#and so she decides to care back

[critterbitter]

Language divides and building bridges.

Elesa’s feeling homesick. Emmet, bless his heart, tries to help by infodumping while Ingo frantically runs off to find water (crying is a very dehydrating experience).

((Would you look at that! The kids are picking up kantonese and galarian from each other!))

BONUS:

Heh. Callback.

Want to see more? Here’s the masterpost for submas!

#not Emmet trying to say Electric in kantonian and failing miserably #meanwhile Ingo gets it within the first five seconds (what a MOOD) #wow ingo ur so good at languages! hope this doesnt come into play later when you get sent to a foreign island chain far in the past! #(sweats) #anyways LOOK THE PATRATS AND PACHIRISU ARE FINALLY BECOMING FRIEND FRIENDS #I CAN DRAW SHENANIGANS AGAIN WHEEEEEE #BUT also... callback to the library comic where Emmet and Elesa talk about Leaning on Friends for Help... hehehehhough #elesa did in fact get that from somewhere yes #it's this. she got it from this interaction. from two people who decided to care about her for some reason #and so she decides to care back #(little rat dog barking noise) anyways back to tagging! #pokemon #art #sketchbook #submas #myart #fanart #pokemon ingo #subway boss ingo #submas comic #elesa #pokemon leader elesa #kid submas #nimbasa trio #blitzle #tynamo #ingo #emmet #subway master kudari #subway master nobori

[kicktwine]

wait are elezen tails not part of their spine? or is it like a lizard tail situation? or was alisaie's tail just yanked really REALLY hard

I SHALL DRAW A DIAGRAM

To clarify, no! They are not like lizards or some kinds of au ra, they are just fragile. Strong enough to withstand tugging and stepping on, not strong enough to withstand warmachina ripping the skin or a very heavy door breaking one of the bones. The bones don’t even extend all the way to the tip of the tail, so tailtip injuries are easier to fix, but blunt or shear trauma, not so much. The only reason Sharlayan has so many tailed elezen is because they’re stuffy academics. Ishgard has hardly any.

#specbio #Doodles #play game #ask #anon #her tail got caught in a warmachina hand; she smacked it to try to get it to let go; it yanked instead and pulled half of the skin off #so she was stuck with a sad withery half tail for a few days (incredibly grouchy) until she decided to just get rid of it #Imagine having a reaaaalllly long pinky finger. That’s gonna get caught in something if you’re not careful #LONG STORY SHORT YOU CANT HAVE A PRETTY ANIME TAIL THE THINNESS OF A PENCIL UNLESS YOU REALIZE ITS GOING TO BE EASY TO HURT #Lots of rodents lose their tails or the skin of their tails as a defense mechanism - though their skin can grow back mostly

[invinciblerodent]

Replaying from the beginning, I don't think I'll ever get over the fact that Astarion actually expected us to not immediately clock that he's a vampire. And I know this has been said before, but it's so hilarious.

He's over there, thinking himself suave and secretive, with such decor as...

A clearly bloody glass cup sitting right in front of his tent, in a puddle of blood, as the very first thing you see

another bloody goblet at his feet, with stains that do not look anything like wine on his white carpet

jars of blood inside his open tent, complete with a very clear bloodstain on the pallet under his bedroll

this clearly labeled bloodbank jar, covered in bloodstains, just on the table right next to him

this veritable dinner table napkin covered in blood, and of course, the pièce de résistance,

the fucking mirror in clear view, angled perfectly so that if he wasn't a vampire, you should be able to see his ass in it in premier plan when approaching from the campfire.

Not only is he very clearly a vampire, but he's also an excessively messy eater, which honestly makes the fact that he is only revealed on the third night a downright humiliating admonishment of the party's collective intelligence.

(Though, armed with the knowledge that he cannot seem to keep blood in his mouth, there is also some real potential here for the first act of physical tenderness he experiences in centuries to be the player character just... absently wiping a drop of their blood off his chin with their hand after a feeding.)

#not the first feeding of course but like the third maybe #i think i'll headcanon that iona did that #just an unconscious action; a very simple and natural expression of care #he jerks back ofc like she slapped him #like he had just lifted off her and they're both still slightly dazed #they're looking at each other for a moment from like... three inches away still; catching their respective breaths #and she just said “here; let me just--” and... did it. without thinking #and it's weirdly intimate and kind of awkward the next day but they both decide to not mention it #baldur's gate 3 #squirrel plays bg3 #(yes I know Astarion doesn't need to breathe and I've said so before) #(but I still have decided that I like to think “faking” it comes as naturally as... well as breathing should) #(I do think he is prone to temporarily forgetting to breathe in emotionally charged moments though) #oc: iona raedir

[commsroom]

an underrated aspect of eiffel and lovelace's dynamic is that she is the one person who can speak his language, she's just not happy about it. "we're bootlegging the opening band to figure out what kind of anvil the headliner is going to drop on our heads." / "oh! why didn't you just say that?" or saying "there is no try" to him in the live show, or trying to explain her time loop predicament with the one pop culture reference he doesn't actually get, etc.

lovelace is also a pretty quippy and pop culture savvy person, and, unlike hera and minkowski, lovelace has definitely seen star wars. she has referenced star wars. there had to have been a moment where eiffel realized he was finally, after so long, occupying the same space as another person who has seen star wars. this absolutely does not mean eiffel can talk to lovelace about star wars, but you know he tried.

#wolf 359 #w359 #doug eiffel #isabel lovelace #it's funny to me to think that lovelace has COMPLETELY different star wars opinions #but also she just doesn't care that much and decides not to engage with him. and he's intimidated by her anyway #so as excited as he is initially. eventually he gives up and goes back to trying to explain it to hera #but eiffel and lovelace ARE friends too and it's sweet sometimes #i was thinking about the way he enables her moth joke like under better circumstances they could have so much fun together #and 'you're my friend' while her mind is still coming back... #everyone's best friend douglas eiffel

[tricoufamily]

visiting the hometown

(want everyone to know this edit came to me in a dream and i changed the lore just to do it)

#in the dream i was like editing it but i was also there? it was weird. it started as a dream about lawson in a zombie apocalypse #ok important tags first so i can write an essay #ts4 #ts4 render #ts4 edit #the sims 4 #beckett #lawson #blood sports #but yeah if you haven't been here before beckett and lawson never knew each other as kids #if they did it would be a butterfly effect and mess w a bunch of other plot details. so i decided to work around it #also if ur new they've had a friends with benefits thing going on for a long time but lawson is in love with him. beck doesn't know #originally beckett was put in foster care as a baby bc of neglect and was bounced around foster homes for years #he was a troubled child always getting in fights a kleptomaniac undiagnosed autism etc etc foster families tried and just didn't want him #then when he was around 12 a very nice old lady named cora got him and they ended up forming a great bond they loved each other #she was going to adopt him then when beckett was around 15 or 16 his birth mother reentered the picture and wanted him back #it started a really nasty legal battle and cora died. we can't say for sure it was the stress of this fight but beckett certainly thinks so #anyway he did go back with his birth mother and things got really bad for him. he dropped out of school started doing worse crimes and so o #but none of that is what even changed #now LAWSON is also from west virigina like beckett. it's a small town lawson was new he had no friends #he was a very clingy possessive child who cried and threw tantrums so much #he met beckett and the rest is history. beckett didn't really mind how lawson acted he didn't really find him annoying like everyone elsedi #besides he didn't have friends either #lawson has wealthy parents they were welcoming to beckett at first if a little apprehensive. then he stole something from their house #and lawson wasn't allowed to hang out with him anymore. but he still did in secret. they still have no idea that beckett's even still aroun #or just how involved lawson is with him and his. activities 😬 they just think he's their good little college boy #in the original beckett moved to Not Gotham City when his mother got him back but in this version lawson is going to college there #and beckett's been distant from him for a while things are awful for him and lawson says hey. what if you gave the city a try. and he did #so really you could say the events of blood sports are all lawson's fault the end

[mixelation]

would itachi meet toris old clan? how would that go?

no, i can't see that happening. she doesn't consider herself one of them, and they effectively kicked her out as a very small child, meaning THEY don't consider her one of them either. plus by the time itachi is in the picture, they're mostly. uh. dead?

#part of why they effectively kicked her out was that they'd decided to march everyone off to otogakure #so they HAD the option of handing a kid they didn't even really care about over to other sound country ninja #if she'd been a part of the clan through age 12 itachi might have an extremely belated #'wait i am about to get in laws. do we have to draw up an inter-clan contract. i don't want a rando clan calling on the uchiha' #'please tell me you don't have any clan techniques we might get accused of stealing' #so under those circumstances he might want to meet them in a purely political capacity #just to be like 'she's OURS NOW i am putting an uchiwa on her back AS WE SPEAK this is NOT an alliance you MAY NOT CONTACT HER' #....although in an even MORE divergent scenario where tori WASN'T treated like crap #yeah he'd probably want to meet them. itachi: that's how interclan marriages work??? #reborn au

[ineed-to-sleep]

ENDING SPOILERS FOR BG3 AHEAD

Hate that I found this scene kinda hot

#listen. evil nawen is absolutely a possibility #even tho it isn't my canon ok she's my dear little antihero and saved everyone <3 #but the way I made her she's like. in a pretty unpredictable mental state #she's come from a background of doing terrible shit as a shadow thief often against her will #and now bc of the tadpole she has time to breathe and decide what to do w her life for #reasons I won't go into rn bc it's a long story jfjfjkfkf #but basically she's in this dilemma of let yourself become The Worst(and go back to your organization post game) #or learn to be a better person again(and turn your back on the thieves even tho you will likely be hunted to death) #so she could really go either way depending on how the game goes and controlling the brain could rlly be a possibility for her #honestly even if she decided to turn her back on the thieves it could be a possibility #the power she'd have?? she'd never have to worry abt being hunted by them #but good path nawen would never 😔 she wouldn't sacrifice everything she's built #it's kinda sad to see her on her good path choosing this tho bc like. astarion's reaction?? #man looks so betrayed #in her evil path she would likely have ascended him and their relationship would already be too fucked up for her to care #but in this one?? that's just painful #sleep.txt #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #oc.nawen #but. even w all that. I am not above finding evil women hot 🫠 #goth mommy go evil brain go brrr ooga booga

[hephaestuscrew]

I'm still thinking about that scene in Victoriocity S3E7 where Fleet runs back towards the Beast so as to lure it into the path of the train...

Clara's exclamation of 'Teamwork, Fleet!' after Fleet says he's got a plan reflects her conviction that any plan that Fleet has will be a shared plan, something they do together.

This conviction is a kind of trust, and that trust is part of the reason Clara takes a moment to realise Fleet has headed back towards the Beast. She trusts that he's following behind her. She keeps talking to him, her words full of optimism.

When she realises Fleet isn't there, she immediately realises what that must mean he's done, and her voice sounds more small and scared than I think we've ever heard it before.

Fleet's attempt at self-sacrifice is a kind of betrayal of Clara's trust, but when he echoes her celebration of their teamwork in a more somber tone, I think it suggests that he understands the weight of that betrayal.

If Fleet's plan is that Clara won't realise he's gone until it's already too late, then he thinks "Teamwork, Clara" will be the last words he'll ever speak to her. In what he imagines will be their final conversation, Fleet affirms Clara's understanding of them as a team who work well together, even as he is making a choice that rejects the possibility of their teamwork in this scenario. It's a recognition of what their dynamic has meant. It's a goodbye and an apology, even if Clara doesn't understand it as such at first.

I don't think Fleet sounds scared as he initially faces down the train. When he shouts "Yeah, this way, you stupid machine! Come on then!", he sounds defiant and grimly determined.

In fact, I don't think he sounds afraid until Clara appears, until she might be at risk of being in the path of the Beast or the train as well. It's when he shouts "Clara, stay back for God's sake!" and "Please, get back!" that there's real fear and desperation in his voice. He can confront the idea of giving his own life, but not the idea that doing so might put Clara in danger.

Another thing about these lines is that the move from 'stay back' to 'get back' suggests that Clara didn't obey his first instruction but got closer to him (and therefore to the path of the Beast and the train) between those two lines.

Then Fleet gives what might be another attempt at his last words: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry."  A repeated apology before an attempted self-sacrifice is an implicit acknowledgement of how much losing him would hurt Clara. He regrets causing her pain.

Even so, he's accepted that he is about to die and that it'd be worth it to destroy the Beast. But Clara very much hasn't accepted either those things. She's still trying to yell over the noise of the train; she's pulling off her ring to throw at him.

I think it's a good illustration of how Clara's optimism is a kind of strength. She always believes that they can "make a new plan" and that it'll be one in which no one has to die. I think Archibald Fleet needs someone like that, someone who'll tell him to drop to the ground when his death advances from both sides, someone who - even in a dark tunnel with an murderous metal monster and a speeding train - won't stop shouting that there's hope.

#Victoriocity #victoriocity spoilers #clara entwhistle #archibald fleet #I have feelings about them!! #I've listened to this scene a normal number of times... #Can't decide if it's more angsty if Clara heard his apology or if she didn't... #Also on the topic of Clara's optimism #I think it is a part of her temperament #but I don't think that means it's always easy or that it isn't something that takes active effort #The 'midnight overthinkies' scene showed us that there's a lot going on under the surface #As previously established I don't personally see Clara and Fleet romantically #but nonetheless there is something Orpheus and Eurydice #about two people who care deeply about each other #in a dark tunnel trying to head towards safety #and one of them trusts that the other is behind them #except Clara doesn't look back for a while and then he actually is already gone #and she's alone wondering if she's lost him forever #I think I can draw those parallels platonically #Oh also there's something impressive about a show that can literally raise a guy from the dead in the first season #and yet still have real stakes when he's in life or death situations after that #something deeply sinister about how in Even Greater London no death ever needs to be permanent #but we know that the vast majority of deaths would be because access to that technology is so restricted #inspector fleet #victoriocity season 3 #victoriocity podcast #Clara & Fleet #The empty man posteth

[torgawl]

i think what hits most about nobara's backstory is everything that's left unsaid and peaks from between the lines. it's the fact you can easily infer that something was wrong without ever having clear answers on what exactly was wrong. but if you can relate to the feeling of wanting to escape a place and the alienation from everyone around you, especially when you're brought up in small communities, then you can certainly understand, if not fully then partially, nobara herself and the struggles she might have had to face all by herself for a very long time; maybe even the importance fumi and saori had in her life and the pain from having to part from them; and, perhaps the selectiveness in letting people in that she later on develops as well.

#the way her story is told from fumi's point of view is quite interesting #nobara's backstory is like a silent whisper without a lot of obvious context and told from someone else's perspective #someone who until the end never really understood her fully despite their obvious close bond #someone who we weren't even aware was part of her life #and nobara's peak emotional moment and the last person she thinks as her life is in danger is her and the promise she didn't accomplish #a promise to reunite with the friends that shaped her and her life #ah. #i find her last line so... powerful? #she definitely struggled growing up and the only two people she kept in her heart from her life before jujutsu were people that #moved to where she lived. saori didn't even stay in that place for long. and then she moves somewhere new and she meets people #and a group that actually feels like home a community where she fits in and suddenly they kind of break through making place in her heart #just for everything to come to a halt. to turn to shit. for her to see that shatter away little by little. and in the end she's put in a #position where she knows she will not be able to hold on to what she cares for the most. that she will hurt people that truly cared for her #for not being able to go back to fumi and rekindle the friendship with saori and for being forced to be another punch in the guts for yuuji #and everyone else that up until that point were forced to go through losses already and traumatic events #and she decides to encourage yuuji to go on a good note and she truly believes the people she met made it worth it #even if it was for a brief moment in her life #i am not being coherent right now but it pains me :') #she deserved so much better #and i will hang on tightly to the line saying that she had a small chance of survival until the end #because she deserves it she deserves to live 😭 #i'm taking her from that stupid anime and putting her in a slice of life anime watch me #yuuji too. and everyone else. i'm taking the kaisen out of the jujutsu and you can't stop me #jjk spoilers #nobara kugisaki #jujutsu kaisen #jjk 💭 #my post

[the-hilda-librarians-wife]

I was rewatching The Stone Forest and I really like to think that Hilda had to pass by the Bell Keeper’s outpost on her way out of the city limits. I like to think that idiot looked at what was happening, shrugged, and said ‘eh, she’s the scariest thing out there’

#“‘the scariest thing out there’?”the girl sends him a look that isn't quite a glare for once; it still conveys her opinion just as clearly #Edmund shrugs. Hilda is still within sight of his binoculars. he watches her run and can’t be sure whether she’s running *towards* or *from #*.He doesn’t think she knows either. #'I mean. it’s not like trolls can harm her at this time of the day. #Don’t tell me you believe in fairies kid.' #And there it is at last: the glare. Meiri looks up from her art project - her new therapist had reccomended it as a way to express herself #and since he'd been helping so much so far she'd decided to grudgingly give it a shot - #“*No*” she states pointedly; to anyone who knew her it was an affirmation. And Edmund knew her better than she cared for #'What I believe in is wolves and recluse spiders and ticks and nettle. And I believe that someone with the spine #to sabotage the Patrol wouldn't have the self control to not lick a pretty mushroom' #“Hey!” Edmund protested putting down his binoculars. “I sabotaged the Patrol! For *you* I might add!” #Meiri's smile turned mean; it was a regular expression for her yet it never conveyed any malice. Just the thrill of a game that never tired #her. “And would you?” she lifted one thick eyebrow; signaling to her dad that it was his move now #The dad in question was unfortunately thinking back to a time in his young teenage years when he figured he could eat anything animals bit #and gave himself a poisoning that had him taken to the ER. But she didn't need to know that. *ever* in fact. #“Obviously I would. Like I'd let a mushroom ruin my perfect sandwich diet” #Meiri groaned loudly. Some games were worth playing. But some wars she'd already accepted she'd never win #“Anyway” he turned back to staring at the outside of the wall as if it was of any interest to him (it wasn't) #“kid'll be fine is my point. And even if she isn't ya know what's the best think about this situation?” #They looked at each other with matching smirks. “none of our flipping business” he said at the same time as she echoed #“None of our fucking business” #He gasped immediatelly. “*Meiri!*” #The chastening was useless. She just shrugged innocently. #He'd really have to limit her library visits #the bell keeper hilda #meirdom #hilda the series #hilda netflix

[leosmasktails]

Y’all I went to bed early for the first time in like a month just to be woken up by my sister kicking my instruments at 2 AM (cause she’s not careful and doesn’t care), and now I haven’t been able to get back to sleep 😐

I have to be up for school in three hours 😭

#I swear this happens entirely too much it makes me so mad #My parents have literally tried to talk to her and she just gets all defensive #Like at my old college I lived on campus and had issues with my roommate and her boyfriend (like I literally walked in on them doing it) #And I transfer deciding to live at home just to have to deal with it again at my house after a whole school year of it 😭 #But no ofc I’m not allowed to be upset about anything cause I’m apparently favored for just respecting our parents #Respect is earned and goes both ways #So when I do something for my parents I get something back for it and she doesn’t understand that #My bad for ranting I’m just so tired of this shit cause we’re both adults and she doesn’t seem to care about anyone else but her boyfriend #I was actually excited to share a room at first too cause we used to get along really well #leosmasktails #leosmasktails rants #anyways I think I got on the Dean’s list ✌️ #imma try to go back to bed goodnight chicas

[soubidou]

Okay okay but WHAT IF to help Ashton beyond just health points, Laudna had remembered/thought of Delilah's demand for "MORE" and had just...gone up to Ashton to suck in the shard's power like she did the stone??

#critical role #Marisha was feeling pretty powerless throughout it #understandable!! they all did!! WE ALL DID!! #but also Delilah's power-sucking magic kind of works like the harness as in: she absorbs the magic and it makes her stronger #and SURE we don't want a titan-powered-Delilah in THIS timeline #BUT THE POTENTIAL of it #i was so sure she was gonna do it until they backed away #now I'll sit here with my thoughts on gambling away some titan power to the puppet master #especially since Imogen went to pray to the Dawnfather like.... if the gods do decide to help take care of Lady D.... #then wouldn't that have been a sort of Titan x Gods confrontation? #also #Laudna would have fulfilled her side of the bargain with granting Delilah enough power to reach out to godhood #and SURE WE DON'T WANT THAT #But the drama!! the pain!! the corruption!! #yeah #critical role spoilers #ashton greymoore #laudna #cr3e77

[haunted-xander]

Upon your return, I will gift you a beautiful flower

#thought about meteion & hermes too much and now i have Feelings #god. they loved each other so so much #hermes created meteion to get the answer he wanted but she was so much more than that #it hurt him to see her share his pain even though it was what she was made for #and meteion in turned hated to see him upset #hermes cared so much and it caused him so much sorrow #which was made worse by the world he lived in basically ignoring that depression and sadness existed #to him no one else felt this way. he was the only one cursed with this misery and he sought to figure out why #why does he feel this pain? why are the others blind to it? whats the point of it all? #and thus he made meteion #and then when her sisters reported their findings back #she tried to prevent hermes from hearing it bc she knew it wasnt the answer he wanted #and it was so so painful to hear and she wanted to spare him that #but hermes wanted to listen to meteion regardless of what the answer was #bc her words mean more to him than anything else #and when the meteia decides that life should be obliterated to spare the people misery #he agrees bc if thats what meteion says then thats how it is #ueueueeueue #hermes #meteion #final fantasy #final fantasy 14 #final fantasy xiv #ff14 #ffxiv #art #my art #xanders art #digital art #fan art

[princess-of-the-corner]

Opinion on the idea of role-swap AU where everyone only swaps one random trait per pair? (like say, Audrey is the one who stayed in Paris while Andre dipped but its still very much regular Audrey. Or Shoto going to Aldera instead of Katsuki)

Honestly we have plenty of AU ideas that stem from 'character A does something different/Character A and B swap roles'.

#actually that *shoto at Aldera* one is driving me insane #because while it would never happen because (as the next Road to Hell chapter shows) Enji is not touching that district with a ten foot pol #it would fix so many problems #shoto befriends Izuku half out of genuine Izuku and the power of friendship and half because he thinks it'll spite his dad #shoto is confused because enji doesn't care about Izuku's lack of Quirk and is just answering every one of Izuku's rapidfire questions #(because enji's focus on the family's quirks was for a specific purpose not some prejudiced bullshit) #(izuku being an All Might fan might annoy him but Enji gets why the population likes All Might so he's not too bothered) #Either Shoto decides to use this for good and/or Fuyumi is doing some TA shit and finds out about the bullying #and they go *hey dad as a Hero I'm sure you could do something about this* and whoops a rain of hellfire on the school staff #On the flipside Inko finds out about the abuse and flips on Enji because how dare he call himself a Hero but act like That™ #(she may or may not throw a chair at him because damn it reoccurring theme) #tbh once confronted by an adult who knows the situation is fucked and can point out the wrongness of it from every direction? #It's actually pretty easy for him to back down on some of that and unpack a chunk of trauma

[mixelation]

tori: sometimes i get mouthy with the hokage, teehee

meanwhile, deidara: (KICKS DOWN MINATO'S OFFICE DOOR) WHERE THE FUCK IS MY ROOMMATE

minato: i am. so tired

#tbh i think it would take deidara a long time to go looking for her #because he's very self-absorbed and also he'd assume she was taking care of her own shit #so it'd take him a while to realize she should have been back days ago #also neither he nor itachi are going to kill anyone on her behalf bc they're both like 'well if she wants him dead she should do it herself #but deidara might preemptively decide he has bad vibes. which means that guy is 200% more likely to piss deidara off #and then mysteriously fall to his death ???? #reborn au

[tendebill]

SURE when i water my plant regularly and take care of her she is at rock bottom. call that bitch a sickly victorian child the way she brightens up the room for a day then shrivels up and dies. but the MOMENT i give up on her and leave her to perish OH, SUDDENLY she's an entrepreneur, she's starting her own company, she just birthed five new children and ended world hunger. whore.

#like ive had her since 2018 i think #and she was doing very well for a long time #not to mention shes to only plant of the literal 20+ we bought back then that survived that long #dont ask why we bought 20 plants #thats for me and my father to know and my mother to not understand #(most of them if not all were bought for bug-eating purposes #and my father had a go big or go home attitude so we spent like 2 hrs picking and packing plants #then decided to buy a fish tank while we were at it) #but the MOMENT we got new flower pots #she became a problem #and istg i have no idea what im doing wrong at this point #i dont water her? she dies #i water her a lot? boom. dead #i water her every now and then? exploded #the MOMENT i switch into fucking die for all i care mode she THRIVES #i take it very personally #if she dies after i water her again i will drink all the flower water myself and spit it out on her grave #personal