#Oh I have missed using his tag

[completeoveranalysis]

[1]

OH OK THE COVER IS FULL OF BLOOD

Let's put it under a read more, just in case:

Splash text:

These days smeared with regret and shame Believe only in that time That will one day come

In which we have a soft, gentle, thoughtful Syaoran posing like he’s on the cover of a photo shoot; head gently resting on his hands, which are folded on top of the hilt of his sword; lips almost frowning thoughtfully as he gazes at the camera. 

And then there’s the blood. 

Which is just SO much worse now that he (probably?) has his soul back now. He’s committed untold horrors and will never be free of the shed blood that taints him wherever he goes. But he’s also back! Ish? Maybe? 

We have him back and he’s gone after Sakura, but he’s still here wearing an (absolutely incredible) outfit still marked with the bat wings of Evil Wolverine’s dominion. The splash text at least seems to hint that he might be just getting through this, holding out for the hopeful pivotal moment where it all becomes ok again.

Which is wild to say the least.

Would love to know more about what’s going on with him!

#I LOVE the sword in ALMOST centreframe #Because it's His Sword marked with his trademark fire #But the real centreframe is his face #Drawing you back to his mismatched eyes #And everything he’s DONE - or been forced to do #And how it might not be his fault - but it still happened #And is he still doing more? Willingly? #We just dont know yet! #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Tsubasa #Vol 203 #Syaoran #Oh I have missed using his tag #Will we see him soon? #Oh then again #There are only 31 chapters to go #OF COURSE we will see him again soon #There is only ‘soon’ left

[lunarharp]

scribbles... pre-relationship onsen trip

#witch hat tag #orufrey #partial nudity / #cause i miss the onsen. it feels silly to say 'pre-relationship' bc you just know their anniversary is going to be the date oru moved in #ignore my weak attempt at painting qifrey's face. i want to get better at that style lol..better at everything..oh god i am trying #might be getting the hang of it at least #i feel like zozah has european mores in that being uhh naked around ppl is probably a bit like. Whats all this then #but sensei purposefully puts in japanese flair - sake bowls - sitting on the floor - they are japanese men. To me. Get in the bath :) #but to oru it would feel more normal and to qifrey it would NOT - they do have those public baths at the assembly #but he was surely in the corner wanting to die and splashing himself once and then running away hating everyone #beldaruit will have a private bathtub with claw feet that his carers help him into - good god let that kid use it too

[fujii-draws]

OKAY! Chatot rant in tags below! Read at your own discretion.

#okay starting from the beginning of where ppl usually dislike him. apple woods chapter. #he doesn’t give hero/partner the CHANCE to explain themselves despite them being relatively good recruits up until that point. #and that legit might be my only gripe with that chapter bc!!! stories need conflict! I LIKE the conflict in apple woods!!! #hero and partner being punished so something they didn’t do! #the misunderstanding! how team skull (Skuntank) actually outplays the main duo with a clever yet rotten trick. I LOVE that it segways into- #one of the more sweeter scenes of guild members looking out for eachother. I LIKE APPLE WOODS CONFLICT. #but chatot just. not giving them a chance. is so dumb. #I’d personally fix this by having a lil montage of hero/partner fucking up on jobs. A LOT. and chatot giving them a pass every time. #and let the perfect apple incident BE the one where he puts his foot down and doesn’t listen to them. bc he’d given them loads of chances. #and doesn’t want to hear any excuse. #but yeah. I legit dont mind him during that chapter except for that really stupid and frustrating moment. #NOW. CHAPTER 17. #UGGGGHHH WHERE DO I BEGIN #Him not believing hero and Partner about Grovyle and the future being in ruin? FINE. ACTUALLY GOOD. BC CHATOT WOULD BE SKEPTIC. #IT FITS HIS CHARACTER!! #BUT WHAT DOES SUCK. IS HIM GOING ‘Dusknoir isn’t the bad guy. he didn’t do anything wrong’ #WHEN HE LITERALLY KIDNAPPED HERO AND PARTNER RIGHT I N F R O N T OF HIM. #(​NO LITERALLY. HIS CHARACTER IS IN THE FRONT ROW WHEN IT HAPPENED.) #and him. having the GALL to tell hero and partner they must’ve been ‘seeing things’ and downplaying the HELL they went through. #despite them being missing for hours/days. his own guild recruits. and his angry sprite showing up. #like. I think that’s when I genuinely despised him. #that and him going ‘OH I BELIEVED YOU THE WHOLE TIME HEEHOO :)’ shit was so fucking annoying. #just playing it off as a joke the second the guild started to believe hero and partner. #IMAGINE IF HE W A S ACTUALLY TESTING THE GUILD’S TRUST. SHOWCASING HIM AS THE MORE RESPONSIBLE AND RESPECTFUL RIGHT HAND OF THE GUILD. #and yes. Brine cave he saves hero and partner. but at that point I just didn’t care anymore. #he fucked those two over so much. that I didn’t care what ‘valiant’ sacrifice he had. #and he grills Team Skull for what they did OFF SCREEN. they couldn’t even give us THAT. #<<< THAT or him outright saying sorry would’ve been nice. IKIK his ‘actions’ or whatever but. #eughh again this is all imo. I’m not trying to make people hate him or change their mind. #I’ll get into positives in the second post cause I’m running out of tags

[mcdannowave]

Incorrect Quotes - We all know that he knows, Danny. He just loves to bicker with you.

#mcdanno #scott caan #danny williams #hawaii five 0 #incorrect quotes #alert on fox #alert mpu #(are those tags correct? never used them before) #didn't have many scenes for a 'high school bff w/ closeted bi danny williams'. But this way is better #oh man. i had this idea ever since the tease trailer debuted.just didn't hav the juice to do it #(still. for the 'Tall dark and handsome'..and the 'Precious golden cupcake'.I squeeze a bit that i still have in me) #This is just 'one' of Dannys'' many guilty pleasures that he can afford to get when he needs to go to mainland w/o his hubby #(also. so many kids and the dog.It's a big family. yall know the drill.But the pression for going there for Christmas every yr is real xD #Also on topic. Danny's lecture on Steve abt how he got Mr 'Sugar is for the weak'. into a Malasada Void is his favorite #mine #(on other notes: He rly fixed his hair quite a bit over those hiato years. Only missing the top of his head.Still a golden god though)

[triangle-strategy-notes]

Quahaug Concept Art

Quahaug's concept/reference art! Translation notes and image id under the cut.

Translation notes:

"OP sort of powerset" was literally translated as something like "cheat-like." I feel like OP is the more common English term for that sort of thing, so that's what I used, but some of the meaning was probably lost there.

"Older-tween-ish" was specifically a reference to a particular middle school year for children who are about 12-13 years old. Since grades and names of grades vary a lot from country to country, I just went with "older tween."

ID:

[Image id: Several images displaying different parts of 2 pages of the Triangle Strategy artbook, with both the original Japanese as well as versions with English translations. There are several disclaimers noting that the translator doesn't speak Japanese, and that there are likely many mistakes.

On one page, there is a large colored version of Quahaug's canon portrait, along with a smaller, uncolored version. There is an illustrator's note at the bottom that translates to read, "'Manipulating time' is an OP sort of powerset, so though he looks like a child, I aimed to create a look for him that conveyed a sense of unknowable power. (Tatsuaki Urushibara)".

On the second page, there are many drawings of Quahaug, including a closer bust-up portrait in which he's compared to Lyla, with an arrow and label reading, "Mother." There's also several notes that explain the construction of his costume. The costume is labeled as a Greek "phelonion" (a priest's outfit with no real sleeves, just draping fabric). There is a small drawing of this version, with an arrow leading to another drawing that does have sleeves, with the note, "If you can't display this in pixels, use this one." There are several notes that explain how this draping cloth should be considered his everyday clothes, while the ceremonial decoration that goes around his neck is placed over it. There is a close up of the ceremonial dressing's fastenings underneath the metal decoration. Some more notes highlight details on his staff, emphasizing the hourglass on top and the small wheel to the side that can be turned to flip the hourglass. A larger piece of text underneath one fullbody drawing reads, "Character Who Manipulates Time."

On the second half of the second page, there are drawings of some beta designs for Quahaug. He looks much more punk-ish. On one bust-up portrait, there are the captions, "The burden of the time demon caused some of his hair to go gray…." and "All-natural highlighted tips." On the same portrait, he is snapping his fingers, and there's a note that reads, "Manipulating time is as easy as snapping your fingers. You just have to want it or whatever." A speech bubble near his head reads, "I don't think of Anna as a mother." A caption pointing to some green markings on his arm reads, "Demonic time seal on body." In a fullbody drawing of his beta design (which is made up mostly of chains that barely cover him as well as a long roughed-up cloak, there is the note, "Almost naked cloak."

At the bottom of the second page, there is another note that reads, "Initially when we hadn't quite figured out the setting, we had an idea for a more older-tween-ish character as displayed here, but after discussing it with the producers and Mr. Ikushima, we went with his current form. As a boy who manipulates time, I placed an hourglass at the tip of his staff, and his face resembles that of his mother, Lyla. (Tatsuaki Irushibara)". /end id]

#triangle strategy #quahaug #lyla viscraft #triangle strategy artbook #ts artbook character ref sheets #at long last. emo quahuag #despite the WTF factor I really love the page. HE'S SO LITTLE. SO SO LITTLE. like in his canon portrait he could arguably be like 14-15 #but in those drawings on the second page he is indisputably a baby. look at that little face. HE'S SO CUTE #and that note about Anna really cracks me up. can't believe we missed out on having Anna try to wrestle with an angsty 12-year-old #also! trying out a slightly different format from last time! I will at some point probably throw up another poll about it #as always feel free to leave a comment/tag/anything else with feedback if you have any #at some point in the distant future I will probably go through and try to make all of the translation posts more consistent #but I probably won't go back and do that sort of thing until I get all of them done #oh and also also! as a note I actually messed up my order a bit; I meant to do lyla's first before this one #but she and the other saints will be up next #edit: one of the images had an old version of a translation (used 'something' instead of 'whatever' in the note about snapping fingers) #just reuploaded it

[n4rval]

a little pause on art for finals(they are all late) but boy has brain been braining

more specifically on dings' dynamic as asriel and chara's weird uncle bc that's just something i don't see a lot

#talking to the wall #i personally like to think dadster came up to be because these two warmed up the idea of children on his lonely heart #he used to babysit them occasionally #when they Fucking Died™ mf was absolutely destroyed. back to his lonely cave of mourning and no funny children #unless ☝️ #but now we're getting into babybones territory we already have a lot of babybones content #and mad scientist playing god with DT yadda yadda you know the drill #asriel couldn't care less about the complicated sci-fi weird machine creepy shit he pulled off #in fact the guy gave him the creeps at first. made him cry once as a baby #but chara thought the guy was the coolest idiot. lab coat and super cool sci-fi shit?? you built WHAT?? #So Cool. That's their idol. Also they get to sleep late and do dangerous nerd shit their parents would never let them otherwise #eventually asriel warms up because he's also into shenanigans (and doesn't want to feel left out so he starts trying to prove himself) #by acting like a smartass #fine i'll help but only to laugh when you go bald or something 🙄 (has the time of his life) #they went bald. now them and G are both eggheads #how delightful children are. he misses these two dearly #and then their parents proceed to divorce. is love even real anymore. #should i even tag this #oh well #undertale #gaster #asriel #chara #please nerd with me dont let me shout into the void #thank you

[two-person-job]

Sooooo, how are things with Yoimiyaaa?

herhehrwehrer..

we're doing good!! during my break my mental health was at it's lowest for a while, but honestly selfshipping helped me feel better <33

today I had a poptart that I used the dinosaur sandwich maker on and I thought "yoimiya would like this.." (I did too bAHAHAH)

she misses u btw

#bro ngl I adore this blog #I missed using it #I have a sticker of yoimiya on my chromebook and she's right under the arrow keys. #it's this one emote where she's winking and there's a sparkle next to her face :} <3 #YIPPEE thanks for askig <33 #:shroom is typing... #...with oli: #OUGH I ALSO LOVE MY TAGGING SYSTEM #ehrehr #I kept on meaning to work on selfshipping lore but I've been busy in the way of. I don't want to do activities that require thinking. #and writing is including #you know what isn't included? playing stardew valley and romancing a character that has the same name as ur toxic ex. #I'm trying to replace him with the stardew valley character. so whenever I hear his name I think 'oh that guy's from Stardew valley' #and not 'OH NOT HIM GET HIM AWAYYYY' #oh and I'm naming all of my animals after spiritfarer characters in this run :) my first chicken was named gwen <3 #also I'm at 195 hours in stardew. 15ish in the last five/six days #sorry for the stardew side-tangent adhsjdfkh

[arklay]

RESIDENT EVIL → DR. DIANA WESKER

"This is how a girl becomes holy: first she becomes empty." — Brynne Rebele-Henry, Prelude

[templates × & × — insp — playlist]

#mine. #oc: diana #tw: snakes #hi hii hello i'm alive and i bring gifts!! click for better quality as always ♡ #so. it's still jan 15 (my hc birthday for wesker based on natal chart i did for him) somewhere in the world so diana gets an edit instead of #him. peace and love on planet earth lmao he gets a lil square but she's my beloved my gal... i was wondering if i should just leave this for #next month as you can see by that date on there for her lil creation anniversary but hehe anyhow i saw emily do this a bit ago with meshing #these two templates together and went omg i wanna do that i wanna but then i took this break and had some more shit happen so hiii #also i'm very behind on notifs i promise i'll get to them i've just been aughgh and haven't even scrolled or anything like i just queued #posts in my tracked tag this morning and oh man i didn't realise i was gone for so long huh... but anyways rambling as always but miss diana #my beloved the loml!!! sorry i use those two pictures for her all the time but also it's really hard to find hd ones of her fc in like the #era i see for her and the hair i like... like a lot of her pictures she has straight and like shoulder length hair and i'm like mmm that's #not it... but whatever. also cause i can't be bothered looking for nice pretty quotes and there's already one in there have that post #which multiple people sent to me a bit ago akdsjkjd oopsies

[hollowwhisperings]

Justice For Celebrian!

Celebrian is a Character of Absence in Tolkien's Legendarium: we never truly meet her and yet her absence lingers throughout the text, affecting most every major actor of the Third Age (the eldar most of all).

How-so it this? Through this: the devastating grief, unspoken yet doubtless, of those who knew & loved her.

For Celebrian was this: to Celeborn & Galadriel, their daughter and only child; to Elrond, the Great Love of his life; to Elladan & Elrohir, a mother whom they failed to quickly rescue; to Arwen Undomiel, the mother whom she was never to meet again for choosing the Path of Man.

Celebrian was the Lady of Imladris, the princess in all but name to Lothlorien. She was kin to two Ringbearers and yet neither Ring could save her. We know only that she was gentle and beloved, by some of the most crucial players in the events of the Second & Third Ages of Middle-Earth.

Why Celebrian is Absent

Celebrian's status as one "beloved" by the eldar creates a formidable motive in their hatred of The Shadow. For the means by which Celebrian was "absented" from Middle-Earth was entirely of Its Reckoning: in the 2509th Year of the Third Age, Celebrian was "waylaid by orcs". She was "captured and tormented" until she was, at last, found and rescued by her twin sons.

This Fate is one of Horrific Implication, one that Tolkien's Appendix B avoids elaborating upon (beyond her "receiving a poisoned wound").

Fans have Imagination Enough to consider what Hurts could be beyond even Lord Elrond's means to Heal, beyond any of Galadriel's many powers, beyond the careful comforts found in Imladris & Lothlorien. Whatever befell Celebrian by the creations of Sauron, it left her so wounded that Sailing West (& thus Away from most everyone she had ever known) was her only Hope for recovery.

"Justice" within the Legendarium

The Fate of Celebrian was yet one blow more in a long list of Personal Grievances borne by her Kin against Sauron. The vigilance and ample assistance of Celebrian's Kin during the War of The Ring was undoubtedly inspired, in no small part by her Fate & subsequent Departure.

While Elrond & Galadriel would doubtlessly have aided The Fellowship without this most recent grievance to drive them, the otherwise reclusive eldar of Imladris & Lothlorien would certainly have found Celebrian's Fate "inspiring" enough to take arms once more, "postponing" (or hastening) their Leave of Middle-Earth to seek Justice for their Lost Lady.

"Injustices" in Adapted Works

The Injustices that adapted Tolkien works have done unto Celebrian are many: they have erased her very existence (TROP); they have denied her her Epic & Untold Love Story with her Husband (TROP, again); they have Lessened the person she chose to love by making him a Minor Antagonist (both of PJ's film trilogies); they have stolen the kinship between other characters that they share for her existence (PJ's trilogies imply her existence but fail to utilize its possibilities, many of them comical: Elrond is Galadriel's Son-in-Law; Gimli's Championship of "Grandma Galadriel"; Arwen's Looks being inherited not from Celebrian but from Elrond; etc).

The effects the Live-Action Adaptions have had on the Modern Tolkien Fandom are also Significant: Hugo Weaving's portrayal of Elrond is the most commonly known, despite its OOC-ness; the relationships between Celebrian's Family are unrealised or dismissed; the "Last Homely House", a title probably earned by Elrond & Celebrian both, is considered falsely named; the Many Incentives for Galadriel to Hate Sauron & to have ALWAYS Hated Sauron are... forgotten to enable a "will-they won't-they" romance(???).

To erase Celebrian is to remove from the Second Age one of its silliest love stories: she & Elrond were silently pining for each other for almost 2000 years! This surely amused her mother, who had become afflicted with Sea-Longing some few years prior, & caused Conflict at the Court of King Gil-Galad (for, by wedding Celebrian, Elrond's Claims for High Kingship of the Eldar would become even stronger). The politics are, perhaps, the primary purpose of the would-be couple's long silence: audiences do not know as the potential of their love story has had little attention dedicated to it.

Injustice to Celebrian exists also in the mischaracterization of Elrond: what impression must an audience have, afterall, of the one to love & be beloved by someone so antagonistic to those most in need of "The Last Homely House"? The hostility, the begrudging "hospitality" exhibited by the Elrond of PJ's film trilogies tarnishes not only Elrond but the Legacy of Celebrian as that House's Lost Lady.

(It also creates some varyingly minor/major Plot Holes, such as Elrond's ability to host a Council of the "Free Peoples" in the first place. If his hospitality is so poorly to non-elves, why on Arda would he so frequently be sought for counsel? Furthermore, the Elrond of the Third Age has made himself a Healer: how many elves of this Age would ever need his skill?)

More, varyingly serious charges of "injustice" to Celebrian are sure to follow: my discontent began in the rendering of her husband into a petty antagonist; it has been reignited upon my learning of Amazon's choices in its adapting of the Second Age. Mostly, however, my rallying cry is made in jest: "failures" of adaptions to make Elrond sufficiently pretty for his wife; the lack of "Celebrian/Elrond" content in tumblr feeds; melodrama over how many elven names start with "Celeb".

#celebrian #tolkien meta #silm #house of elrond #elrond meta #galadriel meta #justice for celebrian #let elrond be hot #let galadriel be a grandmother #let gil-galad have headaches over the political clustercluck possible were elrond to ever admit to pining for celevrian #srsly how stressful must it been for gil-galad when maglor tagged him as elrond's new guardian? #maglor: i found this in a cave plz look after them #gil-galad: the missing princes of doriath??? #elrond&elros: so when will you be abandoning us for a silmaril? #gil-galad: oh no they have anxiety #i wonder how elrond reacted to hearing galadriel gifted gimli three strands of her hair #srsly the guy was abandoned by parents over silmarils THREE TIMES #and then people started calling his daughter evenstar & luthien reborn #i imagine that celebrian spent most of her kids' early childhood pointedly telling them that she loved them more than the stars #and keeping her mother from going around in her recreated swanboat #galadriel sending the fellowship off from a swanboat while singing in quenya was peak pettiness at the valar #her exile was lifted so she just went all in with noldolante references #celeborn: why are you like this #galadriel: do you remember where i put that tunic with a star of feanor on it #galadriel powerhoused through the entire exile powered by spite & thirst for celeborn

[keeps-ache]

little soup cans are some of the neatest things we have, wish there were more soup-can-like things in this world

#just me hi #though canopeners need to stop being deadly weapons to some degree before that hfhs #'they're not deadly tho ?' well usually yes. but did you know that they can age Badly? i did not! #and the one I was using was dulled to an extent that it would Skip over a part of the can #(nearly the same spot every time lol) and when I thought I'd managed to fool it and had only #the tiniest bit of metal between me and some beans (pretty sure it was beans) I thought #'ohh I'll just pull up the can lid :)' Well the lid snapped off completely towards and Into my hand #and I had a bean-can wound on my pinky for about a week or so. I do not know how long it's been lol #//but soup cans are pretty cool I feel like they're kinda underappreciated !! #you can just have Soup ? Whenever ??? and it's Normal !! wow :D #sure making soup is pretty great. but that's a process man. and we're not even associates #[<- 'a process I am (not) intimate with'] #like there is a little can of menudo in the pantry rn - medunito they call it isn't that just !! - and it's just there. it can be made in #like 10 minutes. is this Not the best thing ever ! ? #//I've also gotta figure out this sleeping thing that I've got going on (everybody has it going on) #I was maybe half a week into actually have a consistent thing going but the night I stopped was bc I am a sucker of a storyteller and we #were up til about. I think 4-6 a.m. #that's on me yes. my siblings vs. my desire to tell stories and rubber willpower hfbdh #a deadly match truly #and also I lost my snoopy watch (RIP snoopy watch you will be missed (I can't find it send help Waough)) and that was the only clock I had #in this room so now if I wanna know the time I have to go the living room - which is like a whole dang thing lemme tell you about it #/first I've gotta get up - easiest thing by far - and get to the door - assuming I don't get KO'd by my siblings' belongings on the floor - #get to the door. the door Is broken to some extent. opening it means a loud THDPD noise is sent throughout the entire house lol. and you #have to yank on the thing to get it open - so double effort there - and then you step out into the hallwayish area where you can then enter #the living room - oh so easy! but No! you then have to either turn on the kitchen lights and wake everyone with their door open or sleeping #in the living room for whatever reason Orrr you have to clamber over chairs pots perhaps a cat if you've got real bad luck that night to ge #up nice n personal to the clock so you can read the dang thing and see it's 11:23. which is like nothing so you stay up Anyway and do not #check the clock again because not only was that a hassle but also you released every creature that was in the room with you (that's a lot o #noise). but Yea the clock situation is ongoing hfbsh #'why don't you get a clock' that would be much too easy loll :) (last one disappeared and we keep forgetting lol) //ran out of tag space so

[seithr]

Randomly remembered the half-reason i call my oc-verse by the name it has while laying in bed. One-half of the reason i still knew, but I had forgotten what had truly, really cemented it jointly until now

(it was a song from my favourite band I haven't listened to in a while.)

(the song fit so well at the time, still does, that i needed to hold onto it for the main protagonists forever, by partially naming their story in reference.)

Does this explanation make any sense? Does anyone know why I'm tearing up remembering this. Aahh

#(I'm emotional because I've been feeling bad about it all lately. enjoying things I make I mean—art or ocs or frivilous things.) #(So remembering that song and when it came out. That I couldn't see them in person. But i held onto it my own way. As something I loved) #(Something I still do love a lot... Parts of me saying no—you don't hate it. No. I'll help you remember more. I'm a little misty about it.) #The song is just The Killers - Run For Cover. I couldn't see them in person all those years ago—family went without me. #All my new oc rework with Zin and Hunter and Caia were like a year old or so. #It's a little silly. But the character Zin's derived from was a lightning mage so I stuck to it—I like monhun's zinogre for what its worth #So there's recurring theme and imagery. Thunder's not lightning but the sound and the feeling after the flash the flame and strike. #There's that meaningful thought—the story is the aftermath of a big tragedy. It matches what I like in monsters and other chars. #And at that time—my favourite band I missed out on puts out a really good song I download everywhere and it goes like: #He motioned me to the sky/ I heard heaven and thunder cry/ Run for cover/ Run while you can baby don't look back/ You gotta run for cover #And it goes on of course. The rest of the song's still really good. There's more that fits but point is; More evocative imagery. #So there. Why my bundle of OCs—Zinadia Hunter and Caia's story—is called Thunder 20XX. minus the 20XX. That's tongue-in-cheek #About some day I'll manage to make something tangeable or broadly shareable with them. I guarentee this century! #Thunder... oh my darling Thunder. Eight years man. More than that if I really want to count pre-rework INTO the complete original work. but #I like that it's definably 8. I like that I remembered I've always loved them a lot. Always been my thing to lean on even by name... #I need to get to sleep. Ive gotten a little more emotional over one song than I'd rather regularly be. Give it a listen maybe? Goodnight #Armour clanking #I need an oc tag #What have you gathered to report to your progenitors?🎶Are your excuses any better than your senator's🎶He held a conference #and his wife was standing by his side🎶He did her dirty but no-one died🎶 #I saw Sonny Liston on the street last-night black-fisted and strong singing🎶Redemption song🎶 #He motioned me to the sky🎶I heard heaven and thunder cry🎶RUN FOR COVER #What are you waiting for—a kiss or an apology?🎶You think by now you'd have an A in toxicology🎶 #It's hard to pack the car when all you do is shame us🎶Even harder when the dirtbag's famous🎶 #I saw my mother on the street last night all pretty and strong singin🎶The road is long🎶 #I said 'Mama I know you tried!'🎶But she fell on her knees and cried🎶RUN FOR COVER #Just run for cover - you've got nothin left to lose...

[swan2swan]

If there's one thing that I'm gonna be mad at Kubo for (well...okay...a fourth thing...), it's Ulquiorra saying "I'm the only Espada who kept his high-speed regeneration."

That was one of the coolest Hollow abilities.

I get that it would have made the top three nigh-unstoppable (Starrk especially), but...come on.

#it's not a BAD decision because it worked really well for Plot and also makes them more Human and Dramatic #wouldn't have been any fun if Grimmjow was just healing or if there had to be a better explanation for stopping #Number One than ''half his spine got severed in a backstab attack'' #but...also if it was just something that others have #they still have Resurreccion though and that's cool enough #''oh you got me on the ropes PSYCH WE'RE GOING TO PHASE TWO AND MY HEALTH BAR IS RESTORED'' #obviously if there was one thing it would be that thing #but that's not the topic here #arrancar #bleach #ulquiorra #if you can't tell I'm getting back into Tumblr and GOSH have I missed that #the dashboard is screwed and I dunno how any of you are seeing my posts #but I can use TAGS

[m0e-ru]

fan reading the official trivia book voice "bro you're just making shit up"

#kommento #// the snobbiest p4academic scholar of the decade right here at moelgas station tumblr branch #// in pclub they're like 'oh teddie's used his teddie tricks to make glasses' #// then in stalker club is like 'there were tools in the twisted shopping district' where were you seven years ago #// every trivia bit I get I have no idea how high a writing executive this is and half of the time they pull shit out of their ass like ok #// theres more stuff to nitpick here but they won't fit in tags but I'm a snob you'd know where this is going. or not. actually. #// no but this is still a fun read I mean yosuke's such a trooper writing that whole junes club section #// after reading all thesebooks these writers did not give three shits about adachi it really was 2 at best dont give them this much credit #// I forget what else I'm missing in my collection I guess it's just looking for the novels now

[whumpacabra]

Day 7 - Radio Silence

Bombing mention, military setting, teammate captured, assumed death of a teammate, adult character referred to as kid, angst

[Directly follows Wolf Down]

Comms-off ops were freeing in a way Ghost had forgotten.

It wasn’t that he disliked working with Wolf or that he thought the apprentice was slowing him down. (On the contrary, he thought keeping the young gun around was improving his own instincts and skills). He simply…forgot how comforting the silence was.

No sitreps, no copies, no static crackling at his peripheral - just night air and blood on his hands. There was something primal about it, something that reminded him he was no avenging angel working to remind wicked men why they should fear the shadows.

He was just another weapon with a price.

And weapons didn’t have to think, didn’t have to worry - he just needed to complete the job and move on.

Perhaps that’s what motivated him to be so ruthlessly efficient that night. Kill the guards. Enter west wing of compound. Descend placing charges. Set the fuse. Return to the surface.

Watch the world burn.

And repeat.

Their targets were spread across hundreds of hectares, but the flat desert plains let the crack of shattered concrete and screams of warped rebar echo like fiery thunder in the distance.

Ghost had cleared the south bunkers with time to spare. Time in blissful, terrifying silence with nothing to do but pace the rendezvous point and admire his work from afar.

Ten minutes passed. Then twenty.

His pacing intensified, his track making a rut in the sandy soil beside the freeway. Wolf should have finished by now.

His apprentice was more than competent- he wasn’t supposed to worry about him, even if the kid wasn’t good at what he did, but -

Ghost had a bad feeling about this, something heavy and cold sinking in his gut.

He flicked on his comms, pulsing his connection in the static. He couldn’t risk speaking on the channel but Wolf should recognize the coded message -

“Bravo-1, we’ve got confirmed survivors at the north end.” English snapped, loud and clear over the dim static. The ice in Ghost’s gut coiled tighter. “Exercise caution - it’s believed a hostile is still on the scene. H through K have been evacuated but over watch has no eyes on potential hostiles past G.”

“Solid copy, Hera. Bravo team inbound - few minutes out.” The American man’s voice grew dark with a chuckle. “I take it you want him alive?”

“Correct, Bravo-1. No field executions tonight.”

Ghost shuddered, the chill of the desert night not responsible for the ice seeping into his veins. Wolf was down - dead or otherwise (dead would be a mercy, a relief, a miracle he didn’t deserve - )

Ghost couldn’t reach him in time. Bunker G was too far, and he could already hear the distant churn of helicopter blades. He repeated his desperate, subtle message.

“Wolf, are you broken?”

If his apprentice was alive he would answer. If his apprentice was alive Ghost would come for him, against all odds, even if failure was guaranteed.

If he answered.

If he was alive.

The static was still only punctuated by snappy English orders and the barking replies of loyal dogs. No response code. Not even a verbal acknowledgment - the kid had to know he was already made, why not speak? Why not respond to his mentor’s increasingly desperate question?

Ghost knew why - but he wasn’t ready.

He wasn’t ready to bury that kid yet.

Ghost sat on the side of the highway until the first violet threads of dawn began to crest over the eastern horizon. He didn’t care that he would be easy to pick out if the targets were doing a perimeter sweep. He just kept clicking his mic, the coded message repeating over and over and over.

“Wolf, are you broken?”

[Directly before Three Too Many]

(Part of my Freelancers: Swansong series)

#whump #whumptober #whumptober 2023 #no. 2 #radio silence #oc #whump writing #bombing #military #teammate #captured #missing person #assumed dead #angst #freelancers #I can’t wait to use some of the other prompts to explore the wolf-ghost dynamic bc. oh boy these guys are having bad times. #*insert do not separate meme* okay but what if I did? hm? how would they react? how would they change? #ghost: I don’t care (said caringly. most than he’s ever cared abt anyone else in his life.) #hm. I just. realized. the ‘no.’ tag is probably. supposed to reflect the day. not the number of the prompt for the day. oops. I’ll fix that #…later. still sick and so sleepy. nap time <- got up three hours ago

[vulpiximisa]

I think I’d always seen it as “revali was created as a rival for link” but reading the actual words in creating a champion, he was created “as a rival to link”. (Someone who won’t easily like Link like everyone else, etc) So it’s more like Revali sees them as rivals, but we don’t know what Link thinks. I mean, I guess it was obvious that way but I guess I’d been hoping for “word of god” that revali is something special 😞

#pixi fandom post #re loz #another thing that I found amusing is that they had pics of revali blinking sideways like a bird #that was probably scrapped because he blinks normal like a human in the cutscenes. #And Another Thing #revali is a leftie #like hell yeah #what does that mean? #it means nothing #I just think Being A Leftie is a fun character trait #kinda miss Link being a leftie 😔 #oh also I find it… not weird or strange per say #but revali shoots using his hand wing fingers #while Teba shoots with his talons like the book says most rito do #which I attribute to revali having his gale so his arms are free to shoot #but I wonder if it’s more accurate for him that way or not #okay this tag essay has gone on long enough

[creature-from-unknown-orgins]

I’m so tired and emotional, anything slightly positive you say will make me sob

#/neutral #I did cry for half an hour about an event ending…. #BUT OTHERS DID TOO #ITS FINEEEEE #I’m just very tired #please say hi to me in my ask box if you see this #I’ve missed all of you little people in my phone #<- has only been gone from tumblr for 4 days #I could not survive without this app /hj #this is one of those unhinged tired rambly Jamie tags isn’t it #typing that name makes me so happy :) #I wish more people used it with my legal name #so like switching between them #but most of my cis friends don’t really get it #which is fine #but every time someone says it #it makes me smile #oh well #good night #and well done if you got to the end of the tags #have a cookie: 🍪 #good night for real now :)