cute little cat

[jarenka]

Time for a little pinned post with AUs

post-rotj au where Anakin and Obi-Wan are both alive after episode 6 for shipping reasons. They go from enemies to lovers with a lot of bumps on the way. post-rotj au series on ao3 (in Russian). last part of post-rotj au in google doc (in Russian).

time-travel au where Anakin/Vader travels to the past to clone wars and immediately kills Palpatine.

social media au where Anakin left Jedi Order to be with Padme and became a spacetok influencer and a cottagecore icon.

sunshine au where everything is fine, but Obi-Wan can't get a new padawan because his experience with Anakin was too much for him (but overall it's just a fluffy ER obikin AU)

[jarenka]

So, in discord meet cute au Obi-Wan didn't have stable monogamous relationship for years. We was sleeping around and having flings. And when he finally entered monogamous relationship, a lot of his casual lovers lost the best dick in their life. Obi-Wan needed to remind them that he is still alive, just dating a man.

He also was too proud to admit that not only he doesn't want to get with other people while he is dating Anakin, he just can't. He is in his fifties, not his twenties, and he just doesn't have time and energy to fuck someone else aside his partner.

[jarenka]

When Obi-Wan and Anakin just started dating, they mostly spend their evenings together, fishing and going for the walks in the city. Obi-Wan barely have any contact with local kinky community. But they saw Obi-Wan and Anakin together. And there was a pretty common sentiment that Obi-Wan has so many hot twinks and goth girls desiring him carnally, but he chose a boring middle aged guy instead.

[jarenka]

So, in discord meet cute au Obi-Wan didn't have stable monogamous relationship for years. We was sleeping around and having flings. And when he finally entered monogamous relationship, a lot of his casual lovers lost the best dick in their life. Obi-Wan needed to remind them that he is still alive, just dating a man.

He also was too proud to admit that not only he doesn't want to get with other people while he is dating Anakin, he just can't. He is in his fifties, not his twenties, and he just doesn't have time and energy to fuck someone else aside his partner.

[jarenka]

In discord meet cute AU Anakin once decided to take his younger coworker to his favourite gay bar. This coworker moved to the city recently and just got this job, and Anakin happens to be the only openly queer man in their department (it's a pretty small department, but still).

So, he and Anakin decided to go to the bar after work. Anakin is wearing his work regular relatively casual work attire (not "man, it's a gay bar, not a sports bar" type of clothes, but sometimes simple like longsleeve and pants).

He didn't consider that he always goes to this bar with Obi-Wan. And now all his acquaintances in the bar are joking that he exchanged his old man for a young twink. And also other young twink tried to flirt with him. Anakin was offended, because, firstly, he is taken, and secondly, he is daddy's little kitten himself, he doesn't need competition.

(He didn't want to tell Obi-Wan about it at first, but actually Obi-Wan found it really funny).

[jarenka]

There is a thing with Obi-Wan and Anakin.

Anakin would say that he really want to live in a cosy home in the countryside among beautiful flowers when he retires, but really he would be bored by it in a week.

Obi-Wan is the one who can genuinely enjoy Anakin's cottagecore dream house in the countryside.

[jarenka]

Anyway, in sunshine au Obi-Wan in one point reconnects with his relatives in Stewjon. He was very lost after the war and hoped that it would help him to move on.

He didn't feel any familial love to them, but they are nice people and they invited him to stay. His family also have a small house in the countryside they rarely visit, and his brother joked that Obi-Wan can stay here if he wants to retire.

Anyway, Obi-Wan told Anakin about it as some kind of anecdote, and to his surprise Anakin was like: "Yes! We should retire someday and move there together!" The fact that Obi-Wan is 16 years older and may want to retire earlier than him didn't cross his mind. And also the fact that nobody invited him there. Obi-Wan also thinks that Anakin would be extremely bored at Stewjon, because in this au it's a very peaceful agricultural planet.

[jarenka]

So, I visited Georgia lately.

Amazing country.

The eldest known wine region (they make wine for at least last 8000 years).

Birthplace of Stalin.

Do you know Colchis from Ancient Greek mythology? Yes, it's them.

Prometheus was chained somewhere here.

Third country to become Christian. Imagine this flex: "Tourists say that these symbols look like Teutonic Order cross, but this bas-relief was made long before Teutonic Order existed". Teutonic Order was created in 1160 mind you.

Also, have you ever thought: "Our police is so corrupt, it's easier to fire everyone and teach new police officers from scratch"? They actually did it in 2004.

10/10, would recommend.

Also, May is called "month of roses" in Georgian and for a reason.

[jarenka]

One of the most depressing threads I've seen.

Firstly, from all the women who say that male body is ugly and gross by default. No. Just no.

Secondly, from all the women who feel the need to say that guy need to be attractive and nudes should be tasteful to appreciate male nudity. These women surely have seen tons of horrendous dickpics.

[jarenka]

Today we are watching gay ballet (ok, I am overselling it a bit, but there is a gay kiss!)

Nureyev ballet by Kirill Serebrennikov an Yuri Possokhov*, they made it for Bolshoi back in 2017, but now it of course banned in Russia. This is Deutsche Oper Berlin production.

*this is the same dude who made this production of the Nutcracker.

[jarenka]

There is a thing with Obi-Wan and Anakin.

Anakin would say that he really want to live in a cosy home in the countryside among beautiful flowers when he retires, but really he would be bored by it in a week.

Obi-Wan is the one who can genuinely enjoy Anakin's cottagecore dream house in the countryside.

[stealingpotatoes]

rereading your own fics/wips is a very slippery slope into finding out you actually have to finish your fics if you want them finished

[jarenka]

People always say that's skirts are not comfortable. I don't agree. But also I think that the only skirt worth buying is the one in which you can freely spread you legs in public transit to assert dominance over men.

So, what skirt to buy so it is comfortable and you can assert dominance over men:

1) It should be from around the knee to midi, so you can bend over or spread you legs however you want without fearing that you panties would be visible.

2) Is should be pretty wide. It doesn't matter if it's full circle skirt, half circle skirt, gathered skirt or skirt with pleats. You should be able to sit in it like the most assholish man.

3) Pockets to put you phone in. Here is the thing. For skirt to have pockets it has to be made from a pretty sturdy material (technically you can add pockets in any skirt, but it's not super practical), so you shouldn't be looking for chiffon, flimsy rayon and so on.

4) if you are planning to wear skirt over tights or leggings, you should look for lined skirt. I understand that it's not very common in fast fashion, but at least try this skirt on with tights or leggings before buying.

Bonus: For cold windy weather thick long skirt with thick leggings is more practical than jeans over leggings.

[jarenka]

You feel really old when you see teenagers in thrift shop hunting for vintage pieces that you remember brand new on a rack.

[jarenka]

In sunshine au Obi-Wan and Anakin had very hard time trying to introduce roleplays in their sex life. Usually at least one of them finds a popular roleplay scenario really off-putting.

But surprisingly they both enjoyed "Anakin is a hot electrician who came to fix wiring in Obi-Wan's house" scenario. Obi-Wan made sure there is no problems with wires in his Jedi quarters, because he was sure that Anakin would actually fix it instead of having sex.

[jarenka]

Anakin also want to roleplay as a knight of a planet ruler, but unfortunately Obi-Wan's wardrobe doesn't have any fancy clothes 😞

[jarenka]

They also roleplayed as a slutty young man seducing chaste older man, and Obi-Wan was very good at pretending that he didn't ever think of having sex. Obi-Wan has a lot of experience of pretending to be a chaste monk when someone he doesn't like tries to flirt with him.

[jarenka]

In sunshine au Obi-Wan and Anakin had very hard time trying to introduce roleplays in their sex life. Usually at least one of them finds a popular roleplay scenario really off-putting.

But surprisingly they both enjoyed "Anakin is a hot electrician who came to fix wiring in Obi-Wan's house" scenario. Obi-Wan made sure there is no problems with wires in his Jedi quarters, because he was sure that Anakin would actually fix it instead of having sex.

[jarenka]

Anakin also want to roleplay as a knight of a planet ruler, but unfortunately Obi-Wan's wardrobe doesn't have any fancy clothes 😞

[jarenka]

In sunshine au Obi-Wan and Anakin had very hard time trying to introduce roleplays in their sex life. Usually at least one of them finds a popular roleplay scenario really off-putting.

But surprisingly they both enjoyed "Anakin is a hot electrician who came to fix wiring in Obi-Wan's house" scenario. Obi-Wan made sure there is no problems with wires in his Jedi quarters, because he was sure that Anakin would actually fix it instead of having sex.

[jarenka]

I was hoping to practice my English in Georgia but I only practiced translation of museum annotations to my mom and her friends. 😐

[jarenka]

"Is sewing less expensive then just buying clothes on a shop?" is such an interesting question.

Sewists are usually say it's not, and they partially right, because it definitely more expensive then buying stuff from Shien. But here is the thing. A lot of people who sew (at least here in Russia) are not choosing between Shien (we don't have it anyway) and sewing. We sew because a lot of things we want to buy are either unavailable or very expensive.

Like. My grandma sewed because of Soviet economics and Iron Curtain we barely had any decent clothes. My mom sewed because in 90s in provincial Russian town you can't even buy fucking chicken in the store, I don't even talk about clothes. I sew because of Russian economics and sanctions we barely have any decent clothes. And also I have big boobs and I just can't buy some stuff in the stores.

So. Actually, you can sew for cheap. If your relative has a sewing machine (it's pretty common here in Russia) and you can borrow it, you don't need to spend money on your equipment. You can buy cheaper fabric in online stores that are targeted at small sewing businesses. I know places when you can buy rayon fabric for 2-3€/m.

On the other hand, when you sew, you usually don't want to do it from the cheap rayon. You want better materials and sewing techniques. You want more complicated sewing pattern. In the same time it's pretty disingenuous to compare these clothing pieces with Shien clothes, because you can't get decent linen or wool pants from Shien. If you are good at sewing and you want to compare your clothes with something readymade, it can be less expensive to sew your own clothes even if you count working hours.

So, the honest answer to this question, imo.

If you have standard measurements and you are satisfied with quality of fast fashion clothes, sewing it yourself don't worth it. If you have non-standard measurements and you want better fit and quality, learning to sew is pretty good idea. It's hard tho. You won't get beautiful pants or dress from the first try.