#that's what I'm referencing btw

[originalartblog]

Do you understand how much Dazai dancing means to me

#it's a skill!! learned!! practised!! it doesn't have any meaningful use!! he's moving!! having fun!! enjoying himself!!! #dazai knowing how to dance is a dear concept/headcanon to me and the last episode fed me GOOD it altered my brain chemistry #i haven't been the same since #the first one is my favourite btw #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd fanart #bsd dazai #bsd dazai osamu #nawy's art #in theory i referenced some waltz painting and illustrations but i don't know what i'm doing so if his form isn't good don't look at me #he's having fun #drawing dancing is so hard y'all

[cyannmoo]

So if Colin Robinson gets drained when people are interested in what he says, does that mean he knew about Laszlo liking his talks about 19th century naval battles and didn't mind getting drained/not getting any energy out of him?

If so, that's so god damn sweet.

#might be reading too much into this #i don't talk about wwdits on social media much #but damn this episode was wild so i had to #colin robinson #laszlo cravensworth #wwdits spoilers #wwdits #what we do in the shadows #wwdits colin robinson #wwdits laszlo #(i'm referencing the colin's promotion ep on the naval battle thing btw if anybody wants to know)

[kaldurcalm]

I do think Astarion would go for Gale, if there were no Tav or Durge.

I can see the argument for him not using seduction at all if he's in charge and that's completely valid--the argument is that he feels safer and more secure because of his position, so he doesn't feel the need--but the whole leader position is a bit contrived to facilitate game mechanics. I prefer to think of the group as a team.

Even if he is the leader, though, he still needs people to stay with him. He doesn't think he has anything worth sticking around for. He knows his nature is off-putting to people and would still feel the need to hide it--you can reveal it whenever you want if you're playing as him, but I don't think he'd do so right away.

Now, his choices.

Shadowheart is evasive and suspicious of everyone. Lae'zel is a gith who might be good for a night of blowing off steam, but she's rough (certain dialogue indicates that although he can take it, he prefers a softer approach) and she's planning on leaving for the astral realm when everything is finished. (This is pretty clear from the beginning.)

Karlach is literally on fire and her future is uncertain. Wyll is sweet and attractive, but is also a monster hunter who gives him shit for his dietary needs. Halsin isn't an option right away.

You could argue that he would side with Minthara and choose her, and that's a perfectly plausible outcome but it also makes me sad. He'd probably do that on his own, but what if he doesn't want to lose the support of Wyll and Karlach? What if he's not the one solely capable of making decisions for the group?

So, although she might actually be the most in character pick, let's put her aside.

Gale is annoying to Astarion, but he's also a (former?) archmage whose only goal is to get back home to Waterdeep. He's patient, he admits fault pretty readily, he wants to help, and he can be surprisingly willing to indulge in darker things.

I think Astarion would find him interesting. The bomb would throw him for a loop, but by that point he's committed to the ruse and not quite willing to back out yet. He might insist Gale leave at first, but when Gale pleads for magic items and insists he has it under control, he could probably be coerced.

Gale is still the safest bet. Powerful, knowledgeable, willing. He can tolerate the rest for the sake of safety and comfort... until he actually grows fond of the wizard.

He'd probably be even more unhappy about that, honestly.

#'of all the people in the realms i had to fall for HIM' #ok i want different wording for the last part but i can't think what to call gale atm #it's almost 8 am and i have not slept #bloodweave #galestarion #'trust me i was not happy about it' is what I'm referencing btw #i love that

[vyacinths]

sunhats on! 🌼🌷

#I'm very ❤️ about them #moments before hunter gets killed by bees <33 #btw if u don't remember what this is referencing #its that one picture in willow's scrapbook #they r gardening buddies #flapjack and clover were supposed to be in there too but I always need to forget at least one aspect of my own drawing ideas 😔 #the owl house #toh #huntlow #the owl house fanart #toh fanart #willow park #hunter wittebane #hunter noceda #yeah idk #willow toh #hunter toh #toh willow #toh hunter #digital art #thanks to them #firealpaca #my art

[holocene-sims]

List 5 facts about a favorite sim of yours, and send this to simblrs whose sims you adore ✨️

thank you so much for sending this to me!! ✨️💜 i really appreciate it!! and i'm so sorry for letting this sit in my inbox a long time 😭

i may talk about him a lot, but it's never enough, so here are five new facts about the king of my blog aka grant 👑

when grant wants to feel something, he'll watch videos of the curiosity rover on mars singing happy birthday to itself 🎂 it's so incredibly sad but cute to him, so it immediately turns on the waterworks lolol 🥲

objectively, grant is NOT a car guy; he's 110% an airplane guy. however, he owns a car that makes him look like a car guy and gets him approached ALL THE TIME by people who want to talk cars. it's a 1960 ford galaxie and it looks like this, except i think it would be a nice shade of light, almost minty green or maybe blue (no, i haven't decided, and probably won't because there's no cc version of this car for the sims 4, so we'll never see it lol) 💚💙

why is that his car? 🚗 well, it was his grandparents' car, which he bought off them when they wanted to replace it; they have never had a garage or a carport in their entire life, so the car was exposed to the elements for fifty years, and it was, thus, fucked up. they were also tired of fixing it. however, it's a sentimental car because aoife and joseph met working on the same production line at a ford auto factory, and this car was the first one they bought as a couple in their marriage (even though aoife ironically does not know how to drive lmao). they wanted it gone but also didn't, you know, so grant bought it because he also didn't want to see it gone; he'd spent his whole life sandwiching into that backseat with 8 billion of his cousins. oh, aaandddd he bought it even though the necessary repairs were extensive, which he did all by himself with help from his grandparents and uncle (aka people who know shit about cars)

a shorter fun fact: he smokes luckies 🫢

grant has been on TV before! it was very brief, for like five seconds, but he was interviewed by his hometown news station after his high school hockey team won the state championship game one year and he was granted the MVP title. he was very nervous, and his friends ended up nicknaming him "mr. team effort" because his entire interview was him just saying things like, "oh, um, well, it was a team effort, and we worked really hard...together...as a team..."

#asks #hlcn: grant #hlcn: oc info #hlcn: story extras #fun fact grant's house doesn't have a garage either LMAO #so that car is still going through it with the weather #but grant has like 100000000000x more disposable cash than his grandparents so it's fine #and btw realistically grant would figure out cars on his own given that he is a pilot and a former aerospace engineer #but also the systems are different so of course he would ask people who know what they're doing #ANYWAY this concludes the mostly nerdy fun facts show #but some more comments: #it is ironic that grant is so sober now but still smokes all the time #i think it's been referenced in the story but he's quit a billion times and then still goes back to it #it's unfortunately ingrained in him because his entire family smokes except for...like...three people #his attitude is “even if i didn't smoke i'm probably still fucked by all the secondhand smoke and the family history of cancer *shrugs*” #which is a bad attitude to have and vaguely contradictory to his attitudes on drugs and alcohol but what are humans but contradictory #anna stop yapping challenge failed

[vulpinesaint]

my thing about poetry is that i don't think it's about finding new things to talk about. if you're only focused on finding new things to talk about then you're never going to get at anything with real deep truth to it because most things that real deep truth is in we've been talking about for millennia and whatever you scrounge up for the sake of novelty is only going to be more and more shallow. what i think poetry is really about is finding new connections. new ways to look at things. we talk about loss and how it hurts and we talk about the tragedy of forest fires but have you considered that loss is like a forest fire... have you considered that maybe the burning is part of nature and we can only love what we have while it's here... poetry is about building new synaptic connections that make your brain light up in ways that it hasn't before because you're seeing the world in a whole new way. and it's not because you're identifying things that are new. nothing is new etc. etc. we've all heard the mantras before. it's because you're finding ways to connect things together that sparks electricity in the mind. and that's what really makes poetry make the world seem new again.

#it's late and i need to go to bed but. wanted to express thoughts on poetry. #this is what i'm thinking about with t.s. eliot essay btw #t.s. eliot 'tradition and the individual talent' is what i'm talking about. in case literally anyone was curious (they're not) #good poetry will make a new synaptic connection in your brain. #i need to talk about this essay a lot actually. more tomorrow :D #poem referenced is mary oliver in blackwater woods. thought about it a lot for a class this summer it's burned into my brain now #valentine notes

[scintillatingshortgirl19]

blehhh not them making a queer character say the no homo line :/

#loki #loki spoilers #loki series negativity #this is the smallest deal tbh. it's just. hmm. #it's just making me think about the overarching issue #that a loki show should by rights be incredibly queer #and that isn't what we're getting #largely just bc of the company who owns it #and idk it's not like i expected anything different but it's just getting to me more and more #esp with the way the creators referenced his genderfluidity in s1 and then it literally didn't exist (i'm still baffled by that whole thing #and esp with shows like s2 of good omens being released #which in ways completely unrelated to the main couple #was just drenched in queerness #and the loki show SHOULD be like that! #there should be more than just one line about lokis being bisexual #as great as that was...i want more than just a brief reference to queerness #that never comes up again in any way #and btw - in case this needs to be clarified - this is not about shipping #even though sylki isn't my thing they are bi4bi and that is a queer relationship #i'm just like. talking about the vibe of the show as a whole i guess #and all the missed opportunities for side queer rep i'm seeing #and there's also. like. something about how #combined with the straight up lie about loki's genderfluidity #tv series!loki arguably has the most traditionally masculine presentation we've ever seen of him #when previous iterations of him included somewhat androgynous costumes #but idk i haven't fully gotten my thoughts together on that #loki tv series #loki series criticism #loki series critical #op

[rambling-robot]

a common thing in my experience with indie horror (i'm specifically talking about video games and animation) is that a lot of it references other, often well-known horror stories. sometimes it's just a cute little "ahaha yes the clowns are from space" or a bloody elevator moment. but i'm not super familiar with a lot of popular horror (ie Stephen King), so there are a lot of things i won't get and i'll end up associating it solely with what i'm watching. a youtube analysis explaining all of the references can be helpful with understanding some of what i just saw, but i'm not going to re-watch it and go, "oh, wow, this is just one long rip-off of references." i'm going to go, "oh wow, this makes more sense with the newly-gained background knowledge. what an incredible work of art." art referencing other art to make new art or something like that. love it.

#this post is about emesis blue btw #i never played tf2 nor was i in the fandom but i was like hey yeah sure let's watch this and. wowzers guys. #everything in there belongs to tf2 now. if i ever see anything outside of it i'm going to go 'wow just like in the tf2 movie' #'long night' 'longer than you think' i can't believe mr king received a premonition of emesis blue and referenced it in a story #i've been obsessed with this for like 3 days now. #when i say i don't know anything i mean... i know the Biggest moments but i wasn't able to identify the bathroom #i figured it was from something but never would've guessed what

[the-acid-pear]

Honestly I always mostly just think of the [looks at notes] 3 managers Harry was friends with when thinking of what he lost but considering he's that old and has been jumping between franchises so much and also the fact Every Fucking Phoney (save for 3) got scrapped by the time we meet him; how much as this man lost? How many people he cared about has he seen die gruesome deaths again and again? Has he managed to find time to process this to grieve or has he just desensitized himself to the situation entirely? I wonder if some vague memory or reaction from how he dealt w this while in the war is how he keeps it at bay. Though it's rich of me to take his formality at face value when he has shown to not be a stranger to strong emotional reactions. Much to think about!

#luly talks #dsaf #harry Fitzgerald #dsaf harry #the last comment refers to him mentioning having mental breakdowns while on the clock ⌚ when you say you're having one in da bathroom #i dont recall the exact quote #also that. uh. tje review. funny for once im referencing that in an air of pity and not judgement #shakes head wags finger still not forgiving him for whatever he said there Not Cool man #but uh. yeah like #really think of him as the veteran stereotype just fully scheduled day to keep the demons at bay #also bc his job Forces him into this position which like #he . is one of the best phone guys for that reason #he accepted his role as a sort of machine even if reluctantly (''i think this is partially what lincoln fought for'') #yes sorry for remembering thr most oddly specific lines from this game they're running gags w my ex that's why #usually. #but like in that big post i wrote along that other person analyzing harry he is just. such a soldier #THAT'S AN INSULT. BTW. #queueing this for 12:08 pm #but writing it at 12:40 am #I'm on a roll tonite. but hit post limit ☹️

[ogamagirl]

wat

this pose/situation popped into my head so I just wanted to draw it??? just us bein' out and casual/comfy with each other.

#Erin makes art #feel the love with your soul #this is exactly what i'm wearing today btw ✌ #also if u get what the words on soul's sleeve are referencing u get a cookie #(it's....rlly obvious lmao BUT if u don't know the translation...)

[chaoslynx]

@pandoraspearls: Maybe something about ash forgetting/not caring about his birthday but eiji surprises him with something small that reminds him he’s loved ?

Eiji memorized Ash's birthday the moment he saw it, of course.

It was when Ash was in prison—Eiji got to look over the paperwork, and Ash's birthday was listed under his file.

August 12th.

It's soon.

Eiji's a little worried about what to get for Ash. He doesn't want to throw a big party or anything. He doesn't want to gift anything too extravagant, either. Honestly, he's worried about it being triggering for Ash. But he wants to do something.

Ash's birthday is going to hit while they're on the road, Eiji realizes. This road trip is going to take at least a week, and Ash's birthday will happen toward the end, right before they reach Los Angeles.

At every gas station they go to, every time they make a pit stop, Eiji keeps an eye out for something he can gift to Ash. But they're always together—not that Eiji is complaining—and Eiji has no idea what to get him.

"Shorter," Eiji hisses one night, shaking Shorter awake. Ash isn't in the room. As much as Eiji thought Ash would be the type to sleep constantly, Ash barely seems to sleep at all in these motel rooms, instead catching rest where he can during the drives. "Shorter!"

"Whatdya want?" Shorter groans.

"What are you doing for Ash's birthday?" he asks.

Shorter sits up, rubbing at his eyes. "Huh?"

"Ash's birthday. It's this week."

"It is?" Shorter asks.

"August 12th?" Eiji asks, panicking suddenly. Did he somehow misremember? "Isn't it?"

Shorter shrugs with one shoulder. "I dunno man. He's never told me shit like that."

"... Oh," Eiji whispers. "Do you think I should—not do anything, then?" He honestly thought that Shorter would at least know of Ash's birthday, even if he didn't have anything planned. But for Ash to have not even told Shorter ...

But Shorter smiles. "Honestly, Eiji, I think you could do whatever you want and Ash would still look at you the same way."

Eiji tries not to flush. Does ... Does Ash look at him a certain way? He reigns himself in from asking how how how does Ash look at me?

"Right," Eiji mumbles. "Okay then. I'll get him something. Maybe just ... something small. So that he knows that I care."

"And I'm going back to sleep," Shorter declares, flopping back down onto the bed.

Careful not to further disturb Shorter, Eiji gets out of bed. He's going to look for Ash.

He finds him, and a part of Eiji feels like he'll always find Ash, even when Ash doesn't want to be found. Like right now, maybe.

Ash is sitting in the motel lobby—it's a shitty, broken down place next to the highway, but it's what they could afford.

Ash is in the corner with his back against the wall, where he can see people come and go. He's watching everything and everyone in the lobby with a hawk's—or, well, a lynx's eyes.

He spots Eiji immediately, of course, and seems to make himself even smaller when he does. Still, Eiji smiles and approaches him.

"What're you doing down here?" Eiji asks softly.

"Watching," Ash says simply.

"Watching what?"

Ash hums. "People."

Eiji rubs at his eyes, still tired. "People come and go even this late?" he asks.

Ash nods sharply. "They're the ones you have to watch out for," he says absentmindedly. "People get more brave in the dark."

"I'm not sure what you're talking about," Eiji admits, ashamed. Ash smiles softly at him.

"Go back to the room, Eiji," he whispers.

"Not without you," Eiji says back, resolute. He sits down next to Ash, making it clear that this isn't up for debate.

Ash shakes his head, but doesn't force Eiji to leave. He looks back out over the hotel lobby, and Eiji still isn't sure what he's watching for, but his expression is far colder on the lobby and the receptionist behind the window than it is when he looks at Eiji.

Uncomfortable, Eiji avoids looking at Ash's eyes. He doesn't like seeing Ash that way, even if he's not really certain what way that is. Instead, he looks down at Ash's hands, pressed together in his lap. There's something he hadn't noticed before—a ring of even lighter skin all the way around both of Ash's wrists, like they've been rubbed raw far too many times.

Eiji rips his eyes away, not wanting to dwell on that either.

"I, um—" Eiji blurts after a moment. Then, "I don't know what to get you for your birthday," he admits.

Ash blinks. "What?" he asks. His expression goes neutral now, and Eiji's not sure if that's an improvement.

"I still want to get you something!" Eiji says quickly. "I'm not giving up."

"You don't have to get me anything," Ash says, almost laughing. "What's got you thinking about my birthday, anyway?"

"It—it's soon, isn't it?" Eiji asks, again wondering if he somehow got the date wrong.

Ash shrugs. "Dunno."

Eiji blinks. "What?"

"I have no idea. I haven't thought about it in years."

"You ... don't know what day your birthday is?" Eiji asks. "Even if you don't celebrate it, don't you have to, like, put it in when you fill out forms and stuff?"

Ash looks over at Eiji, then away again. He shrugs. "I have to put in the date that matches whatever fake ID I'm using at the time," he explains.

Eiji flushes deeper. "Oh," he breathes. "So you really don't know when your birthday is?"

Ash chews on his lip for a moment. "I could probably remember if I tried," he admits. "Just haven't thought about it much in a while. I think the last time I celebrated it—" He cuts off suddenly.

"What?" Eiji asks gently, pressing just a little.

"I, uh—when I turned sixteen." Ash averts his eyes, looking anywhere but at Eiji. "Old man Dino got me a car." He wets his lips. He's nervous, Eiji realizes. He doesn't like talking about this.

"That was only two years ago," Eiji says. "You don't remember the date?"

Ash shrugs. "It was hard to keep track of days back then," he whispers. "Dino knew, but I didn't. And the car, it—it's not like I asked for it."

It slowly, slowly dawns on Eiji what Ash is saying.

He didn't ask for it. He's talking about more than the car, isn't he? He's talking about what he had to do to earn the car.

"Oh," Eiji breathes. "I—I'm sorry, Ash."

Ash's eyes go hard again. "This is your last chance to fuck me while I'm still underage," he mumbles.

"What?" Eiji gasps. "I—"

"Sorry," Ash says quickly. "Forget it."

It's silent for a moment.

"I won't get you a gift if you don't want me to," Eiji whispers. "I just ... I guess I just wanted you to know that I care. And—your birthday is August 12th, by the way. It was on your paperwork for the penitentiary."

Ash breathes out a laugh. "That's one way for you to find out," he says. "And the gift thing—I don't care, Eiji. It's whatever. I don't need a gift to know that you care. I just ..." He trails off.

"It has a bad association for you," Eiji finishes.

"Normally if I'm the center of attention at a party, it's"—he cuts off, laughing darkly—"not good," he finishes.

"Do you want to change that?" Eiji asks carefully.

Ash slides his eyes over to Eiji, then away. "Forget it," he whispers. "You don't need to get me anything, Eiji. I already know you care."

But you don't, Eiji wants to say. Not when Ash suggested that Eiji ... that Eiji take the opportunity to fuck him while he's still underage. He doesn't know that Eiji cares.

That settles it, then. Eiji Okumura will absolutely get a present for Ash Lynx, now and every year after.

Sighing, Eiji stands. "I'm headed back to the room," he says quietly. "Get some sleep when you can, okay?"

Ash doesn't respond, and Eiji glances at him one more time before he's out of sight.

When Eiji gets back to their room, he shakes Shorter awake again.

"What the fuck!" Shorter complains, but Eiji ignores him.

"How long has Ash had those red shoes?" he asks. "Would he want a new pair?"

Shorter's eyes light up.

#banana fish #asheiji #ash lynx #eiji okumura #eislan #this wasn't quite what i think you had in mind for the prompt but i hope it still works! #also sorry it got so long #prompt fill #pandoraspearls #csa mention #some of these same ideas appear in 'love letters to the universe' too btw #also does anyone remember the fic i wrote where shorter gave ash that pair of converse #bc that's what i'm referencing at the end here

[anemoflower]

He likes to lean his head on hers <3

#;my art #;Punkflowershipping #;piers #;s/i: maeve #I- I like this one a lot #wawawawawa <33 #I'm so happy with how I did Mae's hair here bc I'm still struggling to draw it correctly ;w; #(now it looks a lot like mine- what) #Also I made P.iers looking a bit cheeky here idk if that's ooc but- #It was referenced from a fanart of him I saw so- #He punk he cheeky #also more alt. outfit designs for him hehe!! #this is okay to reblog btw but maybe I will color this another time bc yeah... I really like it :3 #okay sketch done now let's work on the Wriowyn fic ehehe

[gojo-stan]

y'allternative battle tactics

nerd thinks he's so cool (he is)

#my farmer would definitely teach him some stuff just to be safe #btw if you know what character I referenced for this pose... mind ya business #I'M JOKING WVDHSV #stardew valley #sdv sebastian #stardew valley oc #stardew valley farmer #gojostan doodles

[phoenixcatch7]

Okay so I'm reading a pjo dark fic, Percy falls into tartarus without Annabeth, standard fare, it's really good, so I start to wonder about the spheres of power of each of his travelling companions (Bob and Damascus (+drakon)). Obviously both of them met percabeth in canon, else I wouldn't bring it up.

And I think there's something to be said for Percy Jackson, half blood, to befriend the titan of mortality and the giant of peace.

#Iapetus is the father of both prometheus and atlas btw #Apparently he had 4/5 kids each representing a folly of man or smth #Also a BIBLICAL figure - one of the sons of moses #In both he's occasionally called one of the forefathers of humanity which you know is KIND OF A BIG DEAL #Damasen is apparently only referenced in a poem where he's born with a spear and gets given a shield and the drakon had a sister #Who resurrected him with a plant someone else then found and gave to zeus to heal him #Think the 'titan of peace opposite of ares' thing is a riordan invention but luckily that's what we're talking about! #Anyway the fic in question is 'falling for you' and honestly at the point I'm at Annabeth is having a significantly worse time than Percy #Who is literally in tartarus with a smashed leg and a mysterious arai curse #While she's safe and warm on the argo 2 she's just stressing that bad. Meanwhile her bf is cozy riding a drakon as a hammock duel swords #Food and drink two friendly armed titan/giant bodyguards on either side. Literally what more could you want. #Pjo #pjo hoo toa #percy jackson #annabeth chase #iapetus #Rip to Nico but Percy's just built different... Let's see how long it takes for it to go downhill XD

[seagullcharmer]

started watching twin peaks (yes, bc of rusty lake) and. wow. huh.

#libra.txt #on ep 3 btw. so nothin like. too far yet. #but i do like this dale too :-) #he's so silly. his little whittled flute. his love for black coffee and cherry pie. #also getting to see what rusty lake was referencing #(and the similarities between tp!laura and short film!laura. omg) #the fish in the percolator. not for surreal reasons but still very rusty lake. to me. #idk i'm enjoying it so far but still wary #< doesn't always like crime shows and idk if this'll be full horror or not #love going into things without knowing anything abt them

[ajaegerpilot]

yellowjackets season 2

#yellowjackets #misha speaks #i'm also thinking abt how i went for a stargazing session w my friend who's in an astronomy class right after i watched e1 #and i was telling my friend this and the proff heard the premise of yellowjackets #and kept referencing it he was like that's the north star- thats what you would follow if you were a soccer team and your #plane crashed in the wilderness. speaking of cannibalism here are two nebulas that are ripping each other apart. #that proff is amazing anyway #this is from 212 by azealia banks btw #cannibalism m