#been through a lot

[boltmyth]

present nate is quite different from past nate in the sense that this current version of him is relatively stoic and tense while past nate was laughter loving and extroverted... i mean, even then he struggled because of the war and the overwhelming responsibility of winning a battle, of being a leader, but he still had his soft teenage boy moments!! yet now he’s grown up and he’s seen so much and had to give up so much he doesn’t really find the joy in most things anymore? he’s still charismatic with strangers but when it comes to actual relationships/friendships he closes off and it takes a bit for him to be able to let go of those inhibitions and to truly open up

#— ¹ HEADCANONS. #i just think he's baby boy #been through a lot #once u get to know him he's great i promise <3

[xandriagreat]

"I know that you had a long journey home and that you've changed but I still love you. Welcome back home, love"

This is for @intrualityweek and this is based of of Epic the musical.

Remus is Odysseus and Patton is Penelope

#sanders sides #intrualityweek 2023 #intrualityweek #intruality #patton sanders #remus sanders #drawing #epic the musical #don't worry about the scars on remus #he's alright #been through a lot #but he's good

[biorusted]

my only wish for e25 is for Orym to finally get some pie at the Pie-roden section of Taste of Tal’Dorei 

#he deserves it #been through a lot #critical role #orym #critrole #cr3 #i know its like a month away but im putting out the energy now

[wildcatofgreen]

alt

Send me "alt!" and I'll introduce you to a character I've rped in the past, want to play in the future or are currently playing somewhere else!

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"Are you... sure, that this'll work? That I can find her like this?" Uncertainty filled the kitsune's bones. To possibly throw it all away like this, to just... gamble it all, just to find one stupid girl she didn't even fucking LIKE anymore...

A masked man simply shrugged, pointing at the space where she had just came from--the astral, they called it? Read about it in books but... to think that she was actually there, if only for a second. "I don't fuckin' know, nobody's ever used magic like this before. Seriously, you think people just think about COMBINING SPELLS? Like it won't kill you or something." He stared at the space, the opening into that vast and terrifying space, "The most I can do for you is drop concentration before ten minutes. If it's her, then you get to talk to her, make some cool conversation before I drag you back. If it's not her, then hey! At least you're not dying in some weird fucked up place. That'd be awful."

The kitsune stared the man down, "Didn't you try to kill me in your fucked up tower?"

Eccentric as ever, the masked man waved it off. She swore she could see him smiling behind it, "Ah, what's in the past is in the past! We're buddies now, riiiight? Friends? Amigos!!!"

Her voice grew deeper, quieter, pained with regret, "As long as you're not trying more fucked up shit, I guess."

"GREAT!" He clapped his hands, then pushed the kitsune into the portal, muttering a quick spell before she fell in. "SEE YOU NEXT FALL!!!"

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She landed, thankfully on her feet, next to... well, whatever it was, it was a fucking wreck. Blue and green wood scattered everywhere, along with the normal bramble wood and whatever else. Completely obliterated, no real chance of recovery unless you were really good at carpentry... of which, the kitsune was not. She could probably make something look like this, let alone build it.

And... next to the wreckage, stood a... a cat??? But... huh???

Aphe--eugh, just the name alone brought remorse into her heart--told her that... that cats were extinct. At least, in Amora, they were. Possibly even all of Low. So, what the hell? What was this... honestly kind of tiny, cat doing here? Or did Aphe just fuckin' lie?

Gods, she wouldn't put it past her. Seemed like everyone liked to lie and use the kitsune for their own gains. It's what Aphe did, it's what Lord Ry's doing, it's what--

"You just gonna stand there and watch, girlie?"

"GAH!" The kitsune couldn't help but exclaim, jumping back and spawning her severance blade--a blade made entirely, purely of shadow. But... she cringed, dropping it's form.

Stop using it, Alyssa, you'll end up like Miseri before long.

Shook her head. Coughed awkwardly. "Sorry. I didn't want to interrupt!" Luckily, her deception skills weren't half bad. She could practically lie out of any situation.

Yet, the cat didn't respond. She just... sat down. Then pat the spot next to her. Took the kitsune by surprise but, after a moment of consideration, she took the offer. Walked over, sat down, her three tails relaxing against the grassy floor.

The cat spoke up first, "Not 'ta get deep on a stranger, but I wanna ask somethin'."

"Shoot," she didn't miss a beat.

A sigh escaped the cat. She continued, "Ya ever miss it?"

...? "Miss, what, exactly?"

"The fun an' innocent times. The times where... nothin' really mattered, y'know? When ya could do anythin' ya wanted to an' nobody would bat an eye. When ya weren't saddled with responsibilities an' junk. When ya could just... Iunno. Have fun, I guess."

Fun?

Her expression hardened. Full of regret.

"I... I don't think I've ever had fun, not like you're describing.

"It's... not like I could. Nobody ever let me."

She noticed the cat's ear twitch, slightly. Same habit she had--small world. The feline turned her head only an inch towards her, "What--were ya just sheltered or somethin'?"

Sheltered.

She scoffed, "Guess you could say that. I... didn't really have friends growing up. Only had my Ma. And I guess I had fun with her, while I could, but everything else..." A pause, a sniffle, before she shut her eyes.

She continued, "Everyone in my village ignored the shit out of me. Didn't pay me any mind, felt like I was a fucking ghost or something. Didn't get a single friend to have any sort of ''fun'' with. All my life it was like that, staying in my room all locked up because nobody wanted to be around me.

"I can only have fun when I'm fighting. And it turns out I need to fight in order to save the fucking world or whatever, so that drags out any kind of fun I could get from it.

"Not to mention that I get fucking blood hungry whenever I get knocked down. Stand straight back up, and suddenly I need to kill whatever the hell's in front of me. Real fucking fun that is. Super fun!!!" She slammed a fist on the ground, tears flowing out of her eyes, "It's so much fun!!! What if me and Ehnd got into a stupid spat? And I started trying to fucking kill him? Am I just gonna end up like my fucking Ma? Am I gonna get just as bad as her and--"

She froze.

The cat's arms wrapped around the kitsune's.

"Gonna be real, girl--I got no idea what the foxtrot you're talkin' about.

"But it sounds like you're hurtin' real bad, 'specially if you're rantin' to a stranger like me.

"An' I can't do much about... whatever the hell you're goin' through, I really can't.

"But I can give ya a shoulder 'ta cry on, at least."

...

Tears welled in her eyes.

The first real hug she's gotten in a while.

One that wasn't from her fucked up mother.

One that didn't feel like obligation from a friend.

One that felt... so damn nice.

The waterworks came, hard. She hugged this strange green cat as tightly as she could. She sobbed, wailed, everything she could to let the pain out. To let her entire life's worth of pain out.

She felt so exhausted, doing all of this. Everything she's been through, every single primal she's fought, all the dangers she's tried to prevent, all of the pain she's trying to make up for.

She didn't want to do it anymore. She just wanted to be... normal.

But

What choice did she have?

Nobody else knew what she knew.

Nobody else could do what she can do.

If it had to be anybody, if it had to be.

Then she was the only one. The only one who could even try to save everything.

But Gods... she really didn't want to anymore.

. . .

"Alyssa," she offered her hand, a weak smile on her face, her muzzle stained with tears.

The cat smirked, taking her hand and firmly shaking it, "Carol."

A voice spoke in her head. ''ARE YOU DONE YET? IT'S BEEN LIKE SEVEN MINUTES, THE SPELL'S ABOUT TO WEAR OFF, AND I DON'T WANT THAT--'', cut off.

It spoke again. ''YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT LAST BIT DID YOU? GREAT. WHY ISN'T THERE A BETTER WAY OF COMMUNICATING TO YOU OTHER--'', cut off, again.

Angrier this time, it spoke once more, ''JUST TELL ME IF YOU'RE LEAVING YET. GOD DAMN IT.''

For as smart as he is, the Grey Lord sure is a fucking idiot. Gods damn him.

"I should get going. Maybe we can talk later?" As if it were even possibly to see her again.

Yet, the cat seemed confident in this answer, grin wide as ever. " 'Course, 'Lyssie! Just lemme know--I'm always down 'ta talk!!!"

Her heart warmed at the prospect. She nodded, smiling. "Awesome! Then I'll... see you around?"

"See ya aroun'!!!"

Ready to leave, Gray Lord.

And with that, she disappeared in an instant.

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The kitsune returned back to where she first stood, where the mask was. A smile wide on her face.

The man tilted his head, to show confusion, "Hey, how'd you get that extra tail?"

She jumped! Then, looked back at her backside.

Four. Four tails...!!!

Was it really possible...? Did she and the cat...?

She looked up at the man, with a smile as wide as the feline had, "I... I just made another friend!!!"

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#carol's cruisings #h0ptimists #asks #meme answers #present muse: alyssa #i am currently playing alyssa in my dnd campaign with my friend!!! #she's a very tortured girl #been through a lot #but shes fun and can be snarky when she isnt CRYING or SCREAMING #i love her much

[beif0ngs]

everyone on tumblr @Buggy the 🤡 right now 

#One Piece #opgraphics #One Piece Live Action #Roronoa Zoro #Buggy #Buggy the Clown #OPLA #oplaedit #One Piece Netflix #Mackenyu #Jeff Ward #*mine #just wanted to gif these scenes of Mackenyu as Zoro cussing out Buggy lmao #so yeah i watched the OPLA... #and i can now TRULY say that this isn't for me #honestly i had to fast forward/skip through a TON of scenes bc the level of secondhand embarrassment is real 😬😬 #never been a fan of anime live action adaptions and i stand by my prev thoughts of One Piece being adapted into a live action series #like i still found a lot of the acting and dialogue super cringey when being uttered by people irl #and i'm unable to get emotionally invested in these characters at all in the live action series #but hey at least it wasn't as terrible as i thought it would be

[aroaceleovaldez]

Nico referring to his mom as "Mama" implies he most likely at least used to refer to Hades as "Papa" and i 100% headcanon he still does but mostly in the manner of him having the entire Underworld wrapped around his finger for being the baby of the family

#pjo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #headcanon #my art #nico flexing youngest child privilages by pulling out the most pitiful expression he can manage #anyways i find it fun to explore character word choices #cause yknow no two characters are going to select their words the same way #or even necessarily think about it to the same degree #i like to think Nico thinks about his word choice a lot #so of course every time he uses ''papa'' he fully knows he's pulling the Baby Of The Family card #Hades definitely knows this too but falls for it every time anyways #cause Nico hasnt called him ''papa'' regularly since getting his memory wiped - just detached ''father'' or at best ''dad'' #so it just reminds Hades of How Much He Just Wants His Children To Be Happy Like The Old Days #and how much poor Nico has been through and he's just the baby of the family and- #cue Nico smugly staring at the camera cause he knows how much power he holds #also i say Nico is Hades' only son cause mythologically even when Zagreus *is* Hades' son (rarely) he's. dead. #a major part of Zagreus' mythology is that he died #and im p sure every other deity said to be Hades' children are all goddesses and also are like 50% of the time not his #theres also only like 3 of them. and as far as we know in riordanverse canon one of them is implied to not be his daughter #so Nico is Hades' only son and also youngest in the family (cause Hazel is older by a month chronologically or 1 year biologically) #(and everybody else is a deity if children of hades at all)

[mienar]

stillness in these waking hours

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#artists on tumblr #animated illustration #2d animation #backgrounds #digital art #animated gif #environment illustration #myillust #cozy #office #workspace #rain #gifs #this was inspired by how i've been having to stay up all night to get some stuff done and one day #i was just looking out the window and watched the sunrise through the grey rainy clouds c': #everything felt so quiet and still - it took a lot out of me to not animate more things in this one heh #i love how it turned out - the serene-ness and stillness of it all really captured the feeling i wanted to recreate :') #(also this isn't my irl workspace lol maybe the blinds and as usual this is just my character not me) #but i nonetheless hope you'll like this! <3 wishing you a lovely day or night ahead!

[boosify]

They're my faves and I am delulu so I drew them meeting for the first time 🐺🔥

#genshin impact #wriothesley #diluc ragnvindr #diluc #art #it's been awhile since I've shared any art skjdhfsfdsf I've been busy with other projects but I've also been playing through Fontaine! #i love this new region and mr wrio a lot ;w;

[sabellart]

girl if they do you dirty i will riot

#she’s been with me through a lot of shit if they mess up her character i will be inconsolable #ahsoka #ahsoka series #star wars #sw fanart #digital art #sabeldraws #tcw #the clone wars #swr #sw rebels #art

[queruloustea]

i think hornet should be able to hug her mother dammit

#hollow knight #hornet #herrah the beast #apologies for the ludicrously high contrast my tablet screen is being odd :) #ANYHOW #LET HORNET BE HUGGED #she's been through a lot #queruloustea

[lazycranberrydoodles]

THE THRILLING SEQUEL

credit to @parlerenfleurs for the idea lmao / follow for more wei ying shenanigans

#theres no characterization notes in the tags this time. #uhh except for the fact that hes a freak and i cherish him dearly #tbh ive seen a lot of people bothered by incense burner and fair!! #but i think that they deserve some fucked up magical cnc after everything theyve been through #same as hualian #mdzs #mdzs meme #art #doodle #mxtx #mo dao zu shi #魔道祖师 #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #the grandmaster of diabolism #grandmaster of demonic arts #cql #the untamed #wangxian #wei wuxian #lan wangji #陈情令 #lmao #my art

[rambles-about-minecraft-ocs]

one of my favorite things about zedaph is that on a server full of people that find strange and oft-overlooked minecraft mechanics or rare events and then see just how far they can push them in the name of spectacle or efficiency or world-breaking, zed is over here finding these mechanics in order to do the weirdest things he can think of in as entertaining a manner as possible

like i 100% have faith in zedaph's theoretical ability to be just as efficient or spectacular or world-breaking. if he wanted to do that stuff, i trust that he absolutely could. but thats so far from being his priority. instead, hes going to spend around a week of irl time focused entirely on eventually having the good luck to spawn in something insanely rare so that he can convert it into something even rarer, the result of which being something that 99% of the server reacts with complete and utter shock that it even exists in the first place, just because its zany and funny and he wanted to. and i love that

#zedaph #hermitcraft #genuinely i adore the clucky few project im not even done watching the episode and i had to pause and make this post #i saw impulses video first and went ''that HAS to be some sort of datapack or something-'' #only to immediately go ''no. no it cant be. because this is zed #and its practically a trademark of his to push the limits of the game as far as possible in the direction least expected #not for the purpose of efficiency or spectacle or intimidation or whatever like some players who push limits #but purely for the purpose of making something so funny you cant help but laugh at whats going on #and maybe being a bit impressed that he ever thought of it in the first place'' #at which point i went ''holy shit. since its zed doing this. somehow he ACTUALLY got a villager on a chicken. with no cheats. thats INSANE' #i was relieved when i checked my subscriptions to see what the next video i had to watch was and saw he would be next in line #bc if i had to sit through 19 other hermits videos before i could watch his and find out what the fuck he was doing i would have been so sa #sidenote but i feel like a zed video where he interacts with this many other people all in the same video is so rare #idk i didnt watch season 9 and i know he started collabing a lot more w/ other hermits then #so maybe its not nearly as rare these days #but like the last one that *i* saw where he interacted with this many people at once was towards the end of season 8 #when all the people he experimented on earlier in the season came back to experiment on him #and like i would like zeds videos with or without the collabs. but its a lot of fun to see him interact with people #so its very cool to me when he does it with a lot of people all in the same video

[sirazaroff]

Train station reflections

#fooze #rwby #rwby fanart #weiss schnee #rwby weiss #she makes me so sad. poor baby #I like to think she was like not ok at the station #like the scarf was doing more than keeping her warm you know #nearly dying aside. babys been through a lot that arc #where’s Ruby she needs to comfort her wife asap

[killjoy-prince]

House M.D. but it's when House says Wilson's name

#house md #gregory house #prince's talk tag #after almost two weeks of going through the transcripts of every episode I finally finish this and the Wilson version #first off thank you to the clinic-duty team on livejournal for making the transcripts for these episodes #because this video would be near impossible to make without their clear transcripts. I hope y'all are doing well #ive been reading a lot of fics with these two and i see how the authors have the characters refer to each other in their fics #and that got me wondering how much do they say each other's name in the show and how do they refer to each other #since this is the house video ill put his stats here #s1 was 19 times s2 was 31 s3 was 34 s4 was 30 s5 was 35 s6 was 58 s7 was 25 and s8 was 28 #in total he says his name 260 times. Mostly refers to him just by Wilson #He's only said Wilson's first name 7 times. Once by Jim 3 by Jimmy and 3 by James #He'll use his full name in professional settings or to be sarcastic or to pretend to be him #You know since House is the main character and in every episode of the show i thought he'd say his name more than him #but Wilson beats him by 42 times bc s7 and s8 he doesn't say his name as much. it took Wilson getting cancer for him to say it more #than he was before that point

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Welcome to the Dungeons of Fear and Hunger.

#Fear and Hunger #D'arce Cataliss #Cahara #Ragnvaldr #Enki Ankarian #Unlike Dungeon Meshi - I cannot in good faith recommend this game to a broad audience. #My background with F&H goes as follows: I am hanging out with a friend. He says “hey try this game I've been playing.” I say “Okay!” #I have never heard of this game. I pick the mercenary. I go through 5 min of character history and background. I am mauled to death by dogs #It took me 4 resets to even get in the dungeon. But I finally get there. I am caught by a guard. He cuts off all but one of my limbs #I am forced to crawl around in a blood and corpse pit until the game tells me 'give up idiot'. #I reset. I am mauled by dogs again. I realize this is not for me but I am intrigued enough to go home and watch some playthroughs #And WOW what an interesting game it is! I really do appreciate games that blend their design philosophy with the theme it wants to set #This is a game about fear and hunger. And persevering. And penis (my god is there a lot of penis) #I recommend this to people who like extremely challenging games and can handle the many *content warnings* within this series #If the idea of Bloodborne/eldenring and undertale having a little RPG maker baby sounds appealing to you - give it a shot #It's made by ONE GUY and it's a great horror game. I am just really bad at it. #My friends just enjoy putting me in situations where I scream and yell. We don't talk about the corn mazes. Or the other horror game nights #Apparently I'm funny when I'm Scared! #As people who follow me on twitter might know; I am deep in the pits of this series right now. I will be back with more art.

[doodleswithangie]

@danielhowell, thanks for making a show that's equal parts devastatingly hilarious and achingly poignant 🖤🧡

[Image Description: Stylized fanart of Daniel Howell performing his stage show. Inked in black with a gradient orange background behind him, Dan screams into his microphone, "WE'RE ALL DOOMED!" End ID]

#daniel howell #dan howell #we're all doomed #we’re all doomed #wad #dan and phil #dnp #phanart #artists on tumblr #doodleswithangie #500 #i watched the film premiere on sunday and drew this during the stream #because this image from the opening has been stuck in my head since i first saw the show in october 2022 #i cannot understate how impressed and proud i am of dan and his crew and everything this show means to him and to his audience and to me #there's a lot running through my mind still but yeah. i loved it #oh danny boy