#and it drove me up the wall

[bluespiritshonour]

reposting (again, duh) 'cause i'm just—not satisfied with this. will leave it alone now, i promise. Since Zuko was too hurt to even dress himself I bet Mai did his hair.

Edit: y'all my mother said I didn't fuck up the hands this time HAHAHAHA—

#avatar the last airbender #atla #artists on tumblr #zuko #fanart #mai #ink blot #atla maiko #atla mai #maiko atla #so yeah i thought mai did zuko's hair the day of his coronation #kinda figuring out how to do daytime lighting #mai's (and mine) aesthetic clash with it #edit: i should really really let go of my prejudice and give in to warm colours this looks so much better with warm colours #trying to make it work with cool colours drove me up the walls

[sainzprix]

CARLOS SAINZ | red flag, Japanese Grand Prix 2024

#carlos sainz #carlos sainz jr #cs55 #formula 1 #f1 #scuderia ferrari #ferrari #carlossainzedit #f1edit #g* #japanese grand prix 2024 #who suffered more jesus on the cross or me attempting to color this #the paramount banner and the mechanics drove me up the wall

[unhelpfulfemme]

Another thing I liked is how Laurent's trauma is handled, because usually when a character has a Secretly Traumatic Backstory there's some kind of annoyingly maudlin scene about it. Either they get into some kind of big conflict with the love interest and are forced to explain themselves so they don't get judged or dumped, or the love interest intrudes on a vulnerable moment and sees them being abused or somehow handling the consequences of that abuse, or they are explained the circumstances by a benevolent third party, and this changes their view of the abused character because now they're god's poorest meow meow and I just fucking hate it every time.

Like, this is why I stopped reading this type of story: because the amount of crowding and backing into a corner and privacy violation that happens to abused characters in order to coax them into opening up about it and reassure them that they're okay is so annoying. I feel like I've been psychologyposting on main too much lately, so I might explain later why I feel this way or I might not but in any case I hate it.

I love that this book is the literal opposite of that, that Damen not only doesn't crowd Laurent and insist that he open up, but that Damen ensuring space and privacy and time to calm down for Laurent when he's overwhelmed is repeatedly portrayed as an act of friendship and caring and love (that Laurent later reciprocates, because they both lose their heads when something pushes their buttons and understand this about each other).

I also love how Damen doesn't fall in love with Laurent because Laurent is sad and fucked up, or because he's so brave to have put up with the abuse, or because Damen too is sad like Laurent (I'm physically restraining myself from going off on a rant about how shared trauma is hardly ever a good foundation for a relationship): no, he falls in love with Laurent because he's whip-smart, and a good leader, and funny, and tender once he opens up, and a lateral thinker, and a man of integrity who keeps his promises and pays back his debts (and because he's pretty and blonde and good at sporty shit that Damen likes). Some of these things may have been shaped by the awful shit that happened to Laurent, as they were also probably shaped by his station or his education or his body type or any other circumstance of his life, but it's refreshing to have a character who went through awful shit but who also has other things going on for him that make him loveable instead of being completely defined by his trauma. And even when Damen finds out, the way he thinks about Laurent literally doesn't change at all - the things he likes about Laurent are still seen in the same light as always, Laurent's personality as a whole is still the same, even his attitude towards what Laurent did to him when they first met doesn't change much (as we see in the short story epilogue). And even this last bit is really cool because Laurent is never stripped of his agency or made out into some sort of helpless victim currently, both of which would probably mortify him with how much he's trying to establish that he's not at any opportunity.

And I also like how it's not necessary for Laurent to tell Damen about it in order for them to be close, nor does Damen push him into it. And everyone else seems to agree that it's Laurent's story to tell when and how he wants it told, except for the villain of the piece, who reveals it in the most awful way possible. This is particularly important because Damen spends three books grabbing everyone in Laurent's life by the shoulders and shaking them and going, "Why do you care about this guy??? Have you noticed that he's kind of an ashole?? Why are you loyal to him?? Why???" and no one ever says anything, because they're protective of Laurent and don't want to take away his agency or privacy because it's his fucking story to tell. Even after Damen finds out, we don't see him mention it and he probably lets Laurent open up or not on his own terms, as he does with everything else that doesn't directly concern him. Even though we've seen through Laurent's dialogue time and time again that he's probably conceptualizing it in some fucked up ways in his own head and needs yet to realize that he's not some kind of twisted pervert for what happened to him, crowding him about it before he's ready won't accomplish much.

And the story itself backs all this by never being maudlin about it even though it's obvious what happened pretty early on (I figured it out really early, I remember suspecting it almost immediately and being dead sure of it by the Ancel scene in the garden); it kind of elipses around it, gives hints and parallels to other characters in similar circumstances, has Laurent say incoherent shit that makes sense in context, has other characters hint at it, but with Laurent being one of the central characters it's cool that the story gives him that respect and doesn't wallow in the tragedy of it all.

#captive prince #I'm gonna be honest I've only read one other story where this kind of well-meaning breaking of boundaries was explicitly portrayed as bad #and it was a darth maul-centric fic of all things #special mention for my most beloathed cordelia vorkosigan pop psychology philosophy of talking at people until they #understand why they're wrong to feel bad about something #which drove me up the wall even though I liked those books

[glitchtricks94]

Demon Slayer Drabbles: Giyuu Tomioka Thirst

So the thirst wouldn't send through the ask box- I just decided to straight up make this a post because I'm proud and damn it, I refuse to pussy out and shorten it or spread it out over two anons! This is NSFW with a soft dom-esche Giyuu, so please, mind the cut and the divider. This was a gift for @desi-the-blue-eyed-kakushi, a lovely person I really look up to in the community. So, without further ado, kick back, relax and enjoy~ -Glitchtricks

Giyuu's head was filled with fog, the sound of your moans filling his ears like a symphony, his own low groans and soft whines slipping from his lips as he thrusted in and out of you, the scent of sweat and sex swirling all around the room you were both given at the Wisteria House. You had both known each other for ages, romantic and sexual tension always lingering between the two of you, and after this last mission, everything finally bubbled over and you two had practically pounced on one another in the forest. Giyuu ended up acting out of pure relief when he first pulled you into that initial kiss. You were nearly shredded by the demon you were both sent to dispose of, and Giyuu, being the good man and smitten fool he was, instantly lost it internally and made quick work of the demon, a quiet rage bubbling in his chest. Afterwards, while you were trying to thank him, he crashed his lips into yours, tossing his katana aside and squeezing you tightly, pulling you close enough to where you were flush against him. One kiss turned into two, then three, and then you were both grinding on each other through your clothes as you collapsed to the ground beneath you, tongues dueling for dominance, Giyuu soon being declared the winner. He pulled away, telling you that you both should go get fixed up, much to your dismay. You couldn't remember your complaints now, however, not while Giyuu was pounding into you as if his life depended on it. To him, it sure felt like it. Months of his longing were pressed into each thrust, everything he's been feeling towards you being poured into every kiss, every single heart stuttering moment that he ever had with you bursting to the forefront of his mind alongside the memories of all the nights he spent alone, having gotten off on imaginary scenarios that could never compare to the real thing. Giyuu couldn't help but give his everything to you with every plunge of his cock into your wet cunt. "F-fuck...you feel...feel so incredible..." Giyuu panted, sapphire eyes staring down at your fucked out expression, his face painted a warm red hue as he braced his body on his elbows on either side of your head, caging you. You looked up through tear stained lashes into Giyuu's eyes, pleasure wracking your body deliciously, your lip swollen from a mix of bruising kisses and you biting it to suppress your moans. "Y-you're so b-beautifuulll...oh gods..." He moaned out, seeing how you looked up at him, love, lust and pure bliss being reflected in your glassy eyes. "G-giyuuuuu..." You whined out, wrapping your legs around his waist and leaned up to catch his lips in a feverish kiss, the raven haired man instantly returning the gesture before parting and pressing you back into the futon. "G-Giyuu, more, more....please, please...!" You whimpered, the coil in your stomach threatening to snap again. "I-I've got you, my lily, I-I've got you...Let me handle it, l-let me-Fuck...Y-you got tiiiighter..." Giyuu responded, tipping his head back for a moment as you clenched down on his dick, pleasure shooting through him as he bucked into you harder. "Y-you're close, c'mon, baby, cum for me, please, I-I know you can do it. Cum on my cock, my love, I-I know you- Ah!"

You had let out a cry that Giyuu swiftly muffled by clamping a hand over your mouth, a strained groan leaving him as he continued thrusting, causing you to whine from overstimulation. "G-Giyuu, 's'too muuuucchhh!" You whined out again, Giyuu pressing a kiss to your lips, soft pants leaving his own as he grew closer to his own climax. "J-just a little more, my lily, I-I'm almost there, p-please hold on a little longer- Mmm!" Giyuu couldn't stop himself from thrusting wildly in and out of you, his eyes rolling back as he moaned out a little louder. "Oh fuck, fuck- I-I...I love you...." He whined out, pinning your hands on either side of your head and twining your fingers, the man above you still moaning out soft 'I love you's with each thrust of his cock, crying out when he felt you tighten as a second orgasm wracked your smaller frame, both of you silencing yourselves with a kiss while riding your highs. You both pulled away with a string of saliva connecting you both. Everyone applauded when you both came back, hands intertwined. Giyuu was embarrassed and so were you.

#glitchwrites.notepad #demon slayer x reader #giyuu tomioka x reader #giyuu tomioka smut #giyuu x reader #kny giyuu #giyuu smut #kimetsu giyuu #demon slayer giyuu #dom giyuu tomioka #sub reader #This drove me up the wall insane to prep #I am happy I figured it out!!!!!! #Yippeee!!!!!

[avelera]

All meta is good meta because everyone is just here having fun, but there are obituaries for some headcanons that I read with great pleasure.

#Crowley is not Lucifer #but he might still be Raphael #but it’s fine if he’s neither and was Just A Dude angel #but the Lucifer one drove me up the wall #my meta #good omens

[stolas-bgw]

Play the Sidequests You Coward

Final Fantasy XVI is a litmus test for the patience gamers have for a story and worldbuilding.

FFXVI has got it's issues, it's combat is a bit over-reliant on the power of the dominant moves and is a little brain dead. It's crafitng system is... clearly forced in? Like the game did not NEED a crafting system and would probably be exactly the same without it. Late game the combat effects begin to obscure the screen and meld together so it gets to be a little difficult to tell what's going on.

That being said, the one and most common critique of FFXVI as being "objectively bad" are the sidequests. A critique I wholly disagree with and, to be honest, am sick and tired of hearing. When I see a reviewer critique the side quests as being boring and tearing away from the experience of the game, all I hear is "I didn't watch the cutscenes."

These quests are not just "collect 3 nuts, get shitty XP, and move on." These quests are world building and story fleshing out events. Some of the best stories are tucked away in these "fetch quests." These stories make the main quest feel MORE EPIC, MORE IMPACTFUL, not less.

As some have pointed out, CBUIII, the team that made FFXIV, clearly took their design for side quests from XIV and put it inot XVI. Except that's not true. They didn't take the structure for it's side quests, they took the structure from their main quests. FFXIV's main quest is filled with "go fetch 3 things," "go talk to X people," "hold my hand and give me a guided tour of X area." And to some people, these quests are "pointless filler." But to the people who are actually invested in FFXIV's story, you know these quests are ESSENTIAL to making the story as emotionally ressonant as it is.

The same is true for the sidequests in FFXVI. These quests feel as though they SHOULD be mandatory, not optional. But because FFXVI is a more mass-appealing game, CBUIII knew that not everyone would have the patience for dealing with these seemingly mundane issues. It was the correct move to make these sidequests. But they are anything but side content.

The sidequests are not boring fetchquests that give shit xp. They are story quests that flesh out the world of Valisthea, the people of the world, and Clive as a character. They show you why Clive fights for the right to live and die as you choose, they give the message of the game texture and depth. The main quests WORKS on it's own, but the side quests really elevate it, if you give them the time of day.

These are incredibly well written, emotionally resonant, and important missions that I am sick and tired for being compared to "shitty MMO quests." This isn't WoW where you help a random guy kill 40 boars and you never see them again. You getting that food to those people MATTER. Those people needed someone like them to reach out to them, or they may have had a much harder time integrating into a new life. Clive needed to see how horrible the world could be through the eyes of a child raised by a corrupt system. CLIVE would give a shit about the people who work for him and help them out when he can. He would want to LEARN about the people who are risking their lives day in and day out to help make their vision become reality.

Can some of the side quests feel boring? Sure. But that's kind of the point. These quests are grounded in reality and tedioum of life. Not nearly as much as in FFXIV, but still enough that it DOES test your patience and appreciation of the story and world. If you don't like that, that's ok it's why it's side content. But these quests ARE NOT MMO fetch quests. They matter and make the story better for existing.

#FFXVI #final fantasy 16 #final fantasy XVI #ffxvi spoilers #I know no one is gonna read this but jfc I had to get this off my chest #I've seen one too many ciritques calling the sidequests mmo fetch quests and it drove me up the wall #ff16 #ff16 spoilers

[zhukzucraft]

today, this guy, tomorrow, who knows

#am i just going to slowly disassemble my banner into separate pictures? yes. it drove me up the wall. this is therapy #grian fanart #trafficblr #grain man is my blorbo #just thought i'd warn everyone right away

[seaweedstarshine]

You know that time in the comics when the Doctor is so depressed, he shuts off the lights, turns on an interrogation spotlight, locks himself in the console room, and argues with a bunch of judgmental shadow-figures resembling his past incarnations?

And all the TARDIS' lights go out and her interior becomes a maze to keep his companions out of the console room, all from her psychic connection with the Doctor (“moodbleed”)?

And his companions are left wandering in circles for two days as the air goes “stale,” not knowing where he is but thinking the worst, while he hallucinates in a dark room?

...because I'm thinking again about the times this definitely happened when he was with the Ponds.

#when they find him- Rory (one good nurse™) asks neutral questions to check on his emotional state while respecting his space #Amy knows when he's locked himself alone long enough to call River (fortunately Amy talks to her daughter often) #River can calm the tardis and go directly to the Doctor. she sits with him and nods when he rants. she tells him hes loved. #eleventh doctor #11th doctor #doctor who #words by seaweed #(eleventh) doctor is neurodivergent tag #honestly same. I don't want anyone looking at me when im in that way because eyes are very uncomfortable lasers slicing my thoughts #so river doesn't look at him. she looks away and lets him look at her so he knows she's not looking at him. she also does active listening #the shadow-figures in this comic are beyond psychosis coded #emphasis: it isnt presented like some conference of past selves here (which the doctor can't just do anyway- see Power of the Doctor). #and the shadow figures dont have personalities anyway. the way theyre drawn is VERY psychosis coded (as is 11 this whole Si Spurrier run) #this is from Eleventh Doctor Year 2 Issue 3 (set between A Christmas Carol and The Impossible Astronaut) if anyone's wondering #note that he put on his comfort fez I love him #alice obiefune #poor Alice got drove up the wall from wandering in the dark for two days… I think Amy and Rory get to get used to it if they're together #eventually they work out a plan to calm the tardis enough to show them the comfy spot in the bunkbeds to wait and give him space #he joins them in their bunkbed for platonic snuggles. all in the same bunk. Rory doesnt mind. they make sure the doctor knows hes loved <3 #I think- having been percieved as psychotic growing up- Amy would be conscious about making sure the doctor knows she still adores him #I really want this fic to exist

[kayvsworld]

i always forget i have Healthcare System Anxiety until i have to interact with The Healthcare System and immediately just start screaming internally for days

#my mom obliterated her bones and the pre-surgery surgery post-surgery experience. the ER situation. moving 2 the woods #this is a vent post i forget my complaining tag #waited 30 mins for an ambulance & when we called back they were like ''yeah it hasnt been assigned to anyone & might be hours'' #so i drove her to the ER with a migraine & ran over some pylons (cool). #stuck in the ER for 9 hours. took 4 hours for anyone to give her any kind of pain management. i caught covid #was supposed to get a call when she was out of her 2 hrs max surgery. was told i could call if i hadn't heard anything #5 hours later i called and was transferred 6 times - told she had been discharged - told she had never been registered at that hospital - #yelled at by a nurse for asking for patient information - eventually got the right department and was told oh yeah sorry she's in recovery #was supposed to find out if she could come home or not in 30 mins. 3 hours later theyre like OK come get her #i show up and the doors to that wing are. locked? and no one's there to unlock them? #apparently i was supposed to pick up the wall phone? and call a code they hadn't given me? spent 30 mins getting help from other department #to GET THEM TO OPEN THE DOORS. FREE HER RELEASE HER #finally i get in and she's OK SHES FINE except morphine doesn't work on her so that's. fine. bodies are good to have #we have reached shrimp colours levels of anxiety i am a walking talking stress migraine but she's doing ok. but holy fuck #kayvswords #also like she's black and all of her nurses and doctors have been white so feeling normal about all of it all around

[lizstiel]

first thing I heard, clear as a bell: d̸̫̚e̷̝̋a̴̤̔n̶̟̎ ̶̝̓w̶̰̕i̴̞̿ṅ̴͓c̶̲͠h̷͎͂è̷̝s̴͙̚t̵̰͘e̵͗͜r̶͐͜ ̵̠̇î̸̖s̵̞̈́ ̸͕͐s̴͎͑a̷̜̚v̶̛͖é̵̱d̸͔̏

#mine #my art #supernatural #spn #deancas #kind of #castiel #dean winchester #supernatural fanart #yo please don't let this flop I worked on this for.........months #so procreate does this thing when you try to copy/transform a line where it makes it slightly blurry #and it drove me up the wall so....i did every single line.....individually #in the stained glass #which is why it took so long BUT #I wanted to post this on easter but i didn't have time to finish it. #it's based on a statue of mary and jesus #anyway couldn't decide which version looked better #i'm excited to finally show y'all!!!

[unstablezeldafan]

Drawing for @holleighgram's fanfic: Life-Long Strangers! Gonna be honest, didn't know you could draw a fanart of a fanfic until I saw @airawisteria's fanart, also for this fanfic. Don't know what made me think it couldn't be done, but either way, here we are.

Without Quacks:

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#Sora #Riku #Kingdom Hearts #Life-Long Strangers #this fic is really good dawgs #i literally cackled while reading it multiple times #i love them #i love how playable jimmy [dont know what to call them] writes them #its just a certified banger #chanychow this drawing drove me up the wall #my style is dying right now #it is burning up in the corner #so uh #this didnt turn out to well but i still wanted to post it anyway #i keep forgetting to post fanart #i also have no clue how to make a post like this #or an image id #im so sorry for that dawgs

[circular-bircular]

#anon hate #traumascum mention #reminder - you can now report anons for harassment! #I have you the first ask since god that claim drove me up the wall #but yeah you don’t get a second shot bye bye

[ingoodjesst]

right after aki thinks "i'll be with you soon", right before he kills the ghost devil, we see himeno silently telling him, "aki-kun, aishiteru."

aki, i love you.

#chainsaw man #himeno chainsaw man #himeno #himeno csm #csmedit #csm spoilers #csm episode 12 #i finally figured it out and yes it drove me up the wall i cannot fuckin believe mappa committed so hard my heart is a million pieces #akihime #akimeno #my edits #my metas #uhhhh technically it's not rly one but idk whatever #himeno analysis

[bluevaractyl]

Why can't I figure out how public transportation works😭

#tried to map out my route but it directed me to walk through a wall to get to a bus stop that didn't exist #tried a different app and the bus drove right past my stop even though the app said it was arriving #still don't know which stop I should have been at #but I wasn't gonna wait another half hour to try the other three stops #so I gave up and drove #now I kind of just want to curl up and cry #it's been a day #blue complains into the void

[sheriffopossum]

My sad attempt at trying something NOT super cutesy holy shit I've been working on this since yesterday--

I wanted to challenge myself and draw in a more "realistic" (for me) style and daaaamn did I s t r u g g l e LMAO. Guess figure drawing in college didn't stick oopsie. I didn't realize how fuggn hard Wally as a human would be; Barnaby on the other hand was loads of fun to draw! 🫠

Crime Puppets!AU Barnaby and Wally belong to @sweetest-honeybee 🌼🐝

#art #fanart #my art #artwork #fan art #illustration #cartoon #digital art #fandom #welcome home #welcome home au #barnaby beagle #wally darling #crime puppets au #welcome home puppet show #welcome home arg #this shit just bout drove me up the fugGN WALL

[ac-liveblogs]

I was watching the jp livestream and they said something about a gameplay feature of the Arlecchino boss fight being something like a "reward" for doing something correctly, can't remember what exactly they said but they compared it to something like a rite of passage of sorts for the kids under her care to be able to take out anyone, even their own father and it's like...they really bend over backwards to make their playable cast 'not that bad' huh? I'm worried about what they'll do to declaw Dottore if he ever become playable... Oh and don't even get me started on the new flagship event being about rock but it's ITTO FOCUSED?? HUH?? XINYAN IS RIGHT THERE?! Her whole thing is being into rock music and she even mentioned wanting to participate in the Iridescence Tour or whatever it's called, what is this bs?! USE YOUR CHARACTERS PROPERLY HYV PLEASE

I still like how in Star Rail's murder mystery 2.0 ends on 3 possible suspects and 20 minutes into 2.1 every single one of them just says they didn't kill anyone. And the game just expects you to accept that. (If you're used to HYV that checks out but like. Any other story) And Duke Inferno was cool with Acheron killing him, actually.

Never mind that I seriously doubt anyone actually died, so the playable "killer" is off the hook too.

This is the company that considers 'influencer', 'slightly dodgy but ultimately good guy' and 'lazy gaming addict' somewhat risky, so what do we even expect... as long as we can actually fight Arlecchino and not get blue-balled like we did with the whale in 4.2, I guess that'll be a step up.

Tbh, I originally anticipated Dottore's thing to be that if he became playable it'd be a younger segment from "before" he became awful who denounces his older self and also didn't actually do anything wrong. Then he killed all his segments in Sumeru before they were ever important or relevant, lmao. Maybe we'll still get that... that's my best guess...

They are seriously overplaying the Itto card... Xinyan never shows up where you expect her, I remember she ended up in a roguelike event a couple years back when there was a music event the same patch. Though she's not the only one, somehow this patch Albedo ended up in the cat petting event and... not... the alchemy one...???

#ac plays genshin impact #when i say 2.1's 'whodunnit' drove me up the fucking wall