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@heronaught​ asked:  “ I don’t get why they have to act like that! ” a reluctant admission, forced through after an abrasive clash with the star warriors she judges too cold / unfeeling / irredeemable, a far cry from the rebelle whose hair falls into two rivers of red that pass through Poppy’s nimble hands and descend as braids onto the desk she sits on. Though playing with hair was incredibly satisfying, the uneasy ceasefire with Ahri’s team was not, and so Poppy straightens up and falls forward onto Jinx’s back, her short arm and chin draped over both sides of the redhead’s nape. If there was something important to say here and now, the moment is lost on the blonde girl, and she will sigh as she drapes both her forearms over her partner’s shoulders, before a curious thought has her smiling instantly: “ Heya, wanna’ invite them over for training? I think some /target practice/ would be great for EVERYONE, dontcha’ think?

        a daze passes through jinx’s eyes like a blurred star fall , sleepiness clinging to the ends of her lashes - weighted a quarter over ruby orbs. long nights , long long nights with the new star guardian team in town.  seamless bickering , questions that toiled into a space between exasperation and disbelief , and she was not ashamed to admit that it was all white noise to her. she struggles even now to not let the sounds of poppy’s voice muddle into a stream of noise. the tugs of her scarlet hair from her scalp are pleasant ( soothing )  though. 

      the corner of her lips rise like curling steam , finding peak in the shape of a drowsy smile.  she’s amused by the way she hears herself in poppy’s playfulness  the slight weight of her widens her beam. she lets her head fall back , alleviating an ache in her neck.  her slender arm reaches behind her so that thin fingers can rest somewhere in poppy’s hair. it curves at the joints and makes rows in the wild strands , tensing to anchor her head there so jinx can tip her features towards her.  lips brush over her pale skin , denting the smooth flesh in a harmless way as it travels slowly  ( lazily )  from the point of her chin to the lower arc of her pointed ears. she drops her voice an octave , a decibel too , and grins into her words ,      〝 you  get them there popsicle and  i’ll  give you the first shot  〞

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                                 IDEALISM SITS IN PRISON,                            CHIVALRY FELL ON ITS SWORD.

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requested.  \  @lightshielded

   “  WHY  HELLO ,  YOUR  HIGHNESS !!   I  didn’t  think  that  you  would  come  down  all  the  way  here  to  Eaton  Street ,  but  I  guess  that  even  you  heard  about  how  DELICIOUS  the  bakery  here  is !!   Wait  ——–  you  didn’t  come  here  to  try  the  new  cinner - men  roll  they  have ?   HOLD  IT !!   I  just  have  to  get  you  one  now !!   Don’t  be  shy  ——–  let’s  go  already !!  ”

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@feyquil​ said: KFC FOR THE TAKING.....poppy is there anything you'd like to discuss with rakan and xayah

  “  NOPE !!  there’s nothing to discuss here !!  we’re all good here !!  ”

  “   ...but those legs really do look like drumsticks, now that I think about it--------  ”

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[motherine]

hello !!  where are my Setts?  I hope he’s around, because his mother has come looking for him 💖   If you’d like to interact with a vastaya mother of one of Ionia’s finest young men, please like or reblog this post  💖   

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wingsfell‌:

a cute lil poppy just followed me so this is my obligatory  “  i’m sorry  ”  post because morgana thinks yordles are so funny and interesting but like in the  “  these are really weird and strange creatures i can’t help but to giggle  ”  kind of way because she WILL laugh IM SORRY MORGANA IS KIND OF AWFUL LOL

I’M LEAVING THIS TOWN THEN.

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heronaught‌:

    WELCOME TO IMMORTALITY;  I’LL BE YOUR GUIDE.

                                                  indie poppy from league, hammer not for sale.

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‘ live your life so that when you die, souls will come for miles just to hear your historic tales. ’

grave suggestions starters  \  @cynicskies

     WHAT  QUINN  SPEAKS  OF  IS  LEGACY ;  in  this  case ,  a  testament  to  the  centuries  Poppy  has  worn  Demacia’s  roads  and  bridges  dog - eared ,  all  in  pursuit  of  the  foretold  hero  ——–  but  if  her  search  continues  to  be  fruitless  and  the  hero  never  found ,  it  would  be  a  fool’s  errand  to  call  her  dedication  anything  else  than  what  she  fears  the  most  —  a  broken  promise  —  and  were  that  come  to  pass ,  Poppy  herself  would  be  the  first  to  acknowledge  it  as  defeat .

     However ,  Poppy’s  doubts  are  hers  and  hers  alone ,  and  she  instead  tilts  her  head  a  bit ,  looking  up  to  her  companion  with  a  smile  most  curious .

   “  ——–how  awfully  BOLD  of  you  to  assume  Yordles  die ,  Quinn.  ”

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“It’s a rare thing, to have a true duty.” hello uwu

     PARALLEL  HEROES  RARELY  DO  EVER  INTERSECT  BUT  IN  PEACE ,   and  here ,  even  the  spontaneous  truce  between  Yordle  and  Vastayan  was  living  proof  of  it ,  regardless  of  how  amorphous  and  tacit  the  conditions  were  that  now  allow  Poppy  to  relax  and  undo  her  pigtails  in  the  company  of  a  fellow  female  (  perhaps  a  blessing  in  disguise ,  given  how  few  of  them  she  ran  into  on  the  road  )  —  though  she  only  finds  time  to  remove  one  of  her  hairbands  before  Xayah  speaks  her  mind .

   “  A  TRUE  DUTY ?  ”    she  repeats  with  a  smile ,  for  after  all ,  was  her  duty  not  the  promise  she  made  to  the  one  man  who  saw  her  for  who  she  was ?  Interestingly  enough ,  as  she  follows  her  companion’s  gaze  over  to  where  Rakan  stands  alone  on  watch ,  Poppy  recalls  that  even  wedding  vows  were  a  type  of  promise ,  and  with  a  loud  sigh  does  she  glance  back  at  Xayah .

     “  NAAAAAAAAH !!   that’s  not  rare  at  all !!   ——–  but  the  way  you  two  lovebirds  look  at  each  other  —  now  THAT’S  something  you  don’t   see  everyday !!   ”                    //  @featherfront 

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@infinite-xerath​ said: It's Poppy's equivalent of "Yare yare daze..."))

   “  Geez Louise...  ”  Poppy mutters with a look that could kill, and without any hesitation, she materializes her Stand「HERO’S KEEP」in the palm of her gloves. After all, if Swain’s Stand users thought they could stop the Demacian Crusaders from finding the hero, then they’d have to answer to Poppy first.

[heronaught]

" geez louise ”  is Poppy culture, everyone who says it from now on is getting reported.

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rebelbled‌:

     Really ? A Yordle ? Brows furrow as gaze lowers to the hammer wielding Yordle . That thing is huge . It’s … kind of impressive , though she doesn’t want to say it out loud . 

     She’s still working under the assumption that this one will be just as annoying as the rest . Maybe not the nicest assumption to make , but in fairness , there’s not many individuals  — human , Yordle , whatever  — who don’t annoy her . 

     “ Errr … How the hell are you not falling over and getting crushed by that thing ? “

     CRUSHED ?  HER ?  ---wasn’t  that  just  the  silliest  thing  she’s  heard  all  day  now , was  it ?   Still ,  Poppy  can  only  see  her  statement  as  patronizing ;  between  the  ridiculous  notion  that  Xayah  is  somewhat  worried  for  her  welfare ,  and  the  tone  of  voice  she  uses  to  mask  her  surprise  (  everyone  always  gets  surprised  by  the  hammer !!  )  ,  Poppy  decides  to  fall  back  to  the  very  idea  of  friendship  between  Yordle  and  Vastaya  as  absurd ,  dangerous ,  and  most  importantly ,  a  challenge  to  her  everyday  peace .

     And  with  the  way  this  one  looks  at  her ,  that  was  PROBABLY  a  safe  assumption  to  make .  

     “  THE  HAMMER ?   ---it’s  not  that  heavy ,  you  know ,  but  with  arms  like  yours....     ....I  get  the  feeling  that  you  wouldn’t  be  able  to  pick  it  up  anyways !!  ”

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[heronaught]

A Word about the Flag Bots.

I first noticed the protests and pitchforks in a couple different discord groups when I was working, and now that I’m home, my dash is full of people who are declaring their intent to abandon ship and leave the site for the “disaster” it is. All in all, I just wanted to say a few things about this entire situation.

I understand that people are getting upset and unsettled by the tumblr bots going around and flagging + misflagging posts for what they think is explicit content. Is all of it explicit content? HELL NO, and tumblr is counting on Y'ALL to let them know that “hey silly bot, this isn’t NSFW!”

For the some of you complaining that these bots should have been smarter to begin with, the only thing I need to say is that this is that your expectations of computers are way too wild. As a student of Machine Learning, I see all this going on, and I’m not bothered because this is exactly what these bots are supposed to be doing - they’re currently learning (through your reports, appeals, etc) what exactly qualifies as NSFW and what does not. Right now, this is the trial and error part of the process for Tumblr’s NSFW hunting bots, but I’d imagine by the time Dec. 17th hits, these bots will have a pretty great idea of what actual NSFW is and will probably make a lot fewer mistakes that what we’re seeing happening right now.

I’m not going to discuss whether or not removing NSFW content is a bad idea. I’m here just to say that Tumblr is NOT broken. What these bots are doing is intentional, and they are depending on YOU to help them realize what IS and what ISN’T explicit content.

I’m not stopping anyone from complaining - but if you’re going to complain, make sure you ALSO appeal your flagged posts so the bots learn and won’t do this again.