Alex Manes Week 2023: The way I love Alex (Manes-Guerin)

the beastie <3

SAGAU brainrot where after being hunted for being an "imposter" in Fontaine you escape to the sea, desperate for somewhere safe- or somewhere to die peacefully, the blood from your wounds seeping into the water and staining it red, then an odd glittering gold. it's blissfully silent under the waves, sea creatures flocking around and following you through the depths as you sink deeper and deeper, eyes finally having a chance to close after days of staying awake out of terror. there's a small, exhausted smile on your face, weak and dizzy from the blood loss but finally not being pursued, left alone to pass peacefully from this world you used to love so much.

but you don't die- instead you're awoken by a mournful echoing sound, the water around you sparkling and peculiar. you move your hand and the water moves with it, swirling into flowing designs like silk, cushioning your open wounds and soothing the sting. the echoing sound calls again, closer this time, and when you turn you meet the crystalline eye of a familiar face- Foul Legacy, adorned with fins and patches of scales from the influence of the Primordial Sea.

Legacy's eye widens at the site of you, his song changing from saddened to ecstatic, then fading as he takes in your wounds, just barely scabbed over and shining with gold. he whines, quickly swimming a circle around you and wrapping his tail around your legs- who dared to do this to you, the Creator? who dared lay a hand on your skin, tearing it so? he knows it's you, his Abyssal instincts soothed and calm in your divine presence, and Foul Legacy lets out a low growl at the thought of someone hurting you. but it quickly turns to a whimper when you flinch away, his claws hovering over your shoulders as he croons gently- you need rest and time to recover, and he gently wraps his arms around you as your eyes close, nudging his horned head against your cheek with a sweet purr, the first kindness you've experienced in Teyvat.

together you sink further into the Primordial Sea, away from the ignorance and hatred of the surface above, and Teyvat falls silent once more.

A soukoku chaos dump

idk how i want to draw him yet and not ready to make a srs attempt but here's a bad kdj phone doodle lol🚶🏻

local lawyer gets disbarred and ignores friend's calls because of unhealthy coping mechanisms; gets a hug and unconditional support when the friend comes back from europe

“I love you more than anything.” >>> “You were everything to me.” >>> “I bet we were fun.” “Like you wouldn’t believe it.”

tell me that you’re not ok without telling me you’re not ok. 

I was gonna say it's so funny that canonically the very first thing buck notices literally immediately upon setting eyes on eddie is how hot he is but then I remembered I really can't even isolate that to buddie cause it's also the first thing infamous pussy-lovers hen and chim noticed too. eddie just IS that girl. only buck tuned in his hot-new-coworker psychic damage frequency to a constant barrage of what a man what a man what a man what a mighty good man though I'll give him that

chuuya:

chuuya, a couple minutes later:

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1st fanart 2nd fanart

Silly doodles i did in the sketchbook i use once every month lmao

‘cause all of me loves all of you.

—for anon<3

"WITH THE EYEBALLS!?"

"Yes, Jude. Baxter with the eyeballs"

Ever just imagine that Jude looks at Baxter like this sometimes ever since he realized?

Funny story, my ass did NAWT believe that Cove would actually change his appearance based on whatever tf I did until I flirted with him in step two and went to change it for him before step three and was like “omg he already has his hair set as long lol so wild XD” mf YOU TOLD HIM IT WAS HOT. THEY TOLD YOU HE WOULD CHANGE IT BASED ON WHAT HE EXPERIENCED AND YOU TOLD HIM YOU LIKE BITCHES WITH LONG HAIR.

I'm still very early in gintama but I just finished episode 13 and I'm obsessed with how gintoki describes having important people in your life and loss.

It's inverse to the widespread way that it's generally described in both media and life- that being, loss as a heavy feeling that weighs on the soul, negative emotions in general are described as heavy, connoting burden; whilst the opposite of that is a feeling of lightness, usually referring to how significant (in a positive sense) people in our lives can lift us up and help us carry our burden, as well as the fun, genuine joy that can be experienced around the people we love.

This is a very valid and real description of it, in my own experiences I have felt heaviness, so I completely understand where this representation comes from and I recognise and appreciate it. But the difference is why gintamas depiction sticks out to me.

Gintoki describes the deep care he feels for his friends as 'heavy'.

He quotes Tokugawa Ieyasu, saying, "To live a full life means to carry a heavy burden throughout a long journey." Gintoki's words are as follows:

"It's not really a burden...Everyone's got both hands full of something that matters. You just don't realise it when you're carrying it. It's only after you drop it that you realise how heavy it was in the first place."

Later, when he's literally carrying kagura and shinpachi he says, "you guys are heavy, damnit."

And I'm just really in love with this flipping of the negative connotations of 'heaviness'! Because yeah, love and care is weight on the soul, not in a way that drags you down, but in a way that grounds you. Lightness in this context now connotes something like empty space, a feeling of nothingness or numbness. Love and care is weight as opposed to lightness because weight means it impacts you, matters to you. You're carrying around all this love and it's not a burden, it's fulfilment.

what she says: i'm fine

what she's thinking: Y-you even made fake mouth static at the fire chief. I'm renowned for my fake mouth static. It was not great. Come on. Hey. It was not convincing, but you did it anyway. Y-y-you threw in with us, no hesitation, and I thought, "Wow. That guy is cool. I like that guy." I mean, that's why I called and asked for the tour. You know, it wasn't about me maybe leaving the 118, Tommy. I... I just, I wanted to get to know you. Yeah? Yeah. And then you left with Eddie, which, listen, you don't have to tell me how great Eddie is, you know, I've known that since the first day I worked with him. Of course you want to hang out with Eddie. Plus, well, I-I don't know Muay Thai. I could teach you. Okay. I-Is that gonna be right after our flying lessons? Probably not on the same day. Good. 'Cause trying to get your attention has been kind of exhausting. My attention? Yeah, I guess so. Uh... I mean, I… I did maim my best friend. My sister says there are, uh, better ways to get someone's atten... Like that? Yeah, that works. So that was okay? It was better than fake mouth static. I got a shift. Okay. Yeah, crosstown traffic, and I came in a car this time. So what are you doing Saturday? Uh, S-Saturday? You still owe me that beer. You free? Yes. I-I… I am free. Great. So let's say I come by around, I don't know, 8:00? Yeah, 8:00 is great. Great. See you Saturday. Saturday. And, for God's sake, please call Eddie. Now would be a good time. He's on pain pills.