#delusion's master

[the25centpaperback]

Delusion's Master by Tanith Lee, cover by Ken Kelly (1984)

#1980s #ken kelly #tanith lee #DAW Books #paperback #vintage #book #fantasy #delusion's master

[brianadrawsbooks]

So over the past month, I've been slowly reading Tanith Lee's Flat Earth series (no relation to the conspiracy theory). It's this crazy elaborate collection of stories about anthropomorphic personifications doing weird things in a vaguely bronze age setting.

The stories are super bizarre, and you have to have a very high tolerance for strangeness and horror, but they're written so beautifully that I'm in love. It's seriously hard to pick a single scene to paint because everything Lee writes about is so gorgeous.

For this illustration, I chose to paint the dark queen of Sheve. Partially because I liked that she's one of the only kind, reasonable people in a sea of chaos, and partially because I'm a sucker for elaborate hairstyles. All Lee's descriptions of smoke-like hair ornamented with moons and stars got me in the mood to paint.

#book fanart #watercolor #illustration #tanith lee #Night's Master #Delusion's Master #black girl art #natural hair #black art #fantasy art #artblr #traditional art #book art #bookblr #tales from the flat earth

[howifeltabouthim]

I must have found out that my god was made of bricks and clay instead of gold.

Anthony Trollope, from Can You Forgive Her?

#disillusioned #false idol #put on a pedestal #reminds me of #tales from the flat earth #delusion's master #fake #misleading #god #gods #quotes #lit #words #excerpts #quote #literature #classics #figurative language #can you forgive her? #anthony trollope

[unnamednarrat0r]

i do wish they would bring back simm master for the 60th specials just for the sole reason of seeing what tf would happen bc he has set a precedent in new who of being THE old man fucker master regen. let's be real, the only reason not to do it would be the fact that it would fuck up the timeline bc bro would spontaneously regenerate within seconds of seeing older hotter dilfier more traumatized ten (it's his wet dream)

#me just making everything about tensimm #delusion #thoschei #simm!master #fourteenth doctor #tensimm

[offlineblues]

aiyu's unexpected interruption

#i can't draw this exactly how i want because i'm having a skill issue but it's okay. save me delusions save me #Rbppi: Master! Aniki! What game are you two playing? Y: (speechless that he forgot to lock the door) A: ...Twister #aiballshipping #aiyusa #hshdjsbbfbsbcjsbfb i'm sorrythis is crazy but i wanted to get it properly out of my system bye #ygo vrains #ygo #my art #ai vrains #yusaku fujiki #how embarrassing is it to have your sentient A.I. cleaning robot with free will walk in on you on accident while you're kissing together

[heejayy]

Patiently waiting for more ppl to start writing for Callums character in MOTA 🥰

So far @saturnville has been eating the girlies up! 😝🤞🏾

#Callum Turner #feed my delusions #tag me pls 😁 #masters of the air #john egan #major john egan #mota #Callum tuner x reader #John Egan x reader #CHOP CHOP

[yxorul]

Yeah more Pokemon and by Pokemon I mean the Crater Crew, I love em 😌

(I'd play the game just for them, but funds are low manss 🙏)

Yeah, I like nemopen too (no widely accepted traditional pokemon ship name yet? sadge 😔) the fics abt em got me into it

I'm all for the crater crew polycule too I think they're adorable, nemopen is just my main one lol

Team Star Bosses are goofy, I love em

The mons of the crater crew probably hang out

Arven needs hugs, actually all of them do

Audio: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (TV Series)

yeah even made an animatic abt em, they got trapped in a cave or sumn and they just happened to be gay that day ig 🤷‍♀️ (dw Arven and Juliana will save their asses eventually)

#pokemon #pokemon fanart #pokemon nemona #pokemon arven #pokemon penny #pokemon team star #pokemon giacomo #pokemon mela #pokemon atticus #pokemon ortega #pokemon eri #sylveon #mabostiff #pawmot #nemopen #penny x nemona #a bit of arven x nemona x penny #god pokemon masters have special dialogue when penny and nemona are in the same team #feeding into the shippers delusion? That they are

[alexbutrandomthoughts]

Never getting attached to a side character again. "Oh man, i really like Lord Wind Master! They're so fun and adorable, i sure hope he sticks around!!"

Tgcf why would you do this to me. Why. OF ALL CHARACTERS TGCF, OF ALL OF EM.

#heaven official's blessing #mxtx tgcf #tgcf #tgcf spoilers #lord wind master #shi qingxuan #NOW I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHETHER SHE'S ALIVE OR NOT LIKE CMON MY BBG #i haven't finished all the books yet the dream (delusion) is real IF THERE IS NO CORPSE YOU CAN'T PROVE THEY'RE DEAD #copium #update:THEY LIVEDDDDD #gonna headcanon bro became god again at some point cuz i love my bbg

[worldsokayestmagicalgirl]

Day 15 : Forehead Kiss

Yeah um….that’s what happened right?

LISTEN let me have my delusions

Prompt List by Jamiedraws__ on Instagram

#mxtxtober #mxtxtober23 #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #beefleaf #shi qingxuan #lord wind master #shi wudu #he xuan #black water sinking ships #black water arc #let me live in my delusions #I wanna believe in him

[fluffs-n-stuffs]

thinking about that silly guy with the ridiculous clown outfit /affectionate

I also couldn't see myself replicating the pattern on that vest so I improvised SKDJFNSJKDFNS

#it took them 3000 years but he's Finally freed from no alt jail #I was lowkey expecting Wallace to get some kind of slay sygna outfit and instead he gets this whole pinata equivalent of a costume #and yknow what honestly I really like it I can't help myself not to SDJFSNKDFSNDS #it's just so WHIMSY !!!!!!! AND SILLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🫵🌟🌟🌟✨✨✨ #with the current streak of new sync pairs it also looks like there's hope after all for those who have yet to get alts #which means my delusions of a future Eusine alt can be palpable just y'all wait just y'all waitSDFHSDNFSNDS /lh #(Eusine alt and actual TCG card 2024 hopefully I can pray I can p r a y 🙏🙏🙏🕯️🕯️🕯️) #champion wallace #gym leader wallace #wallace pokemon #pokemon #pokemon masters #pokemon masters ex #pmex #pmex spoilers #pmex leaks #doodle

[ryan-waddell11]

thank you @/daddydiorgirl on Twitter for feeding my delusions. I love it.

#eddie munson #joseph quinn #stranger things #stranger things vol 1 #stranger things 4 #eddie munson stranger things #the hellfire club #joe quinn #eddie deserves better #netflix #actual love of my life #stranger things vol 2 #eddie munson graduated #loml energy #i’m looking respectfully #corroded coffin #the best dungeon master #eddie in s5 #eddie as kas #FEED MY DELUSIONS

[poke-maniac]

For those who were wondering what kind of upbringing Silver had, I feel like Pokemon Masters indirectly gave us an answer:

At very least, we know that Silver didn't have a normal upbringing. The line "don't assume for one second, Nate, that others have had the same upbringing as you" is interestingly immediately followed by him lamenting about how "rough" it can be to have a narcissistic prick for a father (which is obvious projection as noted by N), which seems to indicate that he had an unhappy childhood, not just a "different" one. This also suggests that his upbringing is one of the many reasons why he's unsure about what he would do if his father ever decided to turn himself around and ask for forgiveness, so he's curious about what N would do, now that the latter is seemingly in similar situation with Ghetsis.

Also, Silver's lodge dialogue seems to imply that he never had any friends growing up (which was already obvious):

"Ethan and the others are always going on about "friends," and I wanted to hear what you thought about that. I'm not talking about the definition of the word. Of course I know that. But if a friend is just someone you can laugh and joke around with, that's such a weak connection that I don't see the point. I mean, it's fine to spend time with someone if you're competing and getting stronger together...But what's the point of acting all buddy-buddy, like Ethan and the others? After all, the point of competing is to beat the other person, right? I've got no use for any sickly sweet feelings. But everyone else seems so happy with the idea of being "friends," like they want us all to run around holding hands or something. If you expect me to do that...forget it. So you're saying a friend is someone you can...be yourself around?"

This combined with the implication that he had a different upbringing seems to suggest that Silver grew up sheltered just like N was . Though, I highly doubt that Giovanni did it out of pure malice. At worst, he was trying to groom him to make him the heir of Team Rocket. Or he was simply overprotective of him (and for good reason because Silver is the son of a crime lord after all).

Personally, I believe that he was just trying to preserve the "ideal" image his son had of him as it would fit with the narcissism he displays in the games, one of these instances of display being:

"You told me… you were the number one in the world! "

Giovanni made Silver believe that he was the “number one in the world” which seems to indicate that Giovanni wanted to feel admired by Silver (perhaps it also explains why he didn't admit that he was leaving to train to get stronger but instead told Silver he was leaving to build a stronger organization: he was still desperately trying to maintain the illusion rather than plainly admitting to his son’s face that he needs to get stronger, as it would confirm to Silver that he was never the strongest trainer he claimed to be). After all, narcissists seek external admiration as it helps them to validate the false image they made up about themselves. Giovanni likely knew that the truth would hit Silver hard and that he would lose all his respect as a result, so possibly isolated the kid out of fear that he might find out about his lie (as anyone could contradict his version), at least untill he proves his point to his son by conquering the world with powerful 'mon and ensures that no one and nothing would make Silver question it anymore.

#pokemon #rival silver #giovanni #pokemon masters #pokemon speculation #speculation #this would reinforce the parallels between n and silver so much #both sheltered by their dads to help them validate their narcissistic delusions #which also skewed their perception of pokemon and their relationship with humans #but also learn to outgrow from it and make friends along their way

[ltwilliammowett]

HMS Surpise on her way around Cape Horn

#master and commander #hms surprise #one thing that always confuses me in this picture #are the gunsports open or is this just a delusion? #age of sail movies and series

[nicollekidman]

i know i literally invented her but lyra is so funny. astarion drinking from her veins when he’s upset like a toddler with a juice box but also from her [is shot with a poisoned arrow]

#lyra is the master of delusion she really does think she’s fixing everything. i love her. #drenched in blood laezel and shadowheart are bickering meanwhile she’s like cmere baby #FREAKS!

[unnamednarrat0r]

sooo simm master appearance on the giggle, right guys??

#the state of delusion is a full time job and my shift never ends #doctor who #simm!master

[singsweetmelodies]

*charles wtf discord react*

#my fellow piarlie friends... particularly those of you who are against the cursed ship aka l*stappen... #i have just made a discovery that has made me simultaneously hopping mad and incredulous and deeply disgusted #and i have been ranting about it in the besties' dms for almost half an hour now but im going to put it here too #because honestly WHAT THE FUCK #you see #some lestappie - some fucking delusional; embarrassingly desperate lestappie - decided to write a charles/max fic #IN WHICH THEY TOOK THE PIARLES TENNIS DATE AND WENT ''NO ACTUALLY LET'S MAKE IT MAX'' #i am not joking. they genuinely WROTE MAX INTO PIERRE'S PLACE for the monte carlo masters tennis date #i am still sat here with my jaw on the fuckign FLOOR to be honest with you #how desperate do you have to be to take a canon event FROM ANOTHER SHIP and write your character in??? like???? #i would be. literally SO EMBARRASSED if i ever did that #well i DONT have to because unlike some ships; piarles actually like each other and CHOOSE to spend time with each other #but yeah.... #the delusion levels of the lestappies are truly through the roof. what the actual FUUUUUCK #and also. HOW BLOODY DARE THEY #i am irrationally mad about this lmfao #i may or may not process it by writing a fic that has max at the monte carlo masters too... trying to get in charles' pants or smth... #BUT FAILING HORRIFICALLY BECAUSE PIERRE IS THERE. and charles only wants pierre #charles also avoids max like 'ew wtf are you doing here' #would that be a very toxic thing to write and do? yes of course #am i going to do it anyway? #honestly..... PROBABLY #🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🤬 #is how i feel about this #HONESTLY.