#but an important one

[cinamun]

Hope or Jayde? | Next

#ts4 #indya #black simblr #little bit of a delay #my bad.... #anyway just a little wordy filler episode #but an important one #remember this #thanks in advance lol #ts4 story #sims 4 story #simblr #ch24

[aethernoise]

Sorry, I forgot to share the traditional potted plant closeup shot

#luckily these have great textures #so the flowers actually look great up close #also the light is extra pretty #alyx and aymeric #an outtake #but an important one #emmer screens

[izayoichan]

How he wanted to shelter this man, to love him, to show him he was not unwanted, he was not a misfit. River wanted to give him happiness, wanted to give him reasons to glow green, to glow pink, to just find a meaning. He wanted to give him a home, a family, a place of his own. And the fact Lucas came seeking him meant so much to him.

River cupped Lucas face and before he even knew what he was doing, he kissed the young man, gently, and then pressed his head against his forehead. 

River: You are not unwanted! You will never be unwanted to me! This is your home, so we'll always have a place for you here!

Lucas stared at River for a while, finding himself kissed was not something he had expected. Blinking a couple of times, as the glow around him flickered between blue and pink enough to make it look more like a purple in its own way. Looking at River, tears streaming down his cheeks, there was a small smile on his face. To hear River say he was home, was just what he needed right now. He could feel his body shake, he was more tired than he would like to be, but he was here, he was home, and he would happily work all day because as they said, this was home. 

Lucas: Home.. home feels good. -he leant against River- I wish I could say I was ready to work.. but that would only be if I could sleep while working. Maybe I can be a cat bed?

He sighed, tired, anxious and worn out was only a little of how he felt. But he was still happy he had done it, stood up to them, and in a way, found control of his life.. maybe.

River gently brushed the tears from his cheek and wrapped his arms around him, kissing the top of his head. Now that he was here, he'd never let him go again, he'd never let anyone hurt him, if it depended on him. Lucas was bright and talented, Lucas was sunlight and deserved so much more than what he got and he'd do all in his power to aid him.

River: You can be a cat bed and rest all day...

He brushed his cheek again and looked down into his eyes lovingly.

River: I can't leave the clinic unattended today, I have a few surgeries scheduled for today, but you can rest in the staff room and take some cats with you to cuddle with. After I'm done, I'll come get you and we can go home so you can properly rest. 

Also so they could escape the wave of fans and paparazzi he was sure to come around the place today. Even if his ward was still up, he couldn't keep it active all day. He let River lead him into the shelter, it was still quiet like it usually was at this time. Much like River said, he spent his day in the staff room, the rest of the staff just changing cats that were there with him, River bringing him coffee for their lunch along with a sandwich he mostly looked at. He could hear them, people asking for him, wanting to know, but the cats helped keep him calm along with the fact that he trusted River and the others to keep him safe. 

When the workday was over, and the shelter emptied off fans and others, River came to get him and took him home, Vy making him eat something, before River took him to his room and let him fall asleep using him as a bed, like so many times before. 

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#the ward legacy #writblr #simblr #simblrstories #ts4 story #ts4 alpha #ts4 #co created with mahvaladara #River Ward #Lucas Sunstar #a first kiss #perhaps not a super romantic moment #but an important one #and the closest River has gotten to answering him when you think about it #he will protect his sunlight #make sure he is well cared for #and not taken advantage off again #and he is now home #somewhere where he belongs #finally

[saucerfulofsins]

So close yet so far, and honestly it's so weird working on a thesis for 9 months and now there are 30,000 words I'm gonna hand in and I'll just have to hope for the best aka hopefully not get screwed over too hard for taking longer

#I have very little faith in the university rn #Like my faith in the uni is at an all time low at literally the worst moment possible lol #😅😅😅😭 #But at least I think I'm happy with the work I've done? #I've done my research #I'm looking at different sides #It is nuanced #And it is an original take #But an important one #So that should!! be good #Still #I can't wait till next week and just be done and get to not stress about some thing or other for the first time in a very long time

[hasgudagudadoneanythingwrong]

Behind the Curtains: An Announcement

So, something that we've been sitting on the fence about for a while, is whether or not to pull back all the curtains on how this blog is run. It's been a source of a lot of stress lately due to not knowing how well it'd be taken or if that kind of change would even be worth it in the first place, but I don't quite think we can continue to keep sidestepping it any longer.

Basically, for starters, our pin has included for a while at the bottom a blurb about this blog being "Run by the Prisms Collective, a plural system with a considerable number of Fate introjects." There's a handy link included too, being morethanone, that gives a good summary explanation of it as well. The TL;DR of it though, is we got more than one person sharing the same brain, called a plural system, that contains a bunch of headmates.

It hasn't come up much since most times it can just be left ambiguous, but basically, the host of this system is me Az, and everyone else either doesn't front often enough individually to make a noteworthy appearance, or, well...

There's not much elaboration on what an introject is, either in the pinned or the link, and to put simply: An introject is (typically) the result of a brain shortcutting the whole "make a new headmate" process by taking a template framework and copy/pasting the actual details from somewhere else. Those details can come from just about anywhere. Including fictional media.

That is to say, all the Servants you see here on this blog? The reason we've been able to write them so realistically, is because, well, they are real in a sense. A copy/pasted, canon-divergent, stuck-in-a-human-body type of real, but still real people nonetheless, who are capable of growth, development, self-awareness, the whole deal.

That's why the cast size is so small, why the plot doesn't exist, why a lot of details don't line up with canon, why so much development happens off-screen, why Servants sometimes refer to their 'canon-selves,' why some posts ambiguously continue the dialogue into the comic description, why sometimes we comment on or reblog jokes about knowing these people in real life... It's the driving force behind just about everything on this blog, really.

While we haven't made too much of an attempt to hide this per se, we've been really hesitant about being explicitly open about it, because we know it changes a lot about how people see us, and not always for the better. We'd be lying if we said we didn't enjoy all the enthusiastic attention we get sometimes that are only really possible when people aren't so worried about stepping on any toes. But, even with steel-toed boots, we'd be lying too if we said it wasn't a bit exhausting keeping everything under wraps all the time.

So, no need to apologize for anything, or tread lightly, or whatever. We didn't become an ask blog for everyone to be too afraid to ask anything, after all. We just, want to be more open going forward, to the point where even risking the relationships we have now is worth it if it means we can be seen for who we actually are, instead.

Keep sending in all the asks you want, we still love answering and chatting with you all. Just know you're talking to exactly who you see here, not a simulated response.

#blog announcement #a fairly serious post #but an important one

[bamsara]

"youve already written that trope" yesss. i like it a lots. i will be writing it again. 1000 stories of the same trope over and over again for ten million years

#'enemies to lovers' BANGER #'one is bridal carrying the other while theyre injured' BANGER #'sacrifice of something important' BANGER #'drunken chapter that results in at least one fist fight' BANGER #theres more but only me and readers who have read all of my fics througout fandoms will help me find the patterns #sara shush

[catmask]

does anyone have like an anti aesthetic. like something you look at and can recognize as a complete fashion/interior design/artistic movement and understand it but it makes you shudder seeing it. i am not talking like “its morally bad” “its poorly structured” like just sheerly devoid of joy for you actually invites a repulse response.

#also if it wasnt clear this isnt ‘its bad its lazy’ there is a level of like #completion consistancy i am thinking for with this #personally i really do not enjoy the like. vintage chic long red nails fur coats noir esque aesthetic HOWEVER 💥💥💥 #i can recognize that it is put together it is Intentional #i feel like a lot of people are going to say minimalism on this so LET ME SAY 🫰☝️ i recognize that minimalism is Considered an aesthetic #but i *PERSONALLY* do not consider it an aesthetic i consider it the void of one #it is a lapse in aesthetic or personality in the same way a silence in a song is still technically a ‘beat’ but no music is played #however the importance of Space or Breath in design is more akin to a purposeful silence in music #because that silence matters in the same way rhythm and breath in design do #so i guess minimalism is more comparable to like. white noise. the sound of a fan #very little effort and there is a comfort in it i suppose but its not. A Design. okay #TO ME 🤫 #if minimalism has one hater its me if minimalism has no haters im dead

[avarkriss]

listen. listen to me so carefully right now. (if you're in the eclipse path/planning on viewing). please don't stare directly at the sun tomorrow. i am begging you - do not stare at it. if you got eclipse glasses off of amazon/other, please put them on in your house and make sure you can't see anything; if you can still see like regular sun glasses, they are not safe for eclipse viewing, you will burn your retinas, and we cannot fix that. eclipse glasses should be iso/ce certified, and aas (american astronomical society) approved. please make smart choices and protect your eyes. please.

#psa from your friendly neighborhood eye care provider #the office is already fielding so many calls about this make good life choices #very important #eclipse #solar eclipse #eye health #not medical advice #just me screaming to please protect your eyes #ive seen exactly one case of solar retinopathy in my career so far please don't give me another one

[emberglowfox]

birds of a feather

#totk #loz #link #tulin #totk spoilers #my comics #my art #it is almost 8 in the goddamn morning and my hand is cramping SO bad but if i didnt make this i was going to die #anyways link's signs: page 2 panel 1 he's signing “danger” and page 2 panel 4 he's signing “important/significant” #also idr where i got the “hair braiding is significant to the rito” probably from the reva/ink i used to read back in the day #(censored so it doesnt show up in the tags just in case lol) #theyre everything to me. if you couldn't tell #they have a brother dynamic 2 me but its open to interpretation #idk wtf happened tonight. two long comics from me back to back is absurd #broke this one up also so its more viewable too #sparks art

[adventures-in-poor-planning]

I rlly like the emphasis that live action one piece is putting on the fact that literally nobody else think about piracy the way luffy does. "Being a pirate is about being free and having friends :3" while every other pirate is doing legitimate career criminal shit around him.

#'me and a bunch of stupid assholes are going to start a community in the grand line to either die or prove a very important point' #one piece

[lazylittledragon]

more domestics to warm the soul <33

#art #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #tavstarion #until they sort out the daywalker thing he's getting the taako special #if you're not putting astarion in fabulous outfits then what are you doing #also fuck you astarion for being the only fictional man that i can't Dad #that man would throw an orphan into a volcano for one corn chip #it is so important to me that dorian's eyes look like he's never had a thought

[roguescum]

i love when the straw hats Break someone

#one piece #fanart #nefertari vivi #vivi one piece #monkey d. luffy #usopp #usopp is kinf of just chilling but i couldnt leave him out of the tags because i love him. hes an important part of the madness process #alabasta

[creekfiend]

I saw this on FB today and I wanna try and express something about it. Like, you know the curbcutter effect? Where when curbcuts are put in it benefits everyone (bicyclists, people with baby strollers etc) and not just disabled people?

There is also whatever the opposite of the curbcutter effect is. And this is that.

This isn't just anti-adhd/autism propaganda... this is anti-child propaganda.

Kids have developmentally appropriate ways that they need to move their bodies and express themselves and sitting perfectly still staring straight ahead is not natural or good for ANY CHILD.

Don't get me wrong, I was punished unduly as a kid for being neurodivergent (and other types of kid will ALSO be punished unduly for it... Black kids come to mind) and thus UNABLE to perform this -- but even the kids who ARE able to perform this type of behavior are not SERVED WELL by it. They don't benefit from it.

This is bad for everyone.

The idea that bc some kids may be capable of complying with unfair expectations, those expectations don't hurt them... is a dangerous idea. Compliance isn't thriving. Expectation of compliance isn't fair treatment.

#theres a lot of things lately that make me think of this where #people will act like theres this class of people not harmed by something #(laws undermining bodily autonomy come to mind!!!!!) #and its like -- no. the consequences will be worse for some people #but no one is ultimately served by the erosion of bodily autonomy like there is not a class of people who benefit from that #same with lack of right to privacy #there isnt a DEMOGRAPHIC of people who benefit from certain things #there are systems that do. and there may be a handful of individuals who benefit partially or FOR NOW #until those systems are turned against them #i think its important to remind people in certain privileged demographics that like #certain things do benefit them #and others DON'T #you may suffer less statistically but it doesnt benefit you! #its BAD SOCIETALLY.

[beif0ngs]

alright look, i just wanna know who is the writer that came up with the dumbass idea of replacing the line “Ever since I lost my son, I think of you as my own” with “Lu Ten would have been proud to have you as his father” in this scene for the Netflix live action series???

#atla #Avatar the Last Airbender #atlaedit #animationedit #Zuko #Uncle Iroh #*mine #GIVE ME THE NAME!!!!! #and it's funny how they chose to keep most of the lines almost verbatim in this scene but then replaced the MOST important line... #seriously who in their right f*cking mind thought that was the better line to say in this context HUH??? #the way it was originally written was such an important highlight of this scene too!! #IT LITERALLY SUMS UP IROH AND ZUKO'S ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP IN ONE SENTENCE #like i know certain dialogues can't be translated well into live action and some changes are necessary #but there was absolutely NO reason to change this particular line whatsoever in this specific scene

[valeriapryanikova]

This season, on Hermitcraft...

(speedpaint)

#i never ask for reblogs But this is a special occasion so pretty please reblog reblog reblog! thank you ^_^ #hermitcraft #rendog #vintagebeef #tangotek #i'm not tagging everyone :0 those three get tags bc they were the more important ones lore-wise this season #i'm tempted to also tag grian scar and mumbo for the Exposure but i'm not gonna #edit: changed my mind i'm tagging them i have no shame #grian #goodtimeswithscar #mumbo jumbo #mcyt #fanart #special shoutout to hc recap bc i watched all of the recaps for s9 and took a Bunch of notes to figure out what and how to draw for this #(and i still didn't manage to draw everything i wanted to bc of just sheer amount of stuff that happened this season lol)

[wearenotjustnumbers2]

A released captive Amani Hashem embraces her son Adam and returns to her family after spending 7 years in occupation prison. She shared her experience in the interview.

What stuck with me is when she said: "On the rare occasions the occupation would allow family visits, they would let me see both of my kids but only hug one of them. My kids were so young they didn't understand. I'd hear the younger one saying: "Why didn't mom hug me too? Does she not love me?" That's when I realized the limitless of the occupation's evil. They stripped me from seeing my children grow up, I'm getting to know them from the beginning now."

#amani is the one on the left #palestine #gaza #israel #important #current events #free palestine #ethnic cleansing #free gaza #gaza strip #gaza under attack #israel apartheid #free palestine 🇵🇸 #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #video