projectsbirthwaywishHello!/Bonjour!
French after/Français après!
I wish I had been able to do more to promote the fundraiser, make more posts, however offline life has been hectic and I had no energy to do much except reblog to my other blogs (chriscassarcentral, chrisemrysfics, chrispersonalcorner, crossoverfamily).
With that said, it is 5:30 PM here, and I'm not revealing the fundraiser until at least 8 am tomorrow, if not later. So there's at least 15 hours left to try and raise awareness, receive in my inbox birthday messages, and hopefully donations!
The birthday messages can be very simple, especially as I didn't give too many details to respect my friend's privacy. It is a tricky balance, since I know people hope to know what the fundraiser is for, but my friend is a private person by nature, so I had to figure out what I can give, without taking the risk to betray his trust. I have to count of the trust of people who knows me from my other blogs, and know me online in general. A few of them know a bit more details, too. I won't tag specifically anyone to vouch for me, but I will tag a few people at the end I feel comfortable asking for help spread the last rush promotion!
Donations, too, don't have to be too big. Obviously, if you can and want to donate, do it in whichever amount you decide to do it. But any donation is welcomed, the same way it is welcomed if you cannot donate, but you help spread awareness of this, and/or leave a birthday message. Your help is vital to make this be something else than an idea!
My goal isn't to reach the fundraiser amount, although obviously this would be an amazing gift. What matters to me, however, is simply to show him people care. To give him back a bit of hope in the people of the world. So my goal is to get at the very least a few reblogs and some birthday messages, and if lucky, even a few little donations. If we get more, that's even better.
If you've taken the time to read this post, thank you!
And if you want to help me, consider what you can do and want to do, that is the best gift in my eyes. To know whatever you do, it's because you want to, not because you have to. I personally know what it's like to want to help and not be able to, so I understand why someone might remain silent, or feel like whatever they do, it isn't enough. Your time spend reading this is enough. If you care, that is enough.
So don't feel bad for what you cannot do, or could do but for any reason won't do!
And if you can and decide to do something, you know the main lines: spread awareness, leave birthday messages, and/or donate~!
Tagging a few people I know and interacted with before to various degree, that hopefully won't be bothered with this tag, and obviously don't feel obligated to do anything with this, this is simply to make sure I don't miss out on being seen by anyone that might have wanted to help!
@silva-daemonium @crystalmarred @ritualofcirice @ask-cross-marian @benicchiis @tracing-in-gold @pretty-bratty @satari-raine
French/Français:
I’ve still been receiving from time to time these DMs on FFnet from either real artists who see FFnet solely as a place to find clients, or some new version of scamming, but this one made me wheeze because if this isn’t a scam, it’s hilariously sounding like one. If it’s a scam, it’s hilariously obvious.
Hello! If you know me, I'm Chris who runs chriscassarcentral, chrisemrysfics, crossoverfamily, and chrispersonalcorner~
This blog is dedicated to the fundraiser I've made as a birthday present to help a dear friend of mine in need!
As it is a birthday present, I'm also collecting birthday messages to give hope and well-wishes to him~!
The blog theme has basic infos, the about page speak of this a bit more, and the fundraiser itself is on gofundme!
The blog will have English and French, since I speak both languages, and my friend speak French~
Version Française du billet:
Bonjour! Si vous me connaissez, je suis Chris qui suit derrière chriscassarcentral, chrisemrysfics, crossoverfamily, and chrispersonalcorner~
Ce blog est dédié à la cagnotte que j'ai mis en place comme cadeau d'anniversaire pour aider un ami cher dans le besoin!
Comme c'est un cadeau d'anniversaire, je récolte aussi les messages d'anniversaires pour lui donner de l'espoir et des bons souhaits~!
Le thème du blog a les infos basiques, la page à propos parle de cela un peu plus, et la cagnotte elle-même est sur gofundme!
Le blog sera en Anglais et Français, car je parle les deux langues, et mon ami parle Français~
Although obviously the fundraiser is the central surprise, I want to emphasis I’m also collecting birthday messages in the dedicated blog inbox, so you can leave a message even if you cannot donate!
Or even if you can and decide to donate, you can leave a message too~!
And of course, I’ll appreciate it if you reblog to spread the word, and speak about it/link to it outside of Tumblr if you want to go the extra mile!
“PUT A NUMBER IN MY ASK!” (all answered q will be permanently posted in my dash)
1.Who was the last person you held hands with?
2. Are you outgoing or shy?
3. Who are you looking forward to seeing?
4. Are you easy to get along with?
5. If you were drunk would the person you like take care of you?
6. What kind of people are you attracted to?
7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now?
8. Who from the opposite gender is on your mind?
9. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable?
10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with?
11. What does the most recent text that you sent say?
12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now?
13. Do you like it when people play with your hair?
14. Do you believe in luck and miracles?
15. What good thing happened this summer?
16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
17. Do you think there is life on other planets?
18. Do you still talk to your first crush?
19. Do you like bubble baths?
20. Do you like your neighbors?
21. What are you bad habits?
22. Where would you like to travel?
23. Do you have trust issues?
24. Favorite part of your daily routine?
25. What part of your body are you most uncomfortable with?
26. What do you do when you wake up?
27. Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker?
28. Who are you most comfortable around?
29. Have any of your ex’s told you they regret breaking up?
30. Do you ever want to get married?
31. If your hair long enough for a pony tail?
32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with?
33. Spell your name with your chin.
34. Do you play sports? What sports?
35. Would you rather live without TV or music?
36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them?
37. What do you say during awkward silences?
38. Describe your dream girl/guy?
39. What are your favorite stores to shop in?
40. What do you want to do after high school?
41. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance?
42. If your being extremely quiet what does it mean?
43. Do you smile at strangers?
44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean?
45. What makes you get out of bed in the morning?
46. What are you paranoid about?
47. Have you ever been high?
48. Have you ever been drunk?
49. Have you done anything recently that you hope nobody finds out about?
50. What was the colour of the last hoodie you wore?
51. Ever wished you were someone else?
52. One thing you wish you could change about yourself?
53. Favourite makeup brand?
54. Favourite store?
55. Favourite blog?
56. Favourite colour?
57. Favourite food?
58. Last thing you ate?
59. First thing you ate this morning?
60. Ever won a competition? For what?
61. Been suspended/expelled? For what?
62. Been arrested? For what?
63. Ever been in love?
64. Tell us the story of your first kiss?
65. Are you hungry right now?
66. Do you like your tumblr friends more than your real friends?
67. Facebook or Twitter?
68. Twitter or Tumblr?
69. Are you watching tv right now?
70. Names of your bestfriends?
71. Craving something? What?
72. What colour are your towels?
72. How many pillows do you sleep with?
73. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
74. How many stuffed animals do you think you have?
75. Favourite animal?
76. What colour is your underwear?
77. Chocolate or Vanilla?
78. Favourite ice cream flavour?
79. What colour shirt are you wearing?
80. What colour pants?
81. Favourite tv show?
82. Favourite movie?
83. Mean Girls or Mean Girls 2?
84. Mean Girls or 21 Jump Street?
85. Favourite character from Mean Girls?
86. Favourite character from Finding Nemo?
87. First person you talked to today?
88. Last person you talked to today?
89. Name a person you hate?
90. Name a person you love?
91. Is there anyone you want to punch in the face right now?
92. In a fight with someone?
93. How many sweatpants do you have?
94. How many sweaters/hoodies do you have?
95. Last movie you watched?
96. Favourite actress?
97. Favourite actor?
98. Do you tan a lot?
99. Have any pets?
100. How are you feeling?
101. Do you type fast?
102. Do you regret anything from your past?
103. Can you spell well?
104. Do you miss anyone from your past?
105. Ever been to a bonfire party?
106. Ever broken someone’s heart?
107. Have you ever been on a horse?
108. What should you be doing?
109. Is something irritating you right now?
110. Have you ever liked someone so much it hurt?
111. Do you have trust issues?
112. Who was the last person you cried in front of?
113. What was your childhood nickname?
114. Have you ever been out of your province/state?
115. Do you play the Wii?
116. Are you listening to music right now?
117. Do you like chicken noodle soup?
118. Do you like Chinese food?
119. Favourite book?
120. Are you afraid of the dark?
121. Are you mean?
122. Is cheating ever okay?
123. Can you keep white shoes clean?
124. Do you believe in love at first sight?
125. Do you believe in true love?
126. Are you currently bored?
127. What makes you happy?
128. Would you change your name?
129. What your zodiac sign?
130. Do you like subway?
131. Your bestfriend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do?
132. Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with?
133. Favourite lyrics right now?
134. Can you count to one million?
135. Dumbest lie you ever told?
136. Do you sleep with your doors open or closed?
137. How tall are you?
138. Curly or Straight hair?
139. Brunette or Blonde?
140. Summer or Winter?
141. Night or Day?
142. Favourite month?
143. Are you a vegetarian?
144. Dark, milk or white chocolate?
145. Tea or Coffee?
146. Was today a good day?
147. Mars or Snickers?
148. What’s your favourite quote?
149. Do you believe in ghosts?
150. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first line
Hello!
I have a life update to make as it might impact my online presence as well as my ability to do stuff on my blogs, or my original writing too. Though don’t worry, it’s a nice life update!
So first: I’ve been dating someone for a few months, although we haven’t been able to see each other often, so its still pretty early stages. They don’t know yet I’m neither cis nor trans, or that I’m polyam, which played a part in why I didn’t really share about it before. I also simply prefered to keep this private until I felt like sharing about it.
I’m sharing now because the situation is changing for all of us. My boyfriend, a few days ago, got his driving license suspended (he went above the speed limit while overtaking a car), and his job in turn wants to fire him. With his son depending on him and living in a small village, meaning work would be very hard to find without the ability to drive a car, and him also having been wanting for a while to move out of his village and into my town (independently from our relation), my mom and I told him he could come live with us. He had a place in his village, but like mentioned, without work and with a kid dependent on him, it was a really hard hit for him ::
So yeah, we’ve started the process of having his kid be enlisted in my town, his jobs needed to give him a few hours of work before being able to have an “agreement split” (which honestly is better for him as it’ll allow him to have help, as opposed to being straight up fired or him leaving it), so he has some back and forth to do between his work and moving his things to our home. His last hours of work will be on February 14th (yeah, I know XD), he means to use February holidays as the moment he’ll remove his son from the village school and put him in one of our town school, and then of course we will see how things settle.
So yeah, maybe it might not cause any “visible change”, but it’s likely that my presence will be quieter during the move and things settling down, and who knows after, for all I know I might develop new priorities and/or habits. With that said, I do love my blogs, I unwind a lot by lurking around, and sooner or later things will truly cement, so I know eventually I’ll balance everything out in a way that works for me.
So wish me luck, and see you around!
This reminds me of a fic that make use of Tony’s knowledge of guns to explain how he knows to disarm (as in, unmake the gun, not the act of getting it out of hands), and how he knows how to use them, which are all stuff I can see, but with that popping into my brain as I looked at this post, and thinking of another fic using a similar idea (a character realize Tony is a civilian when faced with how he’s reacting to a situation), it all came to the idea that knowing how to use a gun doesn’t mean you are trained to do it.
Honestly sometimes I’m the first person to often forget Tony is a civilian, and even if you can see his development into a not-regular-civilian because he just has to grow habits and trains to be Iron Man, he still isn’t a trained soldier or agent at the start. Even after, he doesn’t have the years of experience Rhodey has that make it all become second nature.
It’s the same with the Avengers, especially the initial ones: outside of Bruce, everyone else are trained soldiers or agent. Thor, Steve, Natasha, Clint? All trained. With many years under their belt, its second nature to them.
It adds to why he’s inspiring, for me: I always loved that, once he had a wake up call, he followed it. People can live what he lived through, yet return to their habits, or develop worse habits, or become “meaner” rather than kinder. He didn’t. He took to heart Yinsen last words to not waste his life (to make something out of his life). Yeah, he stumbled along the way, but that’s what we do as people. What matters is: he picks himself back up, learn, and improve each time. He does his best.
And then you realize what it means that he is a civilian: for all his genius, being a civilian mean not being trained to deal with life or death situation, with fighting other people, with fighting threats, and by that I mean on the daily. It’s one thing to know self-defence, its another to constantly put yourself in danger and know you might die. It’s one thing to know how to defend against another person, its another to constantly find yourself in situations where you might
Tony does not have this training when he starts as Iron Man. And that means he is akin to you or I, most regular citizens who aren’t in any field that require this type of training, civilians, and it makes it all the more impactul he becomes a hero. Yes, he isn’t quite the “regular citizen”, but he’s the definition of someone who simply used what they had for the purpose of hero-ing. His “superpower” is his brain. Not just building, but his tendency to seek to fix and improve, and then I also want to say his heart, once he truly came to put it forward.
And that’s despite the way he is genuinely traumatized by near death experiences he’s had. Not that, and not even the person presented as the person he is in love with, who is shown to not necessarily want him to put himself in danger, can stop him from doing so. He only seem to do so when, from his point of view, he failed and not only did countless living beings died, but he watched someone he deeply cared about turn to dust in his arms.
I don’t believe he genuinely wanted to stop doing what Iron Man does. I believe it broke him, and he stopped believing in the one thing that defined him: that he can get up, and find a solution. And that when he “retired”. We’ve seen him genuienly want a family at the start of Infinity War, yet he still wasn’t willing to give up for some of protection, of Iron Man’s presence in his life. If they had won, and he lived, knowing he has a new generation he trusts to do good? Maybe he might have stopped going out as Iron Man, maybe. But he would still find ways to do what he’s been doing.
So yeah, I believe it broke him, and even when he was presented with a solution, the fear of loosing what he had left (like he lost Peter), almost overpowered any “re-awakening” of this side of him that just can’t rest if he doesn’t work out a solution to the problem he wants to fix. He almost didn’t feel like he should fix it, because last tried, he failed. And if it broke him so badly last time that he stopped being Iron Man (which is symbollicaly part of him, not anything you can remove), then what if he failed after daring to hope? That would destroy him.
Which is why I love that the picture with Peter, and his relation to Peter, was so vital: the narrative makes us understand that, even if maybe Tony would have ended up unable to sit still on his own, just like he needed Yinsen to become Iron Man, he needed Peter to become Iron Man again. He remembered everything Peter stood for, and that’s what made the decision for him.
Yeah, I’m the first to love the idea he did it for Peter as much as for everyone, but I love even more the idea that Tony had this trope moment of “what would X do/what would X tell me right now”.
If Peter hadn’t been such an instrumental part of Tony’s life, it goes unsaid whether or not he would have been able to overcome that fear of failing once more, and of loosing what he had. To overcome that deep hurt that made him put away Iron Man.
Whichever way you want to explore their relationship, you can’t deny that the narrative paint Peter and Tony has having had a deep impact on each other. In this case, it literally saves their whole universe. And who Tony was for Peter can be seen impacting his own decisions after. I kind of want to consider the idea that, just like Tony sacrified everything to save their universe (his life, knowing his loved one and family would be left without him), Peter sacrified everything to do the same (a figurative “giving up his own life”, and knowing his loved ones would be left without him, if in a different manner).
Like mirrors of each other, which to me is what their first encounter also feels like. Peter’s sense of responsibility is what Tony has been reaching for, regardless of any mistakes he’s made. That’s why Tony says “I want you to be better”, he sees himself in Peter, the best parts. And I find it beautiful (if ouch my heart) that their “final moment” of their current narrative are mirrored ideas.
Both sacrificed everything to save their universe, the last time we have seen them. And at least one of them “returned” to hero-ing thanks to the other. Which… is kinda mirrored too?
Like I said, Tony became Iron Man again thanks to Peter. But to some degree, Peter truly became Spider-Man again thanks to Tony. In FFH, while he does go out as Spider-Man, we can see the way he actually wants to just “take a vacation”. But Beck comes to “haunt” him with Tony, and then, Peter finally address how much he misses Tony, and Happy’s words which are indirectly, Tony’s “ghost” speaking were vital for Peter to really return to being Spider-Man: Tony never once doubted Peter.
Which is big, and Happy makes a point to express it: Tony always double guessed himself. That’s what made him great at what he did, if something that can be unhealthy. Yet, he never second guessed Peter. It is Tony’s faith in Peter that allowed Peter to finally stand back up after a bad fall, the same way Peter’s whole is why Tony stood back up from the bad fall that was their loss on Titan.
And I didn’t actually think it would lead there when I first started, but all of this I realize is very much a lot of points that will be the reason why Peter is picked by a specific “being” to do something specific in my main ficline idea that floats in my brain for MCU, but also why this specific being actually wants to help both Peter and Tony.
Independently, but most of all, together, they displayed the exact thing they had been waiting for to give their true power into trusted hands.
Hint: if you have no Soul, how do you wield Power? How do you have a Mind? How can you create Reality, Time or Space?
(If curious, the ideas for this ficline will be mostly played with on my other blog, crossoverfamily, and on the blog there are already some posts about it, if to be taken as “developing” aka nothing is strictly set in stone, its more general ideas. But yeah, I strongly suggest keeping an eye on my other blog if you’re curious, as it might be a while before anything for that storyline gets posted here!)
My brain did a funny thing so I had to share:
I wanted to tell someone “is it in walking distance?” in French, except my brain couldn’t remember how to translate it in the proper French sentence conveying the same idea (“est-ce que tu peux y aller à pied?” literal meaning would be can you go there on foot).
And so my brain went “est ce que c'est à distance de pied” aka “is it in range of feet”? 🤣
PURPLE: We near never speak, but I do enjoy your presence on my dashboard.
FUCHSIA: I wish I could become your best friend through the internet.
GREY: You leave me with jumbled words.
RED: I’m in love with you.
PINK: I have a crush on you.
TURQUOISE: You’re hot.
CHARTREUSE: I sincerely wish you would notice me.
TEAL: We have quite a lot in common.
BLUE: You are my Tumblr crush.
ORANGE: I dislike your page.
YELLOW: PLEASE FUCK ME.
WHITE: PLEASE MARRY ME.
GREEN: I find you cute.
BLACK: I would date you.
BROWN: I dislike you.
Hello!
I decided to try my luck as our financial situation this month is not great. I knew how December can get, and how a lot of people might also have it a bit hard in January, so I had hoped to balance things out well. But there were more expenses that I had hoped for, leftovers of previous months hardships too, and I realized I had nothing to loose asking for help, and everything to gain if help is possible. So here I am!
As always when these moments occur, what I offer is “gift for gift”: if you choose to gift me financial support, you can simply do so without asking for anything, or you can do so and ask for a gift of gratitude. You will have my gratitude either way, and it is my preference to not outright do commissions, so this is my compromise where you choose whether to ask something or not.
The gifts I can do are written in nature (fanfic, your OCs, my OCs, non-fiction), or card readings (guidance, message from spirits/guides/Deities/etc). I'll write anything and take most questions, if for any reason I'm not comfortable with something, I'll let you know and we'll find something else.
You can gift support via Ko-fi and Paypal, anything will help!
To ask for your gift, you can contact me on my blog direct messaging, or leave me a message in my inbox asking for my mail. You can ask questions if there is anything you want to know beforehand, too!
Thank you for your time, please consider reblogging whether you can help financially or not, either way it helps too~!
And as a final note, please consider checking out my site where you can find what I already shared of my writings, as well as an idea of what I am working on; and I have Patreon for anyone who is willing to consider monthly patronage!
It doesn’t have to be long term, you can also unsubscribe and subscribe to follow variations of your own finances, it doesn’t have to be any specific amount, lots of “small” ones can do as well as a few “larger” ones, so if you end up choosing to support me this way, simply do it based on what you can personally do!
Do note my Patreon is first and foremost a way to allow monthly support, the perks I do offer are of the early access kind, I want my content free to access and this means I don’t do exclusivity, only thanking those that support me monthly by allowing them to know before anyone else information, have previews and early access, but there is no schedule to this!
