#A rather random bit but

[rodolfoparras]

Thinking about different types of kisses w/ Price

Thinking about Price leaving soft pecks on your nose cheeks and chin because he’s narrowly missing your lips, bleary eyes barely paying attention to where your mouth is, coarse mustache hair leaving a pleasant stinging behind him, lips tasting of toothpaste, and the bitter coffee Price insist on drinking so early in the morning while a warm callused hand sneaks under your shirt, traces shapes into your skin, before fingers clutch onto your hip as he deepens the kiss

Thinking about passionately kissing in the rain after going directly against his orders, standing head to head toe to toe, with his hand grabbing at the nape of your neck and glaring up at your form because remind me again of who you are to go against his orders? His tone is rough so are his words but so is your appearance after going head first into what might as well have been your very last mission.

You try to explain, try to reason with him, it was for the best, for valuable intel, he doesn’t listen only laughs, and not in amusement but like he’s on the verge of tears and laughing is the only thing keeping him from breaking down completely, before he smashes your lips together.

Your gasp mingles with the sound of thunder before you relax into his grip and lean into the kiss, it’s nothing gentle, lips as harsh as the pelting rain, coarse hair scraping against your skin and teeth clashing together, kisses as unforgiving as the hand on the nape of your neck,lips pressing so harshly against yours it almost hurts and tongue roughly licking into your mouth til you’re sure you can taste blood

One of your hands yank at his wet curls while the other hand presses onto his back in an attempt to pull him impossible closer as if your ribcages aren’t already knocking together, as if your clothes aren’t sticking to each other as if the very same raindrop isn’t landing on his cheek before trickling down onto your chin

Thinking about hurried kisses with Price where clothes are carelessly falling to the floor, hands eagerly exploring each other, loud smacking sounds echoing throughout the room, drool dribbling down your chins, while the two of you roll around in the sheets, slow and needy kisses where Price suckles on your tongue to savior the way the two of you taste as he rides your cock, the short and sweet pecks after coming down from your highs, with him looking all fucked out hair mussed face flushed and a soft smile on his face as he falls asleep happy and satiated

#I just wanted to write a rough rain kiss scrne and here we at w #also don’t mind me in just writing small bits now that I’m feeling like myself again see this as random thoughts rather than drabbles mwah #call of duty #john price #john price x reader #john price x male reader #captain john price #captain john price x male reader #captain john price x reader #top male reader #sub male character #bottom male character #dom male reader

[plushchimera]

I just want you to know that Tarja did nothing wrong in her life, ever

#my art #i wanted her tattoos to have a little bit more #thought? behind them #rather than just being random lines and squares #so #it's a fern now

[aces-to-apples]

Frankly I think Alistair being mildly shitty to that mage in Ostagar seems pretty in-character for the guy he is before the massive, life-altering trauma that is the Ostagar massacre wherein he sees all of his Grey Warden comrades, his beloved mentor/father figure, and his beloathed half-brother/convenient-target-of-projection absolutely torn to shreds by literal Thedas boogeymen. IIRC Morrigan and Flemeth both comment on his wack behavior after Ostagar and then by the time we get to Lothering Alistair just fully surrenders any and all responsibility (and, frankly, agency) to the player's Warden for the foreseeable future. It can then take anywhere from a couple IRL hours to the entire second act of the game for him to retake almost any amount of it back. And depending on the player's choices in dialogue, and especially whether or not they choose to romance him, we may only see flashes of that guy we met at Ostagar before he potentially morphs into almost someone else entirely (hardened!King!Alistair). All that to say, I don't actually think it's a useful criticism of "characterization" to bring up Alistair's glibness as compared to his behavior in the majority of the game because from where I'm standing (looking directly at his snottiness about Cailan, his complaints about being assigned to the Tower of Ishal, his Templar-esque focusing on Morrigan and Flemeth being apostates, his generally pretty brusque manner with the Warden recruits) it seems fairly in-line with the rest of his behavior at Ostagar.

#like seriously he's a bit of a dick (more than what becomes usual) while at ostagar #before his world is shattered and his brain (and personality) is completely rearranged by seeing everyone important to him slaughtered #he clings so hard to the warden as a lifeline that he kind of goes full-on fawning mode for a little bit there #just giving up the reins completely and following orders as (imo) a method of coping with massive loss and trauma #throughout the course of the game he recovers somewhat and goes back to being kind of a dick #and/or growing up pretty extensively and becoming a much better and more tolerant person as a whole #but the idea of him being a dick to a mage because he's being moved around like a chess piece rather than a person #by someone who should NOT have the authority to do that and that fuckin ANNOYS him and then this dude's getting all up in his face about it #as if this was HIS decision and then being accused of harassing this random ass dude he could not give less of a fuck about for funsies #and thus him going full obnoxious shithead teenager about it is somehow OUT of character?? for ALISTAIR??? wack #like nah bro i know we all love ali but our vision is being obscured by that love and also how sweet he is in a romance #just being besties with him unlocks an incredible amount of unfiltered BITCHINESS that is fully in-line with ostagar!alistair's shenanigans #dragon age: origins #alistair theirin #by apples #da meta #anyway there's been disk horse on my dash for the last couple days and this is my take on it

[skitskatdacat63]

"Bring on The Dancing Horses"(x) - Echo and The Bunnymen × Ferrari Drivers

#yes this web weave was titled 'Bring on The Prancing Horses' in my docs....yes im proud of that.... #long post whoop!!! pls scroll back thru and listen to the song while doing so if you wanna experience it better :) #this was originally supposed to be an edit but i have no patience for that and im very happy w this!! #i daydream to music a lot and when i first heard this song i could only think of ferrari seb then sebchal then ferrari drivers in general #but this hurt me a lot to make(for several reasons) #one: AAAAHHHH IT MAKES ME SADDDDDDD!! now im only gonna be able to think of the myth of ferrari when i listen to this song #it rly hurt to look up the pics for this bcs it still feels sore to me and it makes me so sad #but at least i didnt have to watch vids! id probably burst into tears #two: fighting for my life in google docs trying to format the text hahaha... i refuse to use photoshop #special thanks to cofi (@sweatyflytrap) for giving me the idea to put the TPs for the lies lyrics! #its both funny and unfortunate that domenicali was the TP for both felipe and fernando #it would be a bit better if there was a different tp for each but ah oh well #also hehe changed the lyric a tiny bit for the Kimi part. in the og lyrics its Jimmy not Kimi but yknow felt odd to leave it as it was so! #other than that i really really ardently feel that this song fits the cycle of ferrari drivers soooooo well #the 'bring on the new messiah' at the end of the song PLEASE IT FITS SO WELL! with how they drop their prev golden boy for whoevers next! #also omg the way seb's verse is 'you're breaking my brittle heart' rather than "im breaking your brittle heart' HURTS DOESNT IT?????? #i didnt included the original opening/middle verse. i def could make it fit but it wasnt a good opening for this post specifically #'Jimmy Brown made of stone' = kimi again. 'Charlie clown no way home' = charles of course! #anyways this is my magnum opus...but nah i really like it! ill only ever make web weaves w random 80s music i think hahah #ferrari #scuderia ferrari #felipe massa #kimi raikkonen #fernando alonso #sebastian vettel #charles leclerc #f1 #formula 1 #we do a little bit of f1 #normal posts that catie normally makes in a normal fashion

[choicesoctober]

Closed. Winners have been contacted.

Which of your OC/MCs would you want to see art of?

Give me ideas of any one or two characters and I’ll draw two of y’all to win a kofi art commission from @somewillwin (Gabi’s rules apply to this comm).

#playchoices #we all need more art in this fandom i think #i’ll leave this open for a bit but will draw sooner rather than later #and i’ll draw at some random time because i don’t have it in me to remember a scheduled time 😅

[moghedien]

in the first episode when Jo realizes that Carson is following them, Greta initially looks kinda alarmed but then Carson opens her mouth and starts talking about the sturdiness of the wall and Greta’s entire expression changes and she fucking licks her lips watching Carson ramble

like my girl Greta is clearly just a dumbasssexual who sees this dykey looking girl rambling awkwardly to try to seem less obvious and she’s like “all I have to do is say “shellfish” at the right time and she’ll let me feel up her ass”

#love that Greta is genuinely smooth #but also clearly loves every time Carson just rambles awkwardly to try to cover for something #and also she flirts with bad puns and random jokes #like she’s smooth enough to be flirty without talking about how she has the controversial belief in ice cubes #but she’d rather play along with Carson for a bit #greta gill #carson shaw #carson x greta

[so-much-for-subtlety]

My company has a thing where if you do something that other people appreciate they give you reward points* that you can then redeem for gift cards.

I never know what to use them for, but today I just redeemed some for some absurdly expensive pillows and bed linen that I would never justify spending real money on.

Goodbye Ikea pillows!!

#* btw I absolutely despise this because I'd rather just get a % raise instead of random gift cards #and I'm not 100% sure but I think the rewards also gets taxed as a fringe benefit #so when you get one of these rewards your paycheck that week is actually a little lower because they withhold some taxes #(but I might be wrong about the tax bit I asked HR and instead of answering they replied “why do you want to know that” lol) #also it makes me 🙄 at the things that do and don't get recognized

[fictionadventurer]

An underrated benefit of love triangles is that they allow you to have a love story where the ending isn't immediately obvious. In your standard romance, the two leads meet, and then it's just a matter of time until they hit the plot beats that lead to the happily ever after. But the love triangle gives you two plotlines! Two different dynamics! Two valid directions for the plot to veer that will still lead to a romantic happy ending without that ending being a foregone conclusion.

The main character can grow and change in multiple different ways because there are two men on equal standing with her, who can have an influence on her in different ways, giving her multiple different lenses to help her understand who she is and who she really wants to be. When it's done right, the story will be satisfying no matter what the endgame is, because the point is going along on the journey and seeing who the characters become. And the great thing is that you don't know who they'll become because there are two valid options, so the entire story can be surprising, which is so refreshing when so many love stories are so predictable.

#random thought of the day #books #ignoring the multiple books i'm in the middle of should-be-reading #i dove into the only other una silberrad book available on ebook #('the good comrade' if you want to know) #and i'm a quarter of the way through #we've met two possible love interests #and i'm thrilled to find that i have no idea what endgame is going to be #there's one that i'm probably leaning toward that's a bit more standard enemies-to-lovers who enjoy intellectual sparring #but the other option is a *lot* like the love interest in her other book #i don't know if she'd be happy with him but he's going to have a huge effect on her character arc #and honestly she'd probably be a better person with him #both options would be satisfying endings so i can just settle back and go along for the ride #a theme i'm finding in her work (at least these two books) is what happens when people with different moral systems collide #people who are ruled by morality vs people ruled by convention vs people ruled by honor #and people who have different ideas of what they mean by all these things #different definitions of what they mean by right and wrong #and how their worlds are shaken when they interact with each other and find different ways of viewing things #and it makes for *really* satisfying romances because it's about how these people clash and collide and change each other #i'm not even sure she's doing it on purpose because these books are really rather slight #but the somewhat shallow style secretly offers a lot of ways to dive deeper #but it only really comes out later when you find yourself thinking about it after the book is shut #it's not necessarily obvious in the flow of the plot #i don't know how it works but it's fascinating

[ge]

i like this detail whenever it comes up where someone who has JUST met chung myung rattles off very factually correct praise and exposits observations about chung myungs character that we, as the readers, are already aware of or are made to be aware of in that moment, but the disciples, who are so desensitized to chung myung and his behaviour atp, that even when faced w these spot on observations, they find it strange/untrue/a mischaracterization or a misunderstanding from the other party because even after all the time spent w chung myung, ESPECIALLY after spending so much time w chung myung, they see his actions and behaviour as default surface level eccentricism and havent really bothered to look much deeper into why he does or says the things he does, only knowing that he's never acted any differently than the way he did when they first met him and that he couldnt possibly have any ulterior motives or thoughts that they wouldnt know about because they think that the chung myung they can see, his rash callousness and poor decision making skills and bizarre off beat mannerisms and susceptibility to praise, is all the chung myung there is

#i know their grasp of cm and his personality/motives/etc etc broadens as the story goes on but rn i think this particular dynamic they have #with him currently is interesting to me.. their off-handedness when it comes to characters digging deep into cms psyche isnt malicious #but rather ignorance.. resurrection stories r usually a bit hit or miss to me cuz sometimes i feel like they dont always hit the mark #but rotmhs REALLY captures the skewed perspectives and misunderstandings that i really enjoy reading about from reincarnation novels #return of the blossoming blade #return of the mount hua sect #random ass thought piece what da hell.....hope any of this makes sense its like five am gewd night

[ncutii-gatwa]

someone pointed out it’s been 6 months between space babies and the devil’s chord… ruby’s been travelling with the doctor for 6 months… and we didn’t get to see any of it…

#random emma thoughts #dw #doctor who spoilers #would have loved just one silly episode where ruby learns more about who the doctor is rather than just saying it in a few lines #idk it felt a bit of a jerk to go from silly space babies to oh idk how to defeat this person #i miss the days we actually got to see a companion learning and getting to know the doctor truthfully

[fiona-fififi]

I understand why everyone hates the Buckley parents, and I understand why everyone hates the sort of redemption arc they've been given up until now.

But Buck and Maddie deserve parents who love them, and they don't deserve to be hurt by them anymore than they already have been. And as much as I hate them, too, I'd much rather Buck and Maddie be allowed to have this tentative peace where maybe they're not given the perfect kind of love they deserve, but it's enough to mean something important to them.

#as someone who had really fucked up parents who i still love deeply #even though i probably should have cut at least one of them out of my life at several points #i would rather have the version of them who grew a little bit even if not enough than nothing at all #and i know i'm projecting but i just don't want to see maddie and buck have to hurt so badly over them again #unpopular opinion #the buckley parents #the buckley siblings #911 spoilers #random 911 thoughts

[goddess-of-graphite]

The Great Notes App Exodus: Half-Dead and Still Kicking

The thing is, Jason’s been a ghost for a while, okay? Six whole months, and it’s been a goddamn adjustment, being capable of floating through walls and falling through furniture if he’s not careful, if he’s not concentrating. He goes unseen and unheard in a manor too full of grieving to only be residence of two people - Alfred keeps his room tidy and untouched, as if it’s a shrine to keep care of, and Bruce is…

Jason is, was, Robin, so he can’t quite help himself from following in Batman’s shadow as the man patrols, more vicious, more brutal than Jason has ever seen him. He takes more risks, gets injured more often - and it’s terrifying, the way Batman grieves, as if trying to follow him into the grave. So Jason follows, unbeating heart in his throat, and only relaxes again when Bruce is safe in the manor, sleeping off whatever injuries he got during the night.

He can’t interact with the world, but he can watch the shades of past residents going about their lives, and he learns things from doing this even as he fears becoming them one day, mindlessly replaying a life long passed. He can snoop and explore without worry for being caught, and if he ever gets bored he can practice flying (so much harder than it seems - he’s careful never to go too high, too worried that he won’t be able to come back down again, even with the ceaseless curiosity in the back of his mind wondering - just how far can I go? Beyond the sky? Could he touch the stars, if he wanted?) and when everything is terrible, when the memories of his death, his last few hours of life, haunt him, when he is drowning in his own head, he finds distractions; the way the air currents sometimes seem to react to him, trying to move things like ghosts do in those terrible movies, chattering to whoever is around and pretending they can hear him, finding mysteries to solve (what’s up with that camera kid, anyway? He’d never noticed him before…) and trying to read books in the library through sheer force of will, usually ending up just reciting the parts he knows.

(Two months and a bit in to this whole “ghost” thing, he finds out the deal with the camera kid. Jason can only be relieved because, kid’s got a point - and Bruce seems to do better with someone to protect, to teach, to watch over.

He’s not practically tearing people apart with his bare hands anymore. He’s not taking hits he should have been able to avoid anymore. He’s not lurking at the edge of rooftops anymore, staring at the ground as if contemplating how far away it is.)

And Tim… he’s weird, but brilliant, and Jason feels a little protective of him. Follows him whenever he goes out, sharp eyes watching his back regardless of whether he can protect it or not (and maybe it’s his imagination, but the world seems more real when he’s watching over Tim, closer and present in a way he can almost feel, as if he could actually affect the world, if he just tried hard enough - if he just needed to desperately enough).

And then, six months after his-… after this ghost thing started, something… changes.

Something Happens, and he can almost taste the strange Knowing - something, somewhere, has gone wrong, or perhaps right, and the ripples extend beyond the event, slipping into each corner of the universe with the subtlety of a truck, and yet somehow unnoticed.

The ghosts notice. Pale shades lift their heads, existing outside of their own memories for the first time in an age - and Jason, who is new, who is Robin, who lived in Gotham where all things become possible, is hit by the wave of Something Happening Elsewhere Rippling Out and wakes up in a box.

In a coffin.

(But Jason has been a ghost for six months, and the pain of living again is enough to reach for the existence of being a ghost, and by the time he has sorted himself out and half-clawed, half-floated his way out of his grave (again), he doesn’t expect himself to be anything but what he has been for the past six months.)

(And then, of course, he discovers he can interact with the world if he concentrates, if he wants it enough, and he assumes that Whatever That Was made him a stronger ghost.

It’s not an unfair assessment. Incorrect, but not beyond reason.

Why would he think he came back to life, anyway? That’s a bit far-fetched, really.)

#tangentially a danny phantom crossover but it’s not hugely important #graphite writes #i have so many random bits of writing in my notes #this is me basically setting them free into the world #lmao enjoy ig #DC #Jason Todd #Jason Todd is a ghost #The Great Notes App Exodus #I figured the deal here was Danny’s misadventures with stuff like the reality gauntlet causing a ripple effect #and because Danny is a halfa the rest of the multiverse kind of gets a template of his existence #thereby making the creation of halfas more likely in places they wouldn’t have formed before #… such as the dcu #so yeah Jason is a halfa but coming at it from the opposite angle than danny #and for most of the time his human form is kind of sleeping and healing from his death wounds #but he starts needing to eat and stuff as a ghost in the meantime in order to maintain his living half #and the ripple also caused the ghosts closest to Jason’s haunt to become more aware #like proper ghosts rather than the shades they were #that’ll probably extend to Gotham later as Jason gets stronger and thus gains the ability to filter the city’s manky ecto more and more #especially if he’s not using up a whole lot of energy fighting ghosts like Danny does #so the surplus is just kind of siphoned off by Gotham where other entities can feed on it #and become stronger #>:3c

[pyrriax]

6, 12, 30 for the writing asks ^_^

6. What’s the last line you wrote?

Shaking its head in what seems like disbelief before meeting his eyes again, almost like it wants to say something before it makes a noise like a growl, "oh, you're one of those seraphs, aren't you. A star-eater. No wonder you act like you've lost your mind."

(ignore that that's a couple sentences, the Thought is important)

12. Do you outline your fics?  If yes, how detailed are your outlines?  How far do you stray from them?

Oh yes! I outline my fics thoroughly. Though, I do allowed myself to deviate as much from the outline as I feel like when things go off the rails. Some snippets of planning from a couple fics & concepts:

My outlines are very... One for one. With some exceptions. I tend to basically write a very brief version of the fic and try to get the feelings and words right before I actually write it. This is... Also why it can and will take me a month to write a oneshot. I try to get things Right.

30. How much do you edit your fics?  Do you edit as you write or wait until you finish the first draft?

So! I edit them a bit? I edit while I work, but often I don't really touch anything I've already written unless it's something longer that might be taking a few months to get through. I think the fic I've edited the most is the prologue of Artificial Stars, which was originally a quickly written 2k oneshot into about 5k of actually decent fic.

Usually I don't edit to make something shorter/more concise, since I tend to only come up with more ways to bridge concepts when I go back to it. Also to be fair... There's usually no difference between first draft and final product. I cannot be asked to edit my fics after I write them, I just release them to the birds and pray for the best. (Unless I actually decide to show it to my beta reader in full instead of just sharing snippets as I... usually do.)

Conclusion: Rarely, those thangs are being given to the world as-is unless something is horrifically wrong with them

#ask a ghost #asker: solxr-planet #ask game #i get a little silly sometimes but also uhhhHH!! welcome to several things i havent posted about before #grey notes is an oc thing that will never be finished but i still have the line-by-line dialogue between two characters that is. #kind of how i plan dialogue? at least how i outline it. #i'm super picky with it and i plan stuff so much that you can usually tell pretty quickly when something isn't planned #ALSO! #scene titles! #nobody sees them ever but theyre there for me and me alone #usually theyre song lyrics or something i think is important to the concept but also other times theyre just kind of silly #“all the candy you can eat” is a song title from one of my favorite albums. #honestly i think this is the first time i've shared anything of my writing that is even remotely roshambo-centric #i am still learning how i want to write & characterize him so its a bit funky #haunted bookshelf #purely for the random stuff that's in there #also! i started breaking things up into scenes rather than just chapters and it helped a hell of a lot with my process #since it's easier to divide when there's a lot potentially happening in a chapter of something #or even just in a oneshot #my process is. definitely made for the way i write. i don't think i would ever recommend anybody do what i do with my fics #also yes i could actually just edit my plans and call that a fic because really that is the effort i put into them. #theoretically you could call my outline my first draft because really that is the way that it is

[fallershipping]

A traveling huntsman Looker befriends a mythical nature spirit.

#/unicorns are not just the sparkle rainbow lol random stuff you see everywhere #/they can be rather wary powerful and mysterious creatures #/they might see themselves as a bit arrogant and blunt #/but also protective and dutiful to their forests

[gothyanki]

I can’t complain about the accidental oathbreak fiasco too much, though, because it led to this METAL AS FUCK scene.

#also to lots of feelings about what it might have been like for them to take the oath the first time around #i think an oathbreaker storyline could work incredibly well for them #oathbreaking in dnd is traditionally seen as “evil” #but the easiest way to break your oath as a vengeance paladin is by... showing mercy #which would be a truly delicious bit of character development #however #i would rather it happen in the course of actual roleplaying than as a random accident because of how the game handles oaths #oc: vin'ath #paladins #bg3

[buriedabove]

sometimes i think about how

#where’s everyone going? ❯ ooc. #tbd. #i like to think it’s mostly stupid luck rather than actual skill #just feels a bit random to me y’know #in the sense that the term hacking happens to be used a bit too freely... in general