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“But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.”
- JRR Tolkien
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bovivinator · 4 months
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Re-listened to TAZ Balance recently and I’m still in awe that Griffin McElroy somehow managed to introduce a “long-lost twin of protagonist who had selective amnesia about them” character so late in the story, so successfully that she not only featured in some of the most thrilling and emotional moments of the series, but immediately became wildly popular and caused most of the fanbase to spontaneously develop crushes on her
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dearausten · 10 months
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nah cause the fact that jane austen wrote a character like emma woodhouse is still insane to me. she threw all the standards out the window and was like hey, here’s this incredibly complex and nuanced character, she’s selfish, privileged, manipulative and arrogant, but she’s also really fucking kind, she would do anything for those she loves (including sacrificing a lot of her liberties), she is able to admit that she’s made a mistake and grow from it, because those things are not mutually exclusive. and i think the reason why everyone is trying to girlbossify their heroines to make them like lizzie bennet (which is an insult to her character but that’s another story) is because they’re scared to write characters like emma. which is understandable, because she’s unlikeable-ish, and they don’t want to take that risk.
honestly the way jane wrote emma is IMPECCABLE and not everyone can pull it off, but i wish female characters with actual flaws were more popular.
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wibblyowzah · 6 months
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remember when rafe judkins described moiraine as a “badass lesbian sorceress.” i'll never be over the fact that she's a canon lesbian. it's like her character was made for me
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just-french-me-up · 1 year
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Hyperfeminine characters 🥰🥰🥰
Hyperfeminine characters who aren't portrayed as stupid, vapid or vain 🥰🥰 Hyperfeminine characters who genuinely enjoy quote unquote feminine interests and aren't vilified or looked down upon because of them 🥰🥰 Hyperfeminine characters who are big on female friendships rather than thrown into jealousy and "cat fight" arcs 🥰 Hyperfeminine characters whose deep interest in fashion isn't considered superficial and silly, but interesting and respectable! 🥰 Hyperfeminine characters who aren't the butt of the joke and who are well-rounded characters with depth 🥰🥰
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arcadiabay · 8 months
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You don't know how to whistle?
BELLA RAMSEY as ELLIE WILLIAMS in HBO'S THE LAST OF US — 1.06
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ladytrist · 2 years
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nuclearpasta · 2 months
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Joy, gladiator. (II)
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kronosveritas · 24 days
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BACK TO NORMAL ART POSTS NOW I SWEAR
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🎶Come onnn Carolina, have fuuun Carolina 🎶
(She has a face tattoo of the Roman numeral for 12 because North Carolina was the 12th US state and idk it felt like a vibe. Plus I’ve been watching too much Arcane)
Might do a colored version later, we’ll see how the vibes are. I h a t e coloring with a passion… you don’t understand…
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lesiasmadness · 1 year
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Im at work but MS Paint is my friend and O had to get this out of my system
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letoscrawls · 1 year
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I love how the people who haven't seen the clone wars and rebels are like "oh yes bo katan is so badass i'm starting to love her a lot" etc etc while i'm here like. this woman is the equivalent of a dumpster fire. she's such a loser look at her rotting in a throne room the whole day doing absolutely nothing but being miserable. she's so bored that she's travelling across the galaxy to help the equivalent of a distant acquaintance. just to feel something. even though she's supposed to dislike Din because he got in the way by accident she's so done with everything that she helps him. i'm sure if some other random characters showed up she would have helped them as well because she's so bored. Give me more of this please
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achaotichuman · 2 months
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Is it just me or does Ianthe feel like such a filler villain?
Like she exists just to cause issues and that's all to her character. We know she is hungry for power, but why? She is already an incredibly high-ranking person of power in the Spring Court as a High Priestess. She has the capabilities of influencing and even downright controlling the High lord through manipulation. She had access to the Night Court, so her influence very clearly stems far beyond the SC.
She is a religious icon, so does what does her worship look like? What does her day look like with the Priestesses? Magic clearly influences their religion. Do they have ceremonies dedicated to the fertility magic? What's the story.
Why is she so evil? Does she want to take over the Court itself? Did she want access to the Cauldron, a powerful tool for a High Priestess to have in hand, and that's why she pushed to suck up to Hybern.
Does she have any hobbies? Interests? What was her relationship with Tamlin as a child? When and where did they meet? How close were they?
She is such an important character that drives the plot of the series, yet we know nothing about her. She is written off as a rapist and given no complexity.
She only exists to further villainise Tamlin and it shows.
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lighthousepigeons · 10 months
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Aaron: Juliette could slap me and I'd thank her.
Kenji: I'd thank her too...
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danibee33 · 4 months
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Part II of undercover!Ghost🩶
{Part I}
cw: nsfw at the end, no explicit smut, just Ghost on his knees for reader (he’s a giver what can i say)
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• You still don’t, or can’t, open your eyes- even when Ghost tilts your chin up and you can see the dim light shining behind your eyelids. Call it spite or possibly just a deeply rooted indignation that you’ve always possessed according to your father, but we won’t get into that now.
• But you just couldn’t. For the first time, you had no intention of giving him exactly what he wanted-
• “Why now?” You ask, pulling his hands away from your face. And you’re sure you look so silly, a grown woman refusing to just open her eyes and look at the face that’s plagued your thoughts ceaselessly; but he.. is just so fucking frustrating.
• You try to turn away but that only spurns him on, wrapping his hand around your elbow- you find yourself pressed against the door, a small grunt parting your lips, one he’s more than happy to swallow in a kiss.
• And it’s far too easy to melt into him again, let his hands touch you in ways you hadn’t let anyone touch you before-
• “No, no. Don’t- do that.”, you grind out the words, pushing him back once again, or well, trying to. You’re strong, but it doesn’t do much to the solid fucking wall of muscle that doesn’t want or care to move,
• “We’re not doing this. You do not get to treat me like I barely exist and then change your mind all of a sudden when you see me in a tight dress and heels-“, you shake your head as you continue, “you don’t want me.. you want this.”
• Internally, you’re bashing your head against the wall, because why the fuck can’t you stop talking?! He’s just a guy! A man- a very tall, inhumanly strong, muscular man, who looks at you like a little gnat he can’t quite get rid of.. but has been kissing you and holding you like you meant something to him. Like this wasn’t the first time he had thought about a moment like this-
• “And that would be fine.. if you weren’t.. fucking, ugh! You!”
• Your face is clasped between his hands again, thick fingers threading through your hair, and his voice calm and low- which simultaneously soothes your nerves and lights them on fire all at once, “You’re insufferable- the way you talk to us, the way you look at us, the way you just fuckin’ walked in and managed to worm your way under everyone’s skin-“
• He watches your eyebrows knit together in confusion and anger, you’re holding back so much, he can practically feel the potential energy radiating all around you- yours and his mixing together into something deliciously volatile,
•“Your existence is probably the only goddamn thing I can’t ignore, Hel.”
• Your face softens in a way he couldn’t have predicted, in a way that causes his chest to tighten and his breath to come a little shorter.
• “You do so much for us.. just because you want to, because you like seein’ people you care for happy. You don’t make any sense to me-“
• You hang on to his every word, to the rasp in his accent, and the way he holds you,
• “People aren’t just kind without wanting somethin’ in return. But for the life of me, I can’t figure out what you want.”
• Without thought, your eyes shoot open, a whole argument just waiting at the tip of your tongue-
• He thinks you want something from them? From him? That you were only kind to the Captain, and Gaz, and Soap because you wanted something in return? What you really wanted in this moment is to shake his big, stupid shoulders, and ask him how for someone so smart and perceptive, he could be such a raging idiot-
• But you do none of those things.
• No, instead of screaming or pushing him away, cursing him out, giving him a whole piece of your mind- you stand there, speechless and wide eyed because there he was. Lieutenant Simon Riley.
• You remember thinking at one time that he must be hideous or grotesque, something to match his boorish personality- but quickly swept the idea to the side. It was childish, and you had been angry with him, you’re sure. You know Soap and the others had seen his face before, but they never gave you even a crumb of detail- so, you’re mind filled in all the gaps, constructing a face around the deep amber eyes.
• And now, all of that work.. is useless. Because he’s everything you thought he might be, and nothing like it, at the same time. His brows are a bit darker than his hair, not too thick, but enough to balance the bit of scruff that covers his lower cheeks and jaw line- scars cut this way and that, some thick, others smaller, neater. One cuts right through his bottom lip, deforming it slightly- and another, deeper one across the bridge of his nose, which looks just a bit off, broken and reset incorrectly, you assume.
• He’s handsome, not in a movie star or even conventional way- but more than that, you think. Maybe it has to do with his flaws, has to do with the soft angles of his features, harsh only because of the way he’s used to constantly wearing a slight grimace.
• You reach up, leaning into him fully as you pull his lips against yours- something odd and warm burning through you, making your head spin when he reciprocates the kiss with no hesitation. If anything, it feels all the more frenzied now, like he had half expected you to run out of the room the moment you saw his face.
• “I don’t want anything from you, you fucking idiot.” You breathe out, the words and your voice mixing with the soft sounds of your tongues and mouths searching for more, your bodies yearning for more.
• Which is how you end up across the room, sat atop the beautiful, vintage oak desk, your dress hiked up around waist, watching the formidable Ghost take a knee in front of you, “Fuckin’ hell.. are you tryin’ to kill me?”
• “Don’t give me those eyes. You can’t wear underwear in a dress like this, I didn’t do it for you..”
• His eyes are inky and half lidded as he looks up, asking permission, begging for it without a single word.
• You try to shift forward, searching for friction but finding none against the smooth surface under you- only feeling the terrible dampness that’s made your thighs sticky. And all it takes is a breathy little whimper from you, his name whispered on your lips for him to move.
• He has your thigh settled over his shoulder and his face buried between your legs before the small yelp can escape- one hand smacking over your mouth and the other immediately grabbing his hair, “Jesus, Ghost- ah- fuck.”
• You hear and feel him breathe you in before a deep growl reverberates through his chest, wrapping a big hand over the thigh on his shoulder, and pushing the other open farther- another quiet groan leaving him when he finally sees what a mess you are.
• The first long stripe he makes with his tongue feels like a warning, the wet heat of him lapping at you has your cunt clenching vainly around nothing, an ache you’re not sure you had ever felt blooming deeper than you thought you possible.
• With that one taste, you’re suddenly jerked forward, your ass coming to rest right at the very edge- it forces you to prop one hand out behind you now, shakily leaning your weight into it as he begins to devour you.
• Which there’s no better word for it, he licks and nips, alternating between savoring you, eyes darting up to watch your head loll back and your chest heave before he suckles harshly at your clit- your poor little bundle of nerves already puffy and swollen, overly sensitive to his ministrations-
• “Oh, god- Simon, wait- wait-“ you swear you had only just begun to feel the pressure spooling low in your tummy before it implodes suddenly and violently.
• The radiating pleasure causes your legs to tremble and your breaths to come out as little more than pathetic pants- your fingers clutching at a handful of his hair so hard you’re surprised you hadn’t pulled it out by now.
• But he doesn’t seem to mind, his tongue still totally fixated on your weeping cunt, but instead of working feverishly, he’s back to lapping up your juices- humming into your center as he rubs his palm back and forth over the goosepimpled skin of your thigh. It’s a myriad of sensations, all of them lulling you even further the warmth of your high-
• “Been awhile, sweet girl? Or are you that responsive for everyone?” Ghost chuckles, flattening his tongue over your folds one more time before tearing himself away, unabashedly admiring his handiwork.
• You really do try to give your best glare when you manage to summon enough energy to look down at him, but it melts away at the sight of his lips pulled into a boyish grin, glistening and flushed a deep shade of pink. That’s how you watch him kiss your inner thigh, his eyes steady on yours even when he pauses to leave a little mark behind.
• “Very funny..” You bite back, a crimson blush coloring your neck and cheeks at the idea of telling him the truth-
• Thankfully, he doesn’t give time to dwell on it, standing to his full height, he gently lifts you off the desk- holding you close as he readjusts your gown to cover your lower half, though the fabric does little to fix the uncomfortable wetness that only seems to be growing.
• And the kiss he gives you afterward certainly does absolutely nothing to quell your arousal- because it’s slow and wonderful and you can’t help but to whimper at the taste of your own musk on his tongue,
• “C’mon, love.” He sweetly urges, swiping his thumb across your bottom lip before taking your hand, “before they send the whole bloody Calvary to get us.”
• You replace your ear piece with shaky fingers, thoroughly thrown off your game and glad to be going back to base- a bit of distance could do you both some good, couldn’t it? Though, he doesn’t seem to have the same sentiment, holding you closer than before until you step out into the courtyard- where you both know Johnny is still perched somewhere high above.
• “Bleedin’ Jesus, about damn time- boss is right pissed with ye for going dark like that.” Soap’s voice through comms gives you something to anchor yourself to, aside from Ghost’s lingering touch.
• He heckles you for a while longer, up until you’re in climbing into the back seat, settling yourself as much as you could- forever grateful for the darkness that envelopes you both.
• And as much as you want to stay away from him, give him space- you still find your head leaned against his broad shoulder, reveling in his immense size and warmth,
• “You did so good, Hel.”
• “Hm.. You weren’t so bad yourself, Ghost.”
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• Ghost had walked with you back to your rooms, not entirely unaware of the turmoil that had bloomed in your mind and refused to leave. He knew you were being uncharacteristically non-hyperverbal, and he had wanted to say something, he wanted you to invite him inside, he wanted, wanted to talk to you, wanted something more than the quiet you were giving him- though he would gladly take whatever you gave him at this point.
• But, that’s not what happened. You only looked up at him with those big, bright eyes- and apologized.
• He tried to ask you why you would ever be sorry, tried to ask what you were sorry for, because he would be lying if he didn’t feel some pang of insecurity- but this wasn’t about him, and he was wise enough to see that.
• So, he let you plant a chaste kiss on his cheek, let you close the door before tugging the balaclava he had been clinging to and stalking off down the hall.
• “Simon! Hey.. where’s our lil’ LT?” Johnny had stuck his head out of the lounge doorway, a bag of crisps in hand.
• All Ghost could do is shrug, backpedaling to follow after Soap, and snagging a beer from the fridge,
• “In her room. Any news about the phone?”
• They go back and forth for while, though somehow, the conversation keeps circling back to you.
• “She’s a good one..” Johnny says between sips of beer, “Y’know what she told me one time? It was that night we all went out!” He claps a big hand down on Simon’s knee, his laughter loud and full of fondness over the memory- “We were right pissed, eh?”
• Yes, Ghost remembers that night, remembers watching you and Johnny play pool against Price and Garrick- even when you lost, you had the biggest smile on your face as you bought everyone a round.
• He remembers how you tried to help Soap up to the lounge, but you both ended up on the floor in a fit of annoying giggles-
• “I asked her, why she never went on dates, never brought a guy around- not even friends. And she said she’s never had a relationship, never been with a man, never been with anyone.”
• Ghost thinks in that moment it would be better if Johnny had just shot him point blank in the chest with how tightly his lungs contract, his grip on the near empty amber bottle growing so tight he thought he could hear the glass want to give under the pressure.
• Soap is none the wiser to his friend’s downward spiral, still chattering in that lighthearted way of his,
• “Said she never had time for it! Can ye believe that shite? Maybe I should be more like her- might not still be a sergeant if I were..”
• He goes on, but the words fade away, lost in the sound of blood rushing through Simon’s ears.
• You were right, he is a fucking idiot.
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>>> [part iii]
OHHH NO. If it isn’t the consequences of my own actions🥲
I’m already thinking about part 3. But, hey! Thank you for supporting my insatiable brain worm, this fandom is my home away from home at this point. ♥️
and @ajadell, your comment was all I needed to keep this going 🫶🏻🫶🏻
(Inspired by this song)
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hekatiane · 1 month
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Been liking this character for almost 10 years and her lore is still not out I will go insane
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artificelux · 2 months
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Unconventional literary science fiction? ☑️
Dark cyberpunk setting that oozes from each page? ☑️
Badass female main character? ☑️
Available in e-book so you don’t have to deal with international shipping? ☑️☑️☑️
Buy COLOR OF A MIRROR direct from the author (AKA: me). No bullshit. No subscriptions. No gatekeeping.
Welcome to the Dive.
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