancestors were Daemeti. So she inherited the ability.
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I think that's enough for my little sweet tooth. I love her so much. But I love my ocs.😉😊 I hope you like her.
If you have any questions regarding her or any other character, please just ask. I would love to answer them.
Tagging: @iamthebonecarver @mindnumbmikey @beaubcxton @starlightheir @half-breed-witchling
(if you want to get tagged, just let me know)
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What do you think Keith’s favorite little things in life are?
oooh this was really fun to answer but once again I went off on a super long tangent, OOPS SORRY HAHA. Also not proofread so… be warned lmao. Under the cut:
- Nature!!! Keith is a nature boy and loves quiet, natural places. He probably feels really content in a natural settings, the kinda environments that have a stillness to them. Not silence- he hates silence- but quiet; birdsong and crickets and the wind, the sounds of wildlife etc. etc. 
He likes sunsets and sunrises, likes the sound of rain and storms (even if being stuck indoors when there’s things to be done can be pretty frustrating), likes watching birds and other animals he finds doing their own thing. He can probably identify a lot of different bird species, might even have at least a vague idea about what their different calls sound like.
But there’s also the more adventurous and boyish side to Keith that would really love exploring those kinds of natural places. Hiking for sure, but also maybe stuff that’s a bit more daring, too. He has a healthy respect for nature, and has decent survival skills, so maybe he’d be a bit of a thrill seeker. 
dsfjk sorry for getting a bit sidetracked but here’s a story: I had a couple of friends come down to visit me last week, and at the end of the day while we were heading home, we took a detour to look at Hopkins Falls, a waterfall close to my town.
I looked at a dry part of the cliff face that had a lot of rocky parts jutting out and said as a passing remark to my friend Matt something like, “hey, wouldn’t it be badass if someone could just straight up and climbed that wall?” 
APPARENTLY he took that as a challenge because the next thing I know he was giving me a fuckING heart attack and climbed a cliff face about 5 times his height in like, 20 seconds flat. Then, realised that he couldn’t get back to the lookout path from where he was and had to climb back down, and the whole time I couldn’t help but be horribly aware of the VERY UNSAFE ROCKS AND POTENTIALLY DEEP WATER below him.
Yeah. That’s Keith. He’d scale a cliff with no safety gear just because he KNOWS he can pull it off, and he’s curious about what’s at the top, okay?
So yeah, Keith likes nature and he likes birds and he likes exploring!! 
- He also seems to genuinely like training? There’s been a couple moments in canon where we’ve seen him training by himself in his downtime. Having a task set out in front of him that he can work through to reach a goal is just how Keith likes to operate; I imagine he finds a lot of satisfaction in learning new moves and knife tricks, and at being able to pull off the things he’s been practicing in battle. 
Burning physical energy like that probably helps him think clearly too, so maybe he also uses training as a way to help clear his head. Keith’s very action-driven, doesn’t like staying idle for too long or sitting still when he could be doing something, so training and practicing with his Blade are good outlets for that. 
- Movies!! I imagine that Keith loves goofy action movies, especially the classics. I’ve noticed that it’s a pretty popular headcanon that Keith is a bit oblivious when it comes to pop-culture, and I also personally like the idea that he just… doesn’t really keep up-to-date with more recent stuff if it doesn’t interest him. Lance might make an Avengers reference or something and Keith’s just “??? don’t get it, don’t care”.
But he’s surprisingly knowledgeable about the old classics like….. idfk, Die Hard for example (I myself am very ignorant about action movies and a lot of pop-culture in general LOL)
OH, and old Sci-Fi. He doesn’t like, watch it religiously or w/ever and has only caught a few scattered episodes, but he’s seen some classic Who before and was pretty into it. When he gets back to Earth he wants to hunt the old series down and watch it from the start. He thinks the dated effects are charming and after his time in space, the old Doctors remind him a LITTLE bit of Coran, haha.
I don’t see him being much of a Disney fan at first, because he hears about all these animated films about princesses and true love and just kinda says “pass”. He just wouldn’t be interested? But uuh there was a hc that came up when @ravensimaginaryfriends and I were talking abt Kallurance stuff a while ago where Lance introduces Keith and Allura to Disney and they end up having a whole bunch of Disney marathons and it was a VERY good convo. 
Keith becomes surprisingly fond of Disney movies! Not so much the older Princess-y ones but even those he doesn’t hate. They’re simple and not showboat-y and can be kinda fun to watch with friends. But he loves the friendship/family-oriented ones like Lilo and Stitch and Fox and the Hound (because let’s be real those are the BEST ones anyway).
I also have a hc that Keith is a big fan of Miyazaki. His favourite Ghibli film is Howl’s Moving Castle, because that’s my favourite and I’m always right. (NO lmao he probably likes, uuuh… idk Mononoke, bc it has more badass fighting and cool nature-y vibes. Or Spirited away, because the dragon is cool.)
Other lil things:
- Reading!! He has to be in the right mindset for it, and he doesn’t really have time for it at all up in space, but back on Earth Keith really enjoyed reading. Even if was just perusing through old books on constellations or hoverbike magazines or whatever. He finds it relaxing, when there’s nothing else he’s pressed to be doing.
- Keith is a carnivore and he loves meat lol. He isn’t a picky eater (living in the desert like he was, and up in space with limited resources like he is now, he can’t really afford to be a picky anything.) But uuuh if you gave him the choice he’d choose a steak over a plate of veggies any day. He loves gravy on everything. Also, would probably kill for some greasy take-away food? It’s a very simple pleasure but he loves Maccas. (if he ever went to McDonalds during his time living alone then he’d buy like, 3 Happy Meals for himself, because he can be a big eater and 1 isn’t enough for him but uuh sometimes the toys are cool LOL)
- He likes classic rock music, and classic pop, as well as some occasional bluesy or jazzy stuff. He didn’t really own a phone or Ipod or whatever, and would just listen to the radio back in his shack, but he’d always have it tuned to the same station that played the classics. Eagles, The Moody Blues, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, etc etc. Doesn’t really have a favourite artist, just really likes the energy of music, and enjoys anything with a good beat or solid melody. Has a secret love for the Bee Gees. 
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Jackson Hole, WY.
Another favorite stop on our road trip was Jackson Hole. We were there in the shoulder season in late October, just a few weeks after most of the leaves had turned. While it was pretty cold, we had a wonderful time. 
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Where we stayed
Anvil Hotel - Roadside motel recently renovated into a trendy midcentury hotel. 
What we liked:
Affordable
Great location, right in town
Decor is cute, beds are comfy
What we didn’t like:
Rooms are dark and almost all have windows that face directly into a parking lot. You have to keep the shades pulled down the whole time for privacy, so there isn’t much natural light. 
Overall, it felt a bit cheap. It was cheap, so I guess you get what you pay for. I’d recommend it if you’re on a budget, but otherwise would stay elsewhere. We loved the Rustic Inn, where we stayed our last night in Jackson.
Rustic Inn - I’ll admit, the branding does not impress (Anvil looks much cuter online), but the Rustic Inn is actually very nice! I would definitely recommend it, especially if you can get a creekside cabin/room.
What we liked:
Beautiful grounds complete with a creek, teepee, creekside outdoor bar, outdoor fireplaces, and a river walk.
Big cabin-like rooms or actual cabins
Our room had a fireplace and a porch
Breakfast was to-go due to COVID, but they were really good breakfast burritos!
Outdoor hot tub and pool area (we took advantage of the hot tub)
What we didn’t like:
We tried to make spa appointments day-of or day-prior (right after we checked in), but it was too late -- they were full. It wasn’t the hotel’s fault, really. We would have liked to stay there longer and leveraged the spa.
Location is towards the outskirts of downtown Jackson, it’s actually right as you’re driving out of town towards the Tetons or airport. It’s good, because it has lots of space, but not as walkable as, say, the Anvil. 
This photo was taken before we went to dinner at the creek right next to our hotel room at Rustic Inn...see, stunning!
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What we did
We had so much fun in Jackson Hole and I love how much there is to see and do in the area! The Grand Tetons are absolutely stunning and are less than a 20 minute drive away...The proximity to Grand Teton National Park and even Yellowstone makes Jackson Hole one of my favorite destinations and a must for outdoor adventurers. 
Outdoor adventures:
Grand Teton National Park - Out of every National Park we visited, Grand Teton was probably our favorite and definitely the best run. Everything was very clearly marked, rangers were extremely helpful, and the trails were well kept with nice bathrooms/facilities and plenty of parking. Sounds superfluous but you notice these things after awhile!
Rockin’ M Ranch Trail Ride - BY FAR one of our favorite activities in Jackson and of our entire trip. Forgot how cathartic spending time with animals in nature is...Rockin’ M Ranch is in Alpine, about 45 minutes outside of Jackson. They were WONDERFUL. We did 3 hour ride with lunch included, which was really fun. I guess there are less little kids on the longer rides, which worked well for us. We had a great group of about 5 couples and a guide who was nice, funny, and helpful. We hiked along and THROUGH a river, up and down hills and ate lunch at this area that had a grill and picnic table. Many pictures below...
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Things we did in Grand Teton National Park:
There are sooo many hikes and beautiful lakes to check out in the Tetons...what we did in our limited time below and then I’ll also link some other favs. These are great activities for summer/fall, but had we been there in the winter we would have skied Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. We will be back soon!
Hidden Falls Trail - The majority of this hike is pretty flat and wraps around the gorgeous Jenny Lake. We ended up hiking up past the falls up a step path to a few overlooks that had stunning views of the entire lake. Then, we heard about a Moose spotting from another hiker and set out to find it...and we did! I think these offshoots must have added some distance and elevation to our hike because I was exhausted by the end.
Mormon Row - OK so this is less a hike and more of a site to see, but it’s these old farm houses and barns with the most stunning background. They are located on the Antelope refuge and we saw tons of pronghorn grazing in the area. I didn’t know what that was, but pronghorn are in the antelope family and they are the fastest animal in North America and the 2nd fastest animal in the world!! 
Beautiful viewpoint on top of Signal Mountain -  Perhaps you can hike here, but we drove it. The views from the top are stunning. You can see the Teton range and Lake Jackson on one side and Jackson Hole Valley on the other!
Top 10 Hiking trails in Grand Teton National Park on AllTrails >>
Yellowstone National Park is also only about an hour away from Jackson, but I’ll cover that in my Montana post! :)
Views from top of Signal Mtn:
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Mormon Row:
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Hiking Jenny Lake:
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Shopping:
I knew from the beginning that I wanted to get a Stetson hat in Jackson. And so I did! And there were SOOO many good ones to choose from. Chris got his second Stetson, too!
Hide Out Leathers - I got both my Stetson hat and suede fringe jacket here! They have such a good supply of leather goods, not as wide variety of hats, but they do have some.
Beaver Creek Hats and Leather - Chris got his hat here and they have a loooot of great hats. I was tempted to buy another hat here after getting mine at Hide Out, but I resisted. 
High Country Outfitters - They have fly fishing trips out of here and outdoor gear/apparel.
Pendleton Store - Pendleton stuff just says “the West” to me. So it makes sense they’d have a flagship store in Jackson. They have such cool blankets and even make custom ones at this store.
Breakfast / Lunch:
Persephone bakery - An adorable bakery and cafe. You order at the counter and then they bring you your food. Really cute outdoor dining, too! I got the croissant breakfast sandwich and it was so tasty!
Cafe Genevieve - Another wonderful little breakfast spot, right next to Persephone. More of a sit down and order kind of place. And more traditional breakfast food. I loved my waffles and chai latte.
Creekside Market - Great deli to get to-go sandwiches for a day of adventures!
Dinner:
We should have booked dinner reservations further in advance, because it was pretty tough to get reservations once we got there. 
Our first night there, we met up with some friends who have a place in Jackson Hole. We wanted to sit outside (COVID and we had a dog with us), so we got drinks and dinner at Cutty’s, a local dive bar. Very divey, but fun! A bit out of the town square so less touristy but also you need to drive to get there. Not really a “must-see”. 
Local restaurant & bar - This was our favorite dinner in Jackson. We both got really good steaks! They also had really great wine selection including many natural wines, which we loved. 
StillWest Brewery & grill - When we couldn’t get reservations in town, we called StillWest. Stillwest is still technically in town, but not right in the town square. It’s closer to the local ski mountain, Snow King. It’s a really fun brewery and restaurant with good food!
On our third night we went to dinner with friends in a nearby town, Wilson, and went to an old-school Italian restaurant: Calico. 
Recommendations
Because we had such a limited time there, I enlisted the help of my friend Kaelyn (a regular, and a local for a good chunk of COVID) to help me with all of her faves. So comments below are from her POV, which I trust, of course.
Restaurants:
Glorietta's - New-ish Italian spot. Literally everything I've had is next-level good, but Meatballs are a must. 
Persephone Bakery - Breakfast/lunch spot. The one in town is tiny and always insanely crowded, but a new one just opened in Wilson and is bigger/way less crowded. We went here, too...Linked above!
Cafe Genevieve - Southern comfort-ish food (lol we did our late night wedding food from here). We went here, too...Linked above!
Pinky G's - Best pizza in my opinion — you can dine in but we usually take out Get the Abe Froman with balsamic glaze! 
Snake River Grill - Fancy spot, probably best steak/bison place in town Make a reso NOW if you're going months from now haha 
Bin 22 - Mini liquor/wine + mart that's also a tapas/happy hour spot
Calico - especially in the summer! We went here, too...Linked above!
Hikes:
Hiking in the park
Delta Lake - ~7 miles with elevation gain (takes 3.5-4.5 hours to hike, roundtrip, plus ~1 hour at the lake)...I'd say moderate-to-difficult but worth it. The views are unreal (it's that gorgeous bright blue lake!) and it's never too too crowded.
Bradley and/or Taggart Lakes - A 5-mile loop, not hard at all. Bradley is less crowded if you want to pick one.
Phelps Lake - Scenic and easy, more of a walk than a hike. Has a massive boulder that people jump off of into the water (great photo op!) — kind of a "rite of passage," if you will.
For both of these hikes (Bradley/Taggart and Delta), you'll enter through the park, which driving through IS an adventure in and of itself; you can buy a park pass that'll last you seven days
Also I HIGHLY recommend to everyone visiting Jackson that they rent a car
Hiking in Teton Village:
You can hike to the top of the gondola (~1.5 hours) OR ride the gondola and hike one of the trails that starts toward the top of the mountain...there are TONS
Did the Cirque trail this summer and LOVED it...It summits Rendezvous (the main skiing mountain in the village) and there were basically no people doing it.
Hiking in town:
Snow King - This is a ski run in winter but a steep and quick trail in the summer. Super quick but tough! A great workout.
Hiking with a bit of a drive
Table Mountain - You actually drive through Victor and Driggs (Idaho), then back through Alta (Wyoming) to get to the trailhead. Hike takes 4-5 hours and the first part (~3 miles) is really freaking hard BUT then it gets easier. On a clear day, you can see the Tetons from the other side!
Other Activities:
Float/raft Snake River - We usually just float it and drink beer but you can also do a guided rafting excursion, there are tons to choose from (just Google). 
Get sloshies - Sloshies are alcoholic slushies that you can find at most of the gas stations in Jackson Hole. My favorite's at Hoback Market, but that's a bit south of town. They also have them Creekside Market (also has my favorite, most epic sandwiches), Basecamp (the gas station in Wilson), Albertson's and the liquor store attached to Aspens Market.
Visit Jackson Lake - Super scenic lake in the park. Kind of a hike to get to but if you devote a day, you can rent SUPs, walk around, etc. If you have a boat (or can rent one) you can boat around and water ski, etc. 
Drive the big loop in the park - You'll see wildlife, the Tetons, the Chapel of the Transfiguration. Before leaving, grab a drink at Dornan's.
Granite or Astoria Hot Springs - The "official" Astoria ones aren't open to us non-Wyoming resident peasants BUT there are natural hot springs (called "hippie" hot springs) before Astoria/the red bridge that goes to the Snake River Sporting Club. Just park by the other parked cars, and you'll find a path that leads to them! (Def bring sloshies)
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Pic 1 - Chris and I in our new Stetsons out to dinner
Pic 2 - Chris with our delicious steak dinner at Local
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