Doesn't Get More Flashy Than Enamel Pins!

Doesn't Get More Flashy Than Enamel Pins!

On Friday, I enthusiastically received a much needed new enamel pin board. Who knew, that there are so many glorious pins of a certain sexy clown? Wanted to naturally create a post about it yesterday, but my gaming friends kidnapped me for an all day Sea of Thieves session. Been a minute since I last did that, due to my arm pain. It was much fun and most needed. We sank many ships along the way without mercy! Total sinks in all were 3 Brigs and 4 Sloops. This one child, surprisingly was a rather foul mouthed individual!

I always enjoy meticulously arranging my treasured collections, especially enamel pins. I've naturally found creative ways to incorporate can badges and charms too!

Oh and that enamel pin of the Big Top (aka The Flashy Sails), was a precious gift from an amazing long-time friend. Like so, it was given a proper place of honor in the center. The pin itself, is made by "Hero Anthem."

Here are both pin boards beside each other. I purchased them off of Etsy, the awesome seller is "fromacat." They have all kinds of lovely colors and sizes to choose from. The first one was acquired back in January, has it actually been that long already?

The new pin board wasn't all that came Friday, I got some boxes of One Piece cards too!

Out of all these cards, not a single one of Buggy. Boo! Oh well, I really like the cards included with this set. The plan is to get more, when money permits. It gives me something to look forward to during the challenging difficulties I've been experiencing. Luckily, things have been getting better for me.

Tired old man

Introductions!

Hi, so how about some introductions? I am Pheonixxfoxx or Phe as my friends call me. It's nice to meet you! I'm a rather shy individual, suffer from mental illness and have spent the past 17+ years in a mentally abusive relationship. At the age of 43, I'm slowly regaining my freedom, rediscovering myself and once again enjoying the things I love as I work to start over! With this blog, I hope to share these things with others and maybe make a friend or two along the way. At the end of 2023, many tragic eye opening events happened in my life. I began watching the anime One Piece, which became a great source of inspiration and comfort. The theme of freedom, that thing I need most, obliviously speaks to me on so many levels. Out of a large cast of unique and wonderful characters, I ended up adoring Buggy the Genius Jester. He has become rather special to me for reasons I can't fully explain. As a result, I now have a rather interesting collection of him. A collection, that I hope to not only add more to, but share with you all! I also make art, which is my own personal therapy. I create mostly World of Warcraft themed 3D art in Blender, but I want to expand my horizons and learned to sculpt my own models. I've also been itching to start drawing again, after going years without doing so! Right now, I am having some serious pain issues in my left arm, so art is on hold temporarily.

Animals are an important part of my life too. I've been around them since before I was born. Be warned, I will probably spam pics of my "kids" from time to time.

Credit to Sarah Andersen

make bad art or you will always feel bad about your art. Make bad art until you find joy in the crooked lines and the off colours. Make bad art because art is about expression and artwork is never ugly because it was made by someone who has lived a life no one else will ever live. Make bad art and find love through ugly. Make bad art so you make art at all. Make bad art.

I think the Hisoillu dynamic is straight up one of the funniest dynamics ever actually

Two guys nobody likes because they’re murderous freaks and both have something deeply wrong with them, who almost always work alone. You’d expect them to have a kind of extremely fucked up rival villain/passive aggressive/regular murder threats vibe but instead, when they’re not terrorizing people, they’re usually just chilling.

Illumi is insistent that they are not friends, merely working together, but yet whenever there’s some downtime he goes and finds Hisoka and they just sit and chat about work. Have a drink. You know. And Hisoka calls on Illumi for favours and messes with him for shits and giggles and Illumi… doesn’t seem to care? It clearly irritates him but he doesn’t do anything about it. Hisoka propositions Illumi to murder him and Illumi describes this agreement in terms of an engagement. Up until this point they had what was described as a give and take relationship. This is clearly a form of fucked-up commitment and an understandable next step for them. Hisoka knows he’s messed up and even he is stunned by Illumi’s complete inability to read the fucking room concerning Killua and thinks there’s something deeply wrong with him. Illumi thinks his behaviour is perfectly normal and responds to Hisoka’s particular brand of freak with mild judgement but also a shrug and a whatever because he knows him well enough that it doesn’t really surprise him at this point.

Oh, and they knew each other before the story started, well enough that there is a definite familiarity there. This has yet to be elaborated on, and it might not ever be.

They actually very rarely interact directly in the story (mostly Hunter Exam and Election arcs).

At least they got off-panel murder-engaged (?) though?

10/10 dynamic. This is hilarious.