had the realisation that the bday is almost 2 months away. i shall be promptly erasing myself

Grabbing you. (First of all, gentle reminder to stretch and hydrate.)

You never have to apologise for your boundaries and feeling discomfited with certain ideas or interactions; I absolutely believe that Olivia would be there to comfort and console you in any way that she could, pressing you close into her as she tells you how proud she is of you for working on this. She’d understand it’s hard. It’s hard to not feel like you have to justify and apologise for every aspect of your boundaries, but she’d understand, and she’d be there for you throughout the journey. All the while reaffirming to you that you are the one she loves; the one she has chosen to spend her life with, now and forever. And that will never change. Nothing could ever change it. Absolutely nothing,

uh NUH UH grabbing you instead with a NOT gentle reminder that you're allowed to take breaks and care for yourself

brbfhehhfhejc icant even fathom a response to this girl you broke me im literally bluescreening rn

sniffle sniff,,, aheem heem whimper

I think it's funny that people don't know my gender >:)

Part 131 of my bakery “enemies” au!

fun fact! I was going to add another panel to the beginning of this part, but my computer kept crashing. so um. pretend something like this is there:

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Kofi

Sometimes I think about Urianger's role in and feelings on the Thancred-Ryne dynamic and I think watching it kills him a bit inside. For several reasons.

Like, to begin with there's the guilt he's been carrying with him since he ushered Minfilia to the first, how he effectively killed the person Thancred cared about the most in the world and who's "death" ended up causing Ryne's entire Situation. He looks at what's happening between them and can only think "I caused this" even though that's not really true. No one person is responsible for this outcome, it's a culmination of several circumstances and the consequences of them. Logically, Urianger knows this. But it doesn't matter, because his guilt is overpowering his logic.

And also, like. What Thancred is doing here, the way he's knowingly letting Ryne be and stay hurt because he literally cannot bring himself to tell her his feelings, is the exact same mistake Urianger made with Moenbryda. Of course, the circumstances are vastly different, and the potential consequences to Thancred telling Ryne the wrong things or her misinterperating it is far greater (being a matter of literal life or death), it's still the same sort of paralysis they are trapped in.

And he knows it. He sees it. But he can't say or do anything about it, he doesn't have the right to. He acknowledges the mistake, but he hasn't really improved upon it yet. He still doesn't voice his thoughts and feelings as he should. He's also non-confrontational by nature, he doesn't argue or try to change peoples minds, he probably doesn't think he has any place to.

So, he tries to help in what little ways he can. Because he doesn't want it to become Monebryda again, he doesn't want to know he stole not one but two people from Thancred. So he does what he can. He tells Ryne little tidbits about Thancred, things that help her understand him but are safe to share. Nothing too deep, nothing too personal. Just small things, things that are purely factual, because he can't afford to give her a false image of who Thancred is. He teacher her fun and interesting things, because Thancred isn't in the mindset to provide her with non-essential skills.

I like to think Urianger has brought it up with Thancred at least once, during one of his stays. But nothing would've come of it. Not really. Unlike Y'shtola, Urianger isn't pushy, he'll bring it up once or twice and when he sees this won't go anywhere, he gives up. He wants to help, but he knows that persistance only does do much, and he is not the person who has the resiliance needed to push and push until Thancred finally budges (because he won't budge, it won't help anything but to sour things further by adding aditional stress to an already strained dynamic).

And like. Urianger gets it. He gets it because he's been the same way- not saying what he should to someone he loves more than anything else because she was meant to figure her life out herself, and 'steering' her in any direction by telling her his feelings (regardless of if the 'steering' is intention or not) will go against that. He gets it. He gets it and it's all the more painful for it. He knows it can't just be fixed by acknowledging it or with encouragement, something needs to happen to break the stasis.

I think this is probably why he stayed behind while they went off to Nabaath Areng. This is the very last chance they have to say what they want to, and he can't afford to be the anchor anymore. This is about them, not him, he can't let their resolution be buffed by his presence, so he stays behind. Which was probably for the best. Ryne got nervous when Urianger said he's staying behind, probably not too excited about being alone with Thancred (well, not alone, but WoL doesn't count) so soon after she had ran away crying. But she needs to be nervous. For anything positive to come out of this Thancred and Ryne both can't afford to be too relaxed. As sad as it is, the stress is necessary for anything to happen. He knows it. Does he like it? Absolutely not, but nor does he like his other plots. At least no one dies this time if it goes right.

Freaky Friday AU

Chapter 2, Part 9

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here's a compilation of nearl arknights official artwork for no reason in particular

bishop. i should have done homework but if i didnt draw something just for fun i'd go insane

listen we can be boring and just take this to mean “always been” as in post the archon quests OR we can make a bunch of headcanons instead such as:

1) they all meet up so much it feels like they’ve been doing it forever

2) these two were just fucking pretending they don’t know each other throughout the entire archon quest

3) alhaitham was being pedantic with “at the akademia” and despite being personal friends they fully separate their working selves and consider each other strangers in work matters

4) they’ve been meeting up as part of the friend group for forever but never actually talked to each other until this moment making it Extra Awkward™️

and literally so many more like the pathways this has opened up in my brain ughhh

Daily reminder that at fifteen, Chuuya had bigger hands than Dazai.

🗲 I bring the thunder 🗲

happy birthday to the game of all time!!!

It is genuinely disappointing to see recent art from Rachel being like

Followed by LO panels like in this collage.

Obviously theres more examples & i’m definitely not here to bash Rachel.

But if the first image is recent art, then what is with the quality of LO art?

She has so many helpers, shes not a small creator anymore considering the size of the LO fanbase & the awards shes won, I kind of expect art like whats recent to be the standard.

And its like… she can do better. Lore Olympus has lost its magic when it comes to art I won’t lie.

some more orv doodles

Hey guys it's ya boi, aster, once again concocting schemes and shenanigans in the dpxdc landscape

09/05/2023