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Peggy Carter-centric - MCU
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This is for a completed cross stitch piece of Margaret "Peggy" Carter. A picture can be found here. This piece is roughly 9x12 inches, took me 2 days to set up and about a month to stitch.
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Sam Wilson-centric - MCU
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A cross stitch piece of Sam Wilson, based on a screen shot of Cap2, picture here. This piece is roughly 9x12 inches, took me 2 days to set up and about a month to stitch.
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Agatha Harkness-centric - MCU
Alpine-centric - Any Universe
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Jeff the Land Shark-centric - Any Universe
Lucky-centric - Any Universe
Agent Carter fandom any gen - Any Universe
Dum-E-centric - Any Universe
Jennifer Walters-centric - Any Universe
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Custom cross stitch piece. This year I'd love to do MCU animals! I had a blast stitching Goose two years ago, so let me do another animal. Or one of the two characters I've offered. Size is up to bidder. I will cover shipping.
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secondalto replied to your photo “day 5, part two: strawberry mousse cake! vanilla cake layered with...”
All of these pictures of desserts makes me wish I could reach into my screen and pull them out to enjoy.
someday i’m going to have my very own bakery and when that happens i’ll send you a personal invitation to come visit it. first slice of cake will be on me :)
zoya141620 replied to your photo “First photo with my new phone. The softest babies having a morning...”
genuine best pet photos ever. You Dearborn is buried in Polk's fur, and everything still in focus.
Yeah, when I was looking at phones one of the top considerations for me was camera quality, since I’ve seen some less than stellar cameras on Android phones. But the Pixel 3′s camera got pretty high marks and so far it’s doing great!
justalurkr replied to your photo “First photo with my new phone. The softest babies having a morning...”
Yup, any future cats of mine are going to be litter mates. These girls are precious soft baby boos
They are the best bbs :D Though not all littermates are bonded! But if you ask a good shelter for a bonded pair they can definitely find you some, since they’re harder to adopt out.
secondalto replied to your photo “First photo with my new phone. The softest babies having a morning...”
my daughter says it looks like dearborn is telling polk a secret
The secret is “Dad’s still got three cans of the Really Good Food, if we play our cards right...”
for the trope mash up #6 bookshop au and #52 marriage of convenience Jake/Cougar
The Losers fandom really likes bookshop AUs. What’s with that? I mean, I’m not complaining, but what are the odds of getting three of them?
AH WELL. I admit that I had a hard time deciding what time period to put this in and I ended up choosing one I hadn’t done before (and one I happen to be very much intrigued by right now). So, below the cut you will find my ideas for a story with these two tropes in it — a Fantasy AU, to be more precise ;)
Working in a bookshop is, in fact, a dream come true for Jake. He grew up poor in the huge, bustling capital and never really saw much aside from the nearby houses and his father’s smithy. There was this kind lady a couple of houses down that taught him how to read, though, and Jake loved it from the very start. So, as he grew older, he read whatever he could get his hands on which, admittedly, wasn’t much. Still, for a couple of hours he was able to dream of faraway lands and kings and queens and valiant adventures, and books became a bit of a refuge for him.
So, at the age of fifteen, when he is offered a job at a bookstore instead of his father’s smithy, he takes it. And he LOVES IT. Maybe he reads more than he should, but some days are slow and the owner is okay with it. The fact that the bookshop is in a nicer part of town also means that Jake earns quite a lot of money and even if he gives most of it to his mom and sister, at least he feels like he’s moved up in the world.
It is in the bookshop that he reads his first spellbook. And, sure, he’s probably not supposed to try them out because only mages are allowed to, but who’s to know? Some of the spells are absolutely wicked and Jake just gets bored easily. No harm done, right?
Jake is twenty-four and comfortably content with his life when a new customer steps inside the shop. Jake has never seen him before but the man is, without a doubt, the prettiest Jake has ever seen and his clothes are far too nice to belong to a commoner. So the guy is undoubtedly a noble of some kind and Jake makes sure to be extra polite when the man asks for help to buy a book for his sister. Jake gives some tips and somewhere along the way lose track of time entirely, giving the stranger a lengthy review of several of Jake’s favourite books before he even realises what he’s doing. The stranger doesn’t seem to mind, however, and Jake might blush a bit when the man smiles at him. His name is Carlos, Jake learns, and he might be a little bit smitten.
Eventually, they find a book for Carlos’s sister and Jake is disappointed to see him go. But, hopefully, Carlos might come back some other time.
And, of course, he does. Several times.
The first couple he really does have books to buy, but, after a while, he seems to show up just to talk to Jake. Or, well, listens to Jake, because Carlos doesn’t talk much, but that’s fine — Jake talks for the both of them. Jake can tell that Carlos is pretty damn rich, even if he clearly tries to hide it, and therefore never lets himself believe this is anything but a casual acquaintance, but a part of him wishes it was more. It doesn’t take long at all before the mere sight of Carlos makes Jake’s heart race, and every time Carlos does say something, Jake has to hold back a delighted shiver. Besides, Carlos is so damned pretty with his dark, warm eyes, long, soft hair, and that subtle confidence that makes Jake’s knees a little weak. He can tell that they’re very different — not just their personalities but class and such as well — and he knows it would never work, but he can dream, right?
Jake is surprised the day he realises that they’ve known each other for over five months. It feels both longer and shorter, somehow, and he’s so helplessly in love he doesn’t know what to do with himself half of the times. So he talks instead, about himself and his dreams and things he’s read about. The one thing they rarely talk about is Carlos and whoever he might be, but that’s fine because Jake doesn’t need to know. He’s curious, sure, but wouldn’t dream of asking.
After the six-month mark rolls around, Jake realises that maybe he should have. That’s when the betrothal between the prince — not the heir to the throne but an important part of the royal family nonetheless, Jake is told — and a neighbouring land’s princess is announced. The entire city is celebrating and Jake is happy, too, until he happens to see the announcement posters and that’s Carlos — Jake would recognise that face anywhere. Carlos is the prince.
Jake isn’t surprised that he didn’t know — he’s way, way below the nobility and he has no idea what they look like — but he realises just how stupid he’s been. And how insulting. He could probably be thrown in jail for some of the things he’s said to the fucking prince, and knows he has to do better.
So next time Carlos comes around, Jake congratulates him on his engagement and makes sure to use the proper titles and as good manners as he can manage. Carlos, surprisingly, looks like his heart just shattered into pieces. That doesn’t help Jake at all because he’s still trying to swallow the fact that the man he’s in love with is getting married and he’s the fucking prince so Jake should cut his losses and move on. But he doesn’t want to, especially not when Carlos swallows and tells him it’s just politics. A marriage of convenience and alliances. He doesn’t actually want to marry, but doesn’t really have much of a say on the matter.
And that’s when Jake realises that his story won’t end as happily as his books do. Neither of them is getting a happily ever after.
When Carlos’s leaves that time, Jake is pretty sure he won’t be coming back. That would just be rubbing salt in the wounds.
Jake is absolutely correct.
He doesn’t see Carlos for over two months and tries very hard not to let the heartbreak show, but he’s pretty sure Jess can tell. She kind enough not to ask, though, which is a small blessing.
Then, one quite regular Thursday, a lady steps into the shop. Had her face not been plastered all over the city, Jake might not have recognised her, but he knows this is Carlos’s fiancée.
He has no idea what to do with that.
So he tries to act natural and asks how he can help, only to find himself scrutinised within an inch of his life. Carlos’s fiancée is very beautiful but also quite terrifying, and Jake’s heart starts racing when she blatantly asks him if he’s the one her fiancé is mooning over. He doesn’t know how to respond because he had no idea, but she seems to take his silence as confirmation. And Jake knows he must be in deep shit now. She’s a princess and if she thinks that he’s encroaching on her turf, she could have him hanged.
But first she asks him if he loves Carlos back and, without really meaning to, Jake stutters out a yes. If he’s going to die, he at least wants to have that said out loud.
He loves Carlos.
To his surprise, the princess smiles and looks relieved, of all things. And then asks him to please elope with her fiancé. Jake feels he’s entitled to looking confused at that point.
She explains that neither of them wants to marry but she’s the heir so she can’t exactly run off, not to mention that she’s actually quite keen to rule her homeland. Carlos, on the other hand, is only second in line with younger siblings to take over, should something happen to his older sister. So, the princess argues, Carlos could totally break the engagement and run off into the sunset with Jake. It would be a scandal, for sure, but the princess is certain their countries will manage an alliance even without a marriage, if nothing else when she takes the throne.
Jake stands dumbfounded but, when pressed, nods.
He would very much like to be together with Carlos, even if it means running away for a little while. The princess assures him of that too — Carlos’s parents are much too kind of exile them for eloping, but they might want to stay away until the worst of the scandal has died down, at the very least. Meaning that Jake doesn’t have to leave his sister and young niece permanently. For a little while, sure, but they’ll be back.
Once satisfied with his answer, the princess leaves, giving Jake ample time to freak out about the whole thing. He even starts having regrets, wondering if it’s a trap somehow, up until the point where there’s a knock on his door the following night and finds Carlos and the princess standing outside. Jake, again, is a little too stunned to react, especially when he sees the simple travelling clothes Carlos is wearing.
But the princess explains that the sooner they leave, the better. The planning for the wedding has already started and it will be less of a waste if they go now. Not to mention that someone might figure out they’re eloping and try to stop them. Jake stops only long enough to ask Carlos if he’s aware of what he’s doing. He’s no doubt going to be the one who’s hit with more consequences, but Carlos just looks at Jake, his gaze serious and so full of hope and determination that Jake can’t breathe. Then says:
“It’s worth it.”
And that settles it for Jake.
Their departure ends up being on pretty short notice and Jess isn’t happy at all, except she really is because she wants what’s best for her brother and he’s been so miserable this past couple of weeks. She takes the time to give Carlos a quick shovel talk, thank the princess for her solution to the problem, and then proceeds to pack Jake and Carlos some food for their journey.
Jake thanks the princess too, but she assures him that he’s really doing her a favour by eloping with her fiancé. And, for that, she tells them that if they ever run into any trouble, they should head for her homeland and ask for Princess Aisha. She’ll make sure to help them.
And, just like that, Jake finds himself sneaking out of the capital with a wayward prince and, as he laces his fingers together with Carlos’s and gives him a shy but happy smile, he knows this is just the beginning of their adventures together.
THE END.
Aaaaand yeah. How about that? I could easily go on about their adventures (which would involve the magic I only managed to throw in as a small footnote here) and dragons and whatnot. But you’ll have to settle for this ;)
And yes, I know that the marriage of convenience wasn’t between Jake and Cougar but no one said it had to be! This worked better with my idea xD
kissmeagainarthas replied to your photoset “Dearborn always gives the impression that she’s emerging from a...”
Medieval bestiary cat is a hell of an amazing concept, and I thank you for it.
I love awkward medieval bestiary animals. They always look like they’re faintly mad about being so poorly drawn.
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geekerypeekery replied to your photoset “Dearborn always gives the impression that she’s emerging from a...”
Deebs is a Holbein. Polk could be a Dürer, or else cribbed from the margin of a fancy Flemish manuscript.
YES EXACTLY. Dearborn is reasonably realistic, Polk has like, a weird tongue and some random underpainting.
geekgirl76 replied to your photoset “Dearborn always gives the impression that she’s emerging from a...”
There is something genetic about Torties and their ability to look down on us peasants in the most regal way possible.
I chalk it up to the pale patch on her lip, in Dearborn’s case. It always makes it look like she’s smiling skeptically at something.
secondalto replied to your photoset “Dearborn always gives the impression that she’s emerging from a...”
my daughter described Deebs as a queen and Polk as her peasant
Your daughter is A+ right on, that is exactly how they both look and function :D Dearborn’s like “Time for lap sitting!” while Polk is all “this morn I must hunt down all dust bunnies and cleanse the condo of them.”
rodiniaorzetalthepenquin replied to your post “Well, I’m awake.”
Poor Polk, so confused, why isn't her nice warm cave available?
She’s mostly just perplexed that I’m not listening to her. MAKE THE WARM PLACE, DAD!
secondalto replied to your photo “NINE POUNDS OF ADORABLE”
I show my daughter all the Dearborn and Polk pictures. She's cat crazy and always tells me she wants them (in a non-serious way).
Aw, I’m so glad she likes them! Tell her hi from me and the Sisters. :D
archwrites replied to your photo “NINE POUNDS OF ADORABLE”
When you named them, did you already know that Dearborn was more of a dear than Polk (no insult to Polk intended!)?
I tossed around a bunch of names as ideas, but Dearborn and Polk were my favorite pair of names. Deebs did LOOK like a Dearborn in the photo, but at that point I didn’t even know Polk existed (Polk never made it onto the adoption site before I adopted them). It wasn’t until I got to meet them that it became IMMEDIATELY apparent that yes, these names would fit. So when I named her I knew that she was a dear, and I knew that Polk was the kind of cat to “poke” into everything. But only because they had such wonderfully evident personalities even so young. It’s really how I knew they were the ones for me, that they suited the names I had for them so well.
lightwit replied to your post “So what music do you like to listen to if you don't like most music?”
Do your parents/family listen to music? I'm asking because my music taste is similar to yours and I come from a family where no one really listens to music (from grandparents down to cousins). So I always thought it's an inherited thing (either through genes or by exposure) that I don't listen to music much. Just interested to know if it's similar for you.
My father played the piano and my mother is very musical -- she plays a couple of instruments (well, not really anymore, but she knows how, is my point) and sings. They had me in music education from a very young age and I think it was probably pretty upsetting to them that I just couldn’t give two shits about any classical composer except Tchaikovsky, and him really only at first because I had a cassette tape that was the story of his life interspersed with his music and I think he had a really interesting life.
I think it was probably a relief to all involved when I quit the piano. I’m actually truly surprised Mum gave me any kind of musical instrument this past Christmas, even a learner ukulele, because I remember how frustrated she was with my total disinterest in music as a child and her HORROR at my musical tastes as a teen (ran strongly to Alternative, which is like Pop Designed To Annoy Your Parents).
tagathax replied to your post “So what music do you like to listen to if you don't like most music?”
Can I ask you what you mean by that music's very mathy? I'm terrible with maths but I love music and I've always thought they're very opposite of each other. Although I remember reading somewhere that Bach's music has some math elements in it but I don't see it myself (or maybe I just don't understand it as maths).
All of music is basically counting and number values. Like, if you’ve ever listened to someone try to explain musical theory it’s literally all “music is twelve notes in seven tones in eight octaves and everything’s a ratio”.
I can’t actually explain this to you because I don’t understand math or musical theory, but yeah, music and math are heavily interrelated. (I googled quickly and there appears to be a great overview from the American Mathematical Society here.)
What this means is not that if you don’t understand math you can’t enjoy music. What it means is that people who make and teach music are predominantly extremely comfortable with mathematical theory and tend to apply it in their work -- and something that is mathematically beautiful is not always audibly so to someone who doesn’t understand the underlying theory.
I believe there are also studies that link the musical and mathematical centers in the brain but I’m not interested enough in this topic to google. :D
hystericblue replied to your post “So what music do you like to listen to if you don't like most music?”
"music's very mathy" ??? *all the question marks* so what I'm getting is, you like musicals and probably early Disney stuff where they sang parts of the story.
Not really. Early musicals in particular were zero about using the music to tell a story and 100% about showing off the vocal ability of the performers. This also influenced early film, including animated but also live-action musicals. Look at any given musical made before about 1970 and you’ll see that most of the songs aren’t about forwarding the action but are about either describing a situation or expressing a feeling. Most songs in a musical don’t tell a story so much as set a scene. Andrew Lloyd Weber, you don’t have to like him, but he changed the way stage musicals exist -- he brought the pop sensibility into the musical theatre world and made the narrative the focus. Which on the one hand is why you get ALW movies where the leads aren’t operatic diva quality, but I can’t emphasize this enough, I don’t give a fuck and can’t tell anyway.
I love Les Mis (not an ALW joint, I know, but a part of the pop-musical movement) and I love the narrative quality of its music and I went to see the movie and thoroughly enjoyed it and couldn’t tell for a second who could and couldn’t sing. I listen to people say the singing ruined it for them and like...I didn’t notice. And it’s okay that people did, and I understand how that might have been an issue for them. But what I’m saying is that vocal quality, beyond a basic competence, is a non-factor for me, and it’s not the biggest factor in pop-musical tradition. The story rules. Hence not caring much for early musicals. (There are some old showtune songs I like. Summertime, Blow Gabriel Blow, a few others, but those are songs plucked from musicals where I may not enjoy any other song in the show.)
There are a couple of Disney films whose music I really enjoy, but they tend to be later, from my childhood, which has a nostalgia element -- but also my childhood was a really great time for Disney movies, and a lot of the songs were written by pop stars. And pop stars DO know how to tell a story in a song and are aware that most people listening give zero shits about the vocal quality of the performer beyond “can they hit the right note at the right spot”. Elton John is a great vocalist, but he’s also aware his voice is not why people love his music.
Uh, that got long, sorry. But yeah, I often have to defend my near-total disinterest in musicals, as a former theatre kid, because I have no ear for good singing and thus don’t care about vocalists.
secondalto replied to your post “What are the podcasts you like listening to then? (in reference to the...”
Have you ever given Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me a try?
I’ve actually been to see it live! I never remember when it’s on, though, and sometimes their guests are real duds or they’re not that interesting but Peter is SUPER NERDY about whatever it is they do so they end up talking forever. (Nobody else cares as deeply about Portlandia as you do, Peter.) So it’s something I enjoy when I happen to catch it but it’s not on my feed or anything.
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Bruce Banner/Darcy Lewis - MCU
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Darcy Lewis/Sam Wilson - MCU
Darcy Lewis/Steve Rogers - MCU
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Agent Carter fandom - any gen and ship - MCU
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Pepper Potts - MCU
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I'm offering a cross stitch of any person or ship from the MCU, except for any ship involving Rumlow, Rollins, HYDRA (or members of). If picture is of fan art, you must be the creator or have permission from creator. Please note that I work full time and would work on this in my spare time and it might take a while to be done. I can provide pictures of progress. If you wish to see examples of my work I can provide those too.
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