S.T.A.R.S.!!!!!!

Not even december yet and im already thinking about the mailman built like a toothpick and "BEAR" santa saving christmas or something

Listen/purchase: Phantomime by Ghost

I'll get you everything you wanted I'll get you everything you need You don't need to believe in hereafter Just believe in me!!!

I am being so normal about Torchwood (lying)

This WIP has me in a CHOKEHOLD guys!!!!😮‍💨

The characterization 😫

The banter😫

The filthy fucking language that lands JUST RIGHT 🫠

Theo, Pansy, NEVILLE ✅

Run don’t walk

OH MY GODS THE UNDERWORLD SAGA?!?!????

SOOOO FUCKING GOOD.

Suresuresure they didnt have "a big final battle" but mental breakdowns r just at bad

Where he hears his mother??? Sick and twisted

THE BRASS NEAR THE END OF NO LONGER YOU???? OH MY GOD

I am a monster rawr rawr rawr lmao

MONSTER IS SOOOO GOOD WHAT DO U PUT IN YOUR MUSIC DUDE I CANT.

*Tears of the Kingdom theme song goes brrrrrr

The new Percy Jackson show is so awesome!!! They did the sorce material so right, all of thier characters are fantastic, the acting is on point, and I love, love, LOVE the set design!!!!! Can't wait for the next episode to drop, tempted to reread the books while I'm waiting!!!!!!

Im screaming incoherently. I just read one of the best fics ive read in my entire life and everyone else has to read it too or I will show up at your house and fight you! 😂

Sicarius/Prabian is my OTP

Also I’ve been reading this YA rev war novel and it has ghosts, romance, an old house, a Washington appearance, a cunty redcoat with a cool name, MULTIPLE Andre mentions, AND MOUNTED TROOP APPEARANCES

notreallystraight on ao3 doing gods work with THREE chapters from lilac wine in literally two days what a time to be alive

and thank you for recommending this one 🫶 @mariejordans

I just can't get over the fact it was PK who offered the hornet deal thing. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the guy with a baby death pit didn't think twice to toss a child at someone to get them on his side, but what did Herrah think? Again she wasn't in a position to refuse, needing a heir, but god that must have been a jarring proposal.

I mean, if you look at it from the political circumstances, it does make a whole lot more sense than from just a casual 'hey want me to be a sperm donor' offer. Deepnest and Hallownest had political tension between them, to the point where the Pale King signed a treaty with the Mantis Lords to guard the city's gates; Herrah is known as 'the Beast' to the citizens of Hallownest, and her den is spoken of as being 'beyond the kingdom'. So they were already in tense circumstances to begin with, and then PK comes over to her lands about a problem that primarily affects his kingdom and asks her to lay her life down for a problem that isn't fully hers to deal with. That's a lot to ask for, especially when you don't have an heir to make sure that your kingdom stays intact after you're gone. PK probably came over to Deepnest after hearing about the ferocity, strength, and loyalty of their queen, noticed that she had no heir to succeed her throne, and then offered to ensure she had one so that she could lay down her life knowing that her sacrifice would save her people in the future (yikes) and that the title of ruler was secure. That's excellent for Deepnest.

And that's not all the benefits of him siring her heir, either! That's just the most basic breakdown of the bunch. Him doing so would automatically place Hallownest and Deepnest in a position for a treaty, as the heir of Deepnest now has the blood of Hallownest running in her, essentially tying the fate of the two kingdoms together. It's a big show of peace, because he offered to create and then put his own rival on the throne, meaning that he technically couldn't become Deepnest's king after her death- because his daughter is already there. And on top of that, he is a god, meaning that none of the spiders of Deepnest could truly contest with her heir after her death, because her baby has divine blood running through her veins and a (presumably) alive father in the neighboring kingdom over. Having a halfblood heir means that her child is already LEAGUES above everyone else who might try to take the throne, both in power and vitality. So not only did PK offering to give her an heir essentially meant that he stepped forward and went 'hey, in exchange for your sacrifice, I will ensure your future and place my own rival on your throne', it also brought Deepnest and Hallownest from a place of animosity to one where trade was happening between the kingdoms (or, well, Hallownest was buying Deepnest's silk en masse) AS WELL as strengthening Herrah's lineage and basically ensuring that her baby would not only be strong and healthy, but also stay on the throne. All things considering, if everything worked out as it should have, then Herrah would have exchanged her life for a boon that might have very well set Deepnest into a golden age after her sacrifice.

(And it also points to how desperate PK was for the Dreamer plan. Not only did he sacrifice his top scholar and someone who looks to have been essential to managing the City of Tears, he also gave a whole hell of a lot without getting a whole hell of a lot in return. Trade and kingdom security is great, but it looks like it was mostly Deepnest selling to Hallownest, and Hornet being raised by the White Lady certainly didn't place Deepnest under Hallownest's rule. If anything, she ended up inheriting both kingdoms...though not through happy circumstances)

Personally what I think is funny is that PK's solution to everything seems to be 'make baby to fix problem'. I mean, it makes sense in both the highly specific contexts that required it, but it also places him as the anti-zeus of mythology (has a lot of kids but not bc hes a slut, just bc he can fuck his way out of it instead of fight) which is personally very funny to me

wanna eat this version of absolution sm

me making this about buck

*drops off angsty art*

Jonah Hauer-King’s pic of the day! ✨ (probably photographed by Joseph Sinclair 📷)