#or put away my weapon

[emry-stars-art]

I don’t know if you know this but I love a good royal au just as much if not more than a mer au… so when someone mentioned it at the beginning of May and i went for the thematic mermay instead I vowed I would come come back to the subject. Sketch dump time

Enter young king Aaron and prince Andrew, who recently were assigned new personal guards but Andrew is starting to realize every other word out of Abram’s mouth is only a half-truth if not an outright lie… what could he possibly have to hide

#Things We’ve Decided: #1) Aaron and Katelyn’s marriage was arranged but they’re both very happy and love each other #2) Andrew takes one look at Abram’s ball/festivity uniform while on duty and says absolutely not #put this man in a corset #3) abram only pretends he knows how to use a sword #in reality he’s much more comfortable with daggers and other small weapons he can conceal easily #for reasons obviously #4) Kevin ran away from evermore kingdom/castle and is now the twin’s advisor in training #under wymack’s tutelage #5) lady dan wilds is Aaron’s guard #beyond that is either heavy spoilers or outright undecided/not thought about at all #who am I kidding it’s an au #spoilers only exist in a quantum state #BUT IF YOURE CURIOUS AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT #MY DMS ARE OPEN ALL THE TIME #uhhhhh yeah #sketch dump #aftg #fan art #neil josten #andrew minyard #aaron minyard #royal au #all for the game #my art

[puppyeared]

fuck it. plaguesona

#i thought of this a couple weeks ago on the bus a couple seats away from someone loudly coughing into the open air #i think something snapped and i decided to make a fuckin. medieval ass plague sona. horseman of pestilence fursona #this is also why i was asking abt animals with medical symbolism.. originally i wanted a two headed snake like the staff of caduceus #but it turns out thats actually hermes symbol. the real symbol for medicine is the rod of asclepius which looks pretty similar #the difference is that theres only one snake and its twined around a stick. ironically mercy from overwatch's weapons are named after #the caduceus despite the misconception LMAOOO #snakes were the most consistent medicine related animal i could find even across multiple cultures so it couldve really worked #if i could actually draw scalies.. one of my earliest sketches had a cobra with a syringe at the end of its tail like a rattlesnake #and it had markings similar to the syringe tube but i didnt have much else going on so i scrapped it #i was also recommended animals with less obvious ties to medicine like jellyfish and horseshoe crabs and learned something new ^_^ #im not confident i could pull off a non-mammal furry but they were really good ideas i might put into smth else.. i also thought of #axolotls bc of their regenerative thing and growing back limbs but i think that would suit smth like a surgeon or amputation... #possums and bats were also an option bc theyre actually really resistant to most diseases like rabies but i feel like ppl wouldnt know that #if they saw it so it looks a little ironic at a glance. rabbits rats and mice were my second option bc of animal testing and lab rats #less obvious reference but the moon rabbit in chinese mythology is loosely connected to medicine bc it makes the elixir of life #otherwise lab mice in a pharmacy / modern medicine setting seemed fitting and jerboa tails remind me of cotton buds #and. ironically. jerboas are more closely related to elephants than rats and mice. can you believe it #my art #myart #my oc #sona #plaguesona #cottonbud #fur #furry art #character design #ref sheet #oc ref sheet

[sunshinediaz]

tease tidbit tuesday ⛈

hi pals, i've got a bad case of acid reflux but i'm getting a haircut today AND applying for a new job, too, so wish me luck

decided to title the fic dealing with eddie's trauma from the lightning strike like a cat in the rain and i think it'll be finished tomorrow, fingers crossed

Drawing his brows together, Buck says, “Well, yeah. I’m not invincible, Eddie.” He shrugs. “You told me that.”  “Expendable,” Eddie corrects, sharper than he’s been since the first few shifts they shared. The asperity in his gaze is just as cunning, just as unsettling. “I said you weren’t expendable.”

tagged by @daffi-990 and @devirnis, mwah

tagging @spagheddiediaz, @jeeyuns, @puppyboybuckley, @evanbegins, @exhuastedpigeon, @wikiangela, @wildlife4life, @actualalligator, @honestlydarkprincess, and @monsterrae1 if any of you want to share something!

#before i apply for the job i have to get a haircut. get my kid a haircut. get rid of this acid reflux. take 2 more tests to certify myself. #make an airbnb account. watch 4/5 episodes of lethal weapon. put the rest of my clothes away. set up some exercises. EAT? #anyway we love shoveling everything into 2 days off of work teehee #but this fic? god this fic isn't something i usually create but it's okay! i like it! i hope you guys do too! #tag games

[emoboybattle]

Why am I actually leaning toward yes??

#take the weapon away from him and he’s Just Some Guy tho #putting this here for my emo followers to evaluate as well #the dark lord #submissions sifting #animator vs animation

[good-wine-and-cheese]

Gambling Apocalypse Tenma AU

As I rewatch Kaiji I inevitably end up wanting to combine show I like with other show I like and stuffing fav characters into show. So here we are.

This was uh going to be a short summary type thing but I accidentally wrote a novella about it sorry

This AU starts off with a much more depressive Tenma. After Tobio's death, rather than immediately pour his grief into developing a robot version of his son, he recedes into himself, psychologically paralyzed, likely turning to alcohol to drown out his anguish.

His mental state is taken as an opportunity within the Ministry of Science to have him ejected from his position; Tenma was never the most well-liked director, and there were those with ambition to usurp him that would jump at the chance. Not that he especially cares in his state.

He's eventually dragged out of his stagnation by Ochanomizu - who, inadvertently, becomes the very catalyst pushing Tenma to develop a robot replacement to his child. This was not what he meant by encouraging Tenma to fill the void left by his son.

...But, well, he is no longer the director of the Ministry of Science. His access to limitless government funds and resources for "scientific research" has been cut off, and this is a project he cannot finance on his own. He can't ask Ochanomizu for help, but...interestingly...a representative of a certain shady organization known as the Teiai Corporation reaches out to him, offering to finance and support his project. A sane and well-minded Tenma might think better of it, but grieving and desperate, Tenma accepts their offer and is able to create a robot in the image of his beloved Tobio. For a while, there's joy in his life.

But the bill, as ever, comes due: Tenma must pay up, and the very resources that had been at his disposal will certainly ensure that he will, or else. Of course, he doesn't have the money; instead, he is given a choice. He can relinquish the robot Tobio in order to wipe out his debt - the child is a sophisticated and powerful robot, after all - or he can participate in a certain illicit event hosted by the Teiai Corporation.

It's nothing major...just a four-hour gambling cruise with a collection of desperate, damned souls that were also swept into debt with Teiai. The conditions are simple: Those who choose to participate are given a chance to clear their debts wholesale should they win. And should they lose...?

Well...no one really knows what happens to the losers seized by Teiai. It's said that they labour away their debts under Teiai's watchful eye and are freed once their work has covered their debts, though it's rumoured that most perish before they reclaim freedom.

There's only one answer Tenma can give, of course; he's not willing to lose Tobio again.

Thus is Tenma's debut into the Gambling Apocalypse, where he must become cutthroat in order to survive; if he wants to see his son again, he must make choices that will doom the hapless to miserable servitude, with a nonzero chance it ends in their death.

He survives the cruise, but of course, it was hardly enough to clear his debt; the cruise was never going to be the end of it. Teiai doesn't let go of its victims that easily. He will be called on again: this is a weight that hangs over him, all while he returns to his son Tobio. The same hands that have pushed innocents into hell must now be the hands that can embrace his child.

He wants to protect Tobio from the truth and enjoy what peaceful moments he's allowed with his son, but it's difficult. It's difficult to be the parent of a child who cannot understand the danger that looms ahead; this "happy" home is not to last. Tenma angers quickly and easily. He turns that anger onto Tobio.

As Teiai's games become more and more vicious and unrelenting, as his conscience holds onto the last vestiges of thread that remain, Tenma even threatens, once, to give the boy in: it would all end, then; the debt would be clear and no longer would he have to endure Tobio's childish annoyances, his ungratefulness.

The next time that Tenma is beckoned, Tobio takes matters into his own hands. He does understand, now; and he would have, if only Tenma had bothered to explain sooner. If it's a debt that needs clearing, he will work. He will help his father clear his debts however he can. Of course, it's difficult to find work as a child; but a circus troupe finds amusement in the idea of a child robot, and takes him in. He is whisked into a certainly unpleasant working situation, but he remembers his father, and what he must be enduring. Tobio, also, will endure.

When Tenma returns, Tobio is gone.

All that held Tenma back from becoming something monstrous has disappeared. All that kept him going has disappeared. When he is called upon by Teiai, there is no knowing what sort of person might come out the other end; whether a monster clawing his way to freedom regardless of what actions he must take, or a desolate husk surrendering defeat.

There is still a light, however dim: Found by Professor Ochanomizu and rescued from the circus, Tobio - now Atom - is able to shed light on the situation which Tenma took great pains to keep hidden from his old friend. With time running out, Ochanomizu and Atom must do what they can to save Tenma - from Teiai, and from himself.

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UHHH and that's a wrap!!!! I couldn't quite decide which way Tenma would go after hitting Rock Bottom in this AU, and tbh it would really depend on the kind of mental state he's in at the time. On the one hand I like the narrative of Ochanomizu and Tobio racing to prevent Tenma from crossing a line (actual outright murder probably) - or having to pull him back into humanity (and yknow, his ensuing penance)

But on the other hand having him get sent to Teiai Evil Hell Prison would be interesting because a) there's a lot of narrative potential having Tenma faced with what Teiai is doing with the people that lose the games and b) need him to decimate the foreman at chinchirorin Kaiji style

Tenma's whole character is definitely a much different guy in this AU, he starts off pretty sympathetic, the guy you wanna root for, he just ends up having an inverse character arc where he gets worse instead of better. His conflict with "Tobio" is also kind of reversed, less about being unsatisfied with Tobio as a son and more not being able to handle the fact that he probably has intense PTSD now and isnt capable of coping with it in a way conducive to being a parent (or like, coping at all)

Anyway that's gambling apocalypse tenma!!!

#umataro tenma #long post #well that became a novel. sorry lmao #in my mind teiai's evil hell prison in astro boy verse would probably be quite a bit different than regular kaiji #like. fuckin. weapons manufacturing for teiai or something like that. or scary bad danger robots. horrifying concept #Tenma would be a valuable asset to them whether by giving up Atom or by losing in death game hell and being forced to work for em #and if he dies? they can just take atom #get him out of there. #I'm also thinkin of who Teiai would be represented by.....the snakey loan sharks u could easily put skunk in there. #but who is an evil fucked up sadist billionaire. theres probably someone who could be fucked up enough I just dont know offhand #and im allergic to mischaracterizing in AUs lol im not gonna make a slightly bad guy into an evil freakguy. so. Hyoudou is just himself. #if you squint this could be considered an 80s astro boy AU..has a cruise arc & not actually giving atom away #but man. that tenma LEAST of all deserves this fate lmao #do I want to write fic of this? yes. will I? not likely! #I can just smell it dude this would be some crazy fuckoff 100k shit I am not ready brother #also it would just be soooooo so so so so so edgy. I dont really enjoy writing intensely grim stuff w/ little to no respite #also tbh. I am too stupid. LOL. I cannot write clever gambles alas

[craycraybluejay]

I hate ppl u can't even joke ab life without it being "trauma-dumping." Pls. One mildly strange joke and suddenly I'm some kind of villain. Yall sensitive asf. Do u also call it trauma dumping when ur talking ab the fucking weather and someone jokes ab natural disasters. Do u. It's dark humour. Grow up. I swear you can't say anything these days without Offending someone's delicate sensibilities or it being pathologized to hell and back using weaponized therapy speak.

#therapy speak #rambles #how we weaponize therapy speak #sensitive people #it wasnt even that dark or that personal #twas a joke #hows your day? oh? bad? stop traumadumping on me weirdo #what am i supposed to do #lie? #the internet is a toxic place #never assume kindness politeness or good faith from strangers #imagine if people irl acted like this #putting away therapy speak on the high shelf #my two least fav type of people: stupid ones and overly sensitive ones #imagine throwing a fit bc someone offhandedly mentions that the world isnt all sunshine and rainbows #in a JOKE #sorry maybe im being sensitive for seething over this #its just. so. annoying #do i offend you? good.

[irl]

yea

#txt #i gotta bitch rq cos im pissed sorry guys #i hate tht u dont remember none of the shit u did. i hate tht u make jokes about it even. i hate tht it feels like im always the one #to wear the burden of iron wrought weights so tht u can learn how to mellow out and not do the same to my sister #‘you opened up a lot of doors for your sister’ #yea cool im glad u chilled out and didnt also kick my sister out of the house while she was 1200 miles away with nothing but the clothes on #her back. yea cool im glad u didnt threaten disowning when she got a piercing. yea im glad she didnt have to sit thru the ordeal of u when #i first came out to u. im glad she didnt have to have our dead dad used as a damn weapon against her when she told you shes a lesbian #im glad you never sat her down and berated her for being queer for three hours and then sent her to her hole only to send her a long winded #email about how awful she is to you for being queer and how no one will be able to recognize or love her #i still have that email btw #im glad you came to me to ask for help when she was suicidal depressive instead of blaming her and insulting her and making awful #assumptions and insinuations about her #im glad you asked for help for her #but why couldnt you have been a mom to me too #why did i have to teach you all the wrong ways to handle situations so that you could handle them rigjt with her #why did i have to be the one to lockpick all of the doors in order to open them for her #whyd you have to put the locks on there in the first place #why werent you ever a mom to me #why wasnt i allowed to have parents growing up #whyd you have to hurt me since the time before i could make cohesive thought #why werent you a mom for either of us until you realized how heavily you screwed up with me #why did it take you losing me completely for you to start being a mom to my sister? #why did it take you losing me completely for you to finally listen to me instead of talk about why im wrong #im glad to have a mom now #but i couldve used a mom when i was a kid #why do you have to turn it into jokes #and why am i not allowed to be upset

[the-raging-tempest]

Something I have yet to talk about. The real reason Zrise gets sent away to join the Calistrian church (half joking half serious)

Teen angst, bad attitude, being big enough that he can fight back, him at is most rebellious. His mother, step-father, and grandfather were like …. Let’s just make him someone else’s problem for awhile

#like when you put a really active kid in sports in hopes to tire them out #that was Zrise with sword training and then the church #also 16 year old Zrise is the most he’s ever ‘I hate my mom and step dad’ guy #then he gets send away and he’s like 🥺 mom I’m sorry please let me come back… #LMAO #Zrise you will become a weapon and also I’m SICK of you HAHAH #oc: zrise #Zrise lore #it’s like #going to boarding school idiot #i truly would not wish a teen Zrise on anyone

[enby-mori]

you know.. Dazai wasn't the first subordinate Mori pushed to join the agency..

#knowing why mori killed the last boss AND his time in the military AND beast #it doesn't make sense that he would pick up yosano to repeat his mistakes #sure he's still hung up on it #because it was considered great at the time #enough that it could have been considered a secret weapon to be locked away #but what does asigiri do with characters that are considered threats to society by a government? #he puts them where the government cant get them #ie the ada pm etc #the cannibalism arc and pre-vampire arc show us that mori and fukuzawa are aware that yosano is fed up with mori #its also interesting because when yosano and mori meet again they talk about the war #which gives me the feeling that they haven't really seen each other passed when mori broke her out #who the hell do you think could have tipped ranpo off that the break out was happening or that yosano even existed #okay im done #bsd #bungo sd #bungou stray dogs #my archive

[aethergate]

i have too many vanitas headcannons that i just have rattle around in my head

#mun in the moon [ ooc ] #i have no idea how he got to me so badly on this playthrough of KH #i think he only knows like. fire magic and maybe one or two other spells #i think he doesnt know healing magic at all #i know that boy doesnt know how to read and write he was raised in the KEYBLADE GRAVEYARD by XEHANORT #i think he doesnt do training matches he acts like hes fighting to the death in every fight ever #hence why he just fuckin #flops on the ground after so many fights in bbs #he just puts his entire strength and all his energy into every fight so viciously he doesnt keep stamina #so after it hes just absolutely winded #holding my head in my hands. boy whos anger comes from a deep sense of lonliness and envy because hes been alone all his life #and wants what ventus has so bad cause hes gotten so many looks into it #but he thinks the only way he can Stop feeling like that is straight up just dying. and becoming whole with him again #cause he hasnt been given the space to breathe and deprogram himself from thinking hes a monster not made to exist #which. it doesnt help in the bbs times darkness was way more villianized people didnt think you needed both!!! #so everyone would've just been like ew youre mad of darkness youre evil right away anyways even without the xehanort influence #i know he hates looking at his reflection and so many parts of himself cause hes like ew im just a mismash of ventus and sora #my boys lack of a sense of identity out of being a weapon or feeling like something not meant to exist #just meant to die to fulfill a bigger purpose and become someone else again #everyone else is trying to get out of the heart hotel hes trying to get IN #anyways. im normal now. #i have so many other thoughts but i cant word them just yet. boy who i adopted 3 days ago rotting my head

[abimee]

chased a flames dps off this cliff while this astro tailed them and after they jumped off i put away my sword and we both just stood there for a few seconds before i /bowed to them and walked away. and they didnt try to hit me. literally my favorite bit

#whenever i end up in a secluded corner w/ someone i like to just put away my weapons and see what theyll do #if they dont attack me ill emote to them and walk away but if they do attack me ill try fighting back #i love when we dont attack each other and i get to have a momentary bonding moment

[amazinlei]

How I interpreted Chalice when I first played cuphead: Sweet, well-meaning thief stealing rare supers from the mausoleums, can come off as a naive guardian angel, very clear that she passed young but not as young as cuphead and mugman are depicted as, likes exploring and will NOT stay in the afterlife like she’s supposed to, and NEVER tell her what to do. Shes had enough expectations placed when she was alive, as my headcanon is that chalice IS the same statue we see in the ruins area that she lead her kingdom, but once she was *shortly* swapped into the living world, she looks like a little girl again due to still seeing herself as child.

The Cuphead Show: An absolute menace (whom I love), she will tap dance her way into your pockets and not just your heart.  Has been a street-smarts thief for a while and has most likely had to leave a lot of potential lives and opportunities for homes outside of being a petty thief, maybe even avoiding telling people she's really half-ghost including friends for selfish reasons, although has a heart of gold despite her bad influences and does care for her boys. 

#also both versions are possibly a demi god with a link to royal ancestors??? #but I love both! I hope we get more development on chalice being half a ghost #august is such a long ways away #but my cuphead hyperfixation came back full force so! #I even have an OC idea for a vendor shop but not sure what to use them for! #since the DLC added in all the cut weapons but I just want to make a pretty jewelery shop babe #Ms. Chalice #Legendary Chalice #The Cuphead Show #Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course #I might have put too much headcanon into this ×D #But heck man!!! my brain's been abuzz ever since seeing that secret boss!! #Im a little sad that chef saltbaker was evil but i can use it to fuel my ideas that game chalice can be too trusting #even when her foresight is telling that her boys are in grave danger #she just wants to be alive again and that makes me sad :(

[princeofcyberpunk]

man i really hate playing video games and then accidentally scrolling my mouse over the little weather thing that tells you the news that windows has and seeing my country do yet another bad thing

#princeposting #usa #fuck usa #i dont have a lot of context for this because i swore off looking at upsetting shit for my own sanity #but oh my god this country is so fucking obsessed with war and violence and guns its actually horrible #how about we like. not do that. how about we dont :) how about we put our weapons away #im saying this in a silly way bcus i genuinely dont know what to say other than what the fuck dude #ok i read the article and i still dont get it but what the fuck dude can we just not use airstrikes at all #when do they ever help people #for anyone outside the US i hope you know that every sane person here thinks this shit is stupid #the military and especially the government doesnt speak for us even though they like to act like they do #woahhhhh im getting rlly un-silly about this um um thats out of character #silly silly mr. dumb fuck :3c thats me (there we go) #yahoo yippeeeeeeeeee

[rohirric-hunter]

Help, I'm being assaulted by more DLC

#fnv playthrough #how do I #how do I put my weapon away

[its-raining-cats]

I caved and got Baldur’s Gate 3 even though I don’t have a lot of time to play it right now. Made it to the end of Act 1 but I still have a bit of side questing left before I can rush off to act 2.

I’m playing a Tiefling Sorcerer (draconic bloodline) named Elio who’s based off of character I’ve had for a while (although that Elio was a Paladin or a Cleric, I forget which.) I’m definitely going to try and put the moves on Astarion this time around, but I’ve already got more character ideas cooking for future playthroughs.

I’ve been trying to switch out my party a lot, and all of the characters are so charming. Astarion, Shadowheart, and probably Wyll are my favorites so far, but the others are all wonderful too.

I have very few complaints so far other than a few QoL issues, like ease of inventory management in camp and ease of swapping out party members. I talk to Gale. I ask him to stay at camp. I talk to Karlach. I ask her to join my party. I realize Gale had an important item that I’d like to give to another character. I talk to Karlach. I ask her to stay at camp. I talk to Gale. I ask him to join my party. I take the item. I talk to Gale. I ask him to stay at camp. I talk to Karlach. I ask her to join my party. You get the idea. Also the way it sorts items just so clunky, even if you sort by type. The camp chest really needs a filter option, like the merchants have.

#rain plays baldur’s gate 3 #my computer hates it though #it took a few tries to even run it bc it was a race against time for me to turn the graphics down before the game crashed htjsjfjdjnd #I don’t think I’ve had any true deaths yet #but I’ve come close #I’ve also accidentally attacked my own party a few times. #like it takes out my characters weapon and then i forget to put it away when I click on another characters portrait #it’s annoying #but all of that is small compared to all the good in this game

[follovver]

who allowed him to have those eyes i just want to talk

#that look in his eyes should be illegal #sir you're not allowed to bring weapons to this event #please put those away #taika waititi #my future husband