#not thrilled with this one

[bazaarwords]

Warrior nun prompt where Ava and Beatrice spar and Ava accidentally goes too hard and hurts Beatrice?

this one is actually a combination of this ask and another one: "the halo reacting to beatrice" — thank you both, anons!

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Ava never wants to take her life for granted. Never wants to forget the feeling—well, maybe that’s it. The feeling of everything. Physically, of course, but even though she’d lain with her thoughts and her emotions and they’d once been her whole world, there’s something new about the way things feel now.

The problem with gratefulness is that there’s so much going on now that she never really has the time to sit with her new normal.

Now—as she dodges a punch that could probably break anywhere between one and ten of her bones—doesn’t seem like the best time to be contemplating.

“Woah!” She laughs, trying to keep her defenses intact. “I like all of my bones in my body!”

Beatrice just shakes her head, but Ava knows she’s won—maybe not the war, but the battle—there’s a smile there that’s almost impossible to notice. Ava notices.

“You’ll heal,” Beatrice says, and Ava’s just glad she’s entertaining her. “Focus, Ava.”

She is focusing. Mostly. Kind of.

They’ve been at this for the better half of the morning, but there’s a beautiful view to contend with (two, if Ava is as honest with herself as she should be,) and the clear water is tempting her. She’s so fucking sweaty. If she could just get a little break, maybe she could convince Bea to hop in too. The idea winds itself around her limbs, tries to drag her in.

Come into the water, the thought wafts around her head like she’s in a cartoon. “Can we go swimming after this? Just for a tiny little bit?”

Beatrice doesn’t answer the question, just tells Ava to focus again.

Ava doesn’t have the option to be distracted for a moment longer, because Bea is suddenly in her space, hooking a leg around her knee with a speed that wouldn’t make sense if it was anyone else. As she does this, it’s as if time slows down. Bea’s face is maybe an inch away. She’s got Ava’s leg in a position that would compromise her footing, but—Ava’s more concerned with their proximity, how she can feel the flex and release of the muscles in Bea’s thigh—

They’ve been at this for hours. Why now? Why is her body choosing to react right now—

It is an embarrassing combination of emotions that does it. The closeness, the way Beatrice moves, the thought of dragging her into the water—all of it gathers at the point between her shoulder blades, and the Halo does the rest.

The pulse is strong enough to send Bea reeling, and Ava can neither measure nor mitigate the damage. They go flying in opposite directions, Ava directly into the water she’s been dreaming of. Not—obviously—like this.

Ava sputters, coughing up pond water in the shallows. “Bea?” When she sees her, in a pile at the bottom of a tree, Ava’s never moved faster. “Beatrice?”

There’s a long, gnarly gash along Bea’s arm, and she’s knocked out and fuck fuck what the fuck, Ava?

“Bea!” She’s got her hands on Bea now, gently shaking her. Nothing—“Fuck. Beatrice. Come on, come on.”

This is the work of someone too stupid to be allowed in the presence of others. This is the kind of shit Bea’s been trying to train out of her, and here she is, trying to shake awake the badass who’s only job is to help her and she can’t get her shit together for five minutes—

“Ow.”

“Bea!” Again, stupid, Ava gathers Beatrice up like a sack of injured flour and squeezes her until she thinks better. “Shit. Sorry, sorry. God, Bea, I’m so sorry I—your arm.”

She’s on the verge of tears now, willing to perform any kind of penitence for quite possibly the first time in her life. Hail Mary’s, flagellation—anything.

“I’ve certainly had worse,” Beatrice says through a wince, trying to sit up against the tree. She sucks in a sharp breath as she leans against the trunk. “Although–I may have broken something.”

“Oh my God. I am so, so sorry, I—“ she doesn’t even know what to say.

While she’s at a loss, however, going through the motions as Beatrice remains intelligent and competent and asks for her help staving off the bleeding on her arm, the Halo seems to know exactly what to do. Its glow is so powerful that it bathes them both in light that eclipses even the noonday sun. This one, however, keeps them right where they are.

When she blinks away the brightness, Beatrice’s arm is… totally fine.

“Strange,” Bea says, a little wistful, turning her arm back and forth. She gets up, nowhere near as careful as she’d just been. She moves around, unhindered. “You healed me.”

“Yeah, but. I also smashed you against a tree.”

Beatrice looks between Ava and her arm with the kind of sharp focus that would make Ava a little weak in the knees if she wasn’t already sitting. She offers a hand and helps Ava up, which, if she hadn’t just accidentally managed to heal all of Beatrice’s wounds, would make her feel completely useless. She’d wounded her in the first place, so. Six and one-half dozen. She still doesn’t feel great.

“We should look into this. If we can hone it—Ava, this could turn the tide in our favor.” Ava agrees, completely, wholeheartedly. But right now? She feels like she’s just run an emotional marathon. Beatrice, to her everlasting credit, seems to pick up on this. “Before that, how about a break?”

“A break—I don’t think the Halo healed your concussion. You want to take a—“

“Swimming?” Beatrice suggests, making off for the shore.

Maybe she’s been run over by an imaginary steamroller, but even now, even as she’s watching Beatrice toe her sneakers off and hop into the lake in her workout clothes, she’s feeling. The earth under her feet, the uncomfortable press of her wet shirt on her back, the relief at Bea’s state, and something else, something soft and gentle.

So she slogs right in after Bea, and she feels every moment of it.

#not thrilled with this one #but i hope you guys enjoy! #avatrice #sister beatrice #ava silva #warrior nun #save warrior nun #wn #avatrice fanfiction #avatrice fic #avatrice fanfic #warrior nun fanfiction #warrior nun fic #warrior nun fanfic #fanfiction #fic #fanfic #writing #my fanfiction #my fics #my writing

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

some people: ughhh the bigeneration totally undermined Ncuti’s entrance!!!

Ncuti, probably: teehee I get to call David Tennant honey

#doctor who #david tennant #ncuti gatwa #listen guys regardless of your opinion on David coming back Ncuti has literally said that he was one of his biggest acting inspirations #So I can’t imagine him being anything less than absolutely thrilled to get to play off him #It’s a privelege no other brand new doctor has had! I think it showcases Russell’s faith in him more than anything wlse

[sixofclovers]

a lot can change for a young bard over the course of a campaign! 

#dnd #Dungeons and Dragons #animation #commission #autoplay #video #soc art #SHES DONEEE #ARIII #I spent quite a while w arilemna! :D #elf #bard #its that tiktok meme #so thrilled i got this commission u dont understand #one day out there #tiktok sound #tw autoplay #sound warning

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

finally at that age where i'm thinking i should get a tattoo. not bc i feel strongly about it, just seems like a waste not to. i've got so much skin i'm not using

#feels so selfish like. all this skin what am i saving it for? #open to design suggestions! (please make me regret this offer) #maybe some deep sea horrors. a pretty watercolor of a gulper eel #once saw a person on the subway with various Skeleton Tattoos on all their limbs #i respected their commitment to the theme #but more than that i respected how all the skeletons were engaged in Activities #dancing in a ballgown. juggling its own (and two other???) skulls. swordfighting. being a mermaid skeleton #ANYWAY. the only reason i haven't already gotten tattoos is i just couldn't be bothered #i'm old enough to know i don't have any strong-but-potentially-temporary feelings driving me towards it #aesthetically i prefer decorated to non-decorated surfaces. but i'm not artistic or thrilled with commitment #honestly it feels like sheer laziness. indecisiveness--nay. immaturity!--that i HAVEN'T gotten a tattoo yet #letting all this blank canvas go to waste. tut tut i need to grow up and be an adult and get a tattoo sleeve already. #really i've put off my responsibilities long enough #(in fairness i DID at one time have 18 different piercings) #(but i took most of them out bc they interfere with wearing headphones and/or shoving my face in my pillow during Sleep Time) #(i only kept the nape piercing bc oddly enough it ended up being the most convenient. and the least painful to get now i think about it.) #(neck piercing? no problem. normal pair of earrings? Tribulations And Suffering. i don't make the rules i just poke them with a stick.)

[thrill-kill-kult]

#I hope a lot of people see this #poll #music #metal #Im genuinely just so curious about how people build their music taste #I’d say I most often find an artist on a Spotify generated playlist or in my recommendations #and I’ll listen to their top songs then start going through their albums #but I do love using gnoosic and obscurify #I also love finding small playlists #esp ones made by musicians #huge fan of the aggrotech attack playlist #I like pride myself on having extremely obscure taste in music lol #I love showing people cool small bands they’ve never heard of before #on that note check out My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult #and Xorcist

[starstruckodysseys]

brennan’s bird facts move over. it’s time for hank’s mildly uncomfortable human body facts

#i for one am thrilled about this turn of events #dimension 20 #d20 #mentopolis #hank green

[moonstruckme]

Hi! I would die for a poly!marauders x reader where reader gets a bloody nose and almost passes out. This has happened to me and I wish I had the boys 😅 of course only if this sounds interesting!! 🫶🏼

Thanks for requesting love!

cw: blood, near fainting

poly!marauders x fem!reader ♡ 642 words

You’re mid-story when Remus’ expression shifts. 

“And he didn’t even…ask…” You trail off as James’ eyes flare suddenly. Remus is scanning the room like he’s searching for something. “...what?” 

“I’m just looking for the tissues…” 

You feel your expression crease.

“Don’t worry,” says Sirius, in a no-nonsense tone you don’t hear often. “Just pinch your nose shut and close your eyes, okay?” 

“What…” You touch your fingertips to your nose, and the second the bright red pads come into your view you’re overcome by a wave of nausea. 

“Don’t, don’t.” James takes your hand, bloody fingers and all, hiding them away. Your head fills with cotton. Remus gets up and goes into the kitchen. “Baby, that’s what we’re trying to keep from happening.” 

The feel of something splattering on your thigh has you looking down on instinct. You barely process the bead of blood curving down your thigh before your vision starts to blacken. 

“Okay.” A hand cups the back of your head, cold fingers pressing into your scalp as it takes your weight, and another pinches your nostrils. “None of that, doll, c’mon. You’re okay.” 

You blink a couple of times before the fuzzy darkness clears enough for you to see Sirius in front of you. He’s the picture of calm, while James’ eyes are magnified cartoonishly wide by his glasses. It takes you a second to figure out you need to breathe through your mouth. 

Sirius nods as you inhale. “Good,” he says. “Just keep your eyes on me, doll.”

“You’d like that, wouldn’t you?” James quips, and Sirius’ lips quirk but he doesn’t take his eyes from yours. 

“It’s a happy consequence.” 

“Sorry,” you say, voice sounding whiny all stuffed up. 

“You’re good,” James reassures you. “Rem’s gonna get you cleaned up in just a second. It seems we’ve misplaced the tissues.” 

“Found them!” Remus announces from down the hall. “Who put them under the bed?” 

You and Sirius look to James. He shrugs, sheepish. “That’s my bad,” he admits. “My allergies were bothering me, and I didn’t feel like getting up.” 

“Hoarder,” Sirius accuses fondly, letting go of your nose briefly to allow Remus to swipe at the skin beneath it. 

“Close your eyes,” Remus warns softly, and this time you listen before you can see the tissue. You feel him blot at your nostrils and then wipe up the blood on your hand and leg, keeping your eyes squeezed shut tight. “Good girl.” The lid of the trash bin clangs shut. “You can open now.” 

You replace Sirius’ hand with your own, and he gives you a cautious look as he lets go slowly. “You sure you’ve got it?” He raises an eyebrow at you. “I don’t mind.” 

You smile at him, closed-lipped and trying not to think about what you’re staunching. “I’m good, thanks.” 

Remus sits back down with a heavy sigh. James nods his agreement heartily. 

“Since when do you get nosebleeds?” he asks you. 

“Since now, I guess,” you say. “It’s not my new favorite thing.” 

You’ve always fainted at the sight of blood, so spontaneous bleeding is probably one of the top ten worst things that can happen to you. 

“It’s a bit worrisome,” Remus agrees. “What happens if you’re driving and your nose starts bleeding again? You can’t very well pass out behind the wheel.” 

You level him with a deadpan look. “I’ll try to refrain.” 

“It won’t happen again,” Sirius says surely. He’s eyeing you in a peculiar way, somehow both assessing and decided at once. “We’ll figure out what caused it, and make sure it doesn’t.” 

You look to Remus for an eye roll, but both of your boyfriends look about as trusting in this plan as Sirius. 

“How?” you ask. 

He gives you an indulgent smile. “Don’t worry about it, baby. We’re not gonna let anything happen to you.”

#not thrilled with the ending but whatever #poly!marauders #poly!marauders x reader #poly!marauders x fem!reader #poly!marauders x y/n #poly!marauders x you #poly!marauders x self insert #poly!marauders fanfiction #poly!marauders fanfic #poly!marauders fic #poly!marauders fluff #poly!marauders hurt/comfort #poly!marauders imagine #poly!marauders scenario #poly!marauders drabble #poly!marauders blurb #poly!marauders one shot #poly!marauders oneshot #james potter #james potter x reader #sirius black #sirius black x reader #remus lupin #remus lupin x reader #marauders #marauders fanfiction #marauders fandom #marauders era #hp marauders #the marauders

[lazylittledragon]

I NEED TO KNOW WHAT MAMA DEKARIOS'S REACTION WAS WHEN SHE FOUND OUT CYRA WAS PREGNANT :000000 her boy is about to be a dad i think she would lose her entire shit

I THINK YOU’RE PROBABLY RIGHT

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #gale dekarios #galemance #dadkarios #morena dekarios #this one is written in my notes as ‘she kisses gale’s entire face then hugs cyra so hard she nearly snaps her in half’ #i think. she is a very put together sophisticated woman #but she also raised a man who threatens to blow himself up at the slightest inconvenience #so she’s also a bit. explosive #and also she’s still recovering from the ‘i fucked and pissed off a goddess’ conversation so she’s probably thrilled #cyra and morena on their way to the stormshore tabernacle to fuck her up #also she absolutely digs out all of gale’s tiny socks for them

[morganbritton132]

Eddie, posting to Tiktok: I take back everything I said about Steve’s jock friends staying at our house-

Steve: You didn’t say anything! I said Tommy was going to stay with us for a bit and you said “leave me alone, I’m in my process.”

Eddie: As I was saying, I take back- *Joan explodes out of the kitchen cabinet that they keep cans in*

Tommy: Jesus Christ!

Steve: No, that’s Joan.

#this is a reference to one of my favorite posts in this saga #Eddie takes back what he said bc Tommy brought pics of when he and Steve were kids #They don’t have any pictures of Steve when he was a kid so Eddie is thrilled #eddie munson #steve harrington #Joan the disservice cat #eddie munson tiktok saga

[falmerbrook]

Young(er) Vivec and Nerevar. These two take up so much of my brain space

(bonus unshaded version of them on the guar because I'm proud of the details)

#obv inspired by what my beloved taught me #morrowind #tes #the elder scrolls #vivec #nerevar #indoril nerevar #i never know how to tag him #my art #mine #not thrilled with how the second one turned out but oh well #rim lighting my beloved

[clannfearrunt]

they're so annoying I wish I could draw more so you can see how annoying they are and also so that I can finally fucking finish the Money/Fame/Love Splatfest comic

#splatoon #squid 2 the evolution of the squid #splatoon ocs #inkling #octoling #salmonid #Thresher Lagan #Buddy Lagan #Rill Nykur #Conarts #i think the thing that sold me on Rill eventually catching feelings is that u can combine their names to make Thrill which is funny 2 me #it's very one sided and also Rill would rather walk into the ocean than call it what it is though

[shima-draws]

Ghost Cora AU where he’s actually been following Law around ever since he died but nobody has been able to see him, so all he’s able to do is watch Law get hurt and suffer in silence. UNTIL, miraculously, the battle of Dressrosa ends, and for some strange reason—through some supernatural bullshit or maybe just fate—one person is finally able to see him.

Law is sitting on the deck of the Yonta Maria watching everyone party when Luffy comes trotting over to him. And Luffy plops down beside him and says, “I’ve been meaning to ask, Torao, but who’s that really tall blonde guy with the funny makeup that’s been following you around?”

And Law’s just like

#Meanwhile Cora is absolutely THRILLED. LMAO #Eventually Zoro calls Perona over and since her devil fruit power deals with ghosts. She makes it so that Law can see Cora too #(And by some bs he’ll probably be brought back to life somehow idk) #One Piece #Trafalgar Law #Donquixote Rosinante #Cora #Corazon #Luffy #Law: Ha. Haha. #Law: You’re shitting me right. #Luffy: ??? What? No? #Cora: LAWWWWWW 😭😭😭 #Luffy: He’s crying your name this guy CLEARLY knows you Torao #Law; having a mental breakdown: Uh. Uh-huh??? #Shima speaks #Sorry I’m coping. I’m coping really hard rn #Actually. I feel like I was more upset about Cora’s death than Ace’s. WHICH LIKE. YOU’D THINK IT WOULD BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND BUT #I’m very. Very weak for the unsuspecting father figure who dies trope #(Sideeyes Tony and Harry (who didn’t even die anyway but it was still Traumatic for Eggsy to watch)) #COUGHS

[weevmo]

I got to do a little Frank Frankly impression for @kmodoposts WH Holiday song; the Nine Neighborly Gifts!! Premiering in 15 mins !

#frank frankly #welcome home #welcome home frank #weevmo #kmodo #i had so much fun with it #cant match Frankies of course so its my own spin #but hey!! #thrilled to have a part in one of KMODOS amazing songs

[archivebottles]

been messing around with my drawing process so i decided to do a bunch of cephalopod group shots to get a bit more confident with it

[IMG ID: Image 1 is a group drawing of Shiver, Big Man, Frye, Callie, and Marie from Splatoon. The first four are posing for a photo with Marie in the back. They are in Alterna with the buildings and the hole in the sky visible in the back.

Image 2 is a group drawing of Agents 3, 4, and 8 in casual wear in an apartment all posing for a selfie. Various objects are littered in the background with a backpack, skateboard, and part of a switch being present by 8.

Image 3 is a a drawing of Pearl and Marina dressed in casual wear taking a selfie at night. /END ID]

#splatoon #do i have 2 tag literally every splatoon character.. #shiver #frye #big man #callie cuttlefish #marie cuttlefish #agent 3 #agent 4 #agent 8 #pearl houzuki #marina iida #good lord. #ive been playing wayyy too much of the game so its always on my mind rn LOL learning splatana wiper for fun just for the thrill of it #myart #ugh you cant move tags in the new editor..awful #im getting pretty confident drawing like this! im gonna try and record a timelapse of one #idk what tho..it cant be anything too complicated

[capn-james-t-spirk]

ToTK: casually places Zelda’s diary in Link’s home from BoTW

Me:

#AND THERE IS ONLY ONE BED #as Zelink trash I am absolutely THRILLED with this development #zelink #totk #botw #the legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #breath of the wild #totk spoilers #loz link #loz zelda

[canisalbus]

If I remember correctly you created Machete around 2007-2008. But when did you create Vasco? (I'm sorry of this has been asked before, I couldn't find anything)

First finished pictures of Vasco are from 2018, but even before that I had been thinking it would be interesting if Machete had had one (1) romantic relationship in his youth before he was ordained. I just didn't have a name and design for him yet.

In the earliest sketches of Vasco, he first looked a little bit like a bordercollie, then like a spaniel or a setter. He had a darker color palette as well, sort of chestnut brown with white markings, but combined with the overpowering whiteness of Machete he looked kind of impassionate and drab, so I kept making him warmer and lighter until he became the golden boy he is today. The name came later, I just thought Vasco sounded friendly and charismatic. (Also the old finnish word 'vaski' means brass and bronze, and even if it's a tedious connection and doesn't factor into their canon at all, it felt too fitting to me personally and I had to go with it).

#answered #anonymous #he was meant to be an absent character #one who appeared only in a couple of flashbacks or dreams #but the fact he used to be there and then wasn't was something that still influenced Machete #how he viewed love and other people and himself #Vasco wasn't supposed to show up again but he sort of elbowed himself back into the story and into a central position just last summer #really switched up things you could say #I originally imagined him to be more cocky and entitled and thrill seeking #but he mellowed out pretty instantly #I like him a lot better as a genuinely good and sincere person #maybe partially because you wouldn't expect someone that coddled and spoiled to have a sense of empathy and a working moral compass?