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sesamestreep · 3 months
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30 Day Writing Challenge - Day 6
Write about a blackout (from this list) ➸ totally cheating once again and using this as a one-word prompt instead of probably how it was intended??? oh well. have some canon-verse angst and I’m sorry…
“Do you want to know the stupidest part?”
Foggy looks over at Matt, who’s hunched over his drink like someone might steal it from him. Then again, the fake IDs that got them into this bar were honestly not the highest quality, so it’s not an entirely baseless fear.
“Granted you’ve told me like three details total about what happened between you and Elektra, I will take any additional information you want to divulge, stupid or otherwise.”
Matt blinks at him with hollow eyes. “You just said a lot of words to me.”
Foggy sighs. “What’s the stupidest part, Matt?”
“I thought—it’s just—you’re going to think I’m a moron.”
“I won’t,” Foggy says, grabbing his shoulder and giving it a firm squeeze. “I think you’re extremely smart, buddy. You might be the smartest person I know, okay? Just tell me. I promise I won’t judge.”
Matt looks so utterly fragile and lost in that moment that Foggy honestly doesn’t want to hear what’s going to come out of his mouth next, because he just knows it will break his heart. It’s been hard seeing Matt in such bad shape and to know almost nothing about what happened between him and his girlfriend after he’d disappeared with her for two weeks. Foggy had been a wreck about it, beside himself with worry and yet without a legitimate reason to excuse himself from classes and responsibilities, so he’d walked around for those two weeks like a shell, keeping up appearances, until Matt came back. His relief at his reappearance was quickly replaced by a new kind of worry, when he saw how miserable and unstable Matt was in the wake of…whatever happened. Matt still couldn’t be induced by any means to give Foggy a straight answer on that count.
“I thought I was going to marry her,” Matt says, quietly. If Foggy hadn’t been actively trying to hear him, that statement would have been lost to the noise of the bar.
“That’s not stupid at all,” Foggy says, allowing the hand on Matt’s shoulder to slip over to rub his back between his shoulder blades.
“I thought she was my soulmate,” Matt adds, with some vitriol, in the direction of his drink, like he wants to spit the words in there to drown them.
“She wasn’t,” Foggy replies, firmly, because it seems like the right thing to say up until Matt’s face crumples.
“I think she was,” he says, miserably, as he buries his face in his hands. “I think she was and she left anyway and that’s it for me.”
“I don’t—hey, listen, Matt,” Foggy says, shifting his chair over so he can wrap his arms around Matt’s shoulders completely. “I’m sorry, okay? I’m sorry I said she—I didn’t know her that well. Maybe she was your soulmate. I don’t know! I’m not convinced that’s anything but a nice story we like to tell ourselves to make life more bearable or to impose meaning on random events.”
“This pep talk sucks,” Matt says, in the vicinity of Foggy’s collar. Foggy can feel his breath on his neck and it’s weird but not enough to get him to move away.
“Sorry. What I mean to say is, if soulmates are real, and Elektra was yours, then it’s not over yet. Maybe you’ll meet again someday.”
“I hope not,” Matt says, darkly.
Foggy resists the urge to roll his eyes at yet another vague but still concerning allusion to this terrible breakup. He’s trying to be sympathetic but Matt’s whole Catholic guilt lone wolf shit does test him sometimes, if he’s being honest. Still, one look at Matt’s pale, sorrowful face in the neon lights of this dive bar is enough to remind Foggy what they’re doing here.
“I think it’s much more likely that, if we have soulmates at all, we probably get more than one,” Foggy continues, hoping that if he just muses vaguely enough, he’ll stumble on something that makes Matt feel better. “So, you’ll get another chance to—”
“You mean like you and me?” Matt asks, and Foggy’s brain does a full factory reset as he tries to parse that question. He can’t possibly mean…
“Oh, like—yeah, you and me and, well, everybody could have more than one soulmate. Exactly.”
“No, that’s not—” Matt shakes his head, which, given his current position, is functionally just nuzzling his face into Foggy’s neck. “I mean, how you and me are soulmates. Kind of.”
“You and me?” Foggy asks, casually despite not feeling casual at all. “You think so?”
“You’re—yeah. I mean, you’re basically—you’re family to me but…also more than that. If that makes sense.”
It doesn’t and Foggy’s been holding himself back from drinking too much tonight because he wants to be able to get Matt home safely, but he does feel like he might throw up on this table right now. He tucked away the part of him that found Matt attractive somewhere deep and secret and well-fortified in his soul a long time ago, in the interest of not fucking things up with his best friend in the entire world, and he certainly can’t trust anything Matt says now when he’s drunk and lonely and heartbroken. But he’s never loved anyone as completely as he loves Matt and it’s such a pathetic, hopeless situation that he doesn’t let himself think about it except on really special occasions when he wants to feel bad.
“I’m not sure anybody has ever loved me as much as you do,” Matt says, like it’s not a crazy thing to say, here in a shitty bar near campus, after a breakup with his girlfriend, to someone he’s never even kissed.
“I doubt that,” Foggy says, even as he, selfishly, wants to claim it, even as he knows it to be true. “You’re very lovable.”
“We should get married.”
Foggy laughs, because what else can he do, under the circumstances. “Now? It’s pretty late. The courthouse won’t even be open.”
“No, I mean, we should get married someday,” Matt says, petulant like Foggy’s the one being ridiculous here for not following his thought process. “When we’re older. If we haven’t met anybody else.”
That last condition is enough to break Foggy’s heart all over again, but he does an admirable job hiding it, he thinks. Matt’s drunk and very distracted, and more importantly doesn’t know anything about how Foggy feels, really, despite his proclamations on the subject a moment ago, so it feels safe to assume he won’t notice any signs of disappointment or hurt in this split second before Foggy swallows those feelings and pretends to be his usual upbeat self. That’s who Matt really needs right now, and so that’s who he’ll be.
“How much older?” Foggy asks.
“Old,” Matt says. “Like, thirty.”
“Okay,” Foggy nods, already able to find this funny. Matt won’t still be single by the time they’re both thirty. He’ll be married by the time they graduate law school, most likely, so it won’t be an issue. Foggy doesn’t like to think about it, but he knows it’s true.
“You’ll do it?”
“Maybe,” Foggy says. “Ask me again when you’re not blackout drunk.”
“I’m fine,” Matt objects. “I’m not blackout. Not even close.”
“Then we can pick this conversation up in the morning, no problem!”
Matt nods, drunkenly. “Absolutely.”
Matt doesn’t bring it up in the morning, of course. Foggy never really expected he would, either, and doesn’t permit himself to be disappointed about it, no matter how much he would like to.
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nooskadraws · 2 months
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the meeting on the turret stairs, but make it my oath of the crown paladin and his nobleman charge 🌿✨🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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!!! FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING!!! [IM NOT FUCKIN AROUND!!]
REACHED THE CUSP OF 'THIS MAY NEVER BE ABSOLUTELY FINISHED N IF I DONT SHOW IT NOW, IT WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.' SO HERE, A PROJECT IVE BEEN ORBITING AROUND UHH SINCE 2021 OR SO.
#jrwi fanart#jrwi show#jrwi riptide#gillion tidestrider#cw flashing lights#LOOORRD OF LIGHTNING SAAAAVE ME!!!!#RAAAHHHH I LOVETHIS SONG SO FUCKIN MUCH AND I LOVE GILLION SO FUCKIN MUCH RAAHHHH!! RAAHHHH!!!#BUT YES YES I HAD LIKE A WHOLE OTHER HALF TO THIS SKETCHED OUT BUT IT WONT FINISH COOKIN FOR A MILLION YEAARS!!!!#MAYBE SOMEDAY.....#ANYWAY. this is my first time actually syncing audio to my animations. normally i domnt know howww.#i animated it all in fire alpaca AND THEN i mixed everything in a pirated movie maker. it kinda uh. sucks. but its WHAT I GOT BAYBE!!#i relaly like how i animate swishy hair... i was inspird by eris from sinbad. i can only HOPE i got on that level w the watery flowyness#LIUGHTNING IS HARD TO ANIMATE TOO. I WATCHED ALOTTA VIDEOS ABSORBED MINIMAL TUTORIALS AND UHH I THINK I DID OKAY!!#better than bad!!! but i can still do better. eventually. ugh. FLASHING LIGHTS TOO HUH? U LIKE ANIMATINGB FLASHING LIGHT?#U LIKE MAKING THE BLACK N WHITE FLICKER RLY FAST UNTIL UR EYES BLEED OUT UR SKULL?? YEAAAHH YOU DO!!!#im also vry proud o the title cards i made at the beginning teheheheh. dependign on where riptide goes i MIGHT change it#BUT HEY THEORY TIME? I HOPE ONE OF THE GODDESSES COMES DOWN TO PILOT GILLIONS BODY SO THEY CAN BEAT THE FUCK OUT O THE OTHER GODDESS#WHO IS ALSO IN SOMEONE ELSES MORTAL BODY. GODS COMING DOWN TO WREAK HAVOC OVER PETTY DISAGREEMENTS OOOGH HOW FUN!!#GOOD ON YOU CHAMPION!! YOUR VESSEL HAS BEEN TRAINED TO BE STRONG AND HARDY. PERFECT FOR CHANNELING DIVINE ENERGY.#OHHHH WHAT A PERFECT WEAPON YOU ARE. NOW GO AND IMMANENTIZE A WATERY ESCHATON#PARAGON OF OCEANS WRATH I WANT TO SEE YOU DROWN THE LAND. DESTROY!!! EAT!!! BURN!!! RAAAGHH I NEED GILLION TO GET MORE POWER!!!!#ALSO in other news i uh. actually posted this onto twitter forever ago but forgot to post it here bc i can only post it from pc and BABY!!#IM NOT ON THE COMPUTER OFTEN! NOT ANYMORE!! NOT ANYMOREE!!! IM FREE BAYBE!! i used to be so miserable. sometimes i think abt that.#ANYWAY. pls enjoy. just this much took so long. i love makin the lil guys move.... ouh.... hava good day if u get the chance to.
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seaweedstarshine · 5 months
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Okay so The Star Beast was fun and I'm hyped for Wild Blue Yonder and everything but I am shattered over the new episode of Eleventh Doctor Chronicles.
Broken Hearts is some of the best dark!Doctor Expanded Universe exploration I ever consumed, and that includes The Eleventh Doctor Year Two comics. I am sobbing. I am in tears. I am broken as thoroughly as the Doctor broke Valerie Lockwood.
Me when I can't find any Broken Hearts/Curiosity Shop stan posts to reblog or fic to read to get out the angsty energy...
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(fic. I'm writing fic. and yes this is an open request for reading recs)
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milkbreadtoast · 2 years
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milk phone drawing i started months ago and finally finished~😙🥛✨
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abstractlesbian · 3 months
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Find someone slightly annoying but in really small harmless ways so I decide none of the behaviours are worth bringing up with them → realizing: hey, Im also annoying! solidarity! → realizing we have a lot in common and starting to bond → finding out other people find this person annoying and are vocal about it behind their back → finding out this person has ADHD like me that's (at least one reason) why we have all these traits in common → fear.
#trying to be as vague as possible even tho this is someone I know offline and no one involved follows me online#on one level I get it that relying someone who is forgetful and does things slower/differently than you can be frustrating#but like its a medical condition. and u dont need to know someones medical info to have some empathy instead of assuming malice/incompetence#i just found out they have adhd today but day one i was able to go 'wow i did not like the way they handled that but i dont think they were#being hurtful/careless we just handle this task differently. rhey didnt do anything wrong and i can let this go and adjust my expectations'#not to say im perfect and never ableist towards others. my first reaction to seeing traits i dislike in myself (from my disabilities)#in others is often to get annoyed and needing to adjust my thinking#i get annoyed with myself when I cant focus / cant be coherent or concise / cant finish tasks quickly etc#→ get annoyed sometimes when I see others doing that → realize thats not fair to them → realize thats not fair to myself#→ assume good intentions and find ways to communicate/collaborate better with them → get along better and maybe make a new friend!#sorry i am rambling#idk its scary seeing someone being disliked for adhd symptoms/traits that im mostly doing a good job of managing/hiding in this#social environment so far and knowing that could happen to me in the future#but im also like ready to have this persons back#me 🤝 them: prioritizing the wrong tasks and overexplaining things and struglging to get our points across#and not noticing when we talk too loud and forgetting tasks halfway thru etc#not to be that guy but : without love it canmot be seen!!!!#lifes so much better if u just assume ppl arent doing things a certain way to be annoying + let go of / adapt to the thing that are annoying#but not harmful#thats not exactly what without love it cant be seen means but thats one of the ways i apply it in life#just like dont assume malice. assume u dont have all the info. approach ppl/situations with empathy.#or youll make yourself more miserable needlessly#again like only for shit that's not harmful obv#i need to shut up and go to bed
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justalonelyslytherin · 4 months
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I started rewatching Peaky Blinders and my god I love the overall mood and cinematography of the series so much. Haven't painted in a looong time but I felt inspired and decided to use my love for the show as a way to get some actual practice in.
I have been meaning to try to teach me some painting theory and general things for ages so here is the first attempt at trying to copy a scene. It's the first time I've done a study like that so it isn't the best and certainly not the most accurate but that's what learning is for, isn't it?
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moonviewer · 1 year
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drew a princess for no reason 
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seaglass-skies · 9 months
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Better hide, better run
CWs: Angst, character being hunted
Some part of him, buried deep down, knows that this moment will be seared into his memories forever - if he makes it out in one piece. 
The heat pressing in on him, a wall he can’t see closing in. The smoke, distorting the world around him, leaving it a dark and warped echo of itself. Blood dripping onto the pavement with a violent hiss.
Danny thinks he liked summer, once. Thinks he enjoyed the sun, even when it burned his skin. The warmth was a comfort, especially after he got his ice powers. He thought he could never be warm enough again, with that bone-deep frost that never left him.
He was wrong.
He takes another step, and the world tilts- a hand lurches out to catch the nearest wall, then jerks away before he even registers the shock of pain. Burning, burning, everything is burning.
He thinks the noise that tries to leave him is a sob. He kind of would like to cry, actually. He thinks of the gentle snow drifts that gather in the more frequently traveled parts of the Far Frozen. Of the small shelters, little more than pockets in the snow, that Frostbite’s people taught him to make. To stabilize. The longing in his chest nearly bowls him over. But he can’t afford to fall.
If he falls, he knows he’ll never get up.
If he falls, they’ll find him.
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cadenzarose · 2 years
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Another preview of the animatic I'm working on! I clearly didn't get it finished before the comic came off hiatus, but hopefully I'll be able to finish it before the comic wraps up :D EDIT: It's back on hiatus so I once again have a chance to finish this before it comes back! We shall see!
As always, Bakery "enemies" AU is by @buggachat! The song is Bad Apple by RichaadEB, sung by Cristina Vee (Marinette's English voice actor!)
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I cannot get over how good the story of Fallout 4 is. And yet somehow this seems to be what people hate most about it? How?? Honestly if you can’t get immersed in this story then that is a skill issue. Learn to use your imagination. And get some narrative comprehension.
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dafry · 2 years
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I'm late, but at least it's still September so- XD
Happy (late) anniversary to Undertale!! :D
It's been literally years since I even drew any other Undertale character other than SANS, so excuse me if it look off or weird or I'm missing a detail XD
(Also, long rant ahead-)
Undertale was definitely played a big part of my journey to become an artist
The sheer amount of creativity and passion the fandom had really inspired me and pushed my will to create and after years I finally got here!
I've always wanted to finally celebrate one of the anniversary but I never got to (-partially also because I can't draw as well as I do now, but it's mostly because I either forgot or missed it or was just too lazy in general-) but this year I decided to just DO IT while I can and I wanna say my thanks to the fandom for inspiring me
It also helped me through some tough times in the past where I was really depressed (and I didn't even realize or just wasn't sure about it because I've been unconsciously lying to myself and truly believe I was fine and thinking I can handle myself with anything-) and had been bottling up emotions that caused me to be pretty desensitized and pretty emotionless from the outside
But then Undertale gave me hope and help me start to change and also grow mentally and emotionally enough to realize I wasn't doing as well as I hoped and start to accept that fact and be okay with not being fine
Probably the first fandom I ever properly got into and also the longest one I've stayed in compared to others so I really made a lot of memories during that-
Also funfact: I used to rewatch Undertale playthrough SO MUCH that I was pretty confident I memorized the entire Undertale dialogue from start to finish XD
Now though I mostly forgot them lol
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this-should-do · 2 years
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Freeman has neither the time nor the patience to deal with cowards who wont do their job, especially when they stop him from doing his
#gordon freeman#half life#blood tw#idoindeeddraw#oh m y fucking gooood finally its fucking finished#is it my best work? no! do i give a crap? no! done is better than not and this was a good idea so i wanted to finish it#anyways love doing comic based on in game events#like me having a bad day and losing my patience when i couldnt get a guard to do his job so i pushed him down stairs and then#slapped him when he continued not doing his job becuz vr controls are weird and vr lets u have empty hands#anyways inifnitely fond of the face gordon makes right before he slaps this poor guard lol#like please dont make it at me but do it again its a good look#also loving the concept where if this follows the black mesa series of events this guard gets beat to shit by  aalien grunt after gordon#goes thru the door to get chased down by a goliath lol#anywyas please enjoy my desperate effort to finish a project thats been sittin gopen in krita for almost 2 months now lol#going insane with relief#but ye as much fun as makin gordon feel sad and alone and pathetic#it is equally as fun to make him have sum moments of not being a perfect victim son#hes ruthless and sumtimes u gotta be a lil forceful to get to ur goal so u gotta be a lil bad#cant be perfect all da time its just not fun#and its also simply unrealistic for everyone of these cops to be willing to follow everytime cuz like (gestures to real life in frustration)#but yeah angry gordon very good concept#peace out im gonna go eat the freeze dried bananas i promised myself as a reward for finishing this comic lol
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synonymroll648 · 9 months
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actually so im very sorry i know nothing abt the fic i wrote but if it helps i DID put some thought behind this line
"Come on, Fitz. There's always something. Here, I'll go first. I've never played uno. And--" Keefe adds quickly, before Fitz can even say a word he's thinking, "stop looking so surprised, okay?"
"Wow. Never?" Fitz's disbelief is evident.
"The chance just never came up." Keefe shoots Fitz a grin. "Your turn."
anyways so that was supposed to be like a nod to how keefes family sucks ass and its not like theyd ever play uno w him and im p sure like canonically too he didnt rlly have friends till fitz came along sooo who would he play uno w as a kid? and technically it was supposed to be like fitz asks why and keefes like “oh i mean my parents would never play a game like that” but then it wouldve gotten all stressy depressy and writing emotions is hard so i decided to take the easier maybe cowardly route <3
oh shit!! for some reason i never caught onto this being a reference to keefe's family sucking??? like for how many times i've reread this fic i should've figured that out. but apparently it went over my head. oof. alright then.
(i actually singled out this line for a different reason, but i'll sneak some of what you said into that section of this fic :) )
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miami2k17 · 2 months
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idk if ive made this post already but im rewatching hannibal rn and for years ive been saying. this is my favorite show of all time (that i did not finish ❤️) but i was starting to wonder if that was maybe just the 15 year old delusional brain speaking but mama let me tell you.
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