#I can't believe it's finally finished...

[bigbrainbiology]

The end of an era <3

#fanart #shingeki no kyojin #attack on titan #mikasa ackerman #digital art #my art #aot spoilers #<- just in case #I can't believe it's finally finished... #I'll miss looking forward to the new OSTs each season

[ryllen]

color coded affection

#thru my experience chronologically the blue one actually goes after the yellow one; but development wise it looks better like this prolly #this is harvest moon like hearts where the color changes as affection level goes higher #twisted wonderland #twst #sebek zigvolt #twst yuu #twst mc #fanart #yea i can't believe once i didn't put any speck of attention to him i am not even looking????? #but now i look intently at him and be like isn't he kinda handsome??????????? #OH nooooooo #how life steers itself to the unexpectedly funny road #yuu thought she is finally normal about him #but that's exactly where it starts #god i need to finish my homework

[daydreamerwonderkid]

All Tim does is eat hot potato chip and lie.

You do NOT have permission to repost my art.

#dreamer doodles #tim drake #made the startling discovery #that my sister is actually great reference for tim #so i used a photo i took of her the other day #chilling out on the couch with all of her snacks #and used it as practice/inspiration for another tim drawing #can't believe i'm finally finishing my old tim WIPs #didn't tag it but that's supposed to be dick in a superman tshirt lol

[xieliancore]

angels of decay

#bsd #bsd fanart #decay of angels #bsd fyodor #fyodor #nikolai #bsd nikolai #bsd bram #bram stoker #sigma #bsd sigma #ik fukuchi is missing but i dont like him so i wont be drawing him dslkjfdsg im sorry for the fukuchi fans out there.. #anyways i can't believe i finally finished this set...it's been months... #my art

[galentir]

Alternative universe where Luke and Reggie share the best werewolf vampire solidarity 🤝

#julie and the phantoms #jatp #luke patterson #reggie peters #alex mercer #jatp willie #jatp art #jatp fanart #digital art #my art #this AU hasn't left me I love this so much already #telling by Luke's messy hair... werewolf!Luke was predestinied to be a big floof #and Reggie would absolutely LOVE IT #Alex is having none of it #he wouldn't know what answer he expected to hear from Reggie #last art post of this year! the past three months have been a lot so I'm mentally still stuck in october #but today I finally finished a big project and can now post some art I originally started with the halloween picture #can't believe it's the end of december #so instead of happy halloween have a happy new year!

[areyoudoingthis]

This shot makes me completely insane. Ed's wanted to bury the Kraken and Blackbeard for so long, but now he's literally and symbolically digging himself up from the depths, he's swimming all the way to the bottom on purpose to drag himself back out.

And he does it in part because he's just been told "If you were ever good at anything, go and do that", and then rowed himself back into a nightmare, ships burning everywhere, Stede missing, and British soldiers harassing him while he's barely coping with what he's seeing. Maybe at first this is about bringing the Kraken back out of anger and dissociation, but that's why what happens next is so important. Because whatever his motivations are in this moment, he's doing something. The last time he was underwater he was drowning and Stede's presence saved him, this time he's taking action and doing whatever he can to fight back. And anger is only part of that, has always only been part of what moves Ed to violence.

Blackbeard and the Kraken have always been fueled by love, and fear, and yes, rage against unjust situations that made Ed feel helpless and trapped, and then left him feeling even worse for fighting back. And that last bit is what changes this time around and allows Ed to reintegrate, because for the first time, he's not alone anymore to deal with the aftermath, he's not a kid without a family, he's not a man crying alone in secret in an empty room without anyone to console him.

After he digs himself up, he emerges fully dressed on the shore, Edward Teach literally reborn on a beach at last, leathers back on and determined to do whatever it takes to find Stede. And it's such a powerful shot: he's all in black against the white surf, dripping wet hair completely obscuring his features and trailing tentacle shaped rivulets of water in front of his face.

The next shot we see is his shadow self, his dark, blurry reflection on the sand. The only bit of Ed's actual body we get are his feet stepping determinedly on the wet sand, making his way back to land and to Stede and towards his full self (although he hasn't realized this last bit yet).

But it's not until he finds the soldiers reading Stede's letter -and this is such a lovely representation of how the core of the show is the relationship between these two men- that all the parts of him are finally able to integrate into a single person when Ed embraces the Kraken and Blackbeard and Ed as being of equal value. It's reading the adoring, unhesitating declaration of Stede's love that allows Ed to redefine himself, to see his darker parts in a different light, the light Stede has cast on his life.

He reads the letter, realizes the depth of Stede's love for him, understands he's really committed to Ed for good (in permanent ink), that he didn't push him away by showing him his trauma as he feared, that sharing the story he's never told anyone else about his first and worst act of violence didn't make Stede reject him, that Stede loves him and wants him in his life for good. He has a short cry about it while he reads and processes.

And then he roars "you wrote me a lovely letter" and charges. A lot has been said about how angry in love the line sounds, and yes, he is angry, angry that he almost lost Stede again, angry that the British soldiers would mock the letter, angry that they'd hurt Stede and that they'd think they can do whatever they want just because they have the power, think they can separate them again after everything they've been through.

Ed has been afraid of his anger for so long, made up a tale and a whole different persona to hide it behind, but his anger has always been born of love, of the need to keep his loved ones safe, of rage against abuse and injustice, and this is what he needed to be able to see in order to start healing.

He's in love, Stede's in danger, he needs his protection, and Ed offers it unflinchingly and doesn't hate himself for it this time, sees the part of him that is capable of killing not as monster but as loving protector at last. Because the British are abusing their entirely illegitimate authority, and the man he loves is in trouble and may even be dead, and this isn't even a question for Ed, he'll fight for him.

And once he's safe he'll drop his weapons at their feet to kiss him and tell him what he's finally become able to say: he loves him. He's maybe beginning not to hate himself, and he loves Stede. And Stede reaffirms what he wrote in the letter, tells him that he knows, that it isn't Ed-Blackbeard-Kraken that's a dick, but life.

Is this arc done? No, of course not. Healing happens in stops and starts, it takes a long time, and that's why DJ has said from the beginning that OFMD was always meant to be three seasons long; the last season is going to be all about Ed and Stede dealing with their issues so they can grow and heal. But they were always meant to do it together, because that's when they're strongest, that's when they're able to shed a light on the other's darkest bits and help him see them in a kinder, loving way.

This was an emotionally charged step in Ed's journey of growth and self acceptance, but the issue will probably come back up in the future, especially now that he and Stede are slowing down and taking time to process their mountains of trauma and everything they've been through in a very condensed amount of time.

But this is still an incredibly significant moment for Ed. He's gone from panicking and hiding under a blanket in a bathtub to throwing parts of himself overboard to digging them up from the bottom of the sea towards the shore and the light, and wielding them intentionally to fight for what he loves.

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd meta #edward teach #alex watches ofmd #i can't believe i finally finished this it took me like three years

[ifindus]

"Can you just imagine Norway and Sweden here, forced to take a picture together during their union in the 1800s??"

Or, something like that, is about what @cat-with-a-tie said just before requesting this exact scenario ✨

#hetalia #historical hetalia #aph norway #aph sweden #hws norway #hws sweden #sunor #none of them are happy to be there and would rather be anywhere else #lol I finally finished it!! #can't believe backgrounds are so time consuming even with a reference pic 😩😩😩 #also the backdrop for the photo was just so pretty I didn't even try to replicate it #can't believe we spent 5 hours at the museum??? where did the time go?? #and oustside while it was windy and snowing as well! How did we manage?? #would do again tho

[brotherconstant]

SUCCESSION "Tern Haven" (2.05) SHIV ROY → Anxiety.

He’s got me all Kendalling. This is what happens. You’re promised the keys to the castle and you get paralyzed looking into the eyes of the cobra. And then he smells the vacillation and – that’s it. You’re done. He’s fucking – juiced another lemon. He’s got me second-guessing myself. I’m wavering on the best strategy for securing a company I don’t even like— I really want this. I want to be sitting at that table.

#successionedit #succession #shiv roy #logan roy #sarah snook #beegifs #finally got around to finishing this. after.... 6 months? i can't believe i can delete the over 1k screencaps from my hard drive #i HAD to include the script version of shiv's corridor meltdown. he's got me kendalling........ insane

[summergirl2408]

#the magnus archives #tma #I still can't believe this new madness started literally hours after i finally finished tma

[bonyfish]

It was always in your nature to give in to temptation.

(or, in the words of my friend Spooks, "Everyone else is playing 5E but Teeth out here playing Dream Daddy")

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #my art #i finally finished this! #please enjoy the continuing adventures of teeth the warlock #can't believe i've never done a pastiche of the anne hathaway twelfth night promo photo before now #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #bg3 spoilers #shadowheart #tav #the emperor #the emperor bg3

[ravidrws]

Boyfriend benefits ig

#xiaoven #venti #xiao #genshin impact #genshin fanart #ravidraws #Can't believe I actually finished this wow #I probably messed up something but it's 2AM gn #Probably the last or second to last post for some time bc of school and another time consuming project I might finally get started on :'D #Also fun fact when I first got into xvn it was mainly bc of both streamer/gamer AU and bodyguard AU Xiao lmao #You can pry chair!Xiao from my cold dead hands

[llamahearted]

the best thing about a doll is, she can be anything you want her to be. prints ✩ songs on repeat

#finally got to finish reading Chobits as an adult. the final volumes wrecked me #especially because I loved Angelic Layer as a child like. I was truly SHAKEN at the concept #can't believe CLAMP was out here tricking seinen magazine subscribers into reading I Robot (For Her) #listen. it's about the......girl robots...it's about their capacity for AGENCY.... #also. gonna start linking what I was listening to #I listened to so much 80s Kate Bush while drawing this dude. I feel like she would LOVE chobits. someone get this woman a copy STAT #chobits #angelic layer #CLAMP

[quick-catton]

Get a Good Angle (Be a Good Angel)

[NSFW | 5K | Felix Catton/Oliver Quick, Friends to Lovers, Praise Kink Discovery, Teasing, First Time Blow Jobs, Slow Burn, Fluff & Smut, Drama Queen Felix]

“You always forget your sunglasses,” Felix says fondly as he holds out a pair of shades. “I brought a spare for you." Oliver takes them with a smile, relaxing back onto the towel and putting them on.

“Ah, good boy,” he jokes lightly, patting Felix’s arm in thanks as if he were a dog bringing him the morning paper. He senses him tense up, and he turns his head questioningly, but Felix just rolls over onto his stomach, burying his face into his folded arms. Weird.

[title from 'nevr' – ray bull]

#can't believe i finally finished this shit #thank fuck #saltburn #cattonquick #cattonquick fic #cattonquick edit #oliver quick #felix catton #felix x oliver #saltburn fanfiction #quick-catton edits #quick-catton fics

[renecdote]

and what if in your sleep, you dreamed

The last square on my BTHB card is finally here! This one is for @herodiaz, ily Becky 💛

Summary:

The thing is, Buck had been doing well with his dreams. Nine out of ten nights, he wasn’t bringing back anything that he didn’t want to. But: head injury, mostly. The trauma of it all, probably. That night, Buck goes to sleep in Eddie’s bed and wakes up holding his car keys. It’s—it could be worse. After the tsunami, he kept waking up with his sheets full of sand, soaked through and shivering. After Eddie was shot, he’d wake up with blood in his mouth, choking on the taste of it. When Maddie was gone, hiding herself away in Boston, and he missed her so much it ached, Buck had to fight against his mind not to bring her back from his dreams. That would have been hard to explain: waking up in bed with Taylor on one side and a carbon copy of his missing sister on the other. Car keys, at least, can be hidden. Except it’s not just the car keys. Or: the raven cycle inspired dream magic fic For BTHB: wound that would not heal

In his dreams, there is always more blood. It pools under him as he lies in the middle of the road, pours down his arm as he stumbles through waterlogged streets, fills his lungs as Abby takes a knife to his throat. It’s torn out of him with slashes on his arms, his legs, his chest, veins cut through and gaping, arteries nicked. Buck bleeds and bleeds and bleeds until there is nothing else left of him.

In hindsight, the whole blood clots turned blood thinners thing is kind of ironic.

Or. Is that what ironic means? It’s whatever word means the universe is laughing at him, is what it is. And the universe has always loved laughing at him. Laughing and screaming and clawing him open.

For Buck’s whole life, Maddie has told him that he isn’t cursed.

“It’s a gift, Evan,” when he’s a kid. “It means you’re special.”

Becomes: “You’re different, Evan. It’s not a bad thing.”

Becomes: “I don’t know why, okay? Sometimes things happen and you just have to deal with it. Life isn’t always fair.”

She was right about that: life isn’t fair.

She was wrong about other things though. Including the fact that he’s definitely cursed. How can he not be when he dreams of blood and wakes up terrified that he has brought it with him? Buck bolts upright in bed or on the couch, at the station and at home and everywhere else he sleeps, patting himself down—arms, throat, chest, legs—fingers trembling, breaths loud and gasping, his heart beating painfully fast.

It’s worse when it comes from memory.

Months after the truck bombing, he dreams about losing his leg and wakes up on Eddie’s couch shaking, sobbing, clawing at the duvet until his fingers are digging into his thigh, his knee, his calf, still there, still there, still there. Buck folds over himself, knee hugged to his chest, hand pressed against his mouth to stifle the sobs that still won’t stop. His leg is cramping, pain shooting up through his spine, nerves tingling, but he can’t make himself let go. Can’t stop shaking. Can’t quite believe that he’s awake.

“Buck?” Disembodied and worried, the light flicking on a moment later. “Hey, what’s wrong? What happened?”

Eddie falls to his knees beside the couch, reaching out, and Buck shakes his head over and over, but can’t find the words to say he’s fine. (He’s not fine.)

[Read on AO3]

#Evan Buckley #Eddie Diaz #911 Fox #fic #badthingshappenbingo #can't believe I have finally finished this one #so excited to share it but also. so so nervous alskdjklgk #if it's terrible pls nobody tell me 🙈

[squishbug]

had this idea a couple weeks back when it was raining non stop

#boy am I glad to finally be done with this #hope the colours r ok cuz my screen is kinda fucked :( #it's the first time in years that I've finished smth like this #can't believe I've been tricked into drawing again smh #welcome home #welcome home fanart #wally darling #julie joyful #barnaby b beagle #wally darling fanart #julie joyful fanart #barnaby beagle fanart #squishbugs art

[wetcatspellcaster]

...so.

about that 'with a happy ending' part of 'angst with a happy ending'.

#thank you all for your patience... I am pleased to say I have finished the angst plot of Pieces #i can't believe i'm typing these words but: all the action is drafted. the horror is drafted. the final confrontation is drafted #the Ascendent is [REDACTED] #Astarion is [REDACTED] #and from this point.. there is only romance to go. #wip: pieces still stuck in your teeth #my writing #you know that point where you draft something that's dwelt in your head from the beginning? yeah. that.