#i. ( to bring balance to the force. / memes. )
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PAC 🍸:
I spent all day looming with 2% brain capacity. Literally just unwell gloomy tired. I was sitting feeling everything spiral away from me as I do my shitty ass chores and contemplating my current predicament. Anyways turns out my mid day spiral was because I was HANGRY. But anyways I have been looking into feminine aspects in relation to shadow work here are some ways divine femininity manifests within us.
Pick a meme
Pick up a card
King of cups (reversed) 🦟
Prince of the Chariot of waters, air aspect of water, 20° Libra to 20° Scorpio, Tiphareth, Vau
Artistically untrustworthy or so one may say. This card brings a type of intensity that the girlies don’t really like. But thats fine. As they baddies say and as one of the only universal laws I resonate with the most: as above so below. While the divine feminine aspect that may pertain to yourself may seem “undesirable” those aspects are just as deserving of love as the undesirable aspects. Just as there is a place for good there is also a place for evil. If you can even call those things that. Do not classify yourself as good or bad just simply be.
Eight of wands (reversed) 🕷️
Lord of Swiftness, Mercury in Sagittarius, 1°–10°. Angels Nithahiah and Haayah, Hod
You are claiming something in a clear yet sly way. The high mercury representation represents the swift cunning acts of the god and his desire to lie cheat and steal to get what he wants. AGAIN while this may seem as if it is manifesting in a “undesirable” way yet it needs to be embraced as much as the desirable ones. These cards are fr just saying is all y’all know is: McDonalds, Charge they phone, twerk, be bisexual, eat hotchip and lie.
Knight of cups 🦂
21° Aquarius 20° Pisces, Fire in the waters of Briah, Chokmah
The contrast in the balance which brings a type of instability to shift from extreme to extreme. While the warm waters may be exciting and inviting. Like a nice warm healing spring. It can also boil. This card represents how it can manifest in both extremes and be a healing agent and also a extreme force of nature.
Ruin 🪰
Sun 3. Gemini, Malkuth through air, ten of swords
I love this card because EVERY BAD BITCH I KNOW HAS READ THE PASSION ACCORDING TO CIXIOUS. Basically I see this card as genesis and how due to divine femininity human beings we’re actually able to gain divine consciousness. Yes I get the argument you need all sides but genesis itself is a representation of how femininity brought divinity and human consciousness. Also note how most deities of magic are usually depicted as women. This card represents when human intellect takes a final step. Bite that apple sezy lady. While with the nine of cups in the back fighting brings destruction. However with the sun above we are able to see that we can reach a beginning yet again and start that cycle yet again. Embrace that divinity queen save some for the rest of us.
#suitlifeofgerm#askgerm#pick a card#daily card#pick a picture#magic#shadow work#pac#tarotoftheday#cartomancy#divination#im so so sleepy#please send thots and prayers i am laying in bed like a sickly victorian child
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Let’s start with the one we all follow you for. Sashannarcy
(Honest Answer Ask Meme)
Sashannarcy:
It took me a while to warm up to this ship as I was (and still am) a big Sashanne shipper but sometime around S3 I realized that these girls love each other and that no force in the universe could tear them apart. While I tend to write more of the Sashanne dynamic of the throuple, I still value Marcy and what she brings to the throuple.
It's a fun ship but one problem I have is when drawing them being lovey-dovey with each other and trying to balance the poses so that none of them seem like their being left out.
I also really wish that we got more of the Sasharcy dynamic in canon so that it'd make it easier to write that part of the throuple (even tho' they'd all obviously be more mature after 10 years).
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(Disclaimer: this post was written in two parts, the first half was done the day before but not posted cause I didnt feel it was a complete thought, the second half was added after. I did not edit or touch the first half as I like to keep space for the thoughts of myself as they were; i also have passive chronic amnesia so Im not 100% sure if everything is on the same page; regardless that is just context)
Honestly, I think the thing that is important to keep in mind when interacting with syscourse - or specifically for us cause the only one we really care about is the tulpa discourse - is that you are never going to force or change anyone's mind who is so set that they are sitting on tumblr and pulling the dumbest arguments out of their ass to support their claims and I do think those that spend their time arguing with @/sophieinwonderland and @/cambriancrew - while honestly doing the dirty work no one wants to do by balancing out their bullshit posting so mad respect - are largely wasting their time if they do ever think that a mind will be changed.
The only reason to ever engage or talk about the stuff they (and the clique that actually buys into those arguments) talk about is solely to make an example out of how incredibly deep their interalized racism and just disregard for POC goes and honestly looking at them as anything other than a stubborn white person is putting more emotional energy than its worth.
Because genuinely, in a weird way and me doing what XIV calls "The Riku Thing" of looking at a really negative, annoying, and/or harmful thing and finding the bright side silverlining to it, I do kind of appreciate how astonishingly White TM they are because their unapologetic and loud nature makes a really big spectacle for a lot of people who otherwise would not understand how bad certain issues are look and go "what the fuck" and in its own way, it brings good publicity to the issues AAPI and eastern cultures go through in a western and white predominant area.
AAPI issues often go under the radar and are disregarded due to a number of reasons, but honestly? This is the most I've ever seen people actually talk about how white people take advantage of eastern and Asian cultures (relative to the size of the community in question) save for the brief blip of when Stop Asian Hate got loud during COVID where sinophobia blasted up and a bit surrounding Cyberpunk as a genre when Cyberpunk 2077 came out.
In that regard, I'm kinda glad they are so loudly racist and White TM about AAPI cultures. It makes for good publicity and awareness by being the example of just the Usual Bullshit and it starts better conversations. I'd honestly prefer a loud bigot to a quiet insidious one cause the loud ones at least can serve part of a message and be ignored.
Anyhow, this is all just to say that bigots will be bigots and you can argue with them all you want and call them truthful statements like "bigots" and "racist" but thats about all you can do to really control their behavior. Those balancing out their bullshit arguments, mad props - I could never cause that shit is too toxic and too much of an investment, but it is respectable work. (insert "it aint much but its honest work" meme at yall)
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That said, I'll just say it as the fact that it is, those two and those that follow their rhetoric do not care at all about AAPI individuals and are just racist. We don't have to debate it and it's honestly not up for debate and while we could put our energy to trying to tear down their following and make them shut up, in a world where the KKK still exists and thrives, its an unlikely and futile of a goal to try ti achieve.
Instead its best imo to treat them like the public case study of white and western abuses to AAPI culture, particularly since time and time again they redisplay some of the most classic and frequently used techniques white and western individuals do to try to excuse their shit.
If you wouldn't give a person arguing with any other loud and proud bigot, its best to just accept that bigots be bigots and rather than banging your head against a wall, put it up for display on the museum wall as a means of education and awareness.
Theres no point in talking to bigots about how they are bigotted. There is, however, a point to displaying it for those less effected and usually not given the opportunity to sed it in full get a much closer look at some of the shit we deal with
I like to think that while a lot of white and western people suck, that a lot of them genuinely are trying their best with the limited awareness, access, and understanding that they have.
I dont feel as though I would be correct calling them and bigots a "small minority", but I'd like to think they aren't the majority and I honestly appreciate those willing to learn and better understand and so ya know? Whats a better way to explain it than with a live dancing monkey that loudly and proudly displays the behaviors in question for all to see.
Anyhow, I digress. Take this as you will. I am just throwing some insight and personal thoughts about specific users in hopes that some people who might be overly stressed about it might find a little more peace moderating the topic
#alter: riku#syscourse#syscourse tw#discourse#discourse tw#sophiecourse#racism#racism tw#riku rambles#anti-tulpa#tulpa tw#anti-tulpa terminology
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Salut Margz, hope all lies well. I've been re-reading A Monstrous Regiment--it's bringing me a lot of comfort these days bc job is stressful--and I am wondering what the dragons of the division think of each other. Does Laconia think Wollstonecraft is stodgy and tiresome? Does Attia think Laconia is too snooty and does she seek comfort with Antiope? Do all the dragons think Attia is just a lil bit dumb? Happy to get your perspective if you feel up to it!!
Thanks! Still working through some creative burnout and some stressful IRL stuff but it is getting better! I hope your job gets less stressful soon!!
Re: the dragons in the division- everyone respects Antiope very much, and is very impressed by her age and service, but Wollstonecraft often and very disapprovingly thinks that Antiope is a very solid sort of fighter. It’s a way of daintily condemning with praise someone Wollstonecraft believes is getting a little too old for the field of battle and who should not be put in situations where she would have to think for herself. Attia is very fond of Antiope and loves hearing her stories of the olden days and often turns to her for company or comfort. Laconia shares Wollstonecraft’s opinion on Antiope, and often, privately thinks that while Attia’s good at following orders, and Wollstonecraft is a very shrewd and reliable regimental leader, she, Laconia, is the best fighter in the entire regiment. Laconia finds the ferals to be a daily annoyance, but would only gripe about it to her Captain.
Attia is often intimidated by Laconia but trusts Laconia implicitly to make the right calls or to get them out of any tight spots or trouble. Attia adores Wollstonecraft but is too timid to say much to that extent- the fear of disappointing so self-controlled and masterful a dragon looms very large in her thoughts. She likes the ferals and as she’s the youngest of the big dragons, would very much like to join in their games, but she would dream of intruding if she isn’t wanted and the ferals are too self-centered to realize she’d like to join in a game of trick-the-cheese-away-from-the-guest.
Antiope looks very indulgently upon all the little whippersnappers in her regiment, but is fondest of Attia. She is often amused at Laconia’s dash and drive, and often thinks to herself that Wollstonecraft would really be a better companion if she learned to enjoy life a little more. But she is glad to work with all of them and as the largest and oldest dragon there, has no complaints about her position or the respect she is shown from the others. (The ferals don’t bother her- she thinks of them with amused condescension. They are all just BABIES. How charming of them, learning to fight!)
Wollstonecraft is largely very pleased by her regiment because it is very balanced. Attia’s timidity counteracts Laconia’s moments of Charge-of-the-light-brigade rushes into danger. The chaos of the ferals balances the dependable solidity of Antiope. Everyone obeys her orders to the best of their ability. However, she privately thinks that Attia needs to come out of the shell, Laconia needs a lesson in thinking before acting, Antiope needs to consider retirement, and the ferals all need their own individual captains to civilize them. She is closest to Laconia, because she and Laconia both think they are the best fighter in the regiment and enjoy judging other captains and dragons as inferior.
The ferals are like that Don Draper meme— they don’t really think of the big dragons at all, unless forced to. Then they respect the big dragons for their treasures and will do what they say if sufficiently bribed or bellowed into it.
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STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES (EPISODE II) SENTENCE MEMES
patience. use the force. think.
you're the closest thing i have to a father.
why don't you listen to me?
and so, they've finally given you an assignment.
your patience has paid off.
in time, you will learn to trust your feelings. and then you will be invincible.
i see you are becoming the greatest of all jedi, even more powerful than master yoda.
he is not ready to be given this assignment on his own yet.
he still has much to learn.
his abilities have made him arrogant.
if the prophecy is true, your apprentice is the only one who can bring the force back into balance.
i do not like this idea of hiding.
sometimes we must let go of our pride, and do what is requested of us.
all mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults than we would like.
it's the only way we grow.
don't try to grow up too fast.
i should think you jedi should have more respect for the difference between knowledge and wisdom.
well, if droids could think, there'd be none of us here, wouldn't there?
if an item does not appear in our records, it does not exist.
are you allowed to love? thought that was forbidden for a jedi.
attachment is forbidden. possession is forbidden. compassion, which i would define as unconditional love, is central to a jedi's life. so you might say that we are encouraged to love.
you're exactly the way i remember you in my dreams.
you've changed so much.
you haven't changed.
the day we stop believing democracy can work is the day we lose it.
clones can think creatively. you'll find they are superior to droids.
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Thoughts on the core trio? If you don’t want to answer them in one ask then you can just do Frankie
CHARACTER OPINION MEME || { ACCEPTING }
Anonymous Wishes || Core Trio Gen 1 (Frankie, Draculaura & Clawdeen)
Good thing I have the braincell! I decided to do all three. This is gonna be a bit of a long post so bare with me.
Frankie is the perfectly imperfect main ghoul
As far as it comes to the main, even as one of the ones shown the most, I feel like they did a good job with Frankie's character. She's not just a teen monster at Monster High, but THE teen to help you guide through it and relate to. I thought I wasn't going to like Frankie as much because of how they constantly show her most of the episodes but she balances out with her freaky flaws and difficult struggles.
Frankie's personality is what you expect for a teen experiencing High School life for the first time and is trying to fit in while going on a journey. And she takes us on the journey pretty well. She understands and learns along the way, is VERY protective of her friends and loves them enough to even DIE for them. She gets major credit for that. Plus even when the movie does focus on her, she never really overshadows the other monsters. Instead it feels like she brings them into the fold.
If there's any teen you can relate to the most, it would be Frankie in this series.
Clawdeen the fashionista is a good main that struggles
Ngl, Clawdeen was annoying at the start of her introduction, coming off as a bit of a hypocrite to contradict what she says. But eventually she builds up better from that. Clawdeen is the kinda ghoul that you wanna see throw down and look good doing it. Like her only time she threw hands was during 13 Wishes (best boovie of all) when she finally got to PUNCH someone!
Clearly Clawdeen is the tough ghoul who dreams big and even though she wasn't expanded as much ad Frankie and Draculaura, there were times I understood her plight. Like wanting to impress the people you look up to (she and Howleen are alot alike than they think), dealing with complicated younger siblings in the same school and trying to NOT knock the other monster who is giving you and your friends flat so you don't get suspended.
Scaris happens to be one of my favorites because of how it balances out and how Clawdeen got to balance herself out and learn along the way. She started off stagnant but develops along the way. She's honestly the one in the trio that needs to be exploited more.
Draculaura... the over populated one
Yeah I'm gonna say it: she's overrated (Love you Sam but not sorry!). I mentioned before that Draculaura is listed as one of my top five LEAST favorite characters, but it's not because she's a bad character. She has good morals, she supports her friends and deals with her own struggles. But its more like she's... overly spoiled? Like it's clear she is the brand favorite if you look up how she has the most amount of dolls in the franchise. And even in the remakes she lives one of the best lives in the monster world.
As for her character in itself, I honestly have a hard time sympathizing with her. Even when the movie focuses on her such as WHY DO GHOULS FALL IN LOVE or FRIGHTS,CAMERA, ACTION, the movie instead overshadows the plot for something Laura wants rather than something important such as NOT LETTING DISCRIMNATION RUN FOR THE MONSTER WORLD VAMPIRES!
Draculaura can also be invasive at times to the point where its uncomfortable for the ghouls such as GHOULS RULE on trying to force Clawdeen on a date with a guy (before she's canonically a lesbian). She WAS the head of the gossip pool before Spectra came along. And also she tends to be over-materialistic. If it wasn't for the amount of money or hierarchy she has, I'm pretty sure she and Cleo would be banned from every kind of transportation system EVER. I'm also kind of bitter for the webisode 'Draculocker' of how instead of giving her some kind of infinite purse like Jimmy neutron style, they fill up the school with giant lockers so she can store stuff. THIS IS NOT HOW YOU SOLVE YOUR HOARDER PROBLEM!
So yeah for Draculaura, not hate but they could've done better with her character and humble her down. There are other monsters in the franchise that deserve limelight time.
#ooc#Anonymous#meme#opinions#monster high#monster high gen 1#frankie stein#clawdeen wolf#draculaura#as you queue
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18 soulmate + time travel looks interesting. I'd love to know more! 👀
From the Endless Works in Progress meme.
This came from a trope mash-up thing awhile back, prompted by @angelowl-fics. Here's the quick summary I responded with at the time, not thinking anything of it, then promptly started sketching out at least one story, if not a few different ones.
Rereading the original summary, it also had a bit of an influence on Jaime Lannister and the Quest for the Missing Sword.
Show canon and alternate universes: Soulmates repeat throughout time with similar souls. If there is a big enough breakdown at any point in the chain throughout the history of the souls, one or more of the soulmates are sent elsewhere in time to fix the breakdown before it can tear apart the fabric of the world, which creates a precariously-balanced multiverse.
Jaime and Brienne are terrible at being soulmates and mess it up time and again.
This is a five times fic with five times Jaime and Brienne upset the balance and one of them had to travel through time to fix it, and one time they finally manage it with no interference.
At least one of the five times is show canon, and the others will likely be a mix of Regency, modern Westeros, and space wars, with second chance romance, enemies to friends to lovers, forced proximity, and hurt/comfort as some of the tropes mixed in.
Book canon: Soulmates are an old gods concept and when Brienne and Jaime bring Oathkeeper and Widow’s Wail north of the Wall, they are sent back in time to move through all the lives of the soulmates that came before them to save the world from eternal darkness, all of the Lightbringer legends that exist around the world and all that have been lost to the mists of time.
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Weekly Update January 5, 2024
I’m still recovering slowly. I never mentioned this because I want to be as vague as I can about my big congenital medical issue, but the surgery last week removed some tissue that affects my endocrine system, and now that it’s gone I’m having some problems with my mood. I have a medicine that corrects it, but I need to wait another week and a half to get my dosage adjusted, so all next week I’m going to be volatile which sucks. Stomach has seemingly gotten better though so hopefully that pain was just caused by those cysts and nothing else was wrong. Sorry if I ramble on a bit too much tonight, I am loopy because of the endocrine stuff so I might go on too long. Anyway artstuffs.
I got a music project done. It was for Mav, and it was pretty small but I stayed up all night working on it. Working on it I discovered a big set of plugins that I got somewhere that look to be automatically doing some of that balancing I was worried about. I still need to double check what exactly it can do, since I’d like a widener plugin, but I don’t want to stack my brain over it if I already have one. I have a few ideas floating around for the next song thing, I’m a bit hesitant on continuing that vocal one I haven’t finished because I watched a bunch of videos today in the bad lyrics of the Wish soundtrack, and the lady kept bringing up cadence and pentameter which are concepts I know about but can’t hear. Like, pentameter is supposed to be the natural inflection a syllable has, but like whenever I hear it, I just hear the inflection of the vocalist. I think I’m overthinking it, since she used a writing scheme to explain it and I think the vocaloid software uses that same writing scheme so maybe I can learn through practice? Or I can just write lyrics that match the melody and call it good as long as the flow sounds natural because of subconscious understanding, like how I figured out how to do harmonies. Whatever. Music theory is hard but my stupid will and brute force is harder.
Other instrumental things I’ve been kinda thinking about include a little Zelda medley that I already recorded the melodies and stuff for, instrumental themes for my OCs because of course. And then I kinda want to just do a big fat medley that goes on for like an hour-ish because I love those kinds of medleys they’re great for car rides and stuff. And the final two I’m thinking about would be for animation memes: either an arcade beat-em-up style boss fight sounding theme, or a cover of a 90s pop-punk-rock (idk what genre) song. I think that one would be cool because I could use it as promotional stuff for a comic.
Oh yeah that O’Malley comic! I actually did good thumbnail work on that this week! I was going to do more today but mood and sleep schedule were wonky, plus I had a meeting this morning, so good chance I’ll put it off until tomorrow. But either way, chipping away at it, trying to watch more movies so I can get better at understanding shot comp, watched Kill Bill part 1 last night and wasn’t expecting it to be like, the best fucking movie ever? Like why does everyone talk about it like ‘eh it’s pretty good’ like no that shit was *Phenomenal*! Hoping part 2 lives up to the first, planning to watch it maybe tomorrow night? Definitely before I go back to uni. Anyway pitch comic is coming along nice, after it’s drawn I can either work on the rest of that story or a pitch for the secondary story I’ve been working on, depending on demand. Right now leaning towards series, since I have general synopsies for a couple more general ‘episodes’.
Also only done like one general drawing for comsheet practice hehehe it’s fine I can try others as time comes and is appropriate. Also did epithet stuff but not as much as I’d like. My original plan tonight was to work on TTRPG stuff but maybe I’ll do writing or thumbnailing instead. Or maybe both.
TRGA: got shot 1-4 done enough. Also got Jon tweened for 1-5. I need to clean him up and do his face and stuff. Tonight maybe if I’m having trouble focusing on the other stuff I’ll clean him up, I think I want to go back to that ‘one significant development a day’ schedule I was on for a bit, but pushed a bit further since I have better strategies now. I’ve also started the ‘every time I sit down and open clip studio I’m going to draw one (1) prop’ strategy so hopefully props won’t be as bad in the future either (even the ones I can’t just recycle). Tomorrow if I’m doing better I’ll try to get 1-5 Jon’s face done (and clean him up too if I don’t tonight) and maybe do another drawing. Maybe more epithet TTRPG stuff maybe not.
I’m trying to get my priorities back in order. 1) TRGA 2) Comic work 3) fix your commissions 4) other projects. Inspiration is fickle though so I’m really all over the place. My mood being volatilized is also not helping but I’ll keep going until my brain explodes. For now I’m able to plan out enough with time for sleep and stuff. I don’t know what’s exactly going to happen when classes start but I am taking *fewer* credits than normal so theoretically that means more time.
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[ lie ] sender catches receiver in a lie (from neuvi)
oh! why, why, why. why, why, why-!
why the hell did she say the opera epiclese for?! she could have told him any other location than the one location she knew he made common visits to if only to do a check up of the place. she could have said she had a surprise interview she said yes to the steambird or that she was going to do a meet & greet with her fans or that she decided to take a round around the court of fontaine, but no! no, she had to say that she was rehearsing for some play that had yet to be properly accepted as a performance in the opera house because guess who's in the know of that entire process? neuvillette!
okay, she acknowledged that she panicked, she was merely not expecting him to ask or have noticed her absence worthy enough to question her about it. she had to do something quick, she had to think something fast. if he wasn't in this room with her she would be biting her nails at this time as she pondered & weighed out her options here, but furina was always quick on her feet. she counted her lucky stars that her back was facing him as she recomposed herself & slipped back into character. she couldn't tell neuvillette the truth, it wasn't something she could afford, & it was a truth that weighed heavy on her shoulders every day that was the truth, but she made a promise & the lives of so many were hanging in the balance & if she got caught then they would ... then they would ...
' you truly never disappoint, my dear iudex! ' she suddenly blurted out like a woman who swelled with pride. she turned to face him properly, chin held high, with a smile so proud & satisfied like she was expecting him to question her in the first place. ' i was merely testing you, of course! ' she held her arms out like the experienced leading lady that she was, putting on her show. ' i just wanted to make sure & verify, verifying is very important ' she insisted lightly ' that you did go check up on the opera epiclese tis all. n-not that i had any doubt in it of course, you are a fine gentleman, but every now & then you know i just need to do my due diligence as well. ' she flipped one of her strands of long hair with a haughty huff. the truth of the matter was, furina was away longer than expected because she had met up with a couple of her agents, those she sends in secret to navigate & study the rising waters around fontaine & with them she brainstormed just what it was that they could possibly do to combat them & if they were plausible & sound ones furina would bring it up to neuvillette in her ... peculiar manner of bringing things up as the hydro archon.
all of this ... all of this ridiculousness fodder & filler were things she could shave off if she could simply be honest with him. perhaps then the strides towards saving fontaine wouldn't be so ... mediocre to furina. ' very good, my dear iudex, very good. you pass! ' she forced a cheer & smile.
meme. / @guhamun
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ooohhh ethubs with 11 for the ask meme?? or any characters that speak to you!!
11. stain / unravel (x) (764 words)
It doesn't fit him very well, the moss green cloak. It won't clasp like it should around his shoulders, and it's too short to offer any protection against the wind aside from across his chest and arms and hands. It's got a frayed edge that Etho spends time picking at until the threads come loose, torn from running, shot through from arrows. He should toss it into the river and let the thought of it go, but part of him flat refuses to, despite the nagging from the others.
He pulls it over his lap by the fire one night, pressing his hands into the fabric as if he could bring back the shell it once sheltered. The holes were too big to leave alone, now, threatening to pull the whole thing apart, aside from the hood.
The wind blows the smoke into shapes he barely recognizes. Into ones he doesn't want to recognize. He shuffles a bit closer to the shifting light, looping thread, tying a knot, and pulling a bent needle through the fabric.
He'd picked it up somewhere—not sure exactly where—sewing, that was. It might've been from Beef, when he finally had to mend the sleeves of his jacket, Pause circumnavigating his shoulder to point out where it ripped and pin it back together. But he's alone now, holding the needle in his hand and pulling thin, snapping thread through the holes in the cloak.
It's a thick thing, and it’s a surprise it had shredded at all, and a surprise still that any of the threads had unraveled so completely as to no longer hold. The thread is no better off, just thin pieces of fishing line and the needle off a compass. If he’s careful, if he ties a strong knot, the cloak should hold up until the end. Emphasis on should, that is.
He flips the fabric, rechecking the back, fingers skimming over sewn edges, over the large hole he'd patched in a hurry. It was rough. The fabric is still dark against the firelight. He'd scrubbed, hands sticky and unclean, until he'd felt them raw, until the fabric bit at him and frayed every which way and he was forced to stop. He let it soak and wrung it dry. The scent of blood didn't follow him, but the memory did. He couldn't wash out the memory.
There's a knock, somewhere in his periphery, startling him out of his daze as he pulls the shredding thread tight and into a knot, balancing the needle precariously between two fingers. The room around him blossoms with light, full and yellow, the fire beside him spreading warmth up his right side. He looks up. Bdubs is standing at the steps of his room, watching him. His expression changes when Etho recognizes him, softening around the eyes. He leans on the doorframe, crossing his arms.
"Hey, you," he says, as if he didn't mean to startle him. "What're you doin'?"
"Hm?" Etho blinks, looking down at his hands. Bdubs' coat rests across his lap, with a tear, nearly patched, through the left shoulder. The only tear in the fabric.
“Etho,” he says, “I just tore the sleeve of this thing, can you believe that? I got caught off guard working on the moss machine and the corner of it got caught. Unbelievable!”
He swallows. "Oh, you said uh, that your cloak had a hole in it, so I figured I'd patch it up."
Bdubs smiles all at once and the expression takes up his entire face.
"Oh, well that's awfully sweet of you."
Etho bobs his head.
"Sure," he looks back up at him. "Anything for you, Bdubs."
Bdubs shakes his head a bit, a sheepish sort of thing, eyes still crinkled at the edges. He looks back over his shoulder, jerking his thumb back in the general direction. He raises his eyebrows in a preemptive question before he speaks.
"You wanna come up for dinner? Ren's cooking," he starts, then he waves his hands, glancing at the cloak in Etho's hand and the needle still held between his fingers. "Er—once you're done, I don't wanna rush you or nothin'."
Etho smiles, nodding, feeling a little flutter of affection bubble up in his chest. The memory of the blood on his hands grows further and further away, until he's lost instead in the sensation of well worn fabric between his fingers. He glances down to pull the strong white thread taut through the fabric, watching the gap close.
"Sure thing," he says, bobbing his head. "Sounds great."
#thank you anon this made me crazyyyyyyy#i seriously love them so much expect so much more ethubs content#hermitcraft#text#fics#ethubs#the writing thing#hermitshipping#etho#ethoslab#bdubs#bdoubleo100#llsmp#last life smp#trafficshipping#oooooh you wanna send me a prompt so bad#i spedrun team canada for this lmao
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Tagged by @esta-elavaris much love 💕
Favorite Color: purple, I LOVE the deep, rich and silky look. It usually oscillates between blue and purple, but for the last 3 years it’s been strictly purple. I love winter, and those cold colours remind me of being cocooned in a blanket with a good book by the fire.
Last Song: Adore You – Miley Cyrus, it’s been in my playlists for years, and it wobbles in and out of my favourites, but I’ve been listening to this one everyday for a few weeks now.
Last Movie: Elemental!I’ve been waiting for whatever reason but I loved it. It’s beautiful and it made me feel, so I forced my friend to watch it! The scene where Ember changes colours with the crystals made me so happy, and it was a beautiful moment. The daughter-father relationship was my favourite part though. I also re-watched Pride and Prejudice, because I wanted to see that meadow scene again.
Currently Watching: The Flash, it’s been on my watchlist for too long, and I am slowly trudging through, but enjoying the progress! I tend to watch things one at a time, simply because I obsess over things and do not have the capacity to obsess over multiple things.
Other Stuff I Watched This Year: Vincenzo, Only Just Married, He Is Psychometric; all first time watches, and they are all extremely entertaining, and they balance charm with predictability very well. Merlin (BBC) yearly rewatch! I can’t help myself. I love those dorks. They bring me so much joy!
Shows I Dropped This Year: I have to admit, it takes a lot for me to start something. I have to know just enough that before I even start I am interested in those characters or the story. I usually start after knowing fan favourites and the basic memes.
Currently Reading: The Myth of Normal – Gabor Maté,it’s a heavy read but infitnitely interesting, I find myself noting things down at least every two pages. It’s not a fun time per say, but it makes me think. The Paranormal Mermaid Trilogy – Anne Greenwood Brown, I started it again while camping, and just find myself enjoying thinking about mermaids! and big lakes. Love me some big lakes.
Thank you so much for the tag! It’s a great first experience :3
Tagging @skymagpie, @capricornafterdarks
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for the fic writers ask meme, i’m rather curious about 9 & 10; which of your fics did you find the easiest and hardest to write?
From this ask meme!
Which fic has been the hardest to write?
Each fic has its own challenges, but right now, it's probably a tie between Swansong and the Cold Fusion series. And for similar reasons! Both have complex plots - Swansong's is primarily emotional, with Megamind processing complex grief and a broken (and then new) mental link, and Roxanne processing having a roommate going through emotional turmoil, plus some mental stuff of her own...and then Metro Man's whole thing, and holy shit maybe there's still a chance, and mixing hope into the grief mix is just a fucking nightmare for everyone involved, and djf;aldjfa;ldjadflj;afjdj it's a mess. And because it's written in third person limited, rather than omniscient, there's only so much that I can tell readers directly. Which, in a story with so much happening internally, was...extremely frustrating, at times!
Cold Fusion's complexity is more events-based, but in that one I am having to balance the fact that there ARE external plotlines happening against the fact that...the primary focus of those fics is on the characters and their development. Also, for a LONG LONG TIME, I did not actually KNOW what the plot was, I was just sort of winging it, and now I DO know, and it's a lot bigger than I expected it to be? Which I think some people may not like. And on one hand, fuck 'em, I'm writing for me, but on the other hand, I do write fanfiction with my end goal being to share it with people, so my readers' enjoyment is absolutely a thing I have in mind, I'm not JUST writing for me. So, aaaaaaaaaaaa.
I am now also having to grapple with the fact that when I started writing Cold Fusion, many of my headcanons were different from what they are now. I was originally very set on it being canon-compliant, on ONLY working with things we knew from the source material and not doing my own worldbuilding more than was absolutely necessary. And then I fell into a depression hole for like 3 or 4 years and could barely force myself to write at all, and when I finally came blasting out of that hole on the Wellbutrin-fueled jet pack I titled Dive, the amount I cared about "canon compliant" had plummeted to pretty much zero. Writing Swansong helped with that, I think -- I had basically been writing nothing but Cold Fusion for AGES, and then Ramendobe slapped me in the face with that prompt, and I discovered that writing universe alterations was a lot of fun! And then Dive punted my desire to stay canon-compliant into the sun. So now, rewriting Cold Fusion as I post it to AO3, I am working with characters who are different from the way I now write them in other fics. I'm bringing some of my newer headcanons into that universe for shits and giggles, but still. It's an odd feeling.
Which fic has been the easiest to write?
Another tie! Because I cannot make decision.
By Chance, which I wrote because my buddy ElfKid dropped a prompt into my askbox when I was like, "holy shit the ADHD is BAD tonight and I wanna see if I can write a one-shot in one evening," I think...? aahahaha actually no I just went and looked it up, and I had tagged my 'weh ADHD sucks' post with #hey if anyone is reading this send me a writing prompt and let's see wtf happens when i can't motherfuckin think lmaoooo and...I basically sat down, put the best of black sabbath on loop, and waited to see what fell out of my hands. And it was that. (Here's the original tumblr edition.)
and everything emptying into white was originally just some tags I had put on an ask from another friend of mine about Megamind purring, and I couldn't stop thinking about them and that day at work just SUCKED ASS and so I copied and pasted them into an AO3 draft on my phone at work and churned that out over the course of my lunch break. And then added a bunch to it during the next couple days.
(and I gotta give an honorable mention to Dive. I basically churned that thing out in less than a week of HOLY SHIT I HAVEN'T WRITTEN ANYTHING IN YEARS AND MY BRAIN JUST WOKE UP AND REMEMBERED HOW TO ENJOY THINGS adrenaline, it was great. It wasn't as easy to write as the other two, simply because it wasn't as short & sweet, but it was easy and I owe that fic a lot. So.)
#askbasket#anonymous#nonny mouse#dal is a fanfic#megamind#actually now that i'm thinking about it i think kbjones ALSO sent me a prompt that night that i meant to follow up on#WHOOPS#time to scroll ye olde aske boxe#(fun fact: like 90% of my best work has come from prompts from other people)#(i don't write all the prompts i receive but you never know)
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okay now YOU have to give me your top 3 Bandito Tour Things™️ bc I’m foaming at the mouth over your tags
Top 3 is probably not feasible because gosh there just was not a low point there was not an off beat it was iconic moment after iconic moment for like 3 hours I can't even but I can probably keep rambling lmao.
I haven't found anything to back this up and I feel like I'm crazy but I SWEAR they changed the exterior of B stage after the first leg. Like everything I've seen online since then i've only seen the icicle lights that draped down around the perimeter to form a kind of curtain, but I feel like I remember during my first show it was more of a translucent projector screen and so you had these super close up shots of the boys' faces as they're performing, like projected onto the space in front of them from all four sides like the drunk Mike Wazowski meme 😂
I literally ran out of space in my tags for the first time ever but I was about to talk about that very last moment- and it's not unique to that tour and I love the tradition of it, but then coming back on stage from the Trees platforms, and holding up the |-/ finger symbols, bowing, and then Tyler with the "We're Twenty One Pilots and so are you, we'll see you next time, peace." I LOVE that moment because you just feel so seen
Also the little moments that single out Josh and let you love on him, especially the "Not Done, Josh Dun" moment during morph where he got out and had his surfing solo I love it.
Speaking of funny little Josh moments, I'm now just remembering too how like, Tyler came across the sky bridge to get to B stage during Nico and the Niners and Josh just kinda,,, awkwardly shuffles over around the outside of the pit at the end of the song. I legit don't know why, if it had to do with the production itself or maybe it was just an anxiety thing and they were accommodating him but they always kinda took a second between songs to joke about it.
And yeah the whole B stage moment was really cool, I loved Tyler's silly little dance in the yellow blazer during Bandito.
The way they got people to get funky and dance during My Blood and the cameras always went to the security guards getting down with it 😂
And also like gosh this is a bit more abstract but I really liked the balance they struck in terms of like? Tone? They come out the gate full force and red hot and they're being all badass and in character for jumpsuit/levitate/fairly local but then like--- they have moments where they calm down a little bit and talk to you like real people. They're going to give you everything they have and they're going to bring that intensity, but they also don't sacrifice on authenticity and warmth and just showing they're gratitude to you for being there.
I didn't meet my wife until incidentally just a week or two after my last Bandito tour show, and even tho I got to take her to the takeover tour to see what a show was like, I still so deeply wish I had gotten to share that moment with her.
Trench was absolutely my favorite era so far and the album itself, the story and the iconography all played huge roles in that, but those shows completely cemented it for me.
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@madeimpact asked: 🙌 HAND OVER THE KANEKO PARENTS
NPC Meme ;
ALRIGHT NEG YOU ASKED FOR IT (affectionate).
I've mentioned them in passing in the past, both ooc and in a few ic posts here and there, so I figure; it's time I officially and formally introduced Kairi's adoptive family... aka... drum roll...
Kenji and Aika.
I'll put their information under a readmore for courtesy's sake, in case I end up rambling too much and it all gets too long ! but here we go !
Kaneko Kenji.
Age: 41.
Pronouns: he/him
Face claim: Kubota Yuki.
Occupation: Mayor of Destiny Islands.
Likes: Reading, journaling, scuba diving, walking/exercising.
Dislikes: Dishonesty/lying, close-mindedness, cigarettes/the smell of cigarette smoke, sweets.
Personality: Hard-working, kind-hearted, ambiverted, pragmatic.
Extra: Is allergic to cats.
Background:
Kenji, with a love for the Islands he called home, throughout his entire youth aspired to one day be mayor and take care of both his home and his fellow Islanders. He later on did just that, becoming mayor at the age of 27. He was the youngest mayor in the history of Destiny Islands, and never anticipated doing anything with his life other than what his job would bring. Then one night, a brief number of months after he took on the position, there was a sudden, unanticipated meteor shower over the Destiny Islands — one that heralded the arrival of a four year old little girl by the name of Kairi, with red hair and indigo-blue eyes. She seemed to be alone, lost, scared, and seemingly amnesiac, and as a result of this the people of Destiny Islands had questions, and no idea what to do with her; they turned to Kenji with their inquiries — Where are her parents? Where did she come from? Why is she here?
Being at an equal loss of what to do and with an equal lack of answers, Kenji was very quickly forced to come to the decision to take Kairi in and raise her on his own. At first, he was uncertain as to how he would do raising a child by himself — he had no experience with kids of any kind of age. He tried his best to balance out his career with Kairi's upbringing and though he did admittedly struggle from time to time — having to, on occasion, put his mayoral affairs first — he still was, overall, a loving and caring enough father in his own way. He has made Kairi smile, laugh, cry, etc., in multiple ways over the years, and has always gone out of his way to ensure she is taken care of and looked after even in the moments when he can't always be around, himself.
When Kairi was only eight, Kenji married a woman named Hayami whose selfishness and dishonesty eventually caused a rift in their marriage. They split after two years, and for five months after the divorce Kenji remained single. Then near the end of those five months he met Aika, another woman who turned out to be a much kinder soul than Hayami had been. They began dating shortly after meeting and a year and a half later got married, when Kairi was twelve.
They've been together ever since.
Kaneko Aika.
Age: 36.
Pronouns: she/her
Face claim: Ally Maki.
Occupation: Waitress.
Likes: Gardening, surfing, journaling, dancing, spicy food.
Dislikes: Rudeness, arrogance, passive-aggression, hot beverages of any kind, poor hygiene.
Personality: Prudent, compassionate, confident, hard-working.
Extra: Actually attended the same high school as Kenji.
Background:
Being the daughter of a fisherman, and a waitress, like herself, Aika was raised into a both diligent and respectful mindset — learning to always treat others with the golden rule, and work hard at anything she set her mind to. She kept the belief of both these things well throughout her youth and young adulthood, and the former proved to pay off when she eventually won the heart of the mayor of Destiny Islands only a few months after meeting him.
Aika became a part of Kenji and his daughter's lives so very quickly that it surprised her, but pleasantly so, and she has never once faltered in caring for either of the two of them — showing time and time again both patience and compassion whenever it has come to supporting either Kenji in his mayoral career, or Kairi in her own endeavors. She even, at one point, taught Kairi how to plant things, and the two of them have a shared garden of their own behind Kenji's house.
As kind-hearted as she is, Aika has also proven to be fiercely loyal and protective over her newfound family; she has been shown to never take any shit despite her good-natured temperament.
She works four days a week at a small cafe in the center of town, on the main Island.
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Me: 18+ F looking for a partner to plot out a dark a/b/o roleplay (mxm) . Multipara/Semi-Literate to Advanced Literate, depending on partner's length. Reply speed fluctuates on how busy I am and how invested I am to the plot, but I usually reply in a day or so. I've been playing tops for too long, so I will be writing a submissive/sub-leaning switch. Loves geeking out about ocs, making moodboards, sending memes, songs, and world-building. Very few kinks and limits.
I have an oc that I want to write this with-- he's pretty haughty and will try to top your character.
You: Anyone one 18+ writing a dom/dom-leaning switch. Bring me your mean, stinky boys, the idgaf ones, your stoics, and everything inbetween. You must have be able to send multi-paragraphs at least and reply once a week.
I love writing power dynamics, feminization, non/dub-con, and dark themes in general. Plot over smut, though, or a healthy balance. I want to write a doomed romance, enemies to lovers, and m-preg, if you're alright with it. And angst. So much angst. Give me that if under different circumstances, forced pregnancy, character death (maybe in an au so we can continue writing lol,) and regret. All the gritty stuff! But with a sprinkling of fluff, too.
Food for thought: the "peak" in "peaked my interest" is actually "piqued."
So, if this piqued your interest, react, and I'll hunt you down!
Leave a like, and anon will get back to you!
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Sounds Like Forever
Hello! Welcome to another Destiel fic ‘cause I’m never going to escape these idjits, and I don’t want to.
Rating: Explicit
Words: 13088
Author’s Notes: What started as a hilarious meme of a mug making an accidental announcement turned into something kinda angsty, a little violent, very fluff, and just a bit horny (okay, more than a bit). That said, please mind the tags about domestic violence and abuse. If you're not in the right headspace to read this one, pass it by. Above all, be kind to yourselves.
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Summary:
Cas started dating April Kelly to try to get over his feelings for his best friend, Dean. But she is both volatile and violent, and after five months, he's had enough. When an apology gift she forces on him makes an unexpected, unwanted announcement, Cas panics. Her reaction to being dumped is explosive, and Cas calls the person he trusts most for help.
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Excerpt:
Cas wasn't ordinarily the type to bring his work home with him. In his previous jobs, he'd always believed in a strong sense of work-life balance. Once he went into business for himself though, well, he couldn't help it.
Rescuing plants and trees that would otherwise die was gratifying. Hardly the same as bringing home paperwork as an accountant.
He set his new plants on the counter and collected a shallow tray, filling it with water. He set it on the rolling rack he had near the window, then put his new plants in to soak up some water on their own. He looked at the cracked earth and frowned.
The supplier's quality had fallen off, and he'd bought these three plants himself and brought them home to coax them back to health rather than try to sell them to anyone. Glancing around his dining room, he sighed happily. There was green everywhere. Spider plants and ivy, jade, as well as two temperamental African violets under glass bells to keep them warmer and hold in moisture better, a sickly orchid a little apart from the others while he figured out why the petals were spotted brown. There was a variegated philodendron draping its healthy, shiny leaves from a hanging basket in splashes of green and white, and a royal princess philodendron sat on the floor in its enormous pot, the huge leaves a mix of green and pink.
Sitting on the window sill were a trio of cacti, a few other succulents, and a giant aloe vera plant he'd coaxed from a small, damaged thing to this monstrosity over the years. Further over was a collection of herbs, and he eyed the flourishing basil hungrily, wondering if he had the ingredients in his pantry to make pesto.
Grinning at his new additions, Cas adjusted them in their tray to make sure they were getting the sun they needed and snapped a picture. He posted it on Instagram, then went back to the kitchen to clean up the bit of dirt that had spilled when he re-potted his new arrivals.
He felt his phone vibrate and pulled it from his pocket again, grinning as he saw the notification was a text from Dean. His best friend followed him on Instagram but didn't really use it. And yet he was always one of the first to react to Cas’ posts.
Dean: nice new babies! You're gonna nurse them back to health in no time.
Cas grinned and started to type a response when a second text popped up.
Dean: you might need to get permission from the city to rezone your house as a protected green space though.
"Assbutt," Cas muttered with a grin, his heart pitter-pattering in his chest.
Cas: they'll be fine. But I have to find a new supplier. I can't keep bringing home plants because the product has fallen off since Roman took over.
Dean: yeah, you said that guy was a real Dick.
Cas snorted.
Cas: hilarious. Don't give up your day job. 😜
Dean: yeah, yeah. You just want me for my hands.
Cas' face reddened, and he was glad he wasn't face-to-face with his best friend. He cleared his throat and shoved away the longing with the ease of long practice.
Cas: speaking of, we still on for tomorrow to get those planters built for the deck?
Dean: way to prove my point, buddy. Lol. Yeah.
Cas sighed and set his phone on the counter, pouring himself a glass of lemonade, then rifling through his fridge for a handful of berries. He washed them carefully and dropped them into his glass. Snipping a couple of mint leaves from his planter over the sink, he rinsed them lightly then pinched them, bruising the leaves before adding them to his drink. Taking a sip, he smiled contentedly.
His phone vibrated again, and he picked it up, flicking the screen awake with a grin to see what Dean had said.
His smile faded into a frown, and he groaned, leaning against the counter in exhaustion.
April: I'm on my way over.
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read the rest on AO3.
thanks much to @hectatess for the beta!
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