#You walk in another world

[the-cat-at-the-theatre-door]

"You're so pretty."

Victoria's movements are soft, half formed, as though she'd not quite thought the action out before it started. She feels her ears heat up with embarrassment. It had been happening more often lately - moving before she can think clearly, as though dealing with two separate entities within herself, brain and heart. Perhaps Jennyanydots' amused diagnosis of "twitterpated" was not too far off the mark; there had certainly been enough reasoning to back it up.

Plato blinks, slow and confused, as though being pulled from a dream. And perhaps he was; he'd been staring at Victoria for the better part of an eternity, focused, but very clearly somewhere else. He did that sometimes - disappear somewhere she couldn't quite follow him, eyes hollow and dark. Victoria wishes she knew where he went; perhaps one day he'd tell her.

The staring, she couldn't fault, however; she'd been staring at him right back.

"What?" he asks, furrowing his brow.

"Pretty," Victoria signs again, submitting to having been caught, exaggerating the movement so he'd get it. Perhaps he'd been half paying attention, and only seen the tail end. "You're very pretty."

Plato wasn't much for laughing, Victoria had come to know - smiling, yes; Plato had developed such an easy smile over the year spent with them when they could coax it out of him. Laughing, on the other paw, not particularly, though he was never able to put quite into words why that was. Perhaps he was self conscious of the way it sounded; perhaps he hadn't much in regards to a sense of humour.

Be that as it may, for some reason, that affirmation plasters bewildered scrunches between his brows and his eyes practically disappear under his eyelashes. It even gets that odd, wheezing noise he'd make when particularly amused.

The queen could only be partially annoyed and a teeny bit embarassed - he was very handsome when he smiled, afterall, one fang hanging slightly lower than the other. An in consequential flaw that did nothing, Victoria thinks, flustered, than make him even prettier.

Victoria huffs. "What's funny?"

Plato tosses the motion back haphhazardly, as though brushing the thought aside. "You're funny."

"Not funny." Victoria frowns. "I'm serious."

Plato sobers immediately, smile gone as quickly as it came - it's like a candle being blown out; a night and day difference. The temperature in the clearing seems to cool as he continues to study her. There is an undeniable feeling creeping at the back of Victoria's neck that she may have mis-stepped somewhere, but all she'd said was...

She presses on, feeling an ache begin deep in her chest. She repeats herself, motions firm. "You're very pretty."

"I am not," he says after a long moment. There is an expression on his face that is difficult to read - he does not look embarrassed or pleased, even humbly so; he almost looks as though he is about to cry.

"Yes you ar-"

"You-" he points at her firmly, cutting her off, jaw set. The motion towards her is quick and harsh as a result, unsheathing his claws in the process. He startles as she does, horrified, staring at the space that has swelled between them; he is a breath away from scratching her.

"You," He points to her again after a moment, claw carefully pulled back this time. "Are very pretty. Not me. Look." He motions to the whole of himself, as though that were enough to dissuade her feelings. It only steels her resolve further.

"You look-" she insists, touching her paw pads to the delicate skin of his cheek to demonstrate. Plato flinches as though she'd hit him in retaliation; it looks to have been a struggle for him to resist moving away, but the desire is clearly there. There is fear burning in his eyes -anger and remorse and upset - like a bird trapped in a cage of teeth, waiting for its bones to snap in on themselves after the hunter had toyed with its prey.

Victoria pulls back, tangling her paws in her lap. The ache becomes a gnawing hurt. The fear in Plato's eyes burns hotter, guilt shining just beneath the surface.

"Please." Plato sets his jaw, and the fear fizzles slowly - forcibly - last of the flame suffocated. But he does not get near her again. He is gone to that place she cannot follow. "I cannot...do not lie to me."

"I am not lying," she manages, tears at the precipice of her eyelashes. The silence grows even heavier between them

"Then," he continues at last, breath hitching eyes wide and astonished, and Victoria feels ice settle at the base of her spine. After a moment, his expression dulls again. The smile on his face returns in a flash, a plaster over a wound, but it is bitter, cool. Empty. "You are being cruel? I did not think you had it in you."

#have this half finished nonsense too idk #Plato #Victoria #platoria #my fanfic #fanfiction #plato has body and self worth issues due to years and years of abuse #You walk in another world #Everything that touches you is moonlight and stardust; turns to gold in your grasp #I could only hope that being in your presence should do the same to me #I am stupid to think so #hahaha i'm sad #about this universe i mean #idk if this requires a tw but like plato has a very poor opinion of himself #and he's not mad at victoria - not at all - he is devastated that even she (in his twisted minds eye) would be cruel #and play with his feelings because he can't tell genuineness from a hole in the wall #but thing is victoria is 200% serious and besotted #not meant to imply any abuse or anything like that - macavity is just very close to plato's surface #in more ways than one and it terrifies him that he'll hurt her like macavity hurt everyone else #and the fact that victoria could be cruel in his mind? breaks his heart

[bonchobrick]

Duke and Danny bestie fic im co-authoring with some cool people for Patrol Partners! :D

A fic where Duke knows a lot about Gotham’s new problem, ghosts. The Waynes think the worst and assume he’s had some terrible experience with ghosts in the past (in reality is just very happy to talk about his best friends culture and doesnt realize how odd it is that he knows all this stuff)

Or

Duke is pretty much just vibing, the bats are having a meltdown, and Danny is having a blast!

—-

Then Duke pops the question

“So, what are you guys researching?” He asks raising a brow to the papers littered all over the room

Collectively the entire room groans as Duke absentmindedly picks up a paper on the table with the failed, static over-run image.

“We don't know!” Steph bemoans frustrated

Tim starts, “There are new entities–”

“Creatures.” Bruce corrects

Tim casts a piercing glance at his father, “I am pretty sure those are entities. Eye witness reports state that they look fairly human-like–”

Bruce challenges him right back, “Eye witness reports were also very likely to be unfactual, they seemed partially intoxicated. It’s more likely they are some kind of mutated animal.”

His son’s teeth grit, “Even so we still can’t rule out–”

“Oh right, the ghosts are back in town,” Duke's comments, gaze absorbed in the static image

Silence drowns the room as their weary eyes blink at Duke, processing what he had just said.

Then it clicks

“R-repeat that?” Tim stares intensely at Duke

“Um, the ghosts are back? That's what these are.” Duke nervously replies confused, “It’s been a bit since they visited Gotham

Tim opens and closes his mouth, immensely struggling to find any words to say. It seems like the rest of his family is fairing no better, some of them letting out noises of surprise and shock with others trying to hear if they heard that sentence right.

“There used to be ghosts in Gotham?” Bruce says incredulously

“Yeah?” Duke tilts his head, “I mean they don’t like living here with the corrupt ectoplasm but I’m friends with a few ghosts?”

Jason springs on him with wide eyes, “What are ghosts like, personality-wise?”

Duke thinks and responds with the first thought that comes to mind, “Fickle, they can be super friendly or super destructive. They do whatever they’re in the mood to.”

“Are they aggressive?”

“Sure? Sometimes?” Duke blinks at them bewildered before a petty smile crosses his lips, “They can be, hmm, commanding.”

Dicks eyes turn cold and protective, “What–”

“Listen guys,” Duke backs away from the discussion going with his internal task list in mind, “I gotta go wrap up putting together all my documents for my topic on my science fair project so uh, see-ya!”

The second youngest bounces out of the cave and the rest of the family stare dumbstruck at him.

New entities (ghosts?) pop up in Gotham + Duke describes them as fickle and commanding =

Duke is being made to do things for Ghosts who can be kind and cruel which =

= Duke is being bullied by Ghosts?!

Not on their Bat-watch!

Damian is already sharpening his ‘not murder tools’, Tim has sprung into research on the bat computer and the rest of the family have already dipped into Gotham ready to search for these perps!

Paranoid Family #1 will help Duke’s ghost problem starting now!

( pssst heres the fic :)

#dc x dp #dp x dc #danny phantom #batman #danny fenton #duke thomas #fanfiction #batfam #jason todd #bruce wayne #i have no clue what to tag this tbh #dc x dp fanfiction #dc x dp crossover #we needed more duke fics in the world okay #Duke: did you know that ghosts live in another realm known as the Ghost Zone and it is entirely made up with the good version of Lazarus Pit #batfam: that is horrifying wtf #Batfam: duke.. how the hell do you know that #Duke: shrugs and walks off #the link SHALL BE POSTED once all chapters are up #this is just an excerpt from one of the chapters I wrote #i hope yall like this #or dont #im sleepy so im gobna tak a nap

[laniidae-passerine]

well while I’m sorry to hear we’re losing Millie Gibson at the end of this season I damn hope that RTD can treat Varada Sethu’s companion character better than he ever treated Martha

#this better not be another ‘blonde girl kicks it brown/black girl has to pick up all the pieces’ narrative #Martha my beloved my angel my girl you were the BLUEPRINT and you deserved the WORLD that you walked #I am thrilled to see greater south asian representation and I really love that it’s going to be a Black Doctor and a South Asian companion #begging that it’s good. ACKNOWLEDGE YAZ WAS THERE ALSO #millie is very charismatic as well I hope she gets written off in a way that she and her talent deserves #doctor who #dw #ncuti gatwa #varada sethu #millie gibson #rtd

[meownotgood]

taking aki with you to an "adult store" and he just has this ridiculously pensive look on his face the whole time

#'aki why are you making that face' and he's like 'what face' #meanwhile he's staring at all the toys like they're the most perplexing thing in the world #you walk away to another part of the store for a few minutes #and when you come back he's still standing in the exact same place just staring

[here-there-everyfuckenwhere]

I saw this post the other day that said something about how back in The Day, most sitcoms were about a group of friends or a family, and very little was ever said about their jobs and what they do for a living. And now all sitcoms are set in a workplace and very little is said about people’s lives outside of work and I just wanna say; Ever since I read that post, I have been ripping my hair out.

Because like. Yeah. That’s basically it, isn’t it? In the 80s and 90s it was all about hanging out with your friends at the coffee house or spending time with your family after work and on the weekends, and that was the most important thing in these characters lives, and now it’s just. Work. Friends outside of work? Don’t exist. Family outside of work? Don’t matter. “Workplace romances” is such an overused trope nowadays because these characters don’t meet anyone outside of work. And it’s never really fulfilling work, either. Normally it’s an office or someplace where people wish they were doing something else.

Kicking, screaming, biting ect ect.

#IM SO MAD ABOUT THIS #like this is literally the most upsetting thing in the world to me #the fact that even the media we consume nowadays reflects this weird grind culture thing #don’t meet anyone outside of work #all of your main milestones and celebrations in life revolve around work #your friends and family don’t matter as long as you have a place to work #I AM GOING TO CRY #remember that episode of Friends where Chandler realises he hates his job and just randomly quits #and then Monica is confused for a second and the. he says something along the lines of #oh well. it’s just a job. I’ll get another one. #and this all happened because they forced him to work through Christmas Eve so he couldn’t spend it with his friends or Monica.. ??? #remember how in TV shows a character working through Christmas Eve would prompt them to just randomly walk out..? #and realise their worth as an employee..? #and now it’s just A Cute Christmas Episode #because all these characters do is work #THIS IS UPSETTING #ray rants and junk #personal #the office #b99 #parks and rec #abbott elementary #superstore #also I don’t remember the original post or who made it unfortunately but they put it much more elegantly than I have here lol

[vimbry]

"nanobots" the song is this deconstructed view of child development and parenthood where it's like, 'wow have you ever thought about how weird producing offspring is. like, it's weird, right! we make these little people and they quickly grow into their own individual personalities with their own lives and autonomy and I've lost all authority and there's so many and you've gotta be responsible for them all the time, what did I do !!!'

but as well as approaching it with this slightly overwhelmed perspective, there's a sort of affectionate optimism in there, too. that even tho the concept's intimidating, there's a sense of wonder in how humans develop and raising them and watching them grow up. hey this kid thing's fun actually, yeah I wish they'd leave me alone sometimes, but look at how cute and resilient they are look at what they can do. and then "replicant" is like jesus parenting a teenager is hard.

#tmbg #it's a tough competition with about 200 songs #but I honestly think ''I turn my back for two minutes and they've grown again'' is one of tmbg's most poignant lyrics #it's not an original sentiment and one that could even be viewed as somewhat sentimental and hokey with a less skilled execution #like what person or piece of art Hasn't expressed the bittersweet experience of feeling a child's growing up too quickly a million times #but there's just something about the way it's slotted into nanobots #nanobots is honestly cute. and I don't mean that in a reductive ''cutesy'' way I mean as a good thing it's just genuinely very adorable #from a band whose music is a lot of things but you wouldn't typically describe as ''adorable'' #I think it's because their songs so often Don't carry this sort of tone that it works in the same way ''another first kiss'' does #there's an uncountable amount of lovesongs in the world. like. THE most popular theme. what can you say that hasn't already been expressed #but lines like ''we've run out of things to say. and we'll be happy any way'' and ''grabs my coat to walk away'' #are just such beautifully deceptively simplistic ways to express the mundanity of a healthy relationship #they like each other's company still after all these years and they share their clothes waaah #anyway to get back on topic I love nanobots much for the same reasons as ''I love you for psychological reasons'' and ''mammal'' lmao #myautismhasnothingtodowiththis.jpg

[qcomicsy]

I really like timber because it's like that one dumbass duo from every late 90's- early 2000 teen sitcom where one was the chill one with a braincell (Apparently) and the other was a funny man with a smartmouth, but they actually got together.

#like boy meets world and all that jazz #i feel somewhere my inner child is healing #bernard literally called Tim's mom hot when they started being friends and that's so fucking hilarious #and the best part is that they didn't change much his personality because he literally told tim to 'have sucessful piss' #and tim is walking around with a guy who literally knows his robin and trying to pretend he is not robin at every single cost #tim presented his ex to bernard and the first thing bernard said was 'holy shit SHE IS real' #bernard almoste pulled out to tim the old bullying 'yeah you can't show me your girlfriend because she goes to another school huh' #literally a duo imported from a teen sitcom this is so fucking funny #i love them

[fluffypotatey]

S5 Dark Merlin is very "mark me down as sad and horny" bc Merls bby no, but also yisssss.

I can very much see him as being mostly beyond all that moral agonising he used to do and now just goes straight for the most efficient solution, and if that happens to be murder, oh well. But at the same time he's still has a sense of morality.

Like, if he found out a lord or whatever was abusing his wife, Merlin, basically an assassin and a physician in his own right, would just poison the mf

s5 dark merlin is something that can be so personal

#he is the shadow puppet in the sense that he is the one who holds a knife to your throat the moment you lay in your bed after conspiring #a coup against his king. he's the shadow nobles talk about in hushed murmurs to each other fearing that it will hear them #(merlin always hears them) #merlin stood by while he watched arthur be led astray by agravaine and watched as it broke his king to pieces #merlin says never again #never again will he watch as his king and best friend be manipulated or tricked by high ranking nobles who seek nothing but power #never again will he let another person use gwen (his first friend and queen) as a way to get to arthur because how DARE they undermine her #never again will people walk over and harm the people he loves #he has stood by long enough and watched as lancelot died twice as freya died too young as will died lying for merlin #never again says merlin as he turns his back to the rest of the cruel world and clutches his loves ones like they're his lifeline #(they are of course they are) #bamf merlin #bbc merlin #merlin emrys #s5 dark merlin will not hesitate #dark!merlin

[stoneshipmapper]

<< Am I beautiful? >>

#World of Horror #Aiko Takahashi #Scissor Woman #sM Art #This is another one that I've slowly worked on for a while #All the WoH palettes make the art look so cool #Slit Mouth is one of the cool status effects too #Horrifying to think you can just walk around with that #Thank Omo for helping decide the final palette!

[alien-girl-21]

Can't wrap around my head that people use tumblr for fashion inspo, like today I must have reblogged at least 20 posts about stabbing a roman emperor wdym you're coming here and searching how to build an outfit?

#inspired by me watching a tt from a guy that said that people where i live don't have good style #and saying they should go to pint.erest or here to find good outfit pics to run with #which like the piint of his video is amother whole tangent i can go off on but that's for another day #like??? i'm here spending my days talking aboyt slovenian rock band green finnish man and shitposts #you're here looking at fashion??? #two different worlds fr #and then you have my friend that asked me what i was doing the other day and i went 'on tum.blr' and she asked 'people still use it?' #like wth #also fun fact: i saw the guy film said tt lmao he walked right past me the other day with the same fit #he didn't use that take though probably got scared at seeing someone with actual style here /j #anyways rant over

[otrtbs]

literally sucked down this coffee in like .5 seconds and now what? 🧍‍♀️

i want another one,, like immediately,, i felt my serotonin levels drop when i finished it

#genie grants me three wishes #i spend one of them on infinite iced coffee in my cup whenever i want #like i just think about it and the coffee cup refills exactly the way i like it #then i guess i’d wish for world peace or whatever lmfao #would the barista judge me if i just walked back and ordered another coffee ?? #like .. weren’t you just in here 20 minutes ago ? #yeah 😔 yes i was #IF I HAD TUMBLR POLLS ID ASK GODDAMN IT

[v-arbellanaris]

do you have any nice headcanons to share? feeling under the weather and I really enjoy your posts. :) (you don't have to share if you don't want to, of course.)

i'm so sorry to hear you're not doing great :( i hope you feel better soon. and ty for asking - im really flattered that my posts are so enjoyable for you!!! idk if you wanted something specific, so feel free to let me know if you wanted something different!

but one nice (like opposite of sad as opposed to complimenting myself eogkgjdfkgj) headcanon i have is that all senior enchanters have a repertoire of entirely useless spells. things like, for example, the ability to create entirely harmless little creatures made of light, that glitter and sparkle -- butterflies and puppies and dragons and birds and kittens. it's useful, they argue, because it helps calm down the younger apprentices and entertain them. it's not, though, because there's other ways to do that, which means this magic has no use.

and we never really see magic that isn't for use. and i assume this is partly because of things like the in-game mechanisms (and ive been feeling out a whole host of ideas to make thedas feel more... magicky) but i also think it's a product of magic primarily being used for war and battle. (magic, after all, exists to serve man - a universal truth in thedas that seems to persist across cultures and races.) i think a lot of things that aren't useful have been carved out of regular magic practice because the idea of magic existing - without purpose, without use, but just existing, as natural as air and water - makes people extremely uncomfortable (i haven't quite decided if this is applicable to all cultures but i do think it's something to think about because i HAVEN'T seen the kind of casual magic use i'm imagining).

and so it brings me fierce joy to think about useless magic. not just in apostates who have never had to be in the circle but specifically for circle mages, who are incarcerated and told daily that the only good thing about their magic is that it's useful. and they know all these useless bits of magic - magic that doesn't cause harm or hurt, magic that isn't for healing or making someone stronger, magic that has no use for battle or war.

it's just... magic. magic cast for the sake of magic.

#asks #vee rewrites da #i do have a bunch of ideas swimming about in my soupy brain for how to make thedas magical LSADKFJ as in like i think mages experience #the world through a very different lens - like on a very physical level bc theyre connected to the fade - compared to non-magical people #which is partially canon i think??? but i dont think the game mechanisms or the writing ever really conveys that #i think mages and magic is and should be WEIRDER. you should look at a mage and just Know they're perceiving another layer to the universe #that you don't really think is real LSDKFJF #but that's a different post i think #but also this hc is about the metaphors <3 project as u will and wish onto this #something something you don't have to walk for a hundred miles in the desert repenting

[freebooter4ever]

i send my friend suggestions of tourist places to see in his new country (his contract was extended, lucky him!) or messages about friend of friends i have living there that he could maybe meet for fellow americans to talk to, and his response is always that he doesnt have time. and not in that exaggerated way that people do to seem busy. but in that bone tired way i recognize from him here in LA, that i recognize in myself.

#jrnlsht #i watch the lives of my friends who have Made It on social media and its like looking through glass into another world i cant relate to #theyre so happy and confident and successful and its beautiful #you know whats a funny thing about LA #so many people on the on*line da*ting apps put *successful* on their list of requirements in the people they want to date #like theres a bar of entry and if you haven't reached a certain goal post like... blue check marks on your social media or a level of wealt #then they arent even going to want to get to know you #and its so antithetical to how i was raised i cant even comprehend #and yet i see it happening to my own relationships #in pittsburgh i had friends from literally ALL walks of life from people who made even less money than me to comfortable to fairly wealthy #here my friends are almost entirely of one professional class #and i have been observing how my hyper wealthy friends self select in who they interact with to maintain this wealthy bubble around them #i dont think it's entirely intentional but its also not not intentional if you know what i mean #anyway its one of the reasons i fucking loved the talk on saturday oh my god those two were a breath of fresh air i needed so much #these smart genius dudes built their own life and instead of constantly looking up for more and more personal gain #they paused and looked at the people still desperately trying to rise #and were like if i have gotten this far why cant i help you do it too and then they DID IT they actually started helping #i think that is the true meaning of success

[labyrynth]

jc/jgy antis when characters are backed into a corner and forced to make difficult decisions between ethics and survival:

#jgy tag #mdzs talk #jiang cheng #canon jiang cheng #salt is salt #you understand how absurd it is to expect anyone to lay down and die right? #honestly this was more of a jgy thought at first but it applies to jc too #choosing survival doesn’t make you a bad person! #if jgy did everything the ‘moral’ way he would be dead in a ditch after being used by that jin commander #until either he sticks up for himself and is killed directly or indirectly or until the day he dies waiting for recognition to come #wen ruohan wouldn’t be dead and ​they would have lost the war #or as a jin: if he had refused his father he would have been cast out on the streets to die in ignominy or dead many times over #if jc did everything the ‘moral’ way you want him to then he would have immediately plunged the cultivation world right back into war #because you can’t just double down on a direct attack on another sect’s disciples and expect everything to be fine #you either suck it up and apologize and try to put things back the way they were #or you say ‘actually my disciple was right to murder yours and also fuck you. i do what i want.’ #and immediately all the other sects think back to wwx going ‘i could easily kill all of you if i wanted to’ #and going ‘clearly the jiang have let wwx’s power corrupt them and now they think they can do whatever they want and walk all over us.’ #‘they need to be stopped.’ #like wwx caused this mess!!! you can’t skirt around that!!! he jumped straight to murder and surprise surprise that’s not a great solution! #and thus: jc doing the ‘moral’ thing and backing up wwx’s actions ends in even more death and bloodshed. #congrats! your shortsightedness and blindness to wwx’s recklessness has led you to believe that ‘oh well if they just explained—‘ #NO. THATS NOT HOW THESE PEOPLE THINK. #THEYRE ANXIOUS AND SCARED OF THINGS THEY DONT UNDERSTAND. #all THEY see is a guy with creepy and blasphemous powers suddenly turning against them #and instead of his sect leader reining it in he goes ‘he’s right actually.’ #how could that ​NOT be taken as tacit endorsement of all of wwx’s other actions?? #god you all are so stupid and you don’t even realize it #you just brainlessly go ‘IF HE DIDNT DIE TRYING HE DIDNT TRY HARD ENOUGH’

[sleepy-snaildan]

HOLY SHIT I HAD A DREAM PHILZA WENT INSANE IN THE QSMP AND HE WANTED TO KILL CHAYANNE HIMSELF, AND HE DID IT BEFORE MISSA COULD STOP HIM BUT THEN MISSA KILLS PHILZA AND I LEGIT WOKE UP CRYING THINKING CHAYANNE WAS GONE

I had a realization it was a dream a second ago... Why does my brain hurt me so

#like philza just calmly said “I won't let them take you away...I will give you a more gentle death then them. #the he just proceeded to chase his egg while laughing like a maniac with the classic “We can be happier in another world together” #then missa show up and starts shooting philza but he chases chayanne into the basement #missa walks inside and sees philza standing over a cracked egg #there's some screaming and shouting until missa pulls the trigger and philza falls to the ground dead #then I walked away from my computer and woke up crying #it's a very non realistic scenario but holy shit for a good minute I thought that really happened #qsmp #qsmp chayanne #philza #philza minecraft #dream #crying #aaaaaaaaaaaaa #missa sinfonia

[clumsiestgiantess]

Day 13: Sunrise

As Erica re-learns how to be more comfortable around Alexis, she finds the ultimate mode of transportation: shoulder rides! Seriously, once she gets the chance to sit up there, it’s over; Alexis has more trouble convincing her to get off than get on (if she even has to convince her to get on in the first place)

#Alexis: Erica you have to get off now. We’re here #Erica: No! Five more minutes! Another walk around the block? #Alexis: Fine but ONLY five more minutes #(it was more like fifteen) #g/t #giant tiny #other-world universe #promptober/inktober