#lav yaps

[villeve]

ok enough messing around we need a new wicked movie or perhaps tv show to discuss on gelphie tumblr dot com

[lavstarcutter]

i dont get how people genuinely hate one cus they are hands down the best written character out of the whole series, and it’s not close. at all

[lavylilac]

I REALLY don’t want to bother anyone for drawing requests, so I’ll leave this here, just in case. Here are some characters I’d like to see in your style!

Ember

Camilla (WafflesFana’s FC from the KCP 2013 Tournament.)

Boomer

Scooter

Quinn

Again, no pressure, no need to do any of these. ^^ Back to normal questions lol.

How was your day? Are you doing well? Have you taken care of yourself today?

~⚛️

i actually do have some of them in my style!

this is ember i drew her in 2025 so lowkey she might need a design update

camilla i unfortunately don't have i haven't drew any of the customer palooza characters but if u send a picture in of her ill gladly draw her!

i also don't have boomer in my style sadly :(

this is scooter i drew her in 2025 but i lowkey might need to update that design because HELLO WHAT IS THAT LAVYLILAC?!

and i drew quinn NOT ONCE....but TWICE

now for your personal questions:

how was your day today?

lowkey uneventful, i didn't do much today, i was super lazy so i ended up NOT doing any of the work i said i would cough cough summer AP assignments cough cough college work i went on a walk though so that was nice and i got in my daily workouts so yay

are you doing well?

yeah i am, kinda having a bit of the shivers because i have my 2nd attempt at driving next week but i feel confident in my skills

have you taken care of yourself today?

yes i'm happy schools over because now i can finally sleep in more so thats great

thank you for your ask!

[lavender-w4ters]

favorite word?

very difficult question. but, placing the most weight on meaning, i think right now i’d have to say: qualia. it’s a word to describe a concept that fascinates me, and it’s an elegant word in terms of form and sound as well!

but if i were to prioritize the sound of the word above meaning… probably it’d be a lot harder to choose and a lot more prone to change so let’s just prioritize meaning!!!

[cigarette-cases]

"Poker Night"

Mystrade Monday - May 26, 2025

You know you can't fool me.

@mystradepromptsandscenarios

WORD COUNT: 952

Biweekly, Greg and his mates had a poker night. Tonight was a rare event: Mycroft had some free time. He was convinced he could bluff his way to a solid win, and perhaps build his reputation with Greg’s colleagues in the process.

Greg tried to explain the stakes to him on the drive there. “We do a non-monetary betting system, starting with things we offer the pot. But as more people fold, and the stakes get higher, they start throwing in more demands for the last hand lost.” 

“They do?” Mycroft questioned.

“Yeah,” Greg responded, then paused. “I tend to fold early.”

Mycroft smirked. “I didn’t take you for a quitter.”

Greg laughed. “Nothing I can do when the cards are shit.” 

“If the last hand lost takes on the demands of the pot, then what’s the penalty for early folders like yourself?”

You can read the whole thing here, or on AO3.

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Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!

Greg slammed his glass down on the counter by the table, nothing but some bubbles left behind. Sally Donovan, the only woman at the game, approached Greg with a paper crown. On it, written in a drunken sharpie scrawl, read Coward of the Cards. “Being the first to fold is a right of passage,” she laughed out. 

“C’mon,” a man at the table, one of his fellow D.I.s, stated, “we all know Lestrade’s afraid of commitment.” 

“Says you,” Greg retorts as he sits back down at the table. “You throw all your arrests on your Sergeant's lap because you don’t want to be responsible for arresting the wrong guy.” This garnered some oohs from the party. “Hey, who’s on for a secondary bet? I’ll bet a fiver that Lake folds next.” He reached into his pocket for his wallet. 

D.I. Lake rolled his eyes and fished in for his own. “Tenner says it’ll be your boyfriend in the clean suit.” 

“I call your tenner!” Greg waved his hand at the dealer. “Do the thing.” 

The game went on. The fourth community card went out. D.I. Lake folded. 

“HA!” Greg put his hand out. “25 quid, please!” 

Lake rolled his eyes and swiped the cash back at him. The bet-ception intrigued Mycroft. The game went on. In the end, it was only Mycroft and Philip Anderson for an interesting twist of fate. 

“Loser walks my brother’s dog, thrice daily,” Mycroft bet. 

“Call and raise,” Anderson says, an eyebrow twitching upwards. “Your brother handwrites me a formal apology letter for years of emotional abuse.” 

“Woah,” Greg spoke up, tilting his head. “Anderson, the stakes need to be reasonable.” 

“I think it’s doable,” Anderson responded and continued to glare Mycroft down. “Fold?” 

“Hardly, Mr. Anderson” Mycroft responded confidently, leaning forward at the table. “I never fold under diplomatic pressure. Call and raise: You complete a written statement on record, signed and notarized, admitting to the raspberry jam incident.” He raised his eyebrows. “You know the one I’m talking about. When you, in all your forensic expertise, mistook it for arterial gush and documented it.”

Anderson stared at Mycroft with his lips pressed tight. Greg observed. Everyone was silent. 

“I believe the file conveniently went missing from Gregory’s office. The fall landed on my brother when it was found half-charred in his fireplace. All that remained was a little gold paperclip, the kind that only you buy.” 

Anderson slammed his cards on the table. “I fold,” he said in defeat. 

They each turned over their cards. Anderson had two 3s, making for a four of a kind with the other two 3s on the table. With a 7 on the table, and two more lucky 7s in Mycroft’s hand, he only made out with a full house. He would have lost, had he not pressured Anderson to fold. 

“Holy shit,” D.I. Lake commented, astonished. Everyone showed how impressed they were by the pressure Mycroft was able to apply. He could have had a junk hand and just a community pair and still won. Greg was smiling, a real subtle corner-lipped smile. 

“I’d like a carbon copy of that record statement framed to replace that horrid skull above my brother’s fireplace,” Mycroft then added. 

“Loser deals,” Donovan said. 

Anderson scooped up the cards and began shuffling. Greg cut the deck, and the next game began. Bets began rolling in. A round of beers at happy hour, donuts for the office, designated driver for the next poker night… 

The first to fold was D.I. Lake, and the Coward of the Cards cap was passed to him. Then Harrison, Sergeant to another D.I. who couldn’t make it tonight. Then Anderson. He couldn’t risk being the last one out again. Each person to fold was drinks down the hatch. For the last card placed on the table, it was down to Donovan, Greg, and Mycroft. 

“Dishes for a week,” Greg bet. 

“I’m not getting in the middle of a domestic,” Donovan said, “I fold.” 

“Winner gets to choose the movie for the next movie night. I raise,” Mycroft then added, “no veto.” 

Greg squinted at Mycroft and shook his head. “You know you can’t fool me, no veto isn’t a bloody raise, s’already implied.” 

“Fine,” Mycroft sighed out and sat back in his chair. “I called.”

Greg smirked. “I call, you come to the next pub trivia.” Mycroft scoffed and rolled his eyes at that. 

Bets were over. Anderson said, “show your cards.”

They both turned over their cards. Greg had a straight flush, the second best hand in the game. Mycroft had a royal flush. He won again. 

“There will be no trivia for me, I’m afraid,” Mycroft said with a proud smirk. 

“Cheeky bastard,” Greg laughed as he began to scoop for the cards.

[d0nks7]

me 🤝 planning my work schedule around umich games

[villeve]

the part of for good (the song) that absolutely kills me every single time is the orchestral swell of the defying gravity tune right before elphaba tells glinda to take the grimmerie. like it is going to put me in the ground

kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity.

[villeve]

i am begging the tumblrinas to stop posting screenshots of google ai overview as a source.

all the other concerns aside, i can't overstate how inaccurate it is. it is not a reliable source. one time when i was writing a paper, it gave me quotes from a seminar transcript on rené girard's mimetic theory and when I clicked the source it was a creepypasta.