gift work (luke/lorelai)
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unsent_letters_exchange had its collection reveals last week and this is what I got! :)Title: Sealed with a Kiss
Author: Anonymous (for now)
Fandom: Gilmore Girls
Pairing/Characters: Luke/Lorelai
Rating: G
Word Count: 2535
Summary: Luke discovers that he knew Lorelai much sooner than they thought, though they never actually met back then...
I love the idea of Luke and Lorelai communicating pre-canon and this was so cute and sweet! :D
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May. 21st, 2026 08:26 pmshamanicshayminThe amount of harassment and hatred female indie creators get from their parasocial fanbase is fucking disgusting. Case in point: everything happening to Gooseworx. I sincerely hope the movie/final episode of TADC is as brutal as End of Evangelion is a final send-off/fuck you to those fans. Gooseworx deserves all the rest and love she can get.
Gen Urobuchi never got this much harassment over the outcry of Madoka Rebellion. Nor will the executives and creators of The Boys be chased off the Internet after their disappointing final seasons. It's almost like being a male creative in a mainstream studio gives you all the protection in the world, but god for-fucking-bid you be a woman who makes the slightest bit of success from an indie studio.
Gen Urobuchi never got this much harassment over the outcry of Madoka Rebellion. Nor will the executives and creators of The Boys be chased off the Internet after their disappointing final seasons. It's almost like being a male creative in a mainstream studio gives you all the protection in the world, but god for-fucking-bid you be a woman who makes the slightest bit of success from an indie studio.
AKC Courtneyyyyyy Culture Festival #222: Muto Orin
May. 20th, 2026 06:37 amsonofgodzillaThe sixteenth generation's Muto Orin! The younger sister of Muto Tomu, who graduated in 2023, Orin had previously auditioned for both Keyakizaka46 and for Nogizaka46’s third generation before she arrived in AKB in 2016 alongside her big sister.
I think that at first glance, it's really obvious whose sister she is! Debuting alongside Taguchi Manaka, Suzuki Kurumi, Taya Misaki, Yamauchi Mizuki, and Nagatomo Ayami, finally arriving in AKB must have come as such a relief after those prior disappointment and with Tomu so very present and successful. Regardless, Orin made it there, and after doing her time as a member of the kenkyuusei, she was moved up to Minegishi Team K alongside Ayami, a moment preceded by her first appearance on the B side of #SukiNanda, Jibuntachi no Koi ni Kagitte several months prior. I think it's easy to see why; even without the family name, Orin feels like she is a step ahead of everyone else, like she has been working for the moment for a very long time. The curse of appearing early on B sides, however, is that if you don't make the kind of impact you desire, it can be really hard to find your place in the senbatsu. Such is Orin's story. I don't know what's worse, getting a headstart and being dismissed as someone audiences have tired of or not getting the chance at all. Both options kind of suck.
In 2019, Orin entered university, and in 2020, she passed the World Heritage Test Level 2 test. I'm easily impressed by anything academic like this, so this seems like a big deal to me, and it makes me think of fondly of an old friend who was obsessed with studying English Heritage sites like the one I visited very recently. She was kind of an idiot, and whilst I'm certain she does not think fondly of me, I still think happily of the time we spent together on the 29 bus sharing headphones and listening to AKB songs. I digress. Obviously that friend was not Muto Orin and that's who we're really talking about here.
In 2022, Orin moved over to Team A, switching places almost with Manaka, who was on her way to Team K. In 2023, she graduated from Seijo University, and in 2024, things started to get good, beginning with an appearance in the senbatsu for B side, Lion wo Nerae! from Colorcon Wink, and then appearing as centre for Omoiyari, which has a lovely horn section in the arrangement, from Koi Tsun Jatta. This song confirms that Orin is a member you need to know, a member you need to support! I want all of you to listen to it and report back to me!
What can I tell you to win you over? Orin got to fourth place in a national karate tournament during whilst in fourth grade, she has a pet dog called Oguri, but more than that, is Orin's favourite phrase, something I think is both charming and wonderful, something we could all do with repeating to ourselves from time to time:
"A little fist full of dreams will never betray you."
I think that at first glance, it's really obvious whose sister she is! Debuting alongside Taguchi Manaka, Suzuki Kurumi, Taya Misaki, Yamauchi Mizuki, and Nagatomo Ayami, finally arriving in AKB must have come as such a relief after those prior disappointment and with Tomu so very present and successful. Regardless, Orin made it there, and after doing her time as a member of the kenkyuusei, she was moved up to Minegishi Team K alongside Ayami, a moment preceded by her first appearance on the B side of #SukiNanda, Jibuntachi no Koi ni Kagitte several months prior. I think it's easy to see why; even without the family name, Orin feels like she is a step ahead of everyone else, like she has been working for the moment for a very long time. The curse of appearing early on B sides, however, is that if you don't make the kind of impact you desire, it can be really hard to find your place in the senbatsu. Such is Orin's story. I don't know what's worse, getting a headstart and being dismissed as someone audiences have tired of or not getting the chance at all. Both options kind of suck.
In 2019, Orin entered university, and in 2020, she passed the World Heritage Test Level 2 test. I'm easily impressed by anything academic like this, so this seems like a big deal to me, and it makes me think of fondly of an old friend who was obsessed with studying English Heritage sites like the one I visited very recently. She was kind of an idiot, and whilst I'm certain she does not think fondly of me, I still think happily of the time we spent together on the 29 bus sharing headphones and listening to AKB songs. I digress. Obviously that friend was not Muto Orin and that's who we're really talking about here.
In 2022, Orin moved over to Team A, switching places almost with Manaka, who was on her way to Team K. In 2023, she graduated from Seijo University, and in 2024, things started to get good, beginning with an appearance in the senbatsu for B side, Lion wo Nerae! from Colorcon Wink, and then appearing as centre for Omoiyari, which has a lovely horn section in the arrangement, from Koi Tsun Jatta. This song confirms that Orin is a member you need to know, a member you need to support! I want all of you to listen to it and report back to me!
What can I tell you to win you over? Orin got to fourth place in a national karate tournament during whilst in fourth grade, she has a pet dog called Oguri, but more than that, is Orin's favourite phrase, something I think is both charming and wonderful, something we could all do with repeating to ourselves from time to time:
"A little fist full of dreams will never betray you."
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May. 19th, 2026 11:41 pmsouthernmedicineToday was pretty fun!
Slept in. Had some omelettes for brunch.
We had gotten invited on a little day trip. Blair's boss picked us up around noon and we drove out, out, into the woods where a part of her family owns a huge plot of land. There was a log cabin on it, a cottage, an old barn, and this huge prairie that has been stripped, burned, and re-planted to resemble its original condition. It was all situated on the top of a bluff, and the view was beautiful.
Anyway, we were there because the relative works as part of a raptor conservation group, and one of their duties is to scale the cliffs down to the nest box where there were new baby falcons, remove the chicks from the nest and bring them up, and place bands on their legs. It was a pretty amazing thing to behold. This man repelling off the bluff while the parent falcons scream and swoop.
It didn't take long. We got to touch and hold the little chicks, although the majority of this privilege went to the two little girls that were along with us (of course, kids are afforded the coolest experiences, haha).
My allergies are doing alright. I've been taking pills and my crazy reaction the cedarwood incense was easily dealt with, fortunately.
Tomorrow, I work. Thursday we're going to clean the apartment and, if the weather holds, finally go out there and do Blair's graduation photos. Friday, if all goes well, we'll go see The Mandalorian and Grogu.
Slept in. Had some omelettes for brunch.
We had gotten invited on a little day trip. Blair's boss picked us up around noon and we drove out, out, into the woods where a part of her family owns a huge plot of land. There was a log cabin on it, a cottage, an old barn, and this huge prairie that has been stripped, burned, and re-planted to resemble its original condition. It was all situated on the top of a bluff, and the view was beautiful.
Anyway, we were there because the relative works as part of a raptor conservation group, and one of their duties is to scale the cliffs down to the nest box where there were new baby falcons, remove the chicks from the nest and bring them up, and place bands on their legs. It was a pretty amazing thing to behold. This man repelling off the bluff while the parent falcons scream and swoop.
It didn't take long. We got to touch and hold the little chicks, although the majority of this privilege went to the two little girls that were along with us (of course, kids are afforded the coolest experiences, haha).
My allergies are doing alright. I've been taking pills and my crazy reaction the cedarwood incense was easily dealt with, fortunately.
Tomorrow, I work. Thursday we're going to clean the apartment and, if the weather holds, finally go out there and do Blair's graduation photos. Friday, if all goes well, we'll go see The Mandalorian and Grogu.
