#the duality of my taste...

[bonefall]

Does leopard still have 3 lives in her final battle? Or was that changed?

Yep. I think she drowned her once, then Leopardstar lunges up refreshed, and she gets the upper paw on Mistyfoot with 2 lives to go.

(MAYBE tw gore, but I really did try to be tasteful about a head being smashed on a rock.)

On her back, splashing and thrashing furiously against Leopardstar's claws dunking her head under, Mistyfoot glimpses a wave breaking just over the tip of a stone-blue rock. Her only chance.

With a surge of power, her claws sink into her leader's golden shoulder and they tumble and roll to the right. Before the tyrant even realizes what's happening, she's yanked up, and then whipped backwards with a wet CRUNCH

And then again

And again

And again, until Mistyfoot can't even make out what's left of her leader anymore. All she can see is that it's a red, brown, and yellow blur, because her eyes burning with salty tears and her whole body is trembling.

She drops the corpse onto the stone and it slides into the water, lifelessly. After a moment it spasms aimlessly one last time, like an insect does after its head is bitten off, unlike the deliberate, agonized throes of Tigerstar suffering through his doomed lives. And then it's still.

There's only the tranquil sound of bubbling water, and Mistyfoot's frenzied panting. Her pounding heart makes it hard to hear either.

The blood is carried off by the shallow water in scarlet swirls, but the lake runs pale red as if it's washing it away. Some were aware of this prophecy, but Mistyfoot was not.

It isn't closure to her, or a fulfillment of divine decree. It's just blood that should be on her paws, slicked away by the complicit river. She wished it could feel like it's over, but she's smart enough to know the truth. Has been through enough terrible events like this to understand what comes next.

Her body will move foward. Her mind will need to consider her deputy. Her paw will come down on code-defying cats like Blackclaw and Greenflower. But her heart will stay here, next to the remains of Leopardstar, the same way another piece of it remains at Stonefur's side across space and time.

#Tw gore #Juuuust in case but I did try to stay tasteful #While also trying to write it as gut-wrenchingly violent as I imagine in my head #Because it's important that it haunts her #The kill wasn't pretty and clean. It was awful. She didn't want this. It wasn't heroic #'Why did you do this to me? Why did you make this so cruel?' #'Why was the last thing you ever did to me such a horrible command as a leader?' #'And why did I obey your orders until the bitter bitter end?' #'How could you turn my defiance into a new kind of cruel obediance? Did I not suffer ENOUGH for you?' #'And now there is no head to bury with your body. I am cursed with the last memory of your face. I alone will know how you looked at me' #'That the last expression on your face wasn't pain or confusion or realization.' #'It was all fury. For me.' #OF COURSE tho I will continue to make funny rock jokes until the day I die lmaoo #Duality of Bones #Hmm maybe when I get to this in BB!TNP I'll be quick and objective about it and save the Misty Emotions for like... #I miss how the field guides used to have stories told in 1st person. #It would be fun to have a BB!Mistystar Speaks #Because I do LOVE writing Misty's verbose and philosophical speeches. #As you can see from the tags lmao #BB!Mistystar #Better bones au

[riverin-stories]

save me xueyi ...... xueyi ..... xueyi save me..............

#xueyi #honkai star rail #hsr #riverin art #GAAAHHHHHH YOUR HONOR SHE IS MY BEBLORBED !!! #mhy said 'we're going to create a soul-possessed automaton' to appeal directly to my tastes #GRAAAHHH AND SHE'S SO GOOD IN BATTLE TOO I LOVE USING HER SO MUCHHHH #also you KNOW i'm going to have her get into shenanigans with huang... duality of once-alive-soul and artificial intelligence #both in their own bodies #waughuahguahgu.....

[darabeatha]

@predeition said ; Can Ashmi and I marry all your muses / from : 𝐔𝐍𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐃

M―MARRIAGE !?!

#predeition #SHE AND U CAN! #WOE HUSBANDS BE UPON YE!!! #U KNOW IT SAM!! u could lit knock down my door and be like; top 10 men #and i would be like; yes ma'am right away #if i must say so; i hand picked them myself which tbh i dont know if that says something about me having a good or horrendous taste OIRUTOI #BOTH!! #WHAT are the chances that a.shmi is married to the god of night; darkness; conflict & war? #no okay but since ur giving me the opportunity; allow me to blabber about the rest of my muses with a.shmi #umm umm umm umm i think a.shmi and t.ezca could be like; a really hot idea #-twirls hair- there is something about something as crude and raw as justice clashing with a god who's all about duality #t.ezca tests the hearts of men; rewards justice yet just as he does this; he also tempts men #f.go t.ezca also finds this entertaining on itself #so im thinking about a.shmi being forced to take upon this role vs someone who is in a position to #deliver punishment and finds entertainment in it- just like how he would reward an honest warrior #ALSO THE IMAGE OF A JAGUAR AND A TIGER SLAPS HARD #i think that if she were to want to snap his neck it would be so understandable #i think he would find her story to be very interesting; u have a lazy cat tagging along and pulling at her strings to watch how she'll reac #also im unsure of how much tunglr will cut my tags but i'll quickly mention #a.shmi and a.shwatthama's rage??? hot #also turbo biased on c.onstantine so that's her gentle husband who fixes her house's doors and cabinets #im also absolutely biased over a.jurna so umm?? prince arju?? and a.shmi?? arranged marriage?? #u mentioned how you wanted miss a.shmi to be romanced and im trying to think about my absolute rizzlords and #agh! my mind is blank rn but im sure i have them!! i know s.aito can be pretty smooth #i dont wanna give her g.il bc- why would u do that to urself OITHRUHGURDGD #but yeah lit anyone on any of my blogs;; go wild

[godborn]

the image of giorno as a no-nonsense boss when it comes to maintaining his power is important and real but i also often think of the side of him that makes naples/italy fall for him.

for one, he didn’t just thanos snap drugs out of naples and call it a day, it was a rigorous and violent project — i’m sure you can imagine the influential drug lords were not keen on losing their chokehold on the community because some 16 year old brat said so. of course, they quickly learned that said 16 year old brat has godlike powers and is not afraid to wipe them the fuck out, but to avoid as much bloodshed as possible, giorno gave them an ultimatum: stop peddling drugs in naples and swear allegiance to him and the new passione, or die. you know. totally fair.

beyond that, though, giorno took a lot of care to invest in rehabilitation programs and facilities and to personally involve himself (as much as he could, man has a lot on his plate lol) in the recovery of the addicts that no longer have access to their substances of choice. many of them were upset with him for forcing this lifestyle change but after a few months, the healing in the community really started to show and he became something of a beacon of hope.

drugs aside, giorno is also adamant about advocating for the safety of children. under no circumstances are they to be involved in gang affairs or even caught in the crossfires if it can be helped, and there is hell to pay for anyone in the organization who dare try to harm or exploit them. he wants as many of them as possible to have bright, fulfilling futures. ironically, he even enforces an age limit to joining passione, making it so no one under 17 can be initiated.

i think giorno, especially in his decision to associate his name and face with his work unlike the previous boss, takes on something of an almost christlike image. hear me out. giorno is clearly portrayed as a christlike figure in canon — his father is named dio, essentially making him the literal son of god. but beyond that, his powers over nature and capability to heal and the way he literally glows with golden light and inspires people to be hopeful and follow him … i mean, look at the material. why wouldn’t that translate into how the people of italy see him? he’s a mafia boss, yeah, but he is a healer, a giver of life, a bringer of hope, a beautiful figure bathed in light.

consider this. an elderly mafioso approaches giorno, clumsily kneels and kisses his hand, and begs for help with an internal conflict. giorno lays a gentle touch on his head, promises that he will live the rest of his life in peace, and heals his injured knee.

#tbd // #i just felt like rambling today because i haven’t in a while and i have to put my phd in giornology to good use #i can’t believe there are people out there who hate this character like . get some taste maybe #one of the most compelling aspects of giorno’s character is his duality and how it empowers him rather than contradicts itself #i think it seeps into every aspect of him. everything he does and is #but here the main focus is scary crime boss who will obliterate his enemies and holy healer who protects the vulnerable #he is both fully and completely and it just WORKS somehow #hhhhhhhhhhh loving giorno hours are wide open pls join me

[sage-nebula]

I know the antibiotics are working because while part of my eye is still red and swollen, some of the swelling has gone down and it doesn't hurt at all anymore. But goddamn these pills are so gross and I hate them SO much 😣

#i've had to cut up and/or chew a lot of pills in my day but these ones taste the worst by far #why is liquid amoxicillin so delicious but pill amoxicilib so disgusting #the duality of medicine

[whspermy-name]

Wdym he can't listen to slipknot woyh me

#Like stfu #I swear one day I will be getting a Floyd nui 😡😡😡 #I'll put my earbuds in his ear and he jammy to his tunes #I feel like he's a physcosocial kinda guy #But he likes their more aggressive songs #Like Custer too #But he'd also like their gentle ish? Songs #Like duality #We'd be listening to the same bands I swear #He'd have such based music taste #Like me 🥺🥺 #I'm projecting again 😔😔 #BUT FR THO #HE BE JAMMY TO HIS TUNES WHEN I GET YHAT MF NUI #ebay has some nice prices I thinkt 😔

[anothermonikan]

Duality of man, I think

#There's three so maybe not duality ajsnsjs #My tastes are confusing and I'm transparent about it ajsjsjsjs #Breaking Bad #wonder egg priority #Bluey #Android.txt

[ariesbilly]

The group of homosexuals on shameless losing their shit to rain on me is exactly the kind of gay man I am

#like my general personality is dirtbag gay but my music taste is very much girlie pop gay lmfao #duality of womanhood

[travelling-on-the-octopath]

Hearing young Claude in Japanese is such whiplash wait send helpfjshene

#the DUALITY of this VA #also. yeah I'm replaying azure moon. SOMETHING has to get this taste out of my mouth and I'm still stuck in button-mashing mode

[pussy-ache]

had to really search back cuz i buried shit deep but i couldn’t figure out what he was talking about but now that i’m thinking about it, as nice as a day that was…if i remember correctly i was crying cuz my heart was kinda breaking pretty much the whole day

#i guess i came up with whatever excuse i could to cover the tears lmao #i don’t really remember the session as much as i remember the beach #i remember sitting next to him on a big rock #the air was salty and i caught myself wondering if i’d be able to taste it on his lips #and i remember closing my eyes and trying not to reach out and touch him #compulsion and desire rumbling around me #i remember swallowing it down felt like swallowing fire sometimes #instead i concentrated on throwing my love into the water #just absolutely hurling every ounce of it i could into the waves #and on the walk back to his car i decided that no matter how long it took i’d be able to tell him someday that i finally let him go #i still have a really pretty pebble i picked up from the beach that i carry in my wallet #i made a lot of promises to myself that day #i intend to keep them all #minus the one i broke last week but that one was really just a matter of time lmao #sometimes i’m in awe at how friendship wise we’re very much on the same page with each other #but at the same time we’re in two different worlds/two different friendships #we have incredibly different memories of that day. two different worlds #i’ve actually always been aware of that duality #but that day the space between us was so vast #i was sitting next to him and was absolutely worlds away from him #there was no bridge across to him #there still isn’t a bridge but i never really thought there would be #it was a nice beautiful sad day #i actually wouldn’t change anything about it #we were just in two different worlds is all. and that was okay then and it’s okay now #i can still hear the waves against the rocks if i close my eyes and i’m certain i would have tasted the salt on him

[rusty-clockworks]

“Oh sweet, Spotify has made me a romance playlist”

I open it to see, on one side Frank Sinatra and on the other dark alternative.

#the duality of man #my taste in music gets wild #spotify #rusty rambles

[feralthembo]

went insane about blorbo last night and matched the timelines and emo hs sophmore nanami whos into shit like mcr, fob, evanescence, etc is absolutely a thing to me now and also geto is where the slipknot lives i dont make the rules

#It Speaks #dont look at me pushing all my childhood faves onto like 3 guys because the timelines match up #i just was thinking about oh gerard way were really in it now throwback nanamemes #actually the timelines add up to where in the series as it starts nanami would be very quietly hyped about a few bands doing albums #no yeah synthesis came out like a year before the show starts LMAO #closet emo nanami kento my beloved #also i cant listen to duality without thinking about geto going nuts bc he cant do anything nice for himself #it is 430am i cant sleeo and i needed to express how insane i am for this set of blorbos #how rare is it for me to be able to assign blorbos actual music taste and not just vibes

[loftwinglullaby]

halloween might be over but this tune still slaps

#genuinely one of my fav pieces of a soundtrack ever #shivers #shivers game #this is the same composer for peggle 2 so. smthn smthn duality of man #obSESSED with his use of vocals and spooky beats. shivers ost honestly warped my child brain's taste in music forever

[shararan]

the contrast between my bingmei vs bingge playlists is really stark and its so funny to me

#my bingmei one is lots of björk and swedish indiepop etc #meanwhile the bingge one is vkei dir en grey nagoya kei bauhaus etc #projecting the duality of my own musical tastes to those two specifically #sharan talks

[echo-rambles]

figure skater lee know who is well known for his more sensual themed programs. lots of intense choreo and dark costumes. but then one day he shows up in like, a sailor costume and performs something so stupidly light and upbeat that has the vibes of surfin' and everyone loses their mind.

#skating au #echo writes #stray kids #skz #he has LAYERS #the duality of lee minho #he does some taste choreo vibes and wins a medal #and then the next program he puts together is so non-serious and that also wins him a medal #i am thinking about the sailor outfit from that one stage for the view btw #slowly chipping away at my ice skating fics and im struck with IDEAS dont mind me

[whereisthedamndaddymanual]

I am not the most poetic with beauty in words

But you fire me off to the point where I might have to tell you to hold off on a shower every once in awhile after you have been sweating.

#it's in the scriptures #this fucking weird church had a mall inside it girl #just all critical thinking is gone #mmm yes book words make my neurons pop pop pop #cell change #me yeah probably #its a little rainbow for the homo flag #would I connect to you in some crazy way on another plane #probably but the duality of male and female is one worth exploring amd experiencing for ourself s #like you want a taste of her too and you're right #it must be a fascinating sight or sound watching me have a tasty synack upon thee