#the colors of these are also very very nice ;;;;v;;; the whole thing has a very bright and colorful charm

[hockeyboysimagines]

F*ck me like I’m famous

Warnings: phone sex, implied sex, alcohol, swearing, fluff, Vince being a sad boy.

Sorry this has taken so long. I struggled through the phone sex part, so if it sucks. Please be nice to me. Thanks to @cellythefloshie and @jostyriggslover96 for talking me through it.

Enjoy, let me know what you think🤍

J:How’s Canada?

V:Oh you know, Canada is Canadian.

J:Not having fun?

V:I am. But I miss you a little. Not a lot though.

She giggled a little, biting her lip, before she answered.

Vince had left for Canada the week after their official first date. They’d spent every night together until he went home, leaving Josie here in St. Louis. It had been pretty sad, and Josie realized how much she liked him now that he was gone. The days had drug on, and they’d been making it work on the phone, talking when they were able, and nightly FaceTime calls. It was pretty unfortunate though if she was being honest. The most pivotal time in a relationship where you really get to know someone was being done through a phone screen. It had been tough to start, but smooth sailing for the past week. She would be heading to Ontario on Saturday afternoon and staying till the following Sunday. She was excited to see him but also nervous.

J:You miss me, or you miss my lady parts? Cuz she misses you too.

V:Jesus Christ.

J:Your gonna need him when I get to Lindsey next week.

V:🤣🤣🤣no I think that’s you.

J:Oh yeah?

V:Oh yeah. You should start praying now so you can get used to being on your knees.

Josie choked on her water and her whole body shivered.

After having sex everyday for the last two weeks or so, going without it for two weeks sucked. They’d exchanged some flirty banter but this was escalating. The more time Josie spent with him, the more things she learned about herself. And this was a new thing.

J:I’ll get on that right after I get off of you.

V:Just come now. I’ll pay to change your plane ticket.

J:No can do. I still have to finish packing.

V:So what are you doing? Besides tormenting me.

J:Just organizing my underwear drawer for my trip. What’s your favorite color?

She followed it up immediately with-

J:Nevermind. I think I’ll just go without them for the week.

And then her phone buzzed and Vince’s face appeared on the screen.

She answered on the third ring, shaking with laughter.

“Hello?”

“Are you fucking kidding me???” He whispered angrily on the other end of the phone.

“Vince hi!” She said cheerily “What brings you to call me so late in the evening?”

“What brings-you know what.” He was quiet and let out a long breath. Josie felt almost bad.

Almost.

“Are you okay?” She asked.

“No I am not. And it’s your fault.”

“Me?!” She giggled “What did I do?”

“You know what you did.” He mumbled.

She could just imagine him sitting hunched over, arms crossed, pouting so she decided to help him out a little. She bit her lip and took a deep breath.

“You know.” She said softly “I’m not wearing any underwear.”

He was very quiet on the end of the phone but she could hear some movement before he spoke “Really?”

“Mhmmmmmmm.” She wasn’t actually wearing any underwear, just a large T-shirt she’d acquired from his room over the course of the last two weeks. She let a hand trail up her leg “I’m thinking about you.”

“What about me?”

“About how much I miss you. How I can’t wait to see you…how I can’t wait for you to fuck me.” She felt a redness come to her cheeks. Vince brought out a whole new side to her she didn’t even know existed and she was appalled at herself right now. She had never even thought about having phone sex before and yet here she was.

It may have also had something to do with the four glasses of wine she’d consumed but if anything, this conversation was sobering her up at an alarming rate.

He coughed on the other end “And how would you like me to do that?”

“Uhm how about everywhere? How many rooms are in your house?”

“Nine.” He answered a little too quickly “And a pool.”

“A pool? Now we’re talking.” She said lowly with a small giggle.

“FaceTime me.” he said softly “I wanna see you.”

“Uh uh. This is more fun. Are you thinking about me?”

Her voice was sweet on the other end of the phone and she had him so keyed up he was thankful he was alone “I’m always thinking about you.” He responded. It was true. He woke up with her on his mind and went to bed with her on his mind. But she was clouding other parts of his body now besides his brain.

“Do you miss me?” She asked.

“Yes.”

“How much? Cuz I miss you a whole lot.” Josie let her hand slide between her legs and let out a little gasp “She misses you too. She’s been so lonely since you’ve been gone, with no one to take care of her.”

Vince chuckled nervously on the other end of the phone “And what is she going to do about that?”

Josie rubbed her fingers over herself and squirmed a little “She’s so wet. I have no choice but to take care of her myself.”

She heard the distinct sound of a belt unbuckling and Vince adjusting himself in whatever he was sitting in and he cleared his throat “Tell me about it.” He sounded almost a little nervous and she wondered for a second if this was a first for him too, but now wasn’t the time to ask. She felt some confidence exuding now because for once she felt like they were on an even playing field in terms of sexual experience. Most often she felt like he had the upper hand, but today things felt even.

“When I get there next week she’s going to need all your attention.”

She heard his breath hitch on the other end of the phone “You know she’s gonna have it.” He murmured.

“I hope so. Because she’s been so empty, with no one to take care of her.” Her fingers felt good as the moved inside of her and while this whole thing was totally hot, it would have been better if he was here. But this was the best she was going to get.

“Are you touching yourself thinking of me?” She asked sweetly.

“Mhm. I wish it was you though.” His breath was heavy on the other end of the phone and it made Josie hot just thinking about it “Fuck.” He swore on the other end. His voice was ragged like his breathing and Josie too had reached her limit.

“Are you going to cum for me?” She whispered, fingers moving faster inside of her. She definitely was, but she was holding out until he did as well, just like when they had the real thing.

“Yes I-Jesus fuck.” He he ground out from the other end of the phone.

Josie closed her eyes, head falling back “Vince I-“ but the words died as they came out of her mouth. It wasn’t a mind blowing orgasm like she’d become accustomed to, but it was enough to get the job done. It did however bring her down to earth when she realized if things didn’t work with Vince, she might not find another person she had that connection with. But that thought went out the window when she heard him breathing heavily on the other end of the phone.

He was quiet for a few moments before he cleared his throat “Did you-uh-“

“Yes. Did you?” She waited with baited breath for a second before he answered.

“Yeah.” Then he laughed a little “First time for everything I guess.”

She breathed a long sigh of relief and then laughed a little herself “Glad I could pop your phone sex cherry.”

“Can we FaceTime now. I wanna see your face.”

She but her lip “Sure.”

The phone started to ring and Josie took a deep breath before she answered. Vince was a little flushed and disheveled on the other side of it, but he smiled when she answered. She looked down at her lap shyly before she looked back up at him.

“You.” He said brushing a strand of hair from his forehead “Are a very bad girl.”

“Only for you.” She winked and rolled to her side, propping the phone up on her nightstand so she could fold laundry and talk with him at the same time.

“So are you all packed?” He asked, eyes peering at her through the screen. She got lost in them for a second, although the camera didn’t do them justice, and then nodded.

“Half packed.” She turned the phone to show him her open suitcase “It’ll be here before you know it.”

“Yeah.” He said frowning a little with a small sigh.

“I’ll see you in a week okay?” She smiled reassuringly at him through the screen and he nodded.

“Yeah. I’ll pick you up from the airport?” He seemed troubled, eyebrows furrowed.

She nodded and gave him a tight smile, settling into her bed “Just wish you could come earlier is all.”

He actually missed her. Not just the sex part, if that was all it was he wouldn’t be flying her out to Canada for a week knowing his mom would be around. He could find someone at home for sex.

“Cheer up lover. It’s only 5 days. Then you have me for a whole week. That’s a lot of time for activities.” She wiggled her eyebrows and he laughed.

“Yeah you’re right. Next week is going to be exhausting. In more ways than one.”

She giggled and smiled at him “Anything for Lord Stanley. And you too of course.”

They chatted for a few more minutes, as she reminded him of her flight times before they said good night and hung up the phone.

He sighed and set his phone down on the table and leaned back in his seat, arms folded. Josie had turned him inside out and he had no idea how she’d even done it. He’d never really been opposed to have a girlfriend, but he’d also never really wanted one either.

And amidst all that here he was, flying a girl across the country and FaceTiming her goodnight.

Which is why he found himself sitting on his mom’s sofa a short while later.

“So mom. There’s something I wanna talk to you about.”

She froze in her seat across from him “Oh boy. I don’t like where this is heading.” She set down her cup and turned to him eyebrows raised.

“No it’s nothing bad. Just something…good I guess. Well it is good I just-“

“Vince.” She said smiling “What’s going on?”

“So next week on my day with the cup, I’m gonna have a friend from St.Louis fly in and she-“

“SHE?!” His mom said eyes lighting up “She! A girl?”

He rolled his eyes “Yes mom a girl. Anyways she-“

“A girlfriend or a ‘girlfriend’?” She asked air quoting.

“A gir-.” He frowned “Actually to be honest I have no idea. A girl…friend.”

“I’m afraid I don’t know what that means, but tell me about her. What’s her name? What’s she like? How did you meet?”

He was definitely going to have to think something up for that last one because he couldn’t tell him mom that he’d taken her home an hour after he met her and then spent every night with her since then. She would yell at him for not being a gentleman but he also didn’t want that to impact the way she saw Josie either. He knew she was great, and he wanted her to think the same.

He couldn’t tell that to his mom.

“Her name is Josie. She’s great, I think you’ll really like her. And I met her out one day.”

She knew he was lying but she didn’t call him on it. He’d never asked but he was sure his mom had seen the photo of them that ended up online, and if she hadn’t he wasn’t going to start admitting to things now. Though he was an adult, technically, he went out of his way to keep his extra curricular activities private from everyone, but especially his mom. He suspected she knew about a lot of it, but it definitely wasn’t something they talked about.

“That’s it? That’s all you’re giving me?”

“I’ll let her tell you the rest. I don’t want to give away everything before she gets here.”

“Well you must really like her if you’re bringing her all the way here. This is a big week for you.”

He shrugged but she shook her head “No no. Don’t shrug at me. You don’t have to admit it, but I know that you wouldn’t fly her here if you didn’t like her…a lot.” She added at the end “But it’s your business. Either way. Looking forward to meeting her.”

***********

Josie usually slept flights away, but she was too amped to sleep. In just a few short hours she’d be seeing the guy she’d not known just over a months ago, but now she couldn’t imagine not knowing.

It was a little scary if she was being honest. Not Vince himself but everything that came with him. The recognition, the sport, the being a citizen of a whole other country.

Which was actually the scariest part to her.

What if Canadian Vince didn’t like her as much as St. Louis Vince did. What if when she got there he realized he’d rather have a girl from back home celebrating with him.

Was there a girl from back home?

She felt silly but the longer she sat on the plane the more she realized she was stepping into a place she’d never been, with people she didn’t know, to celebrate a trophy for a sport she’d never watched.

Given the opportunity she would have parachuted out of the plane but she didn’t think the pilot would be too understanding about her nerves. Though if he knew who she was flying out to see, he might.

The plane was fairly empty, and she had no seat mates on either side, which left her to anxiously bounce her knee without disturbing anyone.

There was too much cloud cover for her to really see anything. Canada would be a complete surprise and for a few minutes her excitement overrode her anxiety.

That was until the plane hit the runway and she felt like she was going to puke. The flight attendant glanced at her and did a double take, holding out a bag.

“Ma’am your green. Are you gonna throw up?” She leaned back a little bit.

“What? No I’m okay. Just…I’m okay.”

“Right…well maybe you should take this anyway.” She pushed the bag forward again and Josie took it.

“Have a good time!” The attendant called “Don’t throw up!” She said pointing at her.

Josie laughed and exited the plane, locating the baggage claim and grabbing her suitcase, when she felt her phone ding.

V: Let me know when your at the doors. I’m parked outside

She started typing to respond as she exited the doors and got a face full of sunlight, blinding her from seeing two feet in front of her.

J:I’m outside. Marco!

“Polo.” She heard from behind her.

She turned and standing some feet away, was Vince leaning against a black BMW, smiling at her. He was just as beautiful as she remembered, and as he had been the first time she’d ever seen him. His smiled widened as she made her way to him. It seemed like it took ages to reach him, her heart beating just a little bit faster with each step. As she came within a foot of him, she dropped her suitcase and he pulled her into a very hot, wet, long kiss right there in the airport parking lot. She wasn’t sure what to expect if she was being honest. In St. Louis everyone had already seen them making out on the news, but this was his home field and she wasn’t sure if he wanted to be kissing her so openly in public.

When he pulled away she was looking at him surprised.

“What?”

“Nothing, just didn’t know if you wanted people to see us making out in the airport parking lot.”

He chuckled and grabbed her stuff “I’m a Stanley cup champion I can do what I want.” He said opening the trunk and putting her bag inside. She felt a little lurch in her stomach as he slid past her to open the passenger door, hand sliding across her lower abdomen as he guided her into it and then shut the door. He’d had his hands on every part of her body and a little touch on the wait was doing her in. She took a deep breath trying to will away the redness that came to her face as he made his way around the car and slid in. She couldn’t believe how nervous she was. But then he turned and smiled at her and she remembered they’d already done a plethora of sexual things in various places and she relaxed a little bit.

“Ready?” He asked brightly, starting the car and turning to her.

“I think so. Unless you’re sick of me already.”

“Sick of you? Never.” He backed out of his spot and left the parking area of the airport. As he drove she saw the buildings start to fade away little by little and they were replaced by some of the most beautiful scenery she’d ever seen.

“So this is Canada?” He glanced over to find Josie peering out of the window smiling a little “The view sure beats down town St. Louis.”

He smiled a little bit and shrugged “Yeah maybe. But Canada doesn’t have you so I guess that makes it even.”

Josie rolled her eyes and blushed “That was so cheesy.”

“I couldn’t help it. It’s true though.” She looked so good after not seeing her for a week. She always looked good, but he realized now how much he actually liked her. And he was pretty sure she felt the same considering that she’d flown all this way to see him for only a week.

“On a scale of 1 to 10 how likely am I to see a Moose?” She asked still leaned forward.

“Probably pretty likely, but I should warn you to not try and pet them. Not the friendliest. And actually just don’t pet any of the wild animals you come across. There’s not many friendly things running around the forests in Canada.”

“I guess I can only find friendly things from Canada on Ice then.”

“Ha ha.” He said with a smile and watched her, watch the outside.

“It’s beautiful here.” she commented glancing at him “I have no clue where I am, but it’s beautiful nonetheless.” The trees were so thick Josie couldn’t even see through them as they made their way down the road. She hadn’t seen a car since they left the airport.

“It is.” He was quiet for a minute before he spoke again “So….is it okay if I kill you?”

Josie turned slowly to look at him for a full 10 seconds before she burst out laughing “Sure. Just make sure I still look good for the open casket if you wouldn’t mind.”

“Okay deal.” He reached a hand over to rest it on her leg “It’s really nice to have you here.”

“It’s nice to be here. I like getting to see where you come from.” She sounded genuine, and she smiled at him, resting her hand on top of his “Thanks for bringing me on my first Canadian adventure.”

“Hopefully with any luck it won’t be your last. Just stay away from the Moose.”

**********

Josie could see now that Vince was just as popular here as he was in Missouri as she followed him along through the place there meeting his friends and family. She hadn’t even had a chance to unpack her stuff, which was still in his trunk, but she was excited to meet them and get it over with. He didn’t know it, and she wouldn’t tell him but her nerves were a live wire.

He made her nervous that first night but that was nothing compared to this.

“Come here.” He grabbed her hand and tugged her forward behind him through the crowd.

“Mom. This is Josie, Josie this is my mom.” Vince’s mom was smiling at her and waved away her outstretched hand and hugged her instead “It’s nice to meet you, I wish I could say I’ve heard so much about you but Vince only just told me you were coming yesterday and won’t give me any details.” She smiled cheekily at him and then looked back at her.

Josie looked at him for guidance. She wasn’t about to tell his mom that they’d met in a bar and he’d taken her home and had sex half the night.

“We met out one night after the cup.” He said smiling at her “Schwartzy spilled a drink on her.”

“Mr. Stanley Cup Champion over here swooped in like Batman and saved the day.” She gave him a nudge “My hero.”

“I do what I can.” He said with a shrug, but smiled and wrapped an arm around her waist.

The rest of the day went great. She was a bit all around. His friends and family kept pulling him aside to tell him how great she was, which he knew of course. He watched her as she interacted with friends of his, when he felt his mom at his shoulder.

“She’s lovely.” His mom said as she looked at Josie talking with them, laughing like she’d known them for years “And so gorgeous.”

Vince nodded “She is right?”

“How did you meet her again?”

Vince bit his lip and looked at his mom who continued “Because I vaguely recall someone sending me a photo of you kissing some girl that wound up on the news. That would happen to be her would it?”

“Uhm.” He glanced at Josie and then his mom and gave her his best smile, one he usually used to get himself out of trouble “That’s actually from when I met her.”

His smiled faded a little when his mom looked at him flatly. That smile never worked with her “Uh huh. Well maybe next time just think about who you’re kissing after you win a major trophy and remember, the internet is forever.” Then she smiled “You seem happy.”

He nodded “I am. She’s great, and I really like being around her.”

“I would hope so. You flew her all the way out here. You don’t fly someone you don’t like into another country.”

He shrugged “I do. But…I don’t know just seeing what happens I guess.”

“Hmmmm.” She pursed her lips and smiled glancing at him.

“Knock it off.” He said bumping his mom’s shoulder.

“I’m just saying. You seem different with her is all. None of my business.” She pinched his side and wandered away giving him a long pointed look as she did. He squeezed through people saying hello as he did, and found her sliding her glass to the bartender.

“You’re popular.” He said into her ear, one hand reaching forward to grip hers. She smiled at him and felt redness come to her cheeks, both from the wine and from him holding her hand in front of his family.

“Just like back home. I’m sorry you’re so lame and no one wants to talk with you.” She made a pouty lip at him and squeezed his hand. He rolled his eyes, smile widening.

She looked so good in Canada, in a bar with his family and friends, her white dress bright against her tan skin.

“Let’s get out of here. You have two weeks worth of phone sex and dirty texting to make good on.” He waggled his eyebrows at her. They said their goodbyes and much to her delight, he never let go of her hand, and they made their way into his car, driving mostly in silence, and then into his house. It was dark and late, and the sounds of the night could be heard from everywhere as he unlocked his front door and she stepped past him and inside. She heard him shut the door and lock it and a ripple of excitement started to creep through her, sending an electric current into every nerve in her body.

“So.” He said from behind her, causing her to turn. He was half illuminated, half in shadow as he dropped her bag by the door “Which room do you wanna start in?”

She grinned and took a step back “Catch me and find out.”

#vince dunn #hockey fanfiction #hockey tumblr #nhl fanfiction #hockeyblr #nhl fic #hockey fic #hockey imagine #hockey fandom #hockey blurb #hockey smut #hockey writing #hockey tag #hockey #nhl fanfic #nhl writing #nhl smut #nhl imagine #nhl players #nhl blurb #nhl x reader

[mary-games-and-arts]

AvA/M Cast Redesign

Phew, well.. I DID IT I REDESIGNED EVERYONE! Time to present them all again, but this time with some more info, right?

Color Gang

Green (He/him) - 17 y.o. | Let's say he's literally a perfectionist okay? Green is the one of a protective friend but can annoy his brother Red sometimes. His love of his life is Blue

Yellow (She/her) - 16 y.o. | A girl who knows everything about redstone, Minecraft commands and style. Has a twin sister Pinkie (Keep in mind that Pinkie is not a canon character. She's my AvM OC). Also Yellow has a partner Red

The Second Coming/TSC/Second/Orange (He/They) - 17 y.o. | A sleepyhead but somehow understands math and physics(unlike me ;v;). They're really overprotective over their friends and have their own powers but they're not aware of them(let's say AvA VI didn't happen yet). Chosen is Second's sister. Also Sec is in love with Purple

Blue (She/her) - 16 y.o. | Really knows her thing when it comes to brewing potions and gardening. Has bandages cuz AvM Ep. 20 events. Can get worried if anyone of the gang gets sick. Loves Green and his tunes

Red (He/him) - 15 y.o. | Apparently the youngest one of the group. He's a clumsy guy and also a prankster. Got possessed by Herobrine twice. Was in a timeout once cuz messed with Yellow's staff and the lucky block. Yellow is his girlfriend and Green is his brother. Oh and his pets are his friends

The Royal Duo + The Angelic Trio

Purple (She/They) - 16 y.o. | A little shy but very nice girl. Considers MT as her older sister. Still has trust issues but is trying to fix it. Cherishes her dead mother Orchid and doesn't give a damn about her dad RB. Second is her boyfriend

MT/Mango Tango/Queen Orange (She/her) - 20 y.o. | A young adult who was a queen once just to destroy Minecraft cuz it took away her little brother Gold. Tries to move on from Gold's death and now considers Purple as her younger sis. She's on neutral terms with Color Gang. Her husband is actually an Enderman named Jacob (Tulip said that we can have our own Jacob so)

Gold (He/him) - 12 y.o. | A smol kid who is MT's brother and had unfortunately died from Minecraft. Observes his sister and spends his time with Orchid and Victim. Sometimes wishes he could hug MT one last time

Orchid (She/her) - 38 y.o./ | A caring woman who is also Purple's mother. Has no empathy for RB cuz he left her and Purple. Unfortunately died from an unknown disease and now observes her child from above

Victim (They/Them) - 25 y.o. | A guy who never experienced life for once. Tries to develop themselves and find their own personality and hobbies. Currently is friends with Orchid and Gold

RB, Alan and The AvA Duo

RB (He/him) - 40 y.o. | A ex-husband of Orchid and ex-dad for Purple. Left cuz he thought his daughter was "pathetic and would never protect herself from any danger"

Alan (He/him) - 34 y.o. | The creator himself of the whole AvA/M community. Considers Chosen and Second as his kids, but also has a real life family

The Dark Lord/TDL/Dark (She/her) - 18 y.o. | The terrorist of the whole Internet herself and Alan is her creator. She was created to defeat Chosen but she teamed up with them and confronted Alan. Somehow survived Second's attack and now is trying to change. Has a girlfriend Chosen

The Chosen One/TCO/Chosen (She/They) - 19 y.o. | The Chosen One herself who just wants to live peacefully with Dark after all the trauma she endured. Saved a kid once and now friends with her. Is currently being wanted by Rocket Corporation. Dark is her girlfriend

The Rocket Corporation

Hazard (He/They) - literally a robot- | A restored robot who can control electricity as his power. He's also a part of the mercenary team

Agent Smith (He/him) - 24 y.o. | The main mercenary of the corporation who can use any Adobe Animate tool. Has a small crush on Vic

Alive!Vic (They/them) - 25 y.o. | The first stick ever created by Alan that somehow came to life to get the revenge they so desperately want. They're a leader of a whole corporation and they hunt for Chosen cuz she knows where Alan is

Ballista (He/him) - 27 y.o. | The shortest mercenary of the team. He can turn his head into a tank and also adores his big pixel sword

Primal (She/her) - 28 y.o. | The tallest mercenary and the only woman in the team. Is good at archery and can get buff if needed

#animator vs animation #animation vs minecraft #alan becker #ava green #ava yellow #ava second coming #ava blue #ava red #ava purple #ava mt #ava gold #ava orchid #ava victim #ava rb #ava alan becker #ava dark lord #ava chosen one #ava hazard #ava agent smith #ava ballista #ava primal #mari arts #mari masterposts

[pronoun-fucker]

Perhaps it makes sense that women — those supposedly compliant and agreeable, self-sacrificing and everything-nice creatures — were the ones to finally bring our polarized country together.

Because the far right and the far left have found the one thing they can agree on: Women don’t count.

The right’s position here is the better known, the movement having aggressively dedicated itself to stripping women of fundamental rights for decades. Thanks in part to two Supreme Court justices who have been credibly accused of abusive behavior toward women, Roe v. Wade, nearly 50 years a target, has been ruthlessly overturned.

Far more bewildering has been the fringe left jumping in with its own perhaps unintentionally but effectively misogynist agenda. There was a time when campus groups and activist organizations advocated strenuously on behalf of women. Women’s rights were human rights and something to fight for. Though the Equal Rights Amendment was never ratified, legal scholars and advocacy groups spent years working to otherwise establish women as a protected class.

But today, a number of academics, uber-progressives, transgender activists, civil liberties organizations and medical organizations are working toward an opposite end: to deny women their humanity, reducing them to a mix of body parts and gender stereotypes.

As reported by my colleague Michael Powell, even the word “women” has become verboten. Previously a commonly understood term for half the world’s population, the word had a specific meaning tied to genetics, biology, history, politics and culture. No longer. In its place are unwieldy terms like “pregnant people,” “menstruators” and “bodies with vaginas.”

Planned Parenthood, once a stalwart defender of women’s rights, omits the word “women” from its home page. NARAL Pro-Choice America has used “birthing people” in lieu of “women.” The American Civil Liberties Union, a longtime defender of women’s rights, last month tweeted its outrage over the possible overturning of Roe v. Wade as a threat to several groups: “Black, Indigenous and other people of color, the L.G.B.T.Q. community, immigrants, young people.”

It left out those threatened most of all: women. Talk about a bitter way to mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX.

The noble intent behind omitting the word “women” is to make room for the relatively tiny number of transgender men and people identifying as nonbinary who retain aspects of female biological function and can conceive, give birth or breastfeed. But despite a spirit of inclusion, the result has been to shove women to the side.

Women, of course, have been accommodating. They’ve welcomed transgender women into their organizations. They’ve learned that to propose any space just for biological women in situations where the presence of males can be threatening or unfair — rape crisis centers, domestic abuse shelters, competitive sports — is currently viewed by some as exclusionary. If there are other marginalized people to fight for, it’s assumed women will be the ones to serve other people’s agendas rather than promote their own.

But, but, but. Can you blame the sisterhood for feeling a little nervous? For wincing at the presumption of acquiescence? For worrying about the broader implications? For wondering what kind of message we are sending to young girls about feeling good in their bodies, pride in their sex and the prospects of womanhood? For essentially ceding to another backlash?

Women didn’t fight this long and this hard only to be told we couldn’t call ourselves women anymore. This isn’t just a semantic issue; it’s also a question of moral harm, an affront to our very sense of ourselves.

It wasn’t so long ago — and in some places the belief persists — that women were considered a mere rib to Adam’s whole. Seeing women as their own complete entities, not just a collection of derivative parts, was an important part of the struggle for sexual equality.

But here we go again, parsing women into organs. Last year the British medical journal The Lancet patted itself on the back for a cover article on menstruation. Yet instead of mentioning the human beings who get to enjoy this monthly biological activity, the cover referred to “bodies with vaginas.” It’s almost as if the other bits and bobs — uteruses, ovaries or even something relatively gender-neutral like brains — were inconsequential. That such things tend to be wrapped together in a human package with two X sex chromosomes is apparently unmentionable.

“What are we, chopped liver?” a woman might be tempted to joke, but in this organ-centric and largely humorless atmosphere, perhaps she would be wiser not to.

Those women who do publicly express mixed emotions or opposing views are often brutally denounced for asserting themselves. (Google the word “transgender” combined with the name Martina Navratilova, J.K. Rowling or Kathleen Stock to get a withering sense.) They risk their jobs and their personal safety. They are maligned as somehow transphobic or labeled TERFs, a pejorative that may be unfamiliar to those who don’t step onto this particular Twitter battlefield. Ostensibly shorthand for “trans-exclusionary radical feminist,” which originally referred to a subgroup of the British feminist movement, “TERF” has come to denote any woman, feminist or not, who persists in believing that while transgender women should be free to live their lives with dignity and respect, they are not identical to those who were born female and who have lived their entire lives as such, with all the biological trappings, societal and cultural expectations, economic realities and safety issues that involves.

But in a world of chosen gender identities, women as a biological category don’t exist. Some might even call this kind of thing erasure.

When not defining women by body parts, misogynists on both ideological poles seem determined to reduce women to rigid gender stereotypes. The formula on the right we know well: Women are maternal and domestic — the feelers and the givers and the “Don’t mind mes.” The unanticipated newcomers to such retrograde typecasting are the supposed progressives on the fringe left. In accordance with a newly embraced gender theory, they now propose that girls — gay or straight — who do not self-identify as feminine are somehow not fully girls. Gender identity workbooks created by transgender advocacy groups for use in schools offer children helpful diagrams suggesting that certain styles or behaviors are “masculine” and others “feminine.”

Didn’t we ditch those straitened categories in the ’70s?

The women’s movement and the gay rights movement, after all, tried to free the sexes from the construct of gender, with its antiquated notions of masculinity and femininity, to accept all women for who they are, whether tomboy, girly girl or butch dyke. To undo all this is to lose hard-won ground for women — and for men, too.

Those on the right who are threatened by women’s equality have always fought fiercely to put women back in their place. What has been disheartening is that some on the fringe left have been equally dismissive, resorting to bullying, threats of violence, public shaming and other scare tactics when women try to reassert that right. The effect is to curtail discussion of women’s issues in the public sphere.

But women are not the enemy here. Consider that in the real world, most violence against trans men and women is committed by men but, in the online world and in the academy, most of the ire at those who balk at this new gender ideology seems to be directed at women.

It’s heartbreaking. And it’s counterproductive.

Tolerance for one group need not mean intolerance for another. We can respect transgender women without castigating females who point out that biological women still constitute a category of their own — with their own specific needs and prerogatives.

If only women’s voices were routinely welcomed and respected on these issues. But whether Trumpist or traditionalist, fringe left activist or academic ideologue, misogynists from both extremes of the political spectrum relish equally the power to shut women up.

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#radical feminism #trans activism #gender critical #terf #misogyny #I would personally argue that trans activists are not the far left but still

[tom-is-online]

PJSK X SONIC SONGS

I got very bored soooooooooo I gave each character a sonic song to rep them cuz bus rides home are boring and i need mental stimulation

LEO / NEED

GROUP THEME : Reach for The Stars - Sonic Colors

ICHIKA HOSHINO : With Me - Sonic and the Black Knight

She would fuck up the guitar so fuckin hard with his shit shed go so hard its unreal Ichika With me cover when

SAKI TENMA : End of Summer - Sonic Runners

Criminally underated sonic ost and the PIANO its just her. If you put this in the bg of one of her events NOBODY would question it.

HONAMI MOCHIZUKI : Windy Hill Zone 1 - Sonic Lost World

She'd have a blasty playing the drums to this I think, she can include the whole band on there theyd love it

SHIHO HINOMORI : Ocean View: Lap Music - Team Sonic Racing

Tell me Shiho wouldnt love this, Shiho has TSR on her switch and plays it with everyone else after practice. Also its a remix of you can do anything and i think Shiho would know this info and sing along. also the bass in some of the areas goes v hard

MORE MORE JUMP

GROUP THEME : Follow me - Theme of Team Rose - Sonic Heroes

MINORI HANASATO : Believe in Myself - Sonic Adventure 2

Minori Hanasato would love Tails the Fox they would be best friends and they would fly so far and so high and they would talk about their fav blue ppl and be best friends.

HARUKA KIRITANI : Quartz Quadrant - "G" MIX - Sonic CD

It's just a very nice song i think she'd like it a lot :) and sometimes thats reason enough

AIRI MOMOI : Tropical Resort Act 2 - Sonic Colors

You could also convince me this is BGM music for the actual game if i didnt know better lmaoo

SHIZUKU HINOMORI : Apotos - Night - Sonic Unleashed

One of the chillest sonic songs and the best chill sonic song and i am going to learn it on my guitar if it kills me. Oh yea also Shizuku would like it i think :p

VIVID BAD SQUAD

GROUP THEME : Escape from the City - Sonic Adventure 2

KOHANE AZASAWA : Look-a-Like - Sonic the Hedgehog OVA

This might not be from the games but I think she'd love this shit, esp this cover of it cuz I say so also the cover just fucks lmao ALT : A New Day - Sonic Rush (she'd like it :]. and VBS would also just love sonic rush in general I think A new day would replace escape from the city if that just wasnt a funny thing for it to be for their theme.)

AN SHIRAISHI : Radical City : Living in The City - Sonic R

I should not have to explain this to you, its radical city what more do you want from me? money? well you cant have it.

AKITO SHINONOME : Find Your Flame - Sonic Fronteirs

Ok so. IDK if this is a hear me out or not but like, read the lyrics and look me in the eyes thats not just him. You can't I will not accept that. ALT - SPEED HIGHWAY CASH CASH REMIX - Sonic Generations

TOYA AOYAGI : RIVAL BATTLE : METAL SONIC - Sonic Generations

It's got Piano, its got electronic. It's like Rad Dogs with extra steps

WONDERLAND X SHOWTIME

GROUP THEME : Friends - Sonic Mania

TSUKASA TENMA : Lights, Camera, Action! - Studiopolis Zone Act 1 - Sonic Mania

Do i need to explain?

EMU OTORI : Palmtree Panic - Sonic CD

"dodododododo! WOOO! YEAHHHH!!!!!" - Emu Otori

NENE KUSANAGI : Join us 4 Happy Time... For Chao Garden - Sonic Adventure

Nene has an ungodly ammount of hours in the chao garden, you cannot convince me otherwise

RUI KAMISHIRO : Hi-Spec Robo Go! - Sonic Mania

Do i need to explain?

NIGHTCORD AT 25:00

GROUP THEME : Dreams of An Absolution - Sonic 06

KANADE YOISAKI : Area Planet Wisp - Sonic Colors

You will now come to find that Sonic X Niigo is. REALLY FUCKING HARD TO DO. LIKE seriously. I just picked some pretty songs so if anyone wants to rb and pick some better ones be my guest lmaoo

MAFUYU ASAHINA : Aquatic Base (Level 1) - Sonic the Hedgehog

Oooooo mystery oooooooo scaryyyy, idk why i picked it it just feels right to me

ENA SHINONOME : Sea Bottom Segue - Sonic Lost World

The vibes are there? do you get the vision?

MIZUKI AKIYAMA : Fly in the Freedom - Sonic Adventure 2

I have no fucking reason for this I just think they would like it a lot and I have no better ideas besides like. Twinkle park??

#actual brainrot #literally has just been sitting in my drafts so ill post it I GUESS #if theres anything wrong with any of the links im so sorry #pjsk #prsk #tomisonline #sonic #shitpost #brainrot #project sekai #pjsekai #proseka #project sekai colorful stage #leo/need #more more jump #vivid bad squad #wonderland x showtime #nightcord at 25:00 #25 ji nightcord de #l/n #mmj #vbs #wxs

[adobe-outdesign]

I would like to heavily beg for your thoughts on the Leavanny line please. My poor grass bugs haven't been on the Switch at all yet, they are stuck eternally in Pokemon Home. I am crying. Justice for my fashion designer icons in the DLC.

A few people in the past have asked me what my favorite bug-type Pokemon line is, and my answer is always the same: these guys, 100%, for reasons I'll be getting into throughout this review.

Sewaddle is somewhat ironic in the sense that leaf bugs don't have a metamorphis stage, let alone start off looking like caterpillars—but Pokemon are interesting monsters first and biological creatures second, so I am more than happy to give this cute little thing a pass.

Visually, the leaf wrap forming a swaddling blanket is both a clever way to integrate leaves into the design and a nice way to add something unique, given that we've already had tons of caterpillar Pokemon already. It also gives Sewaddle's design a nice bit of practicality, as it can do this while it sleeps:

The colors are nice—just a simple yellow, orange, and green—and I love the stylized but still very bug-like eyes and mouth. I don't think the random balls on the head were needed (I guess they're meant to tie into the leaves on Swadloon's head?) and the underbelly probably didn't need to be included either, but those are minor nitpicks in an otherwise solid design.

I unironically think that Swadloon is The Best middle evolution stage of any Pokemon, period. Look at this delightfully grumpy teenager. How could you not love them?

With the entire line having a leaf clothing motif, giving Swadloon a leaf blanket is both something it can have that makes it unique, yet something that still ties back into the rest of the design. Even better, making it a grumpy little cocoon gives it a great personality and a different shape than the rest of the line. Everything just comes together here to form a perfect concept and a perfect transitional middle stage.

By the time we finally get to Leavanny, it becomes obvious what this line actually is: a "walking leaf", aka a leaf bug/insect:

Taking the basic concept of a bug that looks like a leaf and making it into a motherly Pokemon that sews clothes for itself and other Pokemon is a charming concept, and I really like the overall look of Leavanny here.

The yellow and green palette works great, the leaf shape is repeated throughout (such as the antennae), and the little .v. face is really charming. It's suitably insect-like (with the far apart eyes and simple mouth), but humanoid enough that it doesn't come across as too alien. It comes across as wearing clothes, but not the point where it seems too implausible or silly. Just a fantastic little bug all around

As a whole, this line is basically perfect in my book. The leaf clothing theme is established immediately and permeated in different ways through the line, yet each member of the line is allowed their own unique spin on it. Each stage has personality and stands out on its own while also working as one part of a whole, and the designs are simple and charming. These bugs absolutely need to make it onto the Switch ASAP.

#sewaddle #swadloon #leavanny #pokemon #pokemon reviews

[p-wrryyy-mordial-soup]

Hiiii :3 heres my pack of losers (my x-rank team) because i needed ghost to actually have a team :]. heres a link to all my splatoons on toyhouse

seperate refrences, little blurbs about them and color alts where they all share eachothers colors below the thang v enjoy my word vomit idk how to write character stuff out teehee

sorry his ref is a year old and rushed for artfight </3 also the age is wrong i think i changed it to 23

he's from around where the deepsea metro is/was. had to leave because of unstable surroundings from an unknown to him cause. he's best friends with Rust and her kids, im gonna be honest i haven't actually thought through how they met and ive just realized this oops. since he spent most of his life underground and now lives in the splatlands he gets sunburnt way too frequently to not be covered up constantly, though he wears thing like tank tops and shorts during splatfest since those mostly occur during the night.

He met wisteria and ember first and then 72. they didnt apoint him as leader nor do they really care to have one but he's the tallest so everyone assumes its him. he's the most softspoken out of the 4 of them but thats a really low bar, he has a hard time making decisions but once he does he will die on that hill

(since its not on his ref like the other three)

72 escaped the metro before agent 8 went through it, he had found a memcake that was dropped after a test giving him just a clear enough mind to think for himself some. he ended up finding his way out after a while of accumulating a couple more memcakes, barely any where his though so hes walking around with memories that aren't his. It also took him a while to get used to the fact he isnt a soldier nor a test subject anymore. If he saw another sanitized mollusk he'd probably hide or run away </3.

72 met Ghost while after wandering around the area for a while, and ended up crashing in his car the whole time on ghosts way back to the splatlands (he thought 72 was like, drunk or something since he was tumbling around and seemed to be not the most coherent). he doesnt blink or breath unless hes actively thinking about it :[.

he had a hard time discerning things for a while but hes gotten better, at first he thought ember was just a weird octoling because she wears the old octoling goggles. we beat the evil soap with friendship in this house!!!

personality wise hes pretty hyper and cheerful which isnt usually your first thought upon seeing a zombie, forgot his age but hes an adult, he was encouraged to pick his own birthday :]

I have the least down for him at the moment, there will be more on her prommy </3 she's 21

She's a callie superfan with a vulgar sense of humor, usually the one who purposefully makes other players angry. born and raised in the splatlands she knows all the places to hide and get you lost in.

he's been friends with ember the longest, they where online friends until ember moved to splatsville. was introduced to ghost and 72 later by ember, he likes to antagonize 72 (think sibling antagonizing, theyre both in on it). down to fist fight you in the back of a waffle house

Originally from the inkopolis outskirts, they're 31

Ember's both a video game and turf/anarchy streamer, she has camera in their goggles for the latter. bad habit of talking in twitch/internet lingo outside of streaming. Once she has eyes on something its nearly impossible to get her to do something else. Very friendly outside fighting, will give you nice words and a pat on the back after a game whether they won or not.

met ghost while playing turf war in a random que, he was, in her words, "a bit to intense to be playing in turf" and told him after the game that he should try out anarchy, he was scared of it since he was new to the area. they ended up teaming up and playing a couple games together, later inviting wisteria and eventually 72.

theres def more to these guys but it will take me a long time to get the words in my head to cooperate 🙏im better at answering specific questions about things then coming up with what to write myself

have some color alts :3

#splatoon #resh rambles again #my art #oc ghost #oc wisteria #oc 72 #oc ember

[undeadboyfriendsupportgroup]

Throwing in some headcanons for the season 1 Archive gang

(As always, these are just silly goofy fun, not meant to invalidate anyone's characterization of the archive folks, we're in season 3 so if any of these contradict with canon, it's probably bc of that or memory failing us/personal preference sooooo, lesgo)

cw: alcohol (very lightly mentioned) and spiders

Jon:

-Jon tends to wander when drunk, it's a good idea to keep an eye on him. He's gotten lost in campus during his college days but always comes back unharmed (somehow).

-He thought his grandmother made up grass allergies to keep him from getting into dangerous places as a kid but his family has a genetic grass allergy, nothing fatal but recently cut grass does make him v itchy when it touches bare skin.

-He uses pen grips, i think he's developing arthritis so he owns some comfortable rubber ones. There are a few bite marks on em, but if you confront him he will gaslight you

-Jon's bones also crack very easily, when he gets up you can hear it. It gets worse throughout the seasons

-Jon uses transparent nail polish. He started doing it to avoid nail biting but started the habit of chipping it off. In college he wore colored nail polish but he ditched bc he doesn't consider it v professional on himself.

-He's a responsible sunscreen user, he applies it whenever he needs to be outside but he uses a regular drugstore one since i don't think he believes in skincare being a thing. IN THE SAME VEIN: he doesn't think that body wash works, he only believes in soap.

-He had a bowlcut as a kid.

-He gets shorter by 1 inch per season.

-Jon, even though very good with tech, prefers to do things on paper because he likes the feeling. He prefers pencils over pens, but uses pens because they are more professional

-Jon would love smash burgers, i'm not giving more context.

Sasha:

-Sash started training a couple years ago to improve her posture (she tended to go shrimp while doing deskwork) and now she could crush a lemon with a single hand. She and Tim go to the gym sometimes and she can lift way more than him

-To counteract the smash burger hc above, she would love Shake Shack.

-She's scored pretty high on IQ tests every time she has to take them but she doesn't believe in their validity.

-She used to go spelunking on internet forums a lot.

-I think she would have enjoyed well planned ARGs and things that involved solving mysteries before it became her full-time job to deal with horrors.

-Sasha owns comfy shoes she wears in the office. Wearing heels during a whole workday isn't worth it and she knows this.

-Shes a bit of a stationary fan, she would have all of the really nice highlighters and notebooks

-She chews her lips pretty often, especially when she wears nice chap sticks

-She likes furbies.

Tim:

-He hates furbies and dolls, truth be told it is more fear than hatred.

-He's been on commercials as a kid at least once. Somewhere on youtube there's a bubblegum commercial with a preteen Tim on it and Jon found it while looking for background info about nearly everyone in the archives in season 2.

-Tim has a small collection of fucked up Rubik cubes. He has a knack for solving them, the more alien-looking, the better. He finds solving puzzles stimulating but also gets fed up with them easily. Having something to do with his hands helps him think.

-He's an excellent draftsman, took an art course pre college and he indulges in it every now and then. He has no issues with people looking through his sketchbooks and all of the building facade sketches he has there. He's the kinda guy to sketch random people he sees in public and all of the archives gang has been drawn by him before

-He would love cockatiels, but he doesn't own any animals. He birdwatches quite a bit and has books/a special sketchbook just for birds/landscapes. He also purple columbine flowers, even though he is really bad with plants. He's foraged before but he ended up in emergency care bc he fucked with something he shouldn't have XD

-Tim got his tongue pierced some time ago, it suits him well.

-Will absolutely WRECK you in karaoke and then act like he isn't that good after (he was a theater kid)

-He's the most seasoned traveler among everyone in the archives. Tim's ideal vacay would be going around the world

-He would have enjoyed streaming games as a hobby (am i bringing up Mike LeBeau? probably. In a different world we would have Tim playing The Sims 2 with all of the mods on Twitch). He's also had pink hair before!!

Martin:

-He's a bit of a polyglot to me (so far The Eye makes you understand other languages but it doesn't give you proficency over them! That's all his own talent)

-Mart's worked at a blu-ray rental before the Institute. He came out of that job decently well-versed in 80's-90's movies. He's the opposite of a film snob and probably loves The Princess Bride and other bangers

-Martin's the kind of person that would cut an apple for you but he'd eat a tangerine with the rind on without hesitating. After you have a fight with him he brings you cut fruits and crackers

-He also writes prose and has finished nanowrimo during company time.

-Martin wears graphic tees under shirts under sweaters at work, but for very nerdy and obscure things

-Martin does the little dinosaur hand things often when he is walking, heh

-He's kept house spiders in glass jars with little holes and fed them bugs. Many of those spiders gave birth inside those jars. He's moved places a couple times as a kid so he's probably responsible of scaring a landlord or two by greeting them with a roomful of spider jars (and it was deserved).

-Martin owns tea pets!! He shares a cuppa with them every now n then

#mox post #sam post #hehe #THE SILLY LITTLE MAGNUS GANGUS #CAN YOU TELL WHO OUR FAVS ARE LMFAAAOOO #the magnus archives #the magnus archives hcs #timothy stoker #martin blackwood #jonathan sims #sasha james #THE SILLIES

[mayflowers515]

Smiling Critters In Gacha Life 2!

Okay, since my special interest is these sillies rn, I wanna show you all how I made them on Gacha Life 2!! (+ Extra info I made for that will fit into an AU for them!)

(Note, the quality isn't the greatest since I made them on an old phone. I basically took pictures of them from my old phone with my new one for them to show up here- I will soon put them at higher quality when I get the chance tho!)

CatNap

"CatNap is a calming presence for the critters and ensures he and his friends always have the right amount of sleep to jumpstart the morning's play! End of the day, there's nothing CatNap enjoys more than watching his friends sleep soundly."

Additional traits: He doesn’t really talk too much, and he is shown to be sleeping often throughout the day. He’s more active at night, making sure everyone has sweet dreams. He may occasionally wake up by his own will to give advice to his friends when they're in a pinch, then he goes straight back to sleep. He appears very calm outwardly, but in reality, he is constantly worried deep down about a dark secret of his…

DogDay

"This is DogDay, the sunny, strong, and determined leader of our critters! Each trusts him to find the bright side in any situation, and to have a friendly word of encouragement should they feel down. He'll always keep his friends going, no matter what."

Additional traits: Because of his status as leader of his group, DogDay can sometimes end up being TOO selfless. He worries about anyone ever needing a loyal friend, so he will always try to be there for everyone. No matter the occasion. DogDay also has a rather playful side to him when he's playing with his friends, especially when it involves his favorite games like Fetch and any ball game.

Bobby BearHug

"A kind, caring soul, Bobby BearHug shows compassion for everyone, and for everything. People and places and things, large or small, are all receivers of her love. Each is enriched by this attention and affection, and in turn, so is she."

Additional traits: She has a big fear of being left alone (Shown canonically). She is VERY empathetic. She usually feels the emotions that others feel, but she sometimes lets emotions get in the way of making certain choices. She is usually the least likely to fight with any of her friends, since she'd rather keep the peace and love everyone and everything. Bobby can also be very clingy, especially around her friends.

CraftyCorn

"A conscious observer of both color and creativity in the world. CraftyCorn understands the importance of art, and sharing it with others. Crayons, pencils, paint, or words on the page, CraftyCorn can see beauty in anything imagined given shape."

Additional traits: Crafty gets embarrassed rather easily and is a little shy at times (shown canonically). She often makes huge messes of her clothes, so her clothes often never stay clean for the whole day. Even so, she can act like a big sister figure for her friends. It's also worth mentioning that she has a very good singing voice. Almost like that of a fairytale princess…

(She DID manage to keep her clothes clean for this picture though, so that's nice for her =v=)

KickinChicken

"This is KickinChicken, the cool kid of the crew, and he maintains that sense of cool through anything, even in the most tense of situations. Knock him down, and he'll pick himself up, brush himself off, and ask: "What's next?""

Additional traits: Kickin can be a bit of a daredevil with a tendency to underestimate the severity of situations. He may accidentally come off as insensitive when he attempts to comfort others. He can also occasionally get too image-focused for his own good. However, he is still a steadfast friend that will try his best for his pals.

Hoppy Hopscotch

"Unafraid to hop where others might sit, Hoppy is the friend everyone needs to maintain their energy and enthusiasm. While sometimes loud or impatient, she'll always hop besides her friends, even if it means slowing up once in a while to keep their pace."

Additional traits: Hoppy is a very loyal friend. She will often side with the underdog in certain situations, especially if they're treated wrongfully. Like Kickin, she is a daredevil, and she can get very stubborn when it comes to her goals. Hoppy barely, if ever, loses her energy, but when she does, she often gets hit HARD.

Bubba Bubbaphant

"Bubba Bubbaphant is the brains of the critters. Bright and attentive, he keeps his friends steady and always steers them to make smart choices, that way they all might grow up to be bright and brilliant, each in their own right."

Additional traits: He often acts as the father of the group. Like CatNap, he is very calm. However, due to wanting to stay level-headed and logical at all times, it leaves a tendency for him to bottle up his feelings, which can come out at very large amounts when reaching his breaking point. He occasionally may shove aside others' ideas if they aren't efficient depending on the situation.

PickyPiggy

"What's more important than play and learning? PickyPiggy knows the answer. A playful body and keen mind are fueled by what's put into them, which is why she encourages her friends to eat a well-balanced diet. Secretly, PB&J's are her favorite food."

Additional traits: Picky is very easygoing and cheerful. She can be quite the social butterfly at times, especially when it comes to anything involving food. However, she often overworks herself for her friends. She likes being there to help them with any health-related matters and food. She can also get very health-conscious when stressed.

(She looks so pink here- Saturation really hit her hard lol)

This is what I have for these guys so far! I plan to discuss more AU stuff for them in the future, but for right now, this is what I'll post for them. I will at least say that nobody gets hurt in this AU version I was planning (at least not in terms of the canon PP3 events...)

"S-M-I-L-E Everyday!"

#smiling critters #catnap #dogday #bobby bearhug #craftycorn #kickin chicken #hoppy hopscotch #bubba bubbaphant #picky piggy

[comradeyurika]

Happy 26th anniversary to the release of the Digital Monster ver 1 V-pet, and to the Digimon franchise as a whole. This series has meant so much to me since I was a kid, and it has been there for me through a lot of ups and downs in my life.

To commemorate this anniversary it was only appropriate to make a countdown of some of my favorite Digimon related things:

Top 26 favorite Digimon (at this exact moment in time; this list could look very different next week):

26. Tukaimon:

Yes, a recolor, but I've always thought Tukaimon was cooler than Patamon. I'm a sucker for a nice evil version of a classic Digimon, and Tukaimon just has such a cool color scheme in my opinion. Definitely a Digimon that I wish had more of a prominent place in the franchise.

25. Wizarmon

A classic, iconic Digimon who has the iconic death in the anime's history. Wizarmon has such an amazing design, and his sacrifice in Digimon Adventure is a scene that I rewatch time and time again and always tear up. Even outside of the anime, Wizarmon has always been super cool, and the Witchelny is such a neat setting that I hope to see explored more in the future.

24. Mienumon

Probably my favorite overall design from Appmon, Mienumon was such an iconic villain in that series, and it was such a shame that she didn't stick around longer. I really like the design, and I hope that when we eventually see the Appmon integrated more fully with the rest of the franchise in future games that Mienumon makes her triumphant return.

23. Culumon

The cutest Digimon ever. Culumon was such a delightful presence in Digimon Tamers, and a digimon who I always want to see show up again even if it doesn't always make sense. We can make it work, just have the Digi-Entelechy show up again for some reason.

22. Jellymon

Jellymon-sama was one of the best parts of Digimon Survive, and a really strong new Digimon design. I love pretty much the whole look, and it's such an inspired way to make a jellyfish based Digimon really work.

21. Ogremon

A classic design that I don't think I need to say much more about. Ogremon has been a presence in Digimon since the earliest days of the franchise, and was really cool in the original Digimon Adventure. I'm happy that they're a Digimon that shows up so frequently, because they really are awesome.

20. Ranamon

Without a doubt the best of Digimon Frontier's villains, and just a really cute design. It's a real shame that we have not seen her make much in the way of appearances in recent years, and I hope that eventually changes.

19. Impmon

A nice simple design, and a great role in Digimon Tamers. Impmon really straddles the line between cute and cool a lot, and is a nice representation of mischievous type Digimon, who are one of the kinds that I really like.

18. Craniummon

Craniummon has a super cool design, and I loved how they were portrayed in Digimon Savers. They felt like the most dynamic of the Royal Knights in that series to me, and I'm always happy when they get to play a role in the story of a Digimon thing. I especially love the color scheme, and just look at Claiomh Solais. That thing is so cool.

17. DORUmon

One of the cutest Digimon, and one of the best representatives of the X-Antibody line in general, which is an era of Digimon that I feel is criminally overlooked. DORUmon was an excellent protagonist for the X-Evolution movie, and remains among my favorite Digimon to get in new games.

16. Fairimon

A nice and stylish design, and the best Digimon in Digimon Frontier. It is such a shame that Fairimon, just like everyone aside from Takuya and Kouji, was criminally underused in the second half. Also a special shoutout to Shutumon who also has a really awesome design.

15. Guilmon

Is there anything more I even need to say about Guilmon. He's one of the most popular Digimon of all time for a reason, and when you combine being the protagonist Digimon of the best anime and having such a cool design, it's easy to see why.

14. Imperialdramon Dragon Mode

I have so much nostalgia for downloading the clip of Paildramon first evolving into Imperialdramon around Christmas in 2000, so Imperialdramon has always held a special place in my heart. While the Fighter Mode and Paladin Mode are both cool, there's something just really special about the original Dragon Mode, especially because it's not the type of design we usually see for the main character's partner

13. Gazimon

Probably one of the oddest inclusions on my list, but when I was a kid, Gazimon was my absolute favorite Digimon (perhaps the color purple has always been something I like in Digimon designs looking over a lot of the Digimon on this list). While it no longer occupies that place, it still has a strong place in my heart, and I'm always happy when I see Gazimon.

12. Shoutmon X7

An amazing design, and an amazing insert song that always plays. I quite enjoyed Digimon Xros Wars as a series, and X7 was a great Digimon to build up to as you saw all of the protagonist Digimon coming together to form a champion for them all.

11. Renamon

Cool and elegant. There's not much more to say about Renamon. I feel like if you even remotely know what Digimon is, you know about Renamon.

10. Dark Knightmon

A villain so iconic that he has been brought back multiple times already, which is pretty rare for Digimon of that era. A super cool design, and a big part of why Xros Wars was so good. Please put him in the next Story game so I can play as him.

9. Bancho Lilimon

Criminally underused, and such a cool design. I would love for her to become the default Ultimate for Lilimon instead of Rosemon, not that I don't like Rosemon a lot. Honestly, her whole design is goals.

8. Lopmon

Definitely the cuter of the two siblings. I just love Lopmon's design so much; they're just so precious. I also think the extra horns work really well on their design. I don't want to knock on Terriermon, who is still neat, but Lopmon is just an incredible Digimon design.

7. Lilithmon

Beautiful and stylish. Lilithmon has always been a favorite of mine, so I was really excited when she showed up in Xros Wars and had a big role.

6. Bancho Leomon

One of the coolest Digimon designs of all time. We've had a lot of Leomon variants over the years, but none of them even approach Bancho Leomon's aesthetic. I loved his role in Digimon Savers, and I just love everything about this Digimon.

5. Vamdemon

The iconic Digimon villain. There's a reason almost every Adventure sequel has found some way to cram Vamdemon in in some fashion. He's just such an iconic and menacing villain, and his design is both spooky and stylish. I just love that cape.

4. Alphamon

A super cool member of the Royal Knights with an amazing cape and a great design. Alphamon has a fairly different color scheme for a protagonist Digimon, which is quite refreshing.

3. Dukemon

The best of the Royal Knights without a doubt. The design and weapons are both great, and Masako Nozawa has done such a great job making Dukemon sound cool across multiple different incarnations, although obviously Tamers is the biggest one. The Dukemon vs Beelzebumon fight is one of my favorite moments in any Digimon anime.

2. Beelzebumon Blast Mode

And speaking of Beelzebumon, I have to really shout out Blast Mode. Beelzebumon is super cool on his own, and would have probably made the list if I was okay with having two different modes of the same Digimon both on the list, but Blast Mode takes the design even further. Without a doubt the coolest Digimon in existence.

Lilimon

Lilimon is the cutest Digimon of all time, and my personal favorite Digimon. I love her design so much, and she's been such an inspiration to me over the years. Even though she's cute, she's also a fierce fighter, and my now and forever favorite Digimon.

Top Vocal Digimon songs:

26. Sora Mau Yuusha X5 by Koji Wada (Digimon Xros Wars insert song)

25. Ashita wa atashi no kaze ga fuku by AiM (Digimon Adventure 02 Ending 1)

24. Target ~Akai Shougeki by Koji Wada (Digimon Adventure 02 Opening)

23. Believer by IKUO (Digimon Savers insert song)

22. Innocent ~ Mujaki na Mama de by Koji Wada (Digimon Frontier Ending 1)

21. Accentier by Eir Aoi (Digimon World: Next Order Opening)

20. Never Give Up! by Sonar Pocket (Digimon Xros Wars Opening 1)

19. Hirari by Koji Wada (Digimon Savers Opening 2)

18. Evolution & Digixros ver. Taiki by Koji Wada and Takayoshi Tanimoto (Digimon Xros Wars Insert song)

17. Days ~ Aijou to Nichijou~ by AiM (Digimon Tamers Ending 2)

16. Beat Hit by Ayumi Miyazaki (Digimon Adventure 02 insert song)

15. We Are Xros Heart by Koji Wada (Digimon Xros Wars insert song)

14. Keep On by Ai Maeda (Digimon Adventure Ending 2)

13. X4B The Guardian by Koji Wada (Digimon Xros Wars insert song)

12. an endless tale by Koji Wada and AiM (Digimon Frontier Ending 2)

11. Brave Heart by Ayumi Miyazaki (Digimon Adventure insert song)

10. New World by Twill (Digimon Xros Wars Opening 2)

9. Itsumo itsudemo by AiM (Digmon Adventure 02 Ending 2)

8. GOUing! Going! My Soul!! by Dynmaite Shu (Digimon Xros Wars Opening 1)

7. I wish by Ai Maeda (Digimon Adventure Ending 1)

6. FIRE!! by Koji Wada (Digimon Frontier Opening)

5. One Vision by Takayoshi Tanimoto (Digimon Tamers insert song)

4. My Tomorrow by AiM (Digimon Tamers Ending 1)

3. Butter-fly by Koji Wada (Digimon Adventure Opening)

2. We Are Xros Heart ver X7 by Koji Wada, Takayoshi Tanimoto and Ayumi Miyazaki (Digimon Xros Wars Insert song)

The Biggest Dreamer by Koji Wada (Digimon Tamers Opening)

Thank you so much to everyone involved in making Digimon what it has been over the past 26 years, including Volcano Ota, Kenji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Yukio Kaizawa, as'maria, Kazumasu Habu, Koji Wada (RIP), Ai Maeda, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Ayumi Miyazaki, and everyone else involved. Here's to 26 more years.

#digimon #digital monsters #digimon vpet #tukaimon #wizarmon #mienumon #culumon #jellymon #ogremon #ranamon #impmon #craniummon #DORUmon #fairimon #guilmon #imperialdramon #imperialdramon dragon mode #gazimon #shoutmon x7 #renamon #dark knightmon #bancho lilimon #lopmon #lilithmon #bancho leomon #vamdemon #alphamon #dukemon #beelzebumon blast mode #lilimon

[astroyongie]

A to Z SFW analysis for Hongjoog Ateez pls yongie. Thks ❤

A To Z Analysis : SFW Hongjoong

Hongjoong

A = Affection 

He is actually very affectionate but he shows it weirdly. He usually prefers to be in private to show his affection, with soft looks and gentle touches

B = Best friend 

As a best friend, he is the loyal type, the one you can call and you know he will be there for you. he helps you getting a job, he corrects works for you, he gossips as well

C = Cuddles 

Loves to cuddle in the private of your intimacy

D = Domestic 

He would want to settle down and actually he would be helpful and organized inside home. Quite domestic

E = Ending

If you guys broke up he would have really a hard time with it, probably stalks you until his feelings fade complexly

F = Fiance(e) 

He wants commitment and he isn't scared of it. If you the one, he will do it

G = Gentle 

He is emotionally available and he understands your feelings. Very gentle, even if physically he doesn't show it too much

H = Hugs

Hugs on the right moments are nice and comforting

I = I love you 

He would probably wait for his partner to say it first since he doesn't want to feel like he is pushing things. His I love you tho, would be very spontaneous

J = Jealousy 

He can easily get jealous and he can also be possessive. Hongjoong is the type to glare and to be judgmental and petty toward the one that his making him uncomfortable

K = Kisses 

His kisses are intense, wet and addicting

L = Little ones 

Children scare him a little but he definitely wants a couple of his own

M = Morning

He isn't the most morning person, but Hongjoong has a lot of discipline

N = Night 

Night are usually spent with a lot of cuddling and talking

O = Open 

Hongjoong isn't the most open person, he would take a lot of time and trust before he starts voicing his thoughts, worries and pains

P = Patience 

He has patience but he can easily be thrown out if it starts tickling his system

Q = Quizzes 

He reminds a lot about his partner, even the most stupid details. He can't help it, he memorizes it all

R = Remember 

His favorite moment would be your first kiss, your first time.

S = Security

He is extremely protective, no one would dare to lay their hands on you when he is around

T = Try 

He tries to put effort, sometimes a little too much but he is really sweet and does his best

U = Ugly

He has the bad habit to always ask you where you are , what you doing, a little controllative sometimes

V = Vanity

He is vanicious but he won't mind to show you his truth colors

W = Whole 

He would feel very incomplete without you, but hides it very well

X = Xtra 

Hongjoong's bad moods are only softened by your presence

Y = Yuck 

He would hate when his partner tries to make him jealous, or when they speak of someone else a little too much

Z = Zzz 

He sleeps with his mouth slightly open

#ateez #ateez hongjoong #ateez astrology #ateez headcanons #ateez reactions #ateez scenarios #ateez imagines

[readerleedigest]

Fear of Falling

The reader has never gone rollerskating before. Things don't go exactly as planned.

Disclaimer: this is a tickle fic, if you don't like that, keep scrolling. This is also my first so please be nice.

"How have you never rollerskated before?"

You ducked your head and couldn't help but grin at the incredulous looks on the groups' faces. Despite her negative experience at the Roller Rink earlier that year, Eleven had suggested the group go together to the new rink in Hawkins. Without much thought, you'd offhandedly remarked that it would be a new experience for you.

"I don't know Steve, I just haven't," you shrugged, trying not to make eye contact.

"First you've never seen a horror movie, then you tell us you've never been roller skating. I know you said your parents were overprotective Y/N, but wow. Next thing you'll be telling us you've never skipped a day of school," Robin joked, nudging you with your elbow.

"They haven't," Nancy laughed, further making you blush.

"Shut up." Your response was muffled by your hands, and the group laughed.

"It's okay, Y/N. We'll show you how. Besides, everyone falls at some point," Max said, a mischievous look in her eye as she continued with a pointed look at Lucas. "Some of us fall multiple times, hmm?"

"Alright, alright, we don't want to waste the whole night. Half in Steve's car and half in Eddie's?" Lucas asked.

And just like that, you found yourself in a brightly colored roller rink, a disco ball hanging in the middle of the room and flashing colorful lights illuminating your freshly disinfected roller skates. You didn't understand how this was considered a hobby. It seemed like a death sentence for someone like you whose balance was not to be trusted.

"I think Y/N is scared," Mike mock-whispered to El and Will, loud enough for the rest of the group to hear as they laced up their skates.

"I am not." You rolled your eyes, trying desperately to feel braver than you did. Seriously, there was no stability to these stupid skates. How do you stop? How do you even stand up?

Steve was sitting to the left of you in the group, and gave you what you were sure he thought was a reassuring smile. It did nothing to help with your nerves. The floor of the ring did not seem as though it'd be forgiving.

"Y/N, seriously. You'll be fine," Eddie chimed in from your right. "And if you fall, I promise I'll only laugh after I make sure you haven't broken any bones."

"Ha. Ha." You sarcastically laughed, the skates officially laced up.

You watched as El, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, Max, Robin and Nancy began to skate around the edges of the rink, gaining speed as they gained confidence. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad? Even Lucas seemed like he was getting the hang of it, and Max had talked like he wasn't very good...

And then Lucas fell HARD. You winced, watching as he sat in place on the ground, his face twisted up in pain. Max circled around to help him out, but even still.

"Maybe I better just watch this time around."

"No way," Steve said, struggling to get to his feet. "It's group bonding time, Y/N. Besides, after the time we've had in Hawkins, it's good for us to have some fun."

"Yeahhhh, Y/N. It's Group. Bonding. Time." Eddie accentuated each of those last words with a poke to your side, making you fight a smile and twitch a little. A fact that you prayed went unnoticed by the boys.

"Okay, okay," you agreed, getting ready to stand in hopes of distracting from Eddie's almost discovery of your ticklishness.

"Tilt your feet forward so the stopper is resting against the ground, and slowly stand - there you go!" Steve offered you a hand as he coached you up, your legs shaking a little. He directed you to stand with your feet flat, and you watched as Eddie showed you how to push off in a V-motion.

"You're already a pro! And don't forget, if you feel like you're gonna fall, fall on your butt."

"Nature's padding," Eddie chimed, getting a nervous laugh from you. At first, the boys stayed with you as you moved at a snail's pace, and after a few minutes you waved them on.

"You two do enough babysitting as it is," you smiled, wobbling slightly as you rounded a turn.

"Then we bid you ado, Y/N, master of the rink," Eddie smirked goofily, bowing as he skated away to join Dustin. Steve followed after, giving you a quick thumbs up over his shoulder as he joined Nancy and Robin.

You could feel how tense you were as you skated, trying desperately not to teeter too far forward or backward. You'd give an embarrassed wave as other members of your group lapped you... multiple times. This was ridiculous. You're perfectly capable of keeping up with the others, some of whom you were years older than. Surely you were just underestimating your balance.

The music track changed to a more upbeat tempo, and you began to skate faster. And faster. This wasn't so bad! El and Mike cheered for you from somewhere behind you, and you smiled so hard your cheeks felt a little sore. No wonder people liked doing this so much!

"Go Y/N!" Steve called from across the rink, Nancy and Robin whooping beside him. You let out a small whoop yourself, turning your attention back to where you were skating just in time to see that you were nearing a wall. Very VERY fast.

"Oh gosh," you muttered, reaching your arms out in an attempt to stop yourself. The momentum of hitting the wall with your hands pushed your feet out from in front of you, and the next thing you knew you were laying on the floor of the rink, stunned.

"Y/N!" You heard El and Mike call for you first, rolling up beside you to keep other skaters from running into you.

"Are they okay?" Steve, Robin and Nancy came next, as you sat up, still a little dazed. Eddie, Dustin, Will and Max came next, all of the group huddled against the wall with you in the middle. And that was when you heard some of the teasing laughter from other skaters as they passed by. Were you hurt physically? No. But your pride? Wounded beyond belief.

"I'm fine, I'm fine." You told yourself as much as the others, trying to stand up and having one foot slip out from under you again. "I think I need a break."

"Me too," Steve smiled sympathetically, offering you an arm. "I'm getting too old to keep up with these kids."

"Same," Eddie agreed, offering an arm on your other side. "Besides, I could go for a slushie right now, how about you?"

They both helped you up slowly, and you waved off the others with a forced smile, insisting they go back to their fun. Skates traded back in for shoes, and each of you with a red slushie, you sat between Steve and Eddie on a bench facing the rink so you could watch the group as they skated around.

"So," Eddie tilted his head sideways toward you. "Thoughts on making rollerskating a regular thing? You looked like you were having a great time out there."

"Yeah," you sighed. "Right up until I hit the wall. And then I just looked like an idiot."

"No, you didn't. Everyone falls, Y/N. It's your first time." Steve draped an arm on the bench behind you, and you took another sip of your slushie.

"Yeah, it's my first time and I got too confident and made a fool out of myself. People were laughing at me."

"Well, people are jerks. And I'd rather make people laugh then have them be all sad like you are right now. Come on, where's that smile you had earlier?" Steve set his slushie down on the bench beside him, turning to face you.

"Yeah, Y/N, I don't think I've ever seen you smile like that before." Eddie mimicked Steve's motions, and suddenly you felt very on the spot, choosing to intently stare at the red ice in your cup.

"Leave me alone. Look, I feel bad enough I fell and stopped everyone from skating, you all don't have to sit here with me. Go, keep skating, have fun. I'll just stay here."

"We've already been over this. Group. Bonding." Eddie repeated his actions from earlier, poking you as he emphasized the words. You twitched again, leaning towards Steve with a small smile that you quickly tried to wipe away.

"Oh wow, I think they started to smile again, Munson. Come on Y/N. Smile. For. Us." Steve was apparently catching on, poking your other side, and suddenly the comfort of being surrounded by your friends seemed more like a giggly impending doom.

"Guys, pleahease," you said through bared teeth, doing your best not to laugh.

Eddie reached over and plucked the slushie from your hand, setting it beside his own before turning back to you with a signature Eddie Munson grin. Oh boy, were you in trouble.

"Oh Harrington," he sang. "It seems like Y/N, master of the rink, is ticklish."

"You're right, Munson. And they also seem to be pretty stubborn about not wanting to smile."

You shifted uncomfortably, eyes sweeping back and forth from one grin to another. You'd try to run, but they were your ride. You weren't getting out of this one.

"I'm not," you lied, wrapping your arms around yourself.

"Not stubborn?" Eddie asked.

"Or not ticklish?" Steve, the sneak, asked the question just as his hand behind your head brushed against the back of your neck, making you squeal and jerk forward.

"Neither," you giggled.

"Well then this shouldn't be a problem."

Eddie and Steve wasted no time in their attack. Eddie spidered one hand over your side, and the other clawed into your belly, making you double over in laughter. Meanwhile, Steve was focusing on the back of your neck, which you'd so generously offered up when Eddie began tickling your belly.

"NAHAHAHAT THERE," you cackled, the feeling of your two worst spots being targeted shooting sparks all through your nervous system.

"Nahahahat where?" Steve mocked your laugh, smiling to himself. He'd never heard you laugh so hard. "Your stomach? Or your neck?"

"EITHER!" You cried out, your hands struggling to find the best way to defend yourself. When you tried to block your neck, Eddie shifted both hands to your stomach, and when you tried to block your stomach, Steve would tickle both sides of your neck until you had his hands trapped between your head and shoulders.

"What a day of discoveries, Harrington. Not only has Y/N never skipped school, but they're a pro at skating, can smile bigger than anyone I know, AND they're insanely ticklish."

"Y/N, why didn't you tell us sooner?" Steve teased, spidering his finger between your shoulder blades, making you lift your face involuntarily as you squeaked again.

"WHYHYHY WOULD IHIHI?"

"Because we're your best friends!" Eddie gasped, faking offense. "And because we are your best friends, it's our job to make sure you smile!"

Steve noticed that your face was growing red, and motioned for Eddie to slow to a stop as he did.

"So," Steve continued as you began to catch your breath. "I'll let you choose. Stomach or neck?"

Your eyes grew wide as a wobbly and laughter-drunk smile surfaced on your face. "Whahahat?"

He couldn't seriously be asking you to choose. Both him and Eddie tickling one of your death spots. You'd surely die.

"5... 4.... 3..." Eddie began counting down, and you panicked, your hands coming up to cover your eyes and blushing face as you blurted out your answer.

"Stomach."

For a second, nothing happened. With your hands over your eyes, you couldn't see the mischievous smiles of Steve and Eddie as they slowly lowered their hands near you stomach, relishing in the sounds of you already giggling nervously. But they held still, and you just couldn't take the suspense.

"Gehehet it over wihihith," you giggled. And then 4 hands began spidering over your belly, poking and clawing from your ribs to your waist. You were right. This was how you would die. Laughing to death as your best friends tickled you. What a way to go.

You didn't know how long they tickled you for before El came to your rescue, the tickling suddenly ceasing to the confusion of Eddie and Steve as they could no longer move their hands. You looked up to see her discreetly holding her hand up across the rink, a teasing smile on her face as Robin and Nancy skated over to save you.

"Let poor Y/N alone," Nancy laughed pulling you to your feet. "They've got some more skating to do, if they're up for it."

Steve and Eddie pouted as El released their hands.

"But they liked it," Steve complained, winking at you.

"Yeah, they were having fun," Eddie added. Nancy and Robin glanced at you, as you conveniently avoided eye contact with all of them.

Nancy and Robin rolled their eyes fondly. "You can have more fun later, but right now, we are gonna skate. You coming?"

"Yes," you smiled, feeling a lot more relaxed then you did earlier. And besides, if you fell again, well -

"Hey, Y/N!" Eddie called behind you. You looked back at him and Steve.

"If you fall again, we'd be more than happy to take care of you," Steve wiggled his eyebrows at you as he talked, and if that wasn't enough to make you laugh, Eddie's wiggling fingers brought back nervous laughter. Maybe rollerskating should become a regular pasttime for you and the group. And if you fell with Steve and Eddie around... well, it wasn't that bad was it?

#tickle fic #ticklish!reader #stranger things tickle #lee!reader #ler!eddie munson #ler!steve harrington #Guys thank you so much for all the likes and reblogs I'm overwhelmed

[eemcintyre]

My personal favorite 12 red-carpet dresses of all-time + why

I tried with everything in me and could not narrow it down to 10

1 | Zooey Deschanel in Oscar de la Renta (2014)

This look contains so many fun, small details, without any of which it wouldn't feel complete. It meets all of my expectations for what a red carpet dress should be- glitzy and glamorous, sure, but not *too* much. While there are a lot of textures and embellishments going on, it's all one neutral color. It's giving flapper vibes that I love, plus we don't see crop tops too often and her contrasting hair color and pop of red lipstick are what bring it over the edge to complete perfection for me.

2 | Lana Del Rey in Gucci (2018)

This gown lived rent-free in my head for days after. I appreciate the vintage reference, especially to such an iconic lady as Hedy Lamarr, while Lana also makes it her own rather than doing a direct copy. You can tell great attention was paid to the details- the lariat necklace, accumulations of star beading, and the corsage. It's just far-out enough that only the premier goddess of angelic sad girl music could truly pull it off. It's also unusual and thrilling to see a crown, and her hair provides a necessary color contrast.

3 | Natalie Portman in Gucci (2018)

Not only is this look proof that you can, in fact, mix metals, but it is the perfect complement to and embodiment of the A-list icon that Natalie is. She exudes classic Old Hollywood glamor with the shoulder pads and glittery silhouette- I'm not usually a shoulder pad fan, but with this sleek silhouette, it adds some really nice dimension. Then, she exudes drama and sexiness with the V-slit neckline without it being distracting. Finally, the eye-catching bow might be my favorite part of the whole thing.

4 | Rebecca Ferguson in Vivienne Westwood (2023)

This dress was deceptively a bit boring to me at first glance, but the longer I studied it, I realized that there are so many lovely, complex details to this look. The monochromatic color palette is made fascinating by the usage of different textures that look like they are dripping off of her. Girl is literally dripping gorgeousness and the abstract draping of the pearls and skirt make her look like a work of art. While it's maybe not the best color for her and I personally think it makes her look a tiny bit washed out, it was my favorite of everyone's outfits during the Dead Reckoning tour by far.

5 | Lupita Nyong'o in Calvin Klein (2015)

Pearl accessories have been agreed upon by most to be the classiest accessories out there- so what does that say about this gown?? While the color and silhouette are unassuming at first glance, this dress is super decadent. There are few red carpet looks I've seen where the hours of meticulous craftsmanship that went into it are this evident. I love that the beads also are not organized to only display one texture, and the peephole below the neckline is a flirty touch of contrast. The way the gems interact with light is ethereal, and that one large pearl at the base of the neckline is just eye-catching perfection.

6 | Vanessa Kirby in Valentino (2022)

This set of separates is all about bold, powerful, and modern femininity. With the slit and open midsection, it reads as very flirty and sexy, while also being comfortable and confident in that sexuality. Since it's such an unconventional, attention-grabbing outfit, I like that Vanessa went simple on the rest of the look, but it seems like it's missing the tiniest final touch, like a cocktail ring or some silver earrings to match the shoes. Overall, I love that it's different and memorable from what I normally see, and totally encapsulates the phrase "fun, fresh and flirty."

7 | Natalie Portman in Schiaparelli (2024)

When I say mother is mothering. This is another prime example of a look that is deceptively simple at first glance but really has all kinds of intriguing layers to it. The cheeky cutout, the dramatic makeup, the "reputation"-esque clutch, and then on top of it all, the chunky chain neckline is my favorite touch, adding delightful texture and draping elegantly down her shoulders. A timeless and versatile ensemble you'd be hard-pressed to go wrong with. My queen is in her revenge dress era for sure.

8 | Natalie Portman in Dior (2024)

Again I am stunned by the hours of expert craftsmanship that must have gone into this dress. Collabs between her and Dior are practically a never-miss kind of deal- just serve after serve after serve. This gown is also amazing because of how timeless it is- the style could easily have come from a number of different decades, and its simplicity leaves the door open for all kinds of accessorizing. Speaking of which, it does feel like it's missing some miniscule detail, and I personally would have worn my hair down or in a ponytail with a less severe part. But this is ultimately yet another instance of an actress looking like a work of art- the delicate color gradient resembles a serene Monet or Seurat painting.

9 | SZA in Versace (2018)

This gown was everything that I believe the Met Gala "Heavenly Bodies" theme was supposed to be about, from the delicate celestial halo to the cloud-like skirt in sunrise pastel pink. The skirt is also a really cool silhouette that we don’t see very often and adds to the illusion of her floating on the clouded sky. Finally, the thigh-high matching boots were a super-fun surprise. It could fit a tiny bit better at the waist where it's bunching up, but by far the best look of the event that year.

10 | Amy Adams in Valentino (2014)

This look perfectly straddles the two extremes of simple and dramatic, as well as vintage and modern. While there aren't any patterns, ruffles, bows, beads, or any of that jazz, the small train is very sophisticated and the deep V neckline is an alluring and attention-commanding focal point, especially accented with a lovely pendant. I also love a good color block moment, and most of the look is very Old Hollywood. And whether it was intentional or coincidental, she truly looks meant to be at the red carpet, matching perfectly with it.

11 | Diane Kruger in Elie Saab (2016)

While I don't think that this was the right dress for the hair color and makeup she chose, I love the gown itself. Very evocative of lovecore (one of my favorite aesthetics) with the fun and intricate heart pattern. The belt is also a nice resting point for the eyes that keeps the pattern from getting overwhelming and gives the gown structure. It is flirty, flowy and a touch playful while also giving off an aura of edginess and mystery.

12 | Margot Robbie in Versace (2017)

This look is a wonderfully kitschy 90s throwback and not everyone could pull it off on the red carpet without looking tacky. However, the way she keeps it simple with the hair and accessories is perfect. The twist of the fabric at the waist makes the pattern more interesting and dynamic to look at when it might otherwise seem a bit static. While it wouldn't necessarily work for any occasion, during the right one I think it wins by an absolute runaway.

#zooey deschanel #lana del rey #natalie portman #rebecca ferguson #lupita nyong'o #vanessa kirby #sza #amy adams #diane kruger #margot robbie #celebrity style #haute couture #couture #red carpet #gowns #fashion icons #style icons #fashion #red carpet fashion

[sl-newsie]

Query: Q x 00 Agent- Ch. 2: Mrs. White

Thankfully on top of Bond’s knowledge of being a spy, I’ve also picked up on his knowledge of proper dress attire. My apartment’s closet may be small, but I’ve filled any available closet space with clothing for every kind of occasion. Tonight, I decide on an emerald green dress with a v-neck. Not short enough to be distracting, but something a nun might frown at. Paired with silver earrings and simple black flats, my appearance seems reasonable.

“Wish me luck, Cricket.” I give a wave goodbye to the gray tabby as I shut the door.

M seems to have spared no expense, because when I exit my apartment building I find a sleek black Bentley waiting for me. The driver ushers me in without a word and drives straight to the glamorous Blixen. It’s mid-evening, which has produced a decent crowd of wealthy patrons. If it weren’t for my business here I’d feel very out of place. I walk up to the host, about to question about a table-

“Ah, Mrs. White. Your husband is expecting you!” The host greets me and begins leading me down the aisle.

Husband?! Is this what Bond goes through on a daily basis? This new Quartermaster better be as nice as Eve insists, because this whole situation feels like a gag. The host shows me to a table near the back next to a window that displays a gorgeous view of the city. It’s empty, meaning that my ‘husband’ is yet to show.

“Mr. White said he was running late, but you should still order anything you like. Our special tonight is lamb and chickpea stew. Please, enjoy!”

“Many thanks to you, sir.”

I unfold the menu and discreetly begin searching the surrounding patrons for any potential threats. There are none, only a few happy drunks near the bar. I check my watch, seeing that ten minutes have passed. Is this whole thing a joke-?

“Well hello there, Mrs. White.”

My made-up name almost makes me smile. The voice that said it seems strange, almost-

I look up, and almost think the lanky man has the wrong table. His face is young enough to pass as a college bloke, almost child-like. Dark, quirky eyebrows are arched over his brown eyes, full of curiosity. Simple glasses with a black lining cover these inquiring eyes. He’s wearing a very elegant suit, though not as expensive as Bond’s. Coincidentally his tie’s color is almost identical to my dress. I’ll admit he does clean up nice for a younger fellow. If it weren’t for his disheveled brown hair I’d say he was on a first date trying to impress me.

“Hello, Mr. White. I didn’t think they’d allow anyone to have such a messy haircut. I'm even required to keep mine up.”

The geeky man seems unfazed by my comment and settles down in the chair across from me, giving the menu a good search. 

“I don’t do field work.”

My face can’t suppress a smirk. “Of course. You’re just the nerd behind the computer.”

Now I’ve got his attention because his eyes shift up to look at me, almost seeming to belittle me. “I’m the nerd behind the computer that can save your life, agent. Do you want this evening’s conversation to be effective or would you rather go down the street to the local pub to chat in a more childish manner?”

We’re left in a silent glaring battle. How does this guy have just as much spunk as Bond? I’ve not known him for five minutes and he’s already referred to me as a child. Two can play at that game.

“I don’t intend to chat with someone who’s mother still ties his shoes. Either tell me why M sent you to mock me or I am leaving.”

The man keeps a laid-back demeanor as he rises and rounds the table to lean down and whisper: “Pardon my french, love, but I’m your fucking Quartermaster and you better listen if you want to make it through your next mission alive. Do I make myself clear?”

His icy words leave me stunned, only being able to nod in response. Thankfully the waiter arrives now to save me from more arguing.

“Good evening, Mr. White. What will you be having this evening?”

“I will only have a cup of hot tea. Earl Gray, please.”

The waiter is surprised by this simple request, as am I. But he masks it well and turns to take my order.

“I’ll have a lavender lemonade martini.”

“Really, dear? I thought you might be hungry.” God this man really gets on my nerves.

“I lost my appetite,” I reply sweetly but with fiery eyes.

Once the waiter leaves looking rather frazzled, the Quartermaster gives me a skeptical look. “I see you picked up Bond’s love for alcohol.”

I shake my head and toy with the silverware. “Not in the slightest. I just really like lemonade. But if I’d ordered that you’d think I was a child compared to your choice of grown-up tea.”

He actually laughs at my small joke. “Earl Gray tea, only the best. But I wouldn’t think of you differently if you ordered lemonade.”

“Hm. So you don’t like alcohol?”

“I don’t drink on the job. Matter of fact, I don't drink at all.”

The waiter is very quick to drop our drinks off despite me trying to give him a friendly smile.

“Very mature of you. Yet it’s strange of you to only order a cup of tea in a fancy place like this. Ever been here, Quartermaster?”

The man sips his steaming mug of tea. “First, call me Q. It’s much easier. Second, no I’ve never been here. This is probably the most expensive restaurant I’ve ever set foot in.”

“So we both agree that M has exquisite taste?”

“Yes. Speaking of which, let’s get back to the task at hand.” Q pauses to take out a messenger bag he’s brought with him, then pulls out a silver necklace with a blue pendant on it. “For you, Mrs. White.”

“Thank you, dear husband,” I mock in the same cheesy tone. “If this whole dinner was to bribe me with jewelry then M obviously doesn’t know me so well.”

“Haha, we’re all laughing,” Q states dryly as his steady hands clip it around my neck. “It’s actually a disguised tracker. And this-” He pulls out a small box from his bag and opens it to reveal a pouch. “This is a sheath for one of our best non-metallic knives. Undetectable, very elegant and light weight. Which is why I named it Mrs. White in your honor.”

“Yeah, um, why the whole charade of you and me? You could’ve just said we were two old friends meeting for a chat.”

“People don’t ask questions when a married couple is involved,” Q replies lazily as he hands me the knife sheath. “It’s designed for you to wear it anywhere in order to avoid suspicion.”

I smirk. “Oh, like my bust?”

Q doesn’t even flinch. “Yes. Obviously Bond’s also schooled you in flirting, so this jewelry as you called it should suffice.”

“You’re having me model the necklace.” I raise a brow. “Would you have me try on the sheath as well?”

Q takes a deep breath. “Moving on. With the state Bond’s left the current espionage situation in, he’ll be sent to Hong Kong and you to Ireland.”

I almost choke on my drink. “You’re splitting us up? Bond and I are usually joined at the hip for missions.”

This seems to pinch something in Q. In the corner of my eye I see his eyes flick up to search my face for something.

“Figuratively or literally?”

Is this jealousy I detect? “Oh don’t flatter me. Bond never acts like that with me. He knows I put business before pleasure. So why Ireland?”

Q relaxes and takes another sip of this tea. “Closer to home. Better for us to keep an eye on you.”

My nose scrunches. “Are you saying I need a babysitter?”

“In a word, yes. You’re one of our youngest agents, which is why you’ve always been paired with someone.”

I take a good swig of spiked lemonade, then stare him square in the face. “Alright, just say it. You don’t think I’m qualified. You’re just like my last Quartermaster, who thought I belonged as a secretary. I may be young, but I am not dumb, Q. Just ask M. She knows I can go the distance.”

No matter how hard I’ve trained I never seem to control my temper. My own self-pride seems to betray me in delicate situations, and this is probably going to make Q dislike me even more.

However Q seems to take my small outburst surprisingly well. He finishes his tea and takes another deep breath. “I understand, agent. Being one who is also part of the outnumbered youth, I’m afraid our stereotyping of being under qualified only dissipates with age. But please let me finish: This time we are sending you on a solo mission under careful surveillance.”

Did- Did I hear that right? Solo mission? Bond guessed I wouldn't be eligible for those for years.

“Are you bluffing? How on Earth did I get waved for a solo mission?”

Q smiles at my giddy reaction. “I pulled a few strings. M and Eve both told me you could handle it.”

Keeping silent, I rise, move around the table, and pull in a surprised Q for a tight hug.

“Oh thank you! Thank you!” I whisper with contained excitement.

Q keeps stiff as a board, then grunts. “Um, first off, no hugging the Quartermaster.”

“Why? Are you a germaphobe?”

“I don’t do hugs.”

I partake in his request and release him, still smiling like a madman. “Ah. So how about a handshake?”

He considers this, then nods. “That’s acceptable.”

I vigorously grab his skinny hand and give it a firm shake. “I will not disappoint you!”

Q finally mirrors my smile as we begin to make our way to the cashier. “Better not, darling. I’d hate to have to attend your funeral.”

#quartermaster x reader #quartermaster #q x reader #james bond #daniel craig #ben whishaw #skyfall #spectre #no time to die #007 #james bond 007

[ramzawrites]

A turtle and a monkey meet in an alley - Monkey!Yokai!Reader and Rise!Michelangelo

GN

Pairings: none

Characters included: Michelangelo

Warnings: n/a

Series: No

Summary: Mikey is out checking out the hidden city on his own only to meet a fellow artist. A badass monkey yokai artist to be exact. Yeah they will be friends for sure.

Word count: 2220

Authors Note: I just love monkey humans designs so much, I was specifically thinking about how people draw monkey king like characters. The character design is so funky + they gotta be mischievious right?

Honestly this whole situation sounded like a setup for a very bad joke.

A turtle and a monkey meet in a bar. Only that the turtle was technically a turtle mutant, and the monkey was a yokai. There was also no bar involved. It was an alleyway right next to a bar in the hidden city though, so, close enough.

The two didn’t know each other, it was a chance meeting.

Mikey, the aforementioned turtle mutant, was in the hidden city just to explore the place a bit. His whole family was here on business, but somehow, he got separated from his family when he began inspecting the place. He only wanted to take a quick look at a stall that seemed to sell magic rocks or whatever and suddenly his family was gone. He wasn’t too worried though. If anything happened, he could phone them and he knew how to get back home. Besides he was old enough to go on a little sightseeing adventure on his own.

It was when he passed a fancy looking bar when he heard a rattling. A rattling he knew all too well. Someone was using spray cans. That was weird. Mikey figured that if anyone wanted to do wall art or something similar, they would use magic. Seemingly everyone here used magic for everything but no, there it was. A rattle and then the telltale sound of someone using a spray can.

In fact, it was so close that Mikey only had to look to his left to see a figure in the alleyway right next to the bar. The figure was definitely spraying on the wall, jumping and wildly flailing their arm around as they began to trace some sort of design on the wall with orange.

The figure was a yokai. Of course, they were a yokai this was the hidden city after all! But Mikey has seen at this point a lot of different yokais but this was the first time he saw a monkey yokai. They had a long tail that was holding on to a different spray can, fur was growing along their arms and was even along their throat and grew a bit into their face from the outside. Their nose was flat and had V-shaped nostrils.

As Mikey kept staring at the design that the monkey was drawing on the wall it slowly began making more and more sense. They seemed to be depicting dusk. There was the sun low on the horizon and currently they were working on drawing very abstract looking orange and pink clouds.

Whenever they needed a different color, they only took a quick glance at their cans at their feet, then their tail would dart forward and grab the color they would need, already shaking it so its ready for use. The turtle mutant couldn’t help but think how cool it would be to have a tail like that. Doing a lot of his hobbies would probably be easier.

Oh! He could play video games and use his tail to drink, no need to pause the game so he had one of his hands free.

“You like what you see?”

A yelp escaped Mikey’s mouth as he was suddenly pulled out of his thoughts. The monkey yokai had a shit eating grin on their face as they were staring him down with narrowed eyes. They looked like they just saw their younger sibling grab a cookie from the forbidden cookie jar.

Not that Mikey would speak from experience.

Mikey quickly tried to relax his body again and look like he was in truth unbothered by the yokai noticing him despite the sound he emitted earlier “Well, I- I guess. I’m an artist myself so I was interested to see what you were drawing.” Nice recovery, Michelangelo.

The yokais face contorted as they seemed to think. Their tongue slightly slipped out of their mouth as if this was a really straining thing to do. Just as Mikey cocked his head to the side with a raised eyebrow, amused with the face they made, they suddenly nodded and slapped their fist against their open palm.

“Eh, you seem to be chill. I like to think I have a good sense when it comes to people.” They moved a bit to the side to open their arms in an inviting gesture “You may come into my dojo and take a closer look at my art piece.”

Mikey chuckled at their behavior but gladly took the invitation and stepped closer to take an even better look at their art. It surprised him to see how intricate some lines were, seeing how they used spray cans. Taking another look at the spray cans he soon found that some had custom caps on that probably helped with controlling the flow. So, this was definitely something they had done for a while.

The art piece was abstract but not too abstract that you couldn’t tell anymore what was going on. It was mostly going for very clear and defined shapes. There was also definitely an inspiration of these old Japanese art pieces that depicted water and waves. He could tell that the yokai tried to replicate it a little bit within the clouds.

“Wow, this is amazing.” Mikey beamed.

The yokai next to him giggled in delight “Really? You think so?”

“Absolutely! I couldn’t take my eyes of it and now that I’m closer I’m even more impressed!”

The smile on the yokai’s face brightened “Aw, getting a compliment like that from a fellow artist means a lot to me. Oh, that reminds me! Do you have any art pieces I can take a look at?”

It was so rare Mikey actually got the chance to show off his art or even talk shop with another one, hence why he didn’t hesitate to pull out his phone and show off his own art pieces.

The eyes of his new friend, he just decided, widened in astonishment “Oh my god! That is so cool! I can definitely see so much character in there! Just from the art I would say you are energetic, optimistic and beautifully chaotic!”

Now it was Mikey’s time to put on a huge smile “Aw, shucks. That’s what you can see from my art?”

They nodded energetically at his response “I said I was pretty good at judging people, right? Art makes this so much easier, but I bet you know that! Even if you go for a different style than your usual one, there is still a piece of you in there no matter what. That’s what is so great about art!”

Yep, this is his new best friend for sure.

Mikey stretched his hand out. The yokai didn’t even hesitate to shake it.

“I’m Michelangelo but call me Mikey.”

“I’m Y/N! Nice to meet you Mikey.”

“Aw, is Y/N making new friends.” A gruff voice suddenly appeared from behind them.

A big crocodile yokai stood at the entrance of the alleyway with two smaller crocodile yokais behind him. They were obviously blocking the exit and they knew Y/N? Well, whatever. Mikey would make sure that no one would hurt his new best friend.

Before Mikey could even react Y/N already began sauntering over to the group. No ounce of fear or hesitation in their movement. He would say that he was impressed by their demeanor, but it was clear there was something more going on. Donnie would probably say something like “Observe then act.” Or something like that. Maybe he’d be more dramatic and say “Observeth!” Nah, that wasn’t right but the mental image of Donnie yelling that out was comical to him.

Either way, Mikey would observe but be ready to jump in if things got hairy.

Y/N stopped in front of the biggest crocodile yokai, crossing their arms in front of their chest, jutting their hip out. They looked confident and almost bored.

With a lazy smile they leaned forward “What? Still around, Artie? I was sure I saw a very nice purse in one of the shops and thought it was you for sure! The scales looked so much like yours.”

The big yokai growled in anger “Stop calling me that! My name is Arthur!”

“Yep! His name is Arthur! You know our boss has a complex about it!” the two smaller yokai mumbled as they nodded along. They clearly only wanted to help their boss but in return he just took one angry look at them which shut them up immediately.

Either way Arthur looked back and made sure to tower over the monkey yokai “You did it again, Y/N. Stop drawing over our territory tags!”

Arthur was obviously way stronger and taller than Y/N, seeing how he made sure to tower over them with squared shoulders, but all Y/N did was push their tongue out of their mouth and blow a raspberry at him.

“Ugh, they are so ugly. You guys have no sense of style and aesthetic.” They groaned.

Y/N then turned around, their arms now behind their head. Mikey couldn’t help but think this was a bad move on their part but almost as if they could read his thought, they gave him a self-assured wink. Yeah, they knew what they were doing.

“That’s it!” Arthur growled in anger but before he could even throw a punch, Y/N threw their tail up, a red spray can in their grip. They pressed down on the cap, the colorful spray going right into Arthur’s face, coloring it red. He reared back in pain and surprise.

And almost as if this was a practiced choreography, Y/N immediately leaned forward into a deep bow as both of the smaller henchman yokai went for a punch themselves as support for their boss but all they hit was the air. Since they didn’t make contact with their intended goal, their bodies collided.

Mikey had no time to be in awe at this display because Y/N grabbed his hand and yelled “Run!”

They were now at this point giggling and laughing and Mikey had to admit this was contagious, he too begun laughing as they rounded the corner. That was when he had an idea. Time for him to show off.

“I’ve got an idea!”

Mikey got his nunchaku out and threw it out against a metal pole of a staircase that was outside of one of the buildings, the chains extending in a golden glow. This time it was Y/N who looked at awe at Mikey, who just gave them a playful wink, wrapping one arm around them as he jumped and swung up into the air.

Just as they did, they could hear Arthur and his goons yelling something, but it was drowned out by the sound of the wind rushing and their combined laughter.

Once they landed safely on one of the roofs, they immediately took off. Both Y/N and Mikey jumping from roof to roof. Making poses in the air to impress or make the other laugh.

After a few minutes Y/N stopped, out of breath they pressed their hands on their knees, their head hanging low. Mikey came to a stop as well, taking a few deep breaths. A big smile on his face.

“You good?” he asked.

Y/N immediately looked up, their face was lit up in amazement. Mouth in a bright smile and he swear he saw stars in their eyes “That was-“ they threw their arms up in the air “amazing!”

Both broke down into giggles again. When they calmed down Y/N took a glance at Mikey’s weapons “So, how did you do that?”

Mikey just shrugged “Eh, I don’t really think much about it I just do it. I just know it’s some mystic mumbo jumbo but that was not as cool as you outplaying these three people! That looked so cool! Honestly, I felt like I was watching a movie!”

Y/N smiled proudly “Oh that was nothing. I have been dealing with them for a while and it’s just really easy to predict how they will react. I always had a knack for that. Besides dealing with them without throwing a clear punch their way is so much more satisfying because it’s so much more humiliating for them.”

“You are quite the trickster aren’t you?” Mikey mused, stroking his chin with a raised eyebrow.

This seemed to somehow trigger something within Y/N since their eyes widened and they suddenly begun looking through their pockets of their outfit. That’s when they suddenly pulled out a brown wallet.

“I’m surprised your wallet looks so… boring.” Mikey said as Y/N held the wallet out to him for some reason. “I mean I would have guessed you would have at least something colorful.”

But Y/N just rolled their eyes “This isn’t mine, dummy. This is Artie’s.”

Mikey’s eyes widened “What? When?”

“Oh, when we ran past him.” They just answered nonchalantly. “Anyways, want some ice cream? It’ll be on Artie and don’t worry I’ll return the wallet to him with the rest, I just think after this whole ordeal he put us through we deserve a treat on his costs.”

“You are officially my new best friend.”

Y/N giggled “Oh same at you. A fellow artist and a badass? Yeah, we will be awesome friends for sure.”

#rottmnt #tmnt #rottmnt reader insert #reader insert #tmnt reader insert #michelangelo reader insert #michelangelo x reader #rottmnt mikey reader insert #rottmnt mikey x reader #rottmnt x reader #rottmnt!mikey x reader

[adobe-outdesign]

Can I request a review of one of my favourite pokemon line : the Talonflame line ? ( I feel like the English translators did them dirty btw when they translated their name, for example the french ones sound 100 times better )

I think this line, as a whole, is one of the better early-route birds; the visuals are pretty memorable and striking despite the very simple theme of "bird, but Fire".

Fletchling here is okay, though I think it's the weakest of the line; there are a few parts of it, such as the white-tipped wings or yellow eye triangle, that exist to solely connect to the other stages. I'm also not overly fond of the body proportions, but that's just a me thing.

I will also say that I do wonder how necessary Fletchling actually is; Fletchinder is small and simple enough that it feels like you could've easily just made this line a two-stager starting at Fletchinder and not actually lost anything. However, that aside, what we got is still nice; the red pops nicely against its body and the tail feathers are pretty unique with their chevron'd look.

Fletchinder is probably my favorite of this line; it feels better proportioned and has more meaningful design than Fletchling, but it's much more simple than Talonflame. I still really like the bold markings on the tail, but now they're complimented with sharp yellows and blacks on the wings that further make the colors really pop.

What I also really like about this design, and something I think the other two stages lose a bit, is the sense of flow. The cardinal-like head feathers point backwards, as do the eye markings, wing markings, and legs. All this backwards motion then leads up to the tail, which is the most important and visually striking parts of the design.

My only little complaint is the chest markings. I get that they're meant to lead into Talonflame's, uh, flames, but it's the one part of the design that doesn't match with anything else. A v-shaped division there would've complimented the tail patterns much better. Otherwise, it's really solid.

Talonflame (terrible name btw. what is this, Warrior Cats) is arguably based off of a bunch of different kinds of birds, but I always saw it as a black kite specifically. Black kites are known for carrying burning twigs to non-burning areas and dropping them to flush out prey, something referenced in Fletchinder's 'dex:

I'd also argue black kites look a bit like Talonflame, what with the black wing tips, barred chest, yellow beak base, and mottled (or flame-like) transitions on the wings.

I do like how fire-y Talonflame looks with the flame patterns, and it keeps the same bold palette and design elements as its pre-evos. It also looks suitably more powerful, being more of a bird of prey than a songbird at this point.

However, I do think that it might have just a bit too much detail. For example, the eyes have four different rings of color; black, white, yellow, and then black again. The sheer amount of spots on the underside also feels like a bit much; they probably could've tapered off long before they reached the legs.

I also feel like the yellow tail feathers look a bit off; I think they could've been grey, and the yellow could've stayed solely as a suble accent color. Said grey also could've been a shade or two lighter, as it's very close to the red tone as-is and starts to vibrate a bit.

All that aside, I think this is a pretty strong line. All of the stages go together coherently, the design elements are unique despite the simple premise, and the colors are high-contrast and help it stand out. As a whole, one of the better early bird Pokemon.

#fletchling #fletchinder #talonflame #pokemon #pokemon reviews

[dearweirdme]

https://www.tumblr.com/dearweirdme/730612157431054336/httpswwwtumblrcomdearweirdme7305452643136471 Same anon here. 😁 I think there was a difference in Taekook after Paris but I think a lot of it has to do with how busy they both got after that. We still had them arriving (late) together and leaving together from Yoongi's concert. Obviously, the Seven mv shoot and Bruno Mars concert happened where they wore those matching shirts which is for me my second favorite Taekook moment of the year after the Dream premiere. Apparently the necklace JK was wearing that same day in the Seven mv is also an old piece from Celine that is no longer available and came from his personal collection because he also brought it to the recent Vogue photo shoot that he directed. Make of that what you will, but finding out that info from Vogue I'm convinced the shirt was also his and obviously they planned to wear them. I honestly don't get people who act like he talks about Jimin all the time or way more than Tae? I feel like this is a very biased view. Tae solos will tell you that Jungkook mentions Tae all the time for attention, and Jungkook solos will tell you the reverse is true. Since Paris we got Jungkook confirming that he played Seven for Tae first and that they always send music they're working on to each other. Tae talked about working on the songs for Layover at Jungkook's house. They're clearly still spending as much time as they can together, they're just also both really busy. I'm Jungkook biased, I listen to him and I don't notice him favoring Jimin so heavily. He does seem to talk about Jimin and Tae more than the other BTS members, but I think that's because he's closer to them than the other members of the group and also he gets asked about them A LOT. On a different topic, did you see the previews of the concept photos for the "Substance" version of Jungkook's album? It includes graffiti of his tattoos, and one thing stood out. There are least two Vs. I think it's very interesting, one of the Vs is next to a crown like the one he has next to it on his hand, but the crown is oriented correctly. The V should be upside down if it's from his ARMY tattoo...but in this photo set it is just a regular V now. I really don't know what to think about that, but I'm curious if anyone else has thoughts. Also, some misinformation being spread about the other graffiti people are saying it says J 🤟 V, it does not. The tattoo in between is his 🤘 tattoo which was actually a basic flash design by Mijoo and it's been there since the beginning, although he did get it retouched/colored by PolyC (who has really been doing a beautiful job on his sleeve)

Hi again!

Yes, great points! Them being busy definetly has to do with it as well. I feel the difference lies most in how freely they mention each other in lives. I had someone comment it's because of the shipping comments, and I i do agree. They do lives for themselves, and to have people ask for shipping proofs must be annoying, because it takes the focus away from their music and their own connection with army.

I did see the pic with the tattoos, I'm kinda hoping to see some behind the scenes of the whole backdrop with his tattoos (which is super nice by the way, really love that pic), to see if I can get a larger idea of how his tattoos were spreaded.

#jk live #taekook