#divine529

[holmesianpose]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope you have a lovely day! 💙🎂🎉🎈🎀🎁

Aww, thank you so much! ^^

[earlgreytea68]

Positivity Tag Game

Tagged by @pipmer

Rules: List 5 things you like about yourself and tag 10 followers. 

1. I am a pretty productive person. 

2. I’m a good baker. 

3. I’m a great aunt and an excellent big sister (and daughter, and friend, I hope!).

4. I’m a good multitasker. 

5. I am usually good at knowing what I like and don’t like. 

I tag: @divine529, @pippnfrodo, @buddhaoffice, @notverybigmac, @lilylunagirl, @slumberoustrash, @murzik29, @myfirstisthefourth, @a-forger-and-a-point-man, and @csifan3. 

[prettysherlocksoldier]

This reading is for @divine529 with the Linestrider tarot by Siolo Thompson.

This three-card spread can mean a lot of things, depending on what sounds applicable to you. The straightforward interpretation is Past, Present, and Future. If the message seems to make more sense for a particular problem or situation, it may be Problem, Cause, Solution. In a relationship reading, it might be You, the Other, the overall Relationship. The order means less than what you take away from it, but I’ll label them Past, Present, Future for the sake of clarity. I’ll give a quick breakdown of what they mean individually and then an overall.

Past: The Devil The Devil is not a bad card, but it can indicate bad people or choices. There are things holding you back in your life that you may feel powerless against, but you must cut those toxic ties that bind to truly feel free again.

Present: The Emperor This card can indicate that you need to embody the spirit of The Emperor--power, authority, reason over emotion--or that there is someone in your life who does embody those things, likely a strong male figure.

Future: Queen of Cups Cups is the suit most focused on emotion and imagination, and the Queen is...well, the queen of it. This card encourages compassion and love, as well as listening to your own intuition.

Overall: This reading would suggest to me that there are toxic people or forces at work in your life holding you back from achieving your goals. You may feel like these are out of your control, but, if you channel your inner Emperor and put aside emotion to proceed with confidence and strength in the direction you know deep down is right, you can break free and move forward with that weight lifted off your shoulders. I believe the Queen of Cups is encouraging you to be compassionate to yourself in this reading. Be gentle with yourself through this process, and take the time you need to nurse yourself back to health.

[adreamingsongbird]

This was so hard for me to decide, but for the prompts, number 18

18. “You’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.”

Baking is fun. 

It’s like cooking, but easier in a way, because there’s no need for constant attention–you just throw everything you need into a dish, stick it in the oven, and lie on the couch and cuddle with your dog and/or husband until it’s done!  Making sweets is something that Viktor doesn’t often get the chance to do, so it’s even more fun than baking something like a veggie casserole.

Sift together the dry ingredients, the recipe says, so here he is, a spatula in hand, mixing all the flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, sugar, and salt.  Chocolate cake is a simple but classic indulgence.

Anyway, everything is progressing wonderfully, the lumps of flour are being carefully smushed into submission, and he’s just about ready to set this aside and tackle the eggs and milk when of course, something goes wrong–

The front door opens with a whoosh of cool air, the skitter of paws on hard floors, and a lovely “I’m home!”

Or, Yuuri gets back from walking Makkachin, Makkachin is overcome with the need to greet Viktor with loving enthusiasm, Viktor is holding a bowl full of flour and chocolate, and there is no way in any universe that this could possibly end well.

In the ensuing mild explosion of flour, Viktor somehow manages to save the majority of the bowl’s contents by tossing it onto the countertop as he goes down under Makkachin’s paws, but not without casualties.  Some of the flour spills out onto his head and shirt, and it’s with great effort that he pushes Makkachin’s head and questing tongue away before any chocolate gets licked.

“No!  Down, Makka!  It’s bad for you!  Hello!  Yes, yes, I’m happy to see you, too, lovely, but no!”

Sternness is lost on a happy dog.  There’s tail-wagging, there’s butt-wiggling, and there’s eager panting, but not one whit of remorse.  Viktor clambers to his feet, hands on his hips, and sighs as a dusting of flour falls from his hair to the floor.

“Whoops,” Yuuri says from behind him, laughter hiding under his voice.  “As soon as I unclipped the leash, she got away from me…”

“Yes, I can see that,” Viktor says, turning around.  “Hello to you, too, I hope you had a nice walk…”

“We did!” Yuuri says, grinning.  His hair is windswept, falling in soft, messy waves around his face, and that smile absolutely belongs there too, even if it does still give Viktor these funny little heart palpitations.  Odd, that–you’d think they would fade after marriage, but apparently Yuuri’s smile is timeless.  Not that that surprises Viktor in the slightest. 

Yuuri is still staring at him in all his flour-dusted glory like he’s trying incredibly hard not to laugh.  Viktor sighs, hiding his own grin.

“I’m glad,” he answers dryly.  “Now, Mr. Katsuki-Nikiforov, might I ask what, exactly, you are looking at?”

Yuuri’s lips twitch, and he finally gives up and laughs.  “Well, Mr. Katsuki-Nikiforov, you’ll have to forgive me.  You’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen,” he says, but Viktor forgives him for the teasing, because he also steps forward to loop his arms around Viktor’s waist and pull him close for a kiss.

It ends far too quickly, though, because Yuuri withdraws, wrinkling his nose.

“But you taste like bitter flour.”

Viktor’s response is to bow his head and nuzzle his flour-covered face into Yuuri’s neck, ignoring the little huff of protest.  “Are you saying that’s enough to stop you?  I didn’t know I married a quitter.”

Makkachin noses at their legs, and Yuuri scrunches his fingers through her fur, lightly scratching behind her ears.  Viktor takes the opportunity to rub his cheek against Yuuri’s, laughing when Yuuri ducks away with a yelp, scrubbing the flour away on his sleeve.

“Quitter!” Viktor sings gleefully.  Yuuri’s eyes narrow.

The way Viktor expected this to end did not include being hauled over to the sink to have his husband clean his face, but there was a kiss or five in there somewhere, so his prediction wasn’t too far off, in the end.

[aconissa]

THE HISTORY BOYS IS SUCH A WONDERFUL FILM! I'm so glad to finally find someone else who's seen it! :)

I love it so much!! one of my history professors told us all to watch it on our very first day of uni and I’ve never been the same since

[weeesi]

A Ritual to Read to Each Other is seriously what season 4 should've been. It's an absolutely brilliant fic and I thank you so much for writing it! <3

@divine529 I’m so happy that you liked it!! Means the world to hear that. Thanks for such a kind message!

[prettysherlocksoldier]

You can find out when you started your blog through your archive. It tells you years and dates, etc.

February 2012!! Thanks for the tip! God I’ve been on this hellsite too long.....

[adreamingsongbird]

Jasmine Tea and Iced Cafe Mocha!

Jasmine Tea : If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

aahhhh well earlier my answer wouldve been home, but now im here, haha! um... maybe vienna, i wanna visit a certain nerd who lives there. ive been promised an eventual Really Good Chocolate Bar.

Iced Cafe Mocha : Favorite thing to do on rainy days?

good book or writing project + blanket + tea + cozy pillows + christmas lights + soft music = hell yes